Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-07-18
Death of Mr. Marcv.

Death Of Mr. Marcy.
ALBANY, July 6.--Mr. Mmcy's dcatt,
occurred at the San Souci Hotel at Balston
Spa, on Saturday. He complained of a
pam in the side shortly after breakfast, and
walked to Doctor Moorc's, but not finding
him, he returned to his room at the hotel
The doctor came in few minutes to see
him, and on going to his room found Mr.
Marcy dead, lying ON his couch with an
open book on his brcast He had iust
written letter to the Hon. John NJ. Bolts.
of Virginia
Mr.. Marcy was born in Sturbridgc Mass,
on the 18th of December, 1886, and was
consequently in the list year of his age.
He graduated with high honors at Brown
University, in Providence, r.. L., in 1903,
and soon after entered upon the study, and
subsequently, upon the practice, of law, in
TroyN. Y. He seems to have been formed
with nm inevitable tendency towards poll
ties, for we find that he was active in the
defence of the foreign policy of Jefferson
and Madison, and that his zeal in this re-
Spect was not III excess of his ability. His
support of the measures of the government
moreover, was not merely the support of
wordsj but upon the declaration of war,
nc turned out as a volunteer, and served
with great ability and credit throughout the
greater part of its continuance. His first
public office was the Rccordcrship of the
City of Troy, to which he was appointed in
1916. He subsequently and succcssively
.hIlcd the office of Adiutant General Comp
trollcr, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court, and United States Senator from the
State of New York, He resigned the lat
ter office i'll 1888 to accept that of Govern
or OF his adopted State. He was twice
elected to this position, but was defeated in
1888, and held again no public office till
Be- hg,iS iraG ng2lllfd to the Cabinet of President
IoIk, In Io4o, In tnc C"pcvtt, vc,,----. -
of War. lie resigned this Office upon the
accession of General Taylor to the Prcsi-
dcncy, and accepted the position of Secrcta-
y of State in the Cabinet of President
Pierce. He was also prominent candi-
date for the Presidency before tho, Balti-
more Convention.
In recording the death of cx-Sccreta,y
Marcy, the Philadelphia Times remarks:
1t seems as if death had found banquet
among our master spirits in the last decade.
Almost all the great and illustrious men
who came into public life during the first
twenty-five years of the present century
have been snatched away within thitt time.
The list which memory calls at the moment
is formidable in numbers, and the persons
whose names are upon it were conspicuous
for vast and varied ability. First, in poiut
of time, is that of John Quincy Adams,
who died in 1847; then follows those of
Kent Polk, Taylor, Calhoun, Clay, Me-
Dufie, Story, Webster, King, Woodbury.,
Sergeant, Berricn, Clayton, Hill, Burgess,
Chcves and Marcy. What immense pow
crs, what political and local research, what
oratorical skill and diplomatic crudition,
what wise foresight and wonderful expert
encc have been lost by their deaths to the
nation /! When will it, if ever, be restored
in tho persons and minds of others?
+ THE SAVANNAH x RIVER RoAp.--It
would seem that this enterprizc is not vet
dead. The Abbeville independent. Press
gives a glowing account of festive gath
ering at Lowndesville on the 18th ult., up
on which occasion the President Of the
Valley Road, Mr.. John L. Sloan, made a
strong, speech in advocacy'of the undcrta-
king, and was. followed by Mcssrs j Il.
Marshall and III. A. Jones in addresses of
peculiar celicity. Much feeling prevailed
and near $40 900 were subscribed on the
spot. with a prospect of increasing it to
$4,000. Another meeting was to be held
at Calhoun's Mills for purposes of further
ropsieatiop, and twas hoped that 100000
would soon be subscribed IN Abbevilic. -
With $l50,000 the work of grading tie
road can bccoinfnenccd The subscriptions
will then amount to 100000; and the
State, 1T isthougbt, viii guarantee the bonds
'oftho Company for any itn'ther amount that
may be necessary to the completion of the
work, This is cheering to our friends on
the Savannah side. We hope it will not
result again in keeping the word of promise
tosthe estfsand breaking it to the, hope, phe
Press ,TemarlSss inview OF tiyc great inter
ests lnsnifastcd on the occasion alluded to ::
"Whepsuch enthusiasm exists, tborc is no
danger Of failure. to trc cnterprize.'' '''A '''
r. 2 zee slE4ggSieIa AdeertiSer.
TftE TIDR or EMfdItATfoN 1.-The en-
igfation from Europe to The United Statcs
this year seerns likely to be nearly, if not
quite, as large as'in ahyfonnop year. Soy
cn,thousaud and forty-tiyct passengers, the
greater number of,whom are eyigrants, ar
rived at New York on w II nesdly, from diff
fcrens ports Of Europe. 81 y s@r7'st
Be always atleispre,to do otgood !, never
make business an excuse 10 decline the Of
aces Of humanilyaass bsa