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i yho Death snd Funeral Of mr.. Brooks
& of south Cefel elina. ss g. !.
.NfFASitIN1TuS, Jnn,i on

I; llouse, offered ppfopriate prayer, Ss%lie,
tue u ourDal. Of yesterday WAS; read
All. .Keitt, of: South Carolina, then fos q,
Z aud addiSssed the House as follows So
Mr. Speaker, It is my inournful duty L
y; officially announce to the House the deaf
q OF the Ions Preston s. Brooks, one oft
~ members from the State of South Carolina
Brooks died at his residence In tl,i
city ysons Tuesday evening, tile 7tlI inst !, "a
50 o'clock His disease vas acute inilama,
tio,. Of The throat ;snnd SO swiftly fatal IVA
y that not even his medical advisers be
ileyeds him3t besin danger until within,th
briefest possible period before his deceasc
Science % ayailedT not skill availed not; del
B lcate assiduous attentions availed, no,
& y NYonder vacant seat, badges of mourning
z md sorrowipg friends attest that he is gon
from among us. ~ SaSs1s1 = . Z
Mr., Brooks was born in EIgefeld Dis
!rct, South Carolina, in August, 1910
: Ills father was Whitfield Brooks, son 81
: 4. s. Brooks, who had gone through tn,
8 sufferings and gathered some of tue lionso,r
{ of our Revolutionary struggle. His mo
s. tller was Miss Mary T. Carroll. 3. 81
Z He was educated at tue South Catolin;;
college, whicl, he left in ! 1880, receiving
one of its distinctions, In May, 1s4S, he
3. was admitted to its bar, and In November
1874, was elected 70 the General Assembly
OF the State, In l846, when troops wcre
called for by the Federal Government tc
repel the invasion of Mexico upon our soil
bis native district (Edgefeld) furnished q
company to the Palmetto Regiment, Soi
(which lle1was unanimously elected captain
and was mustered into the service in Dc:
:scmbcr Of that year. IIc shared the ear
lier and latter events of the campaign be-
tween Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico
. having in the mean time been recalled
home ly a severe and cxlausting Illness.
After the close of the war he withdrew
from the bar, and devoted himself diigent.
:ly to the pursuits of agriculture. As a
planter he was, cminently successful.
Whilo engaged on his plantation, Mr..
Rurt, the then Representative of the "nine-
ty,sixth district" voluntarily retired from,
z the trust, and. Mr.. Brooks was elected his
2 successor in February, 1858. s..i .. ?
- lie came here the Representative of a
i proud and gallant constituency constit-
shucncy whose history had been illustrated
by the virtues, the craftsmanship, and the
John 6. Calhoun and George % WcDnff;s e.. i'''' =
Will not speal ofShis services here r.
lie archives Of TIA comntry. - ore @ tbe mon,, -
;$snents Of his reputation In ttbe besr,s n e
,yLo served with him upon his f1oor are ,,,a IL
testimonies 70 his character. 80 e,''' - ~
s., In fancy Mr.. Brooks was. ..chaste, and ii
Judgment solid nnd discriminating in die
hon he was simple, and in taste sfned N 8
s,norallv. - S's''s. '' 'ss =
ss In lis bearn,r bo WAS monv and Il intor
sScourse :,r q generous il disnMtc be was sincere
and friendship tenacious Fa;lina size 1 lad
ssdof f6eY are The allotment Of bnma1;iv hn,
nay the country mourn ere II nourns