The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1858-05-27
CHARACTER OE SENATOR EVANS,

vcrsally dcp!ored. He was a man of quiet,
retired habits and of Il reflective mind A
stranger entering the .Scnatc chamber and
seeking 10 locate men by their physiognomv
and general bearing, would not have select
! ci Mr.. Evans rs n representative Of the
would h. looking for man Of the irnp",u-
o-itv ii llavn". the eager rcsolutcncss Of
Hamilton, or the fiery torth-puttings" Of
Mcputic. Quite different was the late Scna-
/ tor from all these. OF broad and short bod
Iv structure, he sat very calmly in his sena-
toral chair, with Il dignity and patience de-
rived probably from the Bench, which he
adorned many Years. He presentad 4 strong
contrast to his colleague, Butler, who was i'm
pu!>ivc and restless, but there WAS much
congcniaii,v between them. Few would
haze taken judge T. to be over 60 Years
ot are, while he was over 20. His lon
-eviiv may be attributed to the cguanimity
ii lis temper, and tho regularity of his
habits, Few members grow old on the
parliamentary soil. Mr.. Gildings has the
but !le would not be regarded as :, very old
man amil the hills of Berkshire, or the val
AVS ot Iamshirc. And even he seems
ready to faint and 90 into svncope ut every
sudden political excitement in the House
W.. hope he viii not fall \ martyr to so
ppora cau-c rs political abolition.
Il WIS - the mild ana charitable Evans,
ina: IN abolition leader mad. the confession
,.s:'; his party did not care particularly for
Tia: nrgro,.~, out they were resolved on OBJ
ttiu;r~ political power. He thus felt as>ur
r'i rha, it WIS ambition, not bcncv"icncc,
which prompted their prc.rrna,ural cf
:psts On the political arena. JuLg: Evans
seldom mingled in debate, never for the
purn"s'."f displaying himself. His speech
We're no matters OF business, AMI these
short, as * III. South Carolina custom. sen.
atora had great confidence in his judgement,
/ i"r they knew that to the judicial faculty,
/ before him. Hence the strong votes he
carrie! for his revolutionary halt-pav bill
in the face OF The prejudice against pensions.
IL: succre'!"I IN Iisintering 4 contract
from burial OF almost icur-score wears,
and proving t. the Senate it had life. 1t
was the governmental act of 1880, which
promised hai-pay for life to the officers
who should serve To the enl ot the war.
It was afterwards commuted to full pay
Tor i've years. but the military creditors
We're paid off. o. rather put off, with near.
Iy worthless certificates. Mr.. E:lvans was
resolved t ut this injustice should no long
cr be nnrsed bv the Government. if he
could prevent it. He accordingly prepared
\ bill, an'! carried it handsomely through the
Senate BY press of business, it WIS snoth-
cred in the House, but he expected to see this
tct OF Justice PASS both Houses this session
and his long labor thus crowned with sue
cess. But death suddenly came and cut
oh AL these expectations. His patriotic
Iabors are done, and the best tribute his CO.
legislators can render to the memory Of the
tirparteh statesman, is to give full and
final passage to that bill Of Justice and graft
.tide- on the contamination Of which he
was SO intent. Bv such an event rs this sud-
Ten '!',a.h, statesmen are reminded not only
that they are mortal, butthat they must do
quickly for the countrv5s good what they
intend to 10, for in IN unexpected moment
they may be called to give IN account
OF their stewardship
The South Carolina procession has passed
OFF the stage before the eyes of genera
ton not yetoId- Lowndes, Pinckney, Hug
er, Legare, Gr:mke, Gads,ten, IIayne, Cal
houn, McDutfie, Miller, Butler, and now
Evans, constitute and line of intellectual
men, which any State may be is proud to
hold IN her bosom rs she must be sal to
lose from her grasp. Perhaps this discip-
ineof sore afffiction whichthat gallant State
has borne, has been blessed to the purifca-
ton of her heart, and the promotion of her
sense of dependence on a superior Power.
Possibly IN - the dav OF adversity," she has
resolved to consider" Some ssGer States
might with propriety DO the same, and SO
nlIght the nation, for it IS in fact M
tionai death that has occurred, and may oc-
eur again before the close of the session.
All appsar TO reverence the memory of the
recently departed May alt conduct eacE,
his share OF the public business with equal
digniry aud prosperietv- Then will the
people respect the National Council, and
prosperity will be the portion Of al--Nev
Fork Journal Of Commerce.
Grapes as a Xedicme.-Grapes-w which
are so much eaten at the present. season.
possess some peculiar medicinal proper
tiesy operating differently, according to the
pastIeuiau eoudition In which the plsysical
system may be- When IN health, swallow
oaly the pulps when the bowels arg cossive
and It is desired rO relax them, swallow the
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