Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1868-06-10
Bar Dinner to Chancellor Carroll.


The arduous la5ors of tho juno Term ended on
Friday last.
Chancellor CARROLL, though evidently worn
with fatigue md general debility, accomplished his
task with that ability and grace so peculiarly his
own.
Owing to certain causes in which Chancellor
CIRRoLL had been Of Counsel, this. was the frat
tims of his presiding in Edgefeld-his homo un-
til within few years past. And On this occasion
the Membsrs of the Edgoheld Bar determined to
honor him with complimentary dinner. :.
Accordingly it was intimated' to Mine Host Of
the Saluda House that Diner en- grande tenuc
would be expected at his Hotel on Friday evening.
The hint, as usual, was all that was necessary 10
friend GLOVER, who ravished our eyes and tiokled
our palates beyond description.
Gov. BoSuAx presided, with Chancellor CAR.
ROLL, the distinguished guest of the occasion, on
his right, Gov. PIckESs on his left, and
Judge BACON OF tho foot. At the first quaff Of
the rich Champagne, Gov. BOMBAY, on the part
of the Bar, extended to- the honored Chancellor a
warm and enthusiastic Welcome which was re-
sponded to by that gentleman in pertinent and
feeling remarks.
And here we cannot refrain from risking q little
liability to the accusation of pedantry, in saying
that'we have always beon delighted with the case
and grace of the Chaucollor's style. 1t is to US
peculiarly elegant and comes nearer to what Cicero
termed facundia" in eioquence than that Of. any
speaker we have ever, heard. The Chancellor
closed with toast to the profession of the law.
Gov. P1cKEss rose, by acclamat;on, to reply, and
soon riveted attention by the most eloquent ex-
tempore' remarks within our recollection. Gov.
P. evidently felt the associations of former days
and happier hours clustering around him, aS ho
alluded in grand words to the. honored names Of
those great intellects who In the olden time ws.o
want to assemble at the Edgsaeld Bar; such
names Is come to us by FAME and tradition
HARPER and WILDE and McDuFTrE and PErT1-
CRU and CAN'T and CALHOUN and BLANDING.
And then those of later date-SMKISs and BA-
CON and BUTLER and WARDLAw a WIGFALL,
whose mantle the distinguished Chancellor now
present wore so ably and go we'll. We werc par
ticularly attracted by one Of Gov. PIcKENs's re-
marks, to the effect that in the early days Of the
country the great questions of the day wcre elabo
rately argued and determined at the Bar, just as
Mt present they were discussed in the papers
with this diHsrence-tbat the argument and diH-
eussion thereof by the lawyers were much moro
profound and searching than those of the press.
We believe this to be true; and hence the grand
oratorcal efforts Of the past in comparison with
those of this day.
Gov. BoSnAM was in one of his happest moods,
and presided with go much esprit as to COLL forth
the happiest sentiments from the different mem-
bers of the Bar. His own remarks, together with
these of Gen. GARY, Major ABNEY and Capt. AD-
OLSON, in regard to the Lost Causo," were sad
but glowing tributes to the Illustrious Dead.
Mr.. LERor F. YouuANs,. too, the gifted Solici-
tor of the Southern Circuit, now universally
esteemed citizen of our town, contributed not a
little, by his eloquence and social accomplish
meuts, to the brightness and success of this most
pleasant reunion.
The absence on this occasion, by reason Of
sickness, of two of the abless spd most popular
members of tho Edge6eld Bar, Mr.. MAaRATH and
Gen. BUTLER, was the cause of universal regret
Politics having been entirely eschewed at this
dinner, rs if by common consent, tho shades
night fell upon table unequaled in social 'cheet
and dainty faro Many bumpers were quaaed to
old Edgeield, our revered District; and among
other things it wa, said that not many years ago
Edgegeld could have boasted Of having within
her corporate limits, of her own citizens, two
Chancellors, U. S. Senator, q member to Con.
gress, and Minister and Secretary of Legation
to one of the first foreign Courts. To which might
have been added that, during the late Mar.--ths
same l,tue town giofieu at tneS's tilnein the
feats of four Confederate Generals.
Pardon us. Of our native home, nothing can
be said to bio by way Of boast. z
And SO the shades of night grew deeper, and
the glasses fuller, and the wine richer, and tn,
merriment louder, and the anecdoto wittier, and
the brain quicker, and the heart warmer, and
Hdfnan nature nobler.
"And we sang and laughed,
And the rich wine quaffed.
Till we shook the olden WALL" q
And the elimination of the whole affair was
grand bumper to our Hostand Townsman, GLOVER
for the royal fare, the nnriyaled cheer, and th'
unexceptionable une style of the entertainment 81
literally and layishly set forth.
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