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" Mr. BUTLER ruse and said: Mr. Phekident:- I rise to discharge "a mournful duty, aud one which involve in it considerations'wrll calculated to arrest the at tention of this body It is to announce the death of my colleague the Hon. JohsCald will Calhoun. He died a! his lodgings in this cilv, on yesterday morninp, at half past seven o'clock. He was conscious of his ap proaching end, and met death with fortitude mid uncommon serenity. He had many ad monitions of its approach, and without doubt he had not been inJifl'ercnt to them. With hi usual aversion to profession, he said little effect on the world, and his last hour were an exemplification of hit life and charac tertruth and simplicity. Mr. CaLuouS, for tome years, had been suffering under a pulmonary complaint, and trader its effects oUl not have reckoned a long existence. Such was hit own con vic tion. The immediate cause of hit death was an affection of the heart. A few hours be fore he expired, ha became sensible of his sit uation: and when "he was unable to-apesk, his eye and look evinced recognition and intelli gence of what was passing. One of tha List direction! he gave was to a dutiful sou, who had been attending him, to put away some mauscrfptl which had been written a short time before under his dictation. Mr. Calhoun was the least despondent man I ever knew. and I hejiad jn an eminent dc- a-mi h. u.it.atiai.tinino' nnwer 01 i iicuct i rree the self-sustaining power of intellect, ilui lasf dyrand "hi lastremarks a exem-. i ulincatroni of what I have just said. Menial determination sustained him, when all others wbt in despair, ; Vc aaw Jum a lew days .... --ja-A-IB-t?,j"jft5flf gnrWc1rtw'iso'hrig' ae' ruoicd we saw"the struggle of a strong mind cxertinir itffilf to sustain and overcome"" the weakness and infirmities of a sinking body. It was the exhibition ol a wounded eagle. with his eyes turned to the heavens in which ' L Ud r..,l. bui into which his wines cuuld , . tvwry. liim.aili.... .......i..,- ,...., .. Mr. President, Mr. Calhoux has lived in tn eventful period of onr republic, and has acted a distinguished part. I surely d -not venture too much when I say.'that his reputa tion forms a striking part of a glorious his tory. Since 1811, until this time he has been responsibly tonneclcd with the Federal Government, At Representative, Senator, cabinet minister, and Vice President, he has bera identified with the greatest events in the 4oliiical history of our country. And I hope that I may be permitted to say that he has . been equal to all the duties which were dc . solved upon him is the many critical junc- - turn ia which M was placed. Having e ded Dart It would not become me to ten. tureuDoathe iudemeut which awaits 'his memory. This will be formed by posterity ' before the imoartiel tribunal of history. It Biar be U(t be will have had the late, and 'Will fir o htm the judgment that has been waned to Chatham. I should do the memory of my friend injus- tiee, were I not to speak of hi life ia the . spirit of history . The dignity of hit whole r character would rebuke any tone of remark . which truth and judgment would not sanction Mr. Calhoun was native of South Car- olina, and waa born m Abbeville district on 1 the 18th March 1783. He was of an Irish ' family. Hit lather, Patrick Calhoon, waa born in Ireland, and at an early age came to , . Pensylrania, thence moved to the western part of Virginia, and after Braddock'a. "defeat IDored to South Carolina in 1760. He and ' family gave a name to what ia known as the t Calhoun settlement in Abbeville district. The , mother of my colleague was a Miss Caldwell, born in Charlotte counlv. Virginia. : The character of hii parenta had, no doubt, sensi- ble influence 00 the destiny of their dittinguish ' ' ed son. Hia father had energy and enterprise, mmmnea wiia penwreranee and great mental Mwrrauiauoa. ms mother belonged to famdy of revolutionary heroes. , Two of .. net brothers were distinguished in the revo lution. i neir name and achievements are ol Wft to IraditHHa. but coustitute . paiiof. the history of tlie times. Mr. Calhoun waa born in the revolution. and in his childhood felt tlie inflnence of it exciting tradition. He derived from the pa. - - iem tten mieiiect and seU-rclisnce, and ' tram the Caldwell enthusiasm and impulse. bU iofluenc pon hi temper and character. .. u f . - 1 . 11 .... - limited adrantageeof what it termed liter. . syiuiuofc um p,ret, btei , newyet. Ued eountry. and among tpmse nopuUtion. -P,LE0p.uUl""',,, but li?ht eonnexion with the lower country- of South CroUna, nd were ausutned by emlg,w, from yir. . izlrz ' The - wa, of i-i 1 r ""n n - mstmcuoo to l AlJiotrn hv Blwkv. expressed himself deep. . . . '' s'''" " ' ."";', ' '...; v.,-.;.. j'y sensible of I hat influence. At the age of 'liirieen he Was placed under the charge of hw hrmtrrHnlwj tin W mldlli-4 Columbia county, Georgia. Scarcely had he cnmmrn ced lit literary course before his f uller and sister died". His brother-in-law. Dr. Waddel, devoted himself to his clerical tl Lilies, and was a great deal absent from home. On his second marriage he resumed the duties of his academy; and in his nineteenth year, Mr. Calhoun placed himself under the charc of his distinguished teacher. It must n.il lie supposed that his mind before tins had been unemployed, He had availed him-' self of the advantages of a small library, ami had been deeply inspired by his reading of historv. It was under such itifliirticvs that he entered the academy1 of his preceptor. His progress was rapid.- He looked forward to a higher arena with eagerness and pur pose. Ho became a sludent ill Yale College in 1802, and graduated two years afterwards Willi distinction as a young man of great ability, and with the respect and confidence of his preceptors and fellows. What they have said and thought of him would have given any man a high reputation. It is the purr fntmt.iiii of a clear reputation. It the stream has met with obstructions, they were such as have only shown its beauty and majesty. Afterho had graduated, Mr. Calhoun stu died law, and lor a few years practised in the I .1.... I. n .. .ln,....l.,,l In ta .ir.ilnou i.k.i 11a ' "" 1 ... was men remarivaoie lor some iraua mai navr since cKSrHeWrized hrm. He-wa .in his propositions and candid in his intercourse with bis brethren. The truth and justice of the law was inculcated on his mind, am! w hen armed will) these, he was a great ad vocate. H is forensic career was, however, too limit ed lo make a oromiueiit Dart in ihe history of of his life, lie served for some years in the legislature of his native Slate; and his grey mind made an impression on ner statutes, some of which have tiad a .great practical op eration on the. concern! ol society. rrom the legislature of his own Slate he was trans ferred to Congress; and from this time h career has been a part of the history of the lederal government. Mr. Calhoun came into Congress at a umo of deep and exciting interest at a Crisis of ercat magnitude. It was a crisis of peril to those who had to act in it, but of subsequent glory to the actors and the common history of th country. The invincibilily of Great UirLim had become a proverbial expression and a war with her was full of terrilic issues Mr. Calhoun found himself at once lit a situ ation of high responsibility one that requ'r ed more than sneaking qualities and elo quence to fulfil it. The spirit of the prnplH r.siuirnd direction: the cnnrv and arJor ol youth were to be employed in affairs requiring the mitnrer qualities ol a statesman. me oai t which Mr. ('aliioi: acted at this time has been approved and applauded by con temporaries, and now forms a part of the gh riout history of those times. The name of Clay, Calhoi'n, Curves, and Lowndes, fikcNDv. Vm " ihrL ".1TV.'.T'7 . ...T . . 1 1 n . ..-ilk (ll.In. -lrt rV(Mp4ll I earn u 1.1111,117 niui uiwii mi . itm-jtemfrf- fkt Aathn. - Their clarion notes penetrated me army; tnev antmateu trio peo- ole. and sustained the administration of the Government With such actor:, and in such srrnes1 the most eventful ol .OUT . history o say that Mr. Calhoun did not play a second part is no comman praise. In debate he was equal to Handolph, and in council he comman ded the respect and conridence'of Madison. At this period of his life he had the quality 'of Themisloclcs 1 mipirt tmfulenct -which, ater ajljjs the highest of earthly qualities; it is a mystical nmetliinf. which is fell; "Tittf cannot be described. The events of the war were brilliant and honorable to both statesmen and soldiers; and their history may be read with enthusiasm and delight. The war termi nated with honor; but the measures which had to be taken in a transition to a peace establish ment were full of dilficully and embarrass ment Mr. Caliioi'N, with hi usual intre pidity, did not hesitate to take a responsible part Under an influence of a broad pttriot itm, he acted with uncalculatiug liberality to all the interests that were involved, and which were brought under review of Congress. Hi personal adversary at this time, iu his admiration for hit genius, paid Mr. Cal iiortN a beautiful compliment for his noble and national sentiments. At the termination of Mr. Madison's admin istration, Mr. Calhoum had acquired a com manding reputation; he waa regarded at one iff the taget of the republic in 1617, Mr. Monroe, invited him to a place in his cabinet; Mr. Calhoun's -friends doubted tlie propriety of bis accepting it, and tome of them thought he would put a high reputation at haxardin this new sphere of action. Perhaps these tugget tiont fired hit high and gifted intellect; he accept ed the place, and went into the War Department under circumstances that might have appalled other men. Hit success hat been acknowl edgedwhat wat complex and confused, ha reduced to simplicity and order. Hut or ganization of the War Department, and hi administration of it undefined duties, have made the impression of tn author, having the interest of originality and the sanction of trial. To applicants for office, Mr. Calhoun mad few promises, and hence be wat not ac cused of delusion and deception. When a public trust wat involved, h would not com promise with duplicity or temporary expediency.- - ; ,-"- v " --.. '. ' .. At the expiration of Mr. Monroe' adminis tration, Mr. Calhoun' name became con nected with the Presidency;-and, from that time lo hi death, he had to share the fate of all othert who occupy prominent situations. .The remarkable canvas for th President to succeed Mr. Monroe terminated" In return ing three distinguished men to the House of Representatives, from which one wa to be a elected. Mr. Calhocn wa elected Vice President, by largt majority. H took hi sett in the Senate as Vice President on th 4ih of Msrch 1825, having remained in Ithe War Department over even year. . sTKIh ". u) Vie President was nlae L .... . .. ' me or HUmoat trying scene of any fe. I do fa bow choose to refer tn ng that can bM th element of con- tb but I hop 1 M!l7- he permitted lo my friend and corae in a charae- -tl :ii i ... t . . . 11 ui win join 10 saying him tin ; At piwidingofuoytfthbbody. Hasp, he had thmono'r,aea s members. He wa ouD!,", methodical, ndeewnr, and had higl regard for th dignity jf Senate, whie, a a presiding euicer, bA en- demvored lo preserve and maintain. He look - cd upon debate as an honorable contest of in- telWtJoT3SilK,-Sutb.jt elcif. fcuvus kuU. deut and its trials; but Mr. Calhoun had, in an eminent degree, regard for parliamentary dignity and propriety. I pon lieneral llaync t leaving the Senate to become governor of South Carolina, Mr. I alhoi n resigned tlie V ice Presidency, and w as elected in his place. All will now agree that such a position wat ciivironed.with didi cul lies and dangers. His own State was under the ban, and he was in Ihe national Senate to do her justice under its constitutional obli gations. That part of'his life posterity will review, and will do justice to it. After hrs senatorial term had expired, lie went into retirement by his own consent. The Death of Mr. L'pshur so full ofmclau chofly association made a vacancy in the State Department, and it was by the common consent of all parlies that. Mr. Calhoun wjis called to fill it. 'hi was a tribute of which any public man wilrbc proud. It was a tribute to truth, ability and experience. Under Mr Calhoun's counsels, Texas was broueht into the. Union. His name is associated with one of the ngist remarkable events of his tory that ol one republic being annexed io another by the olimuiry consent ofbolh. Mr. Calhoun was hut the agent to bring about this fraternal association. It is a conjunc tion under the sanction of his name, and In ail infloenee e?ferU''il ihroi Uh hisjfreat and intrni.J n.lilll I r f'.. ........... ..... . ... lhoun s connexion with the Kxrcutive Department of the (!ov- cxuuumt lcrminatfd. with. Mr. .Tyler's admin-j is ration. At a recrcttry ot Mate, lie 'on the confidence and respect of foreign ambas sadors, and his despatches were characterized by clearness, sagacity, and boldness. lie was not allowed to remain in retirement long. Tor the last five years he has been 11 ifreiubcr of this body, and has been engaged iii discussions tlmt have deeply excited and agitated the country. He has died amidst them all. I had never had any particular as sociation with Mr. Calhoun, until I became his colleague ill this body. 1 had looked on his fame as other had done and admired his character. There are (hose hero who know more of him than I do. I shall not pronounce any such judgment as may be sub ject to a controversial criticism, lint I will sav as a matter of justice, from my own per sonal knowledge, that I never knew a fairer man in argument or a juster man in purpose. His intensity nllowcd of little compromise Whilst he did not quality Ins own positions to suit -the temper irif itic. Ttmrs, he appreci ated the unmasked propositions of oiIhtb. As a Senator, he commanded lite respect of the ablest men ol tlie body of wlncli liq was a member; and I believe 1 may say that where 'here was no political bias to influence the judgment, he had Ihe confidence of his brethren. As a statesman, "Mr. Calhoun's reputation belongs to the hiatory of the couu try, and I commit it to his countrymen and posterity. In inv oninini, Mr. Calhoun deserves -trr occupy the first rank of.a,iKfira1neulary speak er. He had alwa-ys licfore him' the dignity iA pin-jiote, and lie-spoke. Lailll enil. 1' rum fittl mind he expressed his ideas with -clear-fu nets, simplicity, nn.l l-rw, and in language that seemed to' be the vehicle of his thoughts aud emotions. , His thoughts leaped from his in mil like arrows from a well-drawn how. Thry;hnd.bolM the aim- and foree-l' a skilful archer. He teemed to Tiavi : tiad tilife regard for ornament; and when he used figures of speech, they were only for illustration. His manner and countenance were his best lan guage; and in these there was an exemplifi cation of what is meant hy(action in that term of the great Athenian orator and slatesman. "They tferved to Bxliioa iJM.oral.,..de.Mpil of thei mail. In speaking of Mr. Calhoun, as a man and a neighbor, 1 hope, I may speak of him iu a sphere in which all will like to contemplate hnn. hilst he was.-a gentleman ol striking deportment he was a man of primitive tastet and simple manners. He had the hardy vir tues and simple tastes of a republican citizen. No one disliked ostentation and exhibition more lhan he did. When I sav he was a good ntighbor, I imply more than 1 have ex pressed. It 11 summed up under Ihe word ljuttire. I venture to say that no one in his private relation could ever say tnai Air. iAL- houn treated hnn with injustice, or mat he deceived him by professions. Hit private, character wat characterized by a beautiful propriety, and wat the exemplification of truth, I justice, temperance and fidelity lo hit engage ment!. - I will ventureanotherremark: Mr. Calhoun was fierce in hit contests with political advcrta- riet. He did not ttop in the fight to counfi losses or bestow favors. Uul he lorgot resent menu and forgave injuries inflicted by rivalt with signal magnanimity. Whilst he spoke freely of their faults, he could with justice ap preciate the merit of all the public men of whom I have heard him apeak. ' Ho was sincerely attached to the institutions of this eountry, and desired to preserve them pure and make them perpetual. j In the death of Mr. Calhoun, one of tlie brightest luminaries has been extinguished from the political armament it -wan event which wilt produce a deep tensartion through out this broad land. 1 have foreborn to tpeak ol hit domestic re lations. They make a tacrcd circle and, I ill not invade It Mr. President I ubmitlhe following reso lutions: 1 RnUvd. wumtawtury. That a eommiUet be 10- peiated by th Vie President to take order for sa perinteading tb funeral of the Ho. Joh C. Cab. nous, waica win taae piaoa lo-norrow, 149 coca, meridian, sad that th senate trill attea th same. , Maoitid, wuauKwly, That th ateatbors of the Senate, Irani, a. aiacera dctirt to show every mark of respect do the memory of th Hen. Joss C. Calhoci, deceased, 1st a member Unroof, will go iato n owning for hist oo month, by tb asusi atode of weft ring crape on Um left ana. . giMtntJ, tmaiumauttj. That, as tn additional mark of respect of th memory of th Mow ioat G. Caloooi, Ui Sonato do mom adjoara. OnfenoV That th Secretary ommanleaU then proecediofrt to th House of BeproseoUUve. SiMr, vlAY,M ft, JPmfot-im by my own leelings of profound regret, and re quested at the tarns time by some highly es teemed friends. 1 wish, in riting, to second these resolution which have just been read. to add a few word to what ha been to well and so iustly said by the subviving colleague of the illuetriou deceased.- y My personal seuuainUBoe with him, Mr. reiiwtwmmifuawar4o Winy-cignt year ago. We cnterad at the him time, together, In House of Representative at the ! other end of this building. The Congtes of which we thus became nietnbrrt was that a- munJt b.Oe deliberation and ac(s was the, I declaration of w ar against iho iii'ost ""poweiTuTT nation, at it respects us, in the world. uu- ring tlie preliminary aLcuston men aros- in the preparation for that great event as well as during those which look place w hen ihe resolution wa fmallv adopted, no member disptaved a mote lively and patriotic seutibi I it v 10 the w rongs w hich led to thai tnurncn tons event thar. the descased whose death w e all now so much di pldre. Kier artive, ar dent able, 110 ouc was in advance of him in advocating the cause of his country, and de nouncing the foreign injustice which compel led us to nppcal to arms. Of all the Congres ses w ith which I have had any acquaintance, tince my entry into the service of the federal Government, in hone, in my humble opinion, has bee n assembled such a galaxy of eminent and able men as were in the House of Ui'p rescntalives of tlrat Congress .which declared the war, and 111 thai immediately following the peace; and amongst that splendid assemblage none shone more bright and brilliant than the star which it now set. It was tnv happiness, sir, during a lartre part of the 11ft of the deported, tM,MiBff-.JWi him on all great questions of u:ition:d policy. And, at a Inter period, when it was my for tune to diner from him as to the measures ol I domestic policy had Ihe h ippiticss to a-! gree with him generally as to tiifte w hich j 1 1 4 culiCFlTrcn riTrrTnnn-rrmrfmr im as lo the preservation of the peace ol lb ft which ! country During the long session at tlie war was'cTeelitf'f'd,'' as were other members of Congress Irom bis own patriotic Stale. I w as atforded, by (he intercourse which resulted horn that lact, as well as the subsequent intimacy and iuter f iittpt- Jwhh-hfO lH!t.wci;U .us. au- o;)j;ortii nitv io form ;m estimate, not merely ol his public, but of his private life; and no man with whoiii I 'harp ever been Btiniiiiel ux ceeded him in habits of tempciancc and regu larity, and in all the freedom, frankness, nnd affability of social intercourse, nnd in all the tenderness nnd respect and affection w hich he manifested towards that lady who now mourns more lhan any other ihe sad event which has just occurred. Such, Mr. 4'rt si dent was the high estimate 1 funned of his transcendent talents, that, if at the end ofhis service in the executive department under Mr. Monroe's administration, he had been calle.d to the highest ollice in the Gov ernment, 1 Bhould have felt perfectly assured that under hi nuapices, ill honor, die. pros, peril , and the glory of out' Country would have been safely placed. Kir-eke has gone! No. more shall we wit ness from yonder seal the Hashes of that keen and penetrating eyr.ofjiis. darling through this chamber. No more shall we behold thai torrent of clear, rmc-ise; emu pact logic, jx hi redout frm his lips, which, if it did not always parry con viction to our judgment commanded our great admiration. ;iui.gv-JMd-Ura--4ip re- ctnsEil forever! And when, Mr. President, will that groat vacancy which has been created by tlie event to which we are now alluding when will JtltrCTly: ;TO rTn aimirr aimtiy.--pa- triOiltUI, ano UCVOIIOU 10 liai.. uo yiiyyi vvj to be the best interests of hit country t Sir, this is not the appropriate occasion nor would 1 be the appropriate person to attempt a delineation of his character, or the powers of bis enlightened m a few words, thai he possessed an elevated genius of the highest order; that in felicty of generalization of the subjects of which his mind treated, I have seen him surpassed by no one; and the charm nnd captivating influ ence f his colloquial pof tt hSW been felt by all who have conversed with him. I was his senior", Mr." PrwittleTtts -in -yetir in. aolli'mg else. According to the. course ol nature, 1 ought to have preceded him. It has been de creed otherwise; but I know that I shall lin ger here only a short time; and shall soon fol low him. And how brief, how short is the period of human existence allotted even to tlw youngest amongst us! Sir, ought we not to profit by the contemplation of this melancholy occa sion? Ought we not to draw from it the con clusion how. unwise it is to indulge in Iho acerbity of unbridled debate! how unwiss to yield ourselves to the tWay of the animosities of party feeling? Iiow wrong it is lo indulge hi those unhappy and ho! atrifoa which loo often exasperate our feel. ngs and mislead our judg ments in the discharge of the high and respon sible duties which we are called to perform? How unbecoming, if not presumptuous, il is in 111, who are the tenants of an hour in this earthly ahodo, to wrestle and tlrugglcjpgetlicr wilh a violence w hich would not be justifiable if it were our perpetual home! In conclusion, sir, while I beg leave to ex press my cordial tympalhics and sentiments of deepest condolence towards all who sUmd in near relation lo him, I trust we shall all be instructed bj ilia eminent virtues ttid merit of hit exalted character, and bo taught by hit bright example to fulfil our great public du ties by the lights of our owu judgment and the dictates of our own consciences, at he did according to hit honest and best concep tions of his duties, faithfully aud to the last. Mr. WEBSTEIt I hope the Senate. will indulge me in adding a very few words to what baa been taid. My apology for thit prs sumption la the very long acquaintance which ha tubsisted between Mr. Calhoun and my self. We are of the same age. I made my first entrance into the Houseof Representative in May, 1813. I thera found Mr. Calhoun, He bad already been a member .of that body for two or thre year. 1 found him then an active and efficient member of III assembly In which he belonged, taking a decided part and exercising a decided, influence inall iiadolibcr tJtBOaV . ''A . "' From that day lo the day of his death, amidst all the strife of party and po.itics, there ha subsisted between us, always, and without in terruption, a gwatjlegnisjor personal una- net. - . - .1. , ... : : -. r r Differini widely on- many great question respecting the institution and Uorernmcnt of toe country, that kumca . o?ver- ,wwrrupp; ed our personal and social inuircourts. I have been present at moat of th diaunguished in stance of tka exhibition of hi talenls in de bate. I have always hoard him with pleas are, ofen wilh much instruction, not unfre- auentlr with the lushest dears of admiration. Mr Calhoun wse calculated lo be a leader. lit w hats ever association of political friendt he was thrown. He waa a man of undoubted genius and of commanding CUent All 'ha country and all tlu w.irjl admit lUit Hi j mind was both perceptive and rigorous. It was! , clear, quiet, and strong, JSir. the clou in nee of Mr. ( alhHin, or iTie inaiiuer oriiii cxhibifiori bf Bif (WtiUlWi IB public bodies, was part, of hit intrllec u u char acler. it grew out ol Ihe qualities ol his ininu. U was plain strong, torse, cond ;n?d, concise; sometimes impassioned, still always severe Keicclingornamentnotof.en treking far for il- I-; lustration, his power consisted in the plain plainness ofhis propositions, in the closeness of his logic, andiu the earnestness and energy ofhis man ner. 1 liese are the qualities, as I thins, which have enabled hiiu through such a 1 mg course of years lo spoak ollcn, and yet.alwayscoimniud attention. His demeanor as a Srualor is known to us al! it is appreciated venerated by us all. IVo man was more respectful to others: no man carried himself wi'h greater decorum, no man with superiorilignitv. 1 think there is not one of ! us hut fell when he last addressed us from his seat in the Senate his form still erect with a voice by uo means indicating such a degree of physical weakness as uul in lacl posses hnn with clear tones and an impressive and, I may say, an imposing manner who did not leel that he might imagine thai vi e saw before its Senator of Rome, when Kmne survived. - Kir t I lisve mrt in puhlio nor in private Hte know n a more assiduous person iu ihe discharge of his appropriate duties. I have known no inan who watted Iras nflife in what is called re- creation, or emtiloyed less of it in Hn v nut-suits not - connected w ith the immediate "charge of w-yrwl i'wwnL t but the friends. pleasure ot conversa-ttor) Willi his out 01 tlie chambers ot l ongress, f knowledge pertaining to the immediate sub- ject of the duly before him, or else he was in. dinging 111 those social interviews m which he so much delighted. My .honorable friend from Kentucky has spoken, in Just ierins,of1riT.orT(qmaltaienlf They certainly were singular aud eminent 1 here wa a elutnu. mint conversation not of ten found. He delighted, especially, in con versation and intercourse with young men. 1 suppose that there has been no man among u w ho had more winuing manners, in such an intercourse aiid such conversation, with men comparatively young, than Mr. Calhoun. I believe one great power of'his character, in general, was his conversational talent 1 believe it ia that at well us a consciousness of hit high integrity and the greatest reverence for hit Int ents anil ability, thai has made him so endear ed an object tathtiprnple of the State lo which he belonged. Mr. President he- hod tliebtwi, the indis pensable basis, ol all high character; and that was unspotted integrity unimpcached honor and charaetor. If he had aspirations, they were high, aud honorable, and noble. There was nothing groveling, or low, or meanly sel fish, that came, near the head or the heart of I Mr. Cnnorjr. Firm in its pwrp-0c,perfeW Iv patriotic rnd honest as I am quite sure he was iu tlie prmejjilci that he ejmusdjnd in Ilie'mc'asufcs thai lieThifundeJ, aside from thai large regard for that S)eciet of distinction that conducted him to eminent ttartrma for the ben efit of the republic, I do not helieyo he had a acuuh motive or selfish feeling. However, sir, lie may have differed IroHITKstrTorn olliurs. of us . in.hipulitical- principUsv-thnse opinions will how ansccnd to posterity, under the sanction ol a great name, f to has lived long enough, he has done enough, and he has done il so well, so successfully, an honorably, tocoiiujjcUrtHiscit .far aU, etne With" the, ri- enrds ofhis country, lie is now a historical character. Those of ui who have known him here will find that he hat left upon our minds and hearts strong and lasting impression of hit person, his character, and hit public perform ances, wlih'h, while welivo, will neverbooMit" orated. We shall hereafter, I am sure, indutgc no k -asa-gralidiiLrcCi lived in his age that we have seen hnn, and heard him, and known him. We shall delight to speak of him to those who are rising up to fill our placet. And when the time shall come that we ourselves shall go, one after another, in succession, to our graves, we shall carry with us a deep tense ol his geniu and charac ter, his honor and inte.r.-Hy, hi amiable depart ment in privato lilc, and tlie purity ofhis ex alted patriotism. Messrs. Kusk and Clemzxs likewise paid eloquent tributes totlm memory of the deceas ed. The res nu'iont submitted by Mr. Butler were thia adopted, and thcScnittC.. adjourned. House . or JCkprcsentativki. After the reading of the Journal, Mr. Vinton moved that the House lake a recess till 1 o'clock, to enablo the Henate to act upon the melancholy intelligence which would bs communicated to tliemtJ,he motion, prevailed, . Al one o'oclock, the House again called to order. , I'he Secretary of the Senate announced tlie passage of resolutions of respect by the Sen ale to the memory n Hon. John C, Calhovn, toether wilh a resolution requesting the House of Representative in a body to attend the fu neral of the d.!csased tomorrow at meridian. Mr. HoLMKt, after a lengthy and beautiful summary of Mr. Calhoum' life, moved that the House concur with the Senate s resolutions. - Mr. Winthsop tacosed ul in a feeling ad dress, in which be expressed the deepest sym pathy on the part of Massachusetts, in the ca lamity which had bef.dlen th , n ition itlth? death of the distinjuuhod Senator from South Carolina,"" -V - . k,., . Mr. V ENABLE rot and taid ,,,. , I propota to aay lomothing of him in his last day. . Uarly in the wiutor of 18 19-9, his ' failing health gav nneasiness to hi friendt.! K aeveieattaoAol bronoiulit, coin plicated with an affection of th heart, disqualified him for the performance of hit Senatorial duties with the punctuality which, always distinguished him. It was then that I baoama intimately acquainted with bit mind, and, above all, with hiaheaj-t ". Watching by hi bvdrido, and d ring his recovery, I erased lob) astoaiahedat tlie power which In master mind and eleva ted moral feeiio had always exerted upon those who wen included within - the circle of Ikisacatial intercourse. ,It waa alributa paid spontaneously to wisdom, "gjoouv truth." Pa triatiani, hnijcity of piirpa, and pmrity of .mo-, tiva. reuaiireiaclir by Hit energies Of i-ach sn intellect as hardly ever Cdls lo any man, gathered arouad him sincere admirer and da toted friends, ... e ... x : That mmy failed to appreciate Ufa value of lh great trdiht winch ha altered, or to litten lo the waraingt which h: give, is nothing new ia the history of great mind. Bieoa wrote for posterity, uJ m;aof profound sigscity always Uiutk in advance of llieirceaentflon 1 1 il body Wjs smkinj unjr the invasion of t disease before I formed hi acquaintance, end he was' passing from among ot before I wat honored w ilh hit friendship. I rmred with over hi weak physical ttnlcture. I.tketDow. erful ateam-engiue on a' frail, bark, every revo lution of the wheel tricJ its capacity for endu rance to the utmost But yet his mind moved on, and, aa if insensible of "the decay of bodily strength, put forth without stint his unequalled powers ol thought and analysis, until nnhtra well nigh sunk under ihe imposition. IIi in tellect preserved its vigor, while his body wat sinking to decay. The menstruum r tained all its powers of Volution, while the frail cru cible which contained it waa crumbling to at oms. During his late illness, whirli, with a short intermission, ha continued aince the commencement of this seesiejt of Congress, there was no abatement of hit intellectual la bors. They were directed at well to the mo mentous questions now agitating the public mind, as m tlie completion of a work .whirh embodies his thoughts on the subject of gov ernment in general, and our own Constitution in particular thua distingui)iinghialastd.iv by the greatest effort of hit mind, and bequeath ing it as his richest legacy to posterity. - - (her-rftil in a k"rtber;-nniitrof TTir gloom w hich usually attends tlie progress of disease anuoy ed nun; severe in ascertaining tlie truth of conclusions, because unwilling to be deceived himself, he scorned to deceive oihcrsi-fekilfiil in appreciating the past, and looked lotne luturem dependent op existing causes, and fearlessly ' gave utterance to hi osopher and the statesman, he disc irdud ex- -pedieuls by which man "const. ue tlie limed lo their necessities. He loved the truth, for the truth's sake, and lielieved that to lemporiae it hut to increase tits evil which we seek to ro- me-er Tleapproach..oJl.de3tlj, brought no in dacaiionsof impatience no cloud uMnVlalo-' -itdl!WtttXoja.icn and manner in which it wat best to meet death, he remarked, " have but hide concern about eithetf I drtire to die in the dinrharft of my duhi I have an unthaken relianc won the providence of God." 1 taw him tour dayt after hit last app-ar-auce in tho Sonafe chamber, gradually sinking under the power of hit malady, without ono murmur it hit affliction, alwayt at itoua for the interest of hit country, deeply absorbed In the great question which agitate the public mind, and earnestly desiring it honorable adjust ment unchanged in the opinions which he held end uttered for many year,- the ardent friend of the Union and the Constitution, and seeking the perpetuity of our institutions, by inculcaung tlie practice of justice and tho duties 01 patriotism. Aggravated tymntoms, on the day bsforeiyenrt hit death, gave notice of hit approaching chdi I IcfiTiim tile's I higW; with but faiiit hopes of aiucnument; and on being aummonetl early .the next morning, I found him sinking in the . .,. ,. ..-.. .t . 0 ooiueiiioraco 01 uuam. Laiin, cjuocted, ana conscious of his situation, .but withont any tymptom of alarm hit face beaming with in telligence, without one indication of tuff.) ring ar naini. I watched bis minlontincw -and flu. until ihe- Uver cord w broken, iind then h went out in utsiantaneout eclipse. - When I removed my hand from doting hi eye, he teemed as one who had fallen into a tweet and refreshing slumber, Thus, air, closed the inous American statoman.lIit life and services shall speak of the greatness of by -gone days with undying testimony. Another jewel has fall en from our crown; tn inscrutable Providence ha removed from among u one of the great llghta of thtragei btit it t not extinptished From a height to which the shafts of malice or ,Um. djrj pf detraction. .jwrjnL cadrrr-ta hkdi envy cannotcrawl, or jealousy approach, it will shine brighter and more gloriously, sending It ray overt more extended horizon, and bless ing mankind by it illumination The friend of cantlituUonal liberty will go to hi writings for trulh, and to his life for a model. We, too, should be instructed by hie experience; while hi presages lor the lutura should infuse cau tion into onr councils, and prudence into our actions, nit voice, now no more heard in the Scnata, will tpeak mott potentially from the grave. Personal opposition baa died with hi death, 1 he aspirmx cannot fear him, nor Ihetra- bitiout dread hit elevatiom Hit life hu bs- coma history, and hi thought tlie property of ni countrymen. Sir, while we waep over hia grave, let us be consoled by the assurance that "honor dock tlie turf that wraps hit clay." lie waa our own, and his fame is also ours. Let nt imitate hit great examplB," In preffcrlnj truth and duty to uie approbation oi men, or the triumpht ol par ty, lie willing to stand alon for the right, nor turromtar independence for any induce ment. He waa brought up In' the society of msn ol the revolution, taw the work or our Constitution tinea its formation, wa profound ly akilledin construing ita meaning, and sought by tut wisdom and integrity to give perm men cy to the' Government which it e ret ted. If such high purposes be ours, thon our sun, like his, will go dJWB aeronsly, and we shall have secured "a pace above all other dignities a calm and quiet conscience. TheretDluUontau'imiltodby Mr. HOLMES were unanim msiy agreed In, Ana lh5 lloutj adjourned. DEATH OP MRT CALHOUN The Republic atatet tint hia friendt did not abandon Iheir hope of hit . recovery "until Saturday last, when toward remnght putse became uneven and weary, and betokening a aysttmi worn out and waste! by burdens above it (trength. 't "Punni Siturdithi wimil wa entirely cimposai. lit h id a distinct percsption of hit near en, H poK wnitoaiy- m 111s family, tin semes ofhis triumph, th reni of doubtful strilos, theitit3of the Mouth and tho anion of tlie Slates.' Tho corroipan lent of . th Bdtimore Son writes: '-. ' ' -? Mr. Calhoun brealhed bit last at about half past teven o'clock thit miminj. Hn oalled to hi abrti wtto wail lit ffio fOonif with iiinf , and requested him to look up hi pap"," slmdin j pjrticjlarlt to hi work on -sJJoirerrtmmt, which he h vl bca cngwrnl in revwring . .He remarked fh-lt M watfast sink ng, Boon af ter. Mr. V enable tn J othurs of the met cam in. Mr. Colli, in wt perfectly ealm and eom- poiel, and took ilitil win which Mr. Vena ble htnleilohim. H. said but little, but he retained to the last inomsnt hit eonsaloasnsas, an J whn trt'cch hid fiirl 'dhim, be o!k om of his friend by the hand. lie th; n Mfied hi hand to hi forehead, brush'n? back his hair after his usual jn mn-r. thin dropped h i head nd full breath. He wat ent relv free from pnin the whole night, snd hit traniiiion frjra " life to death was hka falling into sgtntl slum b:r. ;,,.;.."..,,. r-AA,- : At two o'oclock, Mr. Clarko MU1 atleadel for lit purpose of taking a east of th face, lav whieh he succeeded remarkably well. - " ' Hit countenance 'doc not .exhibit an ap pearance of death to much aa of repose, Iti life-like, mejeslie. serene. , . ., - . . Mr. Callnun. though expected, had eotais rived. It it presumed at the funeral will wiU take place on Wednesday. The same arrangementa will probably be made at upon die occasion of the death of ex-?r e'ldV-nt Ad m! aid should hs family desire Vie removal of the remains to Fort Hill, a coramitlse will po appointrd to accompany them, , . v Mr. Calhoun wat bom in Abbeville District, S. C, on the 18th, Mirrh, 1781 and waa therefore, sixty-eight yeara and thirteen day old when he died. Hit family waa Irish, n, bolli aides, ' - - . OiMPORNIAMH. KINO'8 REPOMV The Washington eomtpondemt of ihe Now York Journal of Commerce writes that "fHV Thoma Duller King's Report On Califonu waa read to Ihe President and Cabinet on Monday, and occupied two hours and a half the 27th ull. 1 ho lopica of which it trat. are: :'"r - ;'-: 'A.--1 The population jif the conntryl"' '' ' fta agricultural f esource; rr.''i"'W Kxtenl and production f tho " mineral region; ' . . ' - "v"'1 "''. ' ' ' The Commorr and navigation ''of Califor. ntat - .-.''' .j. - . " "5 r Tho legislation necestary for the territo Ani ?iriecially, In regard tqtlui disposition A. f the gold bearing land, belonging to llr J- ofl nited States. The population' of die country U now about one ' hundred and twenty thousrnd. An accession to the " population by Immigration, during the year beginning at the next dry saason, on the Ut day of Mat, 1 eilimatrdi at two hundred thousand. ..i . - The agrieallural eapacitea of th KUta art vttdy greater than has been heretofore repra aented. There f a vast extent of pastur lands, unturpaaitd any whera in th world, in verdure and richness, ' The wild oat grow apoa'ADcuutly all over the plains, yielding an . annual omp at the rats of forty bushels pa orot.-.Any numticr of cattle and iheen may be raited. Two hundred tliontand head of cattle mutt be brought into it the next two Th6 eaTllo- wer formertt-nier f-rt.-"-- hide, whfeha rha rMef-orttelrof axrmtt and they wore worth but four dollar a head, but now they are worth twenty or thirty dol- , hwrrhiwd, -- -vr- - California tt espcially adapted to wool -grow- - ingl t gentleman wat about to import 10,000"" sheeptrom Mexico, with a view to go into that business. The futurvalur of the vineyards ia ' rrprcsenled as vsfy giwrt;- ' ' " 1 ' 11 1 , '" A4o theeommsree -of the eonntry.Tie eatt- males the ralue of imports needed in California . from the Adanfic Slate for the next oa at four million of dollar ia flour, ix million in lumber, and , two million In -outer Al to tha article bnumber. lui price W 73 per thousand, and cannot be lower, be causa it m beiotr the cost of labor neccluary . foreutting and tawing lumber in California. It it carried to California for Ml a thousand and tiipposing cost tiy) htre, it trill eon-- UllUO HI Py, - ?' ' '- T: 1 v ,TJfi t "'4 feirion. .U iotoribed at, extndlnc fly or tix hundred mile from the Sooth, lo th North, and from forty to aixty mile ia width, rrom the Catt to West II rite grad ually In an ' Inclined plain from th Saeramen to Valley, to the elevation of 4,000 feet at what are called die Fool Hill. ' Between these lull and tha Sierra Nerada, a number of ' ttreams have their source, and take their eoqrao through the Foot Hills, westward. -, Mr. King examined twelve of these rivers, and found them all very rich in gdd. Th territory on, the North is rery rich in gold) and ihe conclusion it inevitable, from oil too facts, that tha whole quarts plain, containing three thousand tqutr niles, it full of gold bedded in ihe quarts, and some or which, disintegrated . from tha quarts by Ihe torrent, may be found in dust and lump in the bed of th tream. '.. , . The whole nnmbar of foreigner la th region, who let gold hunters, i hfWn too--- tsnd. Tbre hive been but twven thousand A merictn gold hunters. The Chilians and 80- nora people came in crowds, and have carried off .49,000,000, The Americans 13,000,000 making, in all, 110,000,000. ; ; Forty mil bona mora will be procured from May till Noremberi and it is estimated lb amount from May I, 1831. till Not, 1853, Will b on hundred million! ' ' '-" ' He recommcnits that the lands bt rnt.itned at public property forever and a perpetu al resource for the public exchequer. . I o the worker and diggers oi gold, h pro pose lo grant permit, al the r of an ounce of gold for each pound. ; " For th erK-ourigemeOI of tegular spin asg OjicratiiiiM, 'he pmpotct to grant 1 is af limited number of acres, to peraoqa or couh panics, at a tmall per eenuge on the amount of gold procured. ' ; ) :: . 1 m 1 - t WHIG STATE CONVENTION; Tt having been referred, by County nieminga tnJ tundry communication from difTur.-ut por. lion ol ihe Ml its, to tho ucqtrol Uomm ttee, ap pointed by the Whig Party, to designa b day and place for the mectingof ihe Whij Con- vwiuon, for the purpose of uoini.uting a Can didate forOovemort i . Notice it hereby givcti, Iharto suit the vi -ws and wislies of th largeat number, the said Convention will assr-mbls in Rakigh.on Man. day, lha 10th of June cit. At which, lima and place the Deli.tte are most respeaifully 'VHed to attend, v--w-.wr.!: RICH'D UlNESi CA'w. Office Hot Jert In JJ'vhlngton.'MT. Smith, in th Senate, aaid' that hen C'en. Ttylor came into office there wcie 470 WoHico an! 136 Whigt in the Departinenls at U'ath ingtont aad on th - 1st of Jan'y Li-t. Locofoco and 3U M'hys,' And this is Wing Proscription? rstm5!'Pi!iv 1 ; . V , - ' w- . "' 5rNl
The North-Carolina Star (Raleigh, N.C.)
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