Correspondence of Evening Bulletin.
Romoval of Mr. Calhoun’s Remains.
Wastuinaron, April 22.
This morn ng, neeording to arrangement,
the remains of Mr. Calhoun were borne fio
the Congressional burying ground to the
Richmond steamboat, theuce to be conveyed
to Charleston, and finally to the capitol of
South Carolina, there to onsigned to their
lust repose. Tl was the intention,.if possible,
to have had the body taken South during the
past, week, but owing to various canses, the
traisfer was unavoidably delayed. On Thurs.
day last, the undertaker, Mr. M. White, ac-
companied by Jno. L. Wirt, Fiske and Ray.
mond’s metallic coffin case agent here, repair.
ed to the graveyard for the pury ose of a ljust.
ing the body for removal, and [am informed
by thedatter that so well had the case presere.
ed the remains, that scarcely a tinge was ob.
servuble on the entirely surface, but on the
contrary that he looked as fresh as though a
corpse only yesterday, ‘The body was not tas
ken from the coffin, but the head Was raised,
and a curled hair pillow placed under it, in or-
der to preserve it from jolting about, by the
action of the conve yance,on i's way ty Charles.
ton, The flesh of the face presented - its
natural hue, ith perhaps a-slight shado more
of sallow in the complexion : hat tho expres.
sion remained unchanged, ‘The eyelids had
paried, and revealed his eyes, still lit up with
all their former brilliancy, appearing rather
to belong tothe statesinau living, than to one
“ whose voice no longer breathed musig tu the
ear, logic to the mind, nor reason to the sen-
ses.” [ have rarely seena contrast so mark.
ed—eyes so full and lif*-like—eyes ever re-
markable for their mute intensity of languages
compared with th» ghastly mortality of the lips,
reduced to the thinness almost ofawater. It
appeared what the latter had lost, had been
added to the former, but in other respects the
countenance was much the same as it was if
life. |
At 7 o'clock, Doctor and Major Calhoun,
sons of the late Joba. C. accom anied by the
Sergeant-at Arins of the Senate, drove to the
burying ground, atid andexhumed the body,
and brought it to the Capitol Here, in front
of the building, the procession forme, and the
remains were given in charge of the Senate
Committee, who untied with the Cornmi tee,
who united with the Conrnities sent from the
State of Souh Carolina to aid in the duty of
removal, ; ; |
Everything was conducted in silence and
with decorum, and without the |-ast attempt
at parade. About thirty carriages, contain.
ing the two committers, pall-bearers, &e. con-
stituted the line of procession, with a carriage
driven in advance, containing the sons of the
deceased as mourners, Along Vhe ‘streets,
through which the cortege passed, on its way
to the steamboat landing, groups of persons
were collected to cvitness the last journey of
the lamented Statesman. to meet a bereaved
coustiiuency ; bu. every mark of respect ex.
hibited, was ovnifested in silence, and to this
matiner he was conveyed on board the boat,
A numnber of gent.émen, members and others,
ardent admirers of Mr, C. whils living, accom.
panied the remains, and together with the
committee und pall-bearers, numbered per-
haps one hundred persons. At nine o'clock
the boat rounded fromm the pier, and simultan.
evusly the lingering crowd ancovered, in to.
ken of respect, and bade the iflustrions dead a
mute farewell, In halfan hourall thatere-
mained of Mr. Calhoun was lost to us for."
ever,
1 have hithertd described the metalic ease |
in which Mr, Calhoun was incoffined. Vue |
manufacturers are Messrs, Fisk and Ray.
mond, 209 Walker street, New York. Tues |
informed, that immediately after the death of |
Mr. Calhoun, in the absenre of other mem.
hers of his family besides Dr. Calhoun, the
South Carolina delegation were applied to for
their opinion, whether Mr. Cathoun would |
have permitted, bad he previously heen ap.
pealed ww, the embalment of his body, and it,
was voted by the majority that he would not,
and consequently that it would be violation of
his wishes to depart from (his opinion, — In this
view Dr. C. concurred, but since the arrival
of Major C. be regrets exceedingly that the
delegation were thus sensitive. Mr, Wood.
ward held out strongly in favor of embalment,
but was overru'ed, and hence the body was
consigned to the earth. without undergoing any
process for its preservation, The plan pro.
posed to be adopted, was that employed hy
Monsigur Gauoal of Paris, of injecting the
blood vessels with an antiseptic fluid, hy
which the physical systenvis so effectually'pre
vented from decoraposition, that years may
multiply into ages laefore the body is wholly
destroyed, or certainly until long after the im-
mediate family have passed away,
Respectfully Hertco.