Don't know if this is proper for the page but thought the group might
enjoy some exceprts from the John Hamilton Cornish Diary on John C.
Calhoun.

Thursday, December 3, 1846
Ch. this day at 4 P.M. & a Lecture by the Bishop
At. Mrs. Swartz's Rt. Rev. C. C. Gadsden D. D. introduced me to the Hon.
John C. Calhoun with whom we spent part of the evening.  He is about six
feet in height, or a little over, very thin & slim, stoops a triffle
when walking, accrost the room.  Very affible & ready in conversation. 
He sat with his chair poised on the two back legs - his heels under the
fore legs, & his hands in the arm holes of his vest or in the pockets of
his pants, with his upper lip raised almost continually.  There is in
his eye a glow - lusture - brilliancy - or whatever it may be called -
peculiar & striking.  There appeared to issue from the center of them a
flame or pure light, that might cause objects before them to cast a
shadow on the wall.

Thursday, April 25th, 1850
..... I reached Charleston about 1 P.M. Saw part of the procession at
the Citadel.  Went to the Bp's & washed & dressed & walked to Broad St.
where I saw most of the procession.  The lofty hearse bearing the corpse
of J. C. Calhoun passed between the military to the City Hall - in front
of which it stopt - till the procession passed it with head bare.  It
was then taken into the Hall - & laid upon a large canopy prepared for
the purpose.  The public buildings & many of the private houses were
trimed with black Cambric.  Shops shut - all busines suspended.

Friday April 26th, 1850
Attended  the funeral of J. C. Calhoun at St. Phillip's Church.  The
house was cramed.  The whole of the Burial Service was performed in the
Ch. The psalm was sung.  Some 10 or so clergymen ( I among them) sat in
the Chancel, in surplices.  A Discours by Rev. Wm. Miles.  The clergy in
Surplices followes the Bishop down the aisle & surrounded the coffin,
while the Bp. Committed the body to earth - dust to dust - ashes to
ashes.  Afterward the body was deposited in a vault prepared for the
purpose in St. Phillip's Church yard - 

There is also a copy of a letter that I cannot put my hands on right now
about reinterring the body after the war.  It was taken out and hidden
and Cornish was there when they put it back in the vault.  All of the
above was taken as accurately out of the diary as possible.  Faithful to
spelling punctuation etc.

Hope this wasn't too long or out of line.
Bouy Peeples

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