( tiauibt'i ot Commerce. 
 
 h A meeting 'of the Chamber of Commerce was 
 
 it the Mills House on Wednesday, the 81st 
 
 ultimo. 11. W. Conner, Esq,, President ol the 
 
 HH)>.m. gave notice of his intention to resi;;n his 
 
 Otiir eeent tertu, wiiieh an 
 
 IT the in. 'in 
 xJers. The following preamble and lesolutlons were 
 submitted b\ Henry Gourdin, Esq., and adopted. 
 
 Whereas, a Company is about to lie established, 
 td^Vballed the North and South American Steuni- 
 sl'^A^tmipany, for the purpose of running a line of 
 SjWUhii'S between the city of New York and Paru, 
 at th* n.outh of the Aamazon, touching at Savan- 
 nah, Bermuda, St. Thorna?, Barbadoes, Demarara, 
 and Cayenne ; the stftck of the said company being 
 owned in the cities of New York and Savannah, 
 and the said Company having applied to the Con 
 gress of the United States for an appropriation for 
 the transportation of the mail from and to the Uni- 
 ted States by the said steamers; and whereas, in 
 the opinion of the Chamber, such a line of steam- 
 ers cannot be otherwise than beneficial to the trade 
 of the whole country, and to the South more espe- 
 cially, by making the city of Savannah the last point 
 of departure ^.from, and the first of arrival in, the 
 United States, therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That thisChairdyer respectfully leeom 
 uieud the application Of the North and South Auier- 
 ican Steamship Company to the favorable consider 
 a lion and support of the delegation of the State 
 main the Congress of the United Stat 
 • ed, That the President of the Chamber 
 requested to transmit acopy of the foregoing pre 
 amble an4 resolution to out Senators and Repre- 
 sentatives in Congress. 
 
George Washington F/o. 
 Memorial Collection 
 
 DUK1 UNI\ I KSITV LIBRARY 
 
 ESTABLISHED BY THE 
 KAMI LY Ol 
 
 COLON! i. FLOWERS 
 
In 3tlemorianu 
 
 ^ ♦• <s> 
 
 HENRY W. CONNER, 
 
 Bows March 4th, ir:»7. 
 Died Januart 11th, 1861. 
 
[PROM TI1K CHARLESTON MERCURY, JANUARY It. 1SG1.] 
 
 'HE LATE HON. HENRY WORKMAN CONNER. 
 
 
 The funeral services of the late II. W. CONNER, 
 Esq., took place yesterday at St. Michael's Church, 
 and were numerously attended, not only by the 
 personal friends, to whom Ins death was a private 
 affliction, but a large assemblage of our most distin- 
 guished citizens bore equal testimony, by their pres- 
 ence, to the public loss. Few men possessed higher 
 qualifications for the public service, especially in 
 times of general alarm or distress. He was vigilant, 
 brave, energetic, and of indomitable perseverance. 
 Devoting himself early in life to commercial pur- 
 suits, these qualities still found even in them a wide 
 field for their exercise, and contributed largely to 
 his success. To his forecast, energy and persever- 
 ance the City of Charleston is mainly indebted for 
 the noble piles of buildings in Eayne and Meeting 
 streets, of which the Charleston Hotel is the centre 
 and chief ornament. Though in the heart of the 
 
 city, nearly the whole of this space devastated by 
 
 lire, remained unimproved, a barren waste in the 
 
 midst of a populous City, until rescued by his genius 
 
 and energy, and converted into the must valuable 
 portion of our real estate. Tin- was accomplished 
 in the face of no ordinary difficulties. That noble 
 building, the Charleston Hotel, had scarcely been 
 
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 completed Mid me yel unoccupied, when ■ desolate 
 onflagration Bwepi over the city ami rednoed it 
 to ashea. Thai it afterwards roee again from its 
 smouldering foundations to fulfil the purposes of 
 commercial usefulness for which it had been origi- 
 nally designed, has always been attributed t<» the 
 extraordinary energy ami perseverance of Air. Coa- 
 Ajttd those who contemplate merely these mate- 
 rial .struct lire-, much a- they contribute to adorn out 1 
 city, and largely a- they advanced the reputation of 
 who shared in the labor ami oosl <>t their erec- 
 tion, form hut an imperfect notion <>i' their value* 
 
 At the time these immense warehouses ami stores 
 
 were erected, the trade of Charleston required no 
 such accommodation; nearly the whole jobbing trade 
 
 of the South was then carried on in New York. 
 
 Ami. combined with the erection of these buildings, 
 wa- the patriotic "design of attracting t<» Charleston a 
 portion of this valuable business, It would not oon> 
 
 porl with the limits of this brief memoir to relate 
 
 all the measures that were necessary to accomplish 
 tlii- purpose. Mr. Conneb devoted all his energies 
 to this eml. and, sustained by the efforts of worthy 
 
 associates, SOOn saw the Complete realization of their 
 
 most sanguine hopes. The jobbing trade of the city 
 increased, in a few years, from three millions to up- 
 wards Of fifteen million- of dollars in annual value. 
 
 One of the chief instrument- in effecting this great 
 
 
 
 public benefit was the Hank of Charleston. This 
 
 institution was chartered in 1835, to take the place 
 
 of the Branch of the Bank of the United States in 
 
 this city. lir. COMNKB was one of its founders, and 
 
 had a -cat at the first Board of Directors eleoted. 
 
Ee was one of those who voted in the affirmative on 
 the proposition to refuse the lulls of the Hank of the 
 United States at the counter of the Bank — a measure 
 that caused a greal sensation, hut the wisdom of 
 which was soon revealed; the hills were entirely 
 driven out of circulation in South Carolina, and the 
 community saved from an immense loss when the 
 failure of that Bank look place, 'flic mode in which 
 the Bank of Charleston contributed to the great 
 object we have described, was by establishing agen- 
 cies at every inland town of importance in this State. 
 North Carolina, Gfeorgia, Alabama and Florida. 
 This enabled the Hank to discount the notes of the 
 merchants of all those States and send them for col- 
 lection to their place of residence, a business which 
 had never before been done in Charleston, and that 
 gave a powerful stimulus to the jobbing trade of the 
 city. In the inauguration and permanent establish- 
 ment of these measures of public usefulness thai 
 have conduced so largely to the prosperity of 
 Charleston, Mr. Conneb always contributed largely 
 by his intelligence, information and energetic per- 
 sonal labors. In 1*41, he became President of the 
 
 Hank, to which he was called by the choice of his 
 colleagues at the Board expressed in a manner the 
 
 moBl complimentary. And we are sure that we do 
 hut simple justice t'o his memory in saying that. 
 under his administration, this institution established 
 throughoul the whole of this country, and in those 
 parts of Europe with which we have commercial 
 relations, the highest reputation for the ability, 
 energy and prudence with which its extended trans- 
 actions were conducted. The benefits derived from 
 
its business by the stockholders were commensurate 
 with those conferred upon the publio, and Sir. Con- 
 wk received, both in pablio and private, from the 
 stockholders, man] expressions of confidence, and of 
 the grateful sense thoy entertained of his seal and 
 devotion to their service. The finances of the coun- 
 try passed through many stormy periods during his 
 administration, io all of which the affairs of the 
 Bank were conducted with an ability that contribut- 
 ed still further to elevate and confirm its reputation. 
 He filled this [mportanl office for a period of nine 
 years, when the public voice called him to the Pres- 
 idency of the South Carolina Railroad Company. 
 This great work was beginning to exercise a power- 
 ful influence on the fortunes of our city, ami the 
 jealous opposition <>t' (tl-eorgia to those connections 
 
 with the railroads of that State, upon which the lull 
 
 efficiency of the South Carolina road depended, was 
 
 a subject of great public anxiety. .Mr. Cn\\l:i: en- 
 tered upon the discharge of his new duties with all 
 his accustomed energy, ami in a very shorl time the 
 
 inclined plane at Aiken was swept away, ami the 
 Savannah river bridged, ami a depot established in 
 
 the City of Augusta. UN devotion to duty, his per- 
 severance under difficulties ami reverses, his self-sac- 
 rificing spirit, and great public zeal, were rendered 
 still more conspicuous in thin new situation, and be 
 
 rctind from it in ls."i;;, with the high reputation he 
 
 had brought from the Bank of Charleston exalted 
 ami confirmed in the public estimation, lie with- 
 drew from this public station for the purpose of 
 establishing Banking Souses in Charleston and New- 
 Orleans. In this new business he realized the advan- 
 
tages of that high reputation he had established for 
 financial skill and commercial honor, and enjoyed 
 the unlimited confidence of a wide circle of friends 
 in all parts of the country. 
 
 We ought not, perhaps, to omit a circumstance 
 that delicacy might forbid us from relating of the 
 living. Commercial affairs are full of vicissitudes, 
 and Mr. Conner, in early life, had met with reverses; 
 hut more than twenty years after, though Legally and 
 honorably discharged from the debts of that period, 
 
 he came forward voluntarily and discharged them in 
 full. A circumstance so honorable to his character, 
 
 and so worthy of applause and imitation, we do not 
 feel justified in passing it over in silence. 
 
 We offer this feeble and imperfect tribute to his 
 memory, and bear our sorrowing testimony to the 
 sense entertained by our community of the loss they 
 have sustained by his death. The very first call that 
 the State made upon her viin, on the election of 
 Lincoln, brought letters from him full of patriotic 
 expressions of entire devotion to her cause. He 
 flew to her side at the call for a Convention, and 
 the last official act of his life, was that in which, 
 
 as a member of that illustrious body, his signature 
 was affixed to the Ordinance by which she has been 
 emancipated from political bondage. Almost hi- last 
 thoughts were devoted to his country; the Last lines 
 he wrote, addressed t<» a friend from his sick bed, 
 were these: "What is it about Port Sumter? If 
 anything is to he done send for me, and I will go, 
 
 upon a litter, it need- be 
 
Ai a assemblage of the Wholesale Merchants 
 
 of the City of Charleston, on Saturday, the 12th 
 instant, Mr. I\ I>. Panning u:ls '-.'ill'' 1 ! to the Chair, 
 and Messrs. T. M. Horsey and S. J. Hull requested 
 t<> act :i> Secretaries. 
 
 < »n taking the Chair, Mr. Panning, is :i t « w re- 
 marks, stated the objecl <>i the meeting, which wa- 
 in offer Borne testimony <>i" respecl t<> the memory 
 of one of our most valued citizens, Hknri W, Con- 
 nik. Esq. In the course of his remarks, be alluded 
 to the fad thai Kayne Btreel would always be a 
 monument of Mr. Conner's energy, ii having been, 
 in a measure, through hw exertions thai business was 
 established in thai neighborhood. 
 
 Mr. W. S. Eastie thru offered the following reso- 
 lutions, which were unanimously adopted: 
 
 l: olvedf That we feel deeply the loss of our es- 
 teemed fellow-citizen, the late EIxnri W. Conner, 
 an<l sincerely sympathise with his afflicted family 
 in their bereavement, which cannol be viewed in 
 an) other Light than a great public loss. a.s a mer- 
 chant, and in all the positions to which be has been 
 called by the partiality of his fellow-citizens, he 
 always maintained a character for unbending integ- 
 rity and honor, worth) of our highest imitation. 
 
 /,' olved, That iii token <>t our deep-felt Borrow, 
 the Palmetto Flag, which flag it was the last act of 
 our friend's life to assisl in inaugurating, be lowered 
 
 on the Ha\ lie and Meeting Btreel stall" to hall'-ina-l . 
 
On motion of Mr. Geo. Williams, it was 
 Resolved, That a copy of those proceedings be 
 sent to the family of the deceased, and thai they 
 be published in the daily journals of this city. 
 
 On motion of Mr. T. R. Eggleston, the meeting 
 adjourned. 
 
 F. 1). FANNING, Chairman. 
 
 Tims. M. EoRSEY, ") 
 Sam,,:,. .1. II,,,,., [ Secretaries. 
 
CH \M BER OF COMMERCE 
 
 \ special meeting <»t' the Chamber of Commerce 
 was beld on Monday, Htli instant, at one, p. \i.. in 
 the Directors' hall of the Bank of Charleston. 
 
 There \\;i-;i good attendance of the leading mem- 
 bers. The object of this Bpecial meeting is bo well 
 indicated in the remarks of the President, thai we 
 need but refer to bis opening Address, which was 
 pronounced and received with Bad and feeling em- 
 phasis and earnest n< 
 
 President A.<>. Andrews, in explaining the object 
 of the call, Baid : 
 
 Gentlemen of the Chamber of (''•mm. 
 
 We come together to-day under circumstances full 
 of sadness. While every mind and heart is al>- 
 Borbed in the gravity of those public transactions 
 which arc making every moment history, we arc 
 drawn aside by one <>i those painful dispensations 
 which teach the Bovereigntj of a Power thai none 
 <-an question —the Sovereignty of God. 
 
 The august council of the State has but just paused 
 in its deliberations— does it nol Beera as though in 
 becoming reverence before the majesty of heathy 
 
 u\. in our humbler relations, gather with each 
 other t<> commingle our griefs, and t<> acknowledge, 
 in the death <»r Henri W. Conner, the removal of 
 a Loved associate, the loss <>r an honored Ex-Presi- 
 
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 dent — the extinguishment of a form and presence 
 long and endearingly familiar to us all. 
 
 The Strong and decided features winch marked 
 the character of our deceased friend, could not fail 
 to make their impress wherever his relations were 
 cast ; and, accordingly, we find his name and ser- 
 vices conspicuously associated, throughout his life, 
 with the history of financial, commercial and indus- 
 trial progress, not only in this, the city of his affec- 
 tion's, hut wherever the fortunes of Charleston were 
 to he advanced, and especially in promoting her 
 inter-connection with her Southern sisters. 
 
 Buoyanl and enthusiastic in his temperament, of 
 an iron will, and with a not unjust confidence in 
 his own resources, the mountains which loomed up 
 in other men's way, presented no frightful propor- 
 tions to him. They only brought out the vigor of 
 his arm, and gave a field for its healthful exercise. 
 Prompt, resolute, energetic, full of courage, and id' 
 good cheer, he went to his allotted work, and what- 
 soever his hand found to do. that he did with all 
 his might. Hence the readiness of his associates 
 to rally around him as a leader, and the inspiration 
 of success which he transfused through all his co- 
 
 adjutors. Nor was the firm hold which he possessed 
 
 over his fellows, due only to those qualities which 
 
 strike the outward eye. 
 
 Ii was fastened deep and strong, by the organiz- 
 ing, systematizing mind, which he displayed in inte- 
 rior council. 
 
 While those of mat ure r years hailed him as a most 
 efficient auxiliary, the young, especially, delighted 
 to work with him. There was -o much heartiness 
 
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 in hi- nature. Hit feelings were as fresh as those 
 of :i boy; and as with the inflaenoe of tnaaie, he 
 brought the <|uicl< ami generous impulses of young- 
 er natures into instant accord with his own. 
 
 When such a man. gentlemen, is stricken from 
 his appointed sphere, the whole circle of hi- rela- 
 tion- quivers with the shock; 
 
 It is "in- sad privilege to pour out with each 
 other our sympathies, let us not forget that it is 
 
 also "in - high duly, we who yet remain, to en- 
 deavor to exhibit in ourselves whatever was excel- 
 lent iii Our departed friend '■ 
 
 .1. 1\. Bass, Esq . President of the Hank of Charles- 
 ton, offered resolutions iii behalf of G. A.. Trenholm, 
 Esq., who was prevented by indisposition from par- 
 forming in person this mournful rite of friendship 
 ami sorrowing regard. 
 
 These resolutions are as follows : 
 
 Whereas, it has pleased Almighty God in tin- dis- 
 pensation of his inscrutable Providence, to remove 
 from tli*' sphere of his earthly usefulness that dis- 
 tinguished citizen, Henri W. Conner, Esq., and the 
 Chamber of Commerce of Charleston, of which he 
 was a member, and. at one time, the President, 
 regard it both as a duty ami a privilege to give 
 public expression to their sentiments on this mourn- 
 ful occurrence. Therefore, 
 
 /,' olved, As the unanimous sense <»i the Cham- 
 ber of Commerce of Charleston, that Henri N\ 
 Conner, Esq., contributed largely t<> the commer- 
 cial prosperity ami reputation of the City of Char- 
 leston, by hi- enterprise and puhlie spirit when 
 
 engaged in commercial pursuits in this city. 
 
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 Resolved. That as President ofthe' Bank of Charles- 
 ton, and as President of the South Carolina Rail- 
 road Company, he greatly promoted, by Ids talents 
 and energy, the general welfare of the community. 
 
 Resolved. That on all public occasions, and more 
 especially in recently leaving Ids business in New 
 Orleans, to share the fortunes of the State in the 
 present crisis, he evinced his loyalty t'» South Caro- 
 lina, and merited the confidence and applause he 
 received from his fellow-citizens. 
 
 l!<s. drcd, That the Chatnher of Commerce sin- 
 cerely lament his death as a great public calamity, 
 and sympathize deeply with his bereaved family in 
 their affliction. 
 
 Resolved, That the members of the Chamber do 
 wear the usual badge of mourning in testimony of 
 their respect for his memory. 
 
 Hi solved, That a copy ol these resolutions he trans- 
 mitted, by the President, to the family of Mr. Con- 
 nkk, and that the same he published in the papers 
 of this city, and in those of New Orleans and Char- 
 lotte. North Carolina. 
 
 These resolutions were seconded by Henry (Jour- 
 din, Esq., ami advocated by Win. M. laiwton. Esq., 
 in a few impressive words of tributary sorrow. The 
 resolutions were unanimously adopted, and the Cham- 
 ber adjourned. 
 
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 Banh 01 Charleston, 9 ( 
 
 January \\t/<. 1 B61 
 At :i meeting of the Board of Directors of tliis 
 Bank, held this morning, the following preamble and 
 intions were unanimously adopted: 
 
 Mr. il i:\in W. CONNER, for many yean one Of 
 
 the most active Directors <>f this Bank, and after- 
 wards its President, departed this life on the after- 
 noon of the 11th inst. 
 
 A thorough knowledge of his worth, growing oat 
 of an intercourse of many years, had impressed this 
 Board with a profound respect and affection tor him, 
 and renders it proper now that they should gtre 
 expression t<> the feelings of sorrow which this sad 
 event has occasioned them, and place on the pages 
 of their journals their Bense of the loss which they 
 and the Institution, in common with the community, 
 have sustained by his death. 
 
 Mi-. Connkb came into the Bank as a Director on 
 it- organisation in 1885. In 1841, he became its 
 President, and for nine years administered its affairs 
 with an ability that not only promoted the welfare 
 of the Bank, but the commerce of the city, which 
 was greatly enlarged and extended through its oper- 
 ations. In I860 he was called upon to assume, what 
 were considered then, more important duties, as 
 Presidenl of the South Carolina Railroad Company, 
 over which institution he presided three years, and, 
 in the discharge of his duties, as Director and Presi- 
 dent Of h"fh institutions, he exhibited alwavs the 
 
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 same energy and skill, and same firmness and hon- 
 esty of purpose, which constituted so prominenl a 
 feature in his character, and in all Ids dealings, both 
 in public and in private life. 
 
 In IS;"):; he resigned the Presidency of the Rail- 
 road, and, entering into business on his own account, 
 he became again one of the best, and ever-ready 
 counsellors of the Bank in periods of difficulty, 
 
 although not connected with it in any Official capa- 
 city. Associated, then, as he was with this Board, 
 and know in-- him as they knew him. it is their 
 duty, as it is their privilege, to offer some pub- 
 lic testimonial to his worth, for the lives of good 
 and useful men are examples to the generation in 
 which they live, as they arc to those which follow, 
 and testimonial- to their memory are incentives to 
 an emulation and a perpetuation of their virtues. 
 Therefore, 
 
 Resolved, That the Board of Directors of the Bank 
 of Charleston arc deeply sensible of the loss which 
 
 they and tin' community have sustained in the death 
 
 oi Mj. Conner; that to them, individually, it is one 
 of sincere sorrow, and they record this resolution on 
 
 their journals, in profound tv-ped and affection for 
 his memory. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of the above be -cut to 
 
 the family of Mr. CoNNIB, a- an expression of the 
 
 sympathies of the members of thie Board in their be- 
 reavement. 
 
 Resolved, Thai the foregoing proceedings be pub- 
 lished in the daily papers of this city. New Orleans, 
 and Charlotte, North Carolina. 
 
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 TllK nkw OKLBAMI OOMMCtOtAt HIM.ETIN.] 
 
 Hinky W Conwm died In Charleston, South Car- 
 olina, "ii the 1 ltli January, 1861. 
 
 Tin- tw<> communities of Charleston :in- i New <>r- 
 leana have to regret the 1"-- of m member important 
 to both. A half :i century passed in active bnsim -- 
 placed him at the head of every movement, mercan- 
 tile and financial, which has been inaugurated in the 
 former place; whilst in the latter, a short residence 
 of some five years was rapidly leading him to the 
 same enviable pre-eminence. Gifted with the strong- 
 est traits of character, he waa fell wherever he 
 appeared, and he lefl bis impress for good u j .« »n 
 everything he touched. Self-tanghl and self-sustained, 
 he ever Btood the man among the men oi the occa- 
 sion. A powerful mind governed a strong will — 
 and a genial heart directed h"th to the good of all 
 around him — energy <>t' Ihoughl and energy of 
 action were directed by practical sense — henee luc- 
 - followed .very effort, and public institutions 
 Mini private individuals alike have reason t<» bless 
 t lie healthful exercise of hia influence. In early fife, 
 we find him a merchant, and his fitness for thai 
 vocation is evidenced by the success which followed 
 him through the Beveresl trials. Test him as a 
 practical man, and his energy finda a glorioua illus- 
 tration in the resulta ol the railroad system, no1 of 
 Booth Carolina alone, hut to some extent of Georgia 
 
 also. 
 
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 A.B u financier, he shows a brillianl record whilst 
 wielding the three millions of the Bank of Charles- 
 ton, rendering that institution a substitute for the 
 old Bank of the United States as the fiscal agent 
 of the South, hoth at home and abroad. As a pri- 
 vate hanker, he leaves a proud name, not in Amer- 
 ica alone, hut throughout all Christendom — a name 
 accredited wherever commerce carries :i flag or sends 
 an adventurer. To have done this was to have lived 
 to some purpose ; hut he did more ; :ts a pat- 
 riot, he lived long enough to subscribe his name to 
 the Ordinance of Secession of the State of South 
 Carolina; this ha-- made his name historic. And 
 might he not have said, as the prophet of old: 
 •• Now h't thy servant depart in peace." 
 
 A.8 a friend, we dare not permit ourselves to speak 
 of him, lest truth might assume the appearance of 
 exaggeration, hut we may In- indulged in the lux- 
 ury of hoarding the remembrances of his acts of 
 kindness, as treasures to he garnered in our hearts. 
 
 There is one body of men who will have a spe- 
 cial tear to sheii for him. Those who remember 
 him as the presiding officer of the Hibernian So- 
 ciety <>f Carolina, Will feel their hearts swell when 
 
 they call to mind the genial glow which suffused 
 itself over their meeting when he led them to deeds 
 
 of charity, or in the mirth of the hour. 
 
 And thus, in all, either as a man of measures, I HP 
 as a friend in deed, In- was what tew are. ami what 
 all should wish to he 
 
(Tribute to the ^lemnri] 
 
 Of 
 
 Henry W* . Conner. 
 
 A i a meeting of the Hibernian Society, beld on 
 Tuesday evening, the 5th instant, the following pre- 
 amble and resolutions were presented by M. L\ 
 O'Connor, fisq., and unanimously adopted: 
 
 An event has occurred since last we were assem- 
 bled, which hu- cast a deep and pervading gloom 
 over our Society. There is one missing from our 
 genial circle whose I"-- cannot readily be supplied, 
 whose place will not Boon be re-filled. The void 
 which tin- death of lh\i:\ W. Connkh has produ- 
 ced will be felt mi Long as the memory of bis vir- 
 tues is cherished, and bis merits are held in sacred 
 remembrance. Distinguished as lie was in the es- 
 timation of his fellow-citizens for liia many fine 
 traits of character; prominent n> be stood in the va- 
 rious positions of public usefulness and honor which 
 he bo eminently filled, the Bphere in which be seem- 
 ed most i" excel, was when be presided over the 
 hospitalities of iliis Society. Ii was here, amongst 
 us, when "wit dashed and fancy Bparkled" in uni- 
 son with the genial How of bis mirth, which en- 
 deared while it attracted all within its reach, that 
 
 the best qualities Of Ids head and of liis heart were 
 
 manifested. Not less than the flow of soul were 
 the deep promptings of that kind, universal char- 
 ity, which always characterized bim. It found a 
 vent whenever want appeared, or chill, bard-pn 
 
 industry SOUgh! for relief. Called to the head of 
 
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 this Society by the unanimous voice and wish of 
 confiding members, he suddenly drew every one to 
 his embrace, and linked their affections with honks 
 Of Steel. In the office of President he continued 
 with us until the autumn of L856, when the avoca- 
 tions of his business compelled his absence else- 
 where. It was only such a necessity thai could 
 sever the tie that bound him to us. During his 
 administration, energy characterized his manage* 
 ment, wisdom animated his councils, and prosperity 
 crowned our advancement, while success vindicated 
 
 his excellent worth. Never was he avoidably ab- 
 sent from his seat in this Hall. On festivals, guests 
 clustered around him, and good cheer uniformly 
 attended. We never can forget the pleasant mirth, 
 the jocund glee which filled the atmosphere in which 
 
 he -at, and perfumed the table OVer which he pre- 
 sided. All these associations) with much more thai 
 
 made him so beloved by all — his enterprise, his pat- 
 riotism, and his devotion to the hest interests of 
 Charleston — have been cut short hy his untimely 
 end. While he lived, WO loved him — though dead, 
 
 we will let cease to honor him. Be it, therefore, 
 
 I; wived, That in the death of the lamented 
 
 Henry W. Conner, the community ha- sustained a 
 severe loss, this Society has hecn deprived of a 
 valued and beloved member, and the social friendly 
 circle hecn bereft of a warm-hearted and esteemed 
 companion. 
 
 /,' olved, That these proceedings he spread upon 
 the M 1 1 1 r 1 1 ■ - 'it the Society, published in the daily 
 papers of tic city, and a copy transmitted t<> the 
 family of the deceased. 
 
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 [FROM Tin: PROCBBDIXM "i mi: COYTBOTTOX 01 HI ITATI I 
 i \i:"ii\\. is BBSSIOX, MARCH -'*>. 1861.] 
 
 Mr. Magrath. — Mr. President: on the Journal of 
 tlii- Convention, there will be found a motion made 
 by me, thai leave of absence Bhould be granted to 
 Henri W. Conner, in consequence of sickness. Thai 
 leave has been made perpetual, by an order para- 
 mount to this Convention. 1 propose i" offer no 
 eulogy upon Mi-. Conner. T<> us, to every man in 
 the State of South Carolina, be was too well known 
 to require comment from me. 1 content myself Bim- 
 ply now with presenting bo the consideration of iliis 
 Convention a few resolutions, which, I trust, will be 
 ('(Mind to be truly expressive of the sense of this 
 bereavement. I move yon to the following effecl : 
 
 R olved, That this Convention receives with deep 
 regret the intelligence of the death of Henri W. 
 Conner, late one of its members. 
 
 I: Ived, 'That in the enlightened enterprise and 
 patriotic devotion of Henri W. Conner, the State 
 of South Carolina baa recognized the qualities which 
 have contributed to advance her material prosperity 
 and sii-tain her political independence. 
 
 // dved, That the Secretary of the Convention 
 communicate these resolutions to the family of the 
 deceased