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We will cling to the Pillars of the Te..plv t- vrtes, and if it must fall, we will Peris amdst te Ruing.
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CANDIDATES,
F'or Bherrff.
LEWIS JONES,
It. BOULWARE,
LEWIS COVAR,
W. W. SALE,
WM. QUATTLEBUM,
Wrz Clerk3..
LEWIS COLEMAN,
JAMES SPANN,
ROBERT D. BRYAN,
JACKSON COVAR,
F. M. NICHOLAS,
EDMUND PENN,
S. HARRISON,
WILLIAM L. STEVENS,
W617 TM. Coleot or.
M.'W. LYLES,
C. A. HORN,
T. J. WIITAKER,
THEOPHILUS DEAN,
CHAtLES CARTER,
STARLING TURNER,
W;A. DURIEOE,
DAVID BODIE,
J. P. ABNEY,
D. L. TURNER.
M.C. BUTLER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office in Law Range,
IQEFIELD C. U., S. C.
May 15 . f 25
Law Partnership.
T BE Undersigned having formed a partnership
in the PRACTICE of LAW and EQUITY
for dgefleld District, will give prompt and dili
gent attention to all business entrusted to their
care.
The residence of Mr. OwENs is at Barnwell C.
--that of Mri SEII.S at 'dgefield, 1. C.
EMMET iEIBELS,
W. A.0OWENS.
May 26 . fe 20
B . GRIFFIN, A ttorney at L AW and
Je Bolicitor In EQUITY, will attend punctually
to all business entrusted to his care.
He may be found at all times either in the Office
of the Cominussloner in Equity, or in his own
edfice immediafely in rear of the-Court liouse.
EDGEFIEL.D C. H., May 19, 1h58. tf 47
L, M. YOUNGBLOOD,
A.tto.'za.OY at Isaw,
Wj~ iLL attend promptly to all business irlaced
.i nda shands.
0eeat Edgeild C. H., S. C. 1
PKYSIQIAN,
5 JLL attend proiply to all business of the
VYprof'essionentra-ted to Is care.
-OFFscu, Edgefield C. 11., 8.0C.
April 6 188 . f 13
CHE0FLASTIC PROCESS
OF INSEaTING .
.A.UCTXZCKZAZ T2NBT2E
'l'E iSubscriber havingk fernished himself with
a1 icene touse this E W PROCEfSS of
ISRING ARTIFICIAL TEETH,
is now ready to serve all who may need such, with
an assurance of a miore perfect adaptation, and a
-closer resimblance to the natural orgaas, than can
be realized by any other method. -Its perfect p0
.rity, cleanliness, freedom fie m all taste, or gulvanic
.sensation, darauilitj, comfort and security, are
among the advtantageselaimed for this SUPER1IOR
anode of.aetting Artiacial Teeth.
NA. PARKER.
June 24, if a4
.rE*oW I. -a C. I. M ORSE,
SUCcspNoRl & ~E A MOISE, *
WHOL$ALE GROCERS,
Ni'..2, Egaymse Ssesc,
: NiRf8T0N, 8. C.
_Jan 27. -ly 3
nam21uEv S. c0.,
-r--DEALERS IN
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
Palats, Oils, Perfumery, Ace,
AT WhOLESALE AND.RETAIL.
Tlamburg, Oct 6, .3m 39
Boot and Shoe Notice,
~FH mai o the shortest notice, and in
Ie best inanner; the finest and nmost sub
sta,.tlal BOQTS-and .SIJOES.
ail orders left at his Shop will be promptly at
ttdl4.l toi 'C- M. GR AY or-myself will be found
-a all times in~ the Vilta..eto attend to all orders.
?N.. work to lease the shop without the knowledge
ot the -s.lscriber or my A gent, C. M. GRAY.
3j h. p: pposite B. J. Ryan's Livery Stable.
~uias2.. . :- - B1 YOUEGBLOOD.
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GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE.
FeniCatizens of the Senate and House of Rep
resentatires:
Under the provision of a wise and well-ba!
anced Constitution, the close of Autumn bring
with it the season of deliberation for the com
mon weal. Assembled, therefore, in council
I greet you with a grateful heart, sensibly im
pressed by the mercies we have experienced thf
past year, and with an expression of my wil
lingness and desire to unite witb you in all tha
can contribute to the welfare of the State,
It is again my painful duty to anbounce a va
cancy in the Senate of the United States. On
the ith of May, a despatch from the seat of Gov
erninent infunned me of the very sudden ter
mination of Judge Evans' useful life, at the
close of the day before-a day occupied as usua
by his Senatorial labors.
On the 11th, I received official information o
the melancholy event from the Vice-Pgesident
of the United States. Full of years, and ful
of honors, possessing an honest, good heart, and
a mind sound, clear and vigorous to the last
his was the happiness, at the close of a well
spent life, to render unto his Creator the spirit
which he gave, at a moment's warning, without
regret, and whilst at his post, engaged in the
active duties of the high trust confided to him
by the State. Attached to the Revolutionary
history of his country, and treasuring in his
retentive memory much knowledge of its inci
dents, his familiarity with the rules of law, and
with its judicial administration, rendered his
industrious service on tbe Senate's Committees,
exceedingly useful to that body and valuable to
the Government. Learning that the remains of
our valued Senator were to be interred at his
own homestead, I instructed my Aid-de-camp
to proceed to the North-eastern border of the
State, and attend them thence to their final
resting place. In view of the few remaining days
of the session, and regarding it unwise, under
the circumstances then indicated, to transfer to
the Senate one of our faithful Representativos
in the lower House, the inclination of my mind
was not to fill the vacancy by an appointment.
But, on learning that it was the desire of the
Delegation to have the seat filled, 1 forthwith
appointed the gallant Col. Arthur P. Hayne to
repair promptly to the Capitol, * His com
mission, dated the 12th of May, was to continue
until the fourth Monday in November,(22d inst.)
I now submit to your wisdom and discretion,
the election of a successor in the Senate, until
the 4th of March next, the unexpired term of
the late lion. Josiah J. Evans.
The requeAs contained in the resolutions of
the last General Assembly, have been complied
with us as far as practicable. In respect to the
work of deepening the channel of the river, by
the city of Savannah, application was made to
he President of the United States who prompt'y
responded through the War Department, by
sending the intelligent officer in charge of the
work to expih the ofthe Scientific Board
me, (the Attorney General and several members
of the late Legislature being present,) and his
opinion seemed to be well founded, that in all
human probability the prosecution of the work
to the limiled extent described, would produce
no injury to the Carolina side, nor impede the
navigation of the Savannah Back River. This
pinion was concurred in by General Totten,
the able Chief of the United States corps of
Engineers.
The statue of Washington to which my mes
sage of last November alluded, as having been
roposed by the lamented Senator Butler, was
ewapleted soon after. Ascertaining in March
that the artist' was obliged to dispose of his
rork, and being certified that it was valuable,
took it for the State, at ten thousand dollars,
dvancing two thousand dollars from the con
tingent fund. I now ask an appropriation of
ight thousand dollars, to complete the purchase
Lnd compensate fully the ingenious artist. The
tatue is of bronze. It his been placed in the
lrphas House grounds, in Charleston, under
he care of the city authorities, until the New
tate lHouse shall be sufficiently finished to
ender it safe in the State ground here.
THE BEQUxsT OF JAcEStN.-At the request
f Col. E. G. W. Butler, of Louisiana, a favor
tc ward of Gen. Jackson, and by authority
ronm Mr. Andrewv Jackson, the heir and execu
or of the testator, I bestowved, on the 4th of
ay last, his Lbequest' to the " patriot of South
arolina, most valiant in defence of his country's
ights," up. n the President of the Palmetto As
ociation, and his successors in office, in trust for
he last survivor of the South .Carolina Regi
met of volunteers in the war with Mexico,
r'perly known as the " Palmetto Regiment."
Lhis was done by proclamation, (which is re
orded in the Secretary of State's Office, at Cu
umbia, in book A. A., Miscellaneous Records,
age 378,) on the second anniversary of the
Association, which is composed of the members
emaining of that devoted regiment. This was
n occasion of most grateful interest, as the As
ociation was privileged to entertain, as their
rator and guest, the respected and loved Quit
an, who, as Major General in the United States
Army, commanded the division in which the
egiment served in the Valley of Mexico. Un
sought as it wad, and unquestioned as it must
ever be, the testimnony of that gallant soldier
ad sterling pating, in favor of. the courage and
onduct of the South ICaroin~ Volunteers, is
riceless to thew-priceless to ph .Btjgp which
ent theta to the fleld. )Mournful, now, is my
ask to announe his death, This oration was
his last. Ie pronounced it before the Valmetto
Association, on the 4th of May, Heo breathed
hs last, at home, tranquilly, on the 17th of
IJily-and hi~s remains lie entombed near the
city of Natchvz, on the left bank of the Missis
sippi. Faithful, just and kind to our brothers,
while serving as soldiers in a foreign land, we
onored and loved hinm living-and now let
ur prayers ascend to the goodl God to receive
him with approbation into eveg.asting habita
ions.
RAnL~was.-Great credit is due to the emtep
prising citiZens who have prosecuted with ener
gy and sucoeas. tlhe conLruction of new facili
ties of transportation for' passengers. and pro
duce. It is notorious that travel and trade
both increase rapidly in proyabrtion .o improved
f~cilities, and wo necessary to the pubhie de~
these facilities soon become, that no railway is
allowed to be discontimued,, .however profitlesi
it. may be to its projectors. Indeed, where thc
proprietors in the vicinage are stockholders, ths
road cannot be said to be profitless. even al
*though it be far fronm yielding a dividend, Th<
capital thus invested in South Carolina may bl
put down at $1l000,000, (of which sum th4
tate holds shardi amounting to $2,342,200,:
and the extent $f railway in working order a
00 miles. The Charleston and Savannah naji
road. beyond tihe Edisto; the Union and Spar
tanburg Rlaili'oad beyond Unionville; the Blu.
Ridge Jlailroad beyond Pendleton, are all unde
the acte agency of their skillful and efficicn
officers; -in a course of successful construction
I have confidence in every, one, and trpst ti
see, at no distant day, the first linking of our com
mercial capital with the Glulf~of--Mexico. ani
New Orleans, the second and third with th
Msssijled aind Ohio, 'Ehe work last mnentione]
which 1 visited in Septemnber, is progrein,
through its barrier of granite with much order,
regularity and certainty. Nothing seems to be
wanting to its completion in the course of three
years but an ample-aupply of means. Twenty
two hundred feet of tunnel had been cut into
the Stump House Mountain, (thirty-six hundred
remaining.) Since that time the middle tunnel
has been completed so far as to admit the pas
sage of a horse and cart. The masonry at
Twenty-six Mile Creek, Seneca River and else
where, is advancing satisfactorily, and soon the
cars will be steaming up to the foot of the
mountain. The change which is going on in the
region through which it paws, must be wit
nessed to be realized. Indeed, it is not suffi
ciently realized by the inhabitants of the vicin
age generally, but the loss to them would be
most sadly realized should the work, by any
posibility, be stopped. I cannot bring myself
to think of such a possibility to a work in which
the pride of the State, as well as the welfare
and inestimable value of a closer and more direct
association with our neighbors of Tennessee,
Kentucky, Alabama and Mississippi, is concern
ed. So important do I hold this inter-commu
nication to us, that I believe it will be the poli
cy of the State, as soon as the route by the
Rabun Gal) is completed and in full opiration,
to lend her means, with the ski!l and enermy of
her engineers, to pushing forward another
route-of travel to Eastern Tennessee, by either
the Gremville or the Spartanburg Road. Bonds
for the last enstanent of the State subscription
to the Blue Ridge Railroad of $200,000, was
signed by me on the 25th October last.
MILITIA SYsTE.M.-The militiasystem, though
far from being perfect, and admitting of amend
ment in certain details, we must not be induced
to abandon because of its interference with the
convenience of a citizen, or the exaction of
fines from defaulters oblivious of their public
duties. It has produced in the service of the
country some of the best soldiers outside of the
regular army. The days of 1776-80, must
never become so remote, .nor can, the memory
of a gallant ancestry be so forgottten as to per
nitrtheir posterity, the men of the day, how
ever great the love of ease, to overlook the fact,
that their liberties, as well as the public peace,
are in their own keeping, and depend upon their
own vigilance and ability to protect and defend I
them. At -any and all moments the citizen is
liable to be called into the field. How impor
tant, therefore, that he should not only culti
vate steady habits of temperance and obedience
himself, but also encourage them in others
how important, by associating 'at muster with'
the men in his beat, to know who will be relia
ble in the time of trial, upon whow ho may der I
pend for the confident touch of the elbow when
facing danger, or in combat. This bend of con- I
fidence is soon formed among the members of I
the volunteer company; the same may be real- I
Ized by a person who has done his regular tour.
of duty in the beat compaqy - upon the man,
whose study is how to avoid duty, all reasoning
will be lost.
was gratified to find the officers generally With
whom I communicated, intelligent and intent to
know their duty, as well as willing and ju-tly
proud to discharge it. To their number, the
graduating classes of the Citadel Acadenay an
nually addofliersalreatly instructed and trained.
Among the Generals, of Division and Brigade,
I recognized a proper estimate of their position,
together with a knowledge of and attention to'
business, which cannot fail to give increased
confidence in the usefulness and value of the I
system. The late Brigadier General Percifer
F. Smith, of the United States Army, one of 1
the most efficient and intelligent officers in the
service, was appointed from the militia of his'
State, lie it wa< who planned the battle of
Contreras, the first which was fought in the
Valley of Mexico-the critical event upon which
depended the fortunes of the' American Flag,
and the fate of the army. Nothing could have
been more boldly designed, or more skillfully
executed, than this brilliant blow dealt so etlec
tively upon the enemy at the break of day.
The State Agricultural Society is dispeiising,
much information and encouragement amongst
farmers, whose domestic habits are not favora
ble to aggregation, and who, therefore, are al
way beefitedby the stimulus of agricultural
exhiitins.District societies have been organ-:
izd, and Fairs hel at many places, in prepara
tion for the great annual meeting of thme State
Society. The Fair just closed exhibited stock
of all kinds, implements of husbandry, fruits
and grain 'f superior order ; besides very nu
merousspecimens of ingenious hiandiwork, many
of which are but recently developed. The as
semblage of substantial population was very
great, among whom premiums were distributed
toa og mut. The Executive Committee
willpubish inthe course of the winter, a vol
nine of proceedings, in which will be tound a
programme of the agricultural schools in France.
FrNANCE AND '.3ANiis.-The report of the
Comptroller General will explain the condition
of the finances. The permanent debt of the
State, including one million fifty-one thousand
four hundred and- twenty-two 09-100 dollars
($1,051,422 09-100) United States surplus reve-'
hue on deposit, amounts to four mnilion four,
hundred aiad forpty-fu~r thousand one hundred
andsixty-five05-100 dollars ($4,444,164 0Q-100,)
three-fourths of which sum is invested im raif
ways and in the erection of the New State
Capitol. The sinking fund now amounts to
1,843,803 37-100, which, in my opinion, should
e'Iuypsted ja State stocks or bends. Of the
sjck signed under thp 4cp of 1856 by the Gov
ernor and the Comptrolley Qenerel, for building
the New State Capitol, ningty-two capti cte
have been issued, equal to two hundre and
fifty thousand dollars (u9250,000,) the remain
der have been cancelled and left in the handlsof
the Treasurer of the Lower Division. Of the
stock authorized by the Act of 1857, forty-six
certificates have been issued, cqual to three
hundred thousand dollars, ($300,000,) the re
mainder have been cancelled and lett in the
hands of the Treasurer of the Lower Division.
The material structure itself is advancing with
sure an4 -rpeqsqnable progress, so as -to exhibit
the line proportions qf $hp Ibespumn story, T~he
public archives haye not lbeen i pmovpcl, 46Weyer,
the order for their removal not haying been
made by ltha two lionses? I bpg leave to refer
to the Governovis M04saIg0 NQ, gI, of Inst year1
toucing this subject. On -the books iof thjs
Brnch Banik of the State at Ooumrulaiia, there is
a balance of $1,650,00 at credit of the fund fur
the relief of the widows and orphans of the
Palmetto Regiment, which I think inay .well be
intrusted for disbursement to the discretion of
pthe ?alwetto Association. As to the binks,
trusting to the oggefjence and superior wisdom
of umembers, I will not occupy yum wi$h any
suggestions of my own, .far'ther than to ask for
the repeal of the usury laws, and to recomamenil
.bIity and as little legislation as possible. I
would 'willingly 4iminish thp rnpnber. of banks
when existing scharters expire. Nu4~ hzyf rg
once..chartered a bank .upon a basis ensurmng
duo responsiiilitj,~I would trust its Board of
Directors. to manage the monopoly upon the
-recognized principles of banking, and the gov
erning. course .of business, interfering not by
,,temporary laws, harsh. restrictions and -penal
1ies, belieying, as I~dp, thttegreatsecurnty
to the mmmii~itY for the failisfll ma'nagement
of a ban t--:ter of thc
persons -. . -
THE - irmis of my
message - ' -L.n to re
commen -: d - .n of the
criminal -s to pro
vide for - - 'We of trust
and the . - - '' 1-- district
offices art --r. : kept for
the mos ' .- eli bea
ted cour -o excep
tions as, . or - unr . building
the cour -X J d not .e Solici
tors will :. a:s f Public
Buildings - rr. 'eticable.
As little t;-- 'owed to
elapse befo . Some
of the pub . . a to dam
age from di -bents of
those office >e intel
ligent and .. -- --of the
Clerk's offi -- n - nume
rous copies of the
General As. -n- -ear to
year. It wo - - I here
after all surplu opi. -tesolu
tions distrib" --.ry, an
nually, to th Con
missioners, t - - - es, and
other citizen. - rk and
the Sheriff; - t (I only
to registe: h. - .r that
purpose by t - - - -v dis
tricts has bee --, - i the
coumt house. -here
this:is the cas- coy
ered conveya.-.
obliges him tc us
tice. Escapes.. . t
year than I ar.
ticers in charge
think each jail
around it, fWr
and( exercise ofw
Law, are ena.-e
benefit of societ
111on s~ -e, they
penal law is famn - .. r the PrUI#PIcf
Ur the community lhy piip indviu crmi
. 1d indvidal ciml
asar offenders aganat tie Mojadgood ord r
of society-thereby holdin out to all such as
may be tempted to follow ir example, a be
nevolent and wholesonie 4.rning. Hence, re
garding the criminal law a ving for its ulti
mate end reformation, as -as for its imme
diate object, due punishme thewrong-doer,
I have sometimes in com tion substituted
one kind of punIshment f another, where it
semied to rne, upon the ave tation of relii
ble citizens in the vicinage, were sufilent
grounds for such interposi ; In a very few
instances. full pardons haYve n granted for tjie
want of facilities for sepsfagind solitary con
finement. At Charleston d Columbia--the
points at which your Coii. Appeals assem
bles, or t some ns alubri locality, acceut
b6. at all seasons (f tho -ch facilities
aidofhe w presbng capit puriishment
in certaiii c:&e5.
It is much to be regrtteJ that under a sys
tem of. oind law, with..incumbents of reputed
ivorth and character in; exectitive, judicial and
police oflices, and with citir ns solicitin; oflcp
as soon as vacant, it khould deemed necessapy
in any part of the State to force and sustain
law by means of clubs and v -lant committees.
It it be odiouslo administer lie law, let no of
ficer be appointed for this p . If it be ne
cessary for a faithful officer o apologise to the
public whenever he does' his uty, the law will
become a mockery, and In -p -pretence of jis
tice, the oficer a ridiculous and-expensive ya
geant. Order in societyie e and good under
standing among neighbors, best attained by
adherence to laiw on the par of all persons, and
is preserved by Wailhful ani 'efficient officers.
P'olicy deumamis certainty p punishment, and
for the first offence this may revent the occur
rence of the second. In t management of
charitable and trust funds, . suggest that the
officers of the Court be einjuhned by law to re
quire loans to bie secured bf miortgage of real.
psgt.'te insteadh of per-sonal utrety, or to invest
in stocks of this 8tats. I ill as venture to
suggest that admmiistrators,frustee.s and guar
dians, should 'not use, in thir busines.' transac
tions, the funds entrusted! to- their keeping.
Separate and distinct acconets kept with equal
accuracy and care, will ultimately be more sat
isfactory to both guardian and ward, and more
productive of safe precedenti
FEDE# 45 RELATIo~s-IlereWi th I transmit
resolutions from thle Legislatures of certain
States of the Conmfederacy.7 Those from. New
York~ and New Jersef relatesto the Lighthouse
Board, and to certain provisilons for the relief
of persons and property shipwrecked on the
coast; those from Texas, expressing sentiments
of cuiomo interest to our citizens, will com~
imand your attention j thosegom nMw England
denounce, as usual, our systemn of domestic sla
very, together with the late.decisionof the Uni-I
ted States Supreme Court. This species of agi-I
tation, sectional and disorganizing, proceeds
from persons who seems to he incapable of enter
taining just sentiments towards their neighbors,
the people of the Southern States. True liber
ty consists in the will and the power to perform
Q4r duty tig Qqd agid toR ppeipop0. MiP sep
vice is only perfect treedour1 'Thp membprs Ri
a Legisature who can thua' resolve, desecrate
the nameo of freedom, and piervert its meaning.
By harboring such feelings towards their neigh
bors who sanction and cherlih African slavery
as a -domestic institution, Inherited from their
fgh~ers, the~y expose (liniselves to the nnl
tiun of beimig.aithiless to Lhe-Oonstitutionfm
the pieamnbie of which they7luote. The .roe-o
lutiuns do not merit a responhe on.-your part.
" One of the expedients4 of party to' acquire in
fluence in their partis~nlar distriets, is to misrep
resent the opinions and aims of other districts."
The fathful and distinguished Representative
of your Sixth CongressionalDistrict has oppor
tunely reproduced, and ably stated, the argu
ment for free trade, and against. a protective,
tariff. .[Itrust that the argument now recognized
in all cjiiised Europe I~IIil9$ hae9 Iget -its
piowgr i4 (mprica, pogib(tej $thjugh it wa
bp bylrgamiged'interests hostile tojtjp-gtp
pflitihknuw too nell hoW tQ acquire in uhene
a4 glip spat of Qoyefanem;t, There can be no
999440 i4q8e4 #pon the eggeis-f' gayeggqigge
for eveu risingg the soele of iuiposta, so .long as
the States hold on deposits a agmun of money
at the credit of the United -tates Treasury.
The lapse of time has served to show how' true,
how .prophetic, were the words pf warning, ut
tered by our wise and far-seeing statesmnen near
:thirty years ago.,. The 1as4 words of their die
tinguished leader, addresssd' to the Senate -of
the gnitp4 Stmgtsa, Ri I'I flg in 041' 9%ra-tbeY
.nntbforgotpb thmqggitfgl me~n, North
and South. Eight years hiaye, pPased sine 'Je
spoke. .We. are not strqqgor, reliti!ely IQW
t1mn~ $199 !nqo4, we can .ue lang~r Pji to
the pquiliiin in~ the, Senato whiol t4en ob=
taimeed, thomugh in a oimneigion just now of -quiet'
prosperity and of comparative' harmony, which.
may endure until anuelectlon for President and
Vice President. Thieletiona, every fourth
year,. seemi. destined& to be Ahme all-absorbing
topic, upon which unhappily is said to depend
ewarything..even the interity of thme Union. To
operate upon it effectively, parties become ns
tional-irresponsible convei.tions are convoke
and so powerful is tIeir organization that n
citizen is likely to be recognized as having a claii
to Federal hoiiors or distinction, unless he attac
himself to one or the o;her national party. I
is true, the party of the )emocracy being no'
in power, ik justified in uniting its parts in con
bination, to resist the opposiion which has con
bined against it. But bear with me while I agai
throw out the caution that this condition <
things is not favorable to the rights of th
States, leads insensibly to consolidation, and t
the introduction of foreign inflnences, s4o fat
to Republican Government. Fatal, especiall
would it be in out Federative Republic, which
like the solar system, is preserved in equipois
and hormoneous beneficent operation by th
reciprocal in-fluence of its integral interests
The undue prepunderances of one or more tend
to destroy the equilibrium of the whole, ani
consequently its e.i4tence. All the parts ar
respounible for this, as well the weaker fo
yielding without a struggle, as the stronger fo
arrogating too much influence and power. Un
fortunately, there are too few persons. compara.
tively speaking, who ieemn to be. alive to the
policy of the Sates, or to -be sensible that upon
their individu'al conduct del.ends, in some degree
responsibility for its success,
There are Southern men of wealth, doubtlesa
who expend the most of their surplus profits in
Northern investments and objects of pleasure
It has been estimated that some forty n:iflions
of--dollars of Southern income have been dis.
bursed in a ingle year North of the Potomac.
A. just regard to our own interests would seem
to require that our surplus income be laid out
in Southern securities, in -improving the home
stead, reclaiming and draining waste lands, cul
tivating grounds; and pu:,hing railways East and
West between the Atlantic and Missieilppi, and
still Westward to the Pacific. Three millions
of surplus profits invested in an aqueduct from
the river Santee to Charleston, along the line
of the Northeastern Railroad, would go far to
protect the commercial emporium of the State
from the fearful pe-tilence which tA Atften in
fect* fler strpeets, * Yen- thlis fNrtyw nillions of
muoney I. addtle to thp still largor sum, that n[
the greater portion of the Federal revenuesI
under the ordinary operation of the Government
-one main cause of the thrift andspromise of
Northern cities, villages and country, is made
manifest. Far be it from me to object to the
wide-spread benefits of mutual intercourse, and
the perpetual interchange of good offices be
tween the people of every section of our coun
try; but the unequal intercourse is noticeable
a tondizig to hjind with pripapepity the one sea
tion t6 the elements of -its true interest, and to
render the other too tributary and provincially
dependent., Let us not shut our eyes against
the truth, but uniting. in harmony with each
other diligently, and in faith, perform the dot7
that lies neare4 top',4 Jet 4s pAptpihate wha
wo can,: collectively and individually, towards
tho fthe eyits improve t -in;
and public roadsf, as well as fostering a irect ex
port and import trade. Above all, let us culti
vate those moral virtue's, those industriousi and
dqme.itic habits, which render our beloved Statp
an agreeable and happy home to her penpip, andl
these mlorp inde ipadplitf ile sijae tine tha$
all her Pederal ubligatjns-arp scrupulously ob
served.
In the latter part (the 27th) of August, a
vessel was sent into the harbor uf Charleston, a
prize, with three hundred and six native Afri
cans on board, having been, on the 21st of the
same month, captured by the United States
schoonpr Polphinl o' the coAst of1Jgba, Thirty:
eight died after coming into port up to the 30th
of Septemnber', when the remiinder were shipped
on board the United Stateseteam frigate Niagara,
and have been sent to A frica iu charge of a gov
ernment agent-the Colonizatioa Society having
agreed, for one hundred and fifty dollars each,
as I understand, to take charge of them for two
ears. Many have since died at sea, up to the
22d ultimo, at which date we have accounts of
the Niagara at St. Vincents.
No instanp, perhaps, could have bet ter served
to present, in st rong relief, the devotion to law
and order of the people of Carolina. The offi
ers of the Government were not molested in
the discharge of what they demed their duty.
[ cannot omit, however, in bringing the facts to
your view, to express my regret at their occur
rence,whiceh produced unwonted excitement in ia
quiet community, by the exhibition of' a species
of. trafgo long si:ncp nbandonedi in the Unite'd
States. -If there be any treaty which sanctions
such intorfence with the commerce of the in
habitants of Cuba, such treaty has been framed
in disregard of the sound advice of Washington
-not " to entangle our peace and prosperity in
the toils of European ambition, or interest or
caprice;" "steer clear of permanent alliances
with any profi of.n the foreign Worpide-and
ougat t6 be abrogated. Once wIthin our port,
it was humane to land the suffering prisuners
in order to release them from their cramped
deck, and to care fosagthiem. They were well
cared for until tran.-ferred on board the Niagara,
where also they received every proper attention.
But the propriety of thus diverting the vessel,
with its cargo, from its destined channel, and
thrusting j{ gpdgr lthe notice. of pqp penple, Is
whit may be questioned. I trust that a like
case inay not again occur within our borders.
The laws of Congress, by authority of which
the officers were governed, I hope will be re
vised and amended. It is enough that the gal
lant navy of the United States be charged %ith
preven jing the ulayp tpadp herween the coast of
Africa and oup own shores, under the sanction
of the constitution, It is our policy to let for
eign nations regulate their own affairs, and en
force their own police..
EncATioN-The fund bequeathed by Alex
ander Downer, deceased, for the support of a
school in Edgefleld District exceeds twenty
thousand dollars-($20,000). The arcoumat are
Eettled annually before the Commission in Equi.
ty of Edgefield, and the provident care of the
Chancellors of the Court of Eqiuity is epcsally
inyollt by the liherel testator.-tiey~doubtles
ill je 4inthinl irn guarding the sacred trust
{ot having been able to visit the school, I comn
nead it carnesly to the intell'gent notice a~
the tlgatnw of Edgetel, I may be permit
t94 to mako the like appeal to the A bbevilk
delegationb fur theDe lat Howe School in theib
district. Some portion of the land devised fo,
the support of this school has beenu sold, by leav<
of the Legislature, which, I-think, ought to b<
restored in order to preserve entire the territo
ry, as it was'oriiginally left and intended by th4
testator-which seems well adapted for a sheep
walk. Conmected with a propoeijuin to t).be Isa
enoi Assenibly -19 sen4 4 pqp'l to one of thi
agripultupal 4e liis of 50 e received (ron
tecT atnt jon of the igister di Agrjcql
Iggp ghwig theu teeo instruction ant
the cost, This programme, of which I furniahet
a tranblation to the President of the State Ag
ricultural Society in January last, was accom
panied by a graceful tender frojm the Ministe
of France of his best offices towards a son c
South Carolina, who should - be recommendei
by the Govuernor. --
na'h imanno'sn'nnnledb tlie Beresford hlmnt~e
i- seems to-be flourishing. The fund is well man
I, aged.
o, Academies and high schools have been multi.
n pliedr within a few years, in the several districti
h -especially .fur the education of girls, upoi
t whose moral and mcutal, as well as physica
r development, depend so much the future welfar(
- of society. . Sustained generally by sectariar
influeoces, they supply extensively that liberal
culture and discipline by means of which the
f minds of our ingenuous youth are strengthened
D and prepared for the active duties of life. Un.
j der the wholesome influence of intelligent and
I more devoted Commissioners, increased useful
nes has been realized from the funds appropri
ated for the support of Free Schools. To insure
the fullest success, the schools must be consid
ered free, in the be.-t sense of- the word, for th
admission of the children of any citizen. I can
not omit to invoke, for this precious charge of
the State, the devoted personal attention of pa
triotic citizens in all the districts. The im
proved system of instruction which is success
fully pursued under the direction of the Board
of St. Philip's and St. blichael's, is worthy of
your patronage and of general emulation. In
order to afford to every part of the State an
opportunity to witness its succeas and discuss
its merits, the teachers throughout the common
wealth were- invited by me to assemble in
Charleston, in the first week of June, and ex
amine for themselves its practical operations.
I am happy to have it in my power to br:ng
to the notice of all persons engaged in teaching,
Carroll's " Catechism of United States History,"
a small work of great value to schools, prepared
by one of our fellow-citizens, himself an expe
rienced teacher. A Norman School was autho
rized by the last General Assembly, to be es
tablished in the city of Charleston. Its success
has been secured by the liberal subscriptions of
individuals and societies. I trust that your
Honorable Body will not fail, before its inal
adjournment, to provide for the oganization of
another Normal School in'the upper or middle
portion of the State. Certain generous citizens
of Charleston have cummenced a subscription,
a1so, for establishing and maintaining a Marine
ichool afloat in their harbor. This benevolent
design is worthy of encouragement,
The South Carolina Jollege Is in a flourishing
condition. Its numbers were diminished last
March, by an act of necessary discipline on.the
part of the Faculty, which has exercised a salu
tary nluence. The greater portion of the
young gentlemen who were affected by its ope
ration, are again in their seats, pursuing the
studies of their class, I reommend that the
'rqstges he authoplged to place a scholarship at
theservice of the Charleston College, of Erskine
College in Abbeville, the Furman College in
Greenville, the Wofford College, and St. 4ohn's
College in Spartanburg;and Mount Zion College
in Fairfield. I hope that these . ourishing in
stitqIjqps of learning will be invitiQ, and be in
auced to keep one student of their own selec
tion al at the South CarolinacColl free
of. any .. ,fotaittdto be
;e ucation as grown tip .as
wants of society, qad is worthy of the harmo
niqg 4qp rt of all its component part.. Ja
$4p p1in; circle qf yers, new.questions
cntjinq aY!4rise 41n4 niw shades of- opinion
change the face of parties. But there are topics
which never lose their interest, because they
are.connected with the foundation of society.
Such is the cause of education. The time will
never come when it can be consi2ered a matter
of indifference how public education is condug
ted. Nor is it necessary to enlarge hpe on its
importance, fur it m4st be said, to the honor of
thp 04'04ry, haqt QppQyition to e4cation finds
no OpppArt among pur people-even they who
have missed the opportunities of acquiring it
themselves are laudably bent, not only on secu
ring its benefits to their children, but on pro
uotarg the general diffusion of it. There is
nothing which contributes so much to the elo
vation of the -Amnerican character; nothaing
which proves to strangers the iuperiority glaimne
for ouroprogressie and grwing euintry, a the
unanty wi lk whiph the cause of edluration Is
puerywihbre embraced by all descriptions of our
people. Therefore, any incentive to the support
of education may well be spared. But, it is
important that its true ends should be often
pr.Lesented to the public eye; for, as free governu
ment is the great glory of the huuman i'aee,. the
education of the people is the appropriate means
of raising niankmid to the proper rank of free
men--but to educate the people implies a sys,
tern that comprehends the whole society, There
was, in the darkest times, a learned few.-nor
was it their fault that they made arrangements
on the basis of exclusion-for to force liberal
systems of legislation upon the ignorant -is a to,
tal misapplication of power, leading to nothing
but confusion and anarchy, It was reserved for
our times tn give Ia the world the example of
ai people so docile as to admit of general educa
tion, and so capable of progress as to unte in
the march of improvement. But education
cannot be general unless it be as various as the
wants of society, anti calculated to develop all
.the faculties of the human mind. Some minds
are adapted to the pursuit of science or speene
lative truth, others are fitted (or gotkilty in the
walks of 1jqsigessaswne have leisure to inveiti
gate the cause of things-others have opportu
nities of applying the discoveries of science to
the practical purposes of life. It has-been too
-much the practice to limit the demands of edu.
cation to what are called the learned pro(ssnnat
The great advances tha iate beeni madte by
tlstii an4 ingenious industry require a very
imple kn~owledge on the part of persona .who
engage in the purmuits. of agriculture, arts or
commerce. The South Carolina. College is a
school adapted to the wants of profresional men,
and those who-make a busines of study. -To
these who, by circumstances or by choice, are
led to embrace the callings of a practical char
acter, the Military Academies opea a udoor to
an excellent education, partkikyadapted to
their situation wiige to the thoughtful andt
Istudious iedoemda avedirecedto the
i~v~ to a M ofQinm g anstdt e ding thecams
of renigion, the estakusmenta rounded by de
nominational spoieties offer peculiar advantages.
Iisnot. to be supposed timat all who finish their
the Charleston College, will turn out profession
al men;i nor that the Citadel Academy will be
exclusively employed in bringing out engineers
and artisans; nor the denominational Institutions
in educating young men for the ministry ; but
their coinbined operation, if harnmnious, will
Ibe to diffuse a large and high and -benetieent
cultivation of the public mind, -ad to spread a
degree of light and baowledge bheyond any
- ingta ounjid.hs0 efiected by a single institu
tig Met not any friends of education look
with coldness or jealousy on any of these es
talishments, nor believe that they could be
with advantage meiged into -onh another,,. or
I that any one of theum could be spared with~iut
I -demriment to the publice. Nor, ought the ax
I pense which is entailed oat the. State bysthe
-patronage of a high degree of eilucation, tobe
-. regarded with feelings of' rpgnoe. There
could not be a more snorti( ig confession of
f inferiority than (or us to admit that we are in
I capatleo of Austaining a college for the diffusion
of the~nmest liberal studies. -
1 reomend that the Trustees of the Colleen
be authorised to appropriate the irs rill1g
which formerly encloved the -State: Vus,Ao.
the purpose of enclosing thi College Cliop,
i which needs some protection.
The report of the Board of Viiiters ofti4
Military Academies, and of the Comamisionera
of the Asyleim.for.Ieaf Alures and the Blind,
will be submitted as soon as. prepared. The
Governor iA, ex dicio,-a member. of both these.
Boards. About tu resign this grateful duty 'fe
my sucessor, .I take.great pleasure in tetOy
ing how ably, impartially and faithfullyr the
affairs of both have been cunducted. . Iltisra
ble alike to the wind and heert .ofithe State
these institutions are destined to exercife asaba
sible influence, morally and intellecually, o
the industrial employments of the people.,I*
cited in a healthy part of Sj artanburg Ditrict,.
upon State lands which the Conuisionerm.wio.
be allowed to regulate, the Cedar Springi Asy
lum will eventually becme the centre .of a
thriving population of villagers tnade up of. its
eces, among whom may be found some of the
best and most ingeniou.4 artisaim in the cosutry.:
The value of the Citadel Acaldemy is suffiienly.
known to be appreciated by you all. I-cannot:
close, however, without earnestly recomnend-y
ing, that an appropriation be made-:frcon
structing mure efictiest and thorough drains for
the premises and for the covering and etenpfe
tion of the Eas-t wing, according to the plan
which shall be adopted by the 1Ain of ViAtor#.
The Lunatic Asylum I have visited witb mucla.
gratification. The order and syetsn which pett
vade the establishment are .very. satisfactory.
Larger grounds are needel for the planting of
trees and shrubs, and for the free. and vaded
movements of domesticated animals, in all which
the insane become, by degreet, deeply interest
ed. The street between the two- buildngs,
Westand East, is still open. The Regentsahould
be instructed to cloe tiis without dlayl Be
sides economi-:ing space, it will affotinsore va'
ried eetise and greater secussty tothe. patimnth
At lesa cost for surveillance to the inatitntki.,,
The suggestions made by the report of the8s
perintendent are worthy of aoneideration, pm
meting An a benevolent heart, enlarged ad'
enlightened by experience. o.
The report of the Registrar of Maiage1,
Births and Deaths. is herewith tnsmited.
Irregular though the returns be, they willbe.
come less and lessiso, if they be required year
by year ; ad the Registratio Act beingamende
ed, uasauggested by 0eggrjenoe, will gretl0y 0on
tribute towirds the preservation of thoseQ'ta-'
tIStIc so yaluable to our country.and to eduical
scIence.
I herewith trazistuit the interesting report of
the.Geological and MetanIurgil' Surveyor .oC
the Biate for the t yqar. .
I have Wen iduced to-.'regommezd *h
Thursday, the.. th .instant, lpe seta-art as a
day of thaznksgiving pAdel prayere This pi
ment,-I trust, will. not snterruptl
the business of the Lsigislature, o
you eercis entie cont .
e pallelafwu!te iseihl
I. F. W. AL.LST.ON.
RAtrE ox "BlrNKaas."- r., Rarey haviag
been aked his opinion with regard to tile usi
of "blinker&" on horses, replies in s couamja.
tion'to the London Times, in which -be state.
that his experience with, and observation of
horses proves clearly that "-blinkers should not
be used, and that the sight qf .the, horse, fee
ny reasons, should not be interfereiwith
any way." : Horses are only fearful o .
which they do not understand of are not a
liar with, and the eye is one of the prin . -
mediums by which this understanding an4 %;
familiarityare brought. about. They cansbe
broken in less time'and better without blinkers,
and driven past objects *hich naAIy Irle.
them, with far niure safety if the eye a,
opportunity tu examine the object fully. 1.e
; e ofdistinces than nant,*
1n44 if allowQd the free use of h. dyes, would
avoid collisions frequentiv case'- h the car-..
lesssness of la driver. Mir. Rarey states that
the use of blinkers is rapidly disappearing.fiu.
the United States, and 'prdits increated of4
fulness in the horse when ti t5iellj Sfah~e
ninetqenth eentury" is abolished in'Loniddh~
INcocEN'r PLEiAsU'aE8..-The.Rev. Dr. lel~Ir
of New Yurk, in an excellent.addresaons "d *"
remarked.t "F"urnmy part, Isay it in:~lt~~
I have becomse sincerely suspieis~usi thell fy
of those who do not love pleasure ins any Ifori I
cannot trust the man that never Iaughas; thitis.
always sedate; that has ino 'apparent outletfor
natural r inss ofsp~ortiveness anud gaigy thdf'ere
peninthe human ioul. Iknowt~atN~i.
takes her sevensge on .iuch violence. I expjo
find secret vice.ss, imalignant ans, or horridbe,
springing up in this hot-bed of, comtned ,i~ad
imaprisoned spa.co; and -therefore is elveajne ia'
sincere marsl-gratification, .wauywheres and ismy
cwnomuity, to isee innocent pleasures and -o~
lair amnusements resisting the religious bfgotir ta
frowns so unwisol upon them.a Anythinggi t
ter than~ dark, 4q, ,unhappy social life;. ppeg to.
ennui and.mnorbii excitement;.which resullgfvdkn
unmitigated puritasnism, whose adeond eci
usually unbriled: license and iinaaa-y.
Daxarss mx Duxu,-The .following unotl.
emanates from the Warsaw ( R. I.) Telegraph s:
Wasfd.-One hundred and seventy-fiveyoug
memn, of all shapes and sizes, from the tallIgree
ful dandy, with hair enough on his -apperworks:
to stuffa barber's cushion,.down to the little
start. The objeot is to form a gaping corpuey
be In attendanc-st:the schurch doorgjon e a
Mabbath, befors commenensenef divie service,
to stare at the fedaales as they enter, and. make
delicate and-gentlenmanly resatrks on thieir'.pei*
soils andi dregs. All who wish to enlist'in'tlie
above corps, will pleams appeal at tite vnows
church doors next Sabbath morning, winiftgEy
will be duly inspected, and their names, prcsal
appearances and quantity of brains regfisteredl is'
a book kept for that purpose, sud. publl I~din
the newspapers.. To prevent a generalfa -i
will be well tostate that none will be-ensitd ~ .
possess intellectual capascites above that o a
ordinary well-bred donkey
Tuus TouAro.-This delicious vegetable haa
had, as the slang is, a wonderful run; fbut
whie the nearly-grown-up young fblka seee
perfectly aware of its fresh, peenliar delleions
ness1 they are, perhaps not 'generally aittre
that It has other merits.- Dr. Ilenunet, a man
of some celebrity, attributes to it pretty nearly
all the virtue without a particle of the viee of
calomel; maintaining that, cooked or raw freak
or preserved, it is the healthiest -vegetalle ihe
use. If the Doctor will except. okra, wq will
agree with him without a word of .cozntrofsy1
*In a village school,.recenmtly,- when thesehola
were parsing, the world wisitoccurred in te
teince. Theyes whoesu
little fellow-puared.dover'-thlawora fbg a~
Iminutes, and thee,".as a brgt ideilu k.~%a
~he burst'out with, "! cmi'esajuat'ait.. cay,
waif; Comparitive, waferSplisiis, -
-W The dumedep efA *t~u'n
name/of -HondSeSlliklasatt
for the Presidmyn=a in -~