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> . < > ' ' * . . ' . % j. b.^proprietors . i^tnbtirf Jsmilg Jttbspptr; ^ar i^t ^romotiffn irf Sfftial, ^gricallnral anb Comnwrml firfmsts of l|e . {?iopebybab,isadvawob. YOLflKE W. " * YORKYELLE, SOUTH ClROLINA, FEDNESUAJ EYENING, DECEMBER 7,1864.. NUMBER 49. " ' ?-?J ? ?/* ? .?? ?a A?a*r*a.yd Msnlvino f fininfag GOVERNOR'S MESSAGE. f Executive Department, Columbia, S: C., Ifovember 28,1864.' Gentlemen of the Stnate and Bouse of Representatives: You assemble under circumstances of more than ordinary interest'to yoffr State, even at this time of intense excitement throughout our laud. For four yean our armies have resisted the advance of immense forces, performing prodigies of valor unsurpassed in history, and with a constancy and devotion whioh no reverses could weaken. At the same, time the masses of the people at hSme have cheerfully submitted to every sacrifice, and met every draft upon their resources, whioh this. Stupendous war has made. r Bat the last ihtelifgenoe from Georgia indicates that the gallantry of our troops and the devotion of oar people are to be put to still higher testa. The enemy, commanded bj a general who reSpeots neither age, sex or oondition, andwho, it is said, has ^ declared thai.when he reaches South Carolina be will burn the very stones, is approaehitfg oaf borders, burning towns and villages, destroying agricultural implements banishing ftfm their hdnee helpless women and ohildrep^. and cutting loo3e from his base, snbsitfc&g himself on the oonntry, and r destroying everything hh cain?fv/1ise. To the defeat, of this enemy %very energy of the State mid her people diOQid^be made to bend. The'tkne has an^yed when our people should be oalled upon by the Legislature to remove from the enemy's line of march all live stock; transport beyond bis reaoh all provisions possible, ahd all else destroy; and every man isho can shoulder a gun, to report himself at the front, tmdo or die for the country ih this her hour of need. On the fall of Atlanta, I organised into oompauies the small militia force liable to duty out of their Districts, left to the- State , by -the Conscription Aote of Congress, as will be seen by the Adjutant-General's re^ port, preparatory to organising them into regiments. The enemy taking retired from l Jonesboro to Atfanta*, shey "Were remanded p to their homes. f Upon heanng of the dest traction of Atlanta and the advance of the enemy towards Augusta, I ordered this foroe to rendezvous forthwith at Hamburg, where tbey will beimiuedifctely organised into regiments, for which aBrigadierGeneral should be provided. Should the change of our militia organisation, hereinafter suggested, i be adopted, another Brigadier General will p become necessary. ) I refer to the fall and satisfactory report of the State Auditor, for information npon various subjects embraoed in this message, and others not mentioned. It is with regret I that I see the State is to lose his services. It will be perceived by his report^ that less than one half of the Military Contingent Fund hus been expended. This has arisen from the fact that up to a recent date, the State had no troops in the field,, since early in the present -year. The' Legislature not ^ having incrSasecTtbe. permanent military r force of the Sftts, I did "not deem itwdvisa" ble fo-retain the mounted companies of Captains Boykin and Bodgera, tfnt.as I was authorized to do? by resolution,'' transferred them to Confederate service. I now recommend that peunaoeat military force, consisting of, at reset, one regiment of mounted infantry, one company of which should, ' at the discretion of the Governor, be used as cavalry, and one as light artillery, be raised by draft from the militia regiments, in the State, if not famished by volunteering. Under the operations of the Conscription Acts, the State has no force now left, except the boys between rixteen.and seventeen, the men between fifty and sixty, and the Confederate exempts. Of these, the men over fifty, and many of the exempts, are, liable to service only within the District in whieh they live. Of the foroe liable beyond their Districts, one-third only can be * sent beyond the limits of the State, for a period not exceeding two months, at any one time. I, therefore, recommend the following changes in our military organization, to meet the existing condition of things: First?All person# now held liable to perform military duty in. times of alarm, Insurreetiou and* invasion, or as one of the posse comitatus, and aot exempted from actual service in tfieif respective Districts, shou'd be declared hable to actual service anywhere within the State, when their services shall be deemed necessary by the Governor, except the members of both branches of the Legislature, and their respective officers, including the Attorney-General and Solicitors, aunng uic Beatuuu, sou iur uuecu days "before and after.' Second?That all those, nnder existing laws, liable to military * service oat of their Districts, "be deolared also liable to service oat df the State, for. the term of three months, if, in the opinion of the Governor, the public exigencies should so long require. The beat defence of the State can frequently be made beyond her borders. Ialso reoommend that for the [ support of the militia, when in the field, the Governor be authorized to impress supplies at schedule prices, whenever snch course shall become absolutely neoessary, from inability to procure them frem. the Confederate Government. The present condition of the country induces me to recommend your immediate consideration of these proposed changes. These forces the Legislature should declare exempt from Confederate servioe, and retain subject to her own laws, and under the orders of her own Executive, for the enforcement of her pQlice regulations, and for the protection of her territory and ft6r people. I said in my annual message of December last, "I thinkitia our true policy to amend the exemption-laws, so as to make them conform, as nearly as practicable, to those of the Confederate Government.? This may be doae'without yielding the right of ?be St%te to exempt such portion of her population as she chooses, and when slie may choose, for police and other purposes." I have seen no reason to change this vl$w, bat it does not appear to me to be sound golicy fbr a State to surrender her right to exempt from Confederate oonsoription each portion of her population as she may deem necessary for her own protection, and to carry out her laws. In November last, I directed the Attorney-General to make, before one of the Ciroait Judges, the question whether the Aot of Assembly exempting one overseer to each plantation having not less than fifteen working bands, did not protect suoh overseer from Confederate oon ^ TTTna fViaf /Mir or. aonpuuu. J. L1C UGUUIUU nun i uuu va> v_ emption laws did not apply to Confederate service, and daring the December session thereafter, the Legislature deolared that our exemption Taws "applied to troops called into servioo under the militia organization of this State, and to pny other military force raised by the State under the laws thereof, and not to troops raised by the laws of the Confederate States,5' without passing an Aot declaring what offioers of the State should bo exempt from Confederate conscription. The Aot of Congress passed the 17th day of February, 1864, conBoribiog all white njaie inhabitants, exoept those exempted by the Confederate Government, renders it, I suggest, more than ever imperative upon 'the State to assert her right, by solemn enaotments, to exempt from Confederate service such persons as she may deem necessary for her preservation and the carrying out of her own laws. So far as 1 am informed, most, or all, of the other States of the Confederacy had, even before the passing of that Act, designated the persons Who should be exempt from Confederate conscription.. To do otherwise is to conoede to the agent a power whioh belongs alone to the'principal; and whilst, for the good of the common cause, it is wise to keep from Confederate service as few able-bodied oitizens as possible, it would be ruinous to subordinate the State to that Government by oonoeding the right ?xeroised under the Aot of 17th February, 1864, to consoribe the entire population of the State, exoept suoh as the Congress may d^ignate. There can be no just aomplaint that South' Carolina hus withheld too large a proportion of her population for State offioers. No State has put a larger proportion of her armsbearing population into the field. With a voting popolataon of about&rty-seven thousand, she, has furnished at least sixty-five thousand troops to the Confederate army.? Carrying out the spirit of your predecessors as indicated in their legislation, by vacating all militia offiocs held by persons between the ages of eighteen and forty-live, ana Dy providing that no .one within conscript age should be appointed on the soldier's board of relief, I have not claimed under the Conscript Acts, from Confederate servioe, militia officers, magistrates, deputy clerks, and various other offioers within that age. Indeed, the whole number claimed by the State, and not exempted by Confederate authority, will not exoeed eighty-six, with the exception of tho soldiers' boards of relief, between forty-five and fifty, and these I have claimed only until the meeting of the Legislature. These boards were appointed by the Legislature before the conscription was extended to fifty years, and the number between forty-five and fifty is but one hundred and ten, whilst those over fifty amount to about three hundred. Many of the- State officers claimed are under bonds, in heavy penalties, conditioned for the faithful discharge of their official duties, and are entvnota/l nith ffca nnafr?f?\7 and monacflmeDt uuovwu TfAVM IUW VMVWW^ * -<- ^ of funds, both pablio and private, and a large proportion of them are, by the laws of this State, exempt from all militia service, even in times of invasion, insurrection and alarm. So rigidly have the Conscript Acts and the reoent order of the Secretary of War revoking details b66n enforced in this State that one of oar most important State enterprises, the Card Factory, was recently seriously embarrassed by the threatened withdrawal, by the Confederate authorities, of the operatives in it, though there were but three subject to Conscription. Although not strictly State officers, I felt it my duty, in order to prevent a suspension of the | work, to claim their exemption, upon the groqnd that they are necessary to oarry out the laws of South Carolina. I might well have claimed, and perhaps Bhould, a deputy sheriff in each District,.but I did^pot do so, except where I felt it to be absolutely ne cessary. In oonneotion witn this eUDject, x transmit an interesting report fnrniehed me, at my request, by Major Meltoit, Oommandant of Consoripts for this State. It will bo gratifying to Bee that the State has done her whole doty to tbe Confederate Government. The State Works, at Greenville, it is believed by tbe intelligent Superintendent, may be made^>rofitable, although they bave not thus far proved so. The want of coal is seriously felt, since the loss of tfie Chat-, tanooga Coal Mines, and I now recommend, as I bave heretofore done, that these works be removed to Columbia, and placed on the canal, where they can be run by water-power, and be much nearer to the iron, which has now to be shipped to them by railroad. Their gradual removal, it is believed, may l)e effected without suspending entirely the work, and tho increased advantages obtained will more than compensate for any expense incurred. The additional security afforded by their being placed within the corporate limits of this city, is no small consideration. One difficulty in the way of their being made profitable, arises froo? the ! action of ?he Confederate authorities; who j have assumed control of the mine? in this J I State, and take the iron at schedule prices, j I whilst the State has to pay the market J ' price. I have boon limbic to rns.ke any j satisfactory arrangement npoD this subject, j since tho matter has been brought to my j attention, and do not know that it is practicable to do po. Tho eminent domain be- J ing in the State, and the State having char- j tercd tho companies, I recomrasud that an Act be passed authorizing the Governor, iu the event an arrangement cannot be made by which tho State shall obtain iron at tho same prioe at which the Confederate Government obtains it, to take possession of the mines, so as to secure, at least,' a just r proportion of the iron produoed. The re- t port of the State Auditor, and the oommu- c nicatioh of the General Superintendent up- i on the subjeot of these works, acoompany- f iner this message, contain muoh interesting s information, and many valuable suggestions, t The views of the Superintendent of the Small Arms Factory are worthy of your s careful consideration, and if the State de- s tormines to continue the works, I earnestly recommend the manufacture of as many of the Morse Carbine, annually, as can be put up. It is the best weapon for mounted infantry yet invented, and by putting them on the taarket, and selling them as they are manufactured, I believe, from the statements of those in charge of the works, that, with the shell that may be cast, (sufficient iron being obtained,) the agricultural implements which may be made and sold, and the carbines whioh can Be readily disposed of to the citizens of the country, thus greatly increasing their facilities for the defenoe of their homes, the works where they now are may be made not only to, pay expenses, but even profitable. By reference to the Quartermaster-General's report, a full aooonnt of the operations of the State Card Faotory will be found. The card-making maohines were not put in operation so readily as oould have been wished, on aooount of the difficulties met with by the Quartermaster General, especially in proouring limber. The results attained are, however, highly satisfactory, and the machines have been put into operation in a most skillful manner.? The State has expended no money to better advantage than appropriated for this establishment. The sum not being sufficient to pay the purohase money and other expenses, I was enabled to supply the deficiency from the proceeds of one hundred bales of cotton whioh I had shipped abroad through the liberality of the Importing and Exporting Company, just before the last session of the Legislature. A handsome balance was left to the credit of the State. Fifty other bales, whioh I had purobased for the same purpose, I was not enabled to ship, in consequence of the claim shortly afteiwards asserted by the Confederate Government to one-half the oapaoity of all vessels running the blockade. * The Legislature, at the last session, passed "An Act to procure supplies and furnish the implements of agricultural and manufacturing industry for the soldiors and people of the State, by a union of the State with the Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina," by which it was proposed that the State should become one! fourth part owner of the vessels of that company, upon suoh terms as the Governor and the President of the Bank should approve. At the same session the Legislature passed the following resolution: Resolved, That his Excellency the Governor be requested to correspond with the authorities at Richmond, urging them to forego the right heretofore exercised of shipping cotton and bringing freight on the i boats owned by the Importing and Export ing Company, in consequence of the ownership by the State of a part of these boats, and that he set forth the great wants of our soldiers and oitizens which the shipment of cotton and other produoe, and the importation of supplies and the implements of agricultural and manufacturing industry, alone can relieve. This I did; but so far from relinquish, ing its olaim to one-thirds of said vessels, the Confederate Government soon after, under an Act of Congress, claimed andis [ now using one half their capaoity. Of course, the negotiation failed. It would have been far-better to have adopted the alternative suggestion made at the last session, that the State should purchase a vessel of her own; and I now recommend that the Governor be authorized to purchased vessel in Europe, to be paid for by shipment of cotton or otherwise, as may be deemed most advisable, in order that the State may furnish clothing to her soldiers in tho field, and agricultural implements to her people at home. Other States have, through their own ships, furnished their troops with j supplies of clothing and shoes, and their a citizens, measurably, with agricultural im- J plements; and one of them, at least, has } over and above a large fund to her oredit 5 in Europe. South Carolina, however, du- i ring the pendenoy of negotiations under the v above Act, did obtain the right from the i Government to ship several hundred bales t of cotton. This, I regret to say, has not \ yot been done; but the President of the a Bank, who has had charge of tlfe purohase, t informs me that he has completed it, and s hopes at a favorable opportunity to make t the shipment. 1 transmit an interesting p report of the Quartermaster-General of the I State of Georgia, which contains a section c of an Aot of that State authorizing the c Governor to issue clothing," shoes, hats, f caps and blankets to the Georgia troops in t Confederate service. I recommend the pas- t sago of a similar Aot, including a provision i for the sick and Wounded in hospitals, as t well as for those in the field. This State s can supply her troops with similar articles . ii with hut littlo expense, should the sugges- s firm fn nnrnhftSi! ft vassal bfl adonted. 0 J a.-'k your attention to the report of the r Conurisgery General. Agents hare been * dilig' ot in 'be'': efforts to suppresp the un- C due distilatinu of spiritous ltquors. The 1 failure of the contractors to supply even c what the law authorizes for inodioal purpo- ' scs, has created iD somn quarters an adverse r I public Foafcimwiity and yi consequence they f have not Fucouedod so well as could have 1: Seen wished. Few are willing to give in- <3 formation to th; agent' of its violation, and a it is ozooedingly dificult, at times, for them j to discover tne offenders and find proof snf- f Jicient for their conviction. It is worthy of J your consideration, whether it would not be t advisable to adopt some other method of I i disposing df the stills than the tardy one of f confiscation after conviction, the courts be- t ' ing virtually closed. The presoat law ope- t ates harshly in some oases, especially wher he owners of stills may potfibly- be innc sent, in that, they are deprived of the pric lege of using them for the distillation c rait in its season. ' When the stills ai eized under warrant, there can be no fus her use of them till after trial and acqtritta The provision of the la# limiting the pric it which the Govern meat may contract fc pirituous liquors for medioinal purposes t hree dollars per gallon; should be repea sd, and to meet the fluctuation in prioes, b should be authorized to make contracts t he loweBt praotioal rates. There is unquei ionably a demand for fepiritnons liquors fc nediolnal purposes, winch, : under ezistin aws, the State has been unable to suppl; [ bad regarded the Adta against distillatio is not allowing even the Confederate Go1 srnraent to carry on dtatiileneX within tl imits of this State, except tinder contrai >y its officials, as agents of the State. Bt inder a recent opinion of the Attorhe; 3eneral, I have withdrawn the objerqtioi vhich I had made. The matter is now sal niited for your consideration. r recommend that, the sum appropriate for the relief of soldiers' families be large] noreaaed say to two or two and a half mi ion of dollars anna&Ily. From all I oa earn, the sum now appropriated is entire] nidequate. The two per cent, tax in kin lot unfreqoently takes from the families < loldiers in the field a portion of their su] nnf mnwA fhan nnnno JllOD) TTUCV VIAOjr Ul?!W UUU UiUl W VUMM WMV**C :or their own consumption after paying tt Confederate tifffi. In such cases, th( )onld far better afford to pay a tax in moi jy raised from their- other resource ind would do it oheerfnlly. It is questioi ible if this provision of the law has operate veil, and I submit for your consideratio vhether it would not4>e*better to inoreai he appropriation, and require the Boaxi )f Belief, instead of distributing money, I mrohase and distribute the supplies then lelves. In this connection, I suggest thi in Act should be passed requiring the rai -oad companies, in this State promptly I iranspotf all supplies purchased by tt Boards of Belief for the use of soldier 'amiles. ** * The operation of the Acts upon the snl ect of supplying labor for ooast defences i [ am sorry to say, not' satisfactory. Upc in examination' of the Act, it will be see ;hat the Governor is required to "call f< mob labor as may be demanded by the Coi 'ederate military authorities." One fourt )f the road hands of eaoh division won! urnish largely over the number called fi nonthly by the Commanding General i ;he Department, which is from 2,500 i 5,000. I therefore adopted that as tt )ropOrtion to be furnished from eaoh divi on, and persisted In it for nearly eightec nonths, with the hope .that the Acts migl )e enforoed and the requisite amount of i )or secured. In this I was disappoints tfo division has furnished near its quol inder suoh calls, and during the past sun ncr the requisitions from the Confederal jreneral for an inoreased number of lab era became so urgent that I felt it my dut ;o authorize the State Agent to increase tt sail to one-half, and even that has only s lured from one division the number requi id, as will be seen by his report, aocon >anying this message. The main cause i his failure is the omission of tho Commi lionesr of Boads and the Sheriffs to enfori he law; and the courts being virtual] ilosed, they, cannot be oompelled to enfon t. The burden, therefore, unfortunate! alls upon the patriotic and the willinj ind I recommend, if the pi^sent soheme o be adhered to, that the Governor^e ai homed, through his agents,* to impress f< wo months' service on the coast the equi >roportion of every slave-owner having moi ban one road hand, unless the Courts ca >e put iu operation and the existing lav mforoed. In this way the delinquents ca >e reached, and the burden will not fa ixolusively on the willing and the p&triotii Two months' servioe, at one time, is reoou nended, because the hands lose at least on reek in going and returning and in bein irganized. It would diminish, too, the 02 >ense to the Government. I invite yon attention to the plan sommitted by th State Agent in his annual report, for soj dying "a permanent force of labqrers."? am not prepared to exprese^an opinio ipon it, bnt I am sure that the present pla rill never prove satisfactory to the oonntrj mtil some reforms have been effected i he management and treatment of the slave yhen on the coast. I have endeavored t icoomplish this?and it would seem frot he report of the Agent that there has bee: ome improvement in these partipulars>ut from information reoeived at this De >artmeqt, there is still much room Tor it Jnder the Act, the Ezeontive has no oheol ipon the Confederate authorities. He ha 10 authority under the Act except to cal or the labor, and in the event of the de ention of the negroes beyond one month o demand their return, unless in bis opin on the emergency requires a further deten ion. This detention has been a fruitfo ource of dissatisfaction to the owners; bu t most be borne in mind that the Act it elf provides, "that eaoh levy, under thi all, shall serve for one month, and unti eleived in turn by the nextTevy." Darinj he past summer, however, I prevailed upoi ren. Jones, then commanding this Depart aent, to have the laborers therefrom dis harged at the emd of the month. The agenoy at Richmond, under the di ection of Col. E. P. Jonos, I am satisfied roni information received from every source tas proved of inestimable value to the sol liers from this State. This officer and hi Lssistants have been indefatigablo in thi lerformance of their duties. I perceiv* rom a card recently published by Colone fones, that arrangements have been mad >etween our Government and that of th Jnited States to furnish our prisoners wit) bod and olothing; but he reopmmends tha his arrangement should not interfere witl he forwarding gf tobaooo, clothing am e other supplies^ as heretofore, Jb tms con- u ). nection, I transmit copies of a oommanica- c r- tion from "Dr. F. B. Porober, Surgeon in >f oharge of Sonth Carolina Hospital, tempo- t e rarily removed to Danville, Virginia, re- ii r- questing me to bring to your notioe the con- p I. dition of our prisoners at Point Lookout. I b ie recommend that the State appropriate a a ,r fund, to be expended - either by Col. Jones 1 ? or the Central Association, in the purobase s 1. and shipment through the War Department r 0 at Riohmond, to our prisoners, of suoh ar- 1 tides of olothing,-shoes, blanket and other f 3. supplies as they may. need. c >r There cannot be made from the State v g records, or from those of the Confederate c j. government, or from both together, any- * n thing like a complete roll of those who have ^ 7- gone into the military servicer of trie conn- 8 ie try from this State. I reoommend the pas- 1 jt sage of an Act authorizing the Governor to it appoint a oorap'etent person as snperinten- J j- dent, with an assistant in eaoh District in 3 is the State, with adequate salaries, whose 1 t>- duty it shall be to obtaitt the name of eaoh a 2*r person vfho has gone from eaoh militia beat i d in this State, with a description of the per- 1 \v son, the name of his company and regiment, 1 J ?j --J ;nfQ?. j J_ &UU U1B IHWj ttUU OUjfliUiug yi p^vviot iuvwt- i n est connected with him. These records t \y should be made in substantial Volumes, and t 1(j when completed, the books for eaoh Dis- i .jf triot deposited ip the office of the Secretary 1 p. of State. . Suoh a record is due to our de- g ,'h ceased and living soldiers ana their frmi- J |e lies. It should be made the duty of the ,y Distriot offioer to visit every house in his t 3J District, so that none shall be omitted. In , a no othqr way can a complete record ever be , j. made; and it should be done stance, as the ; |(j means of obtaining acourate information are t )Q rapidly passing away. If it is postponed , ,e until the end of the wa^r the names and t ja fate of many gallant men who have perilled { l0 their lives in Hefenoe of the countiy, will l a. be lost sight of forever. The value of suoh E it a record depends, of course, upon the cdm- t j. pleteness and aoguracy with whioh it is t ^ done; and to this end such'inducements J te should be held out ft will secure the ser- e g> vices of effioient and intelligent men, seleo* \ ted with a view'to their fitness for Ihe work ( ^ without reference to other considerations. E In the hands of persons fully alive to the t ' importance of making the reoord complete, i it may be confidently expected the work t will be done in a manner oreditable to the i }r State. If this reoommendation be adopted, j ^ I earnestly urge its speedy commencement. ( Id A large number of our soldiers have giv- 1 n en up their lives in defenoe of the country, c 0f leaving families of helpless orphans, many ? of them females. The State cannot do too < ,e muoh for them. I submit whether it would i g not be well for the State also to establish an ] !Q asylum for the destitute female orphan chil- i 3t dren of all soldiers from this State who have I a. fallen in battle or died of disease in the line ] j of their duty. ^ It is my sad office to communicate to you < Q. the death, since the last session, of Lieuten ? ant Governor Plowden C. J. Weston. Two < 0. years ago, he was called to that office from < .y his command in the field; and, although i te relieved from all military duty, after his i e. election he tendered his services to the State, < r. in whatever capacity he might be useful? < a. Among the many costly sacrifices the coun- j try has been called upon to make,. South 1 s. Caroliaa has lost no truer patriot, the Con- I ,e federacy no more devoted friend. e |y I ask your most favorable consideration ( >e of the W&nts of the Lunatic Asylum, and of 1 ly the institution for the education of the deaf 1 ?, and dumb and of the blind. The present ' is high prices of provisions induce me to re- ' AAtnmati4 a 1a?<va tn/ivnoan Af th a nnmrriQ. I jm uvuiuiOUV> a inigy >uuigoou vuv h|/|/4v^?m? >r tion for the supplfrt of these institutions.? ( il The olaims of humanity shtJUld not be lost 1 re sight of, even in the midst of our revalu- t n ^pn. c rs The State Military Academy claims your 1 most earnest attention. It is now in a very j 11 flourishing condition, and will afford the v 3. nucleus for the formation of one good regi- s i. ment, and oan supply drill officers for the c e raw troops oalle^ into the fleld. It is fur- e g nlshing yearly the material for officers in our s r- army, and being now the only undisturbed ? ir State Military Institution in the Confedera- ' a e cy, aqd the only educational institution in v ?. full operation in the State, I recommend v _ that the number of gadets now allowed by g u law be at least doubled; and that provisions c o be made for their accommodation, either by f< r, additions to th*present buildings, or by the a n purchase of others in the vicinity. In the e s present inseouje oondition of the Citadel of C 0 Charleston, the Board of Visitors h&ve been e a constrained to remove the cadets from that o a place. I recommend-that an appropriation & - be made and placed at the disposal of- the tl i. Board, to enable them, as soon as practica- ti ble, to enlarge the buildings at the arsenal e ? in this-city, so as to acoommodate perma- f< s nontly all the olasses at this central position. 1 The publio arms are all removed at present e: * ni?J *1 -Q?, T 1XUU1 VyUtfTiCDUUU| (tUU1 lUOlo 40 UU guuvi tva" jl , son why this city should not be the perma- u . cent depot for them. Since the last session, I have received 1 certain resolutions o'f the Legislatures of < t Georgia snd of LouisiatHi, in relation: to the u - furtjher prosecution of the war; and;of the tc ? Legislature of Alabama, in relation to the bi 1 currency. They are Herewith transmitted, k I I have recently received a communication t te 1 from Gov. Vance, inquiring whethor, in i ? * case the North Carolina Salt Works, ?now ? located npsr Wilmington, should be inter- &r rupted by tho enemy, ho could be allowed ^ - to remove them to some point on the South st , Carolina coast. I recommend that the Gov- ot , ernor of South Carolina be authorized, in - such a contingency, to extend this privilege 01 s to the State of North Carolina, upon suoh m a terms as her Governor may be ablo to make e with tho ptoperty holders of the locality 1 which may bo seieoted. The suspeiftlon of R a these works would bo felt not only by the lq b citizens of North Carolina, but by our own \ oi - ? i' ll.a i .v' li people, many oi \7n0m optam m?u-ouyf???? uj t from that source. R hi I transmit my corregpoodenee with Gen. 0 i Sam. Jones and the officer* under his com-1 u JttUUj ill rCiOtQUUO iAJ uvvigo a AVW*T*Mg ftDDOQ. ~ I ask your attention to the suggestions of he State Auditor upon the subject of pay* ng all salaries of State offioers out of the irofitaof the bank for the-past fiscal year in tills of the Bank of the State. 'Whilst I m not prepared to recommend its adoption, ! do reoommend an inorease of the compenation of all public offioers, whether they eceiye salaries or perquisites of office; at east of all officers whose Balaries are not ixed by the Constitution. The large profits if the bank*for the past year or two, J think nil felly warrant suoh inorease. In this iqnneotion, I transmit a communication rom Mr. Jessee Dent, Sheriff of ftichland District, in reference to the compensation illowed for feeding prisoners, to which I in* rite yonr attention. ?. \ The undrawn balance to the credit of the Military Contingent. Fund, for the ourrent rear, amounted to 91,195,293.02; drawn ip to 1st October, 1864, 200,000?leaving i balanoe undrawn on 1st October, 1864, tif 195,298.02." The Comptroller GHMeral's eport shows a cash balanoe in the State Creaaury, on the 1st October, 1864, of 5872,364.26; the nett prpfits of the*, bank 'or the same time amount to 883,055.76? (mounting'to 1,765,410.02. But for the ttoenfe call for troops, I should have fait at iberty to recommend that none, or a very imall tax should be imposed for the ensuing rear. I transmit a oopy of the*resolutions adope'd by ftie Governors of the States of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi, at their meetng in Augusta, on the 17th of October last 0 which I invite your attention. The.em>loymen~t of slaves in the army, is engaging. 1 large share of publio attention* and* the iction of the Governors in -relation thereto(> las been the subject of some misapprebenion. There was no purpose in the resoluions adopted at that meeting, to declare hat slaves should be used arsoldiers, much ess that they should be emancipated for tuoh service; and for myself, I may say, vithout undertaking to indicate the opinion >f any one else, 1 have never recognized, ind so far as I am concerned did not mean o be understood, by the term "our authorties," that the Confederate Government has he right to conscribe them. I do recomnend that the authorities of the State apjropriate to the public service her proportion >f so many as may be needed and called for )y the Confederate Government as teamsters; ooks and pioneers, in order to relieve the loldiers engaged in those employments. I lo not feel called upon to make any reoomncndation upon the subjeot of using any portion of them as soldiers. The discussion s premature. If the able-bodied white men jetween seventeen and fifty, both offioers and privates, who are detailed inplaoesathome, which may be-as well filled by disabled offi am aaMiavo an/) aM mon oKawu rtAn. ;C1D AUU DUiUICIQj nuu ViU Uivu (twvvv vwu sfcript age, or those within conscript age, )lder and less able than thpmselves, and all :onsoripts in every State, are pat into the lervice, it cannot be doubted that this Confederacy is able to sustain itself against all tae forces that the enemy can possibly bring igainst us. Should*the alternative of snbugation, or their use as soldiers, ever lead ;o such use, the .wisdom of emancipating hose sq employed, is not at all clear. Bat ihoald such a polioy be adopted, it can nevsr be claimed that the Confederate Governnent should exercise that power?a power -LI-t- e? i.1 e - I... ivmuuj ior Luretj-quanoiD ui a uuuvuiji, uu Men claimed for and belongs exclusively to :he States themselves. Those in whom -the treaty making power )f the Confederate Government resides, lave done all they c*n with propriety to ibow the North and the world that we are lesiroos of peace. The President of the Jnited States, on the other hand, has re)eatedly declared that there can be nopeaoe 1 without submission on our part and reoontraction. A people- who, under such oir- , omstances, could he inducedto persist in ffort8 to obtain peace, outside of the contitutional mode, are already subjugated.? 1 !uoh a coarse, with the blood of their sons ! nd brothers still moist on their Boil?the 1 rrongs of their outraged women still una- 'j enged?the rains Of their ^residences and . Tanaries still smoking?would be unbe- ! oming the great Confederate people who, 1 Dur years since, with so inuch unanimity : nd enthusiasm, resolved to maintain at evry cost their right to abolish theis former lover'nment, "and to establish a new Gov- ' rnment, laying its t9anoation on sucn priniples and organizing its powers in each form'' ^ 3 to tbem shall seetn most likely to effect ieir safety and happiness." We can ob- c iip no peaoe that would not degrade us, scept suoh as we shall secure by the de- r ;at of o# enemies. a v J, # j. In this great crisis, -which requires the zeroise of wisdom, prudence and fineness, invoke the blessing of Almighty God * pon your deliberations. ' M. L. BONHAM. ? d A Raid.?A raiding party of Yankees, * iries and deserters four days ago penerated > within twenty-seven miles of Spartan- ^ arg?destroyed the furn^ure of Dr. Coimbas' Mills, took him prisoner, stole thir- c ten horses and played havoc generally? hoy then visited the plantation of Mr. n rwin, two miles this side, and it is said r eated it in a similar manner, after which ( J TkA.nln *u oni rl ley rubireu. ^ncmaim in Daiu >v uu>v jj tbsided. Would it not be tfeil for citizens tj all classes to organize themselves for de- tl ncc against these sodden dashes, and as n ir forefathers'did, infliot sommary punish- 0! ont on the offenders.?South Carolinian. Q . o OSS" The New York Times says that tho w ichmond papers are evidently net permit- h d to reveal tyhat they kuow for fear of li eating a pania in the rebel States. To fi fie the Richmond Sentinel replies, "The g ichmond papers" will have mdoh to say at a ie proper time, that will create a "panio" il i the Linouln States. a i The circle of war is closing in upon US. Georgia is all in oommotion and South Carolina may soon be in the sane vortex of trouble. Sherman's wftdeavers trill Jbo&-: find a eolation, either in (be destruction of his army, or hip safe amnris* thejrtfcoqpl. Whatever tnay betide asrthe tiiaefl d^pand all our fortitude, ana call for the eierciso of every charity and graoe among ourselves. Let those who have, divide with those who' have not, lest the en&ny come and sweep it all away. Verily some fooh fttortB8Bd be richly merited by some %e^|ptaa^rtiEBS h%ve an Tfritlfflfl 1E At1 who hoards up proyiOTa^ai* a tttt; is >orse ever hoarded g<rid*f <7h*W4ft*8tt>VUi* the needy now requtW^imt which is reserved for the rat-and the 'weevil fireati^'Is npt ^enough t*bringjjrtlgpeftt MUrt land; and what is *> overrunning Yankee army but V judgment from God. Alas I. that the innooenfhnath'e ^ood^hooldliaVh' to suffer with thesejiflint-hearted ones, who afflict and curse opr land! ,*h The : Effect of the bermtjda oibio*.?The desisipn of theJSernradt % thorities in tfce cue ef Lieutenant Baine, of tbe Confederate Stales Naty/haa terribly exercised Northern^jourrials, and-mme more than tbe Philadelpbia^n^irtffe^TJtt > Inquirer says that, this decision establis||?p the faot that a-oommission from President Davis authorizes, according fcathelinf officers of Bermuda, the inauguration ?6f aots under tbe protection of p neWfralport," jnd adds, "now remains to, be seenfrhether tbe Canadian authorities will *ilojgnize tbeja^ lidity of a similar argument as iapplieaqp' land. Toung, who Invaded St. fhm justifies his procee^iogs under attbth oommissien, and takes the bold position that; such authority permits hlfc to n%i^hw War * against the United4 States 'upon the soil of Canada. He has' further -daMdtded'U deli* of thirty 4ays to communicate wfthliis Government." ? '-it i 9 The Inquirer threatens that if suoh turps, out to be the case, they will open forjhemSelves a ohapter of trodble exceeding any- ' thing which they have 'yet experienced. The United States will not sftbmittoTaftSlf a violation of neuttulity, and the Canatthr authorities will be responsible for whatever will happen. Canada is forewarned that worse plagues than ever troubled Egypt are' hanging over her. ? ?' . ' The Beef Desxbteb? A matt ^musing, and at the samy time satisfactoryincident, oooured in front of-Wright's brigade, jaat to the left-of the Weldoo;RaiIftid, on Saturday morning, 19th just, an hour or two before day. A report was brought in that the enemy was advancing at that point, and the men were oalled to arms a{ once. ThS pickets were on the alert, and soon heard jt noise in front, as of advancing forces.' jA sharp volley of musketry was discharged a$ the supposed foe, when a sudden rush was heard, and forward through* the lined charged iiuwild disorder fcftf-twb fin# beeves?until that moment Yank# pfe|PB? ty. They bad evidently^lnyegor deserved from tbe Yankee herd, ottperhaps came in. searoh of those recently captured by (jeo.* Hampton on the bidks of tta jfaines. They' got lost on the way, mud war? ?nfM|jjg between the two arming coming fa tfat direction of Petersburg, whep they weig, discovered by oar pickets. The Srajdendis^ charge of musketr/in their front, anif tti& probable woondiif| one or two1, freigfiteneAthe oreatures, and caused t&enfeto daah^br.ward. This is the first instance on record of a chargejby cattle on lines defended!^ men, and in the faoe-of rapid'musketiy fny We nnderstand they came in good line^af battle, and were not gathered untit tlyyhad passgd to the rear. They are remarkably fine beeves, and the incident* caused, great amusement in camp.?Petersburg Ex- " press. . ' < >>? r 0. Yankee WoMEN.--The Boston Advertiser says that Massachusetts has one hundred thousand' more women* thari>men. IP it K?d n/A hoon fnr th? hlnnkadp. &A.OOO flP :hem would have been sent Sopth ?g yahrf see eohool matnp. What a blessed thing it s that the blockade shots out somegf thf, JlBaof life as well as some oft the good ihings. Save us evef hereafter-from the ank, lean, attenuated, sharp mwd^ thin ipped, ood fish, onion jmd molasses fe& STankee school inarms. If the war only oats iff that supply it will be oheap enough. 1 Yankee ifr pantaloons is bad enough, out leaven defend tmfrom Yankee hoops and laUco?^Carolina Km&. - r We hope Yankee eohool mietressea will r lever be permitted to operate in the Sjpith gain. Let the puftlio frown on an^ eohool' hat employs them. . . ^ -1? It is stated that a party of ten Yankee U* Bales have recently* looafcpd along the: Mississippi River to teaoh negroes. Of t ourse they .believe in the misoegenation toctrine (white and blaok people fatermafr* ying) and it will not be loDg befdJe they v tii x i?i. _____ re weaaea 10 buuju uuu& ucgrv. myj ? re not now permitted to seek,, *hite busy? sods in the South gmany of them Will take olored gentlemen^ ' _ . _1. j * ?3 ?a? ++**j CONFEDERATE MONEY.?If (he WOOBI- > lendationa of the Seoretary of the Treaenf, in regard to finances, are adopted by hngrera, the present currenoy, with&^rix2 lonths from this time,. will Tje fifh or ten ,mes more valuable than it is no*; and < hnsfi who are nnw HnnanHerincr {Treasury? -1 ???O --V7"-Tr/ otea by paying extravagant prices for proprty, and who seem to place so little value pon thorn, will see their folly and have* wse to regret their improvident and Tinise conduct. "We make no pret^Bsioo* to. eing a financier, but we caution the pub- ' o against spending Confederate notes too eely. If Congress takes the action in reard to limiting the issue of Treasury notes ud increasing the taxes, whioh we think ; will take, the time will soon ooia&whea 11 of us will feel ttae scarcity of money. * S v ' ^ \ _