Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1848-12-20
I. FROM. .E:lli our coRREspoNpENr.

,sssF FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
~, ,,-..,. - COLUMBIA, Dec. IA.
Mr. Ep1roR,-Ihaye not seen your pa per
j for several weeks, a nd do not know whether
Sma.baye been furnished with any news from
he seat ofs5AseEameai---hy any correspon-
IT., Lean say however that so iaf as s,aas ,s
sage of any new laws are concerned, that,
correspondent would have had but
TO communicate. The only bill. which.
consequences attached 10 its WI hich.
sed, was stne Dnfsto uansieT g; PORTION
lock of the State in; the Charleston.
hamburg Rail Road to the 'Greenville g.
Charlotte Rail Roads. This measure creates
no. ne,p indebtedness on the part of the
State, but simply withdrdWs a part of the
Stock. of the State, from one road and puts
it into. The other. two. The Stock transferred
is part of the surplus reuenue obtained
from the General Government. and placed in
the Hamburg Road, and which was always
understood 10 be set apart for such improve
ments, and having answered its purpose In
one place, it was though wise policylo keep
it employed in other quarters of the State
for great public uses, and the measure was
further recommended by the fact, that it
transferred part Of a debt due by the Hans
burg Road, to the other two, where it would
be quite as safe, and to that extent lessened
the liability of the Hamburg Road, and of
course increased its means of paying the re-:
maindcr of the debt due the State
The question Of giving the election Of
electors of President and Vice President, to
the people, was defeated in the Senate to-
day, by vote of % to %. Your Senator
voting in favor of the bill The question
whether State should subject its own inan-
ces to the hazards Of Banking, and the policy
of re>charlerng the Bank Of the State Of S.
Carolina, and the best mode OF investigating
it's concerns, have been under discussion in
both branches of the Legislature, for more
than week. Amongst Others Mr.. Yancey,
made speech in defence Of the Bank in the
House Yesterday, and Mr.. Griffin, at the
same hour in the Senate, made an argument
against the Bank, which are spoken of in
the Columbia papers, as able efforts. The
question as to what will be done with the
Bank, is difficult to answer. We shall know
soon.
perceive that Mr.. Griffin, has introduced
a bill for thorough examination OF the con
Germs of the Bank, which if adopted vii
bring out the trie,state ofthings. He propo'
1 ses to raise a Committee Of three persons
TO be selected outside Of the Legislature tt
examine the Bank, ard report TO the mex
session, specifying the Indebtedness of ,h'
Officers and Directors, members of the Leg
,slature, Editors and Corporations. Th,
amount of losses and from what sources, ant
general statement of things, from the in
corporation Of the Bank, and this day,
learn that he proposes to name F. B. Hig
gins, Esq, OF Newberry, and Gen. Jones o
Edgefeld as Commissioners. This measure
is violently assailed by the advocates of tn
Bank.
Governor Seabrook, took the oath Of offc'
and the ceremony Of Inauguration, occurred
to-day al clock. The inaugural addres
was q brilliant and beautiful specimen Q
composition and was delivered we'll HI
position in reference to the aggressions Q
the North upon US is strong, and such as IN
. State should assume and maintain. Gov
Johnson, who has been i'll for some tim
recovered sufficiently in the last few days t
send in his last message, which does grea
credit to his head and heart, He is nobl
old man. and retires after life of fort
years devoted to the State, with the hes
wishes of every one, for his present an
future happiness. In his message he refer
to the Burnley & Johnson, claim abor
r which you heard something last summer
rlEdee6eld, and sent in letter from Colont
.. GLADDEN., showing that the State ought neve
10 have paid one cent Of the claim. This