Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1849-12-15

ease-formcrly only in the s,,mmor m ors ana
iail' but latterly in the winter likewise
an arising from inattention to lops and
'moer' rated down and lodged in rainv
seasons, An inconsiderable portion Of
,ne TAX laid to replace the bridges, would
have removed the causes by which tho
disaster was occasioned. Perbons q
tenth part of the physicians fees. a,isino
from diseases generated by putrid water
would clear these streams of all the oh
stacles that impede their natural current
The crops lost by overflow, would, in one
year. defray the expense of preventing
1t Tor a.quarter of century; not to speak
OF land too low and wet to be cultivated
that might be gained by removing oh,
structions and allowing the streams TO
deepen their own channels.
The adoption by the State Of tbe
scmeme L have so briefly noticed, faith
fully carried out, would not only replace
sterile fields and an atmosphere poisoned
oy malaria, with productive soil and a
neaithy climate, but greatly reduce the
revenue now expended by individuals in
visiting other regions to avoid disease. or
10 renevate AT constitutions impaired by pro-
tracted illness ~
COLONIAL HISTORY OF SOUTH cARo,,x.
The papers herewith submitted will
put you in possession of very gratifying
information on II deeply interesting sub,
Ject They show that rich mass Of
authentlc materials, illustrative of the
early history of our State, and of the
public character of several of her citi
zens, has been brought to light. The ex-
animation by public-spirited citizen in
the State offices; the discoveries in the
archives OF the Senate by the clerk of
that body, and by the special agent of
one OF my predecessors, charged with the
duty OF ascertaining the number and
character OF the documents in relation to
South Carolina in the Colonial Depart-
ment of England, are, in my Judgment
sufficient to justify the adoption of promnt
measures by an enlightened Legislature
TO rescue from oblivion those precious re-
lies. accordingly recommend, that the
Governor be authorized to appoint an
agent to make, in the first place, an index
OF the manuscripts on this subject in our
State Offices; and to copy as many as are
becoming illegible, or may be in decay
ed condition; afterwards to visit London
Paris and Maurid, for the purpose. under
the auspices of the ministers of the Uni
ted States, at those capitals, of thoro'
inspection cf historical records, concern.
ing the State, that are known to exist.
and might be found in the Colonial or
other Departments of England, France
and Spain, and to select and transeribe
such OF them as are worthy of preserva-
ton.
CENSUS OF 1e49.
The returns of the Census-taker Won
will find in the office of Secretary of
State. The accompanying abstract makes
the present white population to be 2oO,-
$50, an increase in the last ten years of
23,269. Tho increase between 1929 and
1889, was only 6l74.
ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUE MEREpIAN 1JSrs
BY the letters of Professor Williams
and report of Capt. Parker, you will be
fully informed concerning the matter en-
trusted TO their execut on. Prevented bv
official engagements from commencing
his labors at desirable time, local difficult
ties greatly retarded the operations of
the latter His elaborate communication
however, is more than an equivalent for
the apparent tardiness with which the
task assigned him has been accomplished.
In advising your acquiescene in the sug-
ge'tions at the conclusion of his report,
/ would further recommend that, for the
convenience of the surveyors in the upper
districts. another point of observation,
with view to ascertain the variations
of the magnetic needle. be established at
Greenyille.
REVISION OF THE cRIMIYAL CODE.
Irepeat therr recommendation of one of
my predecessors on this subject A di-
vision of the labor among the Solicitors,
would be very ready mode CT effecting
the object The punishment for certain
offences is not only indeterminate, but
unjustiiably severe. Not less than I2
crimes are punishable with death in South
Carolina.
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