Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1850-01-05
at the same time, so adjusted as to ensure

stability.
The question of the continuance of the
Subtreasury system is respectfully sub
mittcd to the wisdom of Congress. If
continued, important notifications of it
appear to be indispensable.
FoI further details and views Of the
above and other matters connected with
commerce, the finances, and revenue, /
refer to the report of the Secretary of
the Treasury.
No direct aid has been given by the
General Government to the improvement
of agriculture except by the expenditure
of snail sums for the collection and pub
lication of agricultural statistics, and for
some chemical analyses, which have been,
thu far, paid for out of the pate"t fund,
me anu is, IN my opinion wholly made
quatc, To give TO this leading branch of
American industry the encouragement
which it merits, | respectfully recon-
mend the establishment of an Agricultu-
raj Bureau to be connected with the De-
partment of the Interior 10 elevate the
social condition of the agriculturist, to
increase his prosperity, and to extend
his means of usefulness to his country,
by multiplying his sources of information,
should be the study of every statesman,
and a primary object with every legisla-
tor.
No civi! government having been pro
vldcd by Congress for California, the
people ot that Territory, impclled by the
necessities of their political condition, re-
Gently met in convention, for the purpose
of forming constitution and State Gov
cmment, which the latest adviceS rive
me reason to suppose has been accom-
plished, and it is believed thy will shortly
apply for the admission of California into
the Union as n sovereign State. Should
such be the case, and should their consti-
tuition be conformablc to the acquisitions
of the constitution of the United States.
recommend their application to the fa-
vorable consideration of Congress.
The people of New Mexico will also,
it is believed, at no very distant period
present themselves for admission into the
Union, Preparatory to the admission of
California and New Mexico, the people
of each will have instituted for them
selves republican form of government,
"laying its foundations in such principles,
and organizing its powers in such farm,
as to them shall seem most likely to cf-
feet eheir safety and happiness"
BY awaiting their action, all causes of
measincss may be avoided, and conf,
dence and kind feeling preserved. With
avicw of maintaining the harmony and
tranquility so dear to all, we should alb
stain from the introduction of those ex-
citing topics Of q sectional character
which have hitherto produced painful ap-
prehcnsions in the public mind; and re-
peat the solemn warning of the first and
most illustrious of my predecessors a
gainst furnishing "any ground for charac-
terising parties by geographical discrim,
nations
A collector has been appointed at San
Francisco, under the act of Congress cx-
tending the revenue laws over California;
and measures have been taken TO ORGAN
izc the custom.houscs Mt that and the
other ports mentioned in thGt act, at the
earliest period practicable. The Collcc-
lot piOCccucu ONc'llnu, ana auNlccS nave
not yet been received Of his arrival at
San Francisco. Meanwhile, it is under
stood that the customs have continued to
be collected there by officers acting under
the military authority, as they were du-
ring the administration of my predeces-
sor. 1t will, think be expcdient to con
firm to the collections thus made, and di.
rect the avails (aftcr such allowances as
Congress may think fit to authorize) to be
expended within the Territory, or to be
paid into the Treasury, for the purpose
of meeting appropriations for the i'm
provements Of its rivers and harbors.
a party, engaged on the coast survey,
was despatched to Oregon in january
last. According to the latest advices,
they had not left California; and di.cc
tons have been given them, as soon as
they shall have fixed on the sites of the
two lighthouses and the buoys author
lied to be constructed and placed in Ore
gon, to proceed without d,lay to make
reconnoissances of the most important
points on the coast of California, and cs.
peciaiiy to examine and determine on
sights for lighthouses on that coast, the
speedy erection Of which is urgently de-
mandrd by our rapidly increasing com
mercc.