The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1857-12-03
NO. A.

cur to the recollection Of this great and
good man. II is boon to mankind when
the good God permits sometimes the wis
dom oflove, associated with faith and hope.
to be embodied in a human form, whose
| favor we may look upon and admire. It
is true thao our debt of gratitude to his
memory cannot thus be paid; but il is due
to ourselves that we should acknowledges
1T by some visible token, and it is due to
Posterity to provide monument, to which
the young may be pointed when curious
to realize the idea of his manly proper
tons, or when enjoined by their matrons
to study the character of Washington. and
emulate the virtues which adorn it. pro-
pose that statue be ordered and that
provisions be made for its erection with
the New State Capitol.
STATE MAGAzIYE-In the month of
February last, in making visit to the
Magazine in Charleston, discovered that
the proprietor ot'the land adjacent Payns's
FARM had divided it into lots, allowing
sufficient room for Streets which the CITY
authorities had caused to be traced. These
lots, by squares, i'll succession, were sold
10y auction in the city market. Conceiv-
ing, forthwith, the Inconvenience and dam
ger to the property of the State that would
ehsue from having persons settle in dwell.
lings OF any sort, under the very walls of
the Magazine, and the loss which the State
would have to submit to hereafter, if de.
slrous to dlslodge them when once in pos.
session, did not hesitate to assume the
responsibility of instructing Mr.. Yeadon
to purchase for the State all the lots and
parts of lots between the State lands and
the line of the North Eastern Railway.
After some delay this was at length &C.
complished, by the assistance of the At
torney-Gcneral, i'll the month of May, at O
cost Of 50, 435 SO for the land, and gil SO
for recording the titles, to which is to be
added the sum of $2O6 OF for enclosing
the grounds. \ portion of this tract is
low marsh covered by the tides, and at
present valueless, except for privilege; but
the convenience Of transportation by wa
ter on the East and by railway on the
West, renders 1t practicable to fill these
portions whenever it may be desirable.
The probability is, that the whole proper.
ty will rather appreciate in value than
otherwise, in the course OF years. 1t will
be proper and safe to close the streets of
the city SO far as they run through this
property. | recommend that this be done
by authority of law at your present Ses,
sion.
CHARLESTON AND MEMpHIs.-The pres.
ent year has been signalized by the compile.
ton of the connected railway communica-
ton between the Atlantic at Charleston and
Savannah, and the river Mississippi at
Memphis, in the State Of Tennessee. This
happy event WAS duly celebrated by the
municipal authorities Of the cities at either
end of the line, in May and June last In
North Latitude 80 deg. 40 min. witnessed
the meeting Of the waters-.those Of the
turbid Mississippi poured into tue briny At
lantc; and on The part Of the State gave
welcome to our neighbors of Georgia, and
to our common friends from the Valley Of
the Mississippi.
| trust it will not be long before the rail.
ways from Memphis and Nashville aud
Knoxville will debouche into South Carroll.
ma through the Blue Ridge mountains.
had the satisfaction to witness the progress
of the tunnel on this line, in the month Of
August. | recognised on that occasion the
trIumphs OF science at every step, in the ex.
ceIIent dispositions of the engineers. The
best spirit seemed to prevail among engi-
neers, contractors, and laborers.
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND REeIsrRArIoN.
i trust the General Assembly will con.
tinue its patronage to the Geological Sur
vey of tine State, and TO the Registration Of
the Births, Deaths and Marriages Diff.
cuties must attend both undertakings, in
their incipency. But am persuaded that
IN the clever reports on those subjects, you
will find reason to be encouraged in pur-
suing them. The report of the Geological
Surveyor, and that OF the Adjutant and In
sPector General. are herewith submitted,
together with Major Parker's report on the
variations Of the Magnetic Needle.
That your deliberations may be directed
for the good to the public veal is my sin.
cere prayer.
Into your hands the affairs of the com.
monwealth are committed.
Il. +. w. AILSTON.