Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-12-02
GOV ERNOR'S MESSAGE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,

from every electlon QStrlcC III Lhe clate, repre-
senting all professions, and occupations, you
bear with you, doubtless, a grateful sense Of
the present blessings enjoyed by our citizens,
of health and bountiful haryests, and will cheer
fully unite with me in aspirations f,praise to
the Almighty Power, by whom alone they are
bestowed. In view of all the circumstances by
which we are surrounded, our people cannot
have too scrupulous regard 70 individual in
tegrity, nor can we too strictly guard against
the failings which peculiarly beset lis, assured
that practical life, which best illustrates a
due sense of duty to God and our neighbor,
constitutes the most acceptable service to Him
who orders the affairs of men, and whose eyes
are upon us all.
It must needs be that sickness and death visit
every community, striking down the youthful
and the aged, the vigorous and active, as well
rs the infirm. If we have seen the energetic
minds. industrious powers and generous impul-;
ses of friends and public servants still in death;
we have left to us the ineStimable satisfaction
of knowing that they met their fate with cour-
age in the path of duty. Since your last ses-
sion, death has deprived the delegation to Con-
press from this State Of two valued members.
In the month of February, the Hon. Preston S.
Brooks, willie in the midst of active public du-
ty, engaged in course of usefulness and honor.
and winning by his manly conduct and sterling
worth the confidence and admiration Of mem
hers was removed to another sphere. The only
official intimation had of Mr.. Brooks death,
was communicated on the 25th of March, by
one Of our Senators, the late Judge Butler.
Within two months from that date, he too was
laid in the silent grave, beside his gallant rela-
tive and friend. EXcitablc and conscientious
rs he was, the laborS Of the last Congress had
nroyed too much for him. Honorable and fair
in dcspatching business-vigilant and faithful
in his peculiar trust-diligent, spirited, and able
in discharging it, his nervous sensibilitieS were
too highly wrought upon, and the tension Of
his mental energies too incessant to be longer
endured by the physical frame. Soon after
reaching the coveted quiet of his own home, he
sank into the arms of death, universally regret
ted by his associates in life, mourncd and lamenn
ted by his constituents-thc people of this
State.
The vacancy created in the Fourth Congress
s;onal District, has been filled by the election
Of Gen. Mlledge L. Bonham, Of Edgeicld, who
was commissioned in May last.
In place of the Hon. a. p Butler. I have
made no temporary appointment. You Will
doubtless appreciate the Importance OF supply
ing the vacancy by joint ballot Of both Houses
without delay, in order that the new Senator
may be enabled to take his seat, in the next,
Congress at an early day of the session. There
is vet to be mentioned the name OF another
venerable citizen, once intimately and promi-
nently associated with the government of both
the State and the United States, whose loss we
deplore, and to whose brilliant career OF early
ser,tco may be permitted to aludc. Erect
and commanding in stature up to the day of his
last illness, grave and dignilied in department.,
wise in council, firm, resolutc and faithful i'll
the practice of his profession and the duties OF
life-such was Langdon Cheres. Successful in
life. full of honorS, and PROSTATE only under
the weight of years, he has been laid in the
grave by grateful countrymen and weeping
friends. with all the solcmnities and respectful
oLseryances due to such all occasion. lie was
the last of the distinguished trio, who by their
ability, integrity and courage rendered the
South Carolina delegation i'll Congress, during
the war of 1872 so distinguished and ntluen-
tial. Together they laborcd nobly and e-
GENTLY. in those days Of fearful excitement and
irving difficulty, for the welfare and honor OF
their country. The Navy, which it was Mr..
Cheves' peculiar care to develope and cherish;
the Navy, bearing its flag and leaving its name
triumphant upon every sea, taught the proud
foe o lesson of justice, to recognise America as
an equal among the nations Of the earth. The
war honorably closed and peace establishment
settled he retired, from the Speakers chair to
serve his State in the judiciary Department,
until called on by President Monroe to admins
. fer the Bank of the United States. Absent
ten wears, he returned in 1920 to the quiet Of
his native hills, proclaiming to the South the
danger which he had perceived afar oft stimuli
taneously with his distinguished cumpeer in the
tendency of Federal Legislation. Beyond oc-
casional counsel, he declined all participation III
public life, until the year 1850. Then, at the
are of seventy-four, he appeared at Nashville
oS \ member of the Southern Convention, III
tent to perform to the last his part, by warning
his countrymen against the policy Of 4 majority
in Congress, which, substituting cNpedicncy for
principle, was gradually sapping the Constitn-
t,on. and threatening ultimately the rights of
the States His last public act was signing the
Ordinance of lS52-pasSed hy the State Con-
ycntion, of which lie was member. Past the
onr of four-scorc years, having long survived
his great co-laborerS and worthy colleagues =
Iowndes and Calhoun--hc too is gone. Like
them, he has left lis in his upright example i'll
oIl uiblic stations, in the loltineSS, the purity,
the simplicity of his character, in the truth and
mower. and grandeur Of his cloIncncc, Il legacy
Of priceless worth.
THE Sorru CAROLINA CnLLE@E.-I his InSil-
tntion. So deSerye,lly cherished by the people
or the State for lis usefulness Is well rs It's re-
nown. las undergone, since Your adjournment,
n severe trial, owing to administration ni youth,
and some mistaken notions OF honor winch have
obtained among the students, together with
the want OF aptitude and power to administer
the laws Of the College, which unllapply char
actcrized the President: man distinguished ior
science, and otherwise Ot practical usefulness,
who. as Professor of Mathematics, was cmlnent-
lv competent, able and valuable. Called To-
eetber at an extraordinary meeting in the
month of June, the Board OF Trustees deemed
Il essential to the due performance OF their
trust. to rc-organizc the government OF the
Collcre. Accordingly, the members oil The
Faculty were invited to resiSn-Presdcnt Me-
raw had previously rendered his resignation ;
am3 the exercises Of the College were suspended
ill ill the lst of October, thus making the annual
vacation eighteen days longer than usual, and
5;sncnsing. necessarily, with the June exanina,
t;op. Assembling again in the month OF Sep
tember, at no little personal Inconvenience, the
Poard of Trustees have deemed 1t wise to re-
store the greater number of the Professors to
the duties of Faculty, assigning to each mdi
yidual the charge Of the various branches oi
learning in such order rs it is supposed Will III
sure hereafter their greater usefulness and EN-
cheney. Bya temporary arrangement, which
was ordered by The Board Of Trustees, the du,
ties of the Mathematical Department have been