Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-18

corporate the Chauga Lime and Munufac-
turing Company.
The general orders were then taken up
On bill to afford aid to the Cheraw and
Darlington ltailroad Company. The bill
was read the second time, and on the mo-
ton to the agreement of the bill, the yeas
and nays were called for; yeas, 10 nays
20 The motion was lost.
4 message was received from the House
i'll relation to the appointment ola Commit
tee to investigate the condition of the State
Bank and its Branches, and announcing
the Committee on the part of the House.
On motion of Mr.. Moses, a message of
concurrence was sent to the House, and the
President announced the following gentle
men as composing the committee ON the
part of the Senate: for Charleston, Mcssrs
Rhett aud IIcscsnc; for Columbia, Messrs
Moses and Sharpe; for Camden, Mcssrs.
Dautzler and Montgomery
The bill granting aid to the Blue Ridge
Railroad was then taken up and discussed
with ability by Gen, Harrison, of Anderson
The Senate laid upon the table Mr.. Ma
zycls's resolutions for re-opcning the Afri-
can slave trade by vote of q yeas, to 10
nays.
In the House, Mcssrs. Perry, Hudson,
McGowan and Macfarlan made speeches in
favor of tho Blue Ridge Railroad, and
Mcssrs. Mullins, Townsend, and Farrow
against it,
A bill to authorize the issuing of bonds
for the completion of the Low State Capitol,
was read second time and ordered to be
sent to the Senate for its concurrence.
In the House. on the 18th, Mr.. Mem
mingcr reported the bills making appropri-
ations, and for raising supplies for the cur
rent year. In his report Oh the latter, Mr..
Mcmmingcr says the taxes must be raised
30 per cent, to meet the engagements of
tho State government, and to continue the
public works now in course of constructions
The ceremony Of Inauguration was here
gone through with, and we present Gov
GSt's inaugural address:
GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE. AND
House OF REPRESENTATIVES, In prcpar-
ing to enter upon the duties of the office to
which | have boon called by the kindness
of friends, rather than any merit or p"cu-
liar qualification of my own, and for the
confidence thus rcposcl in me by the clos-
eli representatives of the people, allow me
to tender you my grateful Acknowledgements
and sincere thanks.
In examining the long list of ilustrious
predecessors, | instinctivcly shrink from
the comparison, and hope only TO rival them
in purity of purpose and devoted attach
ment to the State and her institutions. -
Born and educated in South Carolina, with
no aspirations beyond her borders-wth no
intention of ever leaving her, notwithstund-
ing the tempting allurcmonts of virgin
soil of surprising fertility elsewhere
in veal or in woe, my last resting place
ON earth shall be in her bosom If
these are not sufficient hostages for my f.
deity to the State, i offer the graves ofmy
parents, the fc-blood that gushes from my
heart, my wife and children, whom the sol
emn promise at the altar admonishcs INC to
cherish, and the very instincts of nature
teach me to love, honor and adore Thus
identified with the State i'll interest, in feel
ing, and in all that pertains to her honor
and glory, ] should indeed be recrcant
son of n noble mother not to battle for her
against any cuemy, no matter what may be
the odds or the result of the conflict
1t is to be hoped that no occasion will
arise, requiring the State to call upon her
sons for the defence of her rights and in
stltutions; that our enemies at the North
will learn wisdom from the past, and permit
us quietly to manage our own affairs in our
way; that our friends at the North, by the
power of argument and the force of truth,
will be able Gf not to convince the deluded
fanatic) to satisfy the minds of the intelli-
gent and patriotic of the justice of our
cause and the honesty of our ends, and thus
avert the dangers with which we are threat
encd. Lest, however, these hopes should
prove fallacious, and believe they will, let
us endearor to harmonic among ourselves
by tolerating differences of opinion, when
no question Of principle is involved, en-
couraging those in the rear to quicken their
pace, by pointing out to them the dnngcrs
that threaten us, and urging them to come
to the rescue. And if some of our people,
with patriotic zeal and love of country, and
indignant at the wrongs inflicted without
provocation on their own sunny lands.
should venture beyond the bounds ola cold,
calculating policy, we should pardon some
thing to the spirit of liberty.
by pursuing this course, our State will
become united, and be prepared to present
an undivided front to the common enemy.
We are all embarked in the same vessel
and ship-wreck would be equally disastrous
to us all. BY prudent counscls and an uni
ted crew, the ship of State may weather the
storm and escape the breakers; but if We
should be divided into petty factions at