Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-12-02
Dulttttal,
e0VBRNOR'S MESSAGE,

brings with it the season OF ,desioerati0n lor
the common veal. Assembled, therefore, in
council; T greet .you with asgratefui7 heart,
sensiblg impressed by, the mercies we have
experienced the past year, and with An ex-.
preston of my willingness and desire to
unite with yopin all that can contribute to
the welfare of the State, ,.,,,,, ,,,.~-r
Itisagain my painful duty to announce a
vacancy iu the Senate Of the United States,
On the seventh of May despatch from the
seat Of Government informed me of the very
sudden termination of Judge"Evans' useful
life at the Close Of tn, day before-a day
occupied m as ). usual BY bis senatorial labors:
On the eleventh, T received official iufor-
NATION. Of the melancholy event ch3 from m the
Vice. President Of the United States. Full
Of wears and full Of houors, possessing an
honest good heart, and mind sound, clear
aad ,viieorous,te the last, his was<the happ'-
Ness. at the close of a:well spentslife, to rem
rnnto- his Creator the Spirit which lsl ne
,ave, alta moments warming, without regret,
and whilst 1T his post; engaged IN the active
duties of the high trust c0pfdedto him 6y
the State. Attached to- the revolutionary
History Of the country, and treasurlDg 10 his
retentives m memory much knowledge of1ts,rn:
oidepts, his familiarity with the rules OF Law,
and with-its judicisi administration, rem
defea his Industrious service on the :Senate>s
Committee exceedingly useful to that body
and valuable to the Government. Learning
that The remains of our valued Senator were
to be inferred at his ewn homestead, ln'
ssrueted my Abide. camp to proceed to the
northeastern border Of the Statej and at.
tend them thence to their final resting place,
In view Of -she,,fsw remaining days of the
session, ana regarding it uuwise, under the
circumstances then. Indicated, to transfer to
the Senate ope of our faithful representa-;
tf7es iu the lower House, the inclination OF
nv mind was. not TO fir the vacancy ~ az q
anpoin sment. But on learning that it was
the desire of the Delegation to have the seat
filled, I forthwith APPOINTED the gallant
Arthur P. Hsyps se rspais promptly prom to t the
Caeital,, His~eommissiou, dated the l2th
Of Nav, was to continue until the fourth
Monday in Noseaiber, (22nd Instant l
how submit to your wisdom and discretion
the election of a successor in the Senate,
ubsiishe fourth of March next, The unex.
pired term of the late Hon. Josiah d.
The requests contained. in the. resolutions
Of the last General Assembly have been
complied With as far as practicable: IN res
pes. tothe work for deepening the G channel
of the river, by the city Of Savannah, ap-
plicatiou was made tothe President OF the
United States. who promptly responded
through the War Department. by sending
the intelligent officer in charge Of the work
to explain the plan Of, the Scientific Board
whe projected it. His. diagram was laid
before me (the Attorney General aud seve-
raj members Of the last Legislature being
presently, and his opinion seemed to be well
founded, that in all human probability the
prosecution of the work to the limited ex-
tent described Beuld produce. no injury to
the Carolina side, ner impede the navigation
of the Savannah Back River This opin-
ion was occurred in by General Totten, the
able Chief of the United States Corps OF
Engineers.
THE STATUE OF WASHINGTON, .....
eowhich my Message of last November ailu-
ded as having been proposed BY the lament
ed Senator Butler, was completed soon after.
Aseertaining in March that the artist was
obliged to dispose of his work, and being
certified that it was valuable, took it for
the State, at ten thousand dollars, advancing
two thousand from the Contingent Fund. l
now ask an appropriation of eight thousand
dollars to complete the purchase, and COM
pensate fully the ingenious artist. The
statue is of bronze. It has been placed in
the Orphan House grounds in Charleston,
under the care of the city authorities, until
the new State House shall be sufficiently hn-
ished to render it safe in the State grounds
here. ... -,. .... -
.-s TIE REQUEST OF JAChsoN'
At the request. of Col. E. G. ". Butler,
of Louisiana, a favorite ward of Gen. Jack
son, and by authority Of Mr.. Andrew Jack
SOD, the heir aud executor Of the testator, l
bestowed on the 4th of May last his bequest
to the "patriot of South Carolina most va
liant in the defence Of his country's rights"
upon the President of the Palmetto Asso-
citation, and his successors in Office, IN trust
for the last survivors of the South Carolina
Regiment of Volunteers in the war with
Mexico, properly known as f'the Palmetto
Regiment"
81. This was done by proclamation (Which is
recorded in the Secretary Of States Office
at Columbia, IN book A. A., Miscellaneous
Records, page 37S), on the second anniVer.
sary of the Association, which is composed
Of the members remaining Of that devoted
regiment. -.- -.
-. This was an occasion Of most grateful
interest, as the Association was privileged to
entertain as their orator and guest, the res
pected and loved Quitmau who, as Major
General in the United States Army, COM
manded the Division in which the Regiment
served in the valley of Mexico. Unbousht
as-it was, and unquestioned as it must ever
be, the testimony of that gallant soldier and
sterling patriot, in favor Of the courage and
.l,,ots of f-the South Carolinn.-V olu pteers