Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-04
POLL gI7O0 AL.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
Fcllow Citizens Qf'tae Sanotto ant HJusc Of
Representatives.:

bbla,lceu CONS UtNtlOn. the close OF Autumn
brings with it the season OF deliLeration for
the common veal. Assembled, therefore in
council, greet you with grateful heart.
scusibly impressed by the mcrcics VIC have
experienced the past year. and with an cx-
preston of my willingness and desire to
unite with You III all that can contribute to
the welfare of the State.
1t is again my painful du'v to announce
a vacancy in the ScnutcOf til United States.
On the 7th of May. despatch from the scat
of Government informed mo of the vcrv sud
den termination of Judge Evans useful life,
at the close of the day before n day occu-
pied as usual by his Senatorial labors.
On the llth received official informa-
ton of the melancholy event from the Vice
President OF the United States Full of wears
and full of honors. possessing an honest.
good heart. and mind sound, clear and Wig
orous to the last. his was the happiness, at
the close of awell spcut life, to render unto
his Creator the spirit which he gave, at mo-
mcnts warning without regret, aud whilst
at his post, engaged in the active duties nf
the high trust confded to him 10y the Safe.
Attached to the Revolutionary history of his
country and treasuring in his retcmtivc
memory much knowledge of its incidents, his
familiarity with the rules of law, and with
itsjudicial administration, rendered his in
uuStTlnuS SclNlCc OH INC ICcDdlc 3 CGmlntt-
tees, exceedingly useful to that body and
valuable to tho Government. Learning that
tho remains of our valued Senator were to be
inferred at his own homestead, / instructed
my Ald-dc-camp To proceed TO the North-caS-
tern border OF the State, and attend them
: thence to their final resting place. In view
of the remaining days of tho session, and re-
gardng it unwisc, under the circumstances
then indicated, to transfer to tic Senate one
OF our faithful Representatives in the lower
House, the inclination of my mind was not
to fill the vacancy by an appointment. But
on learning that it was the desire of the
Delegation to have the seat filled, forthwith
appointed the gallant Col. Arthur p. IIaync
mission, dated the 10Th of Nav, was to con-
tinuc until the fourth Monday in November.
b t22d inst.) now submit to your wisdom and
discretion, the election Of successor in the
Senate, until the 4th of March next, the un-
expired term of the la!e Hon. josiah Evans.
The requests c ntnincl in the resolutions
fthc last General Assembly have been COM
pliod with IA far as practicable. In respect
to the work Of deepening the channel of the
river, by the city of Savannah, application
was made to the President of the United
States, who promptly responded through the
War Department., by sending the intelligent
plan of the Scientific Board who projected it,
Ills diagram was laid before me. (the Attor-
ney General and several members of the late
Legislature being presently and his opinion
scemcdto be we'll founded, that in all human
probability the prosecution of the work to
the limited extent described, would produce
no injury to tho Carolina side, nor impede
the navigation of the Savannah Back River.
This opinion was eonc'lrred in by General
lotion, the able Chief Of the United States
corps of Engineers.
The statue of Washington, to which my
message of last November alluded. as having
been proposed by the lalnented Senator But
Ter, was completed soon after. Asccrtain-
ing in March that the artist was obliged to
dispose of his work, and being certified that
it was valuable 1 took it for the State at
ten thousand collars, advancing two thous.
and dollars from the contingent fund /
now ask an appropriation of eight thousand
uoiihts, to 50sup pietU the purchase unti coin.
pensnte fully the ingenious The stat
uc isof bronze. 1t has been placed in the
Orphan House grounds, in Charleston. un,le.
the care OF the city authorities, until tie New
State House shall be sufficiently finished to
render it safe nthe State grounds here.
The BgoUEST OF JACKSON. the request
ofGnl. u. q. w Butter of Louisiana, u fa-
vorite ward of Gen, Jackson, and BY author
ity from NJ. Andrew Jackson, the heir and
executor of the testo'ntor, | bestowed, on the
4th of May last his bequest to the patriot
of South Carolina, m pst valiant in defence Of
his c0untry's rights" upn the President Of
tho Palmetto Assneiation and his successors
in Office, in trusi for tilc last survivor of the
Sonvn Carolina Regiment of volunteers in
the war with Mhy,c prapA.iy known as the
Pametto Regiment This was donc BY
proclamation, (whichis recorded in the Sec
retary Of States Office. at Columbia, in book
A. A., Miscellaneous Records, page 375, on
the second anniversary of the Association.
which is composed of the members remain
ing of that devoted regiment. This was an
occasion of most grateful interest. as the AZ
s5ciation was privileged to entertain, as their
orator and guest, the respected aud loved
Quitman, who, as Major General in tho Uni
tel States Army, commanded tho division in
which the regiment served IN tho Valley Of
Mexico. Unbought ns it was, and unquos-
toned rs it must ever be, the testimony of
that gallant soldier and sterling patriot, in
favorof tho courage and Conduct of the South
Carolina v Volunteers. is priceless to them,
priccessto to the State which sent them to the
field, Mpurnful, now, is my task to an
nouuce his death. This Grafton was his last
lie prosounce6 it before the Palmetto Asso-
clation on the Htn OF May. lie Dfeathed his
last, at home, TRANQUILITY. on the 18th of Ju-
lly--and his remains lie ontombcd near the
city of Natehez, or the left bank of the Mis-
lsissippi. Faithful. just and kind to our broth
era, while serving as soldiers in foreign
land, wo h0nored and l6eel linn living -amd
now let our prayers ascend to the good God
20 receive him with appreciation into eeor-
lsstiEg habitations. te p!
RAILwAYs. .---Gtreat credit is due to the
enterprisino citizens who have uSosecated