Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-12-18
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Legislature of South Carolina.
Correspondence of7Me Keopco Courier.
COLUMBIA, Dec, l3, 1858.

COLUMBIA, Dec, l3, 1893.
Mr. Editor: This being the day for the
Inauguration of the Governor and Lieut..
Governor elect tho Senate with its officers,
and the Judges, together with respectable
number of citizens, assembled short time
previous to the appointed hour in the hall of
the House of Representatives, to witness and
participate in this imposing ceremony. Nor
did the fair daughtersof of Columbia, although
the weather was worry gloomy, forget the oc-
casion, for the gallery was we'll filed with
them, and their bright eyes, smiling faces
and gay dresses of course heightened, in a
great degree, the interest of the sceno. At
l o'clock, Governor Allstou, with Hon. w.
III: Gist and Hon. NJ. j. earn, preceded by
the ShorifT of Richand District and tho com
mtteo of arrangements, entered the hail. and
asconded to the Speakers desk, when Gov
ernor ALLsToN, i'll fcw feeling words, sur
rendered tho executive honors and duties of
tho proud little State of South Carolina.
l. The Governor elect then came forward and
delivered his inaugural address, which was
worry we'll heard. This over, tho oath of
Office was administered to him first, and
Speaker, in that digniGcd and impressive
manner for which he ia so remarkable.
The ceremony was now adjourned to tho
Senate Chamber, whore the President pro
icmporc Of the Senate, the Hon +. j. Moses,
the President being sick, delivered to the
| Governor and Lieutenant Governor their
commissions, and finally to the eastern por-
tico, when the Sheriff of Richland read his
commission and proclaimed Hon. w. H.
GrST Governor and Commander in Chief in
and over tho State of South Carolina for two
years, and until another is elected
| Tho fate of the bill to remove the restriG-
tions upon the State guaranty of the B. r.
| Railroad bonds is still in doubt However,
[ i think its friends are rather more hopeful
than they wcro few days since, for it is
said that some members who voted against
| it on Tuesday. are now disposed to look upon
| ii with more favor. 1t is Il subject of regret
with the friends of the rond generally, | be-
licve, that it was brought to u vote so soon,
for thereby many who had not sufficiently
| considered the matter, and whose minds
were still open to conviction, felt themselves
constrained to take II position unfavorablo
tot, and from which, for Obvious reasons, it
is now exceedingly difficult to drive them.
Major PERRY made strong appeal for it on
| Saturday. and Mr.. MULLINS Of Marion, a
long speech against it. At night, it was dis
cuSscd by Mcssrs. MCGowAN, FARRow, of
| Spartnnburg, HUDSON and TOWNSEND, of
Marlborough, and MCFARLAND, ,f Ches or.
| hcld. Tomorrow it is the special order for
half past twelve o'clock, when it will proba-
bly, he advocated by Messrs. RIcuA ARDsoN
and MEMatNGER, when the dcbato will prob
ably be closed and the vote taken. | hone
when write again to be able to give YOU
and the people of Pickens the agreeable in
| tClli0Cncc of its auccpsS
DIR. SrRATT's Slave Trade resolutions came
up tonight. They were advocated by the
mover in very handsome and elaborate
| speech, and opposed by Mr.. 0'CoNNER of
Charleston. whose effort was also character
zc,l by considerable ability. On motion of
L. y. SIMoNs, of Charleston, they were in
definitely postponed
The Senate is well up with its business,
but the House has great deal of work TO do
this week, and from this time forward will
have to draw largely upon the night. The
Senate proposes the 17th as tho day of adj
iournmcrt, but | fear that tlle House will
not he able to get through before the early
part of next week. PIcKENs.
In the Senate, on the 9th, Mr.. Sharpe
presented the return of the Commissioners
of Public Buildings of Pickcns District,
asking an appropriation to enlarge the jail.
Also, the return of the Commissioners of
Free Schools of Pickens District for 1858.
The bill to afford aid to the North Eastern
Railroad was discussed and passed. Yeas,
80; nays, 10.
a resolution for adjournment of the Gen
eral Assembly, on Friday, the 18th, was
agreed to and ordered to be sent to the
House.
In the ITonsc 1Gr Maxwell presented the
Return of the Commissioners of Free
Schools of Pickcns District for the year
1858.
DIR. r. w. Gibbcs was, after a long and
tedious discussion, elected public printer
The bill to establish new judicial dis
trict, from Barnwell and Edgefeld, and to
be called CALHOUN, was debated and re-
jectcd. Yeas, G3; Nays, 43.
In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Porter
discussed the bill favorably for removing
the restrictions imposed on the 81 900 900
heretofore subscribed to the Blue Ridge
Railroad
The Senate, by unanimous vote, re-
solved, that in the opinion of this General
Assembly, the eighth article of the Treaty
OF Washington ought to be abrogated as
provided for in the 1lth article of said
Treaty. This treaty relates to keeping
squadron on the coast of Africa to prevent
the slave trade
In the House, on motion of Mr.. Bowl
ston, the special order was taken up, which
was bill to furnish additional facilities
for the administration of justice in this