Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-12-24
From Columbia,

The Legislature is engaged in disposing of
the usual business ofthc session, with such meas
ures as arc regularly brought mp. The most i'm.
portant bin of the session was that aIordng aid
to the Blue Ridge Railroad. In tho House of
Representatives, on the 9th, after full discussion
the measure of such aid was defeated by the
following vote:
Yeas.-Mcssrs J Adams, Aldrich, Bailey.
Beatty, Black B,yston, Brockingt"n. Byrd.
Campbell, Craig, Davis. bearing, DeSnnssurc,
Dough- Edwards Elliott. Evans, Farrow,
Fielder, Foster, Fraser. Gadbcrry, Gilmore,
Gooding. Hammond, IIarrcll, lIcriot. Hone.
Howard. Ingls. Jchrics. Jr, A Jones. /, j
Jones, Keller, Klgorc Kirk. Lawton Ldc.
NlcCants. McClellnnd, Mckcwn. Miller, Moore.
Muller, Mullins. O'Cain, Rice. Rutlclgc, Ryan
Spratt, Stokes, Sullivan, Tallcy. Townsend. a
S Wallace, Daniel Williams, j Williams, j II
Williams, j S WilSon-Gt
Nays-Speakcr. w w Adams Anderson,
Blanding Brooks, Broylos, BuiSt. Cherry Coch-
ran, Dozjcr, Duryca, Green, Harper Hudson,
- Johnson Johnson .lr Lnnnoau, Lucas,
McFarlan, Maxwell, MCGOWAN, Mcmminger,
Nletts Norwood, O'Connor, Perry. pinckncy,
Jr, Pope. Porchcr. Presley, Quatticbaum Ram
say, Richardson, Z ID Richardson's ,Jr J Read.
Screvcn. Seymour Shnnklin. Il Smons Sim
onton Suhcr, Thomson, Tompkins, Vandivcr.
Naught, VIM Wallace, Wardlnw, Ware. + C
Whalcy. j C Whacy, Wm Whalcy, Whiting
Wilkes, O p Williams, Icadnn-55.
The bill provided for completing the road to
O. lyton, Ga, eight miles est of the State line
This action is believed to be disposition of the
question for this session, though it has been in
timated by the opposition that the road will he
extended to Walhnla Whenever the final de-
termination Of the Legislature is made known
we shall have something further to say in this
connection. It's action thus far has been ncon-
sistent and suicidal in the extreme
Gen. JONES, the Superintendent of the new
State house, under resolution of the Legislature,
states that the cost of the building may Lo put
down at 50, 900. .O00-not more.
Bills creating a scpcrate Court of Appeals and
appointing an additional law judge arc promi
nent measures. The passage of the former, the
success of which is important to the country
would obviatc the necessity of the latter.
Discussion on the subject of Federal Relations
and rc-opcning the African slave trade have ia
ken place What action will cventunte thereon
Is somewhat uncertain. The Senate is "kilhns
time" in discussing the propricty of the State
being represented in the Charleston Convention
The opportionmcnt of representatives unde,
the late census has been made. Pickens gains
one member and Charleston two, whilst there is
n loss of one each to two or rthreodistricts. Five
hundred and sixty-onc dollars and twcnty.siS
conts is the amount received by tho census akcl
of Pickcns for his labor
A proposition is up for an appropriation o.
$4,000 annually and arms to the Classical ant
Military Academy at Anderson c. II.
There are II large number of bills, of intercs
and Importance. pending; but, from their pres
ent condition, we arc unable to give any very
satisfactory account of them.