The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-12-05
Governors Message.
y NO. l.
!, ,ute. men Of The Senate and

oial notice. The past year has been 70
h'afKah'e Tor The Unprecedented health
"n'' winch our citizens have heen bless
ed and, although The crop, both Of Co,
80" and gram, is again short one, vet,
with wise economy, very little. if any.
breaiStutts will have to be imported from
other States, and the Cotton crop will, in
all probability, enable the planter to meet
his ordinary liabilities by bringing fair
and remunera:iug price. For all these
is'ors, aud particularly for our good
health, We should always bear in mind
The source from whence they come, aud
with grateful hears and earnest voices
seud up TO the Throne Of Grace our sin
cere thanks for such rich blessings, so lib
orally bestowed upon us Aud while we
appoint days Of hauilia,ion aud prayer,
and invoke each other TO observe them,
lot us not forget that we, too, should call
upon God 10 sustain us in this crisis of
our c""n'ry's history, AID give us the
Wisdom to plan, and :he energy to per
feet our own, and contribute to the deliv.
ersnce of the South.
CArAwyA INDIANS -ln nv last an
uun! message, | recommended that 4
snai! appropriation Le made TO pay ths
travelling expenses OF two or three If the
diead men OF lie Cataw bss, who desired
20 go Oh Il visit 10 examine tho Chocta.
roumtry, and report to Tia. liiLe on their
return, hOpIuS lhAtn favor .b,e report
might induce them all to remove West
In this expectation, ! have not been d..
appointed. The appropriation Of live
hu"drcd !"liorN, IN consequence Of The
e1ciIrm"ut aud PRESSURE -! business ut
The last .eSsOE. not Leiug placed IN =
condl'isn 10 be drawn from the reuury
by the indisu A-cni, il became necessary
Tor me To advance the nunov out uf the
conl'mE.u, fund oi tie Elr"utive Depart
meut, ana Mr.. ID J Rrc., lr,l,.n A. cent.
"cc"mpamied 10y Allan aud John u.nA
t"o q! tLc chlrie. started "h the l6 h
jay i.rt, 10 Wait "rd eN.u:lne ine Choc'
"a" country, Md retUtUcd on the 2ylh
August. UEioI,uuAt~ly. Allan III IzrrIs
d'ed auon after lis arrival ~ their dss
n''i""; but mountaineering this gre.,
".i".nI'y, John Harms wa- .o pleased
vii" the cou"Iry. and lne reception lie
met wIri, that lie determined TO remain,
aud Ia, written such tistLerius letter to
h's u.L", depicting tie great advantages
- be CerNcI from IenC,2l 10 tn.t
country, aud tbs account hss heep 30
iuiy endorsed smd cuuiirrcd by the In.
dIau AEeut, that tvrty seven out Of the
iiI'y h'e Vi tGs lmdr.nS living III the ma
ton ~ thls State. irs'c ssreed To- remove,
wac have s.gneI = petition To Gov. Is.
A I'll. "a Al. 4
ing for admissions Iulo the Chocis~ ia
lion. Inc Council met on the lat Non
day in October .a>t, .Hd although 40 IN
form ,liOn has been received bv M. of
Fher decision, Yet from The "pluion Df
ide lnd.G Agent, derived from IeYuvui
conversations with the Ie.diuy m-o, there
!. no reasonable doubt but their .ppIIca
lion has Teen iavorIby received by the
Council, aud citizenship granted to them
on favorable terms, considering the Md
vSntsges that will I've enj"ysd by the sl
most extinct Cats"bA lr.bc. The Con
gress OF the United States made sn sp
preparation Ui five Thousand dollars iu the
year 1855, 10 remove the CxtsWba Ia
dians; but, AS it ~ss not called for. il
lapsed into The general treasury in July,
1857, and cannot be used without re
appropns ion 10y Congress. My recon-
mendatIon At the last session, that MI sp
pica,ion be made TO Congress for re-
appropriation, must be now Withdrawn,
aud We must look To South CaroIina \
lone to furnish the means for their reno
val. With this statement Of facts, the
matter is left 10 your discretion, and you
can best judge whether funds can he now
spared to effect 40 desirable An objsc.
DIRECT TRADE There can be no off,
ference Of opinion on the great impor
tauce Of establishing direct trade between
Charleston and Liverpool. or any other
county With which We can exchange
commodities. ia the Union, il sAA iIu-
portant and necessary 10 our commsrc.sl
prosperity to divert part Of the conl'
merce Of ihe wOrlI from New York and
other Northern cities to the City VI Char
aeston. and thus build up great CON.
,nercisl emporium. with ability 20 supply
.osr own aud tho merchants # the neigh
boring States, with a cheap aud welt I'll
ed market from which in turn they cou.d
supply their customers in the interior
towhs and villages.
10 view Of The secession OF Soutl, Car
olina from the Union, it becomes doubly
important, and absolutely necessary that
we must have direct usds with Europe
and the continent; and ~ n large amount
OF capital is necessary, and there will be
some risk in the beginning OF such sn
enterprise, | would recommend that the
Legislature should to some extent foster
aud encourage such enterprises by taking
upon themselves part Of The losses ths.
might follow the effort TO establish dirsc,
trade. Some enterprisng citizens Of Char
lesion propose TO establish line Of steam
propeIers between Charleston and Liver
pool, aud ssk the State to guarantee ap
interest Of FIVE per cent. per annum upon
the capital invested in the steamers. as
long rs they shall continue 10 the service.
This seems to me 10 be . very fair snd