The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1860-12-06
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.


Gentiemea, Of the Senate and House Of Rsprescn-
tatioes:
:, Nothing has transpired, since your recent
Extra Session, that requires any special no.
tice. The past year has been remarkable
for the unprecedented health with which
our citizens have been blessed; and, al
though the crop, both of ctoton and grain
is again a short one, yet with u wise econ
omy, very little, if any, breadstufis vii!
have to be imported from other SSiatcs, auu
the cotton crop will, in all probability, on
able the planter to meet his ordinary liabi-
ities by bringing u fair and remunerative
price. For these favors, and particularly
Tor eur good health, we should always bear
in mind the source from whence they come.
and with grateful hearts and earnest voices,
send up TO- the throne of grace our sincere
thanks for such rica blessings, so literally
bestowed upon us. And while we appoint
days of humiliation ;.,.i prayer, and invoke
each other to observe them, lot US not for
get that we, too, should call upon God to
sustain us in this crisis Of our countrys
history, and give us the wisdom to plan
and the energy to perfect onr own, and to
contribute to the dcivcrancc of the South.
In providing for the Improvement of
the Port of Charleston, and the dredging
in the Beach or Malfit Channel;' the Leg
iSlature made an appropriation of $4,000,
but Tor some reason, the report naming
Commissioners to superintenl the work,
and agreed to in both Houses, was mislaid
and as it was evidently the intention of the
Legislature to have the work carried on,
having appropriated funds for the purpose,
/ took the responsibility Of appointing
Commissioners TO supcrintend the work,
and selected those that were named in the
report of the Committee Of the House Of
Representatives.
CArAwBA INDIANs.--In my hast annual
message,l recommended that small ap.
preparation be made to pay the travelling
expenses of two or three Of the head nen
8 of the Catawbas, who desired to 60. on n
visit to examine the Choctaw country, and
report to the tribe on their return, hoping
that a favorable report might induce them
all to remove West In this expectation,
have not been disappointed. The appro-
priation of five hundred dollars, in conse-
) quence of the excitement and pressure of
4 business at the last session, not being placed
in a condition to be drawn from the treas
ury by the Indian Agent, it becomes nee
ossary for me to advance the money out of
= the contingent fund of the Executive De.
partment, and Mr. d. j. Rice. Indian
Agent, accompanied by Allan anI John
Harris, two OF the chiefs, started on the
10th July last, to visit and examine the
Cnoctaw country, and returned on the 29th
August unfortunately, Allan Harris died
soon after his arrival at his destination ;
but notwithstanding this great calamity,
John Harris was so pleased with the coun-
try, and the reception he met with, that he
determined to remain, and has written such
a fatlering letter to his tribe, depicting the
great advantages to be derived from re
moval to that country, and this account has
been so fully indorscd and confirmed by
the Indian Agent, that forty seven out OF
the tfty-fve of the Indians living in the
nation in this State, have agreed to r move,
aud have signed petition to Gov. il. lie
fore and the Choctaw Council praying for
admission into the Choctaw nation The
Council met on the lst Monday in October
last, and although no information has been
received by me of their decision, yet from
the opinion of the Indian Agent, derived
from frequent conversations with the lead
ing men, there Is no reasonable doubt but
their application has been iavorably recciv-
cd by the Council, and citizenship granted
to them on favorable terms, considering the
advantages that will be enjoyed by the al
most extinct Catas ba tribe The Congress
Of the United States made an appropriation
OF five thousand dollars in the year 1853,
to remove the Catawba Indians but, as it
was not called for, it lapsed into the gcncr.
Il a., Ill, 1.
llsed without re-appropriation by Con
eress. My recommendation at the last ses-
sion, that an application be made to Con
gress for re-appr1nrlatlon, must he now
Withdrawn, and we must i,ok to South
CAROLINA alone to furnish the meu,, Tor
Sheir removal With this statement of
facts, the matter is lett 10 your discretion,
and you can best judge whether funds can
be now spared 10 effect SO desirable an
object.
STATE GEoLoGIsT.-Oscar NJ Liebor
has, on the second of April last, rendered
to me his resignation as State Geologist
Although a. the last session of the l.eyis-
lature the Office was continued for the cur
rent year, and Mr.. Liebor appointed to ill
it, yet the appropriation for his salary and
expenses was stricken from the appropra-
r ton bill, and he had no tcrpativc but to
resign, or serve the State gratuitously
Upon consultation with ne, advised Mr.
-f1sieber not TO resign until he had complut-
ed the last report, that it might, together
with those previously published, embrace
the statements concerning everything of
Importance which had boon observed or
effected during the four years of his scr
vice. He has also prepared glossary and
: index Tor the form reports, without which
their value wouldbe greatly lessencd Three
months has been nee ssary to perfect the
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