Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1865-11-08

teratinns, to adapt it to the present conditie
of South Carolina. Itisa work greatly nees
ed by the profession and the people at larg,
and will be an enduring monument to th
fame of one of South Carolina's most highl
gifted and beloved sons.
I.haye received several official commupi
cations from the Northern States, with publ
documents, asking renewal of the exchang
Of such books, whioh,I hope win be accsde,
to by the Legislature. I have also receiver
from, the Department of the Interior, a
Washington, sixty15eyen copies of the Act
Of Oongresu, passed since 1860, for otacia
distribution.
I have received congratulations from the
Postmaster General, stating that the mails
would be carried ever oil tho railroads il
Soath Carolina, as soon as tho Department
was assured Of their responsibility; and that
he world receive reasonable offers for carry.
ing the mails from the railroads to ell. the
county seats or court houses till tho frst oi
January; when permanent contracts would
be made. There has been some difficulty in
regard to the appointments of postmasters in
South Carolina. i have informed the. Pest
master General that it would bo impossible
to flll his appointments if he ezacted the
whole oath sent, till another generation had
risen up in this State.
I have received communication from the
Secretary Of State, enclosing information for
warded by our Consuls abroad, in reference
to the spread of cholera, and requesting that
the State would rigidly enforce her quaran.
tine laws. l gave these papers to the Mayor
of the City of Charleston. You will tahe
such action asin your judgment may be ne
cesasry to prevent our State being visited BY
this terrible scourage.
In conclusion, Iwould urse you, gentlemen,
to look only to the future in your legislation,
ana forget, so far as you can, the past. There
is much 10 hope for and live for, yet in South
Carolina. We should congratulate ourselves
and the country that civil war has ceased,
and peace Is restored to the laud No lion
ger are our citizens to be forced from their
homes and families and offered q bloody sac-
ri6ce on the field Of battle. No longer is cur
beloved State to be rayaged and desolated,
and onr towns and villages committed to the
aames.. A mercial Providence has once
more blessed our land with an abundant crop,
and no longer have We any apprehensions OF
want and starvation. We are m the enjoy
u.ent Of health. Our young men, noble and
gallant soldiers, are'peaceably resuming their
former vocations, and e1erting themselves in
restoring the State to her ,wonted prosperity
and happiness. No civil broils or deadly
feuds are disgracing our people as in other
States. We have no politicsl divisions South
Carolina presented g unit after her act Of Sc
cession, and she is now united as one man in
returning to the Union, and will be as true
and loyal to her pliehted faith os any State
north of Mason's and Dixou's line. In this
respect, there is no difference between former
Secessionisrs and old Union men, They all
have equally, at heart, the peace, honor, glo-
ry and prosperity ofthe American Republic.
And l earnestly pray that all your legislation
and deliberations may tend to this great pur
aqse, 2 under the guidance and protection o.
B. F. PERRY.