The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1851-12-02


their May meeting. 1t is also Will.
painful emotions that inform YOU
of the heavy blow it is to sustain in
the contemplated resignation of ITS
venerable president, who, with his
Jealous fidelity, has discharged the
deilcatc and laborious duties of his
Office IN such manner as to give ad.
dltlonal lustrc to his already extend
Ell regulations, and to the brilliant
fame hc has won for himself in other
fields. 1t Is most deeply to be de-
plored that continued ill-hcalth forces
nun to take that step which will dc.
prlve the rising generation Of our
State of the example Of one whose
commanding cloqucnec, whose pure
morality, sp'inging from highly
cultivated mind and heart, was dcs.
tined to exercise such a happy innu.
ence over them. Justice requires
that l should mention to the credit OF
the other professors, that the dciicicn
cy resulting from tic inability of the
Iresidcnt to complete lis course Of
instruction to the classes was prompt
y applied BY the assumption Of al.
dltlonal labors by them.
The experiment Of our Military
Academies has succeeded Lcyord tie
most sanguine expectation Of their
early friends. The Cadets now num-.
Der at the Citadel 103 Conc hund,cd
and three:) auI at the Arsenal y
Qwcnty-scycn.) The increasing no.
pularty OF these schools call for an
extension in the buildings. At the
last annual meeting Of the Board Of
Visitors, at least one hundred ap,Ii.
cations Tor admission were rejected.
TOR the want Of means Of accoln,uoAa.
iion. If the building were extend.
cd, and the annual appropriation in.
creased, the number oil Cadets mi.lt
DC doNbled in tho cousse Of car
Already slSEI,cl:set ! applieatiens have
N"STn hNuc ior pdY-pdplls alone, and
Tins Eumocr We may calculate will
be greatly Increased by the next
meeting oi the Board. Tie BoaIrl.
with Il view OF receiving IA lar,e,
number OF Cadets, asked for al. AZ.
! propllation Of $4,000 (tcn thous.
aud dolIars,) E"r :hc pulpusc CT cl..
iar9iny the buildings oT Tie Arsenal
III Co'ulnbla, So as to accommodate
the whole OF the fourth class in that
! place. Ey doing this, two hundred
/ Cadets can be received at The two
schools. / think the funds Of State
could not be expended in a more
| profitable manner than to grant ,ho
sum asked ior. beg leave TO ca:I
your attention 20 aolhcr uattcr con.
nccted With this sutjcct. Tie PRO
iossors il ;hcso Institutions, although
their duties are exceedingly onC.ous
and discharged With grca, fidelity i,
them, are more poorly paid than any
oilicerS OF thclr grade in tie State
Their salaries are scarcely sufficient
to support them, and | have reasol
to oeiicVc that wc cannot procure
their valuable services much lunwc!
at the same rae. If the number Of
Cadets is increased, and the popular
voice calls for it, an additional Pro
fessor must be employed I there
fore recommend further annual ap
! preparation Of three thousand dollar,
to these Academies. feel less hcsi
tation III recommending this, as the
! State has, rs yet, done little or no
thing for them as Institutions o
learning. Not a single dollar hu:
been added to tic annual appropria
ton beyond what was given original
~ to hire a guard to protect the arms;
and II seems to lae that the Lcgisla
ture, cannot refuse to grant sum So
small, to an Institution which, under
the fostering care Of the State. bids
fair to rival in usefulness any Of the
kind in the Union. Already many
young men, entirely destitute Of
means, who might have ever lin-cr,
ed in obscurity, have been sent forth
from it, useful members OF society,
exhibiting the practical utility Of that
mode Of education they we're design.
cd to illustrate. Upon these lnstitu
tons, founded in design Of bcncvo.
Iencc to the poor, as well as useful,
ness to all classes Of The communi.
ty, feel assured that | can with
success invoke your libcrality.
| | visited dnring the summer the
Cedar Springs Asylum for the cdu-
cation Of the Deaf and Dumb. This
benevolent Institution, founded in
1919 bY the enterprise of MIR. Il.
7, Walker for the education Of some
Of his own connections, has grown in.
to importance, and cXcites the deep.