The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-11-30
SSr6aght S. s llsta.

iblsa siss upon the
Ga HE Conn 1ealth. And
shefi procecd%to goat of the sub
iss:ks which, for the good ofour State,
sIssisay deem proper to bring to Your
,utt permit INC earnestly to
9lseilest that you will join mic in
sfslltiefifig heartfelt thanks and praises
1ta al ifsiglity tiod, for the manly and
Ennaese ersed nfcrcies bc:towed upon
us is Ii People during the. past year.
54ilthnngli some portion of eur State
Rlas tremblcd beneath the scourgc Of
the g Pestilcnce, which waketh in
darkness and Mastetll bynool,day," yet
we havc cause for tllanktulness that
We have been permitted to enjoy, in
5ntlief3 portions, more than q usual
ssdegree Of health; and although we have
been called upon to mourn tho devas-
lion and ruin which marked the
Stracls OF tho late disastrous and un-
flood, yet wherever its
effects were not felt, n rich
,aid abundant ha. vest will reward the
5labortof the husbandman.
Horrible rs has been the blow to
the prosperity of our State, by the
destruction Of crops and bridges on
nur water-courscs, and rs deeply rs
VIC sYmpathize with those OF our fc-
%lo@-citizens who have suffered, yet
Nc arc bound to bow submissivcly to
5theaafflicting rod of our Heavenly Fa-
5ther, and render; to him the homage of
grateful hearts for whatever mercies
Helms seen fit, in His wisdom and
goodness, to youchsate to us, His
dependent creatures.
il gives me pleasure to inform you
that the same flourishing condition of
our different Institutions OF Learning,
noticed Sin my last Annual Message,
satilI continues. The South Carolina
College, under the judicious and en-
stgetic management ofits able Pres
silents; ;auGtis 4, ;ssz .isE,its on.
:s1rcady apIc I'D efficient Corpse n
Professors. has been added during tn III
past year the services ofDr. Reynolds,
whose high character, devoted piety,
md elegant crudition, amply qualify
Jim for tlic exalted station to which
he has been called, and which he has
thus far filled with honor to himself,
and usefulness to the Institution.
The Military Academies still give
evidence of increasing usefulness, and
lid fair, to stand as enduring mon,
sllments of the wisdom and launificcncc
:ofIthc State, in establishing so cnIlght-
ened a plan ofeleomosynary education.
The stndics at the Citadel were sus-
pended during part of the past sum-
,ner and fall, in consequence of the
prevalence of yellow fever; but in flu
tire steps will be taken to prevent the
5disbanding ofthc Corps, by cncamping
in, some healthy region, in case this
epidemic should again visit the
city. Tho addition to the Arsenal, or.
fdcrea by the last Legislature, is com
lpleted, and, with the former building,
will be of sufficient capacity to accom-.
date all the Fourth Glass, (say from
sniBety to one hundrcd.)
The last Legislature authorized the
Trustees of tho South Carolina Col.
ilsge to build q Chapel, provided they
did not call upon it for more
thin $ 10000. This building, so much
tncetled, has been contracted for by
tho Trustees at $4,000, and will be
;nf sufficient size to accommodate
1000 persons. The Trustees have
paid $4,000, (the first instalmcnt,)
out of the Tuition Fund. and have
scontractedto pay $4,000 after The
adjournment Of the Legislature, and
the balance when the building is
completed. You will perceive from
this statement that the Legislature
will be only called upon for the
sun sum which it authorized the Trustees
to use. As no appropriation was
made for this purpose, nnd as the
Trustees, acting under the authority
given them by the Legislature, have
contracted for the payment of that
1 sum am after yonr adjournment, recon-
n mend that at the present Session
] YOU ls.a; nsalsc an appropriation to meet
&'iscsll.
Before leave che subject of these
your cherished Institutions of learning
.s-l'ie one which has given to your
history some Of its brightest names
and the other, which, although but in
ITS infancy, begins to show its practical
utility tl by giving to- the State the
services OF weil-educated gentlemen,
who, but for its munficencc, might
nave nave groyelled forever in obscurty-..-
porIn't mo earnestly to invoke for
them q continuance Of your care and
liberality.
The Bank ofthe State, according to
y Report made to me by its President,
is IN n highly prosperous condition.
The capital is 100000 more than last
year,
'phs 1s capital muse may be set down
W s. s3,45o,0oo