The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-11-30
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32jects which, for the good Of our State,
a nay deem proper to bring to Your
sattetitisn, permit me earnestly to
request that you will join me in
rendering heartfelt thanks and praises
to Almighty God, for the many and
mercies bestowed upon
MS rs People during the past year.
slilthongh some portion of eur State
Inns tlemblcd hcncatl, the sconrgc OF
the "Pcstilcncc, which walketh in
darkness and wastc,h bynconJay," vet
we have cause for tlEinktulntss that
we have been permitted to enjoy, in
snther. portions, more than usual
d,Hrce Of health; and although VIC have
been called upon to mourn the drvas-
lion and ruin which marked the
track OF tho late disastrous and I'M
precelentcd flood, yet wherever its
iirsolating effects were not felt, u rich
mid abundant west will reward the
labor of the husbandman.
Terrible as has been the blow to
the prosperity of our State, by the
destruction of crops and bridges on
our watcr-courscs, and rs deeply as
VIC sympathize with those OF our t;I-
who have suffered, vet
wa arc bound to bow subrnis>ivcly fo
the atflicting rod of our Heavenly Ia
thcr, and render to him the homage of
grateful hearts for whatever mcrcics
lie. has seen fit, in His wisdom and
goodness, to vouchsatc to us, His
dependent creatures.
1t gives me pleasure to inform YOU
that the same flourislling condition of
our different Institutions OF Learning,
noticed in my last Annual Message,
still continues. The South Carolina
College, under the jndicious and en-
,crgetic management Of its able Pres
ident, iauotil' siSzzzzk ;zz lzziszgsits iits on
'EIrrhdy aDTc 1safd efficient Corps@JFssi
Professors, hes been added during tNss ~
past year the services ofDr. Reynolds,
whose high character, devoted picty,
a,ld elegant erudition, amply qualify
him 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
bid fair to stand rs enduring mon,
uncnts of the wisdom and launificcncc
OF the State, in establishing so cnlght-
ened plan ofclccmoSynary education.
The studies at the Citadel were sus-
pended during part of the past sum
1ner and fall, in consequence Of the
prevalence of yellow fever: but in flu
tnrc steps will be taken to prevent the
disbanding ot'the Corps, by cncam ling
in some healthy region, in case this
epidemic should again visit the
city. The addition to the Arsenal, or
dcrct by the last Legislature, is com
pleted, and, with the former building.
will be of sufficient capacity to accom-
date all the Fourth Class, (Say from
ninety to one hundrcd.)
The last Legislature authorized the
Trustees of tic South Carolina Col
legc to build a Chapel, provided they
did not call upon it for more
than $4,000. This building, so much
needed, has been contracted for by
the Trustees at $4,000, and will be
of sufficient size to accommodate
! 600 persons. The Trustees have
paid $4,000, (the first instalrrcnt.)
out of the Tuition Fund. AMI have
contracted to pay $4,000 after the
adjournment Of the Legislature, and
The balance when the building is
completed. ion will perceive from
his statement that the Legislature
viii be only called upon for the
sum which it authorized the Trustees
o use. AS no appropriation was
made for this purpose, and AS the
Trustees, acting under the authority
given them by the Legislature, have
contracted for the payment OF that
'um after your adjournment, recon-
mend that at the present Session
,ou make an appropriation to meet
his CALI.
Before ) leave the subject of these |
'our cherished Institutions of learninc
the one which has given to your
history some of its brightest names
md the other, which, although but in
Is infancy, begins to show its practical
Utility by giving to the State the
ervices of wcll-cducatcd gentlemen.
'ho, but for its munificencc, might
ave grovelled forever in obscuritv....
armit me earnestly to invoke for
hem continuance Of your care and
iberality.
The Bank of the State; according to
Report made to me by it's President.
in highly prosperous condition.
he capital is 100000 more than last
ear,
me capital in use may be set down
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