The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1855-02-09

conducted throughout the course.
During the present year, until suitable
buildings can be erected for regular gar
r'son school, pupils from abroad will boart
in respectable families of tho town, unde
the immediate supervision of the Princi
pals: so that parents need apprehcnd M
want of attention to the habits and correc
department Of their sons. The discipline
of the school-room and the boarding house
is very strict, and, rs far as we arc able te
learn, rigidly enforced The young men are
required to keep regular hours and to rur
sue regular habit of study and exercise
and being constantly under the super
vision of the Principals are prevented
from running into any Of thos hurttul cxccs
scs which too often characterize the student.
OF the Roarding-school. We have had scv
cral opportunities to observe the dcportmcn
of the pupils, and we have never know,
boys to conduct themselves in more order
ly manner, and with more strict regard tc
thc rules of decorm and proprictv. Tho
physical education of the pupil is right,
deemed an important point in the course O
instruction; and the routine of drill and
exercise is amply sufficient to provide A.
gainst nm inordinate development of tn,
mental over the physical constitution, and
TO secure, as far as can be, that very rare
yet indispensable condition to success
sa"d nsrnS IN sono corporc. The military
exercises embrace from one to two hours in
each day, and arc conducted in accordance
with the regulations of the Citadel Aca
DENY.
The principals have purchased beautiful
plot OF land in retired and pleasant por-
ton OF the town, and are now putting IN
temporary buildings until the erection OF
the larger and more commodious buildings
can be effected. As soon as this desirable
end is attained, all the pupils will be re-
qulred to board in Commons, and to under
go the regular duties and be subject to the
discipline Of the garrison. by this arrange
ment, the price Of boarding and the Incl
dental expenses will be materially diminished,
and very many improvements will be nut
in operation which, at the commencement
OF the enterprise, cannot readily be effected.
we need scarcely repeat what we have
said on former occasion as to the oual;f-
cations OF the Principals, and their fitness
tor the task laid to their charge. They are
both recent graduates Of the Citadel Aca-
deny of Charleston, with the highest hon
ors OF their class; and having been recon-
mended to this undertaking by those best
qualified to pass judgment, they bring with
them the most fattering testimonials of
character and ability. They are young men
OF high tone and strictly correct department,
and we cordially add our testimony rs to
their qualifications for the responsible duties
they have undertaken to perform, and their
fitness to direct Alright the moral as well as
the mental and physical development of the
young men placed in their keeping.
1t might not be amiss to say a word in
regard to the location of the school. For
the past two or three years our town has
not been exempt from those epidemic dis
eases which are common to every section
of the State, but, with this exception, there
is not a more healthy locality in tie up
country. Situated exactly on the summit
of the ridge dividing the waters of the
Broad and Catawba rivers, it is almost en-
tirely free from the usual diseases of the
Spring and Summer; and persons need be
under no apprelensions Of the pcstilences
which now and then afflict the larger towns
in the State. We have now no licensed
retailshops or other vicious places of resort,
in YorkvilIe, and habits of intempcrance are
indulged, If at all, clandestinely and in
violation Of law. The inhabitants of the
town are known for their high moral and
religious tone Of character, and in this re-
spect we are sure they are excelled by no
other people. Our citizens had no agency
whatever in obtaining the establishment Of
the Military School in their midst, and the
same inducements which weighed with the
Principals in determining the location should
weigh, in an equal degree, with those who
desire to lend encouragement to enterprise.
The eterms foreach' Session-from January
first to june. first, and iron July first to De-
cember first, are $25 in advance, or $50 at
the end of the Session Board, per,montb.
including Wishing, fuel sand lights, can be
had at 80. No pupil will beireceived who
is under twelve or over eighteen years of
age, 81 who cannot, read and write with ia
chlty. fsSS .tr$ -
Parents and Gbardians whoswisl to- as
certain :fgither can obtainfhe, requisite in
forniationssn appkcatio on By letter, to the
Principals, Messsrs. Gowand aud Jrnkins,
Yorkyille- Korkville als'squiiser. ) sss$;;G .,. e.
NuNNEnlss, ,1AsD aRoMAs CxrR@orio53 @
scHoo1r. The MasaShuset6 House Of Ref
resentst styes, has instructed sits committee on :
judiciary y. .tg consider thesexpediency of re-.
p3rhhg asbAl emakipg conysnts and nun.
nef,es as and Roman on a. Catholics as open