The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-12-03
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not the Bank advanced The requisite funds
the Commissioner would have been com.
PEELED to suspend all operations on IN,
building.
herewith transmit Il communication from
the Hon. w. +. O'clock, enclosing a copy o.
a letter from the Secretary of The Treasury
to the Light House Board, and also a copj
OF the opinion of the Attorney General o,
The United Siates, j. relation to the prayiy,
IONS Of an Act o: the Legislature OF South
carolina, granting sites Tor Lighthouses
TN reference 10 these communications, il
will be seen that the General Government
declines 10 proceed, on tie ground that
the consent given by South Carolina To tho
purchase is coupled with the condition that
South Carolina retains the jurisdiciion."- -
Further Legislation is asked. | think when
the Southern States surrendered TO the
Gcneral Goycrnmcnt the power to regulate
commerce, they committed Il great bIurdcr
but that - no longer Il dvbatcable Qucstisn.
IL The necessities Of GommcGse require The
erection Of the proposed Lighthouse, ! can
see no good reason for declining TO mNkc
the ccsoiOn upon the same terms as other
State have done. Whenever the people of
Soath Carolina determined TO dissolve their
connection with the General Government
~ lNSoNHH''h VI u y Llnlll ilOuStS
Will interposc but feeble barriers TO the exc.
cution OF such n purpose.
accompanying this message will be found
q report of MIR. Oscar VI. Lcibcr, appointed,
undcr a joint resolution Of the last Lcgisla-
.ure, "Gculcgtcal- Nincralogical, and Agri.
Gu. turai Surveyor OF tho State" ThG Joint
Committees of Agriculture and Intcrna
improvements of the last General Assem-.
bly, unanimously selected Mr.. Lcihcr for the
situation, and | did not hesitate to confirm
the appointment. | have not had time TO
examine his report, and therefore can OK.
press no opinion of lis merits.
| lay before YOU n letter addressed TO me
by DR.. Parker, Superintendent of the Luna
tic Asylum, in relation Ia the condition and
wants Of the institution. His opEortuui.
ties "Ntjt'c his opinions to great weight
lie is decidedly opposed TO the policy Of re.
moving the institution from lis present loca-
ton. Additional accommodation is indis-
p~ensablc TO enable the Institution TO fulfil
the humane end Of ITS establishment. am
sure that no appeal is necessary, TO secure
for it the full measure Of your bounty.
| also lay before you u report Of the
Military Commission, raised IN compliance
with Il resolution of the last Legislature.
The resolution required me to appoint ten
~ N'tHTi'tNA Nv lAslttNll GNU
patrol law of the STATE, and 80 recommend
such alteration Of the sanrc as they migh,
deem advisable. Nine Of the commissioners
appointed discharged The duty assigned
thcm-thc tenth was unavoidable absent
They hare unanimously agreed on II report
urging The Importance of preserving the
system as it now stands and ! beg leave
respectfully 10 add my concurrence in the
views which brought them to their conClu,
sion.
The last Legislature authorized the Board
of Commissioners for the Deaf, Dumb. and
Blind, Of which | am chairman eX-oiiicio, to
purchase for The State the establishment OF
Mr.. N. L. Walker, ut Cedar Springs, and
20 make due arrangements therein for the
unfortunate inmates. | am happy to IN
form you that the purchase has been com.
plctcd on teens which are satisfactory to
the whole Board, and that such further ar.
engagements rs are required by this change
will be duly submitted for ' our c0nsidcra.
tion il u report frQm the BOARD, more in
detail.
The Trustees of the South Carolina Col
Icgc, Mt their annual meeting in December
last, elected Professor G. +. McCav, Prcsi.
dent of the Institution. His ability and At
tainmcnts are considered by those who
know him to be of the highest order and
whom The prcjldiccs which he encountered
at the very threshold Of his administrator
have been dispcilcd Of they have not al.
ready bccn) there will pc but one opinion
rs TO his fitness for the position TO which
he WAS called by Il very decided majority oi
the Board, and that, too without the slight.
, est solicitation on his part. Mr.. Rivers, 81
Charleston, whose life has been successful
~ devoted TO classical pursuits, has bveu
elected Professor OF Greek Literature. IN
place Of DIR. Henry, deceased and DR.. lie
!, Contc, Of Georgia, a gentleman of well es
, established scientific ATTACHMENTS. has beer
) elected Professor Of Natural and Mcchaui
cal Philosophy. Both these appointments
| believe, arc admitted on all hands to have
been jUdiciQus and most fortunate for the
. Institution.
In the death of DR. lIcnsy, ,he College
mourns the departure of IN old, able, and
. faithful professor. lie was Il ripe scholar
, IL man full Of lcarning--who without os
tcntation, delighted in throwing open tk.C
abundant storclrousc of his knowledge, anc
, inviting the student to partakc freely of il
richca. 1t will be long before it will hav,
!, the good fortune TO rejoice in his equal.
The conduct Of the students is reported
to me to be qnict and orderly. The faculty
= hlt iSSIuubuS III llclI StNNl'l utpiI tlllCHlS
and the future Of the institution is rs en-
!, couraging as at any previous period of it
, existence. Though ! was not educated u
l the College, ] have seen and realize,
its benefits TO the State, socially, moral,
! and politically. 1t is rare, indeed, that il
, graduates have failed in after life, by exam
: pie aud conduct, To- vindicatc the polio
which nouyishcs and sustaigs it. In m,
Judgment it has done more for tho State Cha!
/, all her other institutions put together. !
= is greatly to be regretted that thccc is n dis
position 10 cripple its usefulness, if not t.
= destroy it. The charge that iC is the ricl
mans college, IS the cry Of the dcmagogue
| lis catalogue shows that a majority of i.
/, graduates are the sons of fathers who wcr,
not able to educate Themselves, and ne
young man has ever had its doors closed up
onshim because cf his poverty.
1t is urged, through entire misconceptioi
that il is time To make it q se~lfsustainin!
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