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held yesterday, resolutions were adopted, re-
organizing several Of the Professorships.
The Professorship formerly held by Pro-
fessor Reynolds has been divided, part of
the duties being assigned to Professor La
borde and part to Professor Reynolds, in
addition to the chair of Sacred Literature
and the Chaplaincy held by the latter. In
lieu Of this profcssorship separate profess
oiship of Natural and Mechanical Phioso-
ply has been instituted, and Professor J..
LeConte unanimously elected to it.
The following is the new arrangement
| l. The profe>sorship Of Mathematics and
Astronomy is retained, and assigned to the
President.
2. To the Professorship of Mental Phil.
sosphy, Logic and Physiology, held by
Professor Laborde, Rhetoric and the In.
sp"ction Of Compositions have been added.
8. The Professorsl,ip of Sacred Litera-
ture and Moral Philosophy, together with
Elocuiion and Criticism, is assigned to Prot.
J. L. Reynolds.
The professorship Of Natural and Mechan.
ical Philosophy is given to Prof LeConte,
who is to discharge the duties also of Prot.
l3rumhy's department Of Chemistry, &C.
ology and Mineralogy, while he is unable
to attend to its duties. The other; Profess.
orshps remain as before.
Prof. Rivers was unanimously cor firmed
in the Professorship of Greek Literature to
| which he had been appointed at the extra
meDtsne of the Board. -
Extract from the minutes Of the Board of
Trustees Of the South Carolina College, at
their meeting, May 8. 1856: -
"Ou motion Of Mr.. Perry, it was ordered
that 90 much of the report of the Commit
tee, 10 whom was referred the report of the
President Of the College. as relates to the
President, be published in the public news
papers"
The following is that portion of the re-
port. as adopted by the Board:
"The Committee to whom. was referred
the report of the President of the College,
with the accompanying documents, respect
fully Report, ~ r, " q: =; y,
3Tha, they have given due consideration
! to the same, and take OCCASION to express
their unanimous appreciation Of its temper:
and fran kness. and their high estimate of !.
the ability with which it is written. .Sey-
eral members Of the Committee, were III
Columbia during the exciting period Hof
which it gives the history, and how bear :
witness 10 the correctness-of the detail; and
the whole Committee are satisfied that nn. =; Z
der very trying circumstances, the President
has been faithful and jealous IN the dis
charge Of his duties and is entitled to the !:
confidence Of the Board" Corol;nidn. =: -: !,
The Eloquenee 81 Peace and Industry. ...,ggss
Weso seldom see anything in the speech..
es of our Congressional representatives wor-
thy Of the notice of agricultnrists, that the
/, following extract, from the speech upon the:
contingency Of 4 war will, England; recent.
ly delivered by our talented representative
the Hon. W. w. Boyce, comes like an April:
. shower to the parched earth. independently.
! Of tone Of truth which invests every ! word,
I 1t IS tile most eloquent tribute. to reaee and
the fruits Of industry, stl,at wes have ever
read South CorolinaS x4S,Ienltarss 92s.5s
"The sword has been Scaponizedf Is long {
enongll. Let i,s; build Saltars To peace, and;
worship ut that shrine. Humanity viii "a !,
joice, history will applaud, aud postesjty
will thank us. IL we fniist contest pitk
: England for!tlles dominion Of the world ;lssa
y, not be with the sword. Letsits Sc. with
The sploughs The ship, e and the loom--t :nss
surpass herin The arts Of peace let ps3 de-.
relop orr empire IN The Wild dsrness llsts sopr,
tolonists spread therhselyes to- Il he s.imif5it
!, Of our. Cordillefas, intarmngling fIisif lsas q
4 man currents thereswitls the aidsss
l froulthe PasifeA let sliss diapets siieneS5
::tofabose mopnta,n fast nessos witl 1haef.j
Human, Industry let sknoW her,
ce1es,ial lamp ill innate fyaaook of..,
Our vast and1ss
pinea follo9sin beft trains I.ef the bosSnspfs
Z. our mother earth sbesa adorned & with HERE
4ubarant prodnG our lsips liiteis
Esysry ses---lst oiir .roa go ifoas penetrate.
The land let us He tllss aojstsf
With o1rs smagn httds sTIa iiis
earth sins,i iai. her II Peae8 has
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4 is sbe 4. tis ayanae gaaata
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