The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1862-12-17

a short outline of the life and useiulnss'
one SO lately in our midst, and so vaInpd
member Of oar community.
II is known that he had his birth !, .,
State of South Carolina, in The city Of (,L., l4
ton; that he was r~.recs in the midst 81 ~
community ever Distinguished for ali H..
is elegant in the co,lr,eses and urban; I'd
|of life. IN this school " model gen,lams'
and accomplished women, he was tra;"a'
to manhnod and usefulness. and passed som,
thirty years Of his life leaving il. ne NV
everywhere acknowledged as a worthy 81,
Of the !" Hugurn ot CITY,
From the prints and memorials Of his !,
tive State, we learn that he received ! III
eraf educatio that he was the sepor ers
dnate of the frst distinction of the san'.
Carolina Military Academy, and tina, i,
most acceptably served that Institution \ !
various POSITIONS; that as an officer in M
Arsenal Academy from l84z to 1852 n
assisted largely IN placing that InstitutoI
upon its present Career Of popularity AMI
usefulness; and thar, ~ second in com
mand, at the Citadel academy, from 1852 \
1857, he enlarged and imprnved his ,enar)
impnt, and discharged his duties with ,,|
nal zeal ability and fidelity; and that n
fterwardS, as superintendent ,a the Arsen,
Academy, he ably and suce sssfally adm !
niseeyed the affairs Of that Institution, lin,
trating the qualities Of thorough and "a
tent teacher, firm, consistent and skin
discipsinarian. Thus we find chat as .,
as he had completed his own course, he !,
tered at unce.on the duties oflnstrpctron. nm
ceatiuued it during his residence in Son,
Carolina. In all these positions Ire was .
leered b, thwse who kwew him best and /,
An iatimate and psrleea acquaintance vii
his previous training aaa capacity, and ,
charged his duties under the immedist
supervision Of the authorities of the st,t
of South Carolina and the city Of Charlie,
ton and itgis known that Throughout !,
connection with these institutions Of I'd
sister State he was must cordially approve,
and bore with him the higAest ,estimonla
of that appobation.
Having resolved m make The pducas
Of the yoath Of the country the bushes.
hse, he mapped out a large enterprise, II
taetera,il@d to inarssarate a Military tcs
eny of hrgh oraeSIm some one Of the Soul
ern States. YonHg. ardent and sell-rrnI
disciplined for asasss any position and
Dual toany in the SRe Of LETTERS and nstrr
ton, without capital or the aid Of wealt
and influential friends, and in disregard
all difficulties and suggestions adverse
the cherished enterprise. he entered on d
great work only some four years ago.
he attached much Importance TO Ocaii,
and prudently gave much time to lnqu
and estigation, before he corld select
pniat suited 10 his views; but enntrul
anlv by his own sounas judgment and "
Discrimination, he sekated a seat for
finstitution here on the borders OF our
sient county town, in the same county wi
the widely knevn University Of the Sla
and in the midst OF cluster Of the bcstcla
steal schools of the country, and at the &c
ire Of State perhaps more fully commit
to the Cause of general education than
of her sister States of the South and y
pnint where he thought he secured all
important guarantees of good health, aoa
dant supplies. and surrnun&e,l by a pa
unostentatioas. intelligent aud frugal p
pie.
From the day that he raade his select
he gave to this great enterprise all TIE
ergies Of his well-trained mind, accaf
Judgment and cultivated taste; anu
we'll ordered buildings in all their bfaatl
propnrtisas rise up as il by magic, "as
Gated TO arts and arms" and will STAND
an enduring monument to his enterpf'
libeaality md taste.
His untiaing industry attracted ihe no'
Of all. and made him many friends. h
Ing scholars and eminent pubic men san
toned his course Of instruction, as sul'eu
the necessity of the times, and pronoeua1
with confidence upon his capacity lO'
position he had saEeES and the large
liberal patronage bestowed on hls Wv
and growing institution by the citizen,
this State ard those TO the south OF IL, ~
ped his enterprise as a success and maj