The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1866-11-30

rates. and the interest can be then computed
accordingly. Should the General Assembly
take no action upon this subject during the
present session, the funding will be executed
in conformity to the provisions OF the tNct
aforesaid.
TIE PENITENTIARY.
Pursuant to the provisions OF the Act OF
the late extra session, to establish ichteh-
tiary, l appointed Mcssrs. William gregg OF
Edgefield, William r. Robertson, OF Falrhcld,
and Archibald Cameron. of Charleston TOM
missioners of the pcnitentiary" ''to select
and procure site and to erect suitable
temporary enclosure and temporary cclis.
They have performed the duty Of clcctlng
and procuring the site, and have ordered the
work on the cells 10 commence l submit to
YOU herewith their report, together with the
plans, estimates and drawings of the entire
establishment, prepared by Capt, T. I. Lee,
the Engineer and Architcat. The site Is
Within the corporate limits Of the city of CO.
lumbia-a plateau OF several acres OF level
surface. with bold bluff on the canal rising
some sixty feet above the level of the river
truck less than half mile, nearly at grade,
will connect the building with the Grcenvillc
Railroad at q point one-half mile from the
depots of the South Carolina and Gfcenville
and Columbia Railroad. The water now run
ming through the canal will furnish all the
motive power that will be needed for many
years. Its accessibility from every part Of
the State by railrord, and the facilities there
by afforded for the transportation Of prison
ers, provisions and materials, and for ship
ping the supplies manufactured, make it
most admirable and advantageous location.
Granite, in inexhaustible quantities can be
procured, if not within the walls, certainly
within stones throw Of them, without any
cost Of transportation. Its location, within
the city limits, will allow the number Of
guards tobc reduced greatly below the force
which would be requisite for the safe-kceping
,of the prisoners in remote localities where
the population is sparse. 1t is believed by
the Architect and Engineer having the work
in charge that cells may be in readiness by
the first of January 10 receive eonvicts.
The Engineer aud Architect estimates the
appropriation needed for the rapid and sue
.cessfI prosecution of the work for The next
year at forty-fvc thousand dollars.
l directed the Commissioners who Wcrc
ordered to sell the buildings, machinery, &c.,
of the, State Works at Greenville, to reserve
such machinery as might bcuscfully employ
cd in the -4anufnctiUe Of wood and iron in
the Penitcntiary, when fully in operation.-
The reservation was made, and there will>bc
in the,futurc only trifing outlay needed for
lnachincry-to to operate most branches of man-
ufacturcs Of wood and iron.
THE LAND SCRIP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL AND
,r.. MEcIIANlCAL CoLLEGE.
In obedience to the resolution of the Gen.
-crul Assembly. passed at the spcci.i session,
] appointed John S. Richardson, Esq, Agent
of the State. for the purpose of procuring
aud selling the land scrip to which this State
was entitled under the Act of Congress, cs-
tablishing agricultural and Mechanical Col
llsses. Ee %-Gs f9Tishcd with certified
copy of the resolution. iiuly authenticated,
and fled it in the Department of the Interior.
From o communication addressed to me by
the Hon. o. II. Browning, Secretary Of the
interior, a copy of wlicl, is herewith conf
,lpunicated, it will be seen that he declines to
issue the scrip until the Legislature accepts,
by Act, the donation in conformity to the
provisions of the law of the Congress Of the
United States, making the grant. No time
:sIrQuidEc lost in securing this murificcut do
nation to the cause Of education and science.
and / recommend that an Act be passed for
that purpose. This step will certainly be
accepted as compliance with all the re-
csrirements Of the: Congressional law.
'Fn,some Of the Northern States, the fund
thus raised has been used in establishing
SCHOOLS for teaching the branches required
by Act of Congress, in existing Colleges and
Universities; and if this policy should COM
,uend itself TO your approval, the agrcultu-
raj and mechanical features of the College
may be engraftcd on the University Of South
Carolina, and save the State all expense for
lands and buildings required to be furnished
by it. The buildings Of the University are
commodous enough tV accommodate all stu
dents that may desire to Iratriculatc, and,
the'ands. adjacent to and owned by the Col
lcge wiH furnish sufficient land for an expert
msntal farm. 1t isyery important. if the do
nation be accepted, that such legislation shall
be adopted at the present session, as will
make it available, independently of, or in
conjunction With, the University.
1lE SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY =
Was organized early in january last, and
has now about sixty-fye students, but its
number of mntricula.es has not been equal to
:thc expectation OF its friends The Act OF
last December, establishing an University,
requires fnrthcr amendment, by providing
for Medical and I.aw Schools as part of the
general system of University education.-
Many ae the young mon who so to the Uni
versities of other States, to prosecute their
studies in these professions, would willingly
avail themselves of the opportunity, if offered,
,ofpursuing them here. With one Professor
of Law, and two Professors in the Medical
School, in conjunction with the Professor OF
Chemistry already there, tlese schools could
be put into complete ana successful opera
,tioh, and the hope might then 'be.reasonaLly
entertained that the number of students
would be largely increased. The Board Of
Trustees, for reasons which were, doubtless
satisfactory to them, declined, in May last
to fill the chair of Modern Languages. This
important branch fmodcrn education should
not longer 60 unprovidcd for, and the Trus
tees WILL, doubtless, fill the vacant chair Al
their annual meeting in December. The In
.stitntien, as organized during the present
year, though by law on University" ha!
been practically nothing more than the *Col
lege revived. No new branches have beer
TnurIif-p311 Sn tnOn nroyiSion 10 not 1un,1 .