The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-11-28

closure and temporary cells They have performed
ordered the work on tho coils to commonce suie suS
init to you herewith their report together with tho plans
pared by Capt T. D. Lee, tho Engineer and Architect
Tho site is within tho corporate limits Of the City Of Co.
with bold bluff on the canal. rising some s'i sixty
m ntnsy 5 0Tsl at of s K Than
with the Grecnvillo Railroad at point onchaf q
ad co@bS or aroa sGu The eHT Waa na
running through tho canal will furnBl nil tho motive
bility from part Of the State by railroad and the
facilities thereby afforded for the transportation OF pr
soncrE, provisions and materials and shipping tho
| supplies manufactured, mako 1t most admirable and
location Granite IN ino1hauatiblo
ainly within stones throw of them. without any cost
ot % nIo M Its Il location within tho city its
below tho force which would be requisite tho safe
or tso IN localities where the
and Engineer having tho work in charge that cells may
| vlcts.
Tho Engineer and Architect estimates the appropria.
ton needed for tho rapid successful prosecution or
tho work for the next year ut fory-nvo thousand dol
| directed tho Commissioners who wcro ordered to
sell tho buildings, machinery &C., of the State Works
Grcenvilc. to reserve such machinery might DO uso
fully employed In the manufacture of wood and iron in
the Pcntentary, when fully in operation. The rcsorva
9n r, was made and there will DO in tho future only
branches OF manufacture Of wood and IRON
THE LAND SCRIP FOR THE AGRICULTURAL AND ME-
CHANICAI. COLLEGE.
III oncdenca 10 tho re;olution of tho General Assem-
Richardson ESD Agent of the State tho purpose Of
was entitled undor tho Act of Congress- establishing As
ricnurRl and Mechanical Colleges Ho was furnishei
ted, aud filed 1t in the Department of the Interior From
a communication addressed to by tho Hon O. r.
herewith communicated it will that ho declines
to Issue the scrip until tho Legislature accepts by Ao
of the Congress- of the United states making tho grant
No time shond be lost in securing this muncent do
Of oil opf1
commend that an Act be passed for purpose This
step will certainly be accepted as compliance with all
In some of the Northern Sates the fund thus raised
has been used in establishing schools for teaching
leges and Universities; and II this policy should
chonca features Of the College may Be- enasd ina on me- me-
University of South Carolina and the State ali az
penso for lands and buildings required to be furnished
oy It. The buildings of tho University are commodous
enT3Sh 70 accommodate oil students thai may desire to
and the lands adjacent to and owned by tho
that such legislation shall be adopted at present ses
sion as will make It available independently of or In
conjunction with the University. " - "
THE PEcUNIARY DISTRESS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE
STATE.
The short Of grain and cotton tho ndebt
edness of tho people to press heavily them. This
duty of making liberal compromises with his debtors
rs he can admit without pccunary ruin If he been
fortunate in escaping the general wreck hc should eer
fully lend holpng hand to his less Fortunate nciChTnr
VINO Is stu struggling In Of dc Legislation con-
sent with the Constitution and ho general Interest Of
1ho , may ho adopted, which will greatly re-
az tho extra session. tat imprisonment for debt be aboI
ishcd, except in of fraud, and when debtor is
its the aSs be- so I @
no hat ae6Gf dc o I'm may By petition on giving three months
lire effects for their benefit that they DO peFpetnay
barred from ever again proceeding against him I'm hc
Courts of this State; and that in all csecs where de-
fendnnt is sued and makes defence to the action no
a arnAa aroipo Il
Persons in sui jurf, compromise with their
debtors. and often find to their interest do so but
strngency OF legal rules and not being authorized to
compound with debtors they frequently lose the entire
allow them to compound the demands they hold against
their part.
invite sour attention to tho propriey of passing
homestead law and Of extending the value of articles
empt from lovy and salo, for tho head each family
Most OF the States have made much liberal and h
Of SD% SD% 5
being cast out upon the world housccss and breadess
the constitutional power OF their legislatures to enact
laws increasing tho exemptions from levy md salc
that You nre prccluded from enactns such law either
by precedent, reason, justice, or the Constitution
| THE SOUTH CAROLINA UNIVERSITY
Was organized carly in January last and has now
about sxtyhvo students but its of matrcuatcs
has not been equal to the expectation of its friends The
hEt of last an Uniyof requires
Schools part Of the general system University ed-
catlon Many OF the young men who to tho Unversi-
professions would willingly avail themselves of the oppor-
tuny, if offered of pursuing them here. With one Pre-
fessor of Law and two Professors of the Medical School,
in conjunction with tho Professor of Chemistry already
there these schools could bo put into complete and sc-
cessful operation and the hope might then be reasonably
entertained that the number OF students would
increased The Board Trustees which were
doubtless satisfactory hem declined in May last TO li
the chair Of Modern Languages This important
modern education should not longer 90 unproyided for
and the Trustees WILL doubtless, fill the vacant chair at
their annual meeting in December. The Institution, us
UNIVERSITY has boon practically nothing moro than tho
College revived. No new branches have boon taught
and so long as provision is not mado for teaching tho
modern languages, and for organizing Medical and law
Schools long will the youth State seek other in
sdutions where teee studies mny be prosecuted Until
the University be made to merit the patronage of te
State by enlarged facilities for acquiring knowledge in
SCIENCE languages and the learned professions its friends
cannot expect to command general public patronage
| sustain Ii. % -
Tho Board Of Trustees numbers nearly forty nlem-
hers This makes it q very unwieldy body. It's num-
management of the affairs of tho University Nearly one
half Of the Board Trustees otfco nnd with rare
exceptions these ocio mombers constitute by reason
Of official engagements which call them Columbia in
May and December the majority who attend its session
It found nearly impossible to the
of quorum tonehnf of tho Board), and you provided
by law at the last session, that nne should constitute
quorum in Board Of thirtynino members. smaller
body would reaze fully thor responsibility to the
State for the proper management of it's principal
uonal institution therefore recommend that the Board
bo reduced to seven members and appointed in such
direct
/ .''" THE PURCHASE OF CORN. .a
Pursuant to tho resolution of 21st September last
passed by the General Assembly, appointed Colonel d.
Wyatt Aiken Agent Of tho State to make purchases of
corn Having satisfied himself fully that tho double re-
strction imposed in the resolution