The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-13

Courts, &C., &c.
GREENv11LE, January 2.-No one of the up
country towns villages Of South Carolina il
better known to the people of Charleston, or O
the low country, than Greenville. Years be-
fore the railroad had rendered travel com fort
able and expeditions, many Of our wealthy
merchants and sea island planters used to
make this the point of departure for their sum.
mer tsur-to Ciesar's Head, Flat Rock, Bun.
combe, and the many pleasant summer resorts
studded about in the valleys Of the Blue Ridg 0,
famed alike for the magnifcence Of their see
merry and the salubrity Of their atmosph or O.
During the war, there was great accession of
"Southerners" Gas our low country people
were won't to be called up here), in the form of
refugees, ,some Of whom have remained, provin e
q most valuable acquisition to the society OF
the place.
Greenville, although not specially favored in
point of soil, has been constantly, though per-
haps somewhat slowly, improving. 1t has
long enjoyed the honor Of having the best hotel
in the up-country-mine host Of the Mans ion
House, Mr.. s. Swandale, taking both pride and
pleasure in contributing to the comfort Of his
guests. The Baptist Theological Seminary,
formerly in or near WinnsborO', was removed
to Greenville about seventeen years ago, and
became the nucleus Of the present Furman
University. The Seminary just named is in
successful operation, counting at present
about thirty students, who are prosecuting
their studies here to fit them for the ministry.
The Faculty of the Theological Seminary is
as follows: Rev. j. p Boyee, d. D., Chairman;
Rev. J. A. Broadus, d. d.; Rev. B. Manly Jr.,
ID. D., and Rev. Wm Williams, d. D., of Geor-
gia. The Baptists Of several other Southern
States unite with South Carolina I'm the sup
port Of this Seminary-Dr. Manly, believe,
representing Alabama, and DR.. Williams, Geor-
gia. The recent death of the venerable Basil
Manly, Sr., 80 long known and so highly
cherished in your city, as well as throughout
the Southern States, ihas cast q Temporary
gloom over the circle on College Hill.
The University has been closed for several
months, but is to be reopened in Februar v.
as your readers have been notified throup b
the columns OF TIE News.
Professor Patrick, with two assistants, has |
been carrying on the preparatory department
all the while. and had an attendance last SUM
mer OF over one hundred pupils. In the reor-
Of Philosophy and the Arts recently, Rev. J. @. I
lessor G. a. Jadson to the chair Of Mathema-
tics. and DR.. J. G. Faber, formerly Of your
city, though more recently Of Heidelberg, Ger
inahy, to the chair Of Latin Languages and
Roman Literature. Rev. @. III. Toy, OF Vir.
ginia, fine scholar, recently returned from
Europe, has been elected to the Professorship
Of Sanscrit and Arabic in the Seminary, and
Professor J. M. Harris, of Virginia, to the |
chair of Chemistry and Natural Philosop by.
With full and very efficient faculty, with the
cooperation Of the Baptists os South Car olina,
North Carolina and Georgia, the hearty sup
port of the people OF Greenville and several of |
the contiguous districts, as well as the good |
will Of the entire State, it is fair to pre- dict
successful career for the future of this institu-
ton.
The Female College, also conducted under
the auspices Of the Baptists, though it has not
felt the effects OF the war as severely as did
the University, it has had to bear its share in
the embarrassments Of the times.
There is q Peabody School in Greenville-
opened last spring, for the instruction Of boys
and girls under ten years Of age. The prepar-
atory schools Of the University and Of the Fe-
male College also receive some assistance from
the Peabody Fund. DR.. Sears, the agent of
this fund, pays one thousand dollars toward
this Peabody School, and the citizens OF Green
vile two Thousand dollars.
There are four churches in this town Bap-
tist, Rev. w. P. Thomas; Methodist, Rov A.
J. Stafford; Episcopal, Rev. Ellison Capers;
and Presbyterian, Rev. DR.. E. T. Buist.
Among the teachers, preachers, the civilians
and humanizing agents here must not omit
mentioning the two papers, the Mountain
Ger" and the Enterprise" both excellent rep
Of the press.
Trade is pretty brisk here on both sides Ct
The river, great deal of it being barter, or the
exchange OF store goods For gxain, whisk ey.
fruit, either green or dried, poultry, eggs, but
ter, beef, ginseng roots. bacon, g., &C.:
great deal of it brought here in wa"c Il
horse, mule or OK teams-from =
-aaIrfes In regard to the
'A'o"s Of cotton shipped from this point, and
was told that tho product Of the district may
perhaps reach COCO bales, or oven more, this
year, against 1900 bales last year; but am in
clined to think there must be some mistake
about this estimate, for in the census Of 1850
tho production Of cotton in Greenville District
is set down at only 2682 bales. At that time
(1s60) it had white population OF 21,e92, and
only 7049 slaves. or improved lands thsre
were at that time $4,000 acres in the district,
and 1896, 900 acres unimproved. The farms are
put down at cash valuation of So. 900. I
havo no doubt, however, that the next Gems us |
(187O> will show o considerable appreciation in |
the price Of lands; that is, if the census is to
be anything more than q transcript Of the old |
assessments.
The Greenville and Columbia Railroad is
doing fine. business this winter; greater,
believe, than it ever did before, always, Of
course, excepting the abnormal plethora dur
ing the war, when it,together with every other
road within the limits OF the late Confederate
States, WAS neither more nor less than o mill
tarx road In nrintinn tables OF the nnAratinna