The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-01-30


covered and become developed; factories built
and all since Walker & Johnsons last map
was published. There is now Far more travel
here than was the case formerly, and the ma p
is in constant use for reference. Northern
capitalists come here to make investm ents in
lauds, mines, water power &C., for all Of which
purposes good State map is requisite, and ]
hope we shall soon have one; but let it be one
that is minute and accurate, from the islands
on the sea coast to the Savannah River and the
North Carolina line. 'N
Spartanburg owes no small share of her
prosperity to the schools and colleges that
have been erected within her boundaries dur.
ing the last fifteen years. The st. Johns
school, fine architectural structure, built
principally according to the design and under
the supervision Of the Rev. ]. D. Mccullough,
is now the property OF the Episcopal Diocese
of South Carolina, and has been set apart for
the use of the Theological Seminary of that
denomination. I am sorry, however, TO learn,
that owing, 10 the stringency OF the times the
exercises Of the seminary have been suspended,
and for the present its doqs are closed.
The Female College. built in 1854 and 1866,
under the auspices Of tbs Methodists, and,
until the war, q fourishlng institution, has
also yielded to the pressure of adverse circum-
stances and suspended. Ilearn that the pres
ent proprietors, several private gentlemen,
contemplate opening it agsin soon.
Woford College, however, is the main fea-
ture ofthe town. This Institution takes it's
name from Rev. Benjamin Wofford, who,
about eighteen years ago, bequeathed to
the South Carolina Conference (Methodist)
$100, goo, to be usod partly IN erecting suitable
buildings for college andprotessors houses,
and the remainder to bea permanent fund,
from tho interest Of which:the professors were
to be paid. The college went into operation
in the summer Of 1854; and is one of the few
institutions in the South which has never sus-
pended, either during orGnce the war. Itis
now, believe, tho most prosperous college in
the State, having considerably over one hun
dred students. The graduates Of Wofford are
to. be found int almost esNy Southern State
ana in every sphere OF life; and during the war
shed lustre on their Aims Mater on many O
battlefield by their daringisnd heroic conduct.
An unusually large numbe. Of them fell, either
in battle or died in the bspitals Of Virginia
Carolina or the West. Tseir names are moi
forgotten, and their deeds are kept fresh in
the memory Of their successors of the Cal.
houn and Preston Societies. The Faculty o1
Woford College is as halows: Rev. A. NJ
Shipp, D. D., Presidenl Rev. Whitefoord
Smith, p. D., Professor of English Literature
&C.; Rev. David Duncan, Professor OF Ancien,
Languages; Professor James H. Carlisle, Pro
fesssr OF Mathematics; Professor Warren Du
Pre-, Professor Of Chemistry and Physics; and
Rev. A. II. Lester, Professor of Hebrew and
Oriental Literature. These gentlemen are al
men Of high character, OF Ane talent, and pro-
found scholarship; and they exert most sal
utary influence upon the youth committed t.
their charge, as well as upon the comm uni t,
where they reside. il IS
Spartanburg is very m{sal place, as woult
naturally be expected fron8she presence Of &
many many churches, sehss good people. Still
here. Fer many years there has been strugsgfis strsfi
between the etwo factions for ''wet and s.dry'
ticket. Now the one, and now the 9th er, would
be successful. just now the Town Coun Gil il
"wet." For the benefit Of your fair readers
it is perhaps proper that should add, that
"wet" administration means one that will or
nit the sale Of spirituous liquors upon thu
payment of certain sum agreed upon for Ii
cense; and '.dry" Council is one under who's,
administration liquor must be sold without Ii
cense. BIRDB-EYE.