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

rious parts of the State; mines have been dis
covered and become developed; factories built;
and ell since Walker & Johnson's last map
was published. There is now far more travel
here than was the case formerly, fnd the map
ia in constant use for reference. Northern
capitalists come here to make Investments in
lands, mines, water power, &C., for all OF which
purposes good State map is requisite, and
hope we shall coon 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.
Spartauburg 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, a 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 seminarAo Of that
denomination. I am sorry, however, 10 learn,
that owing TO the stringency of the times, the
exercises Of the seminary have been suspended,
and for the present its doors are closed.
The Female College. built in 1854 and 1855,
under the auspices of the Methodlsts, and
until the war, a fourishing institution, has
also yielded to the pressure of adverse circum-
stances and suspended. learn that the PRES
emit proprietors, several private gentlemen,
contemplate opening it again soon.
Woford College, however, is the main fea-
ture ofthe town. This institution takes its
name from Rev. Benjamin Wofford, who,
about eighteen years ago, bequeathed to
the South Carolina Conference (Methodist),
s1OO, 900, to be used partly in erecting suitable
buildings for college and professors houses,
and the remainder to be o permanent fund,
from the interest OF which the professors were
TO be paid The college vent into operation
in the summer Of 1854; and is one Of the few.
institutions in the South which has never sus-
pended, either during or since the war. 1t is
now, believe, the most prosperous college in
the State, having considerably over one hum
dred students The graduates Of Woford are
to be found in almost every Southern State,
and in every sphere OF life; and during the war
shed lustre on their Alma Mater on many o
battlefield by their daring and heroic conduct
An unusually large number Of them fell, either
in battle or died in the hospitals Of Virginia,
Carolina or the West. Their names are not
forgotten, and their deeds are kept fresh IN
the memery of their successors OF the Cal-
houn and Preston Societies. The Faculty OF
Wofford College is as follows: Rev. a. NJ.
shipp, D. D., President; Rev. Whitefoord
Smith, D. D., Professor Of English Literature,
&C.; Row. David Duncan, Professor OF Ancient
Languages; Professor James H. Carlisle, Pro-
fessor Of Mathematics; Professor Warren Du
Pre-, Professor Of Chemistry and Physics; and
Rev. A. n. Lester, Professor of Hebrew and
Oriental Literature. These gentlemen are all
men of high character, OF fne talent, and pro-
found scholarship; and they exert most sal
utary influence upon the youth committed to
thoir charge, as well as upon the conlmunity ty
where they reside.
Spartanburg is very neral place, as would
naturally be expected from the presence Of SO
many churches, schools and good people. Still
"Old Adam" is not without his represe natives
here. Fer many years there has been struggle
between the two factions for q "wet 'anda "dry'
ticket. Now the one, and now the other, would
be successful. Just now the Town Council is
"wet." For the benefit OF your fair readers,
it is perhaps proper that should add, that
"wet" administration means one that will p er-
NIT tho sale OF spirituous liquors upon the
payment OF certain sum agreed upon for Il
cense; and "dry" Council is one under whose
administration liquor must be sold without IL
cense. BIRDS-EYE.