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

cennrrv towns or villages Of Soath Carolina i
better known to the people Of Charleston, or
the low country, than Greenville. Years be
fore the railroad had rendered travel com fort
able and expeditions, many OF our wealth.
merchants and sea island planters used II
make this the point of departure for their sum
mer tsur-to Caesars Head, Flat Rock, Bun
combe, and the many pleasant summer resorts
studded about in the valleys OF the Blue Ridg
famed alike for the magnifcence OF their see
merry and tho salubrity of their atmospher
During the war, there was great accession
ttSoutherners" las our low country people
were wont to be called up here), in the form o.
refugees. .somo of whom have remained, proving
most valuable acquisition to the society o.
the place.
Grcenville, although not specially favored IL
point of soil. has been constantly, though per-
haps somewhat slowly, improving. IL mas
lone enioyed the honor of having the best hotel
in the up-country-mine h. st OF the Mansion
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 Greenyile 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 e
their studies here to fit them for the ministry.
The Faculty of the Theological Seminary is
as follows: Rev. J. P. Boyce, D. D., Chairman;
Rev. j. a. Broadus, D. D.; Rev. B. Manly, Jr.,
DID,, and Rev. VIM. Williams, D. D., Of Geor-
pia. The Baptists Of several other Southern
States unite with South Carolina in the sup
port Of this Semiuary-Dr. Manly, 1 believe,
representing Alabama, and DR.. Williams, Gecr-
pia, The recent death of the venerable Basil
Manly, Sr., so long known and 80 highly
cherished in your city, as well as throughout
the Southern States, has cast temporary
gloom over the circle on College bill.
The University has been closed for several
months, but is to be reopened in Februar y,
as your readers have been notified through
the columns OF THE 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-
ganization of the University in the department
Of Philosophy and the Arts recently, Rev. j. c.
Furman, b. 2, was reelected President, Pro-
fessor C. a. Judson to the chair Of Mathema-
tics, and DR.. J. c. Faber, foriserly OF your
city, though more recently Of Heidelberg, Ger
many, to tho chair Of Latin Languages and
Roman Literature. Rev. C. b. Toy, OF vir.
uinis. fine scho!s :, recently returned from
Europe. has been elected 10 the Professership
of ssnscrit and Arabic in the Seminary, and
Professor J. NJ. Harris, Of Virginia, to the
chair Of Chemistry and Natural Philosophy
With a full and very efficient faculty, with the
cooperation Of the Baptists OF South earol!na,
North Carolina and Georgia, the hearty sup
port of the people ci 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 Peabody School in Greenville-
opened last spring, for the instruction o. 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 ore thousand dollars toward
this Peabody School, aud the citizens OF Green
Vile two thousand dollars.
There are four churches in this town Bap-
tist. Rev. W. P. Thomas; Methodist, Rev. A.
J. Stafford; Episcopal, Rev. Ellison Capers;
and Presbyterian, Rev. DR.. E. 7. BUST.
Among the teachers, preachers, the civilians
and humanixing agents here, must not omit
mentioning the two papers, the Mountain
eer,' and the 'sEnterprise," both excellent rep
resentatives OF the press.
Trade is pretty brisk here on both SIDES Oh
the river, great deal Of it being barter, or the
exchange OF store goods for grain, whisk ey,
fruit, either green or dried, poultry, eggs, but
ter. beef, ginseng roots, bacon, &,., &C.;
great deal Of it brought here in wagons
horse, mule or OK teams-from the mountains.
1 made some inquiries in regard to the
amount of cotton shipped from this point, and
was told that the product Of the district may
perhaps reach 60UU bales, or even more, this
year, against $500 bales last year; but am In
cliped to think there must be some mistake
about this estimate, for in the census OF 1861
the production of cotton in Greenvllle District
ia set down at only 1852 bales. At that time
(1S6o) it had white population OF 2l,S92, and
only 7O49 slaves. or improved lands there
were at that time $4,000 acres in the district,
and 995, 900 acres unimproved. Tho farms are
put down at cash valuation of $685. 90. L
have no doubt, however, that the next Gems as
ns7O) will show considerable appreciation in
the price of lands; that is, if the census IS TO
be anything more than transcript Of the old
assessments.
The Greenville and Columbia Railroad ls
doing fne business this winter; greater, L
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 mill
tarv road In printing tables Of the operations
of railroads, I think the years OF the war
should be left blank, for they furnish no critic
rion of lis legitimate business.