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The Juniors Visit to eoiambia,

The Juniors Visit to Columbia
The Wheeler House -sSupefintendgnt
Dodomead and the Ersenvilzs RdM
SroadL Fsrtixzers-The Lts.utic Agi-
zun,-Governor Noses d,d ths Pr
donang Posoer-The 4egislatufs abd
PubNo- Oficers-The city.
We (the Junior9 psid a-busiuess
visit to Columbia during the past
week. Reaching thecity at the usual
hour. r.oftha.arrixalafz zshee,GesenYile
and Columbia train, We stopped at
the Wheeler House, tie new hotel
recently erected by DR.. Wheeler, and
leased BY Mr.. Pollard, owner Of the
'weIl-known and popular restaurant.
The building is 9 large. and commodi-
GUS one, 10 we'll kept, andcis liberally.
patronized by the travelling public.
On our way downfwe were pleased
to inset our friend Mr. Henry Moore,
who was on his way to the Univer-
sity in Columbia. lG.He had been "des
ignated by His Excellency, Governor
Moses, as suitable person to be sent
to that Institution as: q beneficiary
from this District. As we understand
it, a beneficiary has only 70 pay for
his boardiabout ten dollars a month,
and all the other expenses are'paid by
the State. i,Heury;isa good boyAand
we trust that he will continue to be
so. His friend; Capt r: II. Mccas-
Ian, we learn, was chiefly instrument
tai III getting him this, appointment.
On the morning after our arrival,
we paid visit to the lumber mills, to
look after Cothran g. Wilson'S bill fof
the lumber designed for the new
stores which they propose erecting on
Washington Street, and were informed
that tho bill had been filled, and that
the lumber was at the Depot awaiting
shipment. We next paid visit to
Superintendent Dodamead, and we're
not encouraged with the hope of, get
ting our lumber soon. He stated that
there were some fifty or sixty car
loads of freight in. Columbia, and
some four hundred carloads Of guano
in Charleston, awaiting SHIPMENT
that the business of the Road had in
creased very much during the past
year. ..ss'n@ n,'+i''' ~ .''''' - :
The road-bed" is in a very
poor; condition, owing to- the fact
that but very little repairs have
been. mode in the last two or three
years, in consequence Of the effort Of
some of the creditors to tbroY the
Road into Bankruptcy. But how, as
satisfactory arrangements, ,haYe been
made with creditors, Se presumsthat
the Road will be kept in a better o9n-
dition, and the waiting public enabled,
to get their freight more promptly.
The transportation Of guanos seems
now to, give, constant employment 10
our railroads and thousands of dol
lars are spent annually in the State
for fertilizers. Just here we would
like to ask our farmers o question :;
if it pays to put from ten to- fifteen
dollars worth of guano on an acre
to enrich it for one year, what
would rich land be. worth ;?
Guanos, if properly used, are
doubtless beneficial: butsoa great
deal Of these fertilizers are wasted.
They are applied by the farmer with:
out any knowledge Of the constituents
of his soil, and. of what it needs,
This knowledge, weatbink, is essen
tial to,a proper use Of fertilizers, and
to use them indiscriminately, is very
much like using the same ;nostrums
for every bodily ailment. 1a4m Itta3
But this is a DEPRESSION. In the
afternoon, with our friend, w. J. NJ,
we called at the law Office, where we
found another friend, ]. c. NJ, studi-
ously engaged ip preparing for admis-
sion to the Bar, which he anticipates
soon; and with him visited the Luna
tic Asylum, which, under the super
attendance of DR.. Ensor, is doing 30
much for the unfortunate inmates.
Too much praise cannot be given to
the superintendent for his general
management, and especially for his
untiring exertions during the. past
Summerin furnishing the necessary
supplies to keep the institution in
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We were kindly met by Dr.. Henry
Sloan, tho assistantsurgeen, an active
und efficient officer, and were shown
through the entire building. It was
our frst visit to an Asylum, and to