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Tfle Press and Banner, ABBEVILLE, C\ :Br HUtJIt WILSON Ar W? C. BfiNET Tkrms?Twe Dollars a your, in advance or Two Dollars and Fifty Cents, if pay ment is delayed. AdVkutiskmknts will be inserted a the rate of One Dollar per inch for th lirst insertion and Fifty Cents for eael -Kiil)*equent insertion. <*really reduced rates will be given t those who advertise !>y the quarter or b; the year. Ail obituary notices, tributes of respect and other matter of a personal or privat rill Kn xr*o<? frti* at lldlfl Jliitmr v?in i/r? *w % ???? advertising rates. Wednesday, Jan. 30,1878. The State University JHust be Sus taioed. The subject of the continuance of th South Carolina College lias been discuss ed at great length and with groat spirit ii the House of Representative* during th .past week. Some ablo and arguments tive speeches have been made in favor o ro-openiug tliat institution, and we rcgrc to say that a groat deal of opposition V this wise measure has been offered chief lv by up-country members. This oppo uition can to a great extent be acoountei for by the fact that a majority of the rep rosentatives are comparatively younj inen who have received their edueatioi >in tho excellent denominational college during and sinco tlio war when tho Stati University was either actually or virtual ly closed; and wu can understand tliei -eagerness in opposing an institutioi "Which they oousider likely to injure thew colleges,?not that they love the Univer aity less, but their alma mater more This is tho first time for nearly sixt; years that the House of Representative has not had among its members a larg and influential number of the Universit; alumni readv to do battle for their nur sing mother. Never had she more nec< of stout champions. The Philistines b upon her. She has had many a struggl for her existence since 1805, but in th legislature there have always boon a sul Anient number ofenligbtened and patriot! men to guard and maiutain the cause o higher education. Wo sincerely hope th present Legislature will not undo th good work done by thoir predecessors. The opponents of the University clain that its place is supplied and its func tionn performed by the deuominationa and other colleges. Of these there ar five, and in our columns we have justl; praised them for the admirable work the; have done and nre fitted to do. As valua ble allios in a noble cause tbey are to b fostered and sustained, but their founder never imagined that they wei$ to kike th place of the University. They havi ncithor the funds, nor the buildings, th libraries nor the full number of chairs They do not even pretend to maintain : curriculum of studies of the proper uni varsity standard. Another objection urged is the ad cap taiuluin vulgus charge that it is wrong t< tax the poor to educate the rich. This i; a plausible faltacv. Demagogues are al ways cunning in beggiug the question It is that the poor man's son may hav< the privileges which the ricHi can buy that we advocate the establishment of i Uuivorsity within reach of tho poor Wo are demagoguo enough to say that ii urging the claims of higher educatior we are urging tho claims of the poor Th** ?tidnnt mil nf tli#? Smith f'arnlin; C-ollege contains the names of scores o poor men's sons who walked its hall: clad in homespun, and were made b; their rich classmates to l'cel themselve: the peers of the bo3t in the land. McDut lie, Thornwell, Memruinger aud man; others entered the class-rooms poo young men, some of them beneficiarie and charity boys, and by University traiulng were onabled to make them selves a historical irnnio and do honor U the State that pivffucea them. If then is one place on earth where the rich am the poor meet together on equal term and where merit is the mark by which i man is known, it is the el, ess-room of i University?and especially ofthoSout) Carolina College. The only feasiblo objection urged i that the State is -now too heavily tax burtbtmed to support the University Temporary burdens need not close th doors for ever. Let the University b opened at the oarliest practicable mo ment. There are many reasons for re ? opening the University. No institutioi in the State has done so much in the pas to obliterate sectional differences, am sooth out of oxixttnee provincial auimos ities. The ditliculties that met (ioverno, Drayton in 1MUI are precisely similar t< those that meet Governor Hampton to day in desiring the establishment of tin University; and the strong words of tin former are as wise and applicable now a: then. "Thf} friendships of young rati would thence be promoted and strength enud throughout tae state, aua ourpomi cal union bo much advanced thereby.' Then as now the measure was met, a: Chancellor De Saussure nays "with th< strenuous opposition of many whom .i was intended more especially to bless." ThisState needs her Uuiversity for th< training of all her aspiring sons rich am poor in one great school, where not onh t :>e arts and sciences may be cultivatei more thoroughly than in any subordinate or denominational college, but when Hlone that important oducation can be im j>arted which is obtained by associatioi with young men of all sections of th< country, of all classes of society, and o nil religious creeds arid opinions. Fo; some years our ingenuous youth havi been compelled to leave the State ii search of university trainingand culture ?even those who had been graduated a one or othfer of the five colleges. It i: said that at present there arc about fou hundred young Carolinians attondin; universities outside the limits of tliei native State. Who qA compute the ben flit which is theret^ lost to the State To disestablish the South Carolina Col ltrge would be an act of moro lasting in jury to this State, more dishonorable t< it# character, and more subversive of iti true interest# than any ever passed bi this or any former Legislature. Up-Country and Low-Countrr. The country?by which term we mcai tlie whole country?is ready to forgiveou present Legislature a great many faults Democracy covers a multitude of sins o omission and wommission. Crude nnc hasty legislation is pardonable in an in experienced parliament because it is pre sumcd to be from the best of motives But there is one thing which this Slate i; tired of and will not readily forgive ii its legislators?this perpetual petty bick. ering and scolding and recrimination in dulged in by representatives of the up i?nnntrv find Inwwnnnf rv \Tn mnttn what subject is being discussed?usury public debt, State University?the de bates are lowered to the level of the logi of an apple-stall woman by the irreprcsui t?le and absurd antagonism between up country and. lowcountry, moro correctl; betweon *i few of. the representatives v * those sections; for there is not and neei not be any antagonism between the nee lions themselves. The people of the sea bpard cou.nties ^ndj^nd the people'of th ,upp?r inland couujUes havq.noreasons fo jecipj;ooai dUtrust or jealousy. Their In terest* are tfee same; ^nd those men wh prate* Uke j^hoqlboys of sectional differ enoeftpad opposition and assumption do s< ,/qt demagogic purpose*. The small ?qaab bles would he acnutdng if they were no so mjachleyoma. Their influence has beci pernicious during the discussion of sev eral quontH** of. importance, an< ! thero is no denying the fact that the sup-| * j juwod antagonism has had great influence' :! in election*. The country takes no part ^ | in tho unseemly broil. It wishes wise v. staiesniansmp una no irruaung quam-i*; ( , . and it will think most highly of the man : ^ ; who does his duty to tho whole State even j m 5 ! should it conflict with iris local prejudices t H! - and interests. |. j, ,ti |i? e Judgment of Ou*tcr.--The Fate of Six r<. 'l! Judgen. ill I ' ' o 0 The 22d of February is memorable for j Y i the birth of Washington: henceforth the;(l j2'Jd of January will be memorable for the;'* ^ l death (judicial) of six Judges. The Su-;t0 il i preme Court cnmc down like a wolf on ,l' 'the fold, and of our eight circuit Judges 111 I only two are left to tell tho talc. The dc- 01 eision in the ease of flic State vrrsus A. 111 " ! J. Shaw was given against the defendant, j 1>: - j I-Iaskell rendering it, Mclvorconcurring,. j Wiliard dissenting. Judge Shaw was j '"i (?j elected viva voce ; the Justices decide j1'1 . !that election by ballot alone is valid.."' [,'Thus fell Shaw and with him Maekey, jst 01 Townscnd, Cooke. Heed, and Wiggins . j Kershaw and Wallace alone remain as )a' fjhaving been legally elected. The Court' tli t! has published its decision, and the two, w j J Associate J ustices evidently had somej . j difficulty in arriving at the conclusion j P1 . I which they "with unfeigned reluctance" |111 I reached. Chief .Tusl ice \Vi! lard's dissent- st . ing opinion was given with great firm-| r ness and manliness. The decision took I II the country by surprise? and on reilec-j^1 sjtion the surprise is not a pleasant one. j e The transaction be.-.rs on tnc face of it a I . j most unpleasant resemblance to that now . u' . i* *.. ... i,:..t. ' Mi p 1 jumuiis fcuuiu \ri wniuiij'" 1! surprised a good many of us not lom:ic'' p i ago. Two Democrats against one Repub-1 J liean oust fivo Republican Judges. As I .v< . for Judge Shaw, a Democrat, the deeis-jm ir ion is not likely to affect him njoro than 1 s0 sjto give him two years' longer tenure, of i o | olliee. Look at it from any point ol" view l i* \ we can, it does not present a lovely ap. j pea ranee. '* [] t Why wera the Judges ousted? lie- sl cjeause while h general provision in the c! Constitution says that in all elections by jl' e | the General Assembly the members f. ; vhall vote viva voce, a special section pro- ?( c: vides that lbr each judicial circuit a Judge 'n ,f shall be elected by joint ballot. The un- l' e lucky six were elected viva voce, as were 11" 0 all our circuit Judges for the past eight j S1 years. This is their crime, the head and Is' i ' 11v n | front of their offending. By iho help of[K . I four dictionaries, and two encvclopjedias, ^ 111 lie majority of the Court deeidfd that'/I e \ joint ballot was a very different thing | D y j from viva voce, and that Judges elected by ' D i. the latter mode had to be ousted from | V . ! . ! . their seats. And thus it came to pass j p that the mighty difference between li a tweedledum and tweed ledeo has made * ' \ L. six of our eight circuit judgeships va- *jj p cant. ]_ L, Who will fill tlie vacant places? l*n- M lt less a Democratic General Assembly is x willing to take advantage of a decision ( . rendered on a mere verbal discrepancy, ^ the ousted Judges wiU be reinstated . with the exception of that one or two i ) who have given proof of incompetence. | s We can imagine nothing more dishonora. ble in our State, or more humiliating in], the Democracy nan the substitution of; * t live Democratic for the five ousted *Re- 11 publican Judges. Keep out any against! t whom cau be brought well-founded j p1 charges of utter incapacity, but lot theiin j others be re-elected, Republican though 111 j they be. A General Assembly that found j w itself able a year ago without cause to!e? j promote a Republican to the Chief Jus- I "1 f, ticeship, should not lind it much against ,a s' the grain to re-instate Republican Judgesin . whose title to office whilo verbally void j.t s' was virtually \ -lid. ! D h ,* Abbeville ntid the University jsl1 r Wc publish this morning several)*" s interesting speeches on the Uni-1P1 ir _ . . ... 1 Lh | vorsuy quesuon, among wnieh are if,, -1 those delivered by our immediate Rep- ! th 3 j resent ative. It is to be rogretted that Lj" 151 the Abbeville delegates have ranged j ? 1 themselves on the wrong side in this im-1 i j ? s i portant discussion. For the first time in a ; the history of this county, Abbeville, in j ft j in the South Carolina Legislature, finds id, k herself opposed to tho State Universitv. i >'< I * i ij\ In all the parliamentary battles before!so s | tho war in whioh the interests of the "j University wero at stake,?and they I c ; were many and fierce,?the represent a-1 1 ?ltives of this county wero always the c> j champions of tho Ligher education. M " i Spartanburg county stood almost alone "! during those ante-bellum times in her un- ju' 1! qualified antagonism to the South Caroli- ' 11 na College. The reasons for the attitude te j of our present representatives are not w ' j hard to discover aiyl explain. One is a -w r j Due West professor, another is a gradu-. ' ^ I ate of Erskine College, the third is we t-r " [are told, atrustec of the same institution, 2 the fourth is intimately and denomina-j01 1! tionallv connected with W'oltord College, ^ * i and the liflh if not a graduate of, is at I c< l! least denominationally bound to support! ni "' Furman University. It is evident there- j ^ ~ j fore that these gentlemen have good rca-jf(| | sons for not being in accord with the tra-; pi I ditions of this county on the University jKl e question. While on most public queM-j^ * lions our representatives have given ex-iyi pression to the sentiments of their eon- n< e stituents, on thi? serious matter they d<>j *! not represent Abbeville county, but rep? Mresent the claims of Erskine College,] * i Wollbrd College, and Furman Universi- j 81 ty ; and the opinions expressed by them 1 P' 0 i simply reflect and echo those expressed! 1 * i.? flu. nrol^f ?.? flw. X I " v"v V/* Uiv |/iuoiucuia Ui luvrtv j i institutions. Abbeville county is still as < K' ? I formerly in favor of the South Carolina w r | College, and she regrets that for lack of it | w ^jso many of her promising sons have l'r ", been forced to go elsewhere?to Virginia, jst I'lonnessee, Princeton, Scotland and Uer- i '! many?in search of an education which i has been denied them at homo. m s i tic , ?!?? i er $ A Judge at Two Thousand Doilars. |or l'j A rsolutiun wxs offered lawt week in .at " j the House of Representatives to reduce lit the salary of circuit Judges from .at " i to Uy all means let us j W "! be economical; economy wjis one4, it; ' ot the watchwords of the Democracy in 5! the successful campaign, lint we must / I | 1 j not forget that sometimes extremes meet. in j Economy may be carried so far as to j E j be more expensive than extravagance. ( j In this caso it certainly would be so. J u 1 j The present salary large though it, may j d< r j appear in the eyes of unsuccessful, half- i nj ' I starved lawvers. is reallv insufficient to!,,. r! * " i " I induce our best lawyers to give up their II ' ' lucrative practice and preside on the cir- j ~,cuit bench, licduce it to $2,000 and no; " | doubt men will be found by the hundredj ? ready to till the position ; but though ev- j ^ s ery one of them might think himself em- j *' inently qualified to fulfil the duties ofjw " the high office?for the unsuccessful, un-j'" " j appreciated lawyer has always a lofty i11 "'opinion of his own ability?yet there rl would not be one among them who at ' i the the bpr could make salt for his soup. I "jOur Judges would certainly be selected, R c from the innumerable (army of undis-j covered jurists, unappreciated lawyers, j " and pettifogging .attorneys. If anvj V i ?i mnin in tlin enlnrv of rilirlg' j l'JJtl||?n IAP uc ... t. ... . ' circuit Judges, let it be to increase it, and ' j I -i v . ?l * | o] 'lessen the (number of Judges. Nix't J udges at $">,00() will do more and better >1 work than eight Judges at ?3,f?00. Bet-' ^ e ter men would seek the office, and in-1 jl' 1* 4 '? competent though vain tyros in law j w would never be bold enough to aspire un-1 w ? to iL J o! 0 Prof, flood, of Due West, has made a' in " j gVeat discovery. Speaking in the House 1 11 of Representatives hr-.tinst the South Car-1 oj Jolina College, lie said, "For many years | oi j it'was a fountain of inorAl poison." For rc " j this and other astonishing statements, see I sj J hisKpeoch. ioi " I Meeting: of School Trustees. 111 response to tho .summons of the: hool Commissioner, the trustees of the irious school-districts in Abbeville' jUnty itfiet in the Court House Insf 'ednesday morning at ]1 o'clock. Al-j ost aJl the boards were represented.| id nil-present seemed impressed with ! io importance of the business they had! i attend to. The many difficulties sur-i >unding the public school system which j 10 Hepublieans have saddled on this t [ate were apparent in the prolonged dis- j issions that were indulged in. It xeem1 to the trustees to bo utterly impossible p establish a universal rule applicable to le whole county its rural as well as it* iore thickly settled districts. They disissed tho length of the school term, the linimum of pupils, the maximum of ... (t... ct...I fur umnnr distribution , H?V> >9U?liVllti?4 -- ' the school fund, tilt; dillieultiijs altcndiiT schools established neir the borderof to County, and of those near the borders ' the respective school-districts. Some visible speeches wure made and valualc suggest ions oli'ered. At last, after an limated discussion that lasted nearly ire<> hours, the following resolutions ere adopted. Jtr.solrol, That the maximum pay of iblic school teachers per scholasticj outh shall be ?i"> for first grade, ?L'0 for j cond grade, and i>l~> for lliird grade. Tluit the minimum number of pupils iat shall entitle the teachers thereof to j raw full pay shall be 2"> for incorporated | wns and immediate vicinity, and l"?i r the rural districts, and that in cases j here the number of pupils falls short of ie minimum, tiie trustees of the school strict shall apportion a per cajiila share That tlio public schools lor tiie current jar shall bo continued at least live onths, and if possible six months, con" cutive or otherwise. That the number of pupils attending ie public schools in the respective school striets during the scholastic year 1S7.3i, as contained in the School Com misoner's Report, shall lie the basis for the istributiou of the School-tax fund for ie current year. For the convenience of the school (ruses and the public, we publish the lolnving table. The first column shows ie probable amount ot money to be e\ ended out of the .School Fund in the reK'etivo districts. The second column lows the number of pupils during ?7.j-7(5. inety-Six, ? 923 00 280 recti wood, l-<i:i 00 421 okesbury, l-2;"i 00 4-~?:? onuldsville, (>70 00 2:>4 lie West 807 00 2MI one Cane, 800 00 3l<> ruithville, : 80;"> 00 :$11 r'hite Hull tilS 00 220 ldian Hill, 818 WO 317 udar Springs, 017 00 212 bbevilb Ifwtf 0i) iamotid liiil, 702 00 2.".:! owmlcsvillc, 10(18 00 J5S7 agtiolia, 1 l-'!(j 00 4:tii islhoiwis Mills llltt 00 !}f>8 ordeaux, S7(i 00 2>S2 $l.j,l7;J on o,2o:; < 40 * uss and T?rli--Tcrros of the Armistice. Tlie coolness of the victorious Russian decidedly Arctic. He is very worldlyinded in his demands for the champion ' tlio Cross in a crusade against the nascent. He has discovered that at leasl i war a man can serve God and .Mamon, and that a Christian power hilo laying up treasure in licavi by freeing fellow-christians 1'rom ipression, can at the same time y up treasure ou earth and defy oth, and rust, and thieves. When the ar began, the cry was "Save Hon man!" At its eloso the cry is '"Open the ardanelles!'' The following arc the rms agreed to by Turkey. The followinc Is believed to he nn accuratc. quinary of llussia's conditions of peace as ibmittcdto and accepted by the l'ortc. It ill b?? seen that I .njili-h diplomacy Is cornctely outwitted by the i>roj>oKlUoii to.Mibiuit if question of the JDuruaticllcs to tin: decis IIUI 1*11 U JMirwpiriUl i <1I\; iitt England will lie outvoted on that point an Euro]ican conference gives to Uussiaall, even more than she had hoped for, anil puts >r only open enemy in Western Europe in a isitioii decidedly ridiculous. Tin; terms [recti upon art! substantially as follows:? THE ItVSSO-TL'KKlSH SKTTI.EJIKNT. Autonomy for Bulgaria similar to that of ;banon: Turkey to nominate a Christian iiveriiorof the Province for a Ion? tornnof ars, whose appointment mustbesanctioned r the European Powers, Bulgaria to acquirc ine territory south of the Balkans. Bosnia and tlie lier/egovia to be assured of otection ami reforms and have a Christian jvernor. Security tobe<civen for the better movement of other Turkish provinces. The independenee of Rouinania. Servia to be independent without competitions. Montenegro to acquirc Ant Ivarl. Nieslcsaml inz and a portion of the shore of Bake Scuri. The cession of a part of Bjcwwrabia and of itoum, Kars and Er/.eroum with adjacent rrltory to Russia. Indemnity to Russia for the expenses of the nr to be paid in money, territory or otlicri.se. Dm question tif llie Dardanelles to he reservI for theeonsidcrat iouol the European i'ows?AYw York Herald. The indemnitv wo 1 oar 11 amount* to 10 hundred million dollars. As a slight insolation to tho conquering army for jing denied a triumphant entry into instuntinople, a part of the Russian arv is to he allowed to embark thence. Meanwhile Britain is arming, Her jot is in the Dardanelles. Her voice is r war, Austria certainly, and (Jormany robablv, are ran {rod with Britain in dering to prevent Russia l'rom demanding gaining too much. The last news is that leiiie. assurances have been sent from ;. Petersburg to London. The great jrtliern power is afraid to go too far. >Ye Ilnre Judges Enonph. Wo hear that the Legislature contemates increasing the number of circuit idgosand rearranging the circuits to suit, o good reason for so doing has been von. The proposed change is in the rong direction. An act to diminish ould be more acceptable than one to incase the number of J udges. We underiuul tiiat it is proposed to have ten judiid districts and ten judgrs. In place of at, let us have six of both. Six good on, well-salaried, and holding their of. e d(l vitam ant cnlpavt will be of much eater benefit to^thisStale than ton modire lawyers undeservedly made judges small salaries. The creating of new of :e.s was one of the most .serious charges ;niiist the Radical Legislatures. Lot the 'allaco House beware, or it will exhibit toll'in the same odious light. The lief/istcr of yesterday contains an te resting letter from E. (I. Craydon, so., on' the University question. He id been introduced by name in (ieneral empliiU's speech as a proof that the Diversity was not needed. Mr. Gra.v>n manfully objects to be so used, and lakes an able defence of the University hich he attended one year and leit only hen its doors were closed against him. is letter does himself honor and his Una muter good service. (ieneral .Mc(Jo\v?n. Gen Mc(?owi:ii has declined t?> be a canidate for the Circuit JSench. There is i) position in South Carolina to which hi: ould not do honor, and the people will L?t allow him to remain long in retiretent .?xYrtiw and Quarter, LATEST FJIOM COLUMBIA. ;c-e!cction of Judge Cooke?Regret at the Ouster Decision?Pa*sinp ol the University Hill. Jnst before going to press, we learn on jod authority from Columbia, that there a strong probability of the re-election * Juilge Cooke over any candidate, heresoemsto be a ircneral fear that if [iU'kcy and Cooke are thrown overboard tej* will unite with Melton, Elliott, Xitsh id* others, and re-organizo a native Ileiiblican party. Thos. Thompson, Esq., ill he supported by those who are not illinK to sacrilicc principle to J'ear, Lut lose are yot sanguine in hopes of sue-' 'ss. There is very general regret in oluinbia that the Supreme Court has ado the decision of ouster. The University bill passed the House 1 Monday to its third reading by a vote 4!> toM. It was so amended that the' (-opening of (he University shall bej n'cifically ordered by some future G'en-J a! Assembly. * 1 ?? ? I? ? nil II III ml llllll HI *111-1-1 The University Bill. . Tie AiMille Dcl8E5iioa Sp?ai.j WTemmingcr Defends the University.! ' ! i Ilickt-ring Between I'p-Country r\nd ! Low-Coil ntry. 1 I Theliill to j>rovi<1o ftir flic orjraniwitinji j ui 1111* miiiv \j iii> ?.*i^ii4> ??triii^ iiiu I?II jorder lor 12.:n> 1'. M. was taken up and j discussed until adjournment. This bill, j ; it will lie remembered, whs reported I>y j ' the .special commission, composed of the I I board of trustees of the University ofl South Carolina and the chairman of the! committees on education of tlie Senate: (and tlin House, who were appointed by a' 'joint resolution at the special session, to; inquire into and devise plans lbr the organization and ir.nintomineo of one uni-l : versity for white nud one for colored! I youths. The bill provides that the South > Carolina University have two branches, j | one to be located at Columbia and styled ; the South Carolina College, and the oilier I ' located at Orangeburg nud st v'ed the C!a- I |tiin University, and that they-had ar-j I ranged a plan by which this institution' could till the place of the branch of the | univen ity for colored youths. MR. U. !:. It KM I'll I I.h, moved to strike out the enacting clause, j Mr. Hemphill deprecated the excitement , of any ill feeling in tlit; discussion of the i question. He apprecinred as high as any j man the noble work of the South Carolina | i College, ami remembered with patriotic] | pride the distinguished men who received j ! their intellectual training in that instituI tion, and left their names as an heritage i I of glory to the whole State, lie tlicn | | urged that the necessity which onco ex-j | tsted for the South Carolina College did I | not exi^t since liie establishment of so j | many colleges of high grade throughout I the State-with institutions of their own,; and it would not he fair, to tax them to i support and build up a rival to cripple) them. The "up-country," with live high ; | grade institutions, does not need the t'ni-1 j versity; neither does the "low-country," j for Charleston College furnishes the op-'i portunities for tho highest education. ' Charleston College has the finest institu- j tion in the State, and had educated more i distinguished men, who added lustre to j i the pages of our history, than any insti-; I tution that ever existou in the borders of! | this State. i No peculiar tenets of the several de- i j noiriinatioiis Were included in the course of instruction of the colleges. If so,I | some moral training was necessary to the i | full development of true manhood. An , institution which divorced moral and in- j U'lleetual training might suit modern I theorists, who hold to the doctrine "of! hell," but would not satisfy those who 'still hold to the holy Scriptures. | The fact that nigh grade colleges sprang j into successful operation nndi r the very ! shadow of the old South Carolina College ; is proof positive that it did not meet the j will of the people even when it nourished best. The experiment to run it as a non1 sectarian college was a failure, lamented j by good people even now. | The duty of the people is to build up [ the common school system, to start at the j foundation and build upward; Again, ! we should lirst provide for the higher edj ucationof tho women. Female education j demands our attention ju.nt now. The perpetuity of our governenint depends upon j its virtue and intelligence springing from the social circle. A "I'niversitv" edttca| tion of lute years has-proved to be a fail; ure. Such education teaches our young i men aunt/ from the people, Tho I'niver I .Sliy WOllKI HOI Jlilll MISCIIII IlfCII, i! Ill I | therefore we would be paying out money ; tliat would not rcli:ni an equivalent. it : would not j>av t?> have a "post uraduale" I University, (iraduates should be able to . take care of themselves, and considering the poverty of the people, iv is too soon lo i establish .such an institution. The people j arc too poor. They cannot aft'ord it. Moj ney is to be paid, and why not leave it to I their votes before the bill is passed. Let | thein have a voice in the matter, ami ] when they are able they will not spare 1 money or shrink from personal sacrifice ' to sustain and uphold the former prestige ! of South Carolina. M It. SIMONTON showed the. House that the bill did not I seek an appropriation this year, but was ! intended only to complete an organization I by which the Suite could get control of t the Clallin University by simply making j it a part of the University of South Caro, 1 iii.i. in conclusion Mr. Siuionton submitted an ^amendment, which deferred j the opening of tho institution until the j Legislature saw lit to sanction it. Mil. VKltNKt: followed with a strong speech in favor of the hill, taking the ground that if u bei sinning was never made nothing could 'ever be expectod to be realized, lie ! thought that ^10,000 would be amply suili; cieut to appropriate for tho use ol the injslitution for tiie lir.st year of its opening, I and that that amount could easily be ! taken at the poll tax fund. imiiviiT ii unirir ! followed in an able speech in l'avur ol' the bill. Mil. rONNoIl, i of Abbeville, spoke in opposition to the \ bill, and said: | I have no prepared speech to deliver ! npon 111i- * question of opening the Unii versitv, and promise riot to iaftliet this , hou/e with any lengfiiy remarks. I desire to indicate the geneial ^principles | which will guide nie in the course 1 inj tend to pursue. The gentleman from I Charleston says he intends to offer an I amendment, which shows clearly that I ! there is no necessity of pressing this nica- | |sare, at the present time. The Hth sec-j I tion of this bill .gives the trustees the | right to open the University whenever! j they deem u proper, but lie jiroposes to j amend so as to leave it to the (Jeneral j [ Assembly. If it is to be left to the Legis- j ; latino to determine when it is advisablei ! to open the University, why pros'* it now ! ) when it is manifest that wo are not pre-J i pared for it, and not willing to do ll? j j lint I am opposed to it upon general [ principles. 1 assume the briftid ground | | ihataSiate has no right to tax its eil i/.ens j | for professional or higher education.! Though weadmit such education to be a! great benefit, yet if is not a necessity, and I ! its advantages do not reach the masses oi l j the people who pay the taxes. While it J I is a benefit it is a personal benefit, for: I which those who receive it should pay. ] The common education of the people is a ; I necessity, because it fits the large mass of j ! i1?/* nr.Ai.l/. f/?v thn 4?mi!riimi rliifins* nf zcnsllip?such as the responsibilities ofj i jurors, ol'voters and ol'witnesses. Thej j monarchical governments of Kurope tax , j their citizens for univerMty education and ! | for whatever else they please, upon an as- j .suuied right?the right of kings: but it I cannot bu claimed, upon ^any reasonable theory, that Republican governments) I have the right to tax the many for the be-1 nelit of the few. If it be claimed tlienj I hat men receiving a higher education be-1 I come more useful riti/.eus to the State, wc j claim, on the other band, that theso ad-' j vantages always have been, and always I will Ik;, supported by private enterprise. j It is unfair to tax the friends and sup-; ! porters of these private enterprises to puti |iuto operation an institution which is to! j come directly into competition with them, | and perhaps break them down. The eir-i j cumsianccs surrounding us now are very different from those existing before the j war. After the war, the South Carolina! College got into the hands of such parties! ; that no intelligent white man could send ! jhis son to it without compromising his! I self-respect. What, would have been our' condition for the last ten years as regards educational facilities if it had not been j : for denominational colleges? They haver I struggled through this trving time, and! I should not now bo crippled by a rival) State institution. The llaptists luivfij j their university at Greenville; the Methodist have theirs at Spartanburg and the! Vanderbilt University at Nashville; the! Associate Reformed Presbyterians liavoj theirs at Due West; the Presbyterians' have theirs at Walhalla and Davidson,1 land the Episcopalians have theirs atj I Sewan nee. The friends of theso respec-; tive institutions feel anjinterest in tliem, and where is the patronage to come from ! for the State University? Tt will be a tax ! upon the people to support professors) j without pupils, where there is no ncees-j |sitv for it, because the wants of thepeo-j ! pie for hifilier education are now freely j met by private enterprises, i was sorry j [to hear the member from Chester niaUe an apparent unkind tling at denominational institutions by styling them ma-j I chines to grind out preachers. 1 heartily! ! wish that more preachers were ground j i out of these and State colleges, for there | ' are sinners enough in our land to need | | the services of all of them. 1 will retort j Liy saying llllll wh WUIII, Mil iiiwiu nuriij aristocratic in* titutions as the South Car-I I olina College was before the war, support- j led by the great body of tax payers, and' i the benefits mostly enjoyed by the rich. I FntDAY. January 1878. | The South Carolina University bill bo-1 i ing the unfinished business from yester-1 I day, was taken up and discussed until j | adjournment. j mr. j. j. itkml'ttill I irindo an able speech in favor of the bill, | but want of space prevents our publish- j Uigit. I mu. hoot>, Serip f rif Abbeville Haul: It is with some degree | bolicvi of dillidence I enter upon the discussion! on this ol' this important suhjcct. Wlfen my Hut, worthy colleague, Gen. Hemphill, closed1 tion wl his able defence of the motion t.o striko todisp out tlie enacting words of tiie bill on yes- J has fai terday, tin; gentleman from Chester lbl- | tional lowc.l in an attack so personal, so invec-|and th live and so unprovoked, that I cannot i the sai presume I will be exempt from like. I ati abuse. My colleague made an adnsira- I'lieste bit: and noble defence of his opposition j throng to the -I,ill under consideration. It was j *1">(I; I done manfully and courteously?not a j cor red word of disrespect was in it. And yet in errn the gentleman from Chester saw lit lo tentioi characterize it as "nonseiiH* from heffin-j v.*here ninrj to nid," and triumphantly, and sar- more I casiicallv lamented that my friend alfnrd- Tiiei cd such wonderful evidence (to 1dm) ol'j iuciiisi '.he need of education in the State! When sthden another of my colleagues, Mr. Conner, | Asylui whose mature judgment on public < j 11 cs- were s tions,long expedience,acknowledged abil- I he 'J' itv on universal controversy in debate, was $ have heretofore always commanded for tendai! him deference even from opponents, stat- proof, ed that the discussion necessarily in- 'sto hi volvcs the question whether in addition to; priatet the fact that our impoverished conditions j we do forbids the idea that we can undertake to j liberal open the State University, it does not also j timoir raise ti e question whether there is a pre- i know sent necessity for it, inasmuch as so manyj while i other Colleges are in operation in the &my. State, and also whether its re-establish- j could nicnt-, with the power of taxation to sup-1 $ >">" to port it, is not both in theory and fact anjandov unfair competition with the denomintion-1 spend al and private institutions in the State, J extrav whose struggles with didieulties to keep; be de their halls of learning open during, the thousa dark years just past have entitled them!could to her lasting gratitude, the same gentle- j costs! man, with eager haste, was to his feet found again; and, 111 a reply, tlushed and hot,'cheapt and ;ls unbecoming hi matter and style, of the as it was unlike the honored name hc.\the hij bears, scorned it all; and with loathing! to yo and derision, insulted the decent sense of j round this House, bv desetHiing these sacred in-j from stitiltions of learning that have been fun- What' ded by tin; charities, prospered by the ges? payers and cherished'111 the hearts of the in its good and wise of every land, as "???- while chinm" ' concern.? for grinding out preach' others crti." ' e recta* t.'ould I then, fir, if not constrained by to suit a sense of duty to my own con victious j men v and the convictions of the advocates of j cation the motions now pending, wish to excite object another such onslaught ? Should 1 have not ah occasion in the course of my remarks tojafoun refer to the same arguments already so i ticer a " 1 11?1 ..o? ,.nrtw?i <m,iiin. i ruinet \N t'J I JlillltUl'U IIV l Ml' ii I rtv niiuivti ^vkviv nriHM frorn Abbeville, or ones similar, can 1 and s L but expect, with the lights of yesterday ' dortri: before i no, tlmt 1 too will I jo charged with j t-l'i-N ? "jihjwwe?" Can I of my free will de- ; moral: sire to hear repented the foul aspersion of! others these institutions, their friends, their i and w j agents and benefactors? Nevertheless, holdly sir, 1 forewarn that gentleman and others! stain < that may choose to adopt his plan of ar-1 of the Igumcnt, that the friends of this motion . result | will not be driven from their ground by. and v I any species of parliamentarian- chicanery j men j or any forms of scorn, frowns or threats, meet I II do repent it, .sir : the people, of thin Mule f'1 (: ci I arc not in ajlnancinl condition to re-open \ una hi I the I'niverxiti/ nt the public exjxu/ie. JJe- Colh;^ I sides an appropriation to pay the proles-1 The jsors, librarian and other ollieer*, the{ buildings could not be occupied to-day als, th without repairs which no one estimates more j would be less than ?10,000 to S515,OCO. |tJic j Then wo must remember that the friends' por;e< j of this bill contemplate a larger operation ! derive j than the one University. They also take j ways ; under their care the C'laflin University.! Alen 1 | It is already a double institution itseif, jtome ! having attached to it the Agricultural | J '"wi : Land Scrip College. The fourteenth and j t'1'? ' , twenty-second sections of the bill give us legisl; the'foreshadowing of the cost. We will; to mi ! have a triple institution?a mammoth | li'iend 1 power in the land for taxation. The past i t-iutt .should be our guide in estimating Uie ex- j?in<in i pitn.se l?r tho fu I ii ro. Tin; iiniiiiul cost ofjful ul j the South Carolina ('ollego for voars wits;1'10 ' between S'J4,(itli) and .^.1,000 exclusive o! when buildings and repairs. "I poort I Alter referring at .some length to the! [ poverty of our people Mr. Hood .said: jtiesol i J am aware, sir, tlial some advocates ofi built I i the bill admit Uiat our people are notify on able to bear tjie expense ot these uni- ^o : verslties at this time, and say that tliej c?juK1 ! bill asks for no money. If they want no' "over I money why so earnest in pressing the' I biil! Hut 1 know they do iiuint money, j l',e I do hapiieu to know that the framers ot'J educa jtlio bill at first intended to put tiio de- 101,1 s | mand for money in the ill, button* wc-[??n o : ond thought, from motives of policy j l'?" " i withheld ii.. A further consideration o! j policy promises to e<) amend the 1-1111 sec-1 ehildi I lion that future Legislation must be hail 1 hand* ! holorc any thing more can be done than !I,0t " j tin' union of tiie three Universities under deceit lone board of trustees, 'l'iie central i f'atjoi (stroke of policy is to get possession of insist (the Ckitlin University, nuw a private en-1 j terprise run sol-?^' for colored youths, i 'Ihc ; We are told that the ollicers of that Col-1 l',r??\v (lege have generously oticred it to the] never i state as a donat ion, mid wo are (scornfully t ".r 'l | asked by the member from Chester if)''' "" j ire are too poor to accept a donation ! A i phuis I donation indeed ! Yea a donation of its! 'fs w<, ! future expenses, present debts, mortgage tiu t!l< jand all! "Let my hungry paws onceIsll(;h J j hiore dip deep into the treasury pap" is!P0.''t'j its hungry cry. This is the sugar plum j lnlt 11 of the bill. The scheme to sweeten bv j "ceds ? - ?? ...ii.. 'i 1 norso j mi* uau cannot no uixjuimmi? us uuixru i * ? J Dii tin; streets, by the way side?all lje- j j lieve it; and I, gentlemen of this House, I i would not do my duty in the matter didj s"rot 11 not give you a true statement of the rfccl \ facts concerning tjic Land Scrip or Agri- l"u ,J I culture college ctfnnccted with the Claf| liti University, and out of which our en- of Oh j tanglcment with Clallin arises. My re- mil. i j lations to the public records of the State hash ' this fall gives me fcoine advantage in this tjous ! matter. I entir? I in July 18(52, Congress donatep public |Kluf i lauds to all the States, to establish Agri- j j* i cultural Colleges. Alter the rcorganiza-; tbroii 1 tinii of the Stato Government in 180o,; tlic s Smith Carolina tried to yet from the Uni- j jyom i ted States her part. Well do I and many j ue st i of you remember how long and earnest t|lu ? I theetfort was to get it into possession lor ^iU 1< the honest purpose for which it waslrjVili donated, running through three sessions! West of the General Assembly. The cll'ort fail- 0stabl ed. As soon as the republican party | w|l(.r< gained control of the State, the applica- (.0uld tion was renewed by tlieni. A short Act | directing the Governor and Attorney Lvero General to do thus and so, and the scrip' i was given to them, it entitled the Statu Lim t to 182,0(10 acres of public land. The i' i-ljt \va nancial Board of the State of which thei ijnil Governor and Attorney General made |jjir|) i two in that board of three, placed the eept I scrip in the hands of Kimpton, financial J j(nver agent of the State in New YurK, and di- Lt.|100 rected him to sell it. He sold it, and re- tion o poried the amount realized as j?l:;0.f<0t'i. eollc^; The same financial board directed him to jol. tj7i buy bonds of the L'nitcd Stales or this! sltv ( State with the money, lie obeyed, and ! i0\|',y reported ?15)1,800 of bonds of Smith Carolina bought with the money. In 1872, an Hf the Agricultural and Mechanics Institute was states chartered and made a part of Clallin Col- sjtjes, lege then in a weaklv existence in Grange- ation' burg, and the Secretary of said joint Col-1 mm,n leges directed to draw auuually on the j lather State Treasurer tor the interest "n the ,.onm, bonds, viz: >11,">08. (.>1 course Clallin's j jt| nrofcpects briirhtened. iJut the saniei imi;?t board, or Kimptou of his own accord, in ! made cither cast; without even the pretence of j were i lawful authority, borrower money from |0f ]i|f bankers in New Vork ant. pawned these i ji.sked bonds (winch were to have been hoi' inl^bbe^ 'sacred trust for specific purpose) at an! brottg average of about W cents on the dollar. | \vt.si He never paid the debt, nor do I suppose ,m to i lie ever intended to pay it. In the course j ;!n,j > of time the pawnees sold the bonds under | trian i forfeiture at pubiic outcry, antl thus they (where were forever lost. j pared And, gentlemen, I vovily believe thai j to the before ten more suns si,all have set, this J legislature will have declared that they taughi ceased to be a valid debt against the I juik.iii State by reason of these transactions. 1 j only say, stand aloof from this entangling alii- Ver>it; anfo with the Clallin University. If shei the nrj holds bunds against the State, let her pre- I mite<l sent her coupons at the proper time nnd[spcak< draw her interest. But, sir, she hasn't j men tl I lie shallow of n ln>nd against this State. I s i t v 1 1 do not mean to say anything hard of|o"'Xea that institution?it was not her fault that j others these bonds were stolen, nor was it ours.: ( jh. jj. Still they ate gone. The head of that in-! teudet stitutionis said to be a worthy gentleman. | wholr a scholar antl able instructor bv the j was a frientls of this bill. 1 do not ilutibt that.: i|,js Vt 1 say to him, God speed him in this noble ' where work, and reward him for his labors t'i;ihcl>c improve the youth of the State. I have jt_ j , for him a word of kindpess and a hand . before of friendship. Jint that does not deny jn th< me the right to discharge my duty to Lome thers in the State. I v?<ed that College ! never T.otMl last summer as well as others of j you. 1 supposed then, as no doubt you jSiVv th did, that the Land Scrip lionilh were a into i legal living debt. I heed not the hints of, dR. Ilu the bill that the United States will some; w flay make reclamation for the bonds, ifi power, the University there is not supported.! j?otlut When the pitiso of passion antl ill-will! i,est fi sh:ill have subsided?when that harmony > \\'e d u?i(l unity of feeling "<)W i? such glorious what i progress .shall have matured, I am willing. Wl, wo to risk the ease in the hands of our repre- other'? sentatives in Congress for her intended 0jt] (jj benefaction, we eiin well and truthfully j 0f uirt say she was unfortunate in the selection ' one j| of* the bearers of her bounty?they were ; House stolen in transitu. All that the State re- iappro! eeived from that gift was the additional i expense of carrying an Agricultural C<>1- [ lege whoso benefits not a son of one ofj0f An< our farmers hits ever enjoyed or can en- in a vi joy. of the I repeat it, sir, lot us be cautious how ,.0nhl wo commit ourselves in this matter. We anv su have already committed an error or two {establi by hasty action. I do not believe lh:it moc!) the trainers of this bill knew all the facts 1 ^.eiitlci connected with this Agricultural l.:yid ^>nsid >lle<je themselves. Iftlieydid, I j <' - they would not lay so much stress e i lean110 of it. I w sir, I lay clown another proposiliieli T defy the friends of the bill . rove.?The South Carolina College! led in the prist to in pet. the edm-a- i wants of men oJ'moderate means,! e University if re-opened will do ' V no. i aware that the gentleman from !!' r 111 * 11 Vfiinifr llli'll troll Id iro! J ;h the (.'ullogi; :it an ntniii;il cost ot'l >ut I si!ii also iiwai't' that lu* is nofj t. His statement is so manifestlyI ir that it would swi to need no :?i). There is no College in the State' n a student will luit-have to .spend 11 han that amount. j << t; was no year lVoin IS.>2 until 1SG1., ivc when there was not one or more its in the College from the Orphan m of Charleston. These students! upported by an appropriation from If rea?tiry. The amount they drew 51 100 per annum for each one in al-1:l tee. I refer you to tlio records f>r They wore'charged no tuition. It ], b assumed that no more win appro-1 j 1 than was necessary. JJut oven if , allow that the appropriation was a , amount, we liavn other direct tes- j t\ Two of the most prudent men 1 in expend it urefWound it neecssary students to use the closest eeon- 11 One of them told me he never !1 pass the collegiate year on less than I $100, and the other less than ?4Uii!;1 or it. I have known a student to^ ?7")0, and still not think himself t again. .These are facts that cannot j nied or explained away. What , inds of young men in iho 8t:ite ^ not think of an education at such | But what scores of them have it in the other Colleges of the State t by half. The very circumstances case forbid the idea* of cheapness? ' rh prices of board, the temptations t nthful pleasures, the whole sut-j< ings, deltarrcd men of small wealth, j the privileges of the College 11 else gave origin to tlio other Colic-j< They were established when it was j I " '"i" U'lmt I'.'insod lioor men ! I taxed one College, to Ixiihl 1 ? They were not ''machine*" j 1 "to (jrivd outprmtflhw'' of a type J , the 1'oundcrs. They wero built by i; ,ho could not pay the price of ? (iu- : here. It is true there wero other j i ions Lo it. Its moral influence was j i ways nood. For many years it was i tain of moral poison.* its chief of- j l t one time was an open infidel, and j 1 the comfort and peace of homes ji iml.s of men by his blasphemous j lies. Still it /Could be purged of), mi many other flagrant damages to j < s that inen could sec, but there were i: mort insinuating in their approac!) j hich, though they seldom rose .so, ' as to meet pubiie. relmke, left their ! >n the morals of many young men 1 State. .Many fathers dreaued the; s of these irillences oil their sons, i tilhheld them from the College,? j too that were abundantly able to! !he expense. Tho great majority ol j ii/.ens of the State, however, were; u to send sons and Wards to this ; ;e because of its expensivene.ss. se two reasons combined, built the j Colleges?the few dreaded its tnor-j ie maijy, its cost. Hence, it became 1 and more a source of dissatisfaction ; State. The fact that it was sup1 by taxes on the peoplevwho could J ; no direct benefit from it, had a!-, made it objectionable to the masses, j lad to tinaiiv provide other Colleges; el the wants of the middle clashes? | u middle in point of wealth. JJ.it loiiblc taxed them. It Was class j ition to keep it open when il failed! [-el the wants of the State. The j is of this bill cannot deny I it did fail to do that. To! pt to deny it would be?as disregard-1 facts its some of tho advocates ot j ill have shown themselves to be! they asserted people a*e not too j 0 curry inecxtra lax the hill is at-J jus? lo iuv on them. The neccssi- ' oneaper ana safer education, i say, liif oiiit-r Colleges of the .State. Unu ' c they rose, and arc sttil rising, to I pat tlio .South Carolina College never do, and what this Univcr.-n v can j do. Nov:, alter that Coilego hasj through all its history to do what1 lii .?t cimy of a Slate to her citizen* I tionuily, viz.# to regulate her svsothat the poor and the ricli aiike btain an equal amount olodnca-j ; tint public expense ; after it was j a source of tn.-ral poison to your en ; alter it had once falli'ii into tl#.> 1 ol'aliens and enemies and become nly a disgrace that manlied every! t man's face with the.lice ol' indig-j i, hut an engine of oppression, you j on pillowing it up again right or j \\ iso or luoli>h. existence of tiio other Colleges) s one ol two things, either that it' served the State as hilly as needed,, tjiswercd the purpose* for a time un-f jn became able to found others on j more to their tastes. In cither ease, j >rk should cease, and let the others! :: work it could not do. How can j i thing he reconciled to justice or ? Tliink you men will tamely sul>) a double tax, one l'or their own j ami another for your pleasure and rial profit? That legislation is alunsaie that results in benefiting the! : the expense of the majority. I am j hat if it were possible to have a di-1 tfteon tliis hill by the votes at home, 11 would be killed. Jilt. MKMMI.VOI-m, arlcston, followed in favor of the, n one of the finest arguments that een delivered upon the floor of ihej e for many a long day. During its ' ?> length of nearly an hour and a! theaiteaitionoftheilou.se was riv-j lpon the speaker, and the lobby wasi god with spectators. The line of; peaker's argument was dili'orgnt ( lliat of those who had preceded him., mglit to establish a connection in iind.*> of the members that the bill! tuked ,to the establishment of noj institution to tiie Colleges of line, and Newberry, tVc., but rather toj :sh a higher grade of learning i ) the graduates of these colleges! , alter graduation, seek an under-j injjot those higher branches which, not taught in those colleges. The if knowledge, like the light of the' he speaker claimed, descended, and; s folly to assume thai South I'aro-i mild ever hope to assum her former i )osiiioii in the literary world, ex-j uv educating her youth from the; "- -I I r?VHUUin ii]/nmur?, i no vuuihiuii Is were as necessary fur the pre para-! 1' the . student lor l lie coll eye as the e was necessary for his preparation ! university, liiit unless the univerl itli its high eiirrieuiuin, was open i graduate of the college upon hits| ation, his education closed lar short I niarlc attained by men in other j , who had the advantage of univer-! and consequently the rising gener-i could not hope to tako tlie stand g their fellowmen that their foro^ s had done before thom. In this etion the speaker forcibly illu?lras remarks by good-humoredty ai? to the many seicnlilJc discoveries: by th'e University men, and which j now revoltuionizir u the old system ! in almost every department, and] of his friends fro in Anderson and:, tille whether these facts had been I hi to light by the graduates of l>ne'( College. From this point he went j show that the colleges of Due West Cewlierry were similar to the tier-, nsiitutions clashed as gymnasiums, I j the youth of the country were prefer the University. If a man went j iJ vmuasium, ami did not goto thej rsitv, where higher learning was, t., ho could not expect t;> rank j r the men who had used the college ,s a preparatory school for the Uni- ; y. 'ihis was the main thought of j i iritmenl which was happily illus-! j throngliout, and in coiielusion the j j . r alluded with much force to the j liat the old South Carolina Univer- < ia<l educatcil: Legale, .MeDuflie, >. I T'.I.:,. Ihii-ncr mill ;i linxt of' ? ' , 1- - ? -1 . . As to the charge made against |, liversity of Ljcintr aristocratic in its;; leies. lie san I : "1 denounce it asj^ y without foundation. There never j j more Democratic institution than | tv eyllege was. I was in a position |? ["might have lieen treated as one of' mocraey, hilt I never experienced' ivasrespected and received my dues ' t tlie faculty its before the college. L . class in which I graduated were | ot liii* lirst men of the Slate, and I j heard of such a tiling as making a; lice on account of class. I would j i lat this attempt to divide the State j i ipper and lower country is one of Is ml fatal mistakes ever made. Divi-Ji e are nothing; united we are all it till, lk'fore the. war that college is id a unity of feeling. My very! ? riends were from the up-country, j id not renienilier, as men, from' section of the State we came, but!n re as brothers to each other in each > < homes. Establish, then, again the v liversity, and it will have the ctl'cct J; lying the State; it will make usjj] i sentiment, and 1 hope that this. c, , by a decided vote, will give its l nation to this hill." Mil. siMI'.son !a ' > lerson, replied to Mr. Memminger1* goroiis attack upon the provisions 11 bill, on the ground that the Stale " not stand the expense nor needed ! n v ? i.. i i I'll UlllYfl Mi y it> ? iirs M siililll H# i;l'| shod, lie expressed himself vfry j. ai^rioved In lJit* remarks of tne , men from Charleston, who, hoi* ered, had endeavored to hrinjj the' Ii bunfy of Anderson into scorn find ridiule by terming its pooplo in so many ords a sot of ignoramuses. Mil. MEM MING EH ? 10 7-rtHn and disclaimed any intention f easting the slightest reflection upon to lie people ot' Andei'son, but had by way to f illustration only sought to show them li< hat all thfe viwt (and of knowledge now j oj ii tlui possesion of-tho world had boen i pi nought to li^ht by University men, and ' li lot by the students of common schools or ! tl olleges, and that without Universities \ gj inisiiod scholars could not be produced. 111 Mil. lillOWN, j 01 f Anderson, followed Mr. Simpson, and '' ikewise expressed himself much olfend- j d by the language used by tlfe'gontlo- j nan from Charleston. j M It. MKMMINOKR - sj igain disclaimed any intention to cast re- 8 i i: *i.? ..* k l... .... ircuuu ujiim tin; jjemnu ?n ^vuuvrouii, j >J ml repented the explanation given f< ibovc. ' ' p mr. orr, ll ?r Anderson, followed Mr. Brown, and X ie likewise, in a vigorous speech, vindi- s' sited, as ho said, the unjust and tingen- s nous remarks made by the gentleman j : roui Charleston. MR. MKMMINOBIt * j 0 igain explained, but Mr. Orr, said the hi ipulogy was as bad as the lirst oilence. j n MR. R. It. IIKMPiriM, j ^ tnd Mr. Holine?, of Barnwell, both made "? ipeeches in opposition to the bill, find|,j here is 110 telling how many more would t] lave followed if the hour for adjournnent had not arrived and rut the matter ,j short lbr the day. A result will probably jo reaehed to-morrow. " (| Saturday, January 24,1S7S. 1 The unfinished business of yesterday? v jill in relation to the reorganization of tl he State University?was called up and f< consumed several hours. a Mr. Callison opened the battle of words 11 ny making one of his characteristic and '1 lashing speeches against the bill. He, us a lie always does, made srme novel argu-l incuts and garnished them with apt as i t ivell as graphic illustrations. The oppo-! d ution found in liini a strong ally, .ilejf said hn had. heard some scientific and e ible adrlressw for and against fche hill, t mil he had heard some snapturtle speech-j L's. The speaker dof iceuted the. bad lcel-! j: ing which had been exhibited by some of! v the orators, and said the members ouylitj t Lo discuss it calmly and dispassionately, j " Mr. Siuiouton followed lu a learned j ilisi|uisition on education. His argu-j incuts in favor of re-opeiinig me university 'Were clear, concise, forcible, lie closely con lined himself to the immediate questions under consideration^iii(} ilid not wander olf and traverse th(?x>road fields .trodden by the orators who liad preceded him. W ithout stopping to e.x-i limine and refute what seemed objections-1 ble to many of the speakers, ho introduced several new arguments in favor of i the passage of the bill, which were so truthful and powerful that conviction followed in their train. It is impossible to| give a correct impression of the speech made by Mr. Simonton without publishing it entire, and we must content our-; selves with the following short synopsis j of what ho said : This bill lias been eiab- j irately argued on both sides, and I have! listened to the discussions with much in- ] terest; but in spite of all that hits been said against it, the University still stands. It has stood, and will stand, despite anything that can be urged against it. It will be impossible for us to do away with the University without calling a convention of tho people, as ii is part of the;, constitution that it shall be maintained, j and we cannot vote it out of existence. Let us get at the question now before us. Wili the opening ol the University burden the State with taxation? Will* it interfere witn other colleges in the State? Did it turnout liloated aristocrats, as has! been said bv one of the speakers? N'ow, we don't expect to ask for one ad- j ditional cent. It will not interfere with, bufwill help I tho other colleges throughout the State. I I was in the University for four years, [ and while there was impressed witu tho j fact that it was an institution for poor! young men. If you refuse to re-open j this University you will be working an | injury to the poor young men in the Slate who desiie to got a lirst class colic-1 ginte education, but will Have to go oe- j yond the limits of the State. There are j now more than 400 South Carolina young ] men studying in universities outside the State. The speaker proceeded to enlarge upon j and ampiily these points. The next speaker was Mr. Uradlev, who spoke against t!io passage of tbo bill, rentaling many of the argument.-! which his colleagues had used. Mr. Hood arose and was beginning his speech, by saying he ll'lt compelled to reply to cei'tain'expressi.ms which had been used by the gentleman from Charleston, (Mr. Memminger.) however unplea*a:u liie duty was. Ilwa.-. evident from Mr. Hood's manner that he designed using j the member from Charleston roughly. Mr. Dargan saw tiie coming storm, and j snuffed the danger from afar. lie begged Mr. Hood not to make the speech j which he was beginning; that lie thought! sufJieient explanation had been made,! and the matter ought not t.i proceed fur- j l her. Mr. lloo l said lie would accede to the gentleman's wishes and leave the lield toi otln rs. Mr. Fir km said ho had only a few.' words to .-ay; and he said only a few, but they were " to the point j and had a telling otfeet. He said:j 1 am not a graduate cf tin* South Caro- ! liua Univeroity; niv alma nuUct is far ! away from here; but I have the deepest;' interest in the re-establishmont of this j grand old institution. I have listened J to the debate attentively, but was grieved i when the momb'-rs wandered so fir away j and vhowed such bad feelim:. Why this I animosity between the up ami low "coun- j try? There is no rcuson lor it, and this bill sliu.ll not cause it. Since 1 have been! a member of this body, I have made [ many very close friendships among the" gentlemen who come from the upper sec- { lions of the State; indeed, some of my I, warmest friends are from Anderson. This j bill shall not be allowed to break these,' friendships. There is one argument j which has been used that ought not to: have been brought forward in this dis-1 cussion?that tin- University will be an : institution for aristocrats. Who are aris- j toerats 1 Why, they are men who pos-1 sess brains and character. So don't let! tiiis interfere with your action. South | Carolina has jtu>t p.issed through a terrjf ble ordeal, and it is no time to have any i dissension among ourselves. We can't att'ord it. The reason why all should I vote to re-cstalilish tho University is because it will unily all parts of tne State j ami harmonize all sections. Mr. Fick | en's address, though short, was a master- j ly one. His dissertation on collegiate! training, illustrating the subject by apposite references, showing the inestimable benefits which thorough mental discipline has already conferred, was veryi line. At the couclnsion of Mr. Fieken's ad-.dress Mr. 11, 15. Ithelt made his maiden! ciloct, which was short and to the poin;. j" Ilis reasons were very good why the bill should pass. This closed tin? debate ami j4 the question wits put, shall the enacting i ^ clausn of the bill be airickon out? Un tlu! question, the yeas ami nays were ih'ji.aiKiru. 't he following members voted in the't atlirmative: -Messrs. K. S. Allen, Austin,! ham burg, W. K. 15 rati ley, iJriee, Brown,'\ I'allison, Compton, Connor, Cummings, j I'onnakl, Helens, ilatner, li. K. Hemphill, llolmes, Hood, .1 eifries, Jones, Leaphart, j Maree, Moore, Muller, Pope, Beuforn, j Holers, Simpson, Westmoreland, Wol'-|, lord and Woodward.?3:.'. Those who voted in the negative are I' Messrs. AUIrieii, Alexander, Bissell, I Ulakeny, Blue, Biidges, Bryan, Byers, |1 Jain, Cooper, Curtis, Dargaii, Davis, 10. j' H. Dibble, S. Dibble, Kekhard, 1). \\. lilrwin, John 15. Krwin, Fieken, (jailbird, .blither, Uroen, (iuignurd, Hacker, Harder, Haskell, J. J. Hemphill, Hough, J. j" 15, Humbert, Hutchinson, Johnston,'! Johnstone, Benjamin Rinloeh, Bowman,! * SleniMiinger, Me Hoe, Melehers, Milton, i Morgan. Myers, O'Neill, Palmer, I'arker, j i ^eiiwson, Petty, lthett, itobin-on, Rut-:" .edge, Sawyer, Scott, Shawl, Sinionton, | j Sloan, Vandiver, Watts, Wells, White.*-' A Mr. Jennings asked to be allowed not 'I ;o vote on the question, as he had paired! ] >vith Mr. Orr. i i s Prosperity ok Charleston.?We see ( n the AVit'.v ami Cunrivr that1 "there were). n Charleston harbor on Saturday about il( seventy-five vessel*}" of various nation-jo ilities.* The prosperity of Charleston is j a he prosperity of the whole State. May j ilio soon bo the great sea-port, of the i south. !a Itev. 1>. I). Smart preached his first sermon ^ ^ it this plarr, lit the ..iist t'li'.lich, ois IHUlilV last. 'I llO illl]>l'<-S>ioll III! llaS in.ulo vntiSii wi'll ilatteriin older man. To iti?* force if his logic ami li?e tic?.aiicc'ol'Ins siylir Mr. 1 iniart aiMsiiii rnnanins mannerand w ,nni.it; ililii s.->. (nir .tlcthodisl friends lire indeed 'ii liiiiau- in having liiin lur their pastor.? \iiiity-,Six Gum (li<in, j x. We find tlie following notice of t'ol. I). \Vv-1 i tt Aiken in tin* t'otmrosiuiitil Heron I: l>y I I Ir.. Aiken: The petition ol' tin- lioanl of" i listers oi' ?\v hurry College, Son 111 Caroli-! ia, !or < i'iii|'i iisatioii for the use, occupation! I, ami damage to I lie l>tiiiiliii?s of sa.d colL';;e hy the I llited MaUs Army?To the LolUiiitce on war claim*. H The Mi'iTet whiskey register, which is workup sosn ressiuil.v In Virginia, is now hejorc lir J.r^isjuiniijs of four Southern States, Misissip^i, South Carolina,'l ennessec and Leu- ' iiuiia, for Hdoption. Letter From Mr. Bradley COLUMBIA, S. C., 8/ .JaxITaky, 20, ltfff.f w ditors Press and Banner; y j I have thought inasmuch as tlio reporr of*the Daily llCf/ixtur-h-M Keen proper A" > withhold the .arguments from thef pub'-.' : mode in opposition to the immediate. >cuing ol" the State University, our peo- ; !e may conclude that their Yqiroheniu- *ji ves may have tailed to do their duty in |1; g lis cjvsc. We did all we could, I will Ig ivo you the reasons that influenced me VI i my course and which i embodied in ir argument made by me in the House lis morning. A First, the people are too poor to have an J\. Jditional tux imposed upon them now. i Ootl he two mill tax and the poll tax will deto u se nearly j>4M) 0(JU which goes for the suit jpport ot the commonschools of ti)C\ OAS late. None of this can ho taken t> com ipporf the University although an el-1 >rl will bo made to divert it to that puruse. I have it from the very highest aQlority that such cannot bo done without ^ loiating the constitution of tlie State. BL en. Hemphill who is well posted on ^ tich matters concurs m this opinion. s! Secondly, there is 110 immediate noccsity for the University as it has only been ( laimetl by the most zealous supporters f ilic bill that it has been a Lawyer mak- +gf ig institution. If you were down hero ow, at this time of Judiro making you *?. ,*o a id see enough of Lawyers l'or this fjl tatc and Georgia too. live hundred of liem have been made since tne close of lie University. Each one of them thinks 1 * * e could till even the Presidential chair | % r'illi ability and dignity. The (icnbmiba- j ional colleges as Mr. J*. J. Hcmohill .says! 1 ill "grind out" as many preachers as j lie laity can or will support, and the >octors are .satisfied without any Uniersity education. It is admitted that] lie six colleges can till all the demands >r higher education except for lawyers and nd those who intend to pursue astro- pro, lomical and philosophical research. ar$ .'hose we do not need now as we have an pai< linanac maker in nearly every-County. 0 I also gave other reasons. In justice to j rrr lie advocates of this bill I must say they ; 1 lid not want any money. But look out j i>r a call l'or appropriation l'or aeh college of the U nlversisy?white and j >lack. I bring the matter squarely before tho icople and they must speak out anil say 1 vhiit they want. W. K. BUADLiCY," | ??? llll III III , I.,,,, "TRY ME FiaST. |F' [ ?? ' r i CONGAREE j mow wniikv? liiuu murium* - ' r o Columbia, S. C. jii mil, s PROPRIETOR. | REDUCED PRICES: , .r' hj VERTICAL CANE MILLS, j Li*t of Prices ! i 2 Hollers, 10 inches diameter, S1> 00 * 2 ' 12 " " -I-10) | ^ 2 " 14 " " fiJir 00 T] :i ' 10 " " ?I0 0.) I. i ;t ? 12 " " 70 Of)' pli ' li " " So 00 | 13 A bove prices oomp?e;o with Frame. Wtthou i r Frnine, >10 lesson eacli Mill. i , u HORIZONTAL?3 Holler Mill J? for Steam or Water Pow- i er, $150 |5 !M Your Oitrs for j Cane Hills / ! ? I C AND | il . ' - }? Syr up, Kettles! i, id TO fi D. E. SMITH, Agent. | j Abbeville ('. II.S. P. ! c; H. OEMifTl^ DEALER IX ; jj WATCHES, DIAMONDS,'" ' 'i S JEWELEY, SILVEEWAREj % And Fine Fancy Goods i I omi nnn in ci? mn M/,ivrnpcr?ir ! ? i>nv//nw ? jl I'Mviii i vov/ju.) j y AUGUSTA, GA,, j \ ESTABLISHED 1842. 1 j ? if I "WATCHES and JEWELRY cnrefuUy ' i H REPAIUEI) AND WARRANTED. j ! October 1877, "ni. OHABLESTCN HOTELj jw E. II. JACKSON & co, jDi CHARLESTON, S. C. t" Rates reduced. $.1.00 and s-i.nn; l'uu J)a\, According to location of: 00m, [/A'ccmbcr l!), J6"ii, liu. j ? Tie PaliDEtta CGttin &in, ! MANUFACTURED BY J, hi MATTHEWS,! Ninety-Six, S. C. dj:alek i> . l,. ITiUnxiTUItE, Coffins, Belting and: i. Gin -Material generally, and Agent j or Steam Engines, Throshers, j'tapers j md Mowers, Cotton Presses,'Ac. I CO N D ENSEUS, Feeders ami Seed! .'rushers attached to Gins when desired, i J Hlil'AIlU.NH CAKKrt.'J.LY IK-NK. All communications receive prompt at- 'J1' eniion. j ' Purchasers should call- or correspond ^7; vsth him before purchasuur elsewhere, i s< J?;i oun, 1*77. tf. ; T : 1 bev To Debtors. I""" I r | VJ"0 man has been more lenient than I Jj lN have been towards my debtors, and j or this reason I think they should pay; ne now tiiat I need the money. Pay up ild scores and start anew. Kcsi>ectf::Hv ' W. T. PENNEY. <vt. 17, 1H77, I!'. ; < JAV"TAXXAnTLLTt'O, Ev Manufacturers of and Dealers in AltKI AOES, BUGGIES, WAGONS,1 SADDLES, TRUNKS, HARNESS,| ,KATUKR AND SHOE FINDINGS,; PKINGS, AXLES. OA Hill AO E MA-i . 'EIUAL, MACHINE BELTING AND j WOKING, !?."? Uroad Street, Oppoitc Central anU Globe Hotels, Au n>ta, Gn. , 1 W'c arc now receiving a largo and var- Du .I assortment ol' vehicles for business r pleasure. A full assortment of 1,2? nd 4 HOUSE WAliONS, l)cst manufac-j ire, at tlie lowest prices. Call and ex-' yv mine our stork. i I)AY TAN \ A HILL <V CO. ! pou iOV. 7. 1*77 , ."in. W. C. BENET. Attorney at Law,1 a Law Ituusci Abbeville C. II., S*C. by rnMTT M A TIT1. T,T,.PTTT.T7FP LVi-'A^ iUAAi/u | * ONC.-S ClILMICAI/ PREPARATION'S,! 0( . sold l?y K. PARKER. Jan. 10,1S7S. % Agent, j _ ' | (> For Young Gentlemen, i"1.1CUE must stylish FIATS, hnwlsoines i t'RAVATS ami elegant SHOES, at j p-p] \V. JOEL SMITH'S j J Octol;cr IT, 1ST, tf. 1 Oct nMMBBEMMmMa&ttezanB*** * lit, This Out. Will "Save Your Money. A/ \ aSi* rn fTTTPTD r* T?A?A* 1 iJiJ'jiJi v?jra^ viwuri ? i/cp/i, w be found on Washington Street iran & Trowbridge old Hland, have rmineil to sell their good* at prices to the times for the CASH and the 3II only. 'They havfe in MOrea niont iplet& and well selected- stock of ?Heavy and Eaacy- vow&m Jeneral Family and Planion Supplier, [GARS AND TOBACCO, iWflUT2!ffil Sugars, Coffees, <>' J Knick Knacks, ' \ ; even' thin? Kept 4n first class nflkl grcssive isihtiioiit. Their pridfln the lo\f$st- The top of the rnarHt :i for Cotton and all oounlry prodws ct 17, 1877 3m 1 J GIN GEARING" And Shafting ^ ' ' ANlj EOm *"* CIIEAPEll TIIAX KVKR BEFOKE AT THE orest City Foundry and. Hacbine ^or^s<>oi>ik :0< R. LOMBARD & CO., r* k WL Gi bT .^ .<&. r ENGINES, COTTON SCREWS, ill GeliiSi&^jiDWHiSBhinery OFj ALL KINDS [ndc and rcparred promptly. Ayers tFor Scrofula, and all scrofulousdiseases,Erysipelas, Rose or St. Anand Eruptive diseases of the skin, Ulcerations of the Liver, Stomach, Kidneys. Lungs, Pimply, Pnstujw* TioiLs, Blotches, Tum4*#, Tetter, Salt Rheum, Scald lead/ Itio^worm, Ulcfere,-Soros, Nfetmdgid, Pain in tho. ones, Side and IWravremaieWbal^J ess, Sterilitv, Leucorrhoea, arising rom internaf ukeration, and uterine isease, Svpbilitic and Mercurial disring the I31ood. This Sarsaparilla is a combination of cgctablc alterjUive^-StjJUnij&Manrake'.Y ellow Dock?with'ftie Iodides f Potassium and Iron, aud is the lost elficacious medicine vet known uli- .tile diseasfcOit isiuUmcfcdit<icnrc. Its ingredients are so skilfully ombiued that_the. full alterative fl'nnt rvf 10 occtinul onrl : is so mild as to "lie harmless' even ) children, it is still so effectual as > purse out from the svstem thoso 1 npiiraics" amr.fcorrtipilons/which evelop intor loathsome <liseaSp. Tfie ppi#ftmti<Vri- it enjoys if iwrived om its cures, and the confidence Inch prominent physicians all over jc counpy repose in It provca.tluiir. mncjiencelto u*ct'uhiessi > [7 Certificates attesting its" virtues ave accumulated, and aro conantly beimj received, and as many i tlyiSe *ro puhrf^ l^own, icy funiish convincing evidence of ic superiority of this Sawannriila rer every other allerativo meuicine. ? o generally is its superiority to any [her medicine known that we need o no more ilian to assure the public tat the -host-qualitiytt-ifc- had.over assessed are fttriitfy maintained. PREPARED 1IT r. J. C. AYER & CO., Lowell, Mass., Praettenl pixi Atuilytieoi CkrtnitU* ild v.r Xkt nr.cRcisrrs rvekrwuiAtK. q r?^ J DUti VA/l p? .(*owei'&co. jo' .if ivt lun Greenville, Si-Ol,"'' . rH0LESALE AND RETAIL v TO ^^ALER^mOS^M. ??*$W:VQ-i MOW sasil rii BLINDS. ANTLES AND SHINGLES, stair work, ' ' ' ' > 4 !?h i4 . J ' * newels, :. ilakd rail * .-. i.: v* 'u vf? a 141* . and balusters, [me, cement .' and laths temples improved tocelain lined pumps. Sewer and Drain piping. RE most complelo ?it?il>liflivnient In tlit upper part-off-hp-Ntutcfiom which to cure Ht'J LiJKltS M ATKHIAI-S. lass in any finantity on hand. i'ud lists for otir.iniCM. linnkt'u 1 for the liberal patrolinse ofAbI lie (,'onnty eonfyrrM in the psst we reru'ully request u coniiitnanco ot the same. \C.Gower&Co ' .'u* :-0 . :>i>: Oreenville, S. Ci Nov. 11, IS7T, 1'Jm I L DIG-AH.S. .r'O.tv,?7 .A .o imble Bee, - . Eonie Again, P oaii linr A U1 lUl J ? r,rr'? Figaro, ? ?~ n s' P i * ^TjACTvATELIL'S rham Smoking Tobocco. CHEWING TOBACCO F all kinds, from 10 cent* to "i0 rents a riujr, from 50 cents to u $1.50 a nd. PIPES. new lot of Fancy 1'ipcs just received JAMES ffl. UWSON. 'tnhor 17.1*77, tf. 'XXIXUII AM Si TKMrLKTOX jiremnklim preparations to please the little folks lirlstnms. [Dtv. 12,Ii>77 if Be in the Fashion. [IIS is the reason for wearing them, those stvlish MATS at \V. JOKL SMITH'S. :obcr 31, IS77. N