A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . nd enjoysa higli repntati(m. The Orphan Af^i/Jum is an interestingand highly useful institution, containingabout 200 friendless children. Fr<e Schools have been supported inall parts of the state, at ctmsiderableexpense, by the legislature. The an-nual appropriations of money, as earlyas 1828, were nearly 40,000, the num-ber of schools 8 U), and of pnjiils 9,000. The GuardhmisCy which has been men-tioned among the pid)lic buildings, islarge, and the head((narters of the cityguard, a part of which consists of mount-ed men, who form t
A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . nd enjoysa higli repntati(m. The Orphan Af^i/Jum is an interestingand highly useful institution, containingabout 200 friendless children. Fr<e Schools have been supported inall parts of the state, at ctmsiderableexpense, by the legislature. The an-nual appropriations of money, as earlyas 1828, were nearly 40,000, the num-ber of schools 8 U), and of pnjiils 9,000. The GuardhmisCy which has been men-tioned among the pid)lic buildings, islarge, and the head((narters of the cityguard, a part of which consists of mount-ed men, who form the regular night pa-trol. The Citadel, which was formerly usedas the guardhouse, is now occupied asthe sttite military school. Ihe Litcrari/ and Philosophical Soci-ety is an association creditMl)le to thestate, and possi-sses a v;ihial)lo collection?of specimens in the ditierent departmentsof science. The Cifii Library contains about20,000 volumes. The Apprentices Lihrar// containsabout 10,000 volumes, and supplies themembers with a course of 378 DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Among the objects in the vicinity ofCharleston worthy of particular atten-tion, is Sullivans Island, which was thescene of important military operationsin the revolutionary war. Fort Moul-trie, which commands the entrance ofthe harbor, was gallantly defended bya very feeble force, against a Britishsquadron sent to take the city. The harbor now presents a scene ofgreat activity. Besides the regular for-eign and coasting vessels, which are nu-merous, steamboats and packet vesselsarrive or depart every day, chiefly forthe transport of passengers. There isa daily line of steamboats to Wilming-ton, North Carolina, and other lines toSavannah and St. Augustine. Regularlines of fine ships sail at stated times forNew York, &c., &c. Railroad carsstart every day on the great track, forseveral important cities, to which thebranches lead, Columbia, Augusta, andSavannah, and onward to more dista
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