

INAUGURAL ADDRESS 



DEEIYERED IN 



THE STATE HOUSE, DEC. 1, 1857, 



BY ORDER OF THE BOARC OF TRUSTEES bF THE SOUTH 

 CAROLINA COtiLEGE. 



B¥ JOHN LECONTE, M. D., 



PROFESSOE OF NATURAL AND MECHANICAL PHlLOSOPHt. 



COLUMBIA, g. C: 

 STEAM-POWER PJIESS OF R. W. GIBBES. 



1858. 



