The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-12-06
NUMBER ,49. I.


! | believe them to he active and lcncvolrnt in
the discharge f,heir duties So also withabe
Physician and Superintendent 'Hley make
the best use of the means and appliance, Which
are afforded them. But under more faYoraLled
Legislation at your llauds they can ache,s
more. Its an ascertained fact that, IN Il pros
perly constructed building, located in the ceusi;
try, with sufficient area "f ground about I'D
and other advantages knnwn 10 scientific n,etl;a
the rate. of cure is about fifty to sixty per celtt
Under circumstances the reverse of these, the
rate is only about % per cent Is not this then
an occasion for the exercise of your .benc6cen52
aud lile-;l interpostion?
Isubmt to you, therefore, the proprirty Of
removing the Asylum to some convenient and!
healthy country, location near the town, add
give to the insane habitatiun constructed M on
newer and better principles, which shall be tosa
them q comfortable and agreeable residence, &
where their happiness and health can he pro-.
mi,ted by a proper classification, with ofherss
great advantages. Enable them to enjoy the 4
fresh air, the sky, and the recreations to be d. g
rived from the cultivation Of trees and flowers
and to see nature in her thousand pleasa,.t
forms. Enable their guardians to- INDUCE .fheus4
to take an interest in surrounding Igfeealtgs1
objects, aud msensibly to WOO their minds ]
from the contemplation Of the secret sources
of their own excited fancies, and by promoting
their innocent and admissible pleasures prevent |
them from brooding inhopeless despdmlency
upon the chaos of ideas, which m0meftarg
CLEANS Of intelligence only serve to make more
terrible to them, -
During the past year the sum Of $4,000
was appropriated 10y you,to enfarge the Asy-s
lum. A portion, Believe about. $4,000 lpss
been expended in providing te mporary aceonis
modations without the walls. A moderate, ap. I
preparation by the State annually, with tie
sum already in the hands of the Regents, will
in the course Of few years erect new and ;m.
proved buildings, in situation better adapted
to the ends in view. When such new build. {
ing has been made to progress towards com,
pletion, the State can be refunded to the extent
off portion of its outlay by the sale, Of the Z
present Asylum, property, which is valuable
and becoming more so daily, with the increase
in the value of real estate in the town. ~
AT the last session Of the Legislature the /;
Governor, in connection with the Attorney
Genera, was directed to take such steps to,pro.
tect the rights and jurisdiction of South Caro-.
lina>in the controversy now pending between
Georgia and this State, upon the subject of
boundary, as they might deem necessary IN
conformity with these Instructions, the Attor. !.
ney General addressed foil and able article
to his Excellency the Governor of Georgia, in ,
! reply to communication from him to my i'm. i'm.
mediate predecessor in which the rights of the
State to the thread of the stream of the Savan-
nah river following the most Northern branch
as the true boundary between the States, are
clearly set forth. am now confirmed in the
opinion of the equity Of this view of the case,
since by examining a certified copy of the ori
nal charter of 1872, and other records among
the archives of the State, 1 find the express
language which this State claims to have. been
used in the original charter and under which
our title is urged. 80
This State has right to rely upon the fol.
lowing as conclusive in the controversity:- lSt.
the words of the Georgia charter of 1882,
as given by Whihker's Report in 1876
and half a centuary' later by Watkins, aud a
copy Of the original charter, certified by the
Lord Mayor of London, and now among The
archives Of this State; ID, the convention Of
Beaufort in 1887; 81, the Constitution Of Geor-
gia in 1907, defining her own boundaries. =.
Iperceve by the late Message of His Exec
lency Governor Cobb, that he recommends to i.
the Legislature of Georgia to submit the ques.
ton of boundary between, the States for final
settlement to the Supreme Court ofthe United
States, in compliance with proposition from
the Attorney General of this State: ] suggest
to you the propriety Of asserting to such ref.
erence as the most complete mode by which a
final settlement OF this question can be effected.
In the last Annual Message of my inlmedi.
ate predecessor, a communication was made to
you in regard to certain proceedings instituted
by her Britannia -Majesty's Consul, with a view
to test the validity of the laws of South Carroll.
ma regulating the admission of colored seamca
into the Port of Charleston. am glad to in.
form you thar both of the classes then referred
to, that of Manuel pereira aud of Reuben Rob.
erts have been settled.
The case of Pereira was placed on the Duck.
ct Of the Court Of Appeals in Charleston at the
January term of the present year, and was con.
sided by the Court which refused to hear ar
gament on the merits of the case and dismis.
sed the appeal on the ground that Pereria being
already at liberty, Habcas Corpus could not be
prosecuted in his behalf.
The case of Reuben Roberts VS.. ]. D. Yates,
instituted in the Federal Court came up for
trial at the Spring term Of that Court, Judge
GclIrst presiding alone. In the charge the
Court sustained the validity Of the law, and
verdict was rendered for the defendant. An
appeal was had to the Supreme Court at Wash.
inston, but in July last the Attorney General
was formally notified that the appeal had been
abandoned, and the cost of suit paid hv the
plaintiff Thus has the validity Of the laws Of
the State upon this subject been fully yindica.