Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1859-12-07

management or prisoners onv".-: be '~
have been informed that the treni :, =
prisoners is regulated, in many insta
The regard in which they are held by
ilf or jailor, or by their position in society.
Some incarccrated for safekecpng only, have
been confined to q single room, while others,
convicted of crime, and the Imprisonment in
tended rs punishment, have been allowed
the extraordinary privilege ofsoius from room
to room, enjoying the company and compan.
ionship of their friends and acquaintances.
There should be some distinction made he.
tween Imprisonment for crime and inlprison-
ment for sate-keeping otherwise the punish.
ment for high crimes and rnisdemeanors will
be merely nominal, and the jailor may coniine
witness (who, on account Of his being
stranger, cannot give bail for his appearance
to testify in the trial ola criminal case, in
the most uncomfortable room in the prison.
am aware OF the diflic llty of properly regula-
ting this matter, but some Improvement Ger.
tainly can be made, if the evil cannot be en-
tirely remedied.
As the law now stands, the owner Of
plantation with less than fifteen hands, is not
compelled to reside on his place for more
than six months in the year, and is not re-
quired even to keep an Overseer, or other
white man thereon. 1t seems 10 me that as
much damage might be done BY leaving tif-
teen hands without 4 proper supervision, as
larger number, and in the present state OF
affairs, exposed as we are to secret emissares
melting our slaves to nsubordnation and
insurrection, the law should be altered so as
tn oyoo tLot q
any quantity Of negroes, to reside thereon all
the year round, or keep a white man con-
stantly on the place. The alteration Of the
law may produce some inconvenience 10
few individuals, but sacrifices must be made
for the general welfare and without desiring
to dictate to others the management OF their
property, am perfectly satisfied that the
presence Of white man will always amply
compensate the owner for any outly Of money
necessary to keep one.
A short experience has shown that some
modification Of the law in relation to the
Normal School, for the instruction Of female
teachers, is desirable. Tho school IS com.
pletely organized with good corps Of teach.
ers, bnt there is q difficulty in inducing pupils
from the country to avail themselves of its
advantages. The school being AT the public
expense, and those who come from the Coun-
try being required to become teachers, pa
rents who have means sufficient to educate
their children seem unwilling to send them,
from false pride or some othes motive; and
those whose necessities would induce them
to put aside their pride, arc unable to board
their daughters while going to school. |
would, therefore, suggest that provision be
made for paying the board Of II small nYIuhcS
OF girls from each district, to DO selected by
the delegation, or in any other way that may
be satisfactory; or if it is thonght more ad-
visible, or br,tcr calculated to make them
feel that they are not depending entirely Oh
the State for their education. a portion Of
their board might be provided for, and the
balance paid by themselves. This arrange
mcnt would put the girls in the country more
on all equal footing with those in the city,
and after few arc educated and return hume,
others who arc able and willing to pay their
own board may be induced to avail them
selves of the advantages Of the school; and
thus distribute through the country female
teachers 70 supply all our wants, without be-
ing dependent upon the North,
TnE CArAwHA ISnANs,-Ihc remnant OF
this tribe OF Indians, within the limits Of this
State merits your care und Guardianship
They were the friends of the co!onists, and
some of them took up arms and rendered
good sevcc during the Revolutionary war;
Initiating our example at the close Of the war,
they would not be governed amy longer by a
king, but elected rulers with the titles Of gen.
eral, colonel, &C.; and they have always been
docile and harmless, there being no instance
OF criminal prosecution against one OF them.
1t hos been the policy Of the State to remove
them West to some new country, where they
could indulge their favoritc sports and pas.
times but, on recent visit TO their neigh.
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