The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1860-12-05

higher late Of interest. II the enterprise
should turn out 10 be profitable, the State
will have nothing to pay, and the certain
ty that the parties will realize five per
cent, under any circumstances, will GER
tainly not p event them from using great
exertions to make a larger dividend. The
benefits are not confined to the City Of
, Charleston alone: everything that facli
tales commerce and cheapens merchan
dize will benefit alike all parts Of the
State, and should meet with general en-
coursgcmcut. II i, is feared that these
steamers may be continued in the service
after all hope Of profit has ceased, aud a
! perpetus' tax thus eotail upon the State,
! provision may be made for discontuuilg @
them i'll given time, or some other safe.
guard may, in the wisdom Of the Le.is,
lature, be thrown around the enterprise,
80 as to prevent any unnecessary and
useless expenditure OF public money.
THE LUNATIc ASYLUM.
This Institution. under the excellent
msusgeWent of DR.. Parker and the Re.
! gents, has realized more than could have
been expected, or even hoped Tor from is
! founders aud the curative results Of the
presen, year surpass the success OF for
mer years, and compare favorabIy with
the reports OF the best Insane Hospitals
| in other States. No accident nas oc.
Cured since your last meeting, and no
epidemic disease has, to any extent, vlsi
ted the Asylum. AT the beginning OF
the year thero were 1914 patients. 60
have been received since. making the
number under treatment 2G3 of whom
81 have been sen. home cured, re.
moved, and 20 died, Leaving lC2 OF
ihoss ~hV died, large majority were
marked i" Last years Tabular Statement,
NJ niirm ia body and hopeiessIy insane
Mtny applications Of male. for admission
from other States wer. made, aud had
To DO refused for want OF room aud for
the same reason males from our own
SAFE could not be received
would respectfully suggest tina, hu
m~n'iy snd good policy dictate that the
accommodations should be- frrth.l in
creased, until room enough is prepared
for al IeA~t all sc1sr aud cOlors ia unr
own Ststs. Suush Carolina, IN view of
tie bright career Of gre.mess aud glory
that awsits hsr, Shoud not Ls indifferent
or inssnsitie To the sutfcIIuus vi the hum.
bIssi o' her cnlidI4n, but eY,eud her ,.,a
tcinai hand 10 les.en and alie,i late Their
'ntivrnss.
TIE LAWS In looking for~ ard TO
the separate nationality Of South Carroll.
10. many changes will have to be made
IN EXISTING laws. part Of which you, no
doubt, Will be directed TO do. by an Or
dinance Of the Convention uf the pcop,.
SOON TO Assemble but II may not he lm
proper to bring TO your notice the impur
tsnce of 4 speedy postal arrangement t.
supr!y the one under the control OF the
Federal Government | am authorized
" say that the Postmaster At Char,es!on.
Hon. Alfred Hug-r. than whom purer
pNriI, never lived, will, as soon as the
ave resumes her sovereignty by an Or
dinance OF her Convention, sever his con
u-clion with the Federal Government.
aud obey any call the State may make
upon him for his services. This move
ment, together with the resignation Of AL
he otter p"stmasters, will enable the
Stats TO ACT without embarrassment in
establishing for herself postal arrange
IueuA As temporary expedieui, All
aira0gsmsnt might be made with the
Adsms' EXprs.. Company to carry The
mails until postal arrangement ola per-
nan"nt character could be established.
the details Of which must, TO some ex
tent, depeud upon the action Of other
Southern States.
The duties OF the Governor in future,
will necessarily be arGuous End respUnsI
bic, aud he should at ali times be acces,
sIbls 10 the people who may have official
business 10 transact with them. My ex
persncs satisfies We, that it will require
all the time Of lhs Executive, With such
hsIp ~ may be given him by a Secretary
and Clsrk, 10 dlschsrge the responsible
ds,'As that xiIl dsvo!ve on him in the new
position AZ Chief Of All independent Stat,
And | therefore recommend that the sal
aIy OF the Governor he increased thai
lie be iuTuI,hed with house and furni
tuIs, And be required to reside in the town
~ Columbia also. that the salary OF his
private Secretary be increased, to enable
lin TO command tho services, not only oil
. tns's scribe, but Of All intelligent active
sad educated gentleman, who will be ca
psl'ls OF conducting any correspondence.
9Th the mere revision Of his Chief. liz
should also have = clerk or copyst to do
the copying that may be necessary, aud
such other duties MS NAV be required Of
him.
The law prohibiting masters from per
mittug negroes 10 hire their time, and
make contracts, should bs so amended,
and such penalties attached 10 its viola
tiOn, that no one would venture to dis
regard it. Without suggesting the par
ticulsr penalty, ! would recommend that
both the owner Of the slave and the par
ty that hires him or her. should be pun
ished by ins or imprisonment, according
10 the mitigating or aggravating circum
stances that attend the cvse Some in
convenience will, no doubt, arise from
snch an acfuant and ,t .,,a, -