The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1866-12-05
THE PENlTESTIARY.

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THE rENITENTIARY.
J Pursuant to the provisions OF the
Act of the late extra session, to cstal.
lish u Pcnitentiary, | appointed
Nlessrs. Nalliam Gregg, of EdgcGeld,
Wm. II. Robertson, Of Fairfield, and
Archibald Cameron, of Charleston,
"Commissioncrs Of the Penitcntiary''
"to select and procure site and to
erect suitable temporary enclosure
and temporary cells" They have per
formed the duty Of selecting and pro-
curing the site, and have ordered the
submit to you herewith their report,
together with the plans, estimates and
drawings Of the entire establishment,
prepared by Captain II. Il. Ice, the
Engineer and Architect. The site
is within the corporate limits of the
City Of Columbia--a plateau of sever
al acres Of level surface, with bold
bluff Oh the canal, rising come sixty
feet above the level Of the river. i
track loss than half q mile, nearly at
grade, will connect The building with
/ the Grccnyillc Railroad at the point
onc-half mile from the dcpots Of the
! South Carolina and Grcenyillc and
Columbia Railroad. The water now
I running through the channel Mil rur.
nisl, all the motive power that will be
needed for many years. Its acccgs:-
bility from every part of the State by
railroad, and the facilities thereby ai-
fortled for the transpc"tion of psoyis-
ions and materials, and for shipYinr
tho supplies manufactured, make !;
% most admirable and advantaucous
location. Granite, in incxhaustiblc
quantities, can be procured, if MOI,
within the walls, certainly within y
stones throw of them. without onv
ecSv u V''h: h:poi."..o"' itS ioc"'oi',
,,,,'Lau y i,"i'I' ~ WI l. s',oM ''.'
~ below the force which would be
requisite for the safe keeping of The
prisoners IN remote localities where
the population IS sparse. 1t is be-
licvcd by the Architect and Engineer
having the work in charge that cells
may be IN readiness by the first Of
January, to. receive conH:ris.
Inc rmgmecr ana Architect cali-
mates inc appropriation needed Tor
the rapid ana successful prosecution
OF the work Tor tnc scXt year ut forty
iIc thousand doila& Us
dAEe"ted the Comm'sSioncrs who
were ordered 10 Seil thc nuitGmGS, ma
cnlhcrT, "c.,of the state works at
"rcchvlt'c, to reserve such machinery
rs might be uSctnlly employed III the
manufacture OF wood and iron in the
menltcntlary, wAcn fully in operation.
me reservation was 'nade, and there
viii DC III the future only trltiing
outlay needed Tor the machinery to
operate most branches OF manufactures
Oh wood and iron'
TIE LAND SCRIP ror rng Acn,cunr,..
p1 am n,rcu,v,c,, co,
: ''"'.
Tn obedience to the resolution Of
the General Assembly, passed at The
special session., | appointed Johns
Richard, Esq, Agent of the State, for
the parposo Of procuring and selling
the land scrip to which This State was
entitled under the Act Of Congress,
establishing Agricultural and Me-
ehanical Colleges. He was furnished
with certified copy of the resolution,
duly authenticated, and fled it in the
department of the Interior. From
commun ication addressed to me BY
tic Hon. Q. II. Browning, Secretary
of the Interior, a copy Of which Is
herewith commnnicatcd, it will hc
seen that he declines to issue tho
scrip ultil the Legislature accepts, by
Act, the donation in conformity to the
provisions Of the law of The Congress
of tho United states, making the
grant. NO time, should be lost in Sc
! curing TINS mun'ticcnt donation I" ne
cause OF education ana SCIENCE and |
recommend that an Act be passed for
| ~ be accented rs complancc With
al the requirements OF a congreSsion'