The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-11-21
appropriations for she Year Commencing
1st October, 1867.

who represent public institutions, but the com
munity have been deeply interested in the
probable action of the Military Authorities
with refere ce 10 the public finances, and the
manner in which they were to be disbursed'
l. has been seriously questioned whether
General CANDY, acting as the substitute OF the
General Assembly of South Carolina, would
view the wants of the people trom the same
stand point and with the sumc enlarged views
of public ,lity and pubic necessity, as the
ren,esentativvs OF the people, had they been
permitted 10 assemble in the gislature.
The publication, in another column, OF the
row, Of the new Order about to be issued,
making appropriations for the current year.
will set these doubts at rest. It will be seen
that General CANDY has not only fully compre-
hended the necessities Of the hour, tut, Win
generosity even in excess Of that which mig i
nave been anticipated from the General ASSEM-
bly,, has provided for them from tie puo"c
purse.
Tie appropriations for salaries remain un-
changed. Tie Judiciary Department Win It's
v,rious ramltcutions-lu word, its machine
ry-hus been strengthened. Fifteen thousand
aud i've huudred dollars have been appropfia'
Ted for the pay OF thiry-one District Judges
rhe apuropriatiun Tor The University OF South
,,urolluu has been Increased by tue addition Oh
.lgut hundred dollars TO pay the salaries o.
,ns Bursur and Treasurer. For dieting anu
transporting prisoners, sixty tLousaho oo'''i'
are appropriated. For the Lunatic Asylum
,,n.te,u thousand aud seven Hundred dollars
nave been appropriated-tha institution oe'ng
now full tu oyelaowiug, and the most deserv'
,uy charity in the State. The appropriation
,or the Roper Huspllul remains unchanged;
Ahile the OK. euses vi quarantine, aPort physi-
..au. and the physician ot Charleston Jail, ure
.,rovideL Tor by the sum of twenty-three huu-
tred dollars.
For the construction of the Peniteptiary that
most important OF oil public institutions since
he change III the Criminal Law Of South Carroll
IA. and for subsisting guards and convicts,
eighty thousand dollars have been appropria-
red: and last but not least, the Commissioners
of Public Buildings Of the several DISTRICTS are
.ompelled to care tor the prisoners confined IL
their local juils, by supplying them with
nlaukets when destitute, aid with proper med
cJ ntteuduucc when Ill. THIS has loug been
:. necessity, and yet for twenty five years there
las been contention IN the Legislature not Us
- the me,cy, but as o the proprieIy OF action
uu the subject.
Tue next, and perhaps most important fea
ure uf the Order is the paragraph which con-
luues in force the Act relating TO the Issue oil
i've hundred thousand dollars III bills recelvu-
ole. aud the Act providing for their redemp-
lion. When it is remembered that The lux
order which will accompany this Approt ria'
lion Order requires the payment OF 0ne hall
If the State ,uxes Oh .he first Of February
ue1t, except SUCH as are payable quarterly,
and that the umuuut OF taxation Is equivalent
- tue sum appropriated, it Is evident that The
,ulu. OF these Bills Receivable will appreciate
10 de- rec WHICH uusI SA'e enetA SoAASH~J
throughout the State, aud nuke them useful IL
I'll the TRANSACTIONS ot trade. Nor Is 1t unlike
~ that they viii, oc available abroad. There
IRE probabiy not more tnau thirty thousand
lollars of these bills aow IN circulation, anG
We understand that inVse brokers who LVId
uem ure already tenacious IN their grip, and
Ismaud from ninety to ninety 1--we rather than
sell. Therefore, wuhIn hSe days after Tile
.ssus Of this Order formally, the bills should
sand ut very nearly par. Let the brokers' The
oauks, aud tue people combine TO give this Issue
sulur,-anI we see no reason WHY they should
.,ut-aud u half million OF d llurs, more OF
ess, will be added 10 the circulation OF tue
,tate; money will become easier; trade Will im
,rove, aud the inunciG. credit OF our mer'
;nuuts no longer suffer IRON the drawbacks
nut hare been encountered during the past