The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-16
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lc5tatp5 ol allcCtivn, which a.r, rUinIur ri
HpeaanH, better, aud all the we'll all the Lss.
! which are, supcrlat,vcly speaking, b.st, there
nothing that can compare with tho exquisite pleas
urc derived from renewal OF an engagement w!ic
had becn broEen of by rircunslauros over Whlc
neither Of the lovers had any control Now, where
as the engagement between thu NEWS and ts ror
respondent MAS dissolved 10y sorrcaponInsi, I'm
controilahlr circumstances, Monltre ut lca!.i i
made most rxcruciatingly happy by virtue oi ii
renewal. anal resumes his letters with the ,;leale
| satisfaction ON account {" vcr, tull heart and
pocket mol quite 80 uncnnlim tably plethorie.
MI hail. then, Ia my oil frieil,is the readers of II,
| NEws. all hail e. lhuse who were kind cnuueh IL
express regret at Noultr.es temporary disappear
4 aurc under cloud, and who. hope will he kin,
| enough again Ia rejoice with him tia at thr SUI
shines oar, more upon the day which bphUlis lin
/ pen III hand at the good o!d WORK oi posting them
on the news, comprising all tho events eural po-
htirtl. commercial, financial, local serious and
iace,t'l' tha have ,ranspiratl, slo transpirc ant
| may ttanspire in and around this great hrsy,
! bwst!mS ;aot.opaS Of tho Wcstcrn IIcmisplir, e
BY strange coincidence am brmful OF rather
interesting matter with which to begin mir first 10
ncwa note, ill, shonli say. renewal letter: frr oI
receipt, last hight, Of the welcome intclireuc
that The NEWS is open To me- AZ all print was cper
to SILAS WEGG, had just returned from visit /,
the public institutions Btackwells Island IL
company with party at ladies and gentlemen
from Charleston, who will naturally have some GU.
riosity la sec what have to say about the sights
We saw. The visit included u personal inspection
of the l.uiatic Asylum, Aims House, Work House
and Pcnitcntiary, nnd propose not to give yon a
guide book account of these places. but simple
recital of the most prominent features thereof, in
ln0.e ttr,iu Lao IL t., a.
Work House aud Aims House, there ia nothing
worthy oil special note, except that they are sub
stantial and well constructed ediGces. regulated
and arranged with serupulous regard for the
comfort OF the unfoituna inmates and Wit. the
floors and every potion of tho building the very
quintescence ut cleanliness and order. Add Ia
this the novel sight Of ward for babies, who arc
rocked 10 sleep by other thau mothers hanls-.
ms these poor little ones Heaven holp them, aI0 ali
mothericss. nr what is even worse, abandoned hy
their natural guardians with the circuu-
stance that tile grounds most beautifully laid
out, ono walk running through grove Of weeping
willows, being quite as bcautiiulas amy promenade
in the Central ParE, and enough will have been
said of these
1t mon Rni women with linds diseased can
POSSIBLY be n,adc comfortable. then can the poor
unatics in The asylum on Blackweil's be said TO be
comfortably axcd, and yet, poor creatures il mus,
more n hcsrt Of hardest adamant to look upon
their hagssrd faces and vacant countenanccs in
which the light OF reason has gone out forever or
hicIcrs with q sickly and unwholesome glare thai
tells of the mental wreck in he,n ard suggests a
thousand causes for these "nnnds distramsht" :"
Every phase and species Of this dire afflicion can
be seen III the asyIum--here in tho cells with wam
idccs and glarin2 eyes pceping through the bars
OF the hravyiron grating is madness in every furm
and here again at the rude dining table (to which
some nf the potter maniacs invited alurLTRIc
sit the uniorunatpa partalng Of aoup (!J unlike
pEIMoNIcos, aud bread harder llan the heart
of him who could look unmovcd upon the sorry
plcthre- Here mndneSs III every stage uni torn,
floor, or slowly proncnadng along the br1aI PdE:
sage way, with stolid ioo; and meaningless stare.
az of one whn had lost something, he knows not
what, and searches in vain for that which never
can lie found. Here the melancholy wretch with
eyes ever downcasi, and lonl that botokens The
death OF hope, which from the PANpOHa's bN in
his cr,lshe heart has flcl in horror, cha -rd there
from i,i' tho merriicss hand Of wan despair here
a poor yonnG girl deceived, ruined and abandoned
hy some ticnd i'll human shape, 0i whom she
raves from morn ill night, and again from
night till dawn, and who, parchance, ~ Hhr
sits in her lonely CELL walks abroad in The gay city
opposite, NTH head Greet respected by society be-
cau-,. lac has not dofrauded man OF his gold but
only rolbel poor woman of her Niltne, her hap
pincsa, and her ihind. Here faceiions maniac
who amuses hitnself and olnera by the most extra
ordinary antics and conl0rti0ns Of hia features
that can Le conceived, and which, from their very
nhsurfllty and grotesqueneea, provoke smile even
while tic heart OF tho beholder ia panied and sad
Il of{ {1,a I,3o ha do
tccts an air OF wcarncss and misery that tells Of
hears agony that no pen can picture. But, oh |
most terrible sight Of sl-scc there behind the
iron grating Of that darkencd cell the rarng mad
man, his muscular arms closely pinioned to his
side in the folds Of straight jacket his eyes glare
with the savage ieroeity Of the starved panther,
the foam bnrsts from hls month, from which The
bnrd tricklcs, as in his frenzy he has bitten his
tongue, anl tlnn with Trantic wells AMI irighifni
burst OF laughter attempts in vain TO break tho
chain that binds him, md by whicr lac s prevented
from dashing ont his brains against the solid ma
sonry or lIis dungeon floor. But why dwell upon
this painful picturef Let mo rather relate H,cll
incidents as tend to show that IN His snptraball-
dant mercy and goodness tho All-Wise Creator can
oven vouchsaie happiness to him whose mind haH
personally introduced 10 numbcr OF IN.
sane ladies and gentlemen i'll whose mad
ness there is 10 much method that they
are, beyond a donbt, much happier than
they could possibly ever hnvo been boforo their
minds werc wrecked Ono Of tlose mono-ma-
niRcs Is impressed with q conviction Of the fact
that tho great end aud object for which ho has
been placed in thif ublnary sphere ia to prevent
his fellow-meu from, ever snccimbing to MI attack
OF Asiatic cholera. On the middle finger Of his
right hand this phianthropic madman wears 9
brass ring artistfcaliy enyeloped in frame worl
of dirty cord, Tou have but to shake hands with
him and touch the corded ring, and there can be
no remote possible chnnee OF your ever taking
vour departure from this terrestrial globe by any
or the choora routes. hioultro shook hands with
| twenty times, and was much pleased and amused
ut noting how happy the poor lunatic seemed e
be Rt eacl afectionate shake. Should l ever dit
| Of the Asiatic disease after this atomachic pre-
ventiye, sou must never more believe the word o
/ moon-s struck philanthropists.
| Ny next introduction was to the "Queen o
Heaven" who seems, noweyer, to have taken
| wrong train and gotteninto the other kingdom bl
mistake; for eio holds forth in the mad house (tt
which department the ladies Of our party coult
not be admitted, US many Of the lunatics indulge
III npughty language, not to spoak Of certain pan
than tle BLACK Crook). The "Queen Of Heaven
Informed me that, in addition to the dutie
appertaining to her celestial office. she als'
tills the position of matron ri the establishment
and added, with courteous politenesB and com
mendable consideration, that should deairc to b.
admitted into the asylum rs an inmate, she wou!i
kindly uso her influence in behalf or the speed
that nothing would conducc so materially to IN
Happiness aid peace of mind ns tho hope OF bcn
deemed worthy OF the honor she proposed, mn
that accepted with pleasure her generous ofc1
whereupon ] succeeded in rendering "ono NOR
unfortunate inc1prossibly happy.
WAS presented next 10 q German physician
booi worm and e1-neTsparer man. who proved I
| 10 n ;uIaIIinnnI that 4 1o,bfol his insanity III