The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-07-15


diture for the same time was 23.004.76,
showing balance of expenditure in ex-
cess of receipts of only 81 ,285.20.
This result shows that the convict has
not only sustained himself by his labor,
but has placed the State in possession of
a building and material nearly equal in
value to the entire expenditure required,
both for the construction of the Peniten-
tiary and the maintenance of the convicts.
The Superintendent's report also~exhibits
the gratifying fact that the cost OF sup.
porting convict, including clothing, diet,
guard and medical attention. since the LIST
day of January last, has been onl! thirty.
four cents each per day; and that the
average cost, including the above items,
from the date the first convict was re-.
ceived, is but forty-one cents per day.
The rapid progress which mas been'made
in teaching various mechanical employ.
ments necessary to the construction OF the
building in all of its parts. as we'll as for
the shoeing and clothing Of the conviets'
has enabled the superintendent to dis
pensc with all hired labor, with the ex-
cepiion of forcmen of some two or three
OF the most important departments, such
as quarrying and laying stone in the walt.
The entire report will show that this
most important State institution has been
satisfactorily administered in all of its af-
fairs. and promises, if the same good
management is continued to yield from
the labor of convicts, when completed,
handsome annual revenuein the treasury
of the State. The ability and fidelity of
the officer in charge Of the work furnish
every guaranty that it will be energeli.
caly pressed aud speedily completed. and
with All economy to which tho people OF
South Carolina have heretofore beer
strangers in the erection ofpublic works.
The great advantage of establishing
Penitentary, is illustrated by the fact
that the 2S0 convicts sent there, thus far.
have not only earned their subsistence.
but by their labor have also materially
contributed to the erection of the prison.
These prisoners, but for the Penitentiary,
would have been lodged in Jail. ut an ex-
pense of at least forty cents per day each,
with no return whatever to the State for
this heavy expenditure.
Tie accompanying paper, marked "E,"
shows that the convicts in prison on the
lst day of January, 1868. were: Whites
90 colored 1873; total 1ST. Recefeed be-
tween that date and the 30th of April:
Whites 10; colored 81 escaped prisoner.
rccaptured l; total SO; making grand
total Of 2S0. Of this number, 10 have
been discharged by the expiration of their
sentences; 81 have been pardoncd BY the
Governor; have died, and escaped.
Remaining in prison on the 3Oth of April,
1868, 232.
BY order of Gen. Candy, the sum-of
s6,5O0, monthly, was appropriated, SUBJ
iect to the draft of tho Governor, for the
support of the Pentientiary and for carry
ing on the work.
This sum has been regularly drawn,
and would have been entirely sufficient
for all purposes, but for the fact that the
drafts were paid in Bills Receivable, and
the discountat which they havecbeen sold
has not only entailcd i. considerable loss,
but has embarrassed the operations of the
institution, in materially reducing tie
monthly allowance much below S6 800.
The appropriation hereafter should at least
cover S6,5O0 per month i'll currency; and
if the number Of convicts is much increas-
ed, it may be necessary to enlargethe APP
preparation to 81. 500 per month.
Full plans and specifications OF the
building have been submitted by the En-
gineer and Architect, and are on file IN
tile office of this Department. When
completed, tho institution will accommo-
date, with ono person in each cell, $50
convicts; with two in cell, l,C6O con
victs, which would not be an inconvenient
number, as the cells are larger than those
in most of the Penitontiaries of the North
and West.
The water power furnished by the canal
has already proved valuable in transport,
ing granite from the quarry, one mile and
a quarter distant, to the foot of the Peni,
tertiary Hill; also in supplying motive
power for driving cars up the inclined
plane, whereby stone, sand and other
building material are delivered in the
yard at tho spot at which it is required.
A machine shop has just been completed
on the hank OF the canal tho machinery
of which will be driven by water power.
w nell the outer Walls "'c 1""' l''S'SA, '
building may bo indefinitely extended and
every species of mechanical and manutac,
turing industry operated therein, at little
or no expense to the State.
The Act of the Legislature authorizing
the establishment of the Pcnitentiary has
vested the Executive with almost unlimi-
ted discretionary powers, with reference
to tho general management OF the insttn-
ton. He is authorized to appoint such
officers and guards as in his Judgment the
service may require, to allow them sucn
compensation and to make such rules ana
regulations for the government OF INC
prison as mag be necessary. You VIII
find among the papers transmitted the
rules and regulations which l have adopt
ed These rules look to tho kind treat