The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1868-12-09

| OF law Is QOG CuSShOu, oho Ihe
offenders held to a strict accoun-
liability, the courts Of justice, in
stead of being a shield and a pro-
lection, may become an engine of
oppression and wrong to the peo-
pie.
transmit for your consideration
the report Of the Regents of fthe
Lunatic Asylum for the year en-
ding November Z, 1868, covering
the reports of DR.. J. W. Parker,
the superintendent and Physician,
and of John Waties, Esq, the Treas
urer of the institution. Thereport
,, of the Superintendent shows that
at the commencement Of the year
the number of patients was 1877:
and that there were received during
the year 80, making a total of269;;
of this number II have died, 2
have been removed, 2 eloped, and
so have been discharged cured
total IS; leaving in the Asylum at
present 2o4 patients; of which 1o7
are males, and 81 females. Paying
patients, ST. ,paupers 152. The
report and accompanying tables
exhibit a very favorable condition
of affairs; showing that 81 per
cent. of those admitted have been
cured, while only 4 per cent. OF
those under treatment have died.
}Among those received were 25
colored persons, who were with
few exceptionsin great destitution
three of them exhausted from
disease. and want Of attention.
Four Of their number died, one
eloped, and thirteen were j.. sent
home cured one however relapsed,
and of his own accord returned to
the Asylum. IL 60. i...,, r,r7@
For than twenty years, coiored
persons have been admitted to the
institution, and have enjoyed the
advantages afforded, and such as
facilitated their, cure and con-
tributcd to their comfort, as is now
the case
The Asylum for the education of
the Deaf and Dumb and Blind was
reorganized in November, 1866, at
the Cedar Spring Asylum, Spar
tanburg County, and was operated
very successfully until the close of
the fiscal year, Oh the 1st of oeto-
Der, 1867. The appropriation be-
ing then exhausted, the further ex-
ercises ofthe institution were sus-
pended, and the pupils sent to
their respective homes: The loca-
ton is an admirable one, the build:
ings large and comnodious, and
to avoid their going to decay, l
concur in the recommendation,
heretofore made, that authority
should be granted to rent or lease
the buildings, SO that he may avail
himself of any opportunity that
may present itself of securing .
tenant, who will protect the premi,
ses and keep them in necessary
repair until the finances of the
State shall justify the re-organiza:
tion of the institution
The rail roads whose bonds are
guaranteed or endorsed by the
the State have been furnished
with a copy of'the concurrent res
olution notifying them that un'
less provisions are made by them
to pay interest due and past due
by November next, legal proceed
ings will be instituted against
them. No. answer has as yet beer
!, received from either Of them ex
cept the accompanying letter from
the President Of the Greenville
Railroad Company, giving very
satisfactory account of the pros
poets and conditions of the road.
The contingent liability of the
State from endorsements Of rail
road bonds isas follows:
South Carolina Rail .:..>. .
Road bonds, paya- ...,-. .,:
Bile in 1868, secured -
by first mor.gage..s2, ,Os3, 1924
Charleston and Sa-
vannah Rail Road
bonds, payable in
March, 1877, Sc:
cured by first mort
gage. .:. ...... ooo'ooV'o
. Northeastern Rail -..
} Road bonds. paya-