The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-05-13

Aoo0' VOLUME lV-NO. 46.
than four hundred yards subsequent to October B
rigid attention to the hygen Of the institution yaccinano every
inmate isolatng the sick thoroughly cleansing wtewashin
repeatedly o interior The building airing bedding dailv
the disease confined to fourteen cases. whom recovered
By reference to the table appended be seen that arce
proportion OF, beyond the stage In all
hospitals for the insane find it habit Of
detanng this class of sufferers long home Under any cir
cmsance there natural tendency state of things ut
the numbers might be greatly reduced all who have the ore of
the INSANE would place them early under udcious treatment Nv
own observation attests the ness the following ecaa
Inc evidence that comes from many
hospitals shows that there manifold the brain pro-
oucn pererons OF mental and moral action FORMS
under the general term insanity are usually grave
and yet they are among the most eurabe of
their severity provided they taken tho proper
remedies applied and continued recent cases the
amount to the proportion of seveve ninety per centum of all
that are submitted to the restorative process It equally well
established that with the lapse or more wears t
disease becomes x and the recovery patient is more the
offspring of chance than the result calculation and
treatment
Among the patients admitted convcs One from tho
Charleston JAIL under sentence DEATH Chester ia who
had been awaiting his trial m murders from the penten
lay who had been sentenced to Imprisonment life
would respectfully suggest that transfer of convicts from
the penitenay as be doubtful poprietv fo in
one case where the procedure audabe mercy nm
innocent individual it fraud upon Justice or
cruel imposition those who must suffer association
NOR does the Asylum afford sufficient security for the safe keeping
of those having the cunning common to conyicts
least they be remanded their prison proper that
should call attention to this evil now penitonay is
Ill It's infancy and before the practice transfer by ac
acqulescence, becomes engafed the Asylum
yeld the first criminal alluded there dissatisfaction
by the paents both patients me
that he was before the regents
In Absences he aroity deceived those him and
made his 1t is highly probable he insanity as
the only of the punishment aocious
CRIME Not the interest of the Asylum
muny are interested such and
OF providing for insane convcs within the walls the
The apartment provided for coored necessity
limited and is full We have been grad seeing
OF this class leave the Asylum in health body min-otes
are improving dalyeght ten go regularly cleeuy
day with their head attendant perform work as may
be required
Exercise and agreeable occupation regard first Importance
III drawing the mind from its morbid contempons 1omot
ing bodily health large majority of patients
habits easily induced to engage in farming garlenne others
occupied with indoor work. The farm
cultivated with succeom each the yield has been
We boast average of thirty five bushels of
thlltyve acres Our harvest of potatoes peas hay,
satisfactory Il place before extraordinary
sweet potato om farm weighing ten pounds
eight and half pounds From one-tcnh harvested
fortyve and half bushels of early Goodrich potatoes
YOU growing in our garden o plants
with all other vegetables Of the success in farming
and gardening largely indebted to the skill industry
the patients and their attendants work has
been valuable auxiliary the treatment of the patients it has
also been profitable to the Asylum advantage
which could be derived from larger farm workshops
porting the industry of male patients would not overlook
the handwok of the females They performed we'll
their part in the sewing and in the general work of the
house With little exception all the clothing has been made by
them Knitting for entire household seemed part of their