The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1869-12-02

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the Superintendent on account of their
good behavior. Others were pardoned Oh
the petitions of friends and citizens, with
the concurrence of the Judge before whom
they were tried; and others again from
the fact that their punishment was promp-
ted by political motives and prejudices.
In all cases of patdons, they were granted
for reasons which commended themselves
to my sense OF justice and humanity.
THE NEW STATE HOUSE.
In accordance with the joint resolution
10 provide for the fitting up of certain
portions of the new State House. ad-
vertised for proposals for the execution
of the work, in the newspapers of this
city and Charleston. Mr.Janles M. Allen
being the lowest bidder, was awarded the
contract. Of the manner in which 1t has
been executed, it is unnecessary for me
to speak. You are surrounded by his
work, which is its own eulogiuh. The
necessity for providing for the accommo-
dation of the remaining Offices of the
State Government, will require an addi-
tional appropriation, and 1 respectfully
recommend that provision be made for
completing such other portions of the
building as may be deemed advantageous
and proper.
THE UNIVERSITY.
The report of the Faculty of the Uni
rersity of South Carolina has been trans.
nitted to the Trustees for their examina.
tion and action, and their report will be
submitted at an early day for your con-
sideration.
LUNATlc ASYLUM.
transmit for your consideration the
annual report of the Regents OF the Lu.
natic Asylum, accompanied by the reports
of DR.. J. W. Parker, the Superintendent
and Physician, and of John Waties. Esq,
the Treasurer Of the institution. The re-
port OF DR.. Parker shows that at the COM
mencement of the year the number of pa
tients was 204, to which have been added
during the year 81, making IN nil 29S.
From this number 81 have been discharg.
ed; leaving 234. Of those discharged,
there were cured At died IA; eloped /;
removed 2. Of those received, 67 were
cases of more than one years standing
and regarded rs chronic; l3 were idiots
or imbecie; IA were epileptic. Sixty
| five were white, and 20 colorcd. Mates
40; females Sc. Of those who died, 2
were from old age and inanition, 3 from
darrhea; 2 from exhaustion; l from
ascites. Total IA.
During the year the health of the in
stitution has been good and exempt from
malarial disease. The product of the
farm was 1873 bushels of wheah lS bushels
of rye, good crop of oats ana peas, about
400 bushels of corn, harvest of fodder
and hay, and from eleven acres of ground
there have been ginned and packed IL
bales of cotton, and there nre about four
more to pick. UP to heclose of the war
the number OF colortd patients never ex-
ceeded five; during tho past year the
number admitted was twenty-nne. This
large accession of colofed patients has
rendered additional accommodations nec-
essary. Aseparate house is recommended
for the accommodation and treatment OF
idiotic patients The Treasurer's state
mcnt shows that the receipts during the
year have been forty eight thousand two
hundred and forty.tour dollars and sixty.
Eve cents, and the expenditures forty.
eight thousand three hundred and ninety
nine dollars and itty-six cents, being an
excess of expenditure of hundred and
fifty four dollars and cighty-one cents.
The out standing indebtedness of the
asylum, is about five thousand dollars,
which is not of pressing nature and
should be met by collections
The County Commissioners are still
largely in arrears, although circular was
addressed to each Board last February,
indicating the amount required by the
several counties to meet their past indebt
cdness and future advances: About half
the counties have paid, and q list of those
still owing will be furnished the Comp
troler General. Of the amount appro-
priated by tho 1ogislaturc-nineteen
thousand dollars fourteen thousand nine
hundred oighty.tour dollars ffty.6vc cents
has been drawn and expended, and an
order on the State Treasurer is held for
two thousand dollars, payable November
1st and December 1st, making sixteen
thousand nine hundred eighty-fve dollars,
fifty-fve cents, and leaving undrawn
balance of two thousand and eighteen
dollars, forty-fve cents. 1t is estimated
that the provision required to be made by
the State tor the maintainance OF bene-
iciaries, from January, lS7Os to January,
1871, will be $4,000.
The report of the condition Of the Asy-
lum is very favorable, and will compare
favorably with that OF any similar insti-
tuition in the country, and the recommen.
dations contained in it are deserving of
your consideration. Tho Asylum is not
suitable place for idiots and imbecies,
fwhose condition requires an entirely dit
ferent treatment from that of lunatics)
and they can only be properly attended
to in building specially appropriated TO