The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1870-12-07

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COMMENTS ON TIlEf PAST AND PLEDGES
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10 transmitting & my annual n ess.ee ]
to the General Assss.nbly,I 9 taks plsaraT.
10 congSatlh htipg yba'' 9Eai fhS atstifEl
ipg eyidcnets o1 nSteriS d pr4srs 81 saS,,
Improvement surrounding w, and tn.
general indications OF the ,pSeYalapce oi
peace aud dhafhiohy .ailH'ia t&y 'sistc.-
Health aut prosperity have generally
Iprevailetl'' 'daripkttkei fssk jyeAr, c.tGr
earth has borne most bourteoGs har.
vest, and ] au happy 70 cay ,.h.,, wit!
but few exceptiods, personal and ptliti
cal apimos,ties, the eradication Of which
is necessarily the work of, time, are
being gradually ameliorated, aud a very
general desire is manifested. 9. peciallv
among the more thoughtful and re-. re-
sponsible, to obliteratesS old auin osi ie..
and, BY co operation aud harmony, IL"
manifest the power of a united people.
iu united purpose TO give their, State
prominence aud themsslvest respscka.
bility. . -r.. >,
The following siatsne,f.Ss Exhibits the
Indebtedness aud assets Of the State on
October 3lst. 1875 ANT.
tunded debt OF the State, Octobc,
3lst, 1876, ,SHS685,908 50. Assets held
by ttre- S,ssa6n thxt' date. 81 29O.7OO
Leaving balance Of S.. .375, 2O8 98.
:; Fol- ssfil}bAGs detailed statement OF
The financial condition of the State, |
would Easpectiuly, refer you. to tie
reports ofthe oomptrolIer and treasurer.
-. THE SINKING, FUND.
From a'rcppvits tGe secretary Of the
cola missioners Of the siukiug fund, il
will be. found that, Of the, .,uuremuuera
tive properly of the Slate, there ha>
been disposed of 2l,698 shares ol
Grecnville. :Andr,nColawbja Railroad
stock, at ty6 dollars aud seveniy.tivv
cents pershare, amounting to fifty nine
thousapi ssixt hundred saud ;si3 =. nine
doIlars' aud it y cents; two hundred anu
forty shares" Of S6uth Carolina aud
Western ltailroad stack, at furty-fivs
dollars per share, amounting to ten
thousand eight hundred dollars build
ing materials IN the StatchousG yard.
three thousand and fourteen dollars and
seyebtyI dents ,trssl- es'ais}5 four acres
on Arsenal Hill, aud one acre on Muin
street, iu rear of ) atehou,e). six
thousand nine hundred and sixty.li, Z
dollars four thousand shares OF Cheraw
and Coalfelds Railroad Company stock i,
at three dollars aud seventy five cents
per share, fifteen thousand dollars
Amount realised, ninety five .thousann
four hundred aud forty uine dollars and
twenty cents. ~.
Expenditures; For one hundred
thousand 8 uth Oarolinaibunds.l eighty
one thousand uine hundred and thirty
eevcn dollars and ff.y cents for com
xissions,, ADVERTISEMENTS. &v., eigh,
Hundred -aud ftty-fve dollars; toIal.
eiShtytwo thousand seven hundred aud
nidsty two dollars aud fifty cents T;
balaace on hand, twelve thousand six
hundred aud fifty six dollars aud seventy
cents,. ,.,,I -, ~ -.,c :.
STATE DEPARTMENT.
The T,por. of;tbe,. secretary Of State
prescnta an epitome'of the lab,rs uf his
departmApt tor the current year; aud
gives EsAely idea Of the amount oI
labor tran pcted in the executive de-
partments liz addition to the usual
amount of tSork, the secretary i" hi>
present rehft' has prepared a careful
compila,ioAS { alt the election returns,
IN tabular f&Fm, presenting the names
oi all the PARTIES v.ted. for, 'and the
number 'ofv&t they received.
THU SENITENrIARY.
The report eAthe commissioners OF
the peniteutiaiy &preseuts the affairsOi
that institution a highly favorable
aspect, aud it is fully burne out by the
anuuai report. OF the superintendent.
which accompanies TO-, Since his last
annual report, the superintendent has
received 10 the institutiun' TWO ilundred
and eighty persons. The = nuubese cot
inmates at that date Was two hu9dEsd
and ninety Eve. Whole bhumber darioK
the year, five hundrsdfand seventy'five,
OF which pnmber there have been
discharged by expiration oiv,,ssptence
twenty three ; pardoued, two: bnndred
aud i've; died, twenty four ). escaped,
six ;i9spps, one. Total. Two hupdred
and fffty.6iue leaving balance ofthrse
hundred and sixteen 10 confne eDsnt, oil
WHICH three hun.ired apd nips gre maIes,
andse yen fsmtlesa SvSh as1rH Hel lhH9ra
ted pStdo6od,+ msihly Pqhsistea of
those whose terms we're about to expire,
and who were, recommended for their
good behavior ~ the s1peri6fendent. =
BY autiaips.ipg The SEPARATION 'of their
sentence the eri,niDsl ei,enerally avoids
the deprivation ds hfs 'ciyil.rights, many
Of which would be. forfeited, ,o,by thoir
cons u,u nation ,elhe l., Affect g of . this
leniency is 'itstsdsby thsSupsrintendent
as being mose .salutary iu promoting