The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-11-29


than In any previous year, and the whole number
nrder treatment during the year was greater
than ever before.
The receipts Of the Asylum have been
From tie state reasurer............... $4,000 90
s4s,824 IS
Indebtedness Of the institution, on &C.
count OF this years. transactions. So, ,27l 48
With this brief resume must refer you TO the
repor OF the b. ard OF regents and superinten.
oftha Asylum. Some important sugge ,tions have
been made which space does not permit me to
notice at length. l must say, however, In pro.
vidlng the necessary appropriations to extend the
mented by It's oicers, feel It my duty to caution
you against making more liberal appropriations
than the income Of the State at present justihes.
The South Carolina Penitentiary.
The board Of directors OF the South Caro-.
lima Penitentiary furnishes the annual re.
port OF the superintendent Of the institution,
with its accompanying exhibits, showing fully
and satisfactorily It's practical workings.
re ret that the late hour at which It was fur.
nished precludes more exhaustive analysis OF
Its contents, which throw much light on the
workings OF this Institution, so important, not
only to the material interests OF the State, but TO
the moral and Industrial interests Of Its inmates
chn do but httle more than refer you to this re-.
port, and cal yoar. attention to Its recommenda'
tiona.
The expenditures OF the Penitentiary for the
year ending October 10, 1870, for all purposes,
amounted to $l04 l34 o., and the value OF work
done and manufactured articles produced to
$98,626 OF, which leaves S556S as the actual cost
to the State Of its Penitentiary-an exhibit which
reflects much credit upon the superintendent and
OF the Institution, as well as to their subordi.
mates for the skill and zeal with which they have
directed their labors.
On the 18th day OF October, 1870, the Peni.
Received under sentence since. ....231
Recaptu ed. ..:.................... ...........
Total during the year. sr.....................65
From which were discharged BY expira.
tton OF sentence. ce......................... %
Para0ned. d............:..... .................lo3
Died. .......................... ~
Escaped. ........................... 1913
Number low in confinement. ............ 1909
Whereof SOL are males, and s females. Two Of the
latter have each child, one OF which was born q
short time after the noteer's arrival The evils
imprisening women IN penal institution unpro.
vided with facilities and conveniences necessary
for an absolute separation OF the Sexes are still
undated, and tits earnestly hoped that they may
The estimates accompanying the superintend-
ent's report. which he claims will admit Of no
abatement, for salaries materials, Clothing, &C.,
aggregates In the neighsoraood OF $lso, goo: IN IN
SlT,457, the items and the necessity for the ex.
penditure Of which are explained. The erection
OF permanent workshops Is Of imperative neees-
sity for the welfare and true prosperity OF the in
stitution. The time is rapidly approaching when
the unskilled labor, now utilized, must be dis.
pensed with, and the force now so employed VIII
have to be otherwise occupied. by gradually In.
structipg them In the mechanic arts appropriate
to an institution OF this kind; and, II provision Is
not made in time for teaching the inmates these
Industries, much loss will be incurred by the
State, and disease and demofalzatien result TO
the convicts.
it win be seen from the above table that one
hundred and ffty.three Q53) convtcts have been
pardoned during the past year. or these e,gnty.
nve were pardoned on the recommends ;nns OF
good citizens OF the counties In which they -'e
Convicted, and sixty eight. when within q r.
days OF the expiration Of their sentences, Ut
good conduct.
Very harsh criticism has been INDUCED regard
ing an alleged excessive use Of the pardoning
power. This criticism is unwarraated, and leaves
out OF view the causes that nave invited and JUS.
titled the exercise Of the Executive clemency. In
many cases unlmpeachable testimony, now OF
record in the Executive department, has clearly
shown that their conviction was contrary 70 Tue
evidence and due to political prejudice; and, N
effect the conviction of the accused; while still
larger number were convicted OF such minor
offences as did not appear to me to warrant tnelr
imprisonment In the Penltent iry Tor any great
class, cite the case. OF convict who was SEN
fenced to a term OF eighteen Qs months impris-
onment In the Pententiary for stealing q lew
ears OF corn, amounting to less than peck, from
the feed-b OK OF his employers horses. The cur
rent statement, that pardons nave been granted
by me In spirit OF partisanshlp, discriminating
In favor OF colored convtcts, is not true. nave
granted as many pardons to white as have to
coored convicts, In proportion to the respective
numbers. During the past year have granted
but TWO pardons to homicides, and both OF these
convlcts were tohtte men. one from camden and
the other from Charleston, and, In both cases. the
victims Of the homicdes were colored.
The whole number OF pardons granted by me
does not exceed the number granted by my pre-.
WItS the humber nm I Of icon Convictions Moreover under
previous administrations, the penalty lor petty
offences were not as severe as they are now there
being then no penitentiary system OF lmprlson-
ment at hard labor.
Quarantine.
The report Of DR.. Robert Lebby. health oficer
for the mort OF Charleston, refers of1ciay to the
presence OF yellow fever In the city during the
past season. He claims that the rigid and sue
cessful execution OF the quarantine act OF 1855,
the nT Of and on 5se
the Introduction OF yellow fever Into the
cities and towns OF this State by impor'
taton; and, while Charleston has severely sur.
fered from epidemic yellow fever. ana Type OF
Beaufort there Is no evidence whatever TO induce
the belief that the disease was introduced By i'm
but that it was dependent entirely
upon local causes. The disease has been very
fatal on unacciH;at4d person, especially the
German population. The colored population has
suffered more than in any other epidemic form Of
fever that has appeared in Charleston for thirty
years II this form OF fever has been imported,
it certainly was not by vessels or across the bar
OF Charleston.
among the quarantine acts requiring legisla.
tive amendment, DR.. Lebby forcibly recommends
the exclusion OF dead bodies OF persons brought
from Northern cities for In erment, between the
1st day OF May and 3lst day OF October. The
same restrictions that are PLACED upon vessels
should apply to express and railroad companies.
DR.. .Lebby's recommendation on subjects con-
nected with his departments are entitled to muca
weight, and l respectfully submit them 70 your
consideration.
Legislative provision is recommended FOR quar-
antine protection for the rivers emptVlng lnto S
Helena Sound, and also for prntectl. iioun are
OF smallpox. now extensively pIesasl,
ing In the port OF Philadelphia. An approP.ssiost
is asked for the keepers salary ana tne repairs VI
the LaZaretto.
Library and Capitol Building.
call your attention to the recommendations of
the State librarian, who has charge OF the capitol