The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-12-07

upon the endorsement Of Messrs. B, z.
SCOTT s4d D. .. ohamberltin. Z Upon
this mopfy being paid 70 MesstesaAgusw
& Son. sa, liquidstion:pf their laSl yeat's
account, they oSntinded ito supply the
table, giving notice that 1t could only be
for short time. Again pressed by i'm
minent want. for more than two weeka,
che Superintendent e1ertcd himself to
raise money or supplies. He foundeen
money famine xaxiatine, .,allrover the
State. EyetS, bfak q! and every merchant
in Columbia. .was applied to TOR assistance,
but without avail. e Tho bahks ,swero
strained tostheir utmost capacity. and
could not lend a cent tor, any purpose;
! besidea which. the only ssonrity he could
command vas State. paper; and nobody
was willing to lend money on sachdolbt.
full security, and nobody could be found
to endorse it.
He next sold $4,000 worth of Comp.
troller's warrants upon the asylum ap-
preparation at fifty cents on tho dollar.
OF the $4,000 thus realized, So, 900 was
paid to Messrs. Agnew, who continued
to honor orders till 9th September. The
Carolina National Bank was again ap-
pealed to. but without success this time
Having now but one days supplies on
hand, DR.. Ensor turned next to MHr.
Edward Hope. and appealed. to him, in
the name of God and humanity. to help
them Mr.. Hope OF once consented,
saying: II will furnish you one months
supplied for humAnity's g sake, if never
get a .oent for them" This made them
secure for thirty days more. Just here.
the happy thought occurred to the Su-
perintendont to resnscitate the credit Of
the asylum Upon :.ks pledges Of the pre-
sent sadministration. Addressing Mr..
Cardozo upon the subject. he received q
satisfactory reply. and the credit of the
asylum was somewhat strengthened by
it. Mr. Hopes time having nearly ex-
pired, Geo. W. Williams s. 90. and Ber-
nard O'Neill, of Charleston. were next
appealed to, but fruitlessly. Upon q
visit to Charleston, the Superintendent
could not find merchant of that city
willing to credit for dollars worth of
goods. Faith in the credit OF the State
was gone. In this extremity, Mr.. Hope
kindly came to the rescue o second time,
offering to furnish another months sup
plies, bringing it up to the date of the
report.
The Superintendent urgently calls for
prompt measures to relieve the present
disgraceful financial embarrassment, ask
ing for the following appropriations:
81. 1856 Al to supply tho deficiency of the
past year; 100000 for the support of the
institution forsthe next yeaF; 81, 22,G0G for
putting in dumb waiters and making
suoh alterations in the female depart
ment as are necessary for the aocommo.
dation OF the colored females; $4,000 for
putting heating apparatus in the male
department; $5,000 for building q new
kitchen and constructing new cooking g
range; So, 900 for building a new laundry;
81, 900 for the purchase OF land;. and o
levy'of 100000 for the completion of
the new asylum. In endorsing this re-
port. and, with the exception OF last
named amount OF 5000. 600, recommo mond-
ing the appropriations to be made, the
Board of Regents say: "The money de-
signed for the noble charity, over which
we have been called to preside, has been
diverted from its legitimate channel by
those in whose hands the destinies OF
the State were placed four years ago, and
the custodians Of trust, the sacredness
Of which should have been held para
mount to that of all others, havo not
only employed it. as your committee be-
lieves, for the Advancement Of their own
selfish ends, but have added to the in.
jury thus wantonly done to the afflicted
bencficiarics of the State, by mnnifestins g
On Indifference to the oruel consequences
of their action utterly unbecoming the
rulers Of civilized people,"
They further recommend that what
ever moneyed provisions are made for