The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-24

APRIL "a, 1872.
| most, some other disposition must be made o.
those who have been placed here I'm Ter the care
and protection Of The Stale. It is with this view
that / address you to. day, IN order that, In case
the State Is unable to take care OF her insane.
some other provision may pc made for their care
and protection In time to prevent the dire calam.
lilies that will otherwise encompass them. Ineed
not remind you that the care OF the insane 10 re.
garded the fist and most sacred obligation OF
every civilized people. Hoplng that ION VIII make
extraordinary efforts, II necessary. to discharge
that obligation IN b. half Of the people OF this State,
In giving that relief to the afflicted and suffering
inmates or this institution which the honor Ct the
State, the behests OF justice, and the claims Of hui
mainly alike de nand, i am, &C. $500
J.F. ENsoR, Superintendent.
Is further comment necessary Let the
people remember those WHIT are jeopardizlng
the honor ofthe State by depriving the insane
of food and raiment and the necessaries of
lie. This letter of the Notwithstanding
evldence-let 1t also be remembered within
and without the State, Is from one of the
Republican party officers, but one who, rather
than suffer the disgrace inevitable In the tu-
ture, would meet 1t at the threshold and clear
his garments Oft.
The instances are endless where the money
paid for taxes is now needed and most SIREN
hSOS4I t8 AZ w NstSh
the penltentIary ? The State has there her
charges, and 1t Is ottrepeated that she Is
cheated In their number. The straltened
treasury cramps affairs In this direction, and
It Ia no easy matter to procure even wood
enough to bake and BOIL the few supplies that
looking superintendent of the penitentiary
never looked fercer, not even In front of a
battery Of Parrots, than at present, and 1t
bodies no good.
Thus much In recital of some of the Ills
that interest every citizen of the State:
The question may be reasonably put,
''What Is going to be done ~ The Moguls Of
the administration those Of them who are
bold enough to stay here and face the facts
for the present keep quite q steady look upon
their countenancee, but are as much at a Lose
to know how 10 get QUIT was going TO say
of the State-as they are to know where The
money Is coming FROM.
The efforts made at the latter part of the
week,past to trade of In large lots Patterson
& Co.'s Blue Ridge plaster were not very
successful, and II Parker &c Co. are waiting
for the receipt Of that uncertain medium
from taxes tc satisfy the numer1hs demands
DANGEROUSLY made against the treasury, I fear
a stump will be run against that will refuse to
yield.
The reply of an ex governor OF the North
who passed through this city Thursday night,
made to a gentleman who had stated that the
debt of the State was the greatest burden,
seems 10 cover q part of the present sltua-
ton. "What's the difference" said he, show
much yon owe, you've got nothing to pay 1t
dictate that the fraternal ties of party had long
ago reached their tension, so far as that party
In this State is concerned. ''Thpre is no honor
in being mixed up In South Carolina politics,
says another statesman. The party is O dead
weight, and will be until the rascals are rooted
out of IT,"
Like o fostering sore whose stencil perme-
ates the air and flls the nostrils of those pray
ing for better things, II is rotting Itself away
In our midst, aud is disregarded and dis
graced at the North, as 1t should be, where 1t
had hoped for power. The question with the
people show long must 1t be endured. Action
Is what is needed, aud the nrst should be to
bring to Justice the advisers and planners OF
evils existing, and through whom they have
been wrought. This done, re may hope for
better times In the future.
her schools closed, her paupers neglected;
the deaf, dumb and blind LETT uncared for;
the insane deprived OF the means Of susie
nance; her citizens being arrested by scores
and thrown into prison, treasury empty and
officers deaf to the appeals for mercy or the
demands of justice, what has poor South
Carolina to hope for. Nothing but that which
has always characterized the efforts aud the
endurance Of the brave, and with these ylr-
tues directed Alright, the time will come when
the world may understand what we're the
true events.
The new city council and what it will do for
the present time. Frequent meetings have
been held, but little progress In anything CAL
culated to inspire hope among citizens or the
business community has shown itself. To the
question Of comparison between this and the
old council, q mysterious shake Of the head is
49, .n,.l no1ro- IN n rontouy IF tho cttffa-
ton, among other things, the Daily Phoenix
Of this city, says the enormous sum of $l3l. 900
for outlay is ~unaccounted for by the outgoing
council, and believes 1t can give no satlsfac-
tory account OF the expenditure OF the same.
In speaking Of the new council, the same
paper states that the committee OF ways and
means has fallen far below the true figures In
the estimates for revenue, the liquor licenses
alone amounting to the whole amount esti-
mated as revenue from licenses, and holds
that receipt from markets Ia double the esll-
mate: other estimates are similarly reduced.
There has not time enough elapsed to en-
able the forming of any Just opinion; but TO
Judge from the above it would seem that the
way was being paved for an assessment OF
tax in the future that will prove an additional
burden, hardly to be tolerated, much less ex-
cused. -,
No progress is being made on the new bnlid-
Ings-clty hall and market; In fact the latter
took q r%etrograde movement In the recent
tornado-whlch did little other damage here
and fell, as has already been reported. . COM
plete mass of ruins. The root, whlI.: was
ponderous and ungalnly, was supported upon
iron posts, the latter at the base resting upon
brick masonry, and entirely Embraced. When
the first rafter was put In place the opinion
was expressed that 1t would com down In
the frst good blow, which proved to be the
case. It is believed the work upon the same
will not be continued. aud about every one
met with ccincIdes In the opinion that this is
the best course 10 pursue.
The citizens of Laurens County are daily be-
fore the commissioner on charges of violation
of the enforcement act, and several have been
remanded for trial. CoNGAREE.
JOTTINGS ABOUT THE STATE.