The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-18

Carolina, one of the literary chairs in her
highest institution of learning Is worthily and
acceptably Hlled by colored professor-a
gentleman Of varied attainments, cultivated
and refined, and nm honored graduate of grand
old Harvard.
! congratulate tho State upon this onward
stride in the march Of civilization, aud hail it
as the harbinger Of the happy day which is
coming, when all that is base in the old sl,aIl be
changed for all that is good In the new"-when
all class distinctions shall be forever laid in
the dust OF the past, and when, even upon
this soil, shall be appreciated the enduring
truth of tho venerable couplet, that
Worth makes the man,
And ,oant of it the fellow"
LUNAT1C ASYLUM.
l respectfully submit for your attentive con-
slderation the annual reports Of tho board of
regents and Of the superintendent of tho
State Lunatic Asylum.
Tho statement therein contained of the
Inany awkward and humliating embnrrass-
Inents to which the superintendent has been
subjected by the inability of tho treasurer of
the State to furnish him with the entire amount
Of money appropriated for tho maintenance of
the institution will not only awaken the sym
pathy of your honorable bodies for The unior-
tunate patients under his care aud protection,
but will also impress upon you tho import
ance and necessity Of such Legislative action
as will furnish immediate relief and prevent
the possibility Of the recurrence Of 80 painful
a state Of affairs.
Ihe levy OF specific tax for the maintc.
nance Of the charitable institutions of the
State, and the strict sequestration of the pro.
coeds thereof to the objects Of the levy, as
directed by the constitution, would be an efiici.
ent remedy for the diseased finances of tho
institution, and would reflect credit upon our
humanity and civilization.
earnestly recommend that this course he
adopted.
The report Of the superintendent shows
that at the commencement of tho last fiscal
year, the number Of patients in tho institution
was 29c; number admitted during tho year
SS, making the whole population Of the inst-
tuition during tho year $685. OF this number
~ were discharged fully recovered, were
discharged improved, IA were discharged un-
improved and 81 have died.
There remained-in the institution on tho
3lst Of October, 1873, 800, Of whom LAG arc
males and l5b ore females.
The appropriation for tho support Of the in
stitution for the fiscal year commencing No
vcmber, 1872, YVES $69,97o.24, from Which
sum must DO properly deducted an over draft
OF the previous year, leaving balance which
was due the institution for the fiscal year Just
passed of $5l, 1885, of which tho supcrin-
tendent has received from the treasury S26,-
8l7.84
The total receipts and disbursements during
the year have been as follows:
Total expenses of the institution
for the tiscal year commonc-
Ing November l, 1872,
amounted to-. ........ IS s7,75l "a
Liabilities reported due and ut
close of last fiscal year -. 62,Ol5 65
Liabilities due at close of last
fiscal year, Inadvertently
omitted in last report 80. 33,324 30
Due State treasurer on account
of over draft ......... ..... sls2.le
Total liabilities ....... .Sl9l, s7s.44
Received from State treasurer. S 92,l93. 30
Received from pay patients. -. 9,5l9.4s
Iota! receipts. .$lol,7l2.7s
Liabilities Of the asylum at close
of lust fiscal year ......S 90, 60. &C
Assets, comptrollcr's warrants. 10000. 90
Deficit ",iinst asylum. ...... ..S6O l6O &C
The recommendation of the superintendent
that speciul appropriation be made Mt once
to pay this deficiency, and that an appropria-