Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-01-23

II nScaI year WuIcu commenced on NO
J; vember 1, 1877 should be estimated
{ as $56, 1893 62lsi,.. Ia, .o,l...,
The board fsdirectors again urge
that the State should purchase tract
of land; of easy access to the Peni.
tentiary, to behsed as farm for the
prison. TheyS name one hundred
acres as d sufficient area, and allege
seemingly with reason, that such a
farm, Of good #able land, properly
cultivated andmanaged, will furnish
all the breadstaffs and vegetables,
and q large ipaFof the meat required
for the use Of the convicts. AS it is
designed .that.the Peniteptiary Shall
be as far as possible self-sustaining,
and as the establishment of q supply
farm, in connection Herewith, will
contribute to4that END p and will be,
from q practical point of view, a
measure of retRnomy, I recommend
that the necslsary appropriation be
made, at the present session, for the
purchase of siich farm. u
: The num6stio convidtsi in the
4 }Penitentiaryei,n the first day of Oc-
tober, 1871, 9was S09.; the number
now in confinement is 2l8, showing a
reduction Of 81 during the year. j,
The directors state that this large
reduction is chiefly due to the pardon
| Of many cohYiets when near the close
of their termsJ on account Of good
behavior duriSg their imprisonment.
The board express their belief that
this liberal exercise of the pardoning
power has tended greatly to improve
the morals and behavior of the con-
victs, as it holds out to each the hope
of an earlier release as the reward
for exemplary conductin prison, while
his exercise Of the self-restraint thus
encouraged, furnishes in itself'a valu-
able discipline to fit him to resume
once more those rights of citizenship
which he has forfeited by crime.
The board Invite attention to the
very important fact. that the validity
Of the title held by the State to a
great portion Of the land on which
the Penitentiary is situated is again
in dispute. I recommend that the
attorney-general be instructed to in.
stitute the necessary proceedings to
quiet the said, title. and to defend the
claims of the;State in the premises.
The board of directors highly COM
mend the superintendent, General G.
J. Stolbrand5 for his untiring zeal
and efficiency in the discharge of his
difficult trust during the past four,
years. III d9 Il
These concentrations, I am as
sured, are well deserved. The su-
perintendent1 has exhibited in his
Office high administrative and execu-
tive ability, and although severely
tested az most critical periods, he has
always rlsen.saperlor -'nr--
FAe Quarantine,
The Governor states, upon the au.
thority of Dr.. Lebby, Health Officer
Of the Port of Charleston, that no
case of yellow fever, small pox, or
other epidemic disease, has been I'M
ported into any city on our coast du-
ring the year just past. The Quar-
antine Buildings. on Morris. Island,
built only four years ago, are about
to be destroyed BY the encroqcllmcnts
Of the aaa: The Governor recon-
mends that the buildings be removed
at once to q safe position.
The Phosphates Of South Carolina.
The right of digging for these Phos-
pilates is vested by the State in
corporation known as the "" Marine
and River Mining and Manufacturing
Company" They pay on the lst day
Of October one dollar per ton for ev-
cry ton of Phosphate dug by them
during the se4!y pascssilispl!sg!- pssl!s! king
the necessary reportsl upon oatli. 10
The State Auditor. And according.
TO the Act, there is State officer
known as Inspector Of PhoSphates.
But this Inspector has'been resisted
~ the Company, aud Ills authority
iouted. The whole sum received by
,he State from these enormously valu- +
lble franchises, for the past three
,ears, is the paltry one Of $4,000. +
Governor Moses recommends that the r
state protect itself at ,onoel iand haul i
he Mining gentlemen over the. Goals, !
nd in this Recommendation the Gov t
rnor is eminently correct, .
Immigration. ~ Il {
There is no subject that with great
r propriety demands your legisla- II
ion, than that of ipmigratioa,1o. the 3
omihig, into the Stale 81 PERSONS from Il
broad, for permanent settlement. fl
Especially is it desirable that the ,
lass of industrial immigrants who b
re skilled in agriculture, and who 81
ossess the requisite amountJ of capt. a
IL to purchase and cultivate small n
arms, and thus swell the aggregate q;
{ our agricultural 4 i, products and Il Il
heapen the prime neoessaries Of life, g
aiiiyable from the tillageiof the soil, tt
lould be encouraged T., come among CT
The attention of the State Legisla, "
sss 5E3Bs5fa Bs ny ASif ai a
eceihber, Of that year. an act Was was sl
assed "tor the v protection .and,en- La
,uragement Of European ihmigra. al
on. That act provided for com :,
issioner OF immigration, alta salary in
$500 per annum, and appropria- to
ID the sum of $4,000 to carry out m
9 objects. The same. Legislature re
i'd previously, on the .2lst Of De- pl
,mber, 1865, granted q charter to m