The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1873-03-12

.Madame Demorest coaId scarcely
rival. Some Of the inmates we're re-.
questsd to favor ts With music, and
readily complied. HonceS month pr.
Ensdr. allows the more sane Of the
inmates Il meet tpgettet h aSlarge
Hat: designated by himself, where a
number Of ladies and gentlemen from
the city join them, for two or three
hours in dance. These dances seem
to please the inmates very much, and
afford an agreeable breakin the monot-
opy of their daily; fseI Among lthe
male inmates, we observed a few faces
which were once familiar on the
streets of Abbeville. One we recog-
nizeds as e former msbber lofaBl &
l'egislature.. and 9 mspbes Of Jh.ss
Abbeville Bar another printer from
this place. who. gel? typo here, here since slI 8
the ,Waafr-the va former m an ! epiIeptislths
latter >hepsIossly insaBe. I We "aise
met one of the former owners of the
Mills House, Charleston once a
worthy and ,prospereqs man. and
another, sinmate w bio, we were told;
was once apromising Young member
Of the iColumhia Bar. :, He asked if
we wero stopping at this Hotel" re- re-
marking that he had been stopping
here for some daye"r IN replyto our
question, !, he said that Hv had mo pafs
ticnlar arilome-was a. cosmopolitan
hadenotdecided whethershe would g1
North, East, seors. West, or BY whas
train he would go-perhaps; .piglhtt
stay longer than he antfcipatsd-was
not partiSqlars where he travelled
anywhere in this ColgressionaI Dis,
trict." Another very . ordinary look.
ingnihHats vas observed 10 Stand
with his back to the wall, and taking
the position Of a soldier, saluted US
in passing, as soldiers salute their
superior officers. He.was a German
soldier who, came to, this country, it is
supposed, in search Of afarm work .
as these are tho; opnl!yItwogr English
words that be can speak. He was
found in one of the lower cotnties,
and is supposed to ha4yye =. been lost
soon after his arrival here, ao,o,:, ~
Thepmates.Mho pay can live in
any style they may desire-paying
from two hundred and, fifty to six
hundred dollars. The apartments Of
.those who pay are private, which, Of
course we did not see, but. learned
that their fare was equal to that OF
best hotels Of the city, and thatstheir
turniturenwas elegant, With SoomsEto
suit the'pdrse.strings: -,'
7 Thanking DR.. Sloan for his courte.
BY and attention, we bid adieu to him
and to this Institution, and the great
ircn gate was rolled back, and wewent
out, leaving behind US the scenes
through whiehIswe bad passed, and
we were again upon the streets Of
the city. ~ "a ~
During our stay, we called upon
His EExcelleney, Governor Moses. and
found him q courteous and affable
gentleman, alive to the public inter
ests;y and fully determined to carry
put the prpmises< Of his Inaugural.
We believe that he will meet the ex.
pectatiiohs of ths good men; Of the
states and lprovs bimself faithful
and acceptable officer. Among the
topics of conversation whilst in his
office, was that ofpardons, and we
expressed surprise at: the recent { exer:
else of the pardoning power in favor
Of a criminal from. 'Abbcville. He
exhibited petition, W which u set forth
that { "tife inajesty ofthe,Slaw had
been, vindicated," and which number
ed among its signers some Of our best
citizens. 1t is so difficult matter to
have criminals convicted, oEatht asS
pity to have them turned loose upon
the community before half their Nrm
of Imprisonment, has expired. The
only way to suppress erimeSis tcpun-
ish the guilty. We. trust that more
caution will be exercised before sign
ing petitions fol thepardon, of crimi-
nails, as it requires great nerve to
resist an application signed by the
leading citisens community.
Out of the heyfftyehousesthat haye'been.
burnt in Abbevillei County Il! in !. theslast
four years, only two Of the guilty
parties haVe!besn convicted, and now
we have petitions for their release.
We trust, in the name of juctice, that
the Governor will disregard such
application. Petitions too have been
forwarded for the pardon of thieves
convicted at thel last Term of our
Court. Against this we protest, and,
trust that the convicts will suffer their
merited punishment. Some friend Of
the convict will have a petition pre-.