Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1877-10-04
United States District Attorney

United States District Attorney.
The announcement made few days since
that Judge l.. q. Northrop would get the
appointment of United States Distrtct
Attorney receives confirmation in our dcs-
patches this morning Judge Northrop has
commended himself to the bar and the
people of the Seventh Circuit by his fair.
uess and impartiality in tho administration
of justice, and his appointment to the i'm.
portant position Of District Attorney will be
received with satisfaction. The Office has
been shamefulIy abused heretofore, and
among the expressions we have been called
to endure, tho malicious operations Of that
department stand conspicuous. Wo arc
cou6dent that relief from these expressions
will come through the management Of
Judge Northfop, whose posset wil not be
used for the qualification of private ven.
gespce or political prejudiccs, for he
possesses none of the fruits to induce such
tyranny on his part. He will discharge
the duties Of his Office fcarlcssly and faith.
fully, we have no doubt, but amcag South
Carolinans this will be no cause for
complaint. 1t was the abuse of petty,
malignant tyrans like Corbn which rendered
tho Office of District Attorney odious to the
people aud brought tho government into
disrepute. President Hayes has acted
wisely in seeking Republican, Of moderate,
liberal views for the position. -. CUtunbtd
IteGisier.
COLUMBIA, Tuesday night, September
5.-The committee on penal aud charitable
institutions have about concluded their work
in reletcnce to the State Orphan Asylum,
and will bcgio on tho peuitcntiary to nor
row. The sssfoh Into the records of the
Orphan Asylum has not revealed that
amount Or degree Of fraud which was com.
mouly suspected to have existed, but enough
has hnen funnd to give somo Of the directors
ali opportunity to explain in open court. l
have earucd good deal which dih not
at liberty to make publiD, but, outside of
this, the following will DO of interest: A
serious ohargo against tbe management is
tho manner In which they have squandered
the funds appropriated for the support of
the Asylum The average attendance Of
orphans has been about fifty per annuln, and
tho average appropriation abuut fifteen
thousand dollars per unnum, oil of which
was always spent The cost Of supporting
each child was therefore $500 oach per
annum, for which sun they could have been
boarded ut good hotel Indeed, it would
sccm that they have been boarded at good
hotel, as the grocery otcount Of the Asylum
shows list Of all tho delicaces sold in the
grocery stores of Columbia. Sixty dollars
was paid for one hundred pounds of assorted
candy at one time, and one item of one
hundred and thirty-four dollars for whiskey
is likcwise given. Five hundred dollars
worth Of oarpoting was purchased in ono
year. 1t need hardly bo added that all tho
articles purchased for the institution were
not consumed by tho inmates; but am not
at liberty to DO more exploit on this head,
for good reasons. 1t has long been rumored
here that a certain third-class grocery store
10 Columbia was Supplied with it's stock
from the Asylum laider, as weto also the
pnnttics of one or TWO othet outside parties.
These runors were not unfouudcd, it ap-
pcnrs, aud it Is very likely that tho facts
will form the basis Of prosecution dt tho
next tefm of court.
LONDON, September 81 A Russian
official despatch, issued at Gorncy Student,
says: "On the 32d Instant about ten thou
sand Turkish infantry from Sofia, supported
by artillery, forced their way through obr
cavalry, posted to interrupt them, aud ct-
tered Plevna. Further details are wantidg.
All quiet around Rustohuk and Id the Bali
kans."
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