, 1877-04-09

these cells was never built, and tho poor ron.
riSss hare no fires n winter, and no protection
against storna and co!d, tavo what tl,cy tan Get
bars Of their ec!l-1uors:. A briek wall runs a
few hundred! feet aiong the front Of the yard,
and tl'cn ends abrupslv,--all tho rest Of the
grounds. i,stne witin,nt ineos'!re, except for =
fence pro!ones tle wall. -Four Of fYe
1a araitf BesTsen tis stmy 'S Of esm' M
nails and the open fields along the
se f. srsn s aa s;ss sss sppa as
cd fer months ago to reform the al,rlres md
c1ttaraganrc t'lot grew out Of political man-
axesncnt q The prison. and, With The small
met; met A. hts S;5nana ss dong tsmark.ble
Industry. lie told me that the negro prisoners
were very tru:.ablc. Nearly nil were committed
Tor crimes against property, while tic whites,
~ ~ r1!G, ~src guilty Of crimes against the per-
lowcr classc. of South Carotlna wlIltea," re-
marked The Warden, "tsnt they do not steal.
They are qiitck I" use kaife Of o pistol IN =
quarrel. hut, however low down they may be,
An excellent feature introduced by Col. Par.
melee H. Reform 3choot for boys. liz found
sixty colorcl lads, nf Nil ages frosn 10 years up,
mixed in With the older prisoners, sharing cc!'s
strae.!on In rcc than IN virtue. lie separated
them from the men, built schoot.lloutc and
Workshop TOT them, md putting them through
: course Of education IN common, school
making palmetto hats md. baskets; The
black blood, who Is a conrIct, and has got
gun; The boys went through an oral reetation
In chorus, IL history, grammar, arithmetic, anti
geography. for tny benefit. and exhibited sur
prlsfng qulcsncss and accuracy IN their answers.
Aftsrwarl they marched out and exercised In
military crotutfons II, q wav that would not have
been dtscrcditable to Nest Point cadets. saw
only three or four mulattoes among the whole
Charleston has not changed since was hero
dsp,atea % nna ges iisiees.. 10 It Go ase. n1es aot
seem 10 have put on as mitch a. q dab Of
fresh pain. In fire years. Yet With all It's
snabbness ard forlornl.est, It l., to my mind.
prosperous, bustl Ing So1tbe1n cities. Tic .tateiy ia I
oil houses on tic Battery mud aIpng Meeting
street seem to be still the houses If proud and
cultivated people. For rlctuTesgucncss and
sao soy o psses e'ss ut nu1a foa nS
ecstasfcs over. The architecture is part Spanish,
and part tropical. and altogether unique.
Nature does l ~ sao tail to cover
verausc and bloom unknown 70 lcss farored
climates. The gardens attached to all the bet
tcr-class houses arc full Of fFcsl1 foliage and
flowers. Roses, houeysucklcs, and tasmtncs
arc already in bloom; tic. 1g sprcats Its fn-
geretl leaves; the wietaria swings Its purple
clusters from tree to bn1cony: the magnolia
towers aoit in massive pyramids Of glossy
green. Life In ona of these great, generous
houses, where every room nbore and below
opens upon vide .ycranda, and tho vcrundas
look out upon }oyc}y garden, must have
charms which tho tiwcllcrs In our close. packed
Northern cities know nothing Of.
Charleston eccns to have gono down bill
steadily since my lstt risit. No business ap-
pears to hourish except the making OF pllus-
phatc rnant,rca aud the raising Of early vcgcta-
b1es. l speak without accurate knowledge,
howevcr, and only from a hasty glance at tho
streets and whasycs during two hours' drive.
entirely responsible for tho decay Of the place.