The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-12-06

Directors, he made AN extensive tour
through the North 10 examine the Peni.
tenliar' es Of that sec.iou, bat fails to ip-
form us wli9 foS4ss tbs tbs bin asor bis edu.
cation II paaology, ssnd therefore We
coHslpde that the expenses os that srip
are d rars of the deficiency reported, or
is to be reported hereafter. II SO, we
think he had better have deferred his
tour until he could obtain an appropria-
ton for this object.
Speaking OF escapes, 40 says:
In the accompanying report you will
note the escape Of 73 convfcts during the
year. OF this number but 8 escaped
from the prison grounds, the balance
frorn working details, as below stated !:
Escaped from EeegeFs' plantation, "a !;
teamstess, 2; boat detail, g.; brick yard,
3; wood cutters, Galuda dam, 4 j;
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Com.
pany, 13; State House, l.; peuitentiary
enclosure, 8; total, 70.
VI this number, seventeen were recap.
tured, besides two who escaped during
previous years. am not surprised at
the Indignation Of the community be-
cause of such escapes, or that it has
brought upon me, whether justly or not,
the severe animadveraions Of the press
from certain quarters.
At.the State Lunatic Asylum, where
the inmates are not likely TO make com:
binations for attack Or escape, any visitor
can see we'll constructed walls and build.
iDgs; whereas at the penlteptiary, where
@ wave OF the band, or q word, may be
the signal for revolt, we have compara-
lively no safeguard except g rotten
wooden fence, mounted a. intervals by
guards, the prison cells being the only
barrier at night. There should be
"shell'.. or outside building TO enclose the
cells, and brick 'sall in addition. I ain
making arrangements to complete the
north wing Of the prison to the second
story, and have already quarried the stone
Cor it. We have also about SOC, 600
bricks, which can be used for the walls
and can make during the year the addi.
tional number required. The tools, cast
ings, wrought iron, lime, cement, tin for
roofing, lumber end other material, must
be purchased II the work Is to be done.
! have now only $50 cells ft for occupa.
ton, but with the north wing completed,
as proposed, and with o roof on each
wing, I will have $50 tenantable cells, or
room for 700 convicts.
He next makes the following judicious
|suggestion:
In view Of the difficulty in obtaining
arrest and return OF escaped convicts, I
uIse that the Gum of twenty-five dollars
be allowed by the State for delivery of
each Mt the Penitentiary, TO include all
charges for transportation, dieting, &C.,
provided that no person employed by the
PenitentiaEy, or by contractors for con-
vict labor, shall have any interest in such
payments. / also think th, ;all Peniten-
tiary guards and employees should be
exempted from jury duty in the State
! SosoaTsss SosoaTss, 10T Toa5uuo univh ure obvious.
The ideas of the Superintendent are,
however, fully developed in the following
request for next years appropriation:
My estimate for appropriation required
for the next fiscal year Is as followe {:
For maintenance, 1856, GOO; for construc-
ton, $4,000; tor equipment Of Ohops
and material for manufacture, 10000;
total, &55,00n.
II the oreyoing 10 promptly approved
by the General Assembly, 80 that we can
at 0uc0 make plans for the work, see
no reason why anything more than a
yearly contingent appropriation Of Sl0,-
600 should be made for the Penitentiary
hereafter, to be used only with the ap-
provaaa Ss The Governor In case of neces-
/ 6ity. ,n., .tt-
The Board Of Directors compliment the
Superintendent and endorse his sugges-
tiona, and conclude by recommending
that the salary Of this officer DO increased.
We hope tio Legislature will see ft to
amend this by substituting q rec,mmen-
dation that he be removed from Office.
Mfr. Parmele was ono OF Chamberlain's
pets, and was appointed by hin Superin-
tendent of the Peaitentiary in recogni-
ton of the services rendered by. him in
the Chamberlain-Green campaign of
1874. These services consisted of abu-
aiye articles, written by Col. Parmele to
che Columbia Ne;cn-Hercid, about the
white people of South Carolina. We
hope the Legislature will not concur in
the recommendation Of the Saperinten-
dent or Board of Directors. Our people
ere TOO r Or to be taxed to carry out the
| elaborate visions presented. The salazy
Of the Superintendent ought not TO be in
creased, because numbers Of competent
men can be obtained to. discharge tho
duties of that Office on the present salary.
The management of the institution ought
in future to be more economical than 1t
has been fer past years, and to aecure
this Superintendent who is native CT
South Carolina, or at least a, man who is
not one Of The Republic importations,
should be substituted for the present in.
cumbent. YE,'.'ti 81
The United States Senate has display
ed the partisan to m extent beyond any
precedent in admitting VIM. Pitt Kellogg
as Senator from Louisiana over judge
spoaasd, the duly elected Senate. i:o..a.
| chat State. without even nliowiuo, tho