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

Directors, he made an extensive tour
through the North to examine the Peni-
etenLiariessof that section, but-fails toin-
form us: who foots the bill ffo. his edu-
cation in penology, and therefore we
conclude that the expenses Of thatEtrip
,are a pat of the deficiency reported, or
is to be reported hereafter. # SO, we
think he had better have deferred his
tour until he could obtain an appropria-
ton for this object.
Speaking of escapes, he says !
In the accompanying report you will
year. Of this number but g. escaped
from the prison grounds, the balance
from working details, as below stated !:
Escaped from Seegers' plantation, 81 !;
teamsters, Q; boat detail, s; brick yard,
81 wood cutters, I; Saluda dam, 4;
Greenwood and Augusta Railroad Com
pany, ID; State House, Il; penitentiary
enclosure, g.; total, 73. .,s,n. - Or.
/ Of this number, seventeen we're 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 animadversions of the press
from cartair Quarters.
:Atthe State Lunatic Asylum. where
tie inmates are not likely to make com:
binations for attack Or escape, any visitor
can see we'll constructed walls and build.
ings;; whereas at the peniteptiary, where
a; wave Of the hand, or q word, may be
the signal for revolt, we have compare
lively, no safeguard except q rotten
wooden fence, mounted at intervals by
guards, the prison cells being the only
barrier at night. There should be q
shell. Of outside building to enclose the
cells, and q brick wall in addition. / am
making arrangements TO- complete the
north wing OF the prison to the second
story, and have already quarried the stone
for It. We have also about 800, 0,000
bricks. which can, be used for the walls
and can make during the year the addi-.,
tional number required. The, tools, cast:
ings, wrought ion, lime, cement, tin for
roofing, lumber and other material, must
be purchased if the work is to be done.
T have, now only $50 cells fit fot occupa-,
ton, but with the north wing completed,
as proposed, and, with q roof on, each
wing, I will have $50 tenantable cells, or
room for 700 convicts. .j.f :,
He next makes the following judiciohs
suggestion: saa5is.i..s9; TT,.ie sba.
In view of the difficulty in obtaining
arrest and returniof escaped convicts, /
urge, that the msof twenty five dollars
| be allowed siby the State for delivery of
each ;atithe Penitentiary, to include all
chargesi,for transportation, dieting, &css.
provided thatno person employed by the
PenitentiaFyyor by contractors for con-
vict labor, shall have any interest in such
Iipayments. Il also think that all Peniten-
tiary; guards and employees should he
exempted from, jury .iduty in the State
courts, for reasons which are obyious..i'a y.
| The ideas of the Superintendent are,
however, fully DEVELOPED inthe following
request for next years appropriation: J.
Ny estimate for appropriation required
for ithe next fiscal year is as follows: !:
For maintenance, ,$35, 900; for censtruc-
Etion, $4,000; Tor equipment bishops
and material Sfor. manufacture, SIG, 900;
total, s55,00O. y;....S ,s.
|. Ifthe foregoing is promptly approved
| BY the General Assembly, so that we. can
at once make plans for the work, I.see
no reason Why anything more. than 8
| yearly contingent appropriation: of tSl0s-
600 0;should be made for the Penitentiary
hereafter, to be- used only with the ap-.
prevail of the Governor in case of ,neces-
tsity. e.,.aa -. 10 .G,s:3i: /. . sa.aae .,
| ] The Board of Directors complimentthe
Superintendent ard endorse his sugges-
.tions, and conclude by, recommending
that the salary Of this oficerlbe increased.
We hope the Legislature will seef fit to
| amend this by substituting q recommen-
dation that he be; removed from office.
Mt. ,Parmele was one of Chamberlain's
pets, and was appointed by him. Superin-
tendente of the Penitentiary in recogniv
ton Of the services rendered by; him j. il
the Chamberlain Green, campaign of
1874 These services consistedao abu-
siye articles, written by Col. Parmele to
the Columbia Uaion- Herald, about the
white people Of South Carolina. We
hope the Legislature will not concur in
tie recommendations Of the .Superinten;-
I dent Or Board of Directors. Our people
are too poor to be taxed to carry out the
| elaborate visions presented. The. salary
Of the Superintendent 'oughtnot to be in
creased, because numbers of competent
men can be obtained to- discharge the
| duties of that Office on the present salary.
The management of the institution ought
| in future to beimore economical than it
has been for past years, and TO secure
this Superintendent who is native of
South Carolina, or at least a. man who is
not one of the Republican importations,
should be substituted for the present in
cumbent. 1,.sl..'.-.. -. -. -.
The United States Senate has display
ed the partisan to an extent beyond any
precedent in admitting VIM. Pitt Kellogg
as Senator from Louisiana over Judge
spoford, the duly elected Senator from
that State, without even allowing the
latter to take the testimony in his case.
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