The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1878-01-08
LUuNATIC ASYLUM REPORT.
coNcLuD ID FROM THE FIRST PAGE. J


award the memory Gov Ghas Clark recently dead full
tribute honor the tender which he always
the unfortunate unac He indeed and IN frutn
the friend and supporter institution Battle Scared
and manned he incapable OF active service IN the ne ana
Of glory natural taste, did not divert his
attention from the civil duties Of his ofee but In the widest
to and blessings upon his glorious memory
attempt enlarge the Asylum was made in 1870
soon after took charge superintendent The Asylum
crowded capacity with chronic and incurable
the but steady Of New
did death and recovery and recoveries
could scarcely be hoped for i saw glance that if the
Asylum remain that condition. durable would
forever barred and duties would be simply those of
ncation to the Board Of Trustees in as strong language
knew how write The Board transmitted it Governor
Acorn who took an active interest in every
thing connected With Of his office. The
eloquent and convincing message to the Legsa
ture The number of patients then in the Asylum
In short time, Legislature made appropriation of
$50OOO repair the old building and to add two wings
SO as to enable the Institution hundred
patients made and the work commenced
To follow this by would be tedious In the early
part 1872 the complained that they could not
complete wings with the money agreed and asked for
additional appropriation. The Legislature appropriated
$29 With this the work proceeded to its completion
The new wings opened, and we all ejoiced To
prove that my estimate of the wants of the
insane of the State these wings especially the one provided
females rapidly filled up and had hardly become accus
toned given the grounds by these new
Tn 1874 brought the matter to the attention Of the Legs
atue through annual report and urged it with all the
yehemence in my power The result was failure In the
following winter S75 tried it again. with better luck The
Legislature made an appropriation OF to commence
supervision of the Board of Trustees
brick be made by convc in the Penitenary AT the
year 1875 first and second stories had been
built and the carried up high the window
sils of third storywith 225 900 bricks hand.
Legislature which assembled 1876 made appropr
alton of $780, which deemed sufficient to finish the walls
put roof and protect the work against damage and
posue having been determined not to complete the build
ing during that year ..l..s 81 ~ +.
At the beginning present year, had been
donethe roof was on-he floors aidthe windows
n-the pipes and cutters were fixed. Iaa aa3 .siH.I4 =
On the first day OF February of the present the Leg
laure appropriated the additional of Sl625O for the
pose Of finishing furnishing and heating it. This has been
DONE and the Asylum to-day with three wings the
males aggregate capacity for four hundred and
patients Of so43S0, all todor about 81 900
the United States this cheap Asylum
the average cost per patient being about $50 Especially
supervision the preset Board Trustees. While it will
accommodate about psens the appropriations for it
need scarcely that the opening of the wing in
August last gave great relief to our crowded wards and en-
In the of few weeks this wing will be filled to repe
tion Then what
-etsa THE co-oRED INSANE III e4itatr .al f2aa
An epitomc as am attempting to abridge for this
report would be incomplete without of the
cored insane Mississippi has been unmindfu of her
children of misfortune her eoored 1t will be
remembered that this Asylum (too small at frst not
opened until 1855 To show that the managers were.not
olvious indifferent the the coored people,
then slaves only quote from the of the
Board Trustees, Legislature in 1856 They said
There provision, under existing laws for the recep
ton Of Slaves free persons Of color, into the Asylum.
This had it been presented to the attention of the Legislature
would doubtless have been provided for Mississippi in all
her legislation the subject of her slaves them
merely property but human beings Their ameioration
and comfort being and daily cared for 1t
the pride of Mississippi, and may OF the Southern
States that the slave population is amply protected by law
from brutal and barbarous masters
and others 1t is true the relation Of master and slave like
Institution known society," abused
much defect the law that corrected
from the fact that frequently in other violations of
evidence wanting establish guilt The
believe should be special department this
class The of slaves received patients ought
quesonably, support them while in the Institution
of free Of color who have property they should
of support themselves but when they unable
the charge in other should fall the counties in
which they reside f ST. -sssa .ssa.55s -., .fa
s"iSigncd,l ts.a aa1 GEORGE S. YERGER,
= so t3as 81 tse1af - p, d. n. BARRows,
- te j. G.. CARPENTER &asaa
ssas... f w. p ANDERSON
80 aaassd tsiE tt.st4 Aaee c. E. HOOKER" ,s.
+
After the over although the relationship between
the in this State had been changed the demand the
and treatment of the coored insane still
perative In 1870 pressed the matter the
the Legislature when the wings opened
wards assigned the coored people, and they
occupying them SINCE At first and before the
ment tried it apprehended that feeling of
would against the institution
the afflicted of both under the CONTROL
Acorn had to this when he his message
the Legislature in 1870. ss9 - e.4 -