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he M-.1 ai xq(csI We wll lin tothe illrs f te Tmpleof ur.-: nd f It mut fllwe W 'r DtRISO., ropreto. ED EFILD, - . .,' 3R A1RY..8 THE EDGEFIELD ADVERTISER IS PCBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BY W. F. DURIS0E, Proprietor. ARTHUR. SIMKINS, Editor. T E R M S. Two Dot.t.Aas per year, if paid in advance-Two DoL.LAs and FarTY CXKTs if not paid within six months--and TnIs DLoLt.LAns if iot paid before the expi:ation of the year. All subscriptions not distinet ly limited at the time of subscribing, will be consid ed as made for an indefinite period, and will be con tinued until all arrenrages are paid, or at the option of the Publisher. Supseriptions from other States must invariably he accompanied with the cash or eference to some one known to its. ADvERTIStMENTs will he eonsq.icnosly inserted at 75 cents per Square (12 lines or iss) for the first iniertion, and 37} cents for react stbseqttent insertion When only published .Monthly or Quarterly $1, per rentre will he charged. All Advertisements not having the desired number of insertions ma rked on the mar;in. will be continu-.d until forbid and charged acrordinly. Those desiring to advertise by the year can do soon iheral terms-it heing distinctly understood that con racts for yearly advertising are confined to the imme diate, legitimate business of the fin or indir idnal contracting. Transient Advertisements must be paid for in advance. For announcing a Candidate, Three Dollars, in advance. For Advertising Fstrsys Tolled,Two Dollars, to be paid by the laaistrate advertising. -- New Goods !---ALl New ! r ILE Subscribers are now openin at Winter Seat in EK4teti ld Ilistriet, a LAU1DE and S'LENDID ASSORTt1EN T uf DRY GOODS, Besides a full sup~ply of all other kinds of Gtenls usually kept in the knek.eoutntry of the State. 'T'hey have jttst begitn a joint business 1n.1 gmm.:mn to rive entir.- stisfutmeta. if steh a thing be pao.ible. Their terms will be eash or credit to suit purchasers, a liberal disuunt fir eash of e.urse. The suibserbers ask a share of patronnttge from the liberal people of the two I )istriets of Eal utielad and Abb.-vi!le, and from ;.l: others pasirtg their way. They intend to be hospitable to strangers, while all in ail to huome-folks. J. L. IhI.\R\MON. NATIIAN SKINNER. .Tnn 4 tf 51. Via indcpcelent Press and Abbeville lamntr cnopy until countermunnded. Dssolution! ' E Co-l'artnershim hereta'ere existing between I the indersigw-"d, is this day dissolved by Mlu lnt Consent. The natme of th Finn will be used by either par ty in liquidation. The Books anal Notes will be kept at their Old Stand. SAIE & LAR1K. COPARTNERSHIP. T E lnve this lay associated .ut selves together for the l urpose of doing a General Grocery Business, Tndcr the Firm of LT.\lK & BITCK\lAST R, nt the Od St:aml of SA. a& LAnK, whtete we 1 shal endeaor to deserve a cantinutnee of the very libe ral patronage heretofore extend.-d ti lte Late Firmns of SALK & l.ARK, ati of .JEFxuts. (ottnAs & Co. I.AIK & C .\lKMASTEl. August 10th, 1853. ,Ei ei . e n B EIN conmpeled by ill health :td tte increase of my indiviaual hbusincss to withdr:w from the Firm of SAt.x & .AnK, I take this opjpritnnity to return ty most grateful thanks to ty friends atd eustoters fir tl-ir jt}ttr-tage sit liberally lies towed, atl to oommend to their favor and tatrot age the New Firm of j.AIIK & ltctamrlf:n. .JCIINSON SALE. Aug 10, 1853. -o -.. 44 DR, A. G. .'EAGUE, Wholesale &iRetail Druggist - \iKiES this me Itud of 'r-tnuring ii thantks to' h1 lis fri..-nas nutd patrupsi,, -ft.L the patronamge lhe has receivedI in the sia.e-Vrf-rnigs,'Ajediiineu., &c. He s nw~reig atn addition to .his already Drugs, Eedicines,..Ohemicals, Dye .?tsflk, Paints,'Oils, Win'dog Glass,,Putty - Physician's Shop -Etr,iture,-&... THE FINEST WiN1f8-~MG BRANDIES, for Medicinal purposes,, Finse Cigar anud Tobacco, .PERFUMERY Of his own anid Northern make, Frencha Extracts, &c., &c. n'int, Unair, Hat, Shtoe atnd Tamnnters Bruushes Tiactures & Nedicinal Compounds, ntade utnder his own supervision itt strict necordan er witht thte U. S. I i.sp'ry. Tihe umost Repiutabic Nosrunams, All of which he. will sell att prices that will cottmrr f~arnbuly wvitha any Soutthtertn maarket. Thmosea iih ngtot pturchase articles itn his lit:e 'will do well to call andl examine hiu Stock and pricer. - K feldi~a C. I 1.. Jlnn 22 If I 2GEORGE SINCLAIR, STEAM ENGINE BUILDER Anid Boller MIaker. SLa kintds of fltour, Grist anid Saw aliii CQear i inig andl .ehntting miade anad wsarranted to per forma egatl tat anty itn the State. Dr. tL. .Mins, at. Edgetield C. IH., is authoirised Ag glnt tot matke contracts. JOSEPH WHILDEN, . . DEALER IN S H IP C HAN DL E RY, .No. 60s East-Bay, opposite P. & IV. Banla . - .' .CnAnLEz'roy. S. C. - E keeps con?tantty tur nab.e a general assort mL ent of PA(N Ts and OILS of all kinds, Wnlindoaw Glass anad Sushecs, --Spts. Tfurpetinte, Camphdene, Sptirit Gas, .. Tallow, G rintdstotnes, C.orage, Chain IPumips, Glue, Packing Ynrt, Cotton Foot Giu IFiuures, anid Bruahes of various kindls. -CUhar leston, Nov. 1 Gm 42 Notice Z< A LL Persatns notywise indebted to the Estate of .Iahtt Wise, dee'd., nre hereby requeste~d to nake immeiteit settlement, arid thosea having de tmatnds atgninlst stai Estate will ph-ev rentder in their accounts forthtwithi, prouperly attlested, neeairding to law. 510M.Y WIsE,a 7 Oct 26 if Notice. ALL~ Persons having demands against Dan. 1 .C. Simvly, dee'd., wdil piretient thenm immiedi ately faor palmtentt, ad those in anywise indrebted.to said Fatata. 'mtust paty up withtou.t del.:y, as longer indulgence enuinot be givent. .J. C. SMTLEY. Adtnmr. nec 23 tf 50) MISCHIEF MAKERS. Oh I could there in the world be found Some little spot of happy ground, Where village pleasures night go round, WVithout the village tattling! Iow doubly bles-e'l that place would be, Where all nght dwell in liberty, Free froi the bitter misery Of gossip's endless prattling. If such a spot were really known, Dne pence might claim it as her own; A nd in it she might fix her throne, f'orever and forever ; There like a queen might reign and live; While every one would soon forgive The-little slights they might receive, And bu oil'ended never. -Tis ni-clief-makers that rcmnve Far fromt our heart4 the warnth of love, And lead u- all to disapprove What gives anotier pleasure ; They seem to take one's part-but when They've heard our eares, unkindly then They soon retail them all aain, I lix'd w:th their poisonous measure. And then they've such a cunning way, Of telling ill-ment tales: they say, " Ion't nn-ntio'n what I've -,id. I pray, I would not tell it to another." Straight to our neighbor's they go, Narrating everything they know, And break the peace of high and low, Wife, husband, friend, and brother. Oh : that the misclief-niaking crew Were all reduced to one or two, And they all -ninted red or blue. That ev'ry one might know them Then would our villagers fet get To r:ge and cqarrel, fume and fret, And liell into an angry pet, With things "o mtuch below theta. For 'tis a sad, a--gru-ling part, To na:ke another feel the smart, And plant a .'agger in thei heart We acnght to love anl cherish. Then let us ever more be found, in quietness with all around, While friendship, joy and peace abound, And angry feelings perish. SENTENCE OF MOTLEY AND BLACKLEDGE. 'I'htmas Motley and William IBhackledge, convicted at W1alterhoro, of the murder of a tegro itt July last, nppealed for a new trial. 'lce ease was argued hefore the Apreal Court in Chaleston, nd the application dismissed. Ott Monday the 16th inst.Judge O'Neal pro nounced the following sentence upon the p isoners: Thos. Motlry-William Blackledgc: lwo months have passed away since you stord, before me, in the midst of the commu ity, where the awful tragedy, of which you have been convicted, was performed. I ope this time has been profitable to you, and that, in the midnight watchings of your solitarv cells, vou have turned back with shameentd sot row to the awful cruelties of which you were guilty, on the 5th of July last. Notwtithtstandhing' the ettormity of' your of. t-nee, yon htave no tenson to comp)Jlin that ustice has been harshly adhministered. Otn he Circuit and here you have had the aid ,f zealous, untirinig cotnntel--every thing, whicht man could do to tnrn away the sword f justice, has been done; lint in vain. Guilt seht ats yours canmnot escape thme sanction of' venm earthly trilbtitals. My ditty now' is to~ pass between you and he State, and anntounce the law's awful Iom! Before I do so,ntsage atnd propriety emand that I shottld entdeavor to turn your bhotghlts to the certain results b~efore you.; Deatht, herc, ashtanmeful death, awaits you!. Ihope it may be that you nmay escape the errible everlastitng death of the soul! It may lbe profitablle to you to recnll the hrrid dheeds~, wvhich you joinitly atnd severally sottmnitted, in the de~ath of the poor begging, moffetding slave. I wtill niot repeat thme dis instintg dletails of the outrages commiutted;, hie pubhlic atre atlready fully informed, amnd our own heuts, itn every pulsationt, repeat hem to you. I may lhe permsitted, however,' otidy oua, antd to the people aroumtd you, d.the world, that'hitherto South Carohi n rind ntever witmnessed such attrocities; ideed, they exceed all that we are tol of savage ha~rhatity. For thle Indians, the mo menit his entptive ceases to lie a true warrior in the senise in which he utnderstanuds it) nd lelads foir mercy, no longer extends his uffering- death, speedy death, follows. But you, for a night atnd part of the succeeding lay, riated itt the sufifeiinga and terrors of he poor ntegro, and at length y'our ferocious de's, set aon Iby you, throttled atnd killed him, s they would a wild beast. Cant't you hear is awf ul death cry. " Oh, Lord !" If you :atnot hear it, the Lord of Hosts heard tswd mnswered it. He dhetnanded then, and ntoie, rmn you, thme fearful neccount of blood!l You have tmet with the fearfttl'consequen. es of the infamous business in which you were etngnged hunting runneirays seith dogs, equally fierce anml ferocious as the Spanish hoodhotunds. With one of yoQu (Miotley) hero could hav'e beets no excuse. Your ather, young mats is a manm of wvealth, eajpett and gatthered togethered by a life of oil anid privation ; that the son of such at nan shotld be found more than a hundred iles from hotme, followitng a pack of dogs, n the chase of negro slaves, through the wmps of the Lower country, under a sunm mer's sun, shows either a- love of cruelty, or oh money, which is not easily satisfied. To h other prisoner, Blackledge, it may be hat poverty, and former devotion to this sad hsiness, might have presented some excuses. The Scriptures, young men, with which, [ fear, you have not bieen familliar, declare, s the law of God, "iThou shalt not kill." T'is Divine stte procl..ai t nod's own prophet, amidnthe lightning ani thunder n Sinai, was predicted of the law, previousl; given to Noah. after one race of men lint perished. " Whoso sheddeth man's blond by man shall his blood he shed: for in thi image ofGod made He man." In conformi ty t.. these divine commands, is the law o the State under which you have been con demned. No longer is the blond of th slate to be paid for with money; no longe is the brutal murderer of the negro to g free ! "Life for life" is demanded, and you poor, guilty creatures, have the furfeit ti pay! A long experience, as a lawyer and judge, makes it my duty to say to you, an' to the people all around you, nerer hare known the guilty murderer to go free! 1 judgement does not overtake him in the hall of justice, still the avenger of blood is in hi pursuit: still the eye, which never slumber or sleeps, is upon hit, untill in some unex peeted moment the command goes forth cut him down," and the place " whiel once knew him shall know him no more fo ever." Since your trial, one of the witnes ses, much censured for his participation it some sort in your guilty deeds, h-ts bce suldenly cut of1 from life ! I say to yon, young men, "you must die. Do not trust in hopes of Executive clemency It seems to me, however much the Gover nor's heart may bleed to sal " no" to you application, I.e will have to say it. Prepat yourselves therefore, as reasonable, thinking accountable men, for your fate. Sdarch the Scriptures-ohtain repentance by a godli sorrow for sin. Struggle night and day fo pardon. Remember Christ the Savior caem to save sinners, the chief of sinners. Lear( that you are such, and cast yourselves of his bleeding hosom for mercy and forgive ness, and he will then declare to you that " though your sins be ns scarlet, they shal be white as snow, though they -be red lik crimson, they shall be as wool." The sentence of the Law is, that you bi taken to the place from whence you came thence to the jail of. Colleton District; tha '-ou be closely and securely confined Anti 'Friday, the 3d day of March next, on whiel day, between the hours of 10 in forenoot and 2 in the afternoon,you and each of vom will be taken, by the Sheriff of Colleton Dis trict, to the place of public execution, an< there be hanged by the neck, till your bodie be dead, and may God have mercy on your souls. rLoLA MorNTFZ-.TKRYED iP AGArN.-A Gimss~Valley (Ciil. a correspondent o~l th Mobile Advertiser writes: . " Our town has, for some months, obtainer notoriety from the residence among us of : real lve Countess. You may not he aware perhaps, that th renowned Lola Montez Heal', Hull, &c., Countess de Landsfeldt after exhibiting her agility in the " spide dance," upon the California boards for some months, and getting married, finally settle< down in the quiet village of Grass Valley turned her new husband adrift, and applie< for a divorce, and declares our town thi prettiest place she has ever seen in the wide world, and that she is determined on making it her permanent home. " I regard this as only one of the wilt freaks of Lola, and doubt if she can be con tented to remain until the spring. She ha bionght a cottage, and made numerons addi tions :}nd attractions, and metamorphosed i into a French ctateau, built a hetntifu grenthouse nntd bothonse, purchased a clhoic assortment of plants and flowers, keeps he saddle horse and dogs, and attong varion oher pets, has a live grizzly hear chained ii hdr yard, ntnd amtises various indian boy and loafors by annoyinug him, and excitii his utmost fury, and then by coaxing att petting him-ns only a wvoman knows hoi to do-will feed hitm with sulgar from he hand. The frietnds of the Countess may hb glad to know- of her wvelfasre. She is a seducitngly social, and easily irritable a ever." Tun THan ArrmAUEx-r.-The Sandlusk (Ohio) Register states that Mr. Hector Jen1 nings, of that city, has lately received letter from his attorney, just returned frotm Lontdori ssring him of the entire and complet validity of htis clainms as one of two heirst te imnmense Jenniing's estate, in Englatnd valued at 860,000,000 and about wice there has been so mutch talk. Mr. Jennting is ano old citizen of Sandusky, havintg reside< tere ttost of the time fo)r seventeen yearu His attention wvas directed to the claim in th year 1814, when he attentded a conventini of the Jenninges, called purposely for tra ing up the heirs to the unclaimed estate In thtat convention it w"as clearly provei that our Mr. Hector Jennitngs was the un: douted heir to onme hatlf of the uticmunte fortune; and he immediately set about estat ling his claim by proper evidence atid tdu course of pronc~eding. The history of hi lineatge is a singalar one, having much of th air of~ romance about it. Currrs Scroxs.-The present monthi a ptroper tima for cuttitng scions for grafting as also are Decemtber and January. Shoot of last year's growth from healthy and vi~ rous trees furttish the ontly good scion, and care should lhe taken thtat they are c firm, wvell ripened wi'od, as tlte value of tlt future tree depends on the perfectiont of th cion as well as that of the stock. The can be kept utntil needed, in a dry cool cel lar, with the lowver ettd hurried in the earth or better in pits in dry sandy soil, situate on the north side of a wall or tight fence. Rural Newv Yorker. WhAT a mighty procession has bee movintg towards the grave during all the pat year ! A t the usual estimnate, since the firn of January, 1853, there have been more tha thirty one millionjeie hundred thovuand the world's population gone dowvn to th grave. Place them in lonig array and the wil give a moving column of more than thi teen htundred to every mile of the circun ference of the globe. .What a spectacle a they move on, tramnp, tramp, the " Den March " giving its funerdi notes as they g he silent shades! The Liflatic Asylun, Mn. EDITOR : beg permission to pre sent through the'jedium of your columns, the following extt rom.an article;.ignf "HowArn," on the subgot.of the Lunatic f Asylum. It orina ly appeared in the South Carolinian, from which paper, yon did me the favor in y0Tir lst number to copy some remarks by the same writer. I would not iagain tiegass. nag yonu columns, did I not.believe that the itnpor tance of the subject 'required it. Little is known about the Lunatic Asylk.m beyond Columbia, and afat this time it is attracting some attenti-n, i believe that the article subjoined- will be found to embrace much in sformation which miay he ofimportance to a portion at least ot the community. -" The first tpeetig of the Regency was on r the 5th of Janua ,, 1828, and at that very meeting a omnmi e was appointed for the purpose of obttiai ng informiation in relation to the manage:ne t of the institution ; and the committee w ' requir ed to report at the next monthly me ilg the necessary regula tions, rules and b, laws for carrying it into operation. The report was made, and I beg leave to giff the following extract in reference to the duties of the superintendent : " It shall be his, duty to act at all times towards the patients with the utmost gentle ness, kindness, aild benevolence of manner, even when the exercise of force is necesi. ry, and to see that the same conduct be strictly observedjiy the keepers and ser rants. It shall ib his duty to be personally a present whenever'forcible restraint is put upon a patient. .e shall,~ as far as practi I cable, furnish -tu lar employment to each patient-especial{' such as is accompanied with exercise. Afd he shall establish such modes of sedeunaty or active amusements, as may suit the aarions circumstances of the patient." In this report the physician is required to visit tha.Asylum at least once a day, the Executive Committee once a week, and the Board of Regenta to assemble monthly. With this explanation I call attention to the following section.i . " No punishment shall be inflicted unless by orde-r of thel Regents, beyond solitary continerfent; nortshall this punishment be extended by the sdperintendent beyond the next visit gf the p.bjician, without his order; nor by the physician beyond the next meet ing of the Executive Committee ; nor by I them beyond the meeting of the Regents." These extracts are given to show that at the very beginning the most humane ant en lightened principles were adopted for the management of the insane, and that the Re gents are entitled to all praise for having so cordially embraced the moral plan of ti-eat ment, when, at that very time, many of the institutions of the most civilized countries of the world were not free from the shackles of the old system of frrcc. In tracing the his tory of our Asylum, it will be seen that the great principles thus enforced at its founda tion have never been lost sight of; that every effort has been made by each successive Board to give them still greater efficiency ; and that where they have failed, it has been because the obstacles were insurmountable. Time and space will not allow me to mark the hiatory of the Board step by step, and contenting myself with the assertion that nothing can lie foun;d in the records of the intervening period upon which to build a churge of inconsistency, I proceed to the year 1842, when the Board adopted unani Inously certain resolationas, of wvhich a brief abstract only cani be given. Th'ese in sub. stance are, that the clergy of the town be requested to conduct religious services in the institution-that arrangements be made for as pecrfect a classification of the patients as is practicable ; that the conductors of the press be requested to send copies of their papers, with such exchange papers as they can spare, for the use of the Innatics ; and that an effohrt be madb to establish a library; that a committee be .appointed to memorial ize the Legislature at its next session for an appropriation in relation to such alterations andI improvements as may be necessary in the institution, &c. The report of the Regents of that year is full of detail, gives all desiruable information in relation to the institution, discusses freely its defects, and suggests many improvements. We have first presented the fact that the moral plan of treatmneit is heartily adopted, .and then we have presented in succession Ithe followving subjects :the character of the keeperieclassification, religious instruction, thle emuploynment of both mind and body, the importance of an early admission to an Asy -lumu, permature removals, a library, an orna mental garden, &c. Particular attention is called to the defects of the building, and the Simportance of architectural arrangements is insisted on. The Board has not omitted to mztke its report. for a single year, and in each it has made a statement of facts, and enlled the special attention of the Legisla ture. These several re ports, with those of -the physician and superintendent together with the reports of the Committees of the -Legislature, are before me, and as they breathe substantially the same spirit, I will e refer to a few of them o)nly. The report of the Board for 1847 is full of the most im -portant suggestions. T hat which stands out .most prominently is emp.loymnent ; " employ ment in the open air,-farmnin-r, gardening, fishing and thme like ; and next the carriage ; the vast importance of instruction, not only by books, engravings and models, but also by lectures ; and we have presenated also the t subject of music, perindicals, newvspapera ~and literary papers, a green house, &c. SThe report exhibits a list of the particular amusements and employments which have e been found most benefiil for the insane. y Turning .to the report of 1852, we per ..ceive that the' Regents again appeal most -earnestly to the Legislature, mainly on the s ground of " the defects of the building andi d the small area of ground around it." In r this year also we have a report of the Re geans on the eection of n new hnuilding, in which is enahodied all the. valuable isuprma tion on the stject, and to which are appen ded certain propositions relative to the. con stiction arid arrangement of hospitals for the ihsane, adopted-at a meeting of the As sociation of' Medical kuperintendents of American Institutions for the*Inane held at Philadelphia, May, 1851. The earnest ap. peal made by the Board to the last Legisla ture is known to most of your readers, and needs no specal notice in this connection. Letit be borne%- niind;too, tlist .these an atal reports of.the.Reg~nts are accompanied byefull reports of the physician, the superitr. f tendent and chaplin, and that all these are referred to the Committees of'the two Hou ses, and reported on, that they are printed and circulated ; and I am sure that the reader will be surprised at the opinion that any facts important to be known are concealed from the public. It is worthy of remarle too, that for the first several years since 1842, the Board printed the reportsfrom its own treasury, in the hope that they would thus secure for them art earlier and more ear. nest attention from the Legislature, and a wider circulation among the pu.blic. In their arduous and unremitted effirts to place the institution on the best possible founda. tion, they have been nobly secor.ded by the other officers; but feeling that they alone are re.ponsible to the people of the State, that the Legislature has confided its man agenent to them, I am sure they will never consent to be posted as faithless and un worthy without a remonstrance. S And sup pose a member of the Board of Regents should dare to vindicate that body, where is the indelicacy, w.h.e' is .the impropriety ? Who is so much interested, and who can do it as well I When a man is charged wifth a serious offence, an offence calculated to af fect his character and reputation, are his lips to be sealed against a defence, and is he forsootll to suffer all the bonseqnences of a horrible and unjust accusation, becanse no other person can or will make proof of his innocence ? But I am not done with the labors of the Board. Their appeals to the Legislature have not been in vain. Within the last 12 or 14 years from $50,000 to $00,000 have been placed at their disposal, and the larger portion of this has been expended in the erection of additional buildings. Of the amount of vexatious labor thus put upon them in providing for the proper appropria tion of the money I will not speak'; the fact is only mentioned as exbibiting -an earnest and constant attention to the necessities. of the Asylum. It is worthy of mention that the Board has repeatedly petitioned the Town Council and the Legislature to permit it to close the street east of the Asylum, for the purpose of mak ing a connection with the grounds on the other side; but this petition, from the stern resistance of individuals, has always failed. Anxious as the Board always has been to enlarge the grounds, and thus to remove an obstacle in the way of higher success, it pe titioned the Legislature to permit it to par clase the adjoining square belonging to Capt Wade: but in this, too, they were doomed to disappointment. What next was to be done ? The cry was for more room. Not less than one hundred and seventy-five hu. man beings were enclosed in an area of four acres. The subject of a removal to the country, or to the grounds on the opposite side of the street, was now fairly before the Board. A strong appeal was made to the Legislature, andl $30,000 was appropriated. His Excellency Governor Mlanninag 'was in. vited to attend the next meetinag of'the 'Re gents, that they might have the benefit of his sober judgment, and, if possible, his up. proval and approbation. The Governor ac cordingly met the Board, and, after a free interchange of opinion, it w'as unaanimously resolved that a committee be appointed to examine and ascertain if thecre can be pro. cured, withina one and a half miles of Co lumbia, an eligible site for the location of the Asylum. A committee was appointed, consisting of Messrs. WVallace, Bryce andi Parker, and at a subsequent meeting, Mr. Wallace, on the part of the committee, made the following report: "IThatthe couamittee had, to the best ol their ability, discharged the duty assigned them, and that they found no suitable site wvithin the distance named." Tlhe Board .now resolved, unannimously, that the ne building be located on the Asy. d hum handi, east of the present building. and thaat temporary buildinags be erected for the present accommiodation of the most quie patients, with the view of reliev'ing the pres' wit building of its excess of numbers. Owing to causes beyond the control of the Board, these temporary buaildinags could not lie corn pleted before the session of the Legislature, and no steps could be taken towvards the erection of the main building. Thus mat' ters stood at the last assembling of the Leg. ishature, and the Board, in its late report, freely laid the facts before that body. I have thus given a brief outline of the proceedings of the Board of Regenats; and lest some maay suppose that foar the last cigh 1cen years the Board anad Physician have differed materially in their viewvs, a few re. ferences will he'made to hais reports. Ir that of 1848, lie calls attenation to the pro. priety of adding to the present winags, o1 erecting another building. He asks that cer tamn streets be closed, that the bands of the Asylum may be made available t'or the ex. ereise of the patients. And again, in 1850, urges the same muatter, and remarks that " the possession of that street (east of the Asylum) will obviate most of our difliculties!' In his report of 1852, the physician earnest ly insists upon the removal of the Asylunr inato the country, but yet presents an alterna. tive in the event of the Legislature refusing to make the necessary appropriation. Ande wvhat is this alternative ? To erect a buil. ding on the garden lot ; that is, the grousiah east of the present building. This, he adds though not ridding us of the annaoyance ol the town, will eff'ect a very great improve ment. He suggests an addition to the lands of the Asylum, lay the purchase of sonic con. tiguons lots then in the market, and asks foi I a..n a..ro..iation of $'20,0 and u as tha with that sum sufficient accommodation car be supplied for our immediate wants, amc such comforts furnished as will enable us ti compete with the institutions of the neigh boring States. 'ku .it uppears that but twelve months .ago,' ' etion ot the grounds of the Asy Sturm was regarded not a very bad one by the Board of Regents or the Physician; and it may he added, that the Superintendent con curred with them. This fact should go-fat to excuse those who still think that the idea is not preposterous. It is respectfully ask ed, has there been such a vast change in the condition of .things within, this brief period as to make that absurd which but yesteday recommended itself to-this body-.if Yeip ests ble and intelligent gentlemen? The Asyldnz has parted with none of-its lands; it still hag fitty.6ve acres; they stand in the same place present the same surface ; have the command of the'same water; are just as favorable for drainage ; in short, all the natural advantages remain unchanged. There is the same bar. rier of woods on one side to prevent intro. sion and secure the necessary privacy. I mast invoke a little mercy for those who honestly think that these grounds still fur. - ish a very fair site, and they are not to be ield up as wanting in proper zeal because of their opinio'as. So far as I know, the is. se'-always has been between this place and the Lightwood Knot Springs. This latter place is about six' miles distant from the town, and has but the advantages of being a large body of land, healthy af'ording an abundance of water, and far removed from the town. There is more land than is wan. ted. The site in town is believed to be healthy ; as'much water as is needed can be procured without difficulty, and the distance is not too far. The absence of springs it not a very formidable objection, and may be easily overcome. The building can be read. ily and amply supplied by wells, cisterns and pipes, and this is done in many of the best institutions of the world. The location of an Asylum near a town, or on its confines, is not without signal advantages;- and, as will be seen presently, it is peculiarly so witi ours. A lunatic must he made to feel that he is yet in the living world, and too great isolation makes- a prisoner of him. Every thing must be done which can be done tc inspire cheerfulness, and raise him from th< depth of his gloomy meditations. There i no harm done -by permitting him to look up, on the town, and, in the exercise of a propel discretion, to walk in its streets and partici pate in some of its services. I have ofter seen them-in charge of a keeper or matrot walking in the midst of the moving masses and I have often witnessed the earnest devo tion with which in our churches they join it the worship of the Great Jehovah. I speal the language of hundreds, when I say, that Lightwood Knot is a cheerless spot, when there can be nothing " to break the dismal continuity," but the sound of the iron horse as he moves over her waste and barren sane hills. But where is the great annoyanct from the town, if the buildings are placed or the other side of the street I Many plair people think that it is quite a retired spot ir one corner of the town, and from the very nature of the location it must-be free fron any great encroachment. It is further be lieved by not a few that a removal to a poin1 so distant must lead to a reorganization a the institution; a reorganization in whicl its best interests cannot be consulted. Wha is to become of the Board of Regents There can be no Board. Gentlemen can not be found .to render the thankless service If it be said, that there are asylums in the wvorld five miles distant from cities, I answei that those cities contain a population o hundreds of thousands, and that in sucha multitude there are to be found good men o liesure and fortune who, to their great honei be it said, make a professional consecratior of themselves to all wvorks of charity. Thiu is not to be expected in a small town lik< Columbia, and it is confidlently predicted, that Iet the experiment be made wvhen. it may there will be only in name a Board of Re gents. If there be no Board of Regents wvhat theni The Asylum must be placet under the control of one man, for the 9ffice of physician and superintendent must be con solidated. If it be " a slumbering regency, it is all well; but there are those wvho believi that the present organization is one of great or efficiency. And here, to protect mysel against misapprehension, I think proper t< state, though opposed to Lightwvood Knot and seeing plausible reasons fur the locatiot in the town, I am yet wvilling for a remova to the country, provided an enligible sit< can be found within a mile and a half. We are told that the Asylumi i-s a failure and so boldy and perseveringly has this opin ion been pushed of late, and so well calcula ted is it to prejudice its interests, that it nmus be0 met and put down. It Is disproved bj the whole tenor of the reports of the Board the physician, superintendent, chaplain anc committees of the Legislature. Perhaps it noe way cnn the mattcr be as satisfactorilj concluded as by looking at the average oj cures; and the most competent witness il the physician. I will take the liberty of re ferring to one or two of his published re ports, which are before me. In that of 1844 he says that since 1835 there hnve been re ceived into the Asylum 233 patients, and o this number 120 have been discharged cured and adds that by comparison with some o the best institutions in Europe and Americn we will have no cause to be disuatisfied witi the number wve have been enabled to return to their friends. But lest some may suppos< that the Asylum has had a worse success re cently, and that, either from unavoidabi causes or the neglect of the Regency, or th want of skill in the physician, fewer patient are restored to health and reason, I will cit the report of 1852. If I. understand that re port the, physician, reports as cured 260 pa fients out of 596 of this number being ye ceived into the Asylum since January, 1835 This will make the per centage of recover nearly 44. According to the same repori the average of the French institutions is sta ted at 45.20, that of the BrItish at 45.01 other European 39-89, and the Americal 40n2n Thus it will be seen-that the aver age in oar-. bed!ion ve ta those of the Freca R4Britiihaand -or than that of our owncognnry e tients are 'eat to an Asylum,-it ist and how can that Asylutwhe a 6'qhIMal achieves. success in'this par luH institution tas- eijovd the; conti r'25 only of the peopile odi.sti, :tise~r6 . large. number of years-i btt of the peiplof ' tij state of North Carnliin,,.Ge is Ala badsa and- Mississilpi.; p "as.4 f dence been mi' mod r cdtivutlb. would the nfiairtu ' v have been sent to it fron abrotid s ii reied iiti gre terekittoa -d yi eater skill at o'tlmant qcban of.. recovery, uh al t sk i cre oed, They lhbe rie- thie itb : ofrcleaof soeletylrlthuir espective Stte and never, it is believed, in a singlainstsucr haveitisj left itirwalfs with(u dpr efn a blessing upon the headoif very mny matnces they have retufe' second and~ a: third timu, :again. to'eseeiff that kindnessawhich hat so..freely been hos touted apon them. And let,*-baermembered that not a few. olNi ai been t-Nairth ern Aslum ;land tafte'ai experience of both, prefarence. lis bi given'' to thi. in moroethant event. *. ,fqelsyp 4onl only have been rem ".fr_ m this Aslin to the North, and one of these bad-to - be brought back one actountwf!thik own stu'ng entreaties. Two of them died in isbort time, and one recoveied. Tiese ir preg., nant facts; and must haire their effect; &.2 .I would close here, but tlife bitteriistu upon its management, its' organirtion; ard whole policy, demand,'erhaps, a few.ig i more. I assert that the institutioti l et progrc: sice, and that our Lgislifik.ti'n4s - ways exhibited towards it'.a spirit.of-.fIg benevolence -and. noble generosity,. .Ofr State was one of the first to.move fpuward in this' great work, and in additiohitlth heavy expenditure -at the outset e s 6. s from time to tinom'dmde the most libraln propriations at the call of the Reent. : has watched over it through her legst}ye. committees, and she has, had the gratifying tr assuranes, :year by year, thatiber noble designs have worked the noblest. mlti: She knoe that it is no failhre; it fisk an asylutn forher-most gifted 'his and ljd fairest danghters, when hits d -eprve them of the noblest oi' lI giftiiog:i( reason,; and site has seen-them tetymn from its walls to the: bosom of lheir ftamiislan - firends in full possession of all their powers. What now is its presents conditiin I an. swer, btter than it hasher been before, and mo'e entitled to the public confdence. It" has a Board of Regents, the majority of whom has been' connected with the~ instittr. tion for upwards of ten years; .a- physician who was one-of the first' Regents and who has been the chief medical officer for nestly twenty years ; a- superintendent who has been in charge for about fifteen years, .nd who is also the resident physician; a chap lain, who has officiated for many years; and a head keeper, a most valuable officer, who has been in it forahout fifteen-years. Along intercourse with the'insajne must have quali. fled them fur the. ligtter discharge of iheir ; several duties, or eiperience and.ohservatio - yield.po fruits. -There is an order, a cleaun-'. liness,.a'-pc'iading decency in all.. that 'is possible, 'wiiclie .must' strike,the- visitor. There is1'it dfie'1aw, and that is the lar of: kindness. it is. the picture, witibbut few ex prtions,. of 'aontehttd, happy, and quiet faniily. Thie gtoonds in front are biautitut. ly ordaimented. and'a green house, wil its ~rich treasures of fruit an'd flowersr opens he. fdre youz -Ta tiisegrounds'and -to this green'hdada' .large- portion.of :tbe patients are-' addiifee -Ntients are',permitted't sn rwalk out to''the sand llsu in charge of'hefr keeper's and this.privileg'e is 4tended to all who cani be trqsted. I have seen. a dozen: in charge of a single keeper a mile from town.. The men who can be induced to. work as employed in fanming, ini the vegetable gaur don, and in the cultivation of floweis. Thie females, true, I might say, to the instincts or habits of their sex, take the most interest in' needle wvoak, knitting, and similar emplo ments. There is a library, provided with; books and newspapers, to which all have; access who desire. A new piano has been provided for those who have skill in' musier, and often the ears of the visitor are greetE - h y the iwe-et strains which issue from it~ The chaplain preaches every Sabbath,is~a a - tmember of the household, and speni'ds his whole time in benevolent intercourse' with. them. They are well fed, well clad, an have all their real wants attended to. -'he. gas. has been recently introduced into the building, and this is made to burn all night -for better protection of'the inmates. Ther. is an addlitional guard of a night watch. I trepeat that the institution is worthy of con-. ifidence, and the attempts to write or talk. it ,dowvn will prove abortive, and I. flattir my.. I self that I have proved it in this hsasty aiele. And nowv, in conclusion, I have to poee to the most painuful task of all. The physiciaur ~of the institution has thought fit to repljti " Howard'' in a spirit of groat bitterness and- -- ueverity. I will not retort upon him, and in the present state of my feelings could not bo* induced to do so. I respect hiin for hs -many virtues;t and with a deep sense if- ob- -. t ligation for the many acts of kindness receiv ed at his hands,' here distinctly disclaim any r design to arraigns him before the puhlic. HOWARD, aGATes.-Never put up a pair of bass where you can hang a good gate. Theyare -perplexing, and' do not answver the purpose half as well as a good gate. Whor&'ono* uhas to pass frequently into a field or onclo r sure,:the tune occupied in taking them den* Sand putting them up will often pay the sixtra, -expenuse of constructing and hangipg,sa good -permanent gate,. which elR Jdif, foyns -and niay be opened and closed is a mine .Gates that bang on hings sobas to' swnif Sand out, and which faten tnai e46i , baekward anud forwardI, by th1 iei u . ' -springs, are the most deskrable.- "I:eir as ,pearance, too, isquite in geodtaste,..arhioh. iis a nmatter. of some ingnrtance 4dt .met - situationls. -- --