Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE DAILY IK PHONIX. Daily Paper $8 a Year "Let our Just Censure ^^?^3S^SsK9^m Attend tile Tme Event." Tri-Weekly $? a Year BY J?XIAN SE?BY. \ ; ; * COLUMBIA. 8. C.. WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 13, 1868. VOLUME IV-NO. 46. THE PHOENIX. TVDUlsnSSt PMI.Y AITO TBI-WEjtKLT. KV'MIY WSDNZSDAX MOUKINO. |( , BY JULIAN A. SELBY, EbrroB ANO PKOTBIETOH. Office on Main street, a row doors above Taylor (or Camdon).street. TERMS-IN ADVANCE. 3CB8CBIPTIOK. Dfcilv Paper, six month?. .00 Tri-Weekly, 44 fi.2 50 Weekly, 44 f .1 50 AOVKBTIBKaTEKTS Insertod at 75 cents per square for the firut Insertion, and 50 cents for eaeU subs?quent. Weekly 75 cents each insertion. am* A lib?rai discount made on the abov<\ rates when a lcertL e,,>ents are inserted b\< the month or year. AOENTS. Loxington- B. J. Hayes. Spartanburg-Hiram Mitchell. J. B. Allen, Chester. Julius Poppe, Anderson C. H. S. P. Kiuard, Nowborry 0. H. James Grant, Union. DEMOCRATIC BARBEE SHOP. riuiE undersigned having opened a -*- shop in the rear of Thomas E. Gregg's Crockery Store, (entrance on Taylor street,) respectfully solicits the patronage of the public. April 30 THOMAS WETHERS. Scythes and Grain Cradles. 1 ?) DOZEN GRIFFIN'S GRAIN SCYTHES. 6 doz. GRAIN CRADLES-modo expressly for Southern wheat. Just received and for sale LOW, by May 8 JUfc. T. R. AGNEW. Self-Igniting Segars. THE most convenient and latest novelty out; together with a choice assortment of SMOKING and CHEWING TOBACCO, for sale by April 30 J. & T. R. AGNEW, NEW SUPPLY. ;. " FINE New York Sugar-Cured PIG HAMS and Breakfast Strips, Superior GOSHEN CHEESE, Dutch Herring, in kita, Fresh Country Butter, South Carolina Wrapping Paper, Northern 4 4 Irish Potatoes-Prince Albert's and Peach Blows. G. DLEROKS. CORN, CORN. 1 OOO BUSHELS CORN just J-?V/V_/V_/ received, and for salo by FISHER & LOWRANCE. Also, delivered nt all stations on the Greenville and Columbia Rail? road, ut Columbia prices. April 25 New No. 1 Mackerel. KA KITS No. 1 Bay MACKEREL UVJ 20 whole aud half barrels No. 1 Bay Mackerel, for salo by May 1 E. & G. D. HOPE. FURNITURE. ?SEP HAYING j ust received, ^flfc-nii addition to my former VL *^TTstock of the abpve, IT* offer, afc low prices, a variety of BEDSTEADS, BUREAUS, SIDE? BOARDS, CHAIRS, TABLES, PA? TENT IRON BEDSTEADS, PA? TENT COTS, PATENT "SPRING BEDS, SAFES, and other articles too numerous to mentiptt. FURNI? TURE and MATTRESSES MADE TO ORDER. Parti?nlaf attention given to REPAIRING, PACKING and JOBBING. JEROME FAGAN, Washington Rtre> t, _April 28 Opposite Masonic Hall. _ Fresh- Hops, Ac. IT* RESH HOPS, YEAST POW . DEBS, PEARL SAGO, OAT MEAL, English MUSTARD, Arrow Root, Flavoring Extracte, Starch, Blueing, Cocoa, Jujube Paste,.Spices, Matches. Beet articles at tho lowest price, at FISH RH & HEINITSH'S, April 241 _ Druggist*. Pickles, Canned Fruits, &c. PLAIN, MIXED AND GHOW CHOYV PICKLES, assorted jars; CANNED PEACHES, PINE -AP? PLES, TOMATOES, PEAS, CORN. Pie Fruits. Cranberry S:'.uec, Lob st?re, Oysters, Jollies, Extracte, Trench and English Mustard, Lon? don Club Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce, Walnut Sance, Pepper Sauce, Fresh Olive Oil, Sardines, Ac., on hand and for sale by J. A T. R. AGNEW, Dealers in Choice Groceries, &o, A RARE CHANCE. AYOUNG LAWYER will find RICE'S and CONNER'S LAW DIGESTS, and the STATUTES AT LARGE; also, RICE on BANK? RUPTCY, JAMES on BANKRUPT? CY, at DUFFLE & CHAPMAN'S Bookstore, Davis' Building. April 22 SPECIAL 'NOTICES. 1 A FAT,L,/vcv- Somo people think that chronic dyspopsi*. miuf, bo cured by exer? cise and diet alono, This ia.-a mistake. Tb? stqmM$ must bs eiiinuiatea and regu? lated, and tho lirer and the discharging1 organs put in godd'troiking order befdro a 1 cure can be effected. Such ie tile opera? tion of HOSTETTER'S BITTEIIS. They tono . the stomach, set the liver right, And put tho stomach in stich healthful plight, . . u! That good digestion waits on appetite." Many persons fancy that fever and ague j can be avoided by adopting unusual pre cautions against damp and ?old. Neve was there ? greater fallacy. There ia no absolute safeguard against malarious ma? ladies, except Hostetter's Bitters. 'To brace tho frame, and make it aguo-1 proof, To keop the causes of disoaso aloof," There is nothing like this genial vege? table invigorant. So, too, iu cases where there is a predisposition to biliousness: the constitutional tendencv 1B combatted and held in chock by the alterativo action of thc Bitters. Diet and regimen ?re powerful allies of I judicious medical treatment when the pre? servation of health in insalubrious locali? ties is the object in view. But they will not answer tho desired end alone. Uss thom as aids to tho Bitters, hut do not rely upon the efficacy of any formula that dm s not include thia admirable tonic. The Bitters consist of an unadulterated vegetable essence, (unrivalled among sti? mulants,) medicated solely with herbs and roots of acknowledged virtue as touics. It is agreeable to tho taste and perfectly harmless. Even to children of delicate constitutions it may be given with perfect impunity. In fact', with these, as with those of older growth, its wonderful r?cu? p?rant properties are at once apparent. May 10_t6 AMERICAN HOUSE, BOSTON, ALA SS. THE vory important and extensivo improvements which have recently .buen made in this POPULAR HO? TEL, the largest in New England, enablo tho proprietors to offer to tourists, families. and tho traveling public accommodations and conveniences superior to any other hotel in tho city. During the past sum? mer, additions Lavo been made of mime-' rous suites of apartments, with bathing rooms, water c?asete, ?Lo., attached; one of Tofts' magnificent passenger elevators, the beet ever constructed, conveys guests to tho upper story of tho house in one minute; the entries have boen newly and richly carpeted, and tho entire house tho? roughly replenished and refurnished making it, in all its appointments, equal to any hotel in tho country. Telegraph Office, Billiard Halla and Cafo Ou first floor. LEWIS RICE & SON, May 6 t3mo_Proprietors. COPELAND & BEARDBN. 10,000 lbs. Bacon SIDES Laod SHOULDERS, 20 bags Rio Coffee, 6,000 bushels CORN. 5 hilda. Molasses, 10 hhds. Coffee Sugar, 50 sacks Liverpool Salt, 10 Mils. New Orleans Molasses. Bagging and Balo Ropo._Feb 23 FRUIT AND NUTS. JUST received, from a cargo lately ar? rived, a full assortment of PECAN NUTS, English Filberts, Ivica Almonds soft sheU; Messina Oranges and Sicily Lemons. Tho above will bo sold at very reasonable rates, and during the season a fresh supplv will bo kept on hand. For i s?lfe by GEO. SYMMERS. jfcprll U NEW BOOKS. NORWOOD. A Novel. By Henry Ward | Beecher. .Price il.50. DAVID, the King of Israel. By Krum-1 m?cher. Price $1.76. Tho Massacre ol' St. Bartholomew. By White. Precoded by a History of the Re? ligion-* War?. Il.TJJy Andreas liefer, thc TyrolObC Patriot Ait Historical Novel. By Mnhlbaoh. The Poetry and Complement of Court? ship. Tho Three Little-Spades. By Mifh War utr. . Charlotte's Inheritance- A serine] to "Birds of Ptoy." 1 Sooner or Later. By Shirley Brooks. A first class novel. And other Ne*- Bouks. For sale at McCARTER/S BOOKSTORE. April 16 K.l. BRYAN. Fresh Biscuit and Crackers. ?} A BB LS. FRESH CRACKERS, for sale low by E. A Ot D. HOPE. _ March 27 _ _ FRESH CBACKERsT" MESH ROOM, Soda, Trenton Rutter, Tea Cracker*,'.bimble?, Sc.\ for *ule by GEO. Si M MERS. March 10 CLOCKS, Of - . * ???L WATCHLV-', JEWELRY, SPECTACLES, Ac, Ac, AT ISAAC SULZBACHERH. REPAIRING, IN ALL ITS BRANCHES, ATTENDED TO PERSONALLY. March 2S .REPORT OF REGENTS OF LUNATIC ASYLUM. LUNATIC ASYLUM, S: C., COI/?MBIA; April 20,1868. ' ?Pfs Excellency Governor Orr: T beg leave most respectfully to submit 0e report of thc Beard of Regents of the Lunatic Asylum of $outh Carolina, with the ac? companying reports of the Physician and Superintendent, the Secretary and Treasurer, and Chaplain. Congratulating you and the country upon thc successful administration of its affairs, under circumstances of no ordinary character, and referring you to the several reports for information in detail, I have the honor to subscribe myself vour Excellency's most obedient Bervant, M. LABORDE, President of the Board of Regents of Lunatic Asylum. COLUMBIA, April 3, 1868. REPORT OF COMMITTEE. The committee to whom were referred tho reports of tho officers of tho Asylum for tho last year, respectfully report: The practice hitherto has been that the Superintendent, and Plrysician, the Secretary and Treasurer, and the Chaplain, made to the Board annual report? in theil* respective departments, for the year ending in November. These reports were referred to n com? mittee for examination, and to furnish thc basis of thc annual report of the Board to tho Geueral Assembly, ns required by law. This report was in the first instance prefaced by tho committee; and having boen submitted to and approved by the Board, was adopted as the report of thc latter to tho Legislature, at the session com? mencing tho fourth Monday of November. Tho committee ap? pointed at thc annual meeting of tho Board in November last, have performed the duty of examining the reports of tho officers named, and have approved the sume; but there being no General Assembly in existence since the appointment of the committee, to whom to address a report, they have been unable to pursuo the established practice. They think, however, that it will promoto the welfare of the institution, and also be in discharge of a duty to tho public, that these reports, together with the action of thc Board thereon, be published in some mode. The committee accordingly recom? mend that the reports be transmitted to his Excellency the Governor, as approved by tho Board on examination, and as correctly exhibit? ing the condition of tho Asylum during tho period designated; and that his Excellency be requested to make such disposition thereof as in bia judgment muy bo proper. WM. H. TALLEY, ) WM. WALLACE, J-Committee. "WM. K. BACHMAN,) LUNATIC ASYLUM, S. C., November 5, 1868. To the Hoard of. Regents. GENTLEMEN: Having eompletod another year-the. thirty-first of my connection with this institution as Superintendent-the duty devolves on nie to render my annual report, which I now proceed to make in as few words as may be compatible with tho importance of the subject: The year was commenced with one hundred and forty-two patients-eighty-five were received during the year, making two hundred and twenty-seven. From this number forty-one have been discharged, viz: Cured. 25 Eloped. 2 Removed.. 3 Died. ll Leaving, now in the house.187 Paupers.,. :.126 Paying class. 61 Males. 88 Females. . 99 The excess of paupers over paying patients is owing to circum? stances, familiar to our people. The deaths which occurred were from appplexy... - . . 1 General paralysis.'.;. ;... 2 Convulsions.:. 2 Abec?s..... . ..'..._....". ..... .1 Consumption.:.2 Diarrhcea.2 Heart disease.1 Inanition..f.,.1 In taking a retrospectivo glance at the thirty-nine years which have passed since tliia Asylum has been in operation, willi thc rqsult mid attendant circumstances of each, ourpresent report cannot b? otherwise than satisfactory. Commencing tho year with oue hun? dred and forty-two patients-mostly chronic and hopeless cases- - our financial condition such as to make our existence beyond a few months doubtful; with qui poverty came pestilence, followed by an unusual amount ??f sickness.-common to tho scfrotuic??g Bcuntry. Nevertheless, our bil! of mortality was small. Thc addition of patients was grouter than during any former year; and under the blessing of God, there was no lack of tho necessaries and comforts of life. By reference to the bill of mortality, it will appear that ail who ' died, were of diseases over which medical treatment exerts but little : control. The case ol' abcess was in au aged woman, who was' I brought to the Asylum in tho last stage of exhaustion. She sur- j I vived but three days. Thc loathsome disease, small pox/made its' ( appearance in the Asylum in December. Its origin seems to have I been spontaneous, without the immediato agency of contagion-the first subject being an old imbecile, who was never allowed to go out j of the enclosure ; nor was ho known to come in contact with visitors. \ The disease was in the city two months previous. No caro was nearer than fonr hundred yards, nor subsequent to October. By rigid attention to tho hygien of the institution, vaccinating every inmate, isolating the sick, thoroughly cleansing and white-washing ' repeatedly thc interior of thu building, and airing tho bedding daily, tho disease was .confinod -to fourteen cases; all of whom recovered. By reference to the taj?le appended, it will bc seen that a largo proportion of, our cases aro beyond the curable stage. lu all hospitals for tho insane, wc find it so-owing much to thc habit of detaining this class of sufferers too long at home. Under any cir? cumstances, there is a natural tendency to that stato of things; but the numbers might be greatly reduced, if all who have tho care of the insano, would placo them early under judicious treatment. My , own observation attests tho truthfulness of tho following declara? tion: "The ovidenco that comes from our own and many other hospitals, shows that there uro manifold disorders of tho brain, pro? ducing perversions of mental and moral action, in numberless forms, classed under tho general term of insanity. Theso are usually grave diseases; and yot, they aro among the most ?urablo of maladies of their severity, provided they are taken in season and tho proper remedies applied and continued." "In recent cases tho recoveries amoimt to tho proportion of soventy-iivo to ninety per centum of all that are submitted to tho restorative process." It is equally well established, that with the la'pso of one, two or more years, tho disoaso becomes fixed; and tho recovery of a patient is more the oftspring of chanco than tho result of rational calculation and treatment Among the patients admittod were three convicts. One from tho Charleston jail, under sentence of death ; one from Chester jail, who had been awaiting his trial for murder; and one from tho peniten? tiary, who had been sentenced to imprisonment for Hie. I would respectfully suggest, that tho transfer of convicts from thc penitentiary or jails to bc at least of doubtful propriety, "for in one case where tho procedure is a laudable act of mercy to an innocent individual, in ten it is either a fraud upon justice, or a cruel imposition upon thoso who must suffer from such association." Nor does tho Asylum afford sufficient security for the safe keeping of those having the cunning and determination common to convicts, least they be remanded to their former prison. It is proper that I should call you attention to tliis evil now, while the penitentiary is ill its infancy, and before the practico of stich transfer, by tacit acquiescence, becomes engrafted on tho Asylum. In the ease of Hyfield, tho first criminal alluded to, there was muc h dissatisfaction expressed by the patients; both patients and attendants assured mo that he was moro crazy before the regents, and in my presence, than in our absence; he adroitly deceived those in charge of him and made his escape. It is highly probable ho assumed insanity as the only means of escaping the punishment ?.warded for an atrocious crime. Not the interest of the Asylum alone, but that of tho com? munity, are interested in such cases; and suggests the importance of providing for insane convicts within the walls of the penitentiary. The apartment provided for colored insane was of necessity limited, and is now full. We have been gratified in seeing several of this class leave thc Asylum in health of body and mind-others aro improving daily-eight or ten go out regularly aud cheerfully every day with their head attendant, to perform such work as may be required. Exercise and agreeable occupation we regard of first importance, in drawing thc mind from its morbid contemplations, and promot? ing bodily health. A large majority ol* our patient? are, from former habits, easily induced to engage in farming and gardening; others ave occupied with in-door work. The farm and garden have been cultivated with success-from each tho yield has been abundant. We boast an average of thirty-five bushels of corn per acre on thirty-five acres. Our harvest of potatoes, peas, hay, ?.Vc, very satisfactory. I place before you au extraordinary specimen of the sweet potato from our farm, weighing ton pounds, ?ind another of eight and ii half pounds. From on?-tenth of an acre wc harvested forty-live and a half bushels of "Early Goodrich" Irish potatoes. You saw growing in our garden in one lot, 20,GIO-tabba gc riants, with all other vegetables of the season. For our success in fanning and gardening, we ave largely indebted to the skill and industry of the patients and their attendants. While this brandi of work has been a valuable auxiliary in the treatment of the patients, it has I also been very profitable to the Asylum,'find suggests the advantage which could be derived fvom a larger fann, work-shops. ?.Ve. In re? porting thc industry of our male patients, we would not overlook the handi-wovk of the females. They, too, have performed well their part in tho sewing rooms, and in the general work of the house. With little exception, all the clothing has been made by them. Knitting for our entire household seemed a part-of their recreation. In attaching great importance tr? occupation, cultivating habits of industry, and in enforcing rules for cleanliness and neatness, we ave not unmindful of the importance of supplying means for the amuse? ment and recreation of our patients; and till such as are common in every first class institution are afforded in this. Religions services, as heretofore, have been regularly conducted by our esteemed Chaplain, Rev. Wm. Martin. The attendance of the patients, in this ns in all other duties which they perform, is entirely voluntary; nevertheless, there is generally ft good congrega? tion of attentive hearers, who would bo very unwilling todispenso with thc privileges of the sanctuary. The services iu thc Chapel is but a part of the good influence of thc Chaplain; his words of cheering and encouraging admonition should be felt in every part ! of the house.