FOOTNOTES:

[1] See Senator Sumner's speech in Congress on Plantation manners.

[2] An election bully, the ugliest man in Charleston, and the deadly foe of Mingle.

[3] Now called Baxter street

[4] Now Worth street and Mission Place.

[5] A gambling den.

[6] Can it be possible that such things as are here pictured have an existence among a people laying any claim to a state of civilization? the reader may ask. The author would here say that to the end of fortifying himself against the charge of exaggeration, he submitted the MS. of this chapter to a gentleman of the highest respectability in Charleston, whose unqualified approval it received, as well as enlisting his sympathies in behalf of the unfortunate lunatics found in the cells described. Four years have passed since that time. He subsequently sent the author the following, from the "Charleston Courier," which speaks for itself.

"FROM THE REPORTS OF COUNCIL.
"January 4th, 1843

"The following communication was received from William M. Lawton, Esq., Chairman of the Commissioners of the Poor-house.

"'Charleston, Dec. 17th, 1852.
"'To the Honorable, the City Council of Charleston:

"'By a resolution of the Board of Commissioners of this City, I have been instructed to communicate with your honorable body in relation to the insane paupers now in Poor-house', (the insane in a poor-house!) 'and to request that you will adopt the necessary provision for sending them to the Lunatic Asylum at Columbia. * * * * There are twelve on the list, many of whom, it is feared, have already remained too long in an institution quite unsuited to their unfortunate situation.

"'With great respect, your very obedient servant,
"'(Signed) WM. M. LAWTON,
"'Chairman of the Board of Commissioners.'"

[7] Our Charleston readers will recognize the case here described, without any further key.

[8] An institution for the relief of the destitute.

[9] This sight may be seen at any time.

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY.
OFFICE, No. 112 & 114 BROADWAY.
CASH CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
Assets, 1st July, 1860, $1,481,819 27. Liabilities, 1st July, 1860,
54,068 67.
The Home Insurance Company continues to issue against loss or damage
by FIRE and the dangers of INLAND NAVIGATION AND TRANSPORTATION,
on terms as favorable as the nature of the risks and the real
security of the Insured and the Company will warrant.
LOSSES EQUITABLY ADJUSTED AND PROMPTLY PAID.
Charles J. Martin, President. A.F. Willmarth, Vice-President.
J. Milton Smith, Secretary. John McGee, Assistant Secretary.

DIRECTORS.
Wm. G. Lambert, of A. & A. Lawrence & Co.
Geo. C. Collins, of Sherman, Collins & Co.
Danford N. Barney, of Wells, Fargo & Co.
Lucius Hopkins, President of Importers and Traders' Bank.
Thos. Messenger, of T. & H. Messenger.
Wm. H. Mellen, of Claflin, Mellen & Co.
Chas. J. Martin, President.
A.F. Willmarth, Vice-President.
Charles B. Hatch, of C.B. Hatch & Co.
B. Watson Bull, of Merrick & Bull.
Homer Morgan
Levi P. Stone, of Stone, Starr & Co.
Jas. Humphrey, late of Barney, Humphrey & Butler.
George Pearce, of George Pearce & Co.
Ward A. Work, of Ward A. Work & Son.
James Low, of James Low & Co., of Louisville.
I.H. Frothingham, late firm of I.H. Frothingham & Co.
Charles A. Bulkley, Bulkley & Co.
Geo. D. Morgan, of E.D. Morgan & Co.
Cephas H. Norton, of Norton & Jewett.
Theo. McNamee, of Bowen, McNamee & Co.
Richard Bigelow, of Doan, King & Co., St. Louis.
Oliver E. Wood, of Willard, Wood & Co.
Alfred S. Barnes, A.S. Barnes & Burr.
George Bliss, of Phelps, Bliss & Co.
Roe Lockwood, of R. Lockwood & Son.
Levi P. Morton, of Morton, Grinnell & Co.
Curtis Noble, late of Condit & Noble.
J.B. Hutchinson, of J.C. Howe & Co., Boston.
Chas. P. Baldwin, of Baldwin, Starr & Co.
Amos T. Dwight of Trowbridge, Dwight & Co.
H.A. Hurlbut, of Swift, Hurlbut & Co.
Jesse Hoyt, of Jesse Hoyt & Co.
Wm. Sturgis, Jr., of Sturgis, Shaw & Co.
John R. Ford, of Ford Rubber Co.
Sidney Mason, late of Mason & Thompson.
Geo. T. Stedman, of Stedman, Carlisle & Shaw, Cincinnati.
Cyrus Yale, Jr., of Cyrus Yale, Jr. & Co., of New Orleans.
Wm. R. Fosdick, of Wm. R. & Chas. B. Fosdick.
David I. Boyd, of Boyd, Brother & Co., Albany.
F.H. Cossitt, of Cossitt, Hill & Tallmadge, Memphis.
Lewis Roberts, of L. Roberts & Co.