The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-28
[FRoM ouR OWN CORRESPONDENT ]


PET-BAadKRs.
TFRoM oUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.
Co1pnB1A, 8. c., September 25.-The proceed
ings OF the last two days Of the extra session o
the so-called Legislature were as uninteresting
as can well be imagined. There was nothing
worth noting on Friday which has not already
been telegraphed. On Saturday the finishing
touches were given to the few acts which had
hung fire until that late hour, and by eleven
o'clock both Houses were ready to adjourn.
The interval until twelve NJ, the hour fixed on
for adjournment, was passed in making bun
combe speeches. In the Senate, Corbin anus
ed himselfby making congratulatory address
! to his colleagues in that body on the SUCCESS
full result of the session. he knew very well
that such success as had been attained was
due himself and atew other shrewd wire
pullers and hard workers, but on this occasion
he was content to waive any credit he might be
entitled to, in order to humbug the Ignorant
rabble to whom he was addressing himself by
making them believe that they had actually
originated laws End created the machinery for
carrying State government into effect.
The poor deluded fools swallowed it all, too,
like 80 many gudgoons, and when Corbin spoke
Of their legislation being the brightest Illus
tration of the pages Of history, they clapped
their hands, stamped their feet, and applaud
ed vociferously, as if they felt 80 proud over
their wonderful exploits that they could not
contain themselves. No doubt they pictured
to themselves the schoolrooms Of "the mil
lions yet unborn" with classes Of young kinky
heads and juvenile descendants Of the carpet
baggers poring over their history books, all
opened at the chapter devoted to "The First
Sessior, Of the Negro Legislature Of South Ca
rolina.n Corbin, of course, spiced his remarks
with illusions to the maignity Of their oppo-
nents, and the successful contradiction Of their
assertion as to the incapacity Of the Legiala-
ture to perform its work. He concluded by
addressing himself to "Old Boozer," the Pres
ident of the Senate, attributing to him great
part Of their success, and offering resolution
Of thanks to that officer. The resolution wa'.
passed, and the good natured old humbug
from Lexington replied in speech, the chief
merit Of which was that it was brief
In the House, Moses INDUCED in the same
humbug as Corbin did in the Senate, NTH
equally brilliant success. He acted his part
admirably. When he said, 'the malignant op-
position OF your enemies is the work Of men
yet writhing under disappointment at the futil-
ity Of their efforts to break up the government
which we support, Of men thrsting for ven-
geance which rightfully should be wreaked only
upon their own guilty heads" one almost for
got that the speaker himself had been rebel,
and had gloried in supplanting the stars and
stripes with the palmetto. When he reached
the middle Of his harangue, he forgot the dis
tinction which he has usually preserved between
Moses on the stump and Moses in the Speakers
chair, and went it strong on Cant aud Grabtax.
The conclusion of the farce was as follows !:
"When We meet again at the regular session,
I hope that we will be able to look each other
bravely in the face, proud in the consciousness
that we have each done our duty in securing
the election of Grant and Colfax. The House
of Representatives stands adjourned until the
fourth Monday in November next"
treasury to pay off the members before they
left. and so they had to content themselves
with bills receivable at seventy-five cents on
the dollar. Many disposed Of their share at
once at sixty cents, and some were sold as low
fiity-five apd even fifty cents The members
we're all payed in new bills with the honest sig
nature of Neagle attached thereto. 1t is said
that the weight Of this attachment is more
than they can bear, and that the ''.NeaglesS as
the new bills are called, will soon be worth
less.
Hoge, the so-called Associate Justice, is tell
ing a cock-and-bul story about bis adventures
at Radical pow-w.w in Newberry. BE sats
that he was continually Interrupted in his
speech by the few white men in the. audience,
that they called him damned hog, and num-
ber of other condemned articles. He asked
them to .desist from their Interruptions, and
told them that he came there to make speech
and that he was going to make it or die. They
told bim to die and be id, and when he took
the train they followed him and shook their
revolvers at him, and told him he better never
come back there again. He took refuge In the
ladies' car, and some Of the men put their
heads in the door and said : Ladies', take care
Of your lunch baskets, there is hog in the
car" Your readers can judge for themselves
how much Of this is true. One Dogan, O ne
gro, who was present in the crowd, said that if
the negroes would follow his advice, they
would lay the town in ashes. The news to-
night is that Doean's dead body was found in
the suburbs Of the village this morning.
Acting Governor Scott is said TO be highly
excited over the reported outrages, and also
the rumored introduction OF arms into the
State. James Gibbes. Esq, had IN interview
with him to-day, Of which have the following
secondhand account: Some time ago Scott re-
ceived letter signed in the name Of one
Graves, a former servant OF Mr.. Glbbes, pur-
porting to have been written in Abbeville, and
stating that Gen. MCGOWAN was going about
making speeches, threatening to kill the ne
groes if they dared to vote, &c. Scott sent
for G.bbes and lead the letter to him. Gibbes
promised to inquire into the matter. Gibbes
went to Newberry the other day, and there he
saw Graves. The latter denied ever having
Written the letter, and pronounced it forgery
from beginning to end. Gibbes went to-day 10
Scott to get the letter TO Try and trace the au-
thorship, but Scott said Whittemore had car
ried it with him to Washington. Scott asked
n;bbao ohnut tho ron ortnd intrO1uction of