The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-02
FROM THE STATE clrrrAL.
hii Quiet Along the Radical Lines
Morphinc Wnntcd-Thc Negro Avn Ice
The Fui r-The Tourncys-IIuc
Ridge Rnilroad-Thc Cannl-yyhosc
Fault!
lrRoM OUR OWE CORRESPONDENT

COLUMBIA November 1.
Our Etlliopico-carpct-bagger war languishcs
Elliott-tac Dcs,lcmOnalcss Othello of The ,lomrs
| tic iragctly-is absent ON business K.,vanugh-
lfisIvnan though he be, AMI an officer hfgl, i'm the
Grand Army Of the Republic, us he claims to be-
swallows his potion, bitter az ii IL, ana Keeps
quiet. lie needs 1HOI3,hinc. Wimbusll having
failed to get l.cses iand-organ to play the tune
IL thought he had paid for, las retired in disgust
| and IL sat home" In Chester. Icslic alonc-Irs-
lie, the rrcprcssiblc. the grcat dad,lyf;t OF the
nrn"rc' ddycnturcrs-Lcslic alone holds his
ground.
Upon this Wlmbush-Lcslic sluabble, an intc-
gent negro volunteered TO me an explanation Of
how II arose. lie called no names and named
no parties, hut his language shows that tile NO.
grocs are bcEinning-Oniy just beginning how
cvcr-:o see how things are going FOR their race
My colored ircnd-onc whom have known for
nficcn years 10 be honest and truthful-who Is
now Radical, says that the land quarrel arose
from one party's trying to get little bit OF what is
going and the other's trying 10 take alias they
have bcen doing up TO this tine. The zone partyn
Is the negro, ana the ''other partyn is the carpet
Dagger My friend expressed himself as in favor
Of tic one pary lighting II out that linc if II
taxes all summer. He seems 10 have improved
Ills opportunities OF education little too clcrcry
for the comfort OF the Carpct-baggcry, for which
he has heretofore obcdicntly voted. lie knows
Wimbush personally, and believes that Ii he had
been Il Willie man ana Il Radical, instead OF n
man ana Il brother, lie would have gOi the favor
That lie asked from Leslie. wimbush rocs home
10 prepare the minds of his constituency for this
new feature in Radcalism.
THE FAIR.
: The indications from all parts OF the State are
that the c"'wd III ;ilc Fair next week will he I'M
prcccdcH,etly large. Especially from the up
country comes IN the Information that everybody
with his wife ana family is making ready to
spend three OF ut least two days here hurin. the
Fair. so well established in the public mind l.
THIS fact that party Of gentlemen from st. Mat
thcw's are coming prepared with tents and camp
outfit to cHtertain themselves during their so.
Journ nj the Fair.
The tournament idea seems 10 have taken with
the young mca, and knights from several parts
OF the State, especially Columbia, Winnsbnro,
Union and Ab0cvillc, are known to he giriinr
themselves for the trial Of skill. The fear OF too
large crowd Of knights sccnls to have deter.
mined the juvenlic-pcrha!s would he nearer
The idea by saying the J'treaiior fulk-to get nm :,
more youthful tourney, where the lance instead
OF the broadsword shall be the implement used
THE Blue RIDGE RAILROAD
Tic resident presence OF Mcssrs. Patterson and
Crcsweli, two Of the contractors for the finishing
OF this road, in Columbia, and their foundry
operations In getting out iron works here, con.
Quoted by Mr.. Steers, n sub.contractor, confirm
the rather dubious public mind upon the aues
tlon OF the bona ftfe character OF that contrpct
We are now fully assured that there Is none of the
Spraguc-Plcrson Columbia canal dodge in It.
THE CANAL.
1t IL now one menth slnLe'tne> >iIrst or October.
when 1t became manifest that either Spraguc had
fooled the commssion-Govcrnor Scott Post
master Wilder and the late Mr.. Lcwis-hy inpos.
Ing npon them contract that has resulted In
doing nothing with the canal for more than n
year; or else the commission-Scott, Wilder and
Lewis-havc dealt treachcrously with South Caro-.
lima, by giving the contract TO Sprague when they
knew lie was contracting in lad fatl. Which
is it?
month has passed and no meeting has been
held by the surviving comlnission-Scott and
Wilder. The Governor Is chairman OF that coln-
mission, and yet he has not even called meet
ting, although wlldcr's onlcc Is not distant more
than two squares from his own. Accordingly we
can see that the fault OF This delay Is not rcrerabe
to Wilder, who-coorcd man tlIoug, hc bc-
seems disposed to serve his native State as well
rs he can.
Docs anybody imagine that it il to the interest
OF Governor Scott TO thus play into the hands OF
Srraguc, the New England manufacturer OF cot.
ton stui:s, without some consideration /? In what
does thai consideration consist virtuous rulers
never prostitute their power for money; AMI our
Governor is virtuous man. Honorable men
and Scott is an honorable man.
$50 are they nil, al honorable men."
CoRsAIR.
SC,S $50