The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-08
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
Moses and the Mtlitia-The Personnel OF
the state Governmental Power Be-
hind the Throne, &c.
IrRoM OUR own oonnEspoNpEsr

| COLUMBIA, s. c., May 6, 1869.-It is the opin-
ion here that Aajntent-Gececel Moses will only
get negroes TO fornlshis militia; for as regards
| the whites, "that occupations gone" and all
now have conscientious scruples.'' H. Spar
nick has gone travelling on the fat income OF
his sinecure; the Superintendent of Education.
j. 4. Jiilson, gets his $4,000 for prob bly, dream
ing about the plans he has in prospective to
satisfy the freedmen's ''whlnes about a-going to
Cawiidge;" and we are more than willing that
General Moses should shut up shop, and do
away with "the big plumes and spirit. stirring
drum" The muster days in the olden time,
with plenty Of mean whisksy and broken
noses, we're bad enough, but the disastrous
consequences that will result if this militia
system is carried out will be tremendous.
The Treasury Department. costs $4,000
more than it did under the old regtnae. Treas
urer Parker's clofks fortunately understand
his duties. Cardozo, Secretary Of State, though
colored, IS the most intelligent, best qualified
and most popular or all the State officers. He
is we'll thought OF by every one he, Q, irrespec-
tive Of party.
But little is being done in the Executive De-
partment since Governor Scott has left, yet his
absence matters but little, as ''the stay behind
the throne"-old john Heart-has always done
tho brain, as we'll as the manual work Of the
concern-writes all messages, documents of
Importance, &C.. and the old Reynard uses Scott
as mere cat's-paw; AMI it is conclusive to us
that the latter is no Governor at all, from this
plain reasoning Scott must either be Cover
nor de facto and de .jure or one or the
other-it is generally admitted there is no Gov
ernor de j,ire, and since Heart is Governor de
m hp 10 1oPtO
says he is worth $500, 900 and sought the CUB.
ernatorial chair only nom ambitious motives
Query: Is Scott's ambition ill-directed?
s. L. Hoge, L. j. Robertson and A. s. Wal
lace arc here, and Assistant Adjutant- General
Elliott (colored) attracts attention by dashing
through the streets in his double buggy at a
breaE-neck tror.
The professors of the University of South
Carolina are very sanguine that the institution
will outride the storm. Professor John Le-
Conte has arrived safe, by way Of Panama, in
San Francisco, and writes with unbounded en-
thuslasm about that great county.
The iron palmetto tree, erected by the State
in honor Of the dead who fell in Mexico, has
been very much injured by United States sol
diers and others, who have been knocking off
the letters for relics; it ought to be stopped.
Very few know the object Of q brick column
fronting the western opening Of the Universi-
ty; it is to tell the deviation Of the magnetic
needle from the true Northern meridian, which
increases or decreases east or west, according
to almost regular periods OF time. This devi-
alton is very imp ortant in surveying, and is
determined by arranging compass on mar
bic stand some seventy-five yards from the
column, then notice the number of degrees
between the direction of the needle and q
straight line between the marble and black
line on the southern side of the brick column.
The ground formerly occupied by the build
ings ct the Arsenal Academy has been en-
closed, and is now being used by Governor
Scott as garden.
The Supreme Court is now on the Sixth Cir
cult, and will adjourn to Charleston afl er hear
ing the two remaining circuits. HALIFAX.