The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-15
iTsom oun OWN CORRESPONDENCE

| sition of the negro to idle receives daily exem.
pfcation. Conspicuous among the forms in
4 which this shows itself is attendance on public
| business, when and where they have no bust
ness. The Court of Common Pleas and Gene
raj Sessions. Judge Boozer, has been in ses-
| sion here for the past week, and the house
| really insufhcieatiD capacity, has been crowded
with pegroes-rude, Ignorant, and offensive
field hands--nOt one IN ten of whom have q
particle Of business there. The auditorial
| seats are filed from morning till night with
these creatures, outnumbering the whites ten
to one generally To be thus in court is to be
away from their work; but they snatch at every
such opportunity Of idIing. The pretext urged
| by them is that they are interested in the par
ties tried before the court; and, in truth, this
pretext is largely applicable. however INSULT
cient it may be, for the court has little before
it except cases Of larceny and assault and bat
| terry by negroes.
| THE PosToFFIoE.
o. q part with Charleston's "Municipal mud
die" is Columbia's postoface puddle. Ihe re-
| lief in the latter that seemed likely week ago
| is now hopeless, as you have been informed.
| Wilder seems disposed to meet the wishes oi
the community, but being, as he is, in the
shackles of despotic political party, he is
powerless to do what he wishes. He found hs
| party masters too strong to allow him to fol-
| low the dictates of his better Judgment, and
has thus missed one of the best oppol tunities
that has ever presented itself to one OF his race
A week ago he had it in his power to secure
and confirm the respect and gratitude of q
community that is daily becoming more power
| full for good or evil (for him to determine
"hIch) to him and to his party. BY securing
! this respect he would have immensely advan-
ced his own position and fortunes, and would
have won possibly some respect md certainly
some favor to his party; and his party may
need both before he will wish to pass off the
stage. The plea that he ,oished to do right
will in future be Of no avail to him. He saw
the right and approved it, but the crack of
the party whip unnerved him, and he tt OTIS
into position with servility that" the slave
Wilder never had to do.
The business embarrassments growing ont
of the present postal regime can hardly be said
to diminish much. One business house, e. g.
G. D. Hope, advertise dozen letters and pa
pers to as many different persons, (ten differ.
ent initials) as awaiting owners ut their Office.
These had all somehow "got into the wrong
box" This is one case. Doubtless a census
OF such wrong-box letters and papers all over
the city would give US hoavy return, and are
anything but gratifying to the new postmaster.
and one may be. in Alight degree, embarrass,
iaR to Ills party Cverseors.s = s.,..-4.s.<.--4.,
The jam at the general delivery is constant.
have not yet, at any hour of the day, seen the
general delivery window without it's anxious
inquirers.
MONETARY FACTS.
There was sold here last Monday at auction
lot OF open accounts, some of many years
standing, and some Confederate but aItogetb-
or amounting to the round sum of $500 600.
which brought $105. An account OF $1,000 sold
at the same time for So. These are only two
QUITO number of similar items; but they
serve to show q condition of affairs here that
is apt to work some modification in the old.
time credit system.
EXECUTIVE OLEMENcY.
One of the cases for highway robbery. tried
in the court the past week, was the State vs..
two Of Governor Scott's pardoned convicts
from the penitentary. The guilt of the par
ties was made out so clear that not man
present could doubt it. and the jury found
them guilty accordingly. What next? Will
his Excellency turn them loose again upon the
community They are, / understand, known
ent ever developes into. Z A week ago his Ex-
cellency extended his executive clemency to six
teen convicts in the penitentiary at one merci-
less swoop of mercy. The State thus loses
their services for awhile. but probably not for
very long. Juries will send them up again no
doubt in due season. The reason assigned for
this kind of ofexecutive work is that these negroes
may, by being pardoned, escape the disRran-
chising clause in the criminal law. It is very
merciful OF his Exoellency. especially when we
remember that he is to be candidate for this
pardoning Office next term. There are only
three classes Of society that object to this del
uge Of olemency--the respectable portion OF
the community, the prospective victims Of
these felons, and the prospective rival candi-
dates for the Hoyernorship. i at then this
Scott-ocracy can be carried on. as II has been,
pretty much without any OF these thr clas ,es
sHi y .-a.sg gas-g. sITE1Es.,r y; ssu
Horace Greeley, In q series Of articles WI ich
he is publishing on political economy, NJ gss.
the cultivation OF tea in the South. 4 He states
that, 'the tea plant germinates, hourishes and
natures in upper South Carolina and in East
Tennessee" Will not somebody in upper South
Carolina give us the practical facts upon this
matter?
The Broad River bridge has been in process
Of rebuilding for several months. The piers
and columns have been up for several weeks.
The superstructure is to be now commenced.
Captain A. Y. Lee is the architect. and tn 9
parties for whom it is being built is stock
company. q.
The Post Band gave an entertainment. rnusi-
'cal, dramatical, farcs oal and humorous. on the
eleventh, and made quite successful affair OF
it. 1he assemblege was large for such q show,
but could hardly be called select In any sense.
Negroes don't take to picl ures much. Wearn
Hix, photographers In this place. used to
take in the days OF slavery more negro pictures
than they do now In freedmen days.
The Bo ard OF Trustees or the University or
South Carolina hold a meeting tonight.
Judge zephaniah Plat has purchased Q re-