The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-14


ship-The University ty-Inteuperance,
&C.
"Ithuriel," the wide-awake correspondent
of the Unionyille Times, writes from Columbia
under date Of The 2dinstant: {.
The we'll written letters OF "Lu1" TO THE
CHARLESTON NEWS are the universal The me
here, and of oil the numerous assailants, ne
has thrown the most effective and tremendous
bomb she'll into Scotts camp. In vain has he
Iscottl called in Messrs. Harrison and Came
ron, who were on the committee to e1culpate
him; both have w:itten letters for that purpose,
and say that the contract with Sellers q Go.
was fUr &, SOC, 600, yet even then things look
dark. Some one, too. in the Courier
under the signature Of .veritas;I asi;, whom ON
,hrone-oId John Heart-has written as
unsatisfactory, complete, and disgusting
nonentity as could be hauled up for the occi.
sion. .'Lux's" communication has taken well
eyerywhere; botn Radical and Democrat have
| stamped Scott's proceedings q. regular swia.
die. and every one is iuquiring, "Who ls
| "'Lux?'n We have tracked him far enough to
know he is disappointed contractor from
| North Carolina; lie knows what he is writing
about. and has nicely and clearly unearLhed the
MACHINERY Of this Blue Ridge Railroad Ring.
Scott has tet these letters. He pretends not
| to notice the attacks Of the press, which has
| handled him rougher than it has any other
man in this country; yet we know they prlck
him like the spears of The Lllliputians did Gull
liver, and if they continue they will yet swamp
'Lay on Macduh,
And damned be be who first cries, "Holol
enough"
While pretended Conservative papers and
| men say these attacks on State officials do no
ouod. we do not know how to meet, treat, OF
Get rid of them any other way. People should
Know Who they are, and if fthey are devils, they
| must be Tough: with fire. and on every occa-
slon shafts should be sunk into the rich Wells
| Of vlllanous ore they are laying away.
Here We will show up two sweet items. Inc
first is the nvestgating committee OF the
Third Congressional District, gotten up at the
special request ofScott to prove he told noth-
| ing but the truth in his recommending Hoge
10 a seat in Congress. This committee cost
the State some SIS day. and as they intend
sitting, at all events, four months. there goes
$1,000.
The second is not far behind. While great
/ many useless Offices were crested as ls ac-
| knowledged on all sides, for no other purpose
but to satisfy the faithful, there are attached to
fore the war the State did not pay for more
than three clerks at cost Of about $500; now
there are twelve VITO are paid fully $12 600.
Here then is $12 900 grasped from the poor
taxpayers and literally thrown away. The lat
! ter item is more excusable than the nrst, as IL
enables the renowned to do nothing but squan,,
| der State money for the slotnIul luxury seFeFai
of them are living in.
CT. Leslis is making ARRANGEMENTS to es-
tabllsh his Office, as Land Commissioner, here,
| with J. Woodruff, Clerk OF the Senate, as MS
right hand man and clerk. While the "irre-
pressible" may fuss and tume about his COM
mission being on the side OF the people, no
i krr1o ipf nnt0rtn.
nately. too we'll known to be very fond OF the
dollars, and he is not going to run any machine
| that does not turn th, m out. This Land Com
mission Is another "rlng," and 1t WILL not re-
oure much time before 1T will loom up 10 al its
monstrosity. and stand beside the Blue Ridge
Railroad ring. =.
Mackey, the cus.omhouse warrior OF Charles-
ton, has played his cards go adroitly as to WIN
the golden opinions of the darkies down tfeIe,
as gentleman just up says, neither Sawyer,
Bowen or Clark could get corporars guaId
from among them. The same feeling las begun
| to show itself here, and leading Radical ON
cial gives It as his opiuion that no carpet-6ag-
GER shall be nominated in the next State elec-
Messrs. Carroll and Fickling, who were
| chosen as counsel by the taxpayers OF Rich.
land. to test the legality Of the assessment OF
real property IN court, after consideration, have
concluded to drop Cno malCer, BLU ieCounueno
hat the means prescribed by law be used, VIZ
that an application be made to the State AUDI;
for. through the County Auditor, for an aDate-
mont where the party thinks his property is
assessed too high. ,,s
Major C. D. Melton will be probably rendered
seat on the supreme bench, vice Hoge re-
signed, and If he accepts, which every, one
wishes. his duties as associate justice Will not
interfere wi h those Of Professor CT Law IN the
| Nv
The University is considered safe, and the
removals and changes mentioned in our last
letter as being thought OF, will hardly occur.
A gigantic demon OF intemperLnce stalks
among us IN Columbia. It is surprising to sec
how many Of the merchants deal IN whIskey,
az wa believe that one can get drink at four
fitths of the stores any day in the week. On
Sundays only the front doors are closed, while
the rear ones are always opened tor policemen
and others to 20 in and drink. The negroes
especially get drunk OH this day, when they
spend the earnings OF the week: Greater par'
Of the hauor is medlcated. and while tho unlver'
sal cry is "Lo the poor negro! we can looS
among ourselves and say
mFey bring tack at eve, immaculate, the man
pers OF the morn"
Yet the morality and bearing OF the students
of the University has been better than was
ever known. Fortunately there is no tall
here about forming militia companies. Ihe
United States garrison ID sufficient to awe Au
Kiux.