The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-12-02

VI tile proxies to the road confirmed. H.
Another Forty Acres and Mule
| fioSe's NcgrophiIIsm-Thc Governors
Deafness ana Loss OF an Eyc-Thnt
| PcnitcntInry-BrIdgc ion Bill.
| lrRoM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT
| COLUMBIA, November 60.
| The Labor Convention has bccn pretty thor
| oughly discussed, and is pretty generally under
stood-ihoroughly understood by all parties en-
! cept the laborcrs themselves. Willie all good
| men desire the good OF both the laborcr and the
| capitalist, and arc working towards that end
| the politicians have hurried In this convention
Tor tic purpose OF manufacturing capital for the
next summers campaign. Tic movers In the
| convention 10 not intend TO do anything sub.
stantiai for tile workingman-do not wish to do
| anything for him-but they do wish to ap-
| pear to try and TO fail, su us to u,l-
| Journ the matter over until next summer:
| and then whatever Ills exist will he referred
| to the capitalists, to the landowners, to the
hircrs OF labor, TO the white man, to the Demo.
crat. The worthy but simple-mintlcd negro will
| bccvc-as lie has hitherto done TO Ills sorrow-
whatever the well.trcsscd carpet.baggcrs tel,
him. This labor agitation Is not going to stop.
| whatever may be done. 1t is another "rorty
| ansulng negro crowds, tells them TO demand
| higher wages. Why docs he say so? Because
| his saying Will make them think that he is
their friend and vote for him next election. Iogc
| really knows rs we'll as any one else TINT such
speeches viii result In injury to the negro, and
yet makes them. lie is therein an incendlary
| TO keep up the antagonism OF races. lie cares ITO
| more for the negro than he docs for ''dIrty
dog" Neither lie nor Scott, ifthey can, will al-
low any substantial law In favor OF the negro Ia
borcr TO be passed at this Legislature because the
subject must be KEEP; open until next summer
Don riatt seems TO have taken n correct estimate
| OF this negrophilistic Hogc.
The friends OF his EXcellcncy Will he paincd TO
learn that he has been visited by painful mis-
fortune. II is not spoken OF publicly, but nearly
| everybody knows that his EXccllcncy has become
| deaf-uttcrly dca(-in one ear. The secret trans
pired without his ESccllencys permission; but Is
out no less. The hearing Of the other car IL per-
| haps little kecner than before. Ills EXccllcn-
cy's misfortune Is made apparent by the fact that
/ he is stone deaf to all the news about the burning
| or Democratic gin.houscs, dwellings and store
houses; TO al information about the Illegal arrest
| OF Cochran, In Abbcvlllc; the ncendlary and
criminal threats OF Gunn at Hodges Depot, when
he said the death OF Randolph should De arengel
by the negroes; the similar crime OF the other
Gunln at Einety.SX. And to all such acts,
although they are clearly committed against
the peace and dignity OF sour beloved State
his EScellcncy never hears such things and
| from this we know TINT he Is deaf in one ear
| On the other hand, when storehouse OF q BROTH
| er OF Radical senator is burned in Sumter, his
EXceendy bursts forth into proclamatlons Of
| outlawry, martial-lawry, constabularv, Hubbard
| lawry and other fierce things. About that store
| house that was burnt In Sumter, there soons tn
nxag hEk1Ik f,,arx
| refused to pay the insurance, and some suggcs
| tive surmlses arc afioat as to why he refused
| and II the insurance was above the value OF the
property lost tas is allegcd,) these surmIses may
| have something In them. At any rate, his En-
cellency heard about that storc-house, and he did
not hear about the three gin-houses that were
burned by incendiaries during Fair week. 1t
is Just SO with his EXcclency'5 eyes--he sees wit Il
but one. All these things unheard OF by him
were in the newspapers; but he never sato them.
| 1t was good deal 80 with the Blue Ridge Rail-
road. Last year, In his first message to the Leg
islature, his Exceliency recommended that body
to take into earnest consideration the cXpedIen-
cy OF furnishing the company such timely aid as
would secure Its speedy completion" That was
last year; but now his Excelency "doesnt see ltr
at oil. Nor does lie see the Columbia Canal This
may be q cataractous film OF the State bond
illogical character. This word, State bond olog-
| col is a medical term, which Is used because his
| EzcclcEcy Is reported to have been q physician
In Philadelphia about dozen years ago, and he
OF all others will appreciate 1t. However It may
be, the cataract In his Exceency's eye toniy one)
| gives much concern to his immediate friends.
THAT rESIrENTIARy.
| The Governors message upon this Institution Is
a clear vindication OF his mastery OF the situa-
tion. There was for some months contest be.
| hp nor1nn 2 10 C,-o
the escaping power OF the superintendent. The
contest has run on for exactly ten months, and
the result is, that while Governor Scott has par.
doned 1856 convicts, Superintendent Stolbrand has
] allowed to escape only 16. The superintendent
| has been dlstanced. He has turned loose upon
the State only 1o felons unpublished and ready for
prey, while MIS- Exceency has poured into our
population-the population of our beloved
| State"-l38 such characters. The superlnten-
| dent modestly asks an increase OF $4,000 to his
salary but docs lie suppose that party to which
he has contributed only 10 votes In ten months is
| going TO extend his pay like thatf
ITEMS.
The Broad River Bridge is up as to the frame.
work. The abutments and flooring are nearly
ready, and 1t is expected TO be ready for crossing
III q short time. THIS bridge is OF great impor-
tauce to the country trade with Columbia, and
Will greatly facilitate the supplying the city with
| provisions from that section Of country lying be.
tween the Broad and Saluda Rivers.
| Mr.. Jillson's Public School bill Will probably at
tract great deal Of discussion in tile House. as
it-or one like it-did last year. The difficulty In
the way OF an immediate passage OF 1t seems to
be in the textbook matter. Who shall select
textbooks, seems to be nut OF some impor.
tance. The friends OF education every where look
with Intense interest TO this biIl in the hope that
something Will come Of 1t to set the young heads
OF the State Mt the right kind OF work.
| CoHsAlR.
EUROPE.