The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-08-25
More About The "Rings."

ssIthuriel," tho wide.awake CORES
podent of the Unionville Times,
writes from Columbia under date of
I'd inst.
The we'll written letters of "Lux"
to tho Charleston NesOs are the uni
yersal theme here, and of all the hume.
rous assailants, he has thrown the most
effective and tremendous bombshell
into Soott's camp. In vain has he
(Soott) called in Mossrs. Harrison and
Cameron, who we're on the committee
to exoulpate him both have written
letters for that purpose, aud say that
the contract with Sellers & Co., was
for $S,500,oO0, yet even then things
look dark. Some one, too, in the
Courier, under the signature of "Yeri-
tas,"I we single out as the stay
behind the throno--old John Heart
has written as unsatisfactory, complete
and disgusting nonentity as could
be hauled up for the oooasion.-
'Lux's" communication has taken
we'll everywhere; both Radical and
Democrat have stamped Scott's pro-
ceedings q regular swindle, and every
one is inquiring, "Who is Lux p -
We have tracked him far enough to
know he is disappointed contractor
from North Carolina; he knows what
he is writing about, he has nicely and
clearly unearthed tho machinery of
this Blue Ridge Ring, Scott has felt
these letters. He pretends not to
notice the attacks of the press, which
has handled him rougher than it has
any any other man in this country !;
yet We know they prick him like the
spears of the Lilliputians did GULL.
YER, and if they continue they will yet
swamp him.
clay on Macduff.
And damned be he who first cries, "Hold
While pretended conservative pa
State officials do no good, we do not
know how to meet, treat or get rid of
them any other way People should
know who they are, ShaSif they are
devils, they must be Fought with fire,
and on every occasion shafts should be
sunk into the rich veins of villineous
ore they are laying away.
Here we will show (. up two sweet
items. The frat is he Investigating
committae of the Ti4isa Congressional
District, gotten up at the special re-
quest of Scott to prove he told moth
ing but the truth in his recommending
Hoge to seat in Congress. This
committee cost the State some $75 a
day, and as they intend sitting, at all
events, four months, there goes $4,000.
The second is not far behind
While great many useless Offices
were created as is acknowledged on
all sides, for TO other purpose but to
satisfy tho faithful, there are attached
to these great many we'll paid clerk
slips. Before the war the State did
not pay for more than three clerks ut
e cost Of about $500; now there are
twelve who are paid fully $4,000.
Here thon is $4,000 grusped from
the poor taxpayers and literally
thrown away. The latter item is
more excusable than the first, as it en-
ables the renowned to do nothing but
squander State money for the slothful
luxury several of them are living in.
@. p. Leslie is making arrange.
ments to establish his office, us Land
Commissioner, here, with j. Wood
ruff, Clerk of the Senate, as his right
hand man and clerk. While the "irre-
pressible" may fuss and fume about
his commission being on the side Of
the people, nobody here puts sany
trust init. He ir, unfortunately, too
we'll ltnown to be very fond Of the
dollars, and he is not going to run any
machine that does not turn them out.
This Land Commission is another
"ring," and it will not require much
time before it will loom up in all its
monstrosity, and stand beside the Blue
Ridge Railroad ring. 1H 9aa
Carpet baggers must be coming to
grief. Maokey, the custom house
warriorof Charleston, has played his
cards so adroitly as to win the golden
opinions Of the darkies down there,
as q gentleman just up says, neither
Sawyer, Boweno or CLARK could get a
oorporal's guard from among them.- =
The same feeling has begun to show
itself here, and q leading Radical off,
eial gives it as his opinion that no
carpet bagger shall be nominated in
the next State election. ~ kt2a
% Messrs. Carroll and Fiokling, who
we're chosen as counsel by the taxS
payers Of Richland, to test the legali-
ty Of the assessment of real property
in court, after consideration, have
concluded to drop the matter, and re.
commend that the means prescribed by
Law be used, viz. that an application
be made to the State Auditor,
through the County Auditor, for an
abatement where the party thinks his
property is assessed too high. ~ 4
Major CD. Melton will probably
be rendered d seat on the supreme
bench. Vice Ho6e resigned, and IL ho