The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-05-12
FROM TIE STATE CAPITAL.
Memorial Day-The Crews Investtga
ting Committee-Sew Postma aster-cot-
ton Mania-Frost-H -Spiritualism
Once More-Militin Exemption.
IrRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

IFRoN OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
Co1,uMB1A. NAV 10.-This is our Memorial
Day-tbe day upon which the ladies are to
decorate the graves of our war-dead. There
ia TO be no grafton, nor any martial mnsic nor
imposipe procession-but the sacred act Of
decorating with flowers every Confederate
grave in the city is to be in silence.
THE INVESTIGATING COMM ,rTEE.
The committee, consisting Of Crews, Smalls,
BRYANT, Mcintyre, Elliott, Wright aud Buck
five representatives and two senalors-appoint-
ed by joint resolution of the General Assembly
to investigate the alleged election frauds in
the Third Congressional District-have now
been in session one week. They have, thus
far. done little else than examine the testimony
already taken by Hoge, and digest plan OF
procedure for their further investigations. The
resolution under which they act originally en-
oraced also the Fourth District; but by an over
sight the fourth was omitted. What is the real
aim OF this investigation seems harl to decide.
No measure Of State pol ty IS to be furthered
by it. Il seems, therefore, to be merely sup
Elemental to the constabulary scheme over
which Hubbard presides; and, if so. evidently
declares the insufficiency. or incompetency, or
both, OF that scheme. A member Of that par
ty. who stands high among the judicial func-
tionaries of the State, after conversation with
the chairman os this committee, told me that
probably the main object Of the measure is
six dollars q day to these seven committee men.
NV own idea is that its Objects to gather ma
terial for the next political election campaign
of the Sta.e-in 1S7O.' The judicial func
tionary, just referred to, learns that
Crews announces their purpose to be
to sift thor ,ughly that whole aeid-Hoge con-
test. Crews throws out intimatlons that the
parties found to be guilty OF the alleged out
RACES are to be brought to justice at
whatever cost, and even if to do so required
the last levy Of Scott's famous negro militia,
and the last gun OF his "two thousand stand Of
arms Of the most approved pattern" and the
last cartridge of ''the usual complement Of am
munition," so literally voted for by tho Gene
raj Assembly to preserve the peace and dignity
of thu State aforesaid. In fact, Crews talks
Draconian, although he looks anything but
sanguinary.
It would bs manifestly unwise to anticipate
any misdirection in the discharge Of their duty
BY this committee, and all good citizens unite
in the hope that they will quietly draw their
six doll rs day, and do the State no other
serious detriment. But it is equally manifest
that any hectoring aud wholesale arrestine Of
good citizens, upon poorly established testi-
mony, will be greatly detrimental, and may be
disastrous in the highest degree.
This political tamoering with the administra-
ton has always maraed the worst governments
of the world. The Guffn-Scott Jrua about
enlistments in Abbevle; the very recent San
ders affair at Monck's Corner, and this Crews
meddle-all are OF the same character; all are
reaches of incompetent authority towards un-
warranted power.
THE NEW PosTMAsTER.
Our colored postmaster is still passing
through the preliminaries Of his official e1-
istence. Some infoimality in the FIST bond
sent on to Washington required second send
ing on. II promptly put through and if cor
rect this time, tho commission will probably
reach the new officer (Wilder) to-day or to-
morrow. 1t is rumored that Wilder in: ends to
retain the same corps Of employees that have
been in the Office under the former postmaster; ;
and il this be true the new officer will have se-
cured q strong point in his favor with the COM
munity.
COTTON MANIA.
An illustration of the working of this mania
appears in the fact that cotton is planted with
in the corporate limits OF Columbia. An
acre lot has been planted in cotton. This acre,
planted in garden vegetables, would yield twice
as much as it will in cotton, and, properly
managed, three times as much.
THE FROST AND HAIL.
The planters in the upper counties generally,
but especially in Laurens and Union, complain
heavily of the effects of the late frosts. In
Laurens, where the cotton was up fairly, it
was thought that sections OF most fields would
have to be replanted but I am not advised
that any planters have yet replanted. The
killing of cotton depends upon lands 80 nicely
adjusted that a single row often separates
the living from the dead cotton for hundreds
Of yards together; but these lines, depending
upon mo sture or elevation, do not often CO.
incide with the rows.
The hail dotted the State all over-in Ander-
son, in Fairfield and in Rchand below Coum-
b:a-see ming to have had at least three CEN
tres, or very zigzag course. This was on
Wednesday, the 5th.
A second spiritualistic discourse was adver-
tised for yesterday afternoon, but the crowd
was simmer, though more select, than at the
first lecture. MIR. Fuller, Of this city, is thus
irving to awaken interest in what he announces
as "The new dispensation, or spiritual philoso-
phy OF tho nineteenth century," but the sue
cess thus far has been small. Our people, thus
far. have taken only moderately to the
isms, alth )u,h they have been liberlllv sup
Piled. AIR. Fuller's announcement embraces
also the ism OF woman suffrage, forgetting that
LOUIS. Rawlins had done that same elaborate
ly before the Judiciary Committee loog ago.
The Adjutant. General is here bestirrine him.
self, anil the militia organization is to be COM
p.eted Low. A citizen applied for exemption
this past week upon tho ground OF conscien'
tous scrupies; but the plea MAS no! entertain
ed upon his mere individual representation.
CoRsAIR.
THE CaIRNES MURDER TRIAL.