Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-05-14
From tho State Capital.

hoaEs AND THE NILIIfA-TuE PERSONNEL OF
Tue STATE GOVERNMENTAL Powxn axmxp
TIE THRONE, &c.
HALIFAX" the correspondent Of tho Char.
lesion News, writes, under recent date, a. fol.
lows:
l. is the opinion hero that Adjutsn + G en- ersl
Moses will only get negroes 70 form his militia;
for Us regards ths= whisea, bsss :oscapasjoaS
gone. and eli now have "cousc.entious scu-
Ple.F H,spsSnsek IA gops javsilI on .h.
lat income OF his sinecure; the Superintendent
or Eduestion. ~ H: 5issop, sss Rls Sg5Bpast
probably dreamipg about, the, plsps J,e has in
,ProsPsctive to satisfy tho. frecdmsn2 "xhinss
aeouta'geing TO Cawliese ;'h aud We ssss Nor.
'hsn willing that General Moses should shse up
'nop' and do away with the big ;pbdmss ,aiids
spirit stirring drum" "!Thsm muster days in Oh
gen Time, with plenty-of-mean whi,ksy ard
o'osen noses ysre = bed. enesgh. 4s. the discs
'rous consequences that will result, if,hm uili,is
sys,em is carried ou, viii be t,em.udous
l"o treasury DEPARTMENT costs $4,000 moro
s,an u 1t did onder the old regi1his.si Fseassur.r.
rarker'r cldrks fortunately undss.eand Eis;du-
Ties. cardozs, secretary or state, trough iEeol.
ored'ss the most intelligent best euaii6e65 and
most popular Of oil the State ofioers.,- Hs a
we'll thought Of BY every one here, sratl.pectiye
Of party,
But little is being d0ae in the Executive
Department since Governor Scoot las left.
yet bis absence .mat.ers but liale,' as ai.hs
stay behind the .,brons"-ald john ,Heart
has al~ags done the brain, as well 40 ti,as
manual wcrk of the connern-writes all
messages, documents Of importaucs, d.,
and the old Reynard uses Scott a, e 3 msre d
cats-paw ; and it is conclusive 10 Us that
hs Is no Governor at all, frou, this :plsin
reasoning: Scott must either be Govsrm.-
de- etucto and de jurs, or one or the other
1t is generally admitted there is no Govern.
or de jure, and since Heart is Governor, do
faeto, the Ohioan, j.. left out in ,lbe cold.
Report says he is worth, Ssoo, 900 and
sought the gubsrnatoriai chair oonly- -fsous.
ambitious motives. Query: L. scotes
ambition ill-di!ected3,
s. L. Hoge, T. J. Robertson and A. g.
Wallace are here, and Assist tsnt ,Adiutapt-
General Elliot (coIored) attracts attention
by dashing through the streets in;his double
buggy at break-necl x1rot.
The professors of the University of South
Carolina are very sanguine that the, insti,u.
tiou viii ouuida the storm. T! Rnofesspr
John LsConte has arrivsds sats, tys wsyos
Panama, in San Franciseo, mud wriiesxfsRR
unb0uudrd enthusiasm about that great
country. =, -. ..o
ihe iron palmetto tree, erected by. the
State in honor of shedeadewh fell ia, n,MS1.
'co, has been vety' much Injured BY the
United States soldiers and othefs; -Whu
have been knocking off tue letters for rel,
ics; it ough. to be s.9pped.. =. = ~
Very fes.!kso~ tlle,1atj4ats sps a.zbrdk
column fronting the vssteln SpaauebftEs
University I; It is to ten sshs 'dS-istiou iof
the magnetic needle from the true Norlh>rn
meridian, which increases OF decreases east
Eor west, sccordingsto almost eeeulsr perisas
OF time. Tbis deviation ;a sAfy s,rnportsAs
in surveying. aud is dstafmiuea "a d;sbyiar.
ranging compass onia hharble ssahdas5Ms
ssventy:6ve Sards from the COLI, column hasi thsn
notice the number Of degree. between The
d't ec.ion of the needle aod straight line
cbet the marble and d black line .os SRe
southern side oftbs brick oolumu;;.' ..:4
s!.u1--s--i.-t-S .s. <ss..-I--.Si talJ sen.I
The Governor asappointsa ths.stllo~iS6r
delegates to represent 1.-The 1s,ate n tbs
Counterfeit Convention, To- .blsI 'bsh 10
Memphis, on Tuesday,, ,S,hs.- 1sth ihst;
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vfIIe-James s. Co,hran;.. Nswbsfry-B.
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