The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-02-09
VOL. I'LL
Charleston Courier Cores
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Charleston Courier Cores
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Another phrase in The curions oprra.
tions Of the Grcenville Rail Road ring
was exhibited to day. 1t appears that
Interested parties are now anxious to
obtain possession Of the stock owned by
the Stale, and there being hitch some.
where-somc inconvenient law, which
forbids n transfer of the same by the
Governor~--a Bill was concocted which
would unloosen his hand, and at one fell
stroke accomplished the object sought
How to do u without exciting suspicion,
without applying match to vas,
magazine that would explode from
Charleston to the mountains, witho,
creating an opposition which would cos,
thou ands of dollars worth OF brbrs To
commemorative WIS the question.
The result was orthy nr the Machivel.
lian spirits " ho have so lar successfully
managed to make the people Of the up
country believe tina. they were doing
Christian duty by selling all they owned
OF Greenvlle stock Tor ten cents on the
dollar. They threw large tub to the
whale. They made several individuals
believe that there was a vast amount Of
latent wealth in the properly of the
State. which. could it be possessed,
would add largely to their worldly pos.
sessions. So they made n nice arrange
ment, very secret, you know, in which
they said TO senators Rahaiggc, Taigge
and Baub taylr, "Yon tickle me aud
I'll tickle you" The process com
menced baby Bill was born. and they
chrislened 1t GA Bill FIR Sinking
Fund and the management OF the
same" The little bantling in its
swaddlng clothes looked innocent
enough. 1t only provided that, fer the
purpose Of paying the present and
further Indebtedness Of the State, the
Governor, Comptroller-Genera and At.
torney General should be constituted
"lhe Commissioners Of the Sinking
Fund with power to receive and man.
age the incomes set apart ns such fund.
]. also made It the duty of said Com.
missi"ners to sell and convey all the
real Or personal property of the State
not devoted TO educational or charitable
purposes, at such hllmes and upon such
terms as they might deem most advan,a.
gcous
Well, The Bill came M to day as
SPECIAL order, and Leslie stooo forth as
chaperone. The interest he manifested
IN IFS welfare was wonderful. The
Land Commission was no where in com.
parison. He looked patriotic all the
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ing reSllesslv from one sra, to another,
hr solemnly a'ljureG his Senatorial col,
leagues to stand firm for once by the
old State. lie whispered, smilcd-I
don't know bnr ne promised he tapped
them iamlIiarv on the shoulder, and ut
tered words of unctlous impor, that ma 70
eyes grow big wnh W, m!prment. He
simply cxcellpd himself in every preced.
ing attempt at diplomatic fascination.
Then he sat down III happy anticipation
Of the good time coming. and with a
face all agiow awaited the passage Of
the B:ll. Bat it didn't pass.
Some ruthless destroyer Of human
expeditions moved hat the Bill be
postponed. He SAID he wanted more
time. Cain faeel,ousl Y added that he
too desirrd to be- illuminated" He
couldn't see the thing in those lamps.
This bronghs iu.sle from his lair, and
then commenced running fight. in
which the intensity Of feeling Oh one
side showed that some ,hiug more dear
than the interest Of South Carolina was
at stake, while the intensity of ofpa,irDce
on the other, indicated d ieternlinatiun
to discover whatever ysluables mich
lie concealed in The underground Il
was apparept that the Senate didn't
mean to allow thraa os G,nr man 70 bnld
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