The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-28
TFRoM OUR OWN ooRREsPoNpENr.1


OF expense, the Legislators are lounging around
the.streets, and every one Of them possessing any
brains is doing his best to further his own plans,
or to assist some one else in some one OF the null
tifsrious schemes OF plunder now being commit
ted. "Ca1cusses, as they are termed, are quie
the 90. Everyone seems to have his own partic-
ular axe to grind. "A complete statement OF to
days doings, could 1t be given, would not only
disgust your readers, but cause plenty of genuine
indignation. =,
s'To TIE MANNER BORN"
One Of the Georgetown members, Mcdonnell,
the other evening, somehow mistook the assis
tant clerk OF the Senate, John Barr, for our fer:
vent friend Hurley, and attempted to make nego.
tia.tops with him to secure the Craftsmanship Of
the committeeon ways and means In the House.
Two hundred dollars, Re said, was the sum he
would offer as o pour oofre. We are afraid that
1t will take more than two hundred dollars worth
Of lohlgJIng to SECURE this position.
PROPOSALS FOR PRINTING.
Mr., Woodrun, clerk OF the Senate, advertlses
tomorrow for proposals for the State prtn ing.
Nothing new has transplred In regard to the
printing. We understand that the amount of
money cleared by Mr. Denny during the session
Of the last Legislature, for transient wsrk only,
was not far fromtwenty thousand dollars.
Mr.. Wilson, from Pennsylvania, says he has one
hundred dollars for any man that can prove him
to be mixed up with the public printing. The
correspondent OF the Radical sheet must have
been making some "big talkee."
REoUIsIrIoN FROM THE GOVERNOR.
Governor Scott has signed a requisition on the
Governor OF North Carolina for the arrest OF Will
liam Shuford and Emanuel Patterson, parties en-
gagged in house.breaklng, arson and assault and
battery In York County: ,....,- =.
TIE NEXT UNITED STATES SENATOR.
OF course, this Is the all-prevailiDg .and only
topic of conversation Of any moment at present.
What the result will be viii depend on circum-
stances, disgraceful In themselves, but neverthe-
less necessary to secure the election Of any one
At this advanced period Of our States progress.
To come down to plain facts and figures, the fol-
lowing is statement OF just about the condition
OF the senatorial contest this Sunday morning.
Chief Justice Moses's friends are urging him more
strongly, and have great hopes Of success In run
ming him as compromise candidate. They are
willing, It Is understood to spend thirty thousand
dollars, II necessary, to secure the election. The
speaker of the House, Franklin j., Jr., with pater-
nal xrection more to be admired than his
"Rally round the nag, boys,
Tear 1t from the mast"
exploits is working hard for the chief justice.
Chamberlain's friends seem to keep on In the
even tenor OF their ways, and as Hurley Is the
ticket agent, you can well see that 1t Will not be
for want OF hard work or any showing OF hands"
that Mr.. Chamberlain will be defeated. The
Democratic vote Is, no doubt, the quicksand upon
which Mr.. Chamberlain will sink out Of sight. he
calculates upon It, and calculates, we think,
wrongly. Mr.. Chamberlain cannot In any way
atone for the reckless and extfavagant way IN
which he mads statements, rotten on the face OF
them, during the last campaign. His course to-
wards General Butler will cause his name to ran
cor in the breast Of every true South Carolinian.
The figures OF the Chamberlain party were yester-
day s35, 900.
Robertson doesn't know whetherto see Cham.
berlain,s ss5 900 and stand his chances or to 60
little better. Robertson, too, counts on the Re-
form vote How much foundation he has fol
doing this win be seen only when the election
comes or.
twill not be OF any special interest to your
readers to know that bribery is, without hesita-
tion, talked Of openly on the streets. The figures
may, however, attract some. Four hundred dol
lars vote, We learn, Is offered for gfty votes.
This figure will run up much higher before the
contest comes Oh, and one thousand dollars will
noa be- sconaidered too large q sum. AS for the
members Of the Legislature, they are determined
to give all candidates patient hearing, accept
blibes on all sides, and then, when the election