The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-10-19
AFFAIRS 1T THE STATE CAPITAL.
A Storm Brewing In ''The Party''-Who
will have to Take Back Seats-County
Treasurer Gurney-Delightful News
for the Charleston Trial Justices.
rFRox OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

1FR0M OUR OWN COhhESfONUsNf.J
COLUMBIA, S. c., October IT.
Since the advent of reconstruction in this
State, our capital city has not had within her
limits 80 many Radical politicians at this sea-
son ofthe year. What has been the cause Of
this gathering am unable to say. 1t may be
that the Southern Convention Of Colored Men,
as 1t is termed, which will assemble in the
House of Representatives tomorrow, has ct
tracted them to Columbia, as 1t Ia supp osed
that they are to hear something to their
interest discussed by the Solons who are to
COMPOSE that body. 1t s very unfortunate at
this iuncture that his Ezcellency
ROBERT <. SCOTT
will not be at home during the deliberations
of this convention. as ne could explain tne
Condition of South Carolina to 1t, especially Its
financial position, far better than any man
whom | know in this State; and, to make
things worse, Mr.. Treasurer Parker and
Comptroller Neagle are with bis Excellency In
New York, looking after the "lnvestigatlng
committee, y and, of course, the dearest inter-
ests of their beloved palmetto State.
A STORM BREWING.
Thaye good reason to believe that there Is
storm brewing, and near at hand, that 10 like
" to blow some good to the people OF this
State. Honest Republicans are not always
going to endorse and support dishonest men
for office. Men known to be In very needy
condition when they came to this State, not
half a decade ago, and without character or
brains, by the abuse of offices which they have
held. accumulated fortunes, and now f1aunt
their wealth in the faces OF honest people.
THE NATIVE OFFICIALS
are not any better than those who came from
the other side of Mason and Dixon's line-if
anything they are worse. Many of them aver
that they became Republicans so that they
could make ''good thing out of It." This
thing cannot last long, as am satisfied that
the Republican party does not intend to carry
such men any longer. There are dozen Of
'sleaders" of this class In South Carolina who
must certainly take back seats.
GENERAL GURSEY,
the treasurer of Charleston County, arrived in
this city yesterday. l make THIS statement ior
the ESPECIAL benefit OF the trial justices and
other county officers who lately have been
selling their bills against the countS5br thirty
cents on, the dollar. The general looks re-
markably we'll after his Northern trip, and,
what Is better still, and more likely to cheer
the hearts of the Aforesaid trlat justices and
their conslables. he has plenty OF money, go
at such tremendous sacrifice. He has ar
ranged, 1 am informed, with well-known
banking house in New York. to furnish all the
money which will be required to liquidare
the entire debt of the county. One thing,
however, must BIB borne IN mind not
one cent shall those who signed the
petition to the Governor for his removal re-
ceIve. he assured friend of mine last night.
over friendly cocktail, that efforts were
being made by certain evll-disposed men In
Charleston to have him removed from office
aud to induce the Governor to put Demo
crat" In bis place, a gentleman who held tne
office before, my Informant says, who gave
general satisfaction to the people by paying
the debts OF the county without asking per
centage from poor or rich when they present
ed proper checks "Them Internal trial Jus
tices," said the general, getting rather excited
as he thought Of the petition, "they are tht
1t, they will have to walt for some months L
come before they'get their money" This
rather hard on the trial justices.