The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-28
THE STATE CAPITAL.
EFFECT OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
OUR SHADY SOLONS.
Scenes Around the Stasehouse-Cashtn
Pay Certificates-The Gains OF the
Lobbyists-ssHonese john In Rhyme
The Hegira OF the Black Lawgivers,
&c. &c.
TFRoa OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE

Ia trade and general prosperity In this city,
which even the disturbing political dema'
xogues who are endeavorlng to disorgaalze
labor and communities in the counties above,
though retardiDg, have failed to defeat, there
seems to exist a kind of le,hargy, made more
apparent because of the livelier scenes during
the winter past.
The legislative halls, whose walls have fol
80 long time withstood the roaring Of the
redundant Whittemore, echoed the piercing
shrleks Of the voluble Byae, and whispered
tha"peuny wise and pound foolish" simper-
ings of the Mobley, are now closed, and nc
louger afford q menagerlcal= arena wherein
curloslty-seekers from North, East and West
found something new under the sun-the rdra
auiS born of reconstruction, the conception OF
which, however, Is left for our friend Dar-
win-something never before witnessed on
this broad globe, and something that the tax
payers of South Carolina most devouty pray
may never be witnessed again.
They are gone. mean the performers In
the meDagerie, and not the walls; the latter
remain, besmeared with tobacco juice masti-
Gated from the native twist of the mountains
and the more fastidlous plug Of the seaboard.
q kind of monument to degeneration which
tells full we'll "whose been here since I've
been gone." Shades of McDuf1e and CAL
houn! how have we fallen.
Members of the defunct Legislature could
be seen for several days dodging mysteriously
in and out of places frequented by ''money
changers" and the appearances OF counte-
nances furnished q very correct index to the
amonnt Of success met with. Some few were
able to 90 home with their certificates in thelr
pockets; others were not, and reduced 10 ex-
tremities, board bills and ''supper" charges
staring them in the face, they sold ior whst ls1t
they could get. These certificates gradually
went down, until no offers at forty cents on
the dollar could be had
A certain county official of Richland, whose
business 1t Is to sometimes lock up people,
did thriving business, and has locked up
several thousands of his dollars In this class
the little basket buggy In the direction OF the
State treasury were not calculated to strength
en- the confidence of holders in any monopoly,
butsa somewhat fierce reconnaissance OF the
whole situation developed the fact that there
were not nickels enough In that mysterious
inetltntlon to make q Jingle; besides the lead.
centre, probably frightened by the working OF
s,terlops hints at his personal welfare, mad, IN
{ his c. characteristic vibrations, PendNtunanaed
himself with an unusually sudden jerk into
the St. Nicholas Hotel, tn New York City,
where it Is stated he may be anXiously walt
ing the "death Of another aunt"
There have been some strange doings. IN
several Instances the attaches have been un-
able to find their certificates, and were wan
dering and wondering about the streets PEN
niless, until, in reply to their Inquiries, they
were convinced that they had better inquire
of their delegation at home. There was
rumor. also that In the famous Blue Noge
Railroad Ring the master had held on TOO
tightly to the lions share Oh the sp9iisi CO. cs,-
tain 1t Is that certain senator generally con-
.ceded to have been the "wheel horse" IN tnat
arrangement did not stand upon the order OF
his going after the General Assembly adjourn
ed, but went at once.
The lobbyists have counted up their gains
no small count according to rumor. Taey
were hard workers, had good field, and, If
all accounts are correct, the laborer has re-
ceiyed the hire he was worthy of. Sundry po-
litlcal speculations founded on the results,
financially. are already aaoat, one rumor
being to the effect that "Honest John" may
try his luck Congressioually In the Fourth DIS
rtrict. Money is powerful, and, In these days,
If It should be used to such purpose by any
one, 1t would not be unreasonable to doubt a
failure.
By the way, speaking Of lobbyists, there
was few days since little squib In rhyme,
that hit some one connected With the ring
rather severely, floating around here. Colum,
btA has In her day produced q poet or TWO OF
renown; they evidently did not compose tne
following, as they lived In more vlrtnous
times; and although the rhyme is a little
. bungling, no one familiar with some OF tne
facts. as they would show upon the surface
occasionally during the past session, can nno
| much fault with the verse. Here It Is:
,.1ds - ~ ssHoNEsr JOHN"
/. In modern times there never has dwelt
A lobbyist, sure, Of more Don ton,
Where any device, that could oe smet,
@ Could out smell b N, s.Our Honest john"
or good address for prevailing ills,
Familiar with the secret way,
Honest John was best on railroad Oils
And such like schemes that always pay.
road or two to consolidate,
By sundry willy. well laid schemes;
And the L, gIslature OF q state
Always with him was the best OF means.
When one scheme failed he had another,
without the credit, but sc. O. D."
Conscience then he was sure TO smother
By the little arrangement OF "You see We."
With croppy hair and blithe Of form
And wa 1T fat, all doubts to Sill.
This railroad man, 'Our Honest John,''
Could always pass railroad Dill.
Moral
Whenever on paper you write your name
Mud who is standing around you,
Or perhaps some day the little game
WIN very securely lmpound you.
Well. they all now rest from their labors
The Honorable the Representative Pompey
SnIpes has succeeded In getting his certlh
cate shaved, and once more holds the ruddel
ofhis canoe among the protruding oyster bed:
6fCombahee and Salkehalchie. The Honora
BILE the Senator Abraham SharpshiDs has rat
filed his contract Tor driving the birds from
the rice fields of Waccamaw and Brookgreen
using his legislative knowledge to good ad
vantage in due regard for the ''acting claw
ofthe Act that prohibits him from receiving
nav for said services In anything but currency
ihe Honorable October Somesense betaket
himself to the mountain counties 10 engineer
the charges against honest farmers, who ART
fortunate enough to have little land let
after paving taxes. 80 that the warraDtrserVer'
NAV make sure of their man when the poltti
cal gods shall call for him. The army o.
porters, call-boys, clerks, and even poor ole
Grant, the stoker in the office Of the genia
clerk of the Senate, and The most honest
them all, have vanished, like dark cloud be-
fore the pleasant breezes of the dawning sum
mer morning. The smaumas" who kept the
peanut stands that supplied the law.mak'
ers with the means Of accompanying
the long debates with the rattling music of the
cracking shells. combine with their sisters ol
sundry boarding-bouses in averring that the
Legislature had some dishonest members II
II. Little rolls Of besmeared but carefully
kept II. O. us" are the only offerings many
of them have tor the constable when ne shall