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correspondence Of the Charleston Nees and Courier
~ o.. = -. ...,I - n COLUMBIA, Nov. "a
Tha.ertro spass;on has ended to-day, and it
h.s clossd With nething more remarkable, per-
beJsS IAN .tSe resolution in the House to pay
Sneaker Lee six hundred dollars for extra ser
vices. This is. customary, I believe, or has
been made so in the last two or three years.
Otherwise the proceedings of the General As
senbly tonight have been without interest.
The Senate passed resolutions complimentary
to the president and to the clerk for the dis
charge of their respective duties. President
Gleaves made short speech, complimentlng
the members upon the harmonious action and
rpon the disposition which had been manifest
eato act honestly by the State and resist all
the dishonest schemes which have been pre-
sented. Whether the praise of the president
Is deserved or not remains afterwards to De
seen. So far it is evident that the Senate has
been inclined TO favor every claim against the
State, whether honest or dishonest, which Is
presented as tolerably authenticated and that
BODY is the main stay of the "credit mobilier''
printing arrangement. Though they reduced
the amount in the appropriation bill for the
expenses of tie extra session from $4,000 to
$4,000 for printing, On the second reading, yet
on the third reading $4,000 was reinstated
It is plain as the nose on mans face, to use
tie fiornely expression, that the Senate is en-
tirely bought up in the interest of the Repub-
lican Printing Company The Democratic
members, Donaldson, Dunn, Duncan, Jeter,
Keith and Others, may oppose and do oppose,
the printing claims, but they pass nevertheless,
and will continue to pass. Whence arises this
strength or this corrupting power OF the he
publican Printing Company? have tired to
ferret the thing out, and L have found, or
have the best reason for believing, that there
are no stockholders of the Republican Printing
Company whorthy of consideration except the
clerks Of the two houses-Wo for the
Senate and Jones for the House It's Credit
Mobilier arrangement beyond doubt, but the
manipulatorsi are too sharp to make an actual
distribution ofsstock Members are made par
ties in interest, but it is done Immediately by
the payment of money, and not through the
intesgention of stock. Cardozo (colored) SEN
ator of Kershaw, and the two colored senators,
Jeryey and Gaillard, Of Charleston, have so
far acted with the Conservatives in lighting
the printing frauds There may be other Re-
publican members, but they do not now occur
to my mind.
It has come to light that there has been
slight business disagreement between Moses
and Neagle The accounts OF the matter have
been somewhat exaggerated, and somewhat
incorrect. have put myself to the trouble OF
getting the true facts of the case, and they are
as follows: During the campaign of 1872
Moses borrowed from Foster Blodgett now OF
Newberry sundry amounts Of money, and gave
therefor sundry notes endorsed by j. L. Neagle.
The notes were due last Spring or winter. In
order to quiet Blodgett and prevent pressure
of the collection of the notes, Moses OF his
own accord intimated to Blodgett that his
fBlodgetts) son was suitable man for the
place of county treasurer of Newberry, and
fhat he meant to appoint him to the position.
Upon this understanding Blodgett allowed the
notes TO stand over. But Moses did not stand
up to his agreement, and Blodgett placed the
notes in suit and recovered Judgment. Last
week the levy was ordered, and Moses having
NO visible effects the sheriff attached Neagle's
Bridge, which is the best paying property that
the. -e1-comptroller owns. Thereupon the
latter became quite indignant, and being about
three sheets in the wind, swore eternal ven
oence against Moses, and declared that he
would kill him unless the money was lmmedl-
ately paid and the levy upon his bridge re-
leased. eff Moses was poor" said Neage,
sand could not pay his debts, I would not
srumble and would meet these obligations, but
he has got as much or more property than L
have and I will not be swindled in any such
manner. He has to stop this levy en- my prop
erty, or j will stop his life." Honest John
Patterson hearing these remarks, and feeling
warm interest in the continued existence of the
Governor. drove down to the executive once
and sent in hurried note demanding lmmedl-
ate conference. He was promptly admitted,
and told Moses the story as it was, abating
nothing, and declaring that Neagle would sure
" kill the Governor unless the levy was I'M
mediately stopped. Why, said Moses, tremu,
pvt fiv q
if, he will give me a little time. Patterson
can't YOU 90 up and see Neage aud quiet him
a little?" "Go and see him." said Patterson,
"none of that for me-he would as soon shoot
me as you, and am not going to jeopardlze
my carcass in any such way, and would ad-
wise YOU not to risk yourself outside OF your
Office until you have had this matter arranged"
Whereupon Moses, it is said, slipped out OF
the back>way of the Statehouse and, driving
rapidly home, got Mrs. Moses, in whose name
ali of. his property stands, to allow the levy to
be made as against her.
The likelihood is, from the best information
I can get, that the bill to reduce the volume of
the public debt which has passed the House,
and which brings the debt down to between
four and half and five millions OF dollars,
will not pass the Senate in its present shape,
The lobbyists will work to tinker it, and will
doubtless succeed IN gettlnS the fSehaee " i'
corporate in the bill all of the floating debt,
thus raising the amount of the proposed
new bonds to some figure between eight ard
nine millions of dollars Whether the House
will agree to the amendments or not remains
to he Seen. Hitherto the House has evinced
decided disinclination to touch at all the float
inc debt, such as the outstanding certificates
SUPPOSED to be in a great part fraudulent, the
Blue Ridge scrip and like claims which are
embraeedr in the term, floating debt
rE. %~--l. COLUMBIA, November Is.
The regular session of the General Assembly
commenced to-day It was q mere formality,
of course, but the ordinary routine in the or
ganization of the two houses was gone through
With. The Senate sent to the House, and the
House 10 the Senate. notification that the
respective bodies were organized and ready to
proceed to business. J. P. Moore, J. d: Bos-