The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-12-03
. Items from Columbia.

Las been inclined to favor ovcry
claim against tho State, whcther
hoLcst or dishonest, which is pre-
sentol as tolcrably Authenticated
and that body is tho main stay Of tho
"cREDlr MoDILIEn" PRINTING Ar.
RANGEMENT.
Thpa,h Ii thoy reduced tho amount in
the apppl opriation bill for tho oxpen-
ses Of tho extra session from $4,000
to $4,000 for printing, on the second
rc"ding,. yet on the third reading tho
$50,UuC was roinstatod. 'It'is plain
as the nose on mans face, to use tho
homoly expression, that tho Senate
is enti,cly bought up in the interest
Of the Republican Printing Company.
Tho Democratic members, Donaldson,
Dunn, Duncan, Jotcr, Koith and 9th.
ers, mNy oppose, and do oppose tlro
printing clai,ns, but thoy pass nevor
the less, and will continue to pass.
Whence arises this strength or this
corrup'ing power Of tho Republican
Printing Company1 have triod to
forrot tho thing out, andI have found,
or L have tho best reason for believ-
ing, that there are no stockholders of
the Republican Printing Company
worthy of consideration except the
olorks Of tho two houscs-W oodruff
for tho S,nato and Jones for the
House. IT is u Crodit Mobilior ar
rangomcnt beyond a doubt, but tho
M anipulators are too sharp to make
an actual distribution of stock.
henibers arc 'made parties in interest,
but it is dono Immediately by the
payment Of money, and not through
tho Intervention Of stock. Cardozo,
(colorcd) enator of Korshaw, and tho
Two cplv. ed senators, Jervey and
nnd Guliard, Of Charleston, have 30
tEr acted with tho Conservatives in
fighting tho printing frauds. There
may be other Republican members,
but they do not now occur to my
MUD. 1t has to como to light that
+lroiv has been
BUSINESS DlsARRANG EMENT
between eloses al Nouglo. Tho no.
counts OF the mattcr haS. Noon aome.
what cX .aggorated, and somownuU IN.
correct. | havo put mysolf to tho
trouble of getting tho true facts of the
case, and they are Us follows During
tho cA"raiEn of 1872, Mosos borrow
,ed from Foster Blodgctt, now of
.Nowbcr'y, sundry amounts of MONEY.
and gave therefor sundry notes en-
'dorscd 10y j. l.. Ncaglo. Tho notes
welc due last spring or winter. In
'ordcrto quiet BloJgctt and prevent
pressure Of tho collection Of tho
notes, Moses Of his own accord init
mated to blodgett that his Oslo agctt's)
son was suitable man for tho place
of county treasurer of Nowbcrry,
and that he meant to appoint him to
tho po oltinn. U pom this understand
irg 81, ,dSctt allowed tho notos to
stand over. But Moses did not stand
up to his agrecmrnt, and Blodgett
placed tho notes in suit and recovered
Judgment. Last week the levy was
ordered, and Noses having no visible
ctlocts, tho sheriff attached Ncagle's
Bridge, which is tho bost paying
property that tho oN.comptroller
owns. Thcreupon the latter became
quite indignant, and boing about
THREE SHEETS IN THE WIND,
sworo eternal vengeance against
Moses, and declared that he would
kill him unless tho money was i'm
mcdiately paid and tho lovy upon
his bsiAgo released. eff Moses wore
poor suid Neaglc, "and could not
pay his ocbts, l would not grumblc
and would meet these obligations,
but he h"s got as much or moro prop
o.ty than | have, and l will not be
s"lndlcd in any such manner. Ho
has TO stop this levy on my property
or wi,l stop his lifc." Honest
John lstterson hearing these re-
marks, and feeling a warm interest
in tue continued existence of tho
Governor, drove down to tho oxocu-
tive oiiico and sent hurried note
demanding immediate conference.
llo was promptly admitted and told
Mo"es tho story rs it was, abating
nothing and declaring that Neagle
would surely kin the Governor unloss
the levy was Immediately stopped.
Why, said Moses, tremulous with up.
prfhsnsion, 81 will fix it all right if
no viii cnly give mo little timo.
Patterson, can't you 70 up and see
Ncaglo and quiet him httto p
800 and SEQ him." said Patterson,
''none Of that for mc--ho would as
soon shoot me as you, and l am not
going to jeopardizo my carcass in any
snoh way, and would advise you not
70 risk yourself outside of your Office
uutll yon have had this matter ar
ranged Whercupon Moses, it is
said, slipped out Of the back way OF
,hc St',rI'cuso and, driving rapidly
home, got Mrs. Moses, in whose name
ar OF his property stands, to allow
e"o levy TO be made as against her.
THE SCALING HIEL.
The likelihood is, from tho best in