Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-05-08
Columbia Gossip.
Columbia Correspondent of the Charles:

Columbia cofFespDnqefJ OF tfle GhaItess
ton MeDs aAd cSssaie,', furnishes tllSfot
lowing:
Niles G. Parker, who still aaunts around
town with his fancy team as grandly as II
he were still treasurer and issuing his
thousands of "bonds" day, evinces q
little shame nevertheless. He has chang
| ed the name of his sub- treasury from Par
ker's Hall to Parker's Block. The idea Of
calling single building block but he
can't escape, for the building will undoubt-
edly 90 down to posterity as Parker's Haul
There has been nothing settled upon be-
tween the committee Of citizens and Sen
ator Sprague in relation to the sale OF the
canal. Mr., Sprague has left for he'Nerta
He would make no abatement OF his
price of $3oeO00. The committee OF elh-
zens meet this morning to determine what
they will do about it. 1t is the common
opinion that Mr.. Sprague has acted very
shabbily, and he does not stand high now
in the good graces of the people OF 10
lumbla. :, :
The State Treasury is still in 3 muddle.
All that outsiders know certainiyls that
there is said to be no money! intfts' Phs
true cause of this failure of funds so early
in the year will probably not be satlsfac-
torily known until the Legislature meets,
if then. Cardozo's friends say that the
county treasurers are behind, and the ar
rests which were made some time. back
oave some colorinp of truth to the apology
A prominent State official told me to-
day that he was beginning seriously to
fear that Cardozo had sadly mlsmanaged
the funds, and that the" dsviIwouad Be to
pay" before the year ended. Messrs. Hope
l. Gyles, who have been. supplying the
Asylum with provisions for the past three
or four months and whose bill amounts to
eleven or twelve thousand dollars, have
not been able to get dollar yet Messrs.
Agnew & Son have sued the regents OF the
ASYLUM for the balance of their bill Of
last year, and so it goes. l have heard
no complaints about the Penitentiary as
vet. The Governor is pardoning all that
he can, and some that he shouldn't, of the
convicts, probably with an eye to the
economy which the scarcity of money nee
essitates. Dennis, however, may be relied
upon to get his share as long as there Is
dollar in the treasury.
The enemies of Cardozo, on the other
hand, say that the arrests were all for eff.
feet, and intended To divert ceAsure from
it, proper object, and that the money has
been collected and squandered. The truth,
as usual, will probably be found between
these extremes. A good deal of money is
nc. doubt still due the treasury, and good
deal has been allowed to slip from it i'm
properly and unwisely.
There is two years interest upon the
bonds of the State IN arrears, and even if
the debt be reduced by discarding the
fraudulent bonds to 100000 the enor-
nous sum of 81 10000 would have to be
raised to pay the interest and this would
necessitate tax of eight mills.
R. X. Scott has had his little feelings"
hurt too since he has been among the outs
He tells the story on himself Says the |
mortified and disgusted doctor: II was
just after the Inauguration Of Moses, when
one day | was coming out Of the State
house feeling sad and melancholy, with
not fpiend in the world scarcely that |
felt could rely upon. Outside the door
| noticed group of niggers chatting to-
gether, and as passed they looked at me |
in an odd sort Of way, as if undetermined
whether to speak to me or not. Finally
one of them came forward extending his !
hand, and said very cordially howdye do
Governor; how are you to-day? shook |
hands with him and walked In, when |
heard one of his comrades say to him,
"Who dot you call Gubner dat no Cub
ner he nuttin but ex Gubner; he can't |
do you no good now what de debbil you
shake hands wild him fur? And until |
got clean out of sight l could hear the |
ungrateful scoundrel repeating his words
louder and louder every time, evidently !
for my qualification. l never, says the
dcleful Ex-Governor, saw the base ingrati-
tude of the niger so plainly exemplifed
but once before in my life, and that was
when old John Brown was hung. There
was large crowd of niggers to see the
hanging. probably two or three thousand,
all OF whom seemed to enjoy the sight |
Just as the trap-door fell, and poor old |
John was dangling at the end If the rope, |
an ungrateful niger scamp yelled out :
Kick, you darned old gray-headed scoun-
drel you. Well show you how to come
down here and teef gentlemen's property
QU1 V1vE.