The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1874-01-22
The Recent Difficulty between Gov. Moses
and Ex.COmptrOller Neagle.

The sneciaT correspondent of the Augusta
Co7,stitutionahSt gives what is termed a. Gree
ole and Moses. in which the former sought to
extinguish the 'native young Gogernor, ana
leave the land in mourning for his early de-
misc. at the hands of a bloody carpet-bagger !:
COLUMBIA, January IL, 1874
Hearing almost every one l met on the
streets snickering over the means adopted by
Neagle to make Governor Moses pay his debts,
I determined to interview the eX-Comptroiier
General, and accordingly repaired to his office,
where 1 was kindly welcomed, when he re-.
| counted the particulars of the ''breaking into"
| of the Mosaic mansion.
It appears that Moses, as is characteristic, is
shrewd and ever ready to beguile the unwary.
Mrs. Moses had consented early In DECEMBER
to permit levy to be made. against nerSeii
but recently Moses paid portion OF the oeoG e.,
claimed, and in some way managed 10 nave tlle
| furniture relieved. Upon hearing this, Neagle
became furious, and again dispatched Honest
John Patterson to demand money OF MS
life.' This was on the 31st ultimo Moses re, =,
piled civilly "upon his honor as, Mason,
that he had not cent, and was ooilseu W -, q
pair to Charleston that night to inspect Inc
sable militia, which would parade on tne !st'
Whereupon Neagle resolved to thwart Inc oer
sign of his certiticatecy, and armlnG nanlsei, ~
cap-a-pie went over to the preston niallSion
and asked to see the Governor. his Excel
iencv is inst on the eve of starting for Charles
ton and cannot be seen," was the reJolnder OF
the powdered and liveried servant. But l
must see him. replied Neagle, knocking down
the porter in rat1ies, anu, "alhiIlS llto tIe
mansion. brandishing huge Colts six shoot
Moses sought safety in flight, and started for
tho hacl, gate. but Neaglc followed close on his
heels, and "cut him off, when his Excellency
scaled the brick wall, (Which some OF your
into his service and hed him to the Sheriff, S
house for protection. In the meantime, Neaglc
followed closely, discharging his pistol at IN
tervals of few seconds, until he had uSed a
box of cartridges. Moses then sent Tor Irial
Justice Staggers and had peace warrant Is
sued. Neagle was arrested and Moses took
the train for Charleston. This was CLOCK,
z. m. Neaglc found no trouble in giving ten
thousand dollar bond, even Democrats gong
upon it, even though Neagle sun oeciaree onas nds
was not paid Moses was now on his way TO
Charleston, and when Neagle was released he
sent him the following telegram $3.50
COLUMBIA, S. c., Dec. 81, 1873.
F. J. Noses, Jr' Gouer"o'' dc'' C"@f'es'0@ no.
Engage suite of rooms for me next your
own. / will be down tomorrow to assist you
! i'm reviewing the militia
[Signed,] >. L. N5AGLh,
Moses was at breakfast when the telegram
reached him. He hurried to his room, barred
| the door. and sent for his friend Treasurer Cur
ney, when, with tears in his eyes, he imploredl
that he pay Neagle. Gurney consented, and
when the train arrived, Neagle was PAID, anu
the people debarred the pleasure Of witnessing
frst-class funeral, OF which Moses would
have been the fgure-head, as he certainly
would have been shot His Excellcncy re-
viewed his battallions, but kept a close eye on
Neagle for fear the latter might give him an
ounce of lead in the way of interest. To my
inquiry if he was not apprehensiye of being
put under "peace bond' in Charleston, Nea,
gle replied: mo- the whole population would
have insured me my liberty as long as there
was hope of my killing Moses" This being
fight between Radicals makes it the more
amusing. Neagle made the above statement to
me personally and vouched for its accuracy.
wonder what Grant now thinks OF his man
Moses? The friends of Scott are confident OF
his ability to defeat Moses. The people would
applaud his reelection, for with all his faults
he possesses some honor and was worthy OF
respect. Recent developments have fully vim
dicated his administration, and it has leaked
out that Moses was the villain who concocted
all the devilish schemes which have so etfcctu-
| ollv ruira6 orr State,