The New York herald., 1874-10-24
Social Changes Resulting from the
War of Secession.
CAREER OF A CARpET-BAG GOVERNOR.
Pleasant Gossip Concerning the
Old Families.
The Rich, the Ruined and
the Reviving.

ness which mas suoordlnated every thing else In
the history OF the Stale, south Carolina stands out
to-day as the exponent OF the most radical social
revolution In the history or our race. Political
revolution Involves everything social. The
daughter OF James Pettigru. consigned to labor
In one or the departments ~ washington. accepts
for her husband radical Congressman, and In
Cupoaed manson on Sulllvan's Island, the largest
object along that strand, they live TO this day with
alternate passion and sho owers TINS matron
once the enamorer OF Pierce Butler. OF the
greatest slavenoders In the State who took In
stead Mistress Kemble the tragedienne and lived
briefly and stormily with her. Again, the prede
cessor OF Mr.. Bowen in the Sherins office OF
Charleston, has resoutey invaded the code OF
social ethics and married q lady OF African blood.
One OF the Leading negro legislators has taken
white wife; SO mas Jones, the mulatto clerk OF the
Legislature. And the Governor OF the state, with
impartial favor, sits In the synagogues Of Africans
messes with them and Dimes and coQuettes.
There's one OF Is negro mlstresses," said
United States Senator pointing out small frame
cabin, near the park. HIS carriage IS there almost
every night. These are not new phenomena ex.
cept IN public recognition, else why would white
men still be dying and leave In their wills pro-
vision for some female slave and her children.
This is not ffequent and II proves that freedom
has made 1t possible i0r masters to compound for
their sins oy providing Tor their bond offspring.
have heard the names OF at least three OF the most
eminent statesmen OF south Carolina coupled with
living offspring pointed out In the streets The
orator whose DEBATE with Webster gave him
celebrity above his argument still walks in darker
visage through the streets. Calhoun's most
ponderous successor Is not all dead while his
blood ktndles in more than one negros eye.
THE MEA0RY OF SLAVERY
is deeply engraved on the black mans mind, and
the ease with which the carpet Dagger can arouse
1t Is the long hlndrance TO good government.
Yesterday q gentleman lent me his buggy and
driver to 90 to the capitol said to the boy
"Were you slave !"
"Yes, slr.n t-
"What did you do when you Became frees"
~ went right to school and l studied there
when ! didn't have bread to eat l used to be
hungry at my desk many . long day. Then l ielt
that must make some money, but 1t 'peared TO
me that mad learned nothing at all as soon as
got out in the world. SO went hack to school
again two years more. Now I'm working, but
wan to try to 90 through college,"
'Coud you read ln:slavery Z"
"Oh, my, no! Why, II man could learn to read
ned know the map TO run away oy. Ii he could
write he'd write himself pass. 1t was crime to
read"
"Was slavery bad state for comfortsr
"Yes, Sir. Some OF them was better Off than
the peop.e that Is Deng damned down in the bad
place tnis minute. Some had better masters.
Some masters % would wp eaeir "a own negroes but
! out their pistols and fire on him."
THE AACKEY5 AND MOSEsBs.
0uriostes no n sheir M way :. are tn the two native
course, are scotch. and PROBABLY are derived from
iamlly OF patriotic lame. me scoten had their
/ Hebrews hardly got beyond tie countenance OF
such females az they wooed and won until the era
soomoas and Aosas they arrived ia al p1 their re- e.
/ venge. commonly with the rejected negroes The
came the CHIEF OF the corner, and there Is corner
I In every ring nowadays, whatever geometry may
/ say.
Old Moses, the father, had never been able to be
more than Stare senator from Sumpter, although
! Q man OF knowledge as lawyer, and when the
/ day OF truce arrived, the people themselves, not
the negroes, made MIN Judge OF Circuit. as
hall way republican Young Frank, ms only son,
secretary, In exchange for old Noses support mad
his innuence on the fortunes OF all the Moses lam
NY ns uace Mon.gomers 10 INC Moses & PLAYED the
4 whenever way the political blanks were thrown.
Two OF them are now on the oencn, one is Cover
nor. They are intermarrled with Christians.
Snyock and BassaniO meet in them and tney have
the piauslbllty OF Portia. As to their capacity,
have seen In TINS campaign a mua to
\ lad siumping ior Green, ilnmeasurably the super
Tor OF Governor Noses In seli-respect and rever-
THE MAcKEY FAMILY
! Is also fortunate IN iaely acquired honors The
head OF this fau.ily, Mackey, sr., was an anti-se
cesslonist and one OF the highest Masons in this
country. At the close OF the war he received I'M
! mediate appreciation and became Collector OF The
/ Port at Charleston; while ms son, f. W. M.
Aackey, by a coalition with the well Known Bowen,
became Sherlr OF Charleston. Mackey, sr.,
now resides in the city OF Washing
ton and IS known as Masonic author
o ne a aSEss sss
i Ina, and 70 native OF Charleston, aged about
! fifty. While regarded as brainy man, he is not
n q N m "a
Mackeys, while tney are stlll regarded as men OF
| too mucn pride to descend 20 coarse and brutal
I j0DDery, sucn as would ieave them without enough
respect to be dlsliked:, Bowen, Butz, Frank
/ Moses, Patterson Leslie, Parker ana sucn coarse
nne Of the MacKeys. f. W. M. Mackey did bold, II
/ improper, act few months ago. he became en-
amored m o. a beautiful quaSdroon or octorgon girl
Carolina patrlo. General q the Revolution;
proudly reared OF a free family. Finding upon
quaintance that she was virtuous ana spirited,
MacKey sent her to Baltimore CITY s-some say ODer-
! Into DC lully perfected IN her education. On
her return he married her. fhls act, though sub
jecting HIM TO 50 re low criticisms Is silently com
that II man does love IN tnat tinted direction, he
/ had best be respectful enough TO his affection TO
give 1t legality At the present time Mackey Is
\ waging desperate conflict with Bowen for the
! mastery OF Charleston. HIS success Is the better
alternative oil the people, and he Is heartily sup
porting the Green ana Delany indie pendent ticket.
] asked a prominent citizen OF Charleston what
+ eHect Mackeys IuaLTlHOulhi dlIldHCe WOuiu nave
/ upon his political prosperity. The answer was,
ssNone whateverU
THE OLD STATE HOUSE
/ At Columbia, now destroyed, was respectable
structure OF one story with basement, pOrtico
and lour columns, and no ornamentation except
the pamett0 tree monument OF oiiated iron, which
/ Is now the principal object In the new State
/ House Yard. There, November 8, 1850, Governor
J Glst called the Legislature together to choose
! Presldential electors, and Chestnut made o
4 speech resolving "to live and die became his
| glorious ancestry That Is what he IS doing.
/ United States judge Magrath, VINO ripped his
robe on as he resigned his ONCE, had son In the
Conservative Convention the other day, modest
young man, doing well.
Francis W. PicKen5 the Governor at the seces
sion, was the political father oi Frank Moses, the
present high toned Governor, VINO had nearly been
his son-in-law, according TO report. He IS Jead
| ". Porcner Miles, prominent Congressman at
the secession which ne urged on behalf as ne SAID,
OF the administration at Washington, MARI ed a
Virginia hotel keepers 0augnter during the war