The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1875-07-16
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VI Roconstructioni

6rsc of our late very dull sale
an event worthy of notice il was
Coroner Carroll as Sheriff of Edge
y. This official made his appearance
ids. week ago, and, provided by
gered upon the duties lately discharged
Sheriff WALL resigned He comes. we
re, from the mountain Businesses of Saluda.
negro, quito black, apparently about
years, ,ofage, is decidedly rustic in gait
and raiment and has q good countenancc. 1t
is said that he is aS unletcrcd as any IIottcntot
that ever brought beads into Cape Town. AS
Sheriff, of course he must conduct the Sheriff
sales. At twelve NJ, therefore, he mounts the
court house steps and in strange tone and par
lance, summons an audience. The audience is
not slow to gather, forfan Is scented upon the
tainted breeze. isSSQ&kknowS that tainted is
the word! Whites an4 negroes rush to the
spot. And now Sheriff Carroll waves an Ad-
vcrtiser with graceful scmi-circular flourish
and says: "Genilcmuns, how much am offered
for dis fifty acres ob land p Here Mr.. John
j.. Addison modcstly explains from the foot Of
the steps that the defendant wishes further time,
and that he, as plaintiffs attorney, is willing
and requests that the sale be discontinued. OF
this, the acting High Sheriff understands not
single syllable and, raising his voice higher
again says: "Gcntlcmuns how much is offered
fur dis fifty acres oh land - The crowd smiles
A voice says Twenty five cents.
The High Sheriff again says: "Gcntlcmuns
a voice says: Fifty cents. The crowd snggcrsS
and wags is head. The yellow boy from Ohio,
who stands behind the Sheriff on the topmost
step, with an open account book and pencils
reminds one Of the ambitious but Unfortunate
youth Of Longfcow's "ExcclsiOr." Again the
High Sheriff says: "Gcntlcmuns, How much is
| offered fur dis fifty acres pb land How much?
How littlc?' The crowd cxplodcs, with a loud
report, right and left. The High Shcrif's eyes
become two sauccrs, and his good naturcd face
assumes the expression of q scared rabbit. lie
casts an expiring look upon John Jones, the
little yellow boy who is Clerk Of the Court, his
prcccptor, and wrings the Advertiser into lean
wisp. We feel deeply huniiatcd to see what n
lean and dirty wisp il can bc wrung into =
jesse has taught him according TO his light
Jcssc's lights and of course the tuition is
feeble and nnavailing The crowd shrcks,
screams, kicks Nothing so ludicrous has been
seen in Edgefcd within The memory of man =
And now stage fright sczcs upon the High Shcr-,
III, and he plunges ma'lly down tho lofty stone
steps and is quickly hid in the lower bowels of
the court house. Oh, those bowels What do
they not hide in these days. oh. that dirty
and ncxorable nav of Radical reconstruction
The yellow boy from Ohio plungcs after the
High Sheriff, and is also received into those
screening and plying bowels. Jesse enters into
the NAV and is swallowed up. The myrmidons
all enter into the NAV and play with corruption.
And the crowd continues to shrek, scream and
kick
But under this Irresistible hilariiy--a among
the white people--thcrc is a deep feeling of in
dignatiop and disgust-of unspeakablc humia-
uon-of very intense shamc-thnt we have
c1me TO this, and must put up with il, Scott
Chamberlain, Moses, Carpenter Runkle Of aI
o a, MT mfnitum, high and low, small and great
In the past and in the present. Out upon the
whole set of dirty and alien thieves Out upon
the disgusting and sycophanic twnddc that is
now marking great part of the press of South
Carolina. Out upon everybody and everything
In the remotcst connection with such an Internal
state Of dcviltry.