The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-06-26

HnOlly WlLuouI uOpo. oou oon ot'J
old friend to trust me. recognize the
disgrace of it all. must fight my own
battle, and just now fate seems rather
hard. Now, please don't tear me all to
pieces, will you?" The tone with which
this was said would move an obelisk from
its base. The Herald man replied that
he cared nothing for the ex.Governor's
troubles in newspaper sense. tie dld
want to recall old times and ask after old
acquaintances during the good old days
of pelf and plunder in the Palmetto
State. "What, for instance, has become
of Governor Scott ?" he asked by way of
starting the conversation.
The doctor" looked minute through
his bars as if engaged in a work OF IN
trospection. "Oh, yes; Scott" ne SAID.
"Well he's down at Napoleon, Ohio.
He got out of that murder scrape by.
paying handsomely the widow of his
victim. When he did that the jury
called it an accident Oh, Scott acted
honorably in that as he always did IN
everything" "And Cardozo?" pursued
the reporter. "Cardozo is Spanish
mulatto, and is sharper than chain
lightning. He was convicted of NAL
feasance and bribery, was pardoned by
Hampton, and is now a clerk in the
treasury department at Washington, and
is one of the best clerks there. Been
promoted three or four times. You know
he always was the best accountant we
had there. If ever I wanted correct
statement of anything I relied on Cardo'
TO-" :.
Here the ex. Governor allowed himself
to wander off into retrospect. He
stretched his legs and seemed to forget
his surroundings. "Tell you who [ met
the other day." he said, cat the Palmer
House. DR.. Neagle-remember him ?
Comptroller, you know, under Scott and
under me. Well, sir, Neagle came up to
me and says, Hello, Governor Now
between you and me that was not my
title Just then, and I looked at him hard.
Then he says, Frank, don't you know
me?' Well, didn't though Neagle and
I were like brothers years ago. Then ne
told me his name, and I almost fell IN
his arms. Neagle has changed SO nobody
would know him. Grown stout and gray,
and rather decrepid. Tim Hurley-you
remember Tim. Tim has gone to Europe.
Tim was a jolly Irishman who came
down there when I was Speaker, got in
to the ring and made money. Tim was
going to play it fine. He was going in
for home improvements and to become
citizen of the soil. He stole through
the lobby and tried to curry favor with
the home people by buying city lots. 1t
didn't work. Poor Tim. He had q
suburb off Columbia called 'Hurleyville.'
1 guess it's been sold for taxes dozen
times. Tim has gone to Europe. No.
body knows whether he is rich or not,
but / guess he saved enough out Of the
general wreck to make himself comforta.
Bic. "Remember Parker, the treasurer :"
eyes" "Well, Parker is in Philadel.
phia-rich, believe. He and Honest
John Patterson always trained together.
Patterson is in New York. His famous
epigram, Five years of good stealing yet
in South Carolina did not come true.
Remember John Dennis ?" Yes"
"Well," said tho Ex-Governor, dennis
is at Yankton, D. T., has o big business
there, and is rich, of course. Cass Car
penter, the carpet.bag editor, is in Den.
1ver-he was a sneak" Frank added, with
bitterness. "Old Dick Carpenter, the
Judge; let's see, don't know where be
is living. saw him here at the Conven-
ton, but I lodged him." the ex-Gover-
nor said, with & laugh. "WorlEiugton,
the old collector at Charleston, is clerk
in Washington. He was here at the
Convention. So is Woodruff-rememuer
him ?-the scounlrel that turned States
evidence on us all and got into Jail him
self?-he is q Washington clerk. Some
times" said the Ex-Governor. with
bitter smile, II think it would have been
better for me if had gone to Washing.
ton and got clerkship. People call me
thief because was Governor of South
Carolina in corrupt era, but l want 10
say right now that the bulk of the steal
ing, the horrible crimes in legislation,
the awful corruption and defiance of de-
cenGy, which ran South Carolina's debt
to $22,O00,000 was before came into the
Goyernorship. I had nothing to do with
Scott and Parker and John Patterson and
their New York man, Kimpton. They
were the ones that piled the debt up.
was reckless no doubt. used to buy
niggers for 50 to do anything I wanted
done when I was Speaker of the Assem-.
bly,, and got the money to do it with
from this gang, but how they were steal.
ing was never revealed to me. l wanted
to be Governor. It was pride-a per-
sonal and family pride. | saw there was
but one way-make myself popular with
the niggers. did it. I fattered some,
associated with others, but bough great
many more. 1t was all wrong, know.
Ny life was ruined. was made an out
cast. did not dare even to 60 back to
Sumter. had to meet my own father
even in secret. I am now an ontcast, q
miserable, wretched jail-bird, but even
with that feeling can see my errors and
blame nobody but myself. say-(this
with the old pleading look( don't be too
hard on me, now, will you?"
"Time's up" said the genial deputy at
this iuncture, "and I want my lunch"
The Herald man, had, therefore, to bid
the ex. x.Governor of South Carolina adieu
for the time.
Ex-Governor Moses, alias "Dr. War
ren," is in the Chicago Jail for obtaining
S25 from one local physician and SIT
from another on bogus checks. The two
physicians say that they mean to prose-
cute him to the full extent of the law.
He has been committed for trial and
seems to be utterly friendless. His wife
is in this city, but it is said she and her
family will have nothing to do with him.