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GEO. i?, LAKE, soLi?iT?jfG A6FICM _j EDG^FIELD, S A.RY 28, 1878. _ , ? , wsBBjM TUE THIEVES* CARNiTAL. Wt LIFTING THE VEIL-^?MI THE IK "^.^IDENTS OJ? ROBBER RULE. ? THE REPOST OF THE CC -^TTSE^CV ': ?'EA??s-R:P.tPH PJ^V>MTION3 O ? THE STYLE IN -WHICH TJSE OFFICIA PLTTNDEREES- SQUANDERED, TH PEOPLE'S MONEY-AN APPALLIN jl^foCT^Ejs^OF^AN Eil A V7HICH W? -|NL? E^kbh^ KA?I? TON ^T-TIL-. HEAD OF THE UNITED JJ?M??BAC?"! OF THE STATE. ?Special Dispatch.to the News & Courier. I COL??TBI A, Tuesday Night, Feb 19. . The feature.of to-day's-aession of the . General-Assembly was the Report of ? theP?5ommittee on Frauds, which was presented in both Houses. The doc ument is probably unique in the an nals of legislation." It is as follows: THE REPOET The committee respectfully invite attention to the evidence and vouch ? era submitted with this report under the head of "Supplies." The abuses '. havfrheen so great, and of such a pal 5 ja ble naturo that the most credulous person would hardly believe that ^.such frauds could be perpetrated un ??r the forms of legislation. History . lils to cite an instance which can be unpared with such a carnival of j \ud and extravagance ac has been d in South Carolina, by and through pwchaso of supplies for the mem " ,? of the General Assembly. In c:* ; connection, we submit a number ' ' - ihe accounts against the State: al 1 a few individual accounts of TEE AVERAGE "STATESMAN" South Carolina, under thc late re me. ' We not only make the asser . i-.n, but .*ejsr?2nt the proofs, .that ??a wlrotTcoantry ~ may see how one -lithe Old Thirteen"" has been rob '.<and laid prostrate through igno _:. ^i.on one side, and corrupt ad von don the other. Our report is /'";> isa?iiy elaborate; the charges are ?JU grave that we deem it unwise to ina e; them unless we substantiate, tittie by evidence wliieh no oue caafj doal' ? If the dimple statement was made +1,at senators and members of the Fernie' were furnishjed with every ttin?j they desired, from swaddling ; : -f.he;s and ( ; CRADLE TO THE COFFIN of the uadertaker. from brogans to c, ;gnons, finest extracts to best wines ?.?? liquors, And all paid by t?ie Stale, it would create a smile of doubt and derision; but when we make the state : "cut and prove it by several witness .J?.H v.i? tba vouchers found in the offi of the clerks of the Senate and : ' - use, all will with sorrow admit the t .thfulness of this report. For your g -i 'ance we deem it essential to.place ? 1er appropn'jile heads the class u. *" plias and the evidence referring c wt ; -il 1 y on* attention to t j _ _^??ser . Ax r xne^rcTirs wti're, moderate, and ?cr.uded only stationery and postage stamps, but they gradually increased ?until they assumer gigantic propor tions. In the commencement ol this badness of furnishing members they gave orders on the clerks to deduct Vta amount from their pay; but very soojt the ordarslar^eiy exceeded their pal and the .accounts were then in clined in the reucrt of the committee onpontingent accounts, and pay cer tifi?tes, thus issued for almost every dfcr?ptio? of merchandise. In ad-j t on to thi3, pay .certificates were 11 wn and turned over to the chair n of the committee on contingent ounta for collection and distribu n. tja these matters became com .n, 'he senators claimed that L . HEIR EXPENSES SHOULD BE PAID 3 tl i State, or in the language of senator C. P. Leslie, 'the State had o : lit to be a State unless she fronid pay. and take care of her states-. ft 2n.' ! Mr. W oodruif e<vys_jjnlthel1 V0ui.hers"and c?rt:fic??T'-sprove, that?1 - :, . ?ti?cuiion'' 'certi sates were fre - qt!.-ntly issued .for th benefit.of the s-.naiors. .Senators Jervey and Gail J8I J. of Charleston, and Senator Cain of "^dgefield, also corroborate this tes timony and acknowledge that they received a-portion of the fraudulent ?-?rtificates thu* issued. A. O.floncs, cle.-!v of the House, testifies that sup plie.1 were' furnished under th* head of " Legislative expenses, sundrfesand stationery," ana included r?resh for committee rooms, gro*ries, clocks, horses, carriages, dry good*, U carper^ furniture of every dearip-11 tiou, and miscellaneous articla of merchandise for the personal us| of the. members. . y.iui-committee find upon examia^ tioa of the vouchers in the treasurer s office, that in ONE SESSION there was expended, under thei^- -( spectiveheads of "Supplies," "S ' dries" and ."Incidental Expense nor less than three hundred ar.d fifi Ihousand dollars, one hundred an , v'e'ity-fiv.e thousand ot which wer .jyeut for refreshments,, including th hi.>t wines, liquors and cigars. We eau only prove how universally th": r.ystem of fraud waa practiced and e^ned^jjut by the bills ami in Sr- u porthmof which wesubmit with ".."Dort, and *ho evidence of Wood land Jones and Sefgeant-at-armi '"? ' ama. 'oodruJx testifies that ".tbs prac becam-2 so general aa to embrac i .. rly every Republican and . ERA I. DEMOCRATIC SENATORS. 5?<',v accounts came to bo regarde j i iyileged matters, and the Se? i eqmring all reports to lie ov ow i ay was generally suspended a; thv report considered at once and th i acco inti ordered to be paid withotf j a d renting voice- Senators 1? | their, acteunt.s with thc .?hairta?ivr'?.( the committce.on'contingeutaccoun.. , Wheu'settkd in this way they-w^kJ'i generally: returned..;^. r&?jfoTf^; ceipt?d."' i . We Btti&f?ertft?i jugular ^ < ijaru^n ?MU3L insiunces.iuunu" ure UUH nous words " and others" or "sundries and others," which being interpreted meant "fraud." Woodruff, conti?n ing, says: "The committee to audit the contingent expenses of the Sen ate claimed the right to order what they pleased and include it in their report under the name of "sundries and others." Jones, in his ?vidence, speaks of j them as "QUEER ACCOUNTS," and says they were generally paid under the head of "and others." Your committee find it necessary to classify the various supplies furnished in order that you may perceive the magnitude of the robbery and the ruthless expenditure of taxes to pro vide for the pleasure and comfort of our statesmen ! Under the class of "Refreshments," we ask attention to these facts : A room in the State house was fitted up wherein to serve "wines, liquors, eatables and cigars," to State officials, senators, members of the .House and their friends, at all hours of the day or night. Wood ruff" s evidence is that the largest bills were rendered for refreshments, in cluding the best liquors and cigars, which r?ere served up in a room ad joining that of the-clerk of the Sen ate, and kept open at all hours, ano. was visited daily by J3tate officials, judges, senators, members of, the House, lawyers, editors, newspaper reporters, and citizens generally, irre spective of party, and that they dis cussed matters, State and National, brThe " b*aaf,.agree<}bie. manner over J Iheir sparkling gfoat?e?. v Not satiefied with the establishment of a bar-room in the Capitol, they employed a por ter who had charge of the " Refresh ment room." -, \ ? J. W. S PRIVATE BAR-ROOH. The porter states that for six year3 the State-House bar-room was gen erally opened at 8 o'clock in the morning, and kept open until from 2 to 4 the next morning; that during that time some one wa3 constantly there eating, smoking and drinking, and that Sunday, formed no exception to the rule. Ile says: "He never saw a bar-room equal to the State Hpude refreshment-room for drinking, smoking and talking;" that a large major'ty of the members who assem fc'** (-i thc rgo.m were- Republicans, but^J^^.. Democratic senators and representatives were ?n>? vi---. He m^,->r.^7nft.4 T.lir? nurnoo nf Rajaf *irg ; _.. uay, with a -considerable 1 amount of wine, ale and porterthrown ! in. The best cigars and wines were furnished, and that often what he jonsidered a good article would be rejected. He could not keep a suffi ?ent amount of cigars on hand to mpply the demand, as many of them FILLED ONE OR TWO OF THEIR POCKETS ipon leaving and would frequently ,'arry off a bottle of champagne in he same way. He is porter now, ind says that no refreshments are lerved, as that business stopped when Jovernor Hampton took charge of he State House. It will be observed that the State urniahed a room, - a p- i-er and re reshments for our "statesmen" while hey were plotting how to rob the >eopie they pretended to represent ; eady to vote for any measure that voald enrich themselves at the pub ic expense. In addition to the re E63hmeDt3 furnished at the State louse, large quantities of wines, iquors and cigars, and other things rory nvu'u -to--thc-VrrWlo.- laoanclinfc- j ?ouses and residences of State ofti lials, senators, members and their riends. This is ahown by the vouch es and accounts rendered and the ividence of Woodruff, who says that '?the matter of refreshments, like )ther3, assumed the largest propor ions, ?nd orders were given for li quors and cigars, which were SENT TO TUE HOTELS, ioarding-houses and residences of the members and their friends." Clerk iones says the most extra.agant ac jounts were rendered for refresh ments for committee rooms, aud that :ie found it useless to remonstrate. Sergeaat-at-arms Williams testifies that the House did not keep a refresh ment room, but he . was ordered to buy wines, liquors, &c, for the mem bers, and that he did buy them from Mr. ibson and Mr. Solomon. His jvidence is corroborated by Mn Gib :on, and the orders given him, i* lew itt which we submit with this report. Among the members thus furnished ive find the mimes cf T. Harley, member from Charleston; P. Sim kins, from Edgefield ; J. D. Boston, froiu. Newberry J James A. Bowley, jf Georgetown ; Speaker S. J. Lee, til' Aiken. We submit a specimen brdnr given td Mr. Gibson for which was delivered in oue day : i " Due box champagne, one box poit, wine, one box whiskey, ane box j brandy, one box nlierry wine, three boxes cigHr.V Mr. Bowley was one af the leading colored memb.-rs .of the House, and chairman of the com mittee of ways and mcan.V and it is i 8a?y to understand why he reported favorably upon the enormous tax levies .uid appropriation bills of the Hons?. We append an order to Mr. Gibson from Rev. W. H. Thomas, member from Cojleton and chairman jf the committee^ on claims: "-Mr.[. C?ib'son,'there is a mistake; the order ;alis for..two noxes of. .wine, please jc-nd-the-other.' W. M.. Thomas." : :Mr,?Gibson''in his" evidence saysr, ?'.?He - was y paid in Legislative - pay ' ?ertificates for all supplies, and that la d?iTeFTn- gTOc'enes.^oas'n?me^o'?a large accounts among the voaclers. He testifies that he furnished Wj?od ruiF and Jones with -supplies, bufjnot as clerks'of their respective horses, and that he was paid by the Si te treasurer on presentation of the-pay certificates, which were issued topim for his'accounts. In connection yith the evidence of Mr. Solomon, we pall attention to his itemized account which was sworn to by him, and an nexed ?o his evidence under the head of " Supplies," whefein appeara the names of I he following persons to whom he furnished "REFRESHMENTS:" F. S. Jacobs, Senators John Wilson," W. E. Holcombe, J). Riemann, J. H. White and C. D./Kayne, Governor R. K. Scott, Comptroller General John L. Nearie, Li?utehant-Governor Ran sier, State Treasurer Niles G. Parker, SpeakfirF. J. Meies, Representatives C. C; Bjp^n, J. felder Myers, S. L. Dauca&Tt. H. Humbert, Dr. B." A. Boseman,-filler, McLaughlin, John Bi Denpis/B. By?s, W. J. Mc Kinlayy R. M Smith, W. H. Jones, Nelson Davis and Gen. William'Gur ney, county treasurer of Charleston. Your committee also find on the examination of this i temi zed-account and ?lie evidence seduced before.'.us that Messrs. Jones and Woodruff made payments on several occasions by check and cash ; ncvcrthele?s, on examina the payments made by the State treasurer to Mr. Solomon, on .pay certificates issued to him, it is shown thai he has drawn six thousand (dollars oVer and above his entire ac count, au'd, worse still, these certifi cates w??e all issued before the first of Mar?b, 1873, after which time he was pail otherwise. We ibo find that in the year 1872 there was ksued to him $24,380 50, while ilia itemized account shows that there*jWas only due him for the years 187.1 ind 1872, $11,20348, proving that lie was paid $13,177 02 over the amount claimed to have been fur niahea by him. Comment- is unneces sary.! i : SPECIMEN STEADS. . '*? _ < .. We know of no better method of illustrating the reckless expenditure of nloney for this class' of supplies thai/ by referring to the accounts ren der^!, some of which will be found appended to 'the evidence, and we .ca!Inattention to accounts designated ^gfawtl yV ana ' ?\ 3"'ni vVood- , *??.u&juviA vuu xiuuoo ai biic oauic UILU^, and to the Senate during same week by other parlies, all of which is shown by the vouchers. ' We also call attention to accouuts in thc evidence of A. 0. Jones, des ignated as numbers 2?? to 2GJ, in clusive, where it is shown that Mr. Solomon alone furnished the Hous;; with $5,877 15 worth of wines and liquors within two months. Mr. Solomon says he had no difficulty in making collections while they did business with him. Thus it clearly appears that bills contracted for the "gratification" of our "statesmen" were promptly paid ; while the vilest criminals were pardoned to keep them from starving, and turned out upon an outraged peopie ; the unfor tunate inmates of the Lunatic Asy lum were at the same time suffeiing from want of proper food and cloth ing : the free schools were closed and teachers "unpaid. These fraudulent expenditures were NOT CONFINED TO ANY PARTICULAR _j YEAR, as will appear hy"t?e~"vol?chcTrjThf?e?T over to your committee. We now call attention to the accounts of George Symmers, mentioned in the evidence of Mr. Woodruff, designated 11A A," "A B," "AC," "A H," aggregating $3,157 80, from March 1, 1871, to the 7 th day of same month, amouuting to more than four hundred and fifty dullard per day, for wines and liquors for the Senate alone. The evidence and vouchers are not con fined to Solora m, Fine, Gibson and Symmers, but prove that Messrs. Cooper aud Taylor, Wm. Kennedy aDd Joseph Taylor, citizens of Co lumbia, also furnished Bupplies of the ! same character. We insert a literal copy of one of the bilis found among the vouchers of the clerk of the Senate : COLUMBIA, Feb. 22, 1872. Gov. A. J. RANSIERE. To Joe Taylor for Licours and se gars and other articulara, $280. Reciuveied paymen, JOE TAYLOR. This trade was NOT CONFINED TO COLUMBIA, as is shown by the vounchers of Messrs. K?nck, Wickenberg & Co., of Charleston, and others, or to the State,' as proved by the aco?uta of A- P!A. -afj.Piiil?flplnlijai dealers in wines and liquors. We ca?T?s?e^ cia! at,tenti'?n to their accounts, desig nated " C lo," in the evidence of Woodruff, amounting to $1,680, fur nished to Senate at one time, and to No. 83, in evidflnce of A. 0. Jones, ? mounting to $2,0;8, for use of Houso and delivered in one day ; also to ac count of Mr. Symmers, in Woodruff's evidence, d?sign?t.'d as No. 16, by Woodruff, in which sweetmeats and delicacies of every kind that could tempt the epicure were supplied. This is only one of many such in our possession. In addition to the-par ties above designated we fi?t!*'that numerous other persons. furnished "i refreshments" under the head of '^Strnpliea;'-' andienderecVbills against the. State-;for amounts ranging from1 one huudreddollakrtnthreeth?csand, m ?? e u?co?8cioftafaleT " r.Agisr--- t t per dozen ; brandy, by the dozen-, J (quarte) $40 ; cigars, $20 per hun--? dred; champagne, $40 by the case; port wine, $40 per dozen.' An esti mate cannot be formed of theamount of,winee, liquors and cigars used in a single session, but enough is shown by the bills rendered and the pay certificates issued to demonstrate that to haVe ua?d'all that Was purchased, every\ member. of the House and Senate must have consumed ' \ ONE GALLON PER DAY, with a'few extra bottles of ale and wine throwu in, and snfoked/not less than on^dozen cigars within the same time. Diting this era of " elevation," while tbe\ average " statesman" was deprived if the enjoyment of his ac customed ?\xury, the succulent water melon, it ispot strange to find bim seeking theWcious fruits of tropical climes-hen? the bills of Messrs. Brookbank^ Co. Brook banks says in his eyiderte " that he was con nected with aWfeclionery and fruit stcre, that he hrnished such articles as were usuallyi kept in such estab lishments, and hat he rendered bills made out noded the'hoad of'Sun dries,' and recetad in payment leg islative pay certiWatee." We-si'.hs?it a -jhr?on of these, ac counts, aud refer gib?se designated os Nos. 51, 50, 60^3, 69 and 74, ag gregating $1,080} Woodruff says ; these accounts wed for . "FRUIT A A CICrARS ; furni.-hed the Senat^" We also refer to the evidence of$.. O. Jones and . John Williams, conaning other ac- I counts of a similar n^ure. .We cannot better\illustrate the effrontery of Carolina} LEADING " STAMMEN" - , at that time than by berring to ac- i count designated as 21?, in evi- I dence of A. O. Jones, Vhen it ap- i pears that Gen.Willjm Gurney, . treasurer of Charleston Qmty, claim- ? ed to have furnished ref^hments to J the amount.of $1,500, biistrange to say, the it/mized accoun^of Hardy ? Solomon proves that Ge\ Gurney 1 was the recipient of suplies from ( Solomon's store, and that the State t paid for the s?ime. \ . {j Sergeant-at-arms William; mya of ( this bill: " I know of no eudlies be- J ingfurnishedhyGen.Gurney,!or dol c know any rbi ns; of No. 21 ?, vf?rred. !j to in A. O. Jones's evidence."! ? testify that al the present time tfere is at the State-J.wuaw only seventeen I thousand seven hundred and fifU-n } dollars' worth, appraised at the pr?f.-* i paid for it; a list of which was stf&u i to by them and is attached to th|r f evidence. This includes^'lhree hui- i died and twenty-five/dollars' wort i of furniture parched by*Attorne> t General Mel tc pr and paid for by hi? c out of his -eontingent fund, end.a\J this time-'?s in the attorney-generafa * office.- ( y Mr. Berry says he furnished s large ? number of committee rooms outside r of the State-House, as well as bed- i rooms. He remembers furnishing the '< rooms occupied by W. J. Whipper, T. Hurley, T. B. Johnston, J. E. Green and others, and some of the rooms he furnished as often as three times; he also furnished room3 at Mrs. Randall's for Speaker Moses, traded furniture to members for pay certificates, and furnished almost all the offices in the State-House. EVERY SESSION 1 Jn .continuation, he states that he furnished at least forty:"he7J-roo?i8? but does not know who occupied them all, or what became of the furniture. He was paid for it in legislative pay certificates. We ask reference to the ?vidente of Sergeant-at-arms Williams on the subject of furniture. He says he purchased a lot of furniture from Mr. Berry, consisting of chairs, tables, washstands and bed-room sets. Some of the rooms thus furnished were oc cupied by Gen. W. J. Whipper, W. H. Jones and James A. Bowley. He does not know what became of the furniture, but endeavored to collect it, and was told by J. B. Dennis, Jas. A. Bowl?y, Benj. Byas and Charles Minort that he had nothing to do with -it; consequently he troubled himself no more about it. He says the rooms over the South Carolina Bauk and Trust Company were fur nished also, and were occupied by Senator Y. J. P. Owens, T. Hurley and W. H. Gardiner, and that be also furnished Speaker Lee's rooms and OTHER PRIVATE ROOMS at tho boarding houses of members, with fine carpets, stoves and other furniture, and that they were claimed as committee rooms. He says: 111 cannot undertake to explain the ac counts of Mr. Berry. ? know that \***rf - r^no-ntitiftfl- erf--fm mtupa- xvora Jurriished by him every session, and that as soon as the General Assembly adjourned it disappeared, and I was compelled, under the order of the Speaker or some committee chairman, to refurnish all the rooms as soon as the Legislature met." These rooms, he adds, "were OUTSIDE OF TUE CAFITOL building, and he believes the furni ture was stolen by those who had charge of it." W. K. Greenfield testified that the rooms he' .rented were newly; thor: dughly, "andf in. some insttfncesrmostr extravagantly furni?b.ed. .every fall, ? about the time the General Assembly ^ convened, and that the furniture was removed by different poreona^andnofcj by i-egular dealers^ and looked as if it the^Tiouse bj evidence pi ; th?it a majori House combit who furnish', t maud ed to be claim. ,The i doubled.-.ind them. The N Berry receiveq out their aecouj man of the coi favorably on -, ceived a pay cc of $12,319 50; divided betwee FIFTY O'. .. as follows: W.. which he was-ti'?.. self, T. A. Dav) . Hardy, P. P. E J. \V. Lloyd, J lando Levy, all) ?. ton County, exdsi^v resented Georgetown. I % ? VJ! BP* Humbert,x>f b***^ ~ , . '. a certificate of ar . ..'. ONE THof ?* j&&-?&r.%, which he was tC ,:df: ~-etwee~ h,V self, Alfred Hiv?-, Keith ? Sanders, J. Long. gv? .Ajo. .. > John F. Hendere^i)^,^. , fy (-..-.alt, R. Tarletonrp??df:,;.v-^ . . As ury L. . ?>ing!tr; .\'-r Sumter, received a certificates " 01,-5'" to j. if;-, ?;J. M. divide between -him? ' ?? j> Cn. 0. Corwin,7 E. r?iga^"|.'?. G> 3. Garey, A. S. Ho?r?e^fnney / phries, S. Melton, W;?ri-.; ?.lefio . P. Singleton, Alfred .1^ re, L. Sumpter and Jared- y ?? >y. II. H. II?NTEB, FBOM !I.4 R/LE8T0N, demanded and l eceir? certificate for $750; :eived a certificate f<. self; W. F. C. Gard ml tor himself; B. G. ? pl,5?0; W. J. VVhippel^ri. or?i./oyy A.. 0. Jones, ane.i'o.r I?-.,]- '); \V. H. j Tones, one for fylfiO?fjjl- Crows ?t." j :or $3,000; Lawrenc/*?).i or?- or [1500, which witness''v-'^s he bi/r.ght rom Cain afterwards.?u? Ca; < ., in lis evidence. adraCiy^iviiig j *nia?? j ioneideration orr 'ac^j^uf this nan- j ;er; P. J. O'Connell g^jpved one for ' fl,000;- E. A. N?ri^S-i.p. for *100; j 1 J. Audell, one tWi'p?OO: Berry, one for $1C?????? D. me tor $250; Wm. 'gp&hcrlv 550; Mitchell Gog"-;,, y.e? j??msel? a White re ?2?0 for him ?-;:;efor$l.r?jr , or.. ?o* im?iipj not-. r .ceri lioatel . ?-.?fi B. 3 f. H nV :y col! ' ;he live thoo .-j riven to Most State treasui . irnouut. Ac. iud 36 refer ' ?eferred to d; vheu the.vd . han $17,00i m $45,000 VIost ot the ire in the ti )een paid, ! mdor-jemenl lamed in til t ion & Co., q . Gen. Den| 112,000 of j lided betwe I O. Jones] iurley and] ^Your coi? portion-of kj isiied to pa th legitima tub and thc railed have! furnture in: Denis, he left lere m> .. was>urchae . clock whic? ty, eking j&V.v and pat ou costf?OO ei .' Fini the "E*ibitA.' in th evide. peaij that j tho brnmitd the ^ised cl Stat of at 1 . vorirly on 8( r to pjying W due'uira for whoyrere se pl acl and ar. nitui, &c. "in ie eprinj . | c i landiommis of fuhiture fl bly fr his of] his rejdence.; Scottioffice i 'an alncation' lie, wfyh was ing sen to Seo swore |at he . but didevent fundpither. ~Theiis c. in Mr. Lesli? furniturWas to some\ her i men" asU b? MAKli H; it is ndoni to your cdffij. only receiid; could, in sk rival in Cob ni tu re for 'jfj carpets for ), Oriental spi. .es, While thj ing.hounded .tax-gathere; luxuri?s, ?' Aa a fur: ordinate gi !-aud< J fill fi f? ! J ?y ? w 'i! S ' 1 le ( se i n* ^ ? d> ? I -"J 3-_ ir. Wing, a master mecnairrcTTc-wiji^ '.aseen that the partitions charged J > j jr at $650 each would be worth now ! ' .bout $25 each, bot at the time the scountwas rendered it was worth, .bout one-third more. We also call ttention to the - evidence, of several itnesses who testify that the account v/as raised by inserting the figure "3" .i the item, "Fitting up closets," and' hs figure "6" in front of the two last i mounts, th\i8 making a gain of $1,5CKX "Wa find, that under the head of Furniture" accounts/were presented >r mules, horses, buggies, 'CARRIAGE HIRE AND. HORSE FEED.. The.ie accounts were passed upon nd certificates issued accordingly. In this connection we refer to the cadence of Mr. Pettingiii, (under the head of "pay certificates,") who ia a dealer in horses and mnlesf .d who saya he sold them to differ . . t memberV,'and was paid in Legis .. :ive pay certificates, namingSpeak . : S. f. Lee and W, H. Jones, of Georgetown, as two of such purchas s .s, and that he also received pay -^??^Uhr- ibr "horse foodf buggy mr?," <S? ^Mr. (benfield says he diet not sell any buggies or. car riagea directly to 't?e^l?te-,l)'?t scic? io "the^nembers and was paid for them with pay^ cer? ''."?tftes. He remembers receiving a ci . ' ifieate, which proved to be fraud ulent, in payment for a carriage. AtJ cae time a proposition was made to hi,v> to sell a large portion of his stock ot carriages and 6uggies if he would make out his account against the State and receive pay certificates in payment thereof, which he declined. We also refer to the evidence given ; Sallas Randall, a committee clerk, .'. bo testified that a hous'* of ill-fame ..u'the City of Columbia was supplied with furniture at the expense of the State. We also refer to the account of Mr. Ly Brand, a dealer in MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, designated as Nd. 37 by A. 0. Jones, as an evidence that, ^ whilst revelling in their Bacchanalian sports, the Mu ses were-not neglected. The soft melody of the melodeon was invoked to inspire what Bpirits would ff?t. CARPETING. We could not asceKtain the actu?J. 4mount ,of carpeting purchased or used, but the bills rendered amount ed to sevorcl thousand dollars per louse and'eommittee rooms outside; id testifies, that it would require n'y 1,300 yards to carpet all of hem. By reference to the account f Stewart, Sutphen & Co., designat d as^c 73 by A. 0. Jones, and re orted from committee on contingent Dcount, it will be found that during ne session alone they sold to the State 4,008 YARDS OF CARPETING, nore than one thousand yards being inest Brussels. Gen. Dennis and 3ergeant-at-arms Williams both tes tify th art the committee rooms were furbished .with new carpets every session, which were carried away in the spring of the year. Gen. Dennis say s he knows thai, some of it was shipped to Massachusetts. It would be an irksome task to enumerate ull the accounts rendered' for repairs on committee rooms. It is sufficient to ?uy that they amounted to thousands of dolkiv. annually, when it is a weil ,known fact that af ter the State-House was fitted up if/? a committee room was repaired, oee evidence of^ Robert Sciiveu and oth ers, who state that they were in con stant attendance and that no work was done, except placing the two . wooden p?r-titic^is-- No. transaction.! was allowed to iasa without paying tribute to the inordinate greed which characterized the majority of the mem bers. " STATTONERY." Mr. Woodruff's evidence ou thia Bubject is as follows: "During Mr. Parker's term of office and part of Mr. Cardozo's, up to the time of spe cific appropriations, pay certificates for'stationery,' which included ai moet everything, and for other ac couirts, were issued to such an extent that they sold on the streets for from ten to twenty cents on the dollar.'' The ?vidence shows that the average member never received over ten dol lars' worth of stationery; but the oTHs rendered and paid by tue State n -one sestion amounted to ^68,000 ?or this commodity alone. Clerk Jones, in his evidence, says: 'Stationery included refreshments, dry goode, groceries, carpets, furni ture," horses aud carriages, and mis cellaneous articles of merchandjpe, and the names used in the accounts werp GENERALLY MYTHS. To further illustrate the frauds committed under this head, we refer to vouchers in evidence ot A. O. Jones, designated as Nos. 5}, 51 and .jj amounting in the aggregate to B3,66?\ Mr. Jones says: "It is as serteulh'?t^Iie'se" accounts were^for books and fine stationery furnished the members." Attention ia ?ailed to accounts numbered from 10} to 14, inclusive, where it will be seen that in January alone one firm furnished j a [50,683 29 worth of "stationery," or ?fi nore than fifty dollars. Worth per ? C nonth to each member. In addition ;o the alcove, the accounts, of Messrs. Bryan & McCarter and Mr. Stokes, ivellknown dealers, who reside in Uolumbia, and who furnished station ary to the. House and Senate, are1 tl temized, and, from appearances, in- ' o dude most of tho stationery actually b Clerk Woodrjiffsays (end the vouch- ' ti ?rs provo it) that during one sea non ? ?aoh senator rcnoived e. copy of S UNABRIDGED ^'-?- -A-?A_ y ?aciuiy ioi <-.. -J. .4 ? con*? ^ Kmdencg. - , JEWELU ?. We'cannot refrain fi oin comment. ng upon the large accounts of ?Mr aaac Sulzbachor, a well knowu 'j|iv* ?lier of Columbia; and call espial .ttention to the acco?ht? dosigua?d k8 " No. 27V and " B;.5,"N mentioned ri Woodruff's evidence, w?iere jew ilry was furnished to Senators \V hit emore, Maxwell, Hayne, Kev.- Wm. Tohnstou and Representative Tim ?urley. He also furnished fine gold >ens costing aa high as $10 apiece; end; judging from the bills rendered, rom rive to ten pocket knives to each nember during the session. The accounts of Mr. _ Hayden, (a ewetler of Charleston,) designated A ., by Woodruff, clearly demonstrate he/nranner in which bills weye rais ed, the amount being for five call? jells $12, and raised. tc4U2. by in lerting the figure one (1). We quote rom Mr. Woodruff's diary in refer ?nce to an account of Mr. Hayden br a watch for Senator Whitemore: . Wednesday, January 15, 1873, cot ??tcd certificats for $945, ' and paid [TaydenJor Whittemore's watch. ?ftiittemore ~ mus^liave sbn^nerja ibtfttt ten thousand dollars this ses i?n. That ought to be satisfactory, ?e is always, though, after onemnre." It has long been a mystery to the ininitiated where the matchless dia nonds which flashed their rays of ight in the halis of the Capitol, the ihowy watclu-chains and expensive vatcbss came from; but an inspec ion of Mr. Sulzbacher's accounts, md those of a similar nature, will eveal the startling'fact that they vere furnished by an impoverished itate. .We submit a portion of Mr. Sulz )acher's account for REPAIRING CLOCKS, ?Tos. 25J and 26J, and referred to in i. 0. Joneses evidence, which will how tho-amount to ba several hun* Ired dollar,.!. Mr. Glaze, another eweller of Columbia, has several ac ?ounts, some of which are designa-ed is Nos. 61, 62 and 63, by A. 0. Jones, 'nstead of jewelry we now. haye gor geous military trappings.for our Teg-.* dative heroes, who* belonged to A velLequipped but badi; ^rgnni/.ed ni^uaTi ?hese amounted to some-< - A- s->omi hundred doTJ ' . rith t':."-n .vc-. _.A -;Nit.yH acne irticles from Z lr. Gla?e, abd that hk iccouut as well as -hat of Z. .7 Lee vas settled with a i ?i*lativ pcer iificate. Afterward ue and Lee were )oth sued, and he paid Mr. Glaze two ?undred dollars, and Mr. Glaze still mids the certificate as a claim against he State. In the accor.nt of W. J. Whipper, ittorney at law, designated as C 12, ie charges the State the modest um of 550 PER DAY FOR FORTY-THREE DAYS )rofessional services rendered the i-immittee -appointed to investigate he a'Tai ra of the Bank of the State, ["his investigation resulted in the ap )oii2tment of Representative 0. C. Puffer, receiver, whereby the State ost a large amount of money, by ?ommiss-ions and other means. For years large accounts ainount ug to several hundred dollars, an iually, have been paid for . CLEANING THE HALLS if the Seuato and House of Rcpre entatives, while hundreds of con 'icts were in the city entirely idle, .'o illustrate the economy practiced ?ow, we will state, that not oue dol ar is paid out for such work, cou iut hbor bo'.ug utilized. We have examined the accounts for liing locks to the desks of meniberu, nd find that during one session thc ?tate was charged with 367 locks, vhere there are only 164 desks iu he Senate and House, thus giving acre than two locks to each. We ubmit a few accounts for wood and oal. Upon a close calculation, we ind that during one session moro han . ONE THOUSAND CORDS OF WOOD nd one thousand three hundred and wcuty tons of coal were charged for, nd at the same time there was not a ingle wood stove in use at the State louse. Sergeant -Willipms in his vidence states that not a fourth of he wood and coal puichased was onsnmed at the State-JIouse-. He Iso says that Mr. Crews furnished nd delivered to any of the members /ho asked for it this necessary com aodity. From the account of Mr. Mayrant t appears that he furnished Senators Vhittemore, Maxwell and others with rood. The bills rendered show that thous nds of dollar? were spent annually ar stoves to heat the State House and ommittee rooms. Sergt. Williams estifies that the ? committee rooms rere furnished with stoves every ear, and that, when he called^ToV bern, the members told him " it was one of his business." Mr. Palmer states that the stoves a the State-HouBe are worth $1,500 t thia time, and that he does noe nd one-eighth of the stoves at the lapitol which he furnished. We will not attempt to give the mount of soap, HAIR BRUSHES ANi? TOWELS ?rn?shed, but will simply state that be accounts! amounted to thousands f dellars! Verily, they should have een cleansed. We respectfully call your atlen ion to the accounts designated as ios, 8U, 82,82*. 83, 84, 86,00, 87, 3 and 89,-in ?vidence of A. 0, Jonoa, and.C'7 and A 1 in the evidence of .MrjvVodruif, in wbjoh it shown is that ~~ : -iy r^.! n il IP rs of. the House I I > .WBfB^???^-. A :- - . va nt?^. books. In evideuoe-of the above we refer , you to accounts des ignated aa2, W 5, and others of a similar kind, and the evidents of A. 0. Jones. The acc?uuf? of W. K. Greeuiicild, ardy Solomon, M. J. Calnan, find .Qthers, show the amounts paid by the ^tate for the me of so-called comm?t t?j rooms. These .rooms were not only used during the sitting of the General Assembly, but were p't^u oc cupied the eutire year at the extrava gabfcprice oT \XZ DOLLAR PEE DAY RENT for eac\i room. Add to this the cont of furnishing, gas bille, refreshment, &c., ano^this of itself would prove to the world\that Soul h Carolina, wat cursed with the most extravBgaut and cQfrapVclassof legislators kuo*n in ancient or. modern times. We refer to acoounts deiiauated Nos. 2 to~5. reactively and No. 79. included in A. 0. Jones's evidence. It tia? been clearly demonr-traf ed that a sufficient sum aaa beeajpsid in five years for rtnt of upper rooms in more than one buildibg to ha v* purchased (.?he r^lre JiuiMmg." Wa call your *?l^&in t<rfoat^?6ifc.:.;. palpable f:auu\ designated"^ No. 65 in evidence of A. 0. Jones; wnererR K Scott certifies that an iccount for room rent, amounting to $3,24960, "is'justly due." Mr. Jones, in hit evidence, says that this is an-account of R. K. Scott for the rent of a v.ot tage for one year. It could not besold for that amostat to-day. Mr.-Greenfield says, in ref erence to this matter, that he. rented the cottage in rear- of McKenzie's building to R. K. Scott, to be used-a* a resort or CAUCUS ROOM during his candidacy ' for the United States Senate, that he waa paid by Governor Scott, and that he has nc knowledge of pay certificates being issued in payment thereof, j- The voucher designated by Wood ruff as No. 26, is for rent of the resi dence of John J. Patterson, for the use of Senators Whittemore, Owens, and othsrs who revelled in stately minti?os, enjoying their gains stoleu from an impoverished people while .heir poor drapes in th?:r.owly cabiL; were 8U?Te? hj ?ne ncces :ruie: OJ Hf- . I St ^'ofGcen fl .S. <"be $ ^'?nvSP^^^^j^pJk .< ol. sup' '?u???, and ?reaaT?i^v?X^^^^~<i Lieutenant-GovernorRansier.Lieu ftenant-Governor Gleaves ; senadora C, P. Leslie, L. Wirnbush, Frank Arnim, H. E. Hayn?, B. F. Whittemore,,ft J. Maxwell, C. D. Hayne, Y. JJ-f? Owens, W. E. Johnston, J. M. Allen, J. Hoi Hogshead, Eobert Smalls, W. B. Nash, S. A. Swails, Geo. F. Mc Intyre, E. S. J. Hayesl Jaa. A. (xreeh, Johu Lee, J. E. Green; representa tives Jae. A. Bowley, Tiui Hurley, Joseph D. Poston, J. B. Dennis, C. H. Sperry, S. J. Lee, P. Simkius, P. E. Rivers, W. M. Thomas, W. fl. Jones, F. J. Moses, B. Byas, Nelson Davies; For further information we refer lo various bills of this class, designated by Woodruff as No?. 1, 2, 3,1, 5; & 7i 8, li 13, 14, 15,17,18,31,24,25', 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40 41, 42, 43,45/ 46, 47, 48, 53. 78, 110, 115, 116 and 118, 0 12, A 2, A 14. W4, W5,112, 115, D 9, Il 10, ll 15 ; also to Nos. 21 and 54?? evidence cf A. 0. Jones. To enumerate the bills designated by Mr.. Jones, in his evidence as "myths" and " queer accounts" would fill hundreds of pages. A low ?re inserted to illustrate tbife- mauutr oi robbing the treasury. The originals are submitted in his evjdenc?, num bered .an follows : No. 9. A. Wasburae, ? TOO OG No. 48. James Stebbins, 895 15 No. 68. A.L Stingum. ' 8,564 19 No. 81 William-Hall, 1,000 00 No. 88. Simeon P. Simples, 500 <Xl No. 88. J. S. J. Gilman, 4.165 00 No. 118. S.Goodman, 1,978 40 No. 120. R. W. Johnson, - 3,021 25 No 12U S. J. Brown, 3,752 15 No 122, J. Crosswell, 985 75 No. 123. R. O. Burkell, ? 500 00 Making an aggregate of $20,368 89 MYTHS " AND OTHER8." . Mr. Jones says these "myths" were pushed through under cover of "and others," and that "tb/* number was so great it would have been foolish ness in him to have mada inqairies concerning them." II?, also S3ys ii he had placed any impediment in the way of certificates being issued to pay chis class of claims he would have lost his position, and that in some instances the only supplies furnished waa the paper on which the account was made out. Sergt. Williams testi fied that vouchers and accounts were made out in the names of fictitious persons for large amounts passed upon by the committee on contingent ac counts, and pay certificates drawn for them and delivered to different mem bers. He recognized No. 1 referred to in .evidence of A. O. Jones as one of that class. It calls for $1,125, and he thinks it was given to W. H.Jones, a member from Georgetown. A larg? number of accounts were made out in the name of John Williams, ser geant at-arms, among them Nos. 53 and 91, amounting to $5,43202, also Nos. 92 to lil, inclusive, amounting to $15,630 08. - While Mr. Williams was being ex amined be said: "I know nothing ot most of these .accounts. I allowed my name to be used to assist the members from time to time. Bowley; Dennis, Thomas and others were fre quently benefitted by the uso of my name. The State, received no con sideration what? vet for the certificates issued in the Payment of those ac counts, I diii^^ii? j was used so oftest" - * amount:-:, until* J rou bi: a. .>.-- ?>--~if-; Ricard ?u l W. p? er s in dry', goc??, *n'fl Wm. 7tobin:>t^- J Clerk Jene? i u red& ?. cfuite ?pri?srsd ?g?K?5t - arms Williams. & j was appeal i' tb bj? ^f?f naked and he clothed \ u>y, who were h'uugry and'lift We s pp end sUtem>HiU'; paid for articles b'v our ,k-^: 18G9-T?. apd in 1S7L-T:^. tra3t will show a-*apid id, , ff taste cultivated 'at^p (\ principle. A CO>"Tn KIT. i?C'7&: ->~[^ |3 clock?. ?60? i-U-.-ij 40 cents spittoons. cuspid^ ii honcho. -x ? $?00<jiin>? "-&<?iienfcii Straw bedH Mohairs. $t pine table?*. ?5 cent? hat peg?, -w desks. $10 office de-ks. .-S) ".ents coat hooks C ap-maWWf Clay " ?GM hat :$HI desi ' $S0. in We feel that thl 1 incomplete if we ij ' che General Asser, tides bought ano State for the tige, It has been! the various ; your committt Senate and Hot REFRESHMENTS,' Heidieck, Grec? al, Verzeuay and ??3 Champagnes;- Sctipp?j ling Moselle, C&t&#P Rose Ciaret, ?ha?t?af Imperia1. Pale Shot Port, Malaga aud " finest Orara, Du ^ nae Brandy; Eve/ 'auliBoT! olug chewing tobacco, " itt?, Durham and b?? ba*x CLEMES. AND hill Best WestpEaliaT h-t! sausag s, bacon strip*, D?A Java, and Ric coffee, jurfl Schweitzer "cheese, Erglisjd gilt edge outrer, sardine??* EC canned salmon, smoked'l)?;^ falo tongues, canned<6y_etj sters, fresh Norfolk ot ham, bla?l^iaid^-gi?ln ?j-ch?c?lat?; olive oil, cats; ter and pepper sauces, ii rooms, preserved giogl picklfs, wandy eherne*, rs, lemon syrup, ?sWi 3eafcam; citron, assorted oranges, wax and ?idam;; Colgate's fancy and toil] table and Liverpcoi's^l r&oon* sides and -haul mustaid. vinegar, r? . crated lye, Orlea^ and molasses, asaf ere and biscuit, coLr lor. matches, Irish po assorted pspp^r:-,-tte grist. ; Ftati^ Finest ' walnut desks, Continental hat racks, marb1 wardrobesiliorary; side-board?, bool ing chairs, large: marble-top bedsteads, opera chairs, cane-scat chi chairs, stuff-bacl modes, umbrc sjiall library booL_ tables, with carved1 green reps lounges, vat tete-a-tetes, fin* reps tete-a-tetes, gothic chairs, Pres extra large striped reps French lounge marble-top tfashstanc hatstands, m'arble-toj plush sofas, large perior r?frig?r?t chairs, towel i fine coffin, fine fancy fire-screej heavy cotton : feather bolstej double sprinf mattresses,. and mattresses, finest English tj peting^." peting Kng tuats, English thrf iltsfc-oilcloth? and coa mats and "mi cornices, lambreqt and fixtures,. " brocatel curtains and) bound shades ?nd gimps, white" and'chi DRY GQ Finest French \j large gray hairclq linen diaper table Irish linens, billin en toweia, w* doyleys and nt nels, insertions