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* . p ~~1 - -0 DVTBTOPLTICS, MORALIT Y,.EDUVATION AND -9-O.TJEGNRLITKETO H -1 ,- '*** ~ -. '* - Sim~ CI, 'lV1D 'ii ~ ______.qIm I 4,i Id ~I~fft~ OadT *QoMeD.3 1410 NAMIL d Thursday Aug. 30.-On g of th court at 10 o'clook th graWd jury being Kersha* asked the eo bad any further husit 4 th Court. bueyreplied that other in ok~ensf now ready, and that es Would read them to the eslaifd: We hove endeavored buts tLa cams as to give hemme tIe all amch indl:t i{o the same nature, or rlte to the same subject. now to submit live which on transaction, and all are -04f t-ust with fraudulent i t 11 follows: t.a~pinst R. H. Gleaves, as rt1adent"of the Senate, for issuing a pay certiacate, which was without 4msideration and was illogal and vold. 4 Aginst C. W. Montgomery, Presidentpro temu. of the benate, for Sing a frandulent warrant or pay certIet. .d. Against A. 0. Jones, as Clerk of tfil 11ous, for the same offense. 4th. Against F. J. Moses, as Speak or, for using a' warrant fraud ulon tly. . t. Against F. J. Moses, for hir ig.sid counselling breach of trust. statutes, continued Mr. Ples, makeWthis the Eaui offense as breach of truat, and the alliegation ia that apses so "hired and councelled" Jones. There are, besidel tho indict otents already mentioned, one or two other which require fuller explana ftlon. These are on two papers which have a historic character, and are coinmonly known as the "Mooney & Legett warrants, drawn on the ormed force fund by Go.vernor Scott In favor of Mooney & Leggett (fleti.. tions persons), and are alleged by Governor Scott to have been stolen froni hiagtflee. The names of Moon-, ey & Leggett are endorsed on the back. On this we have drawn an i ndiecsent against Niles G. Par'ker Sfor paying money on that warrant. We have also indicted F. S. Ja cobs for forging the name of Mooney & Leggett on the back of that war tant. Xlie indictments having been read Xabra. Qochrane, Tappan, Wells and bath were called as witnesses, and the three first named were sworn. oath is absent. 5dge Kershaw then charged the tybrIefly. . pe1 pers were then handed to thg ~ry, who retired, and after ab Mena c4 an hour or two, came in and annoonced that they had found true Mifls in all those cases. The Attorney Gpn9tal thou stated that as one of the witnesses (J. II. Muller) desired to leaye for Charleston to night, the would submit one in4iptment out of its otder. This bill we~ then read, ad Is against Joseph us Woodruff for trgery in raising a bill of J. IL. Muller, of Charleston, from $820 to *#j8S0. The jury was ont but a hort time, and on its appearance re 'jtted a true bill against Woodruft ~1~> r forgery. ~~ . folloifiig is 'an exact copy of thb o4@3al order in this case: Iia TrJO SENATE, Oozamnma, January 18, 1872,f Thie2tate Treasurer will pay to or derf#rH.Muller $4,320 for amount 4fuO60abNatsandries andited and pwstedy tht fenste. ~ 4 6 RaNsiBS,1'rshdent, - IYISUtS necessary to be ,,~.~~Ument are that ~W~ISeved any such 6 neve rendered aniy 4- ~eEnaAe, Dever had any t~peotinewith Woodruff. dorsement "J. H. Muller" ipon the back of.the order. Mr. Mdller did hav certain transactions with Ranbier who always paid up in full except on one occasion when be settled by note for $400, with W. J. McKinlay as endorser. This case disposed of, the jury adjourned until 4 o'clook. At 4 o'clock, the jury having re assembled, the following new bills was submitted by the Attorney Gen. eral. EXUInT "A State against John J. Patterson, N. G. Parker and Hiram H. Kimp ton, for conspiracy to bribo members of the Legislature to pass a certain act, charging as overt acts of the con spiracy that Patterson, President of the Blue Ridge Railroad delivered to Kimpton an order on Parker, as Treasurer, for Blue Ridge Railroad script, to be used for the expenses of passing cortain bills through the Lo gislatuire, and that Kimpton presen ted the order to Parker. This is tho order or letter wich was photograph ed. Tho next is tne State against John J. Patterson, for bribory of members of the Legislature to pass certain acts. The next is againstR. K. Scoot, John J Patterson, N. G. Parker and F. S. Jacobs, for conspi racy to cheat the State (by the means of the money warrant). The next i6 against the same parties, for conspi, racy to cheat the State (by means of the Loggett varrant.) Tho next is against J. J Patterson, for hiring and counseling N. G. Parker to commit a breach of trust and larceny in pay ing -11on1ey on the money warrant, for which a true bill has already been fbnrid against Pauker. Tio grand jury, having received the Andictients, retirud, and after a brief abscence returned with true bills in all of the above cases. The witnesse in the Pattorson bribery ciis are S. J. Lee, Princo tivers, J. B. Donnis and R. ]Beldb )t, and their testimony is to the effect that on the ath of February, 1872, Patterson paid out a largo suma to certain members of both ioues of the Genecral Ass sembly to induce them to vote for certain bills, to wit: "A bill to rea lieve the State of South Carolina of all liability for its guat'antee of the bonds of the Blue Ridge Railroad Company by providiving for the se, curing arid destruction of the same;" "a bill relating to the finarooial agen cy os the State of Sc,uth Carolina in New York," and "a bill relpting to the bonds of South Carolina." Of the bribery fund so disbursed by .Patter son to secure the passage of the billa three Thousand dollars w as paid to Speaker S. J. Lee, two thousand dolN lars to Representative J. B. Dennis, five,.hundred to Prince R~ivers, Rep resentative, and five thousand dlollars each to the then Sonators-Leslie, Owens, Whittemnoro, Swaile, HI. E. Hlayne and W. B. Nash. Besides these amounts other unspecified sums were paid to many other members of both Houses, whose names are not given and who are declared to be ae yet unknown. Another batch of iidictmnents will be submitted to thge grand jury to morrow, and these will close the list for the presut, as Judge Kershaw leaves on Saturday to hold court cle In view of the insinuations~ of the Washington Republican,,New~ York Times~ and other such papers, too much prominence cannot begiven to the facts: That this grarr'diary was organized in January 1877, by Re publican 6fflihds, and Wliile Mr. Chamberlain was seated in the State Honse as Governror; that under our Stage laws~ the grand jury eer ves for a.year; thait the resolution undog which the investigating committee was appointed was Introduced by a Republican Senator, and' that aBRc' publican is chairman of thje Commit too; that the attempt made at the North to discredit the action of the committee and th* grand jury as po.. litical persecution Ignores the fact that the offenses for which the par ties are indicted are stealing and cheating, the evidence of which com. es entirely from Republican witnes es, and is submitted to the decision of a Republican grand jury, eight of whom are colored. It might with as much propriety be said that Belknap was politically persecuted. The witnesses in the caso against Gleaves are S. J. Leo and Cochran. It is also duo to a right uderstanding of of Lee's poeition to state that he is the only witness,against Cardozo, Q!eaves, Lee, Woodruff and Jones for conspiracy to cheat and defraud the State by means of the fraudulent pay certificate for $4,000 (not $5,000 as I was erroneously informed yes. terday.) McDevitt has not yet been before tho Investigating Committec. Lo is itn town, h owover, and wiil probably go before them this week. [From the New3 anl Courior.] In tho Pillory of Justice. JUDOE KER9HAW MssUEM BINOH WAR RANTS FOR THE THIEVER. COLMBIA, August 31.-The exam ination of an important witness by the inveztigation committee delayed proceedings somewhat to day, and no bills were given out until about 12 o'clock, at which time the Attor ney Genoral submitted three indit. inonts against L. Cass Carpenter tor forgery, and one against Woodruff' and Jones for conspiracy. . TILE OASLS AGAINST CAU"PENTER aro based upon duplicate bills, which the evidence 8how were also paid in duplicate. The first reads as fols lowi: COLUL'11A, S. C., Dce. 13, 1871. Meesrs. Woodruff and Jones, Clerks General Assembly, to the Daily Union, Dr. To publishing law regula ting Licenses Insurance Companies $1,720 00 (Endorsed.] We certify the within bill to be true and correct, and re mains unpaid. $1,720. J. WooRiUFF, Cler'k Senate. A. 0. JoNEs, Clerk II. B. The same account was presented again with date ohanged to January 2, 1872, was likewise endorsed, and was paid again on that date. The secoQnd bill gelId8: CQLUMBZA, 8.0C., Oct. 20, 18%. Messes. Woodtuff and Jones, to the QNtfy'Union. Dr. T1o phablishing laws as -per contract, -$1,7#'67 [Endors~ed.] We certify thast the within bill is correct, and remains WOoDldUFF,Clerk of Senate. A. 0. Jo:ns, Clerk LU. R. A duplicato of this biil,. with date cIiange~d to 9th of December, 1871, was end1orsee same as above anid likewiso paid. The. third bill bears date May 13, 1871, was for "p)ub lishing law regulating insuran~ce ligenses in damily and weokly," for which the charge was $878 33. This atu~omit was fraudulently raised to $1,878 33, and was also endorsed by Woodruff and Jones and paid in its altered form. The caso against Woodruff and Jones3 for conspiracy is based on a bill of the Republican 'Printing Com paniy "for .pr'inting 3,500 copies of the Ku'.Klux tral, for which the chirge was $22,894. To this bill a fraudularit item is appended for "discount on revenue bond scrip," also charged at $22,894. As no such discount was made, and as the bill was paid in cash, as appears from the evidence. Woodruff arnd Jones rceiv'ed $45,788, just double the amquut ofbbhebilI. Th is makeor was aired in the~ News and Courier a few weeks ago, when it will be remom. er oodruff claimed that he was not peId in casb, but in paper wr"i only fifty cents on the dollar; which reduced the amount of $45,788 to $22,894, the amount of his bill. The grand jury were out for some tim, and returned true bills in these fon indictments. The following order was then pro pared by the Attorney GenernI and handed to the Court, who, in behalf of the Solicitorpgeneral, requested that it be granted: IN CoU1T og GENERAL SussIoNs, Richland County, I At a special -session held oa the 28th of August, 1877, on motion of John R. Abney, solicitor, ordered: That all recognizances which have not bon specially discharged be continued over to the next term. That bench warrants issue against all persons whom bills of indictment have been found at this or any for.. mer term, and who have not yet boon bound over to answer the Gane. That the Clork issue process to bind over all witnesses who have not boon bound over, not only in prose cutions already returned- to this Court and not finally disposed of, but also in all prosecutions which may be returned in his office by competent authority before the next term. J. B. KERsUAW, August .1, 1877. Judge. The order was granted, the grand jury was disnissed, and the Court adjourned. The only Democratic witness be fore the grand jury was a clerk in the Treasurer's office, called as an export to verify vouchers. The investiga'ing committee have yet in their possession a very large amou nt of coupons, several hundr-ed thousand dollars' worth, similar to those on which. sone of the present indictments are based. The indict mens submitted to the grand jury are but a few out of itany, and are intended merely as tet cases. In the matter of funding coupons it is declared that Y. J. P. Owens alone, as agent, funded as much as thre hundred thousand dollars' worth at (1ne time. Besides the three bills against Carpenter to day, there are 20 other vouchers which have not boon used in the proceedings against him, in each of which he raised the amount one thousand dollars by prefixing the figure 1 In each instance. [vrom the Journal of Commiereo.] Pulling Patterson-. ONE OF THE RIGHUT MEN. CoLumnA, Sept. 1.-The following letter, whbich has jnst now been made public, afforded one of the grounds of the indictment of Senator Patter'. son by the grand jury of this county on Thursday last. The document speaks for itsolf: VwE1-PEI DE~NT's OIFoE, Green ville & Columbia R. R. (0o. Columbia, S. C., March 2, 1872. Hon. Niles G. Parker', Stato Treas urer, Sonth Carolina: Please deliver to UI. II. Kimupton "~Revenue Bond Scrip" due the Ule Ridge Rail road Company, according to act passed March 2, 1872, amount. ing to one hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fif ty dol-. lars, at par, upon01 the following con ditions: That $42,857 of satid Per ip, at par value, is to bo nteed for payiung the expenses of passing through the House of Representatives bills styled: "A bill relating to the bonds of the State of South (Carolina," and "Bill to authorize the Financial Board to settle the accounts of the Financial Agent,." Now, if' thos~e aboved named bills are passed and becomo laws, this order for $42,857 in scrip at par is to b6 paid said Kimpton. and if - passed, then this order for tbA amount to be void, and the ser%p is not to be delIvered. Also, that .11,414 of serip at per, you shall deliver to said Kimpton, if said bills shall become laws, and provided that he shall pY Bth sum of fifty thousand dolare, (the pro-. ceeds of said scrip at seventy eentA on the dollar,) in paying the expen-& ses incurred in passing tbr6ugh the Senate the bill known as a bill to relieve the State of all liability on account of. guaranty of Blue Ridge Railroad Bonds, etc., passed March 2d, 1872, which said expenses said Kimpton has contracted to pay, and if said Kimpton fails or refuses to pay said amount in defraying said expenses when required by me,then this order to be void. If said oon ditione are complied with, *fd (he amount of scrip delivered to sad Kimpton, he is not to be held lible for, or to account for its value. The above two sums of $42,857 and $71,414, in scrip, at par, make up the amount of scrip first mentioned in this order. Jor J. PAaBzoN, President Blue Ridge Railroad. Wit nesu: R. B. Euo-rr. This letter, or a copy of it rather, is believed to have been obtained from a photographed copy of the original at present in the posession of Judge T. J. Mackey. As will be seen, the revelations are damaging in the extreme to "Honest John," and he can, if proper steps are taken, be convicted out of his own mouth, and by his own hand, of bribery, breach of trust and God only knowe of what else, not only before a jury which he affects to despise, but be fore the bar of that bigh and mighty body of the Senate of these United States of American, of which by the grace of his "Peers," he is a member. The genuineness of. the copy can be established by Judge Mackey, who probably saw the original, and it would be an easy matter to extend to the Honorable Senator, who re'. sides in Pennsylvania, an invitation to step down and out, of such a na ture that he could not possibly find it in his heart to refuse. The majority of the members of the Ring were fearful of these very exposures, although~ Patterson is ig-. nor ant that he has been so cleverly caught, and since' the session of the court commenced here, it is known that some of the member's of the Cabal, who secreted themselves where they could conveniently ob. serve in which direction the "cat wvould jump," have suddenly arrived at the better' part of valor," and in. continenltly fied. The work which has already been accomnplished by the investigating committee has nlow assnmed that shape wvhore it could be loft in the bands of the law officers of the State to be concluded and the thieves brought to justice. The committee wvill, however, continue the prosecu tionf of their labors as much yet re mainis to be done in1 unearthing vil lainy and appeasing outraged law. There is abundance of material yet in store, and by the time court convenos again in October, other bills of' indictment will be ready, and( whenH the General Assembly mneetsi, that body cannot fail to take cognizance of the gross violations ol lawv of many of the present members who may eape the' olutches of jus tiee in the courts of the State. W. fi. MoK. A Miss Buchanan, once rallying a brave soldier on bis courage, said: "Now, captain, do you really wear to tell me that you camn walk u'p2 the cannon's month witbont featt "'Yes," was thieprornpi reply, sog BJuchanan's oither." A nd be mW As early a Ust Ard ' fadt ihiak Wodj*" ,.f ate, And ex-tuk$4ns en14 - bad enpressed a restitution to thel'stpio.iu in their power, by retprnIAg% state the acumulations of WO they became poosessed during cal rule. One high in authority asst us word, however, that it was hi, 'eo sire, for prudential reasouq, that thb# expose be not made. With deference to him, not only as a man but to his official position, The Rogistel said nothing about the matt6r. tIhe hh of sedr4cy was removed Sunda night, and we now give, the pairfku lars of the Woodrulb and Jones cN 'i tulation. They turn over to t State property,, real And Peion!, the cash value of whichi a-nonts to $100,000, although Woodruff & Co. claim that its real value is $3,000, 000. Woodruff, who is a stenographe: has for years been Clerk of the Sen. ate, and has kept a diary of the most minute transactions in which he has been engaged durin' that time, and is at present engaged in translatin~ his short hand notes into long hand, for the benefit of the committee. When once converted hito teadable manuscript, they will tell the com mittee of all the thefts which have been perpetrated under his eyese from the beginning of the Radical reign down to the time that the real people of the State got possession of the governnent. Among these theft& everl little petty stealing, includiDg. coffins tor'desesd members of their friends, or cradles furnished f>r the illegitiwate of-epring of the ,mam bere' concubines,. are included, as aror also the wine, cIg%X,,booI and furni ture bills of Ahe worthies, as well as the sums paid varlous members for their votes they so patriotleally case for measures wheb did, even if they were rnot intended to, 6ring rarin top on the State. At least 150 ceceks given to these statesmiei as bribo money were also turned over by Woodruff, with the signatures or the 'marks" of these worthy and enfght sned men, witnessed by edueated mnea of their pwa party1 which will stand against them when they are brought into court to show "omuse why" they have thus prpveu recreantl to every principle of honor and the :publio trust delegated to them,~ Woodruff and Jones left for' thetv respective homes immeditely aftet making this surrender-the former declaring that he wa's a ruined mny and that he at least, in the future, was going to seek a living outside of poi ite. There has been) fo agreement oif promise of any kind upon the part of the committee that a no). pros. wvould be entered in the caso.of those men, as hase been stated. .Their act of:rew stitution was of their OW) VOlIthin, prompJted, no doubt, by the reflection that the "game was up," and that poesibly a feelin'g of niercy might spring up in the hearts of the con.' muittee if they shioni<I set an exam1plo to the balance of the pluniderers by making this surrendor. No vjidie. live spirit actuates the men w7ht gart managing this investigation and ige barely possible that there is soid "balm in Gilead," if othere will do as Woodruff and' Jones have dono i. e., do the best they can to right their numbet-less wrongs done to the State.--Oolumbia Register. "I think, my dear," said the res ident, as he took his night shirt from under the pillow, "that we will. it a dinner by and by ,and have 8Sher% ry.-" "RUtherford," said Mr's. Uaiye "have Bheridan and some of the a'y people," concluded the corn IL m ohief, as hehfpdroithy elippedS% Sbed, and left Mrs. II. to uu,c "P .b# .baby and turu,down the ga$s