THE THIEVE S CARNIVAL.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FRAUD.
We uow proceed to show the cuoruious
expenditures for other purposes. The first
we shall consider is that of
FURNITURE.
Wo fiud that there has boon paid out
withiu four years for furniture aluuo over
two hundred thousand dollars, and of this
amount Mr. Berry uud Mr. Eagan, furuituro
dealers, testify that at the present time
there is af tho State House only scvcntceu
thousand seven hundred and fifteen dollars'
"JlrWIWl Tnn IvGlUuBS
(three hundred nud twenty-five dollars' worth
of furniture purchased by Attorney-General
Mcltou, and paid fur by him out of his contingent
fuud, and at*ihis tiuie is in the attjrney-gcucrnl's
office.
Mr. Berry ?ays.kfr'furuishcd a large number
of Committee rooms outside of the
State House, as well as bed rooms. He remembers
furnishing the rooms occupied by
W.J. Whippcr, T. Hurley, T. B Johnston,
J. E. Green and others, and some of the
rooms he furnished as often as three times !
lie also furnished rooms at Mrs. Randall's,
i* _ o I \i . J ..1 i'.
lur o|iUciKcr muaus, truui'u i uru 11 urc iu incuiLcrs
for pay certificates, anil furnished almost
all the offices in the State House,
EVERY SESSION !
Iu contiuuatTof), he states that 4m. fui**>
nished at least forty bed-rooms, but docs not
?' ?.?kn?w who
in legislative pay corttncSfes: ? - .
We ask rcl^renco to the evidence of Scrgeant-at-arms
Williams, on the subje'et of
furniture. He says he purchased a lot ot
furniture from Mr. Berry, cousisting of
chairs, tables, washstauds ifnd bed-rooui sets.
Some of the tooma. thus furnished were
occupied1 by Geu. ,W. J. Whipper, W. II.
Jones and,Juuics A. Bowlev. lie docs not
know what tfceame of the furniture, but endeavored
to collect it, tind was told by J.
B. Dennis, James A. Bowley, Benjamin
Byas and Charles Miuort that he had nothing
to do with it; consequently he troubled
himself no more about it. ? lie says the
rooms over the South Carolina Bauk and
Trust Company were furnished also, and
wcro occupied by Senator J. P. Owens,
T. Hurley and W. II. Gardiner, and that
ho also furnished Speaker Lee's rooms and
OTIIElt PRIVATE ROOMS,
at the boarding houses of members, with
line carpets, stoves and other furniture, and
that they were claimed as committee rooms.
He says : "I cannot undertake to explain
tho accounts of Mr. Berry. I know that
large quantities of furniture were furnished
Kit Ik tiki flAuoSeik n Ail flint nu *11011 n*
IJJ II nil ? V* I Jr OtWIVII, llliu UUIl- HO I7VWII ao
the General Assembly adjourned it disappeared,
and I was compelled, under the
ordjr of the Speaker or some committee
chairman, to refurnish all the rooms as soon
as the Legislature met." These rooms, he
adds, 14 were
OUTSIDE OK TilE CAPITOL
building, and he believes the furniture was
stolen by those who had charge of it."
W. K. Greenfield testified that the rooms
he rented were newly, thoroughly and, in
some instances, most extravagantly furnished
every fall, about the time the General
Assembly convened, and that the furniture
was removed by different persons, and not
by regular dealers, and looked as if it was
being divided up among them ; that he rented
the rooms with the understanding that
they were for public business, but they may
have been used otherwise, and that he was
generally paid for them with legislative pay
certificates.
JOHN II. DENNIS
testifies that he purchased furniture for
forty rooms, including the offices of the
governor, attorney-general, comptrollcr-gcnerai,
and the hall of the House of Representatives.
His evidence proves most conclusively
that a majority of the members of
tho House combined against the persons
who furnished these gooods and demanded
t) be paid for voting for the claim. The
LilLi mni*n mnrii llinii 11 < 111 1 # 1 nrwl nnrtiHrnitna
A) \ I l ~) v vimn <tv>uwiv.vi un\i i i iiiviiiv;
issued for them. The New York firms and
.Mr. Hcrry received only the amounts quo
on their accounts. Henj. Hyns, chairman
/A the committee, who reported favorably
,on the raised claim, received a pay ccrtifi,cate
te the amount of 812,310 5t>?the romninder
was divided between.
FIFTV otiikil mkmukus,
;as follows: W. 11. Jervcy had 82,10(1,
which he was to divide between himself, 'i'.
A. Davis, W. CI. Glover, J. .1. Hardy, 1*.
P. Hedges, Abratn Smith, J. W. Lloyd, J.
A. How ley and Orlando Levy, all members
from Charleston County, except Howlcy,
who represented Georgetown County.
Humbert, of Darlington, received a certificate
of an even
(ink thousand doi.iiaiih,
which he was to divide between himself,
Alfred llart, S. J. Keith, S. Sanders, J.
Long, Frank Adamson, Joint P. Henderson,
Hastings Gantt, 11. Tnrlo?on and Fortune
Giles.
Asbury L. Singleton, of Sumtor, received
a certificate for 81.lot), to divide between
himself, K. Cain, II. C. t'orwin, K. Ferguson,
11. Gaither, S. Garoy, A. S. Holmes,
Harney Humphries, S Melton, Win. Littlefield,
.1. P. Singleton, Alfred Mere, K. M.
Sumpter and dared Warley.
II. II. HUNTER, FROM CHARLESTON,
demanded and roceived for hiuisclf a certificate
for $750 ; J. II. White received a
certificate for $250 for himself; W. P. C.
Gardner, 0110 for $1,500 for himself; 11. G.
Vocuui, ono for $1,500; W. J. Whipper,
one for 3,000 ; A. O. Jones, one for 1,000;
W. II. Jones, one for 81,000 ; Joe Crows,
one for $3,000 ; Lawrence Caiu, ouo for
$500, which wituess says he bought from
Clin afterwards, aud Caiu, in his evidence,
admits receiving a small cousidcratiou on
account of this uiattcr ; P. J. O'Coonoll received
one for 81,000; 13. A. Nerltud, one
for v,?, nnJ'rIJVoWlSPWf;
Mitchell Goggins, one for 8100; S. J.,Keith,
one for $100 ; Wm. Keuucdy, one for $100.
p. J. MOSES
had one certificate for $5,000, and does not
know how many more or exactly the
amounts.
We have not (owing to the want of
time) ascertained who collected all the certificates
referred to above, but find that II.
ilyas, 13. G. Yocum and T. Hurley collcc
tea theirs, nuU that the live thousand dollar
certificate given to Moses was exchanged
lor a State treasurer's due bill for that
amount. Accounts Nos. 33, 34. 33 and 30
refer to this claim, and are referred to in
A. O. Joucs's evidence, when the vouchers
pi^vo that tnorc than 817,000 was allowed
as interest on 845,000 for seventeen months.
Most of the certificates thus issued are in
office* ayd^4ave Jaeeu paid.
Uutr Hi^y do nol bear the endorsement m
either of the firms named in them, to-wit:
tficol, Davidson & Co., or Stewart, Sutphen
& Co.
Gen. Dennis says that more than 812,000
of these certificates were divided between
Speaker Moses, Clerk A. O. Jones, Niles
G. Darker, Tiui Hurley and himself.
Your committee find that a large portion
of the fraudulent certificates issued to pay
the difference betwccu the legitimate amount
due for furniture and the amount for which
it was raised have been paid.
After a careful examination of the furniture
in the State House by Gen. Dennis,
he affirms that there is not left there more
than ouc-haif of what was purchased, and
very few of the clocks, which were of the
finest quality, costing from 8150 to 8000
each, and that out of several mirrors which
cost 8000 each, only one remains.
Prom the report marked No. 73, "Exhibit
A," to which we referred in the evidence
nf A O Jiinn^ if mnn-iix fliot limit
... ... , w...v *,v,..J. -"J."-,
chairman of the committee, reported in |
favor of the raised claim which defrauded !
tlie State of at least 815,000; but nn/ncor- ;
ultly on so much of it as referred to paying
\V. E. ltosc a small amount due him for |
boarding the upholsterers, who were sent i
from New York to place and arrange the
carpctings, furniture, &c. Gen. Dennis
testifies that "iu the spring or summer of
1800
c. i?. i.ksue,
land commissioner, purchased a lot of furniture
from Mr. 1 lorry, ostensibly for his
office, but iu reality for his residence. Says
he was in Governor Scott's office afterwards,
and heard an altercation between nini and
Leslie, which was caused by the bills being
sent to Scott for payment. Scott swore
that he would not pay them, but did eventually
do so from some fund or other."
The bills of Mr. Silcox, made out in Mr.
Leslie's name, pioved that furniture was
supplied by the State to some of her distinguished
"statesmen'' as far back as 1800.
Making haste to okow men.
It is no longer a matter of surprise to
your committee that members who only received
six dollars per diem could, in a few
weeks after their ariival iu Columbia, obtain
elegant furniture for their rooms, and llrussels
carpets I'or their floors, and recline on
Oriental spring and sponge mattresses,
while their constituents were being hounded
down by the inexorable tax-gatherer to nay
the price of these luxuries.
Asa further illustration of the inordinate
creed of this horde of robbers, we present
the following, for nothing, however small,
the Argus-eyed committeemen who so dexterously
played the game of "addition, division
and silence:
Statu of Soctii Carolina Sknatk.
1871. To James M. Allen, Da.
Sept. 21. Bookcase S 200
Sept. 21. Fitting closets :140
Nov. 21. Fitting up door frames 100
l>ec. 8. Partitions in cloak room 030
Dec. 8. Partitions in cloak room.., 050
?2,000
15y refcrcnoo to the evidence of Mr.
Wing, a master mechanic, it will he ttocn
that the partitions charged for at each
would he worth now about $25 each, hut at
the time the account was rendered it was
worth about one-third inoro. Wo also call
attention to the evidence of several witnesses
who testify that the account was raised
by inserting the figure { 'A" in the item,
"Fitting up closots," and the figure "G" in
front of the two last amounts, thus making
a gain of 81,5(10.
We find that under the head of "Furniture"
accounts were presented for mules,
horses,
111(1(11 KS, CAHHtACK IIIIIK ANI? 1I011SK
FKKI?.
These accounts were passed upon ami certificates
issued accordingly.
Iu tliis connection wcfrcfer to the evb
deuce of Mr. Pettingill,/(under the heai
of "pay certificates,"} who was a dealer /
horses and uiules, and who saySlie sold tlt^K 1
to differeut members, aqd was paid in kfr ?
islative pay certificates, uaming Speaker^. 1
J. Lee and \V. II. J ones, of Georgeuwu, 1
as two of such purchasers, iJmLAat lit also
received pay certificates for Imorsoi' food, ?
buggy hire," &c. J (
Mr. Greenfield says he did uot yll - any 1
buggies or carriages directly io thi State, 1
but sold to the members aud Wag jpaid for 1
theui with pay certificates. He rguicinbers 1
which prd*?d to be |
sell a largo portion of his stock Of carriages '
and buggies if he would umke out his ac- (
a ? ? it. _ n. . i
cuuui against inc otaic ana receive pay certificates
in payuioiit thereof, which lie de- J
clincd. We also refer to thoevidence given s
by Sallas ltandall, a committee clerk, who A
testified that a house of ill-f/mc iu the City <
of Columbia .vns supplied \yitli furniture at v
1 the expenso of the States Wc also refer to :l
the account of Mr. LyBrand, a dealer in 1
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, 1
designated as No. 37 by A.-O. Jones, as an 1
evidence that, whilst revolting in their llac- 1
clianalian sports, tho Pluses were uot nog- 1
looted. The soft uiclody of tho niclodcon
was invoked to inspire what spirits woul4 1
not. '
CAHl'ETIXO. , s
We could not ascertain the actual amount 1
of caimcting purchased or used, but the 0
bills rctWeFoTl athoirtned to sevwn^titiouj?J -i
dollars per annum. That some conception s
may he formed of this cuormous expeudi- '
ture, we refer to the evidence of Mr. l'ursc, 1
who measured all the committee rooms, and 1
offices in the State House and ci^nmiltec :l
rooms outside, and testifies that itj^Quld re- r
<juirc only 1,300 yards to carpctall of them. ;l
lly reference to the account of Stewart, 1
Sutphcu & Co., designated as No. 73 by A. c
O. Jones, and reported from committee on 1
contingent account, it win lie lounu tliat *
during one session alone they sold to the v
State 1
4,G5S YARDS OK CARPETING)
more than one thousand yards being finest j
Brussels. Gen. Dennis and Scrgcant-at- p
arms Williams both testify/that the com- ^
inittcc rooms were furnished with new earpels
every session, which were carried away
in the spring of tho year. Gen. Dennis ^
says he knows that some of it was shipped
to Massachusetts.
? ? .?. ? u
Women and Wine.?Of tho worst foes s
that woman has ever had to encounter, wine (
stands at the head. The appetite for strong '
drink in man has spoiled the lives of more s
women, ruined more hopes for them, scat- l:
tcred more fortunes for them, brought them c
more sorrow, shame and hardship, than all p
other ovils that live. The country numbers 1
tons of thousands?nay, hundreds of thou- sands
of women whoare widows to-dny and sit 1
in hopeless weeds because their husbands u
have been slain by strong drink. c
There are hundreds of thousands of v
homes, scattered all over the land, in which fj
women live lives of torture, laboring through
all the changes of suffering that lie between f
the extreme of fear and despair, because 1
those whom they love like wine better than
they do the women they have sworn to love.
There are women l>y thousands who dread
to hear at the door the step that once
thrilled thcui with pleasure, for that step
has learned to re<d under tho influence of
seductive poison. There are women groaning
with pain, while we write these words,
from bruises and brutalities inflicted by
husbands made mad by drink. There can
bo no exaggeration in the statement made
in regard to this matter, because no human
iuiugiiinntion can create anything worse than J
the truth, and no pen can portray the truth. *
The sorrows and the horrors of a wife with s
a drunken husband, or a mother with a
drunken son, arc as near the realization of '
hell as em be reached in this world at least. 1
The shame, the indignation, the sorrow, the a
sense of disgrace for herself and her chil- *
drcn, the poverty (and not unfrequcntly the '
beggary,) the fear and the fact of violence, 1
the lingering life long.struggle and despair, 1
of countless women with drunken husbands, I
are enough to make all women curse, and '
engage unitedly to oppose it everywhere, as 1
the worst enemy of thoirscx. I
Cii Ant <)A t, ton An i m aI.S.?11 is difficult *
to doctor brute animals, because they cannot t
tell what is the matter with them; and prob- ;
ably three-quarters of the attempts made I
to relieve them only make matters worse. I
Generally they are sick from ovcr-cuting. i
It is not uncommon for a horse or oow in .
(he pasture to cat too much green clover or '
apples ; or something else disarranges their I
stomachs; or in the barn they will get iuto I
the moal barrel, and suffer fVom the effects, i
In all suoh cases the remedy is pulverized I
charcoal. Take it new from the wood fire, I
grind it, and pour it down their throats.? i
I t never can do any injury, and in hundreds
of oases it has afforded ?pcedy relief.
There is no animal that ovcr-e.'ts so often
iq ?i nir* mill ns n rnrni I n f i v?<? ftf )ii<i ili<rp?.
I"r> > - ^'r>?
live powers, there is uothing so good as
charcoal. It should always he kept in the
pig-stye, and in small quantities fed every
lew days, and it is worth more than the
same bulk in corn,?Ex.
? ,?,? T?, rLAMAE
S TRIBUTE TO THE SOUTH.
The following is the eloquent conclusion
jf Senator Lauiar's reccut speech. Alditjhgh
w$ cannot endorse his views as to
silver, we qliall not quarrel with him. lie
s au honor- to the Senate, to Mississippi
nid the South :
Sir, go all tjfr way back in this country
nid where have you found the steidy advocates
of free trade, the oppoueuts of extravagant
taxation, the opponents of moneyed
uouopolics, the oppoueuts of those who are
lot capitalists, but who by Congressional
dander seek to make themselves eapaitlists
n the passage of acts for the enrichment of
jreat monopolies ; who but tho Democratic
itrwy d?>>'iniitV> ?min .
,ry, the farmer of the West, the merchants
>f the North and the plautcrs of the South?
Why, sir, were not the planters of the South
it the time they were ueuouueed as bloated
slaveholders, as an effete aristocracy, alYavs
considered as the eve of the Domocra
:y of the North ? They flood by thetn. aud
vith Jefferson and Madison and Jackson
ind Polk. They always kept in the iuter- (
:sts of labor the power of capital from in- |
erlaciug itself with the power of govern- (
nent, and they did draw the very distiuc- |
ion iu their influence and their power iu |
his government. (
I can never forget the closing hours of ,
hat power, for I was hero and saw it pass
roui the hands of Southern Democratic |
tatcsuicu into those who now wield the des- (
inies of this country. I remember here (
m this floor the then distinguished Senator
eflui Ncay 3-'oj|k (Mr. Seward,) who has |
iuce become more"conspicuous in tire cr?n?
ul times that have occurred, declare that j
tower had departed from the South ; that ,
lie sceptre was now taken from her hand,
ud that thonccforth the great North, by
eason of its superiority in numerical power ,
iud roll of sovereign States, would grasp j
his power as her own prerogative and be- ]
ouie responsible for the administration of
he whole government. 1 am aware that 1
isteucd to him with impaticuce and perhaps i
villi prejudice, and thoHght his spirit was <
oo much that of exultation, not realizing s
he magnitude of the great uudcrtakiug (
rhich was about to devolve upon him and 1
lis associates. It struck mo that he did <
lot have the sadness and solemnity which i
ouch the heart of every gicat man when j
on fronted with the great eveuts and great i
csponsibilitics involving the iutercsts of i
infold millions.
I shall never forget the answer that was
undo ti) him hv a Southern Senator who
:it near where my friend front Indiana j
Mr. McDonald) now sits, lie was sur- ,
ounded by a circle of Southern Democratic i
tatesuien, which, inability aid purity, will
lever be surpassed in the history of this
ouutry, whatever may be its glory?which
[lory, 1 trust, will be always great among
he nations of the earth. There was James ,
d. Mason, v.hose square and massive simtlicity
of character and purity, stand moutmcutal
in our annals. There was his acouiplishcd
colleague, lltihert M. T. Hunter, i
.hose clear and broad statesmanship found
it expression in a scholarly eloquence that
Irew into the same admiring circle his
Yicuds and opponents in the same admiring
Headship. And then there was Mr. Slidell.
hrewd sad wise and prudent, and by his
idc sat J. 1'. Benjamin, whose astuteness
md skill, eloquence and learning, have since
von him fame and fortune upon that high
lympic field of mental conflict, the great
ourts of Westminster. There was Robert
I'oonibs, who never spoke without striking
it the heart of a big thought and kindling
he ideas of all who listened to him. There
vas Albert (j. Brown, from uiy own State,
vho never had a sympathy outside of the
vants and feelings of his own people; who
ret was never overawed by their prejudices
>r swerved from his course by their paslions.
There was another, Mr. Drcsideut?shall
[ not be permitted to mention his name in
his free American Senate, which has boon
10 free to discuss and condemn his errors '(
?one who has been the vicarious sufferer
"or his people; who has been in prison cell,
he solitude of whose punishment should
itt him above tho jibe and jeer of popular
jassion, whose words will ever remain as
he sad and the grand memoranda, not of
liumph, not of defiance, but of earnest
purpose, the sincere motive of the gr^at
struggle for representative liberty and constitutional
governuiont. Among these and
.uriniiili.it 11 v 111mil t li i- S>r*n:i (or ?in ik < to h is
7 "j -i associates
ii? tortus which I have never rcau
from that day to this, but which arc sUrcotyped
upon my memory, and which, il" the
Senate will permit me, I will repeat: ,lSirs,m
*aid he, addressing his Northern associates,
what the Senator says is true. The powir
lias passed 1'rom our hands into your hands,
but do not forget ? it cannot be forgotten ;
it is written upon the brightest page of history?
that we, the slaveholders of the
South, took your country in her iufancy,
and after ruling her for sixty of the seventy
years of her existonee, we returned her to
you without a spot upon her honor, matchless
in her splendor, in com para hie in her
power, the prido" and admiration of the
world. Time will show what you will do
with her; hut no time can dim our glory or
diminish your responsibility."
Sir, it is not my purpose to say what has
been done with it; the arraignment of the
f ljii. ,
Scuator from Iudiana ("Mr. Voorhccs) is
still before the country. There is testimony,
however, by u wituess who may bo regarded
us more impartial than ho ; a judge sterner
than he. 1 will read what he says. [Mr.
Lamar here quoted from the remaksof Mr.
Hoar, one of the managers on tho part of
the House of Represcn'.nlivcs iu tho Belknap
impeachment trial, iu regard to official corruption
iu the Federal government, Now
York city and various States ; the expulsion
of members of the House of Representatives
for selling cadctships, etc , and resuming
his argument, said :] Mr. President,
we, the successors of these men, are here toda?.
Bj^ji policy which is a notoworthy
' j pr FT >
to nnnglo with the repWSfSUtives from tno
States of,this Union iu'a common oouncil
for the good of this country. Wc come no
longer lis representatives of the capital interests
of the South. Wo come, not as
allies of the laboring men of the North, but
as laborers ourselves?every ouc of us and
all our constituents taught the stern lesson
of the necessity of earniug our subsistence
by the sweat of our face. But, Sir, wo
come with our convictions unchanged as to
the necessity of the laboring class being pretcctcd
in all their rights and all their interests,
for when they sink the social fabric of
society must sink aud crumble with them.
But wc conic believing that they nro honest,
that they are self-reliant and true to their
obligations, and that what is their duty to
Jo they will feci it to tlioir interest to do.
We have differed upon this great question,
but of one tiling the world may be assured,
itiai no ?uutlicrn Ocmrtrjt^-xcptiitntttjg 4>?
Southern people, will give a vote upon the
one side or the other which is not designed
to protect the laboring classes of this country
alike with its capital, or, on the othcrhand,
that will not preserve untarnished the sacred
honor of America. (Applause iu the galleries.)
Small f minus.?In order to make farming
a decided success in the South wc must
educate ourselves ia the way of giving more
lttcntion to the small things connected with
L - 1 T -I '
,uu uusiucss. in oilier words, wc must
t>rin?5 ourselves iuto the habit of "making
svcry edge cut," and saving every tiling,
no matter how insignificant, that comes within
our reach. A strict adherence to this
rule is what makes it pay at the North?
the main profit coming to the Northern
farmer grows out of his savings of small
things?a ccut here and a cent there. Ouo
hundred of these ccuts make a dollar, you
see, and very often wc might save a hundred,
and not uufrcqucntly several hundred
of them in a single day, where we now permit
them to go to loss. One hundred a day
would be 8305 added to your year by profits,
which would be no insignificant affair, especially
to the person running his business
on a somewhat small scale.
In times past, when everything was flush,
we were able to get along reasonably well
without concerning ourselves about small
things, so wc allowed tlieui to go by the
board, as beneath our notice. Finally this
became a habit with us, and we took upon
ourselves a kind of false dignity relative to
small tilings?thought it undignified to givo
tlicm the least attention. Hut those flush
times arc not hovering over this section of
country now, and hence a change must ho
made, and the sooner made the better for
us and for the South in general. To uiako
it will ho no easy task, however. It cannot
be inaugurated by one fell swoop, as it
were?the individuals making up our farming
population must bring it on gradually,
by commencing to practice it themselves,
each throwing of) his false dignity without
nward to what shall lie sni<l hv thi>?
tary" or that. Each for himself alone most
adapt and live up to that adage which teaches
us that if we "take care of the dimes *
the dollars will take care of themselves."?
Mobile Tribune.
Hints for the Orchard.?Pruning
before Planting is of great importance.?
No matter how carefully a tree may be takcu
up. a large share of its fibrous roots are lost,
and the top should be cut back in proportion.
fho tree as received from the nursery
will probably have four or five branches,
and if planted as it is, only a few of tho
uppermost buds on each branch will start.
It should be out back to leave but three or
four buds on each branch. Novices hesitate
to do this, but it is all important to tho
future welfare of the troo. At the samo
time all bruised roots should be cut back to,
sound wood.
Mulching newly planted trees is often
highly important, whatever will prevent
evaporation from the soil will -answer. In
some localities stones arc the most availablo
mulch. Use bog-hay, pine needles, straw,
or whatever will cover tho surface.
Old Trees nuiy be renovated by cutting,
out the crowded branches, manuring, and
giving tho trunk and larger branches a
wash of ley or soft soap, and scraping.
Crops in (be Orchard.?A young orchard
may be cultivated with manured crops, such
as potatoes and root crops, but when tho
trees conic into bearing, they need all tho
soil to themselves.?American Agriculturist.
It's the cooper who docs a staving business