The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, January 11, 1872, Image 1
VOLUME XI.-NUMBER 1883.
CHARLESTON, THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 18, 1872.
EIGHT DOLLARS A
THE RADICAL TUG OF WAR,
BOWES AND HURLEY COME BACK AT
SCOTT.
A Dall Day in the Legislature-The
Metropolitan Police Bin-A Suspected
Ka-Klax Rated Oat.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE SEWS j
COLUMBIA, January ll.
This bas been a dull day In both houses.
The Staate sustained the veto ofthe act to
Charter the Northwestern Railroad Company.
The House passed the resolution declaring j
vacant the. ?eat or Mr. J. Banks Lyle, the
representative from Spartanburg-, who ls
absent without leave; also, a bill to amend an
?ct to establish and maintain a system of free
common schools. The joint resolution to ap?
point a committee to Investigate and report j
upon the returns made to the State by the
phosphate companies, was concurred in. The
bili to Incorporate the Charleston Load Asso?
ciation received Ita third reading. Levy intro-1
daced a bill to Incorporate the People's Sav?
ings Institution of Charleston.
gTh? Metropolitan police bill will be intro?
duced to-morrow by Jones.
Judge Bryan, to-day, denied the petitions for
a writ of habeas corpus in the cases of Robert
Hayes Mitchell and J. Jefferson Grier. These
cases will now go to the United States
Supreme Court. ?
BOWEN AND HURLEY ANSWER SCOTT.
The Battle of Impeachment-Bowen on
the Floor-Darlas the Governor to
Face the Courts-Talcing Care of a
Governor in hla Caps-The Lie Direct.
[FROM OUB OWN COBB ES PONDENT.]
COLUMBIA, 8. C., January 9.
The battle bf impeachment has been re?
commenced, and lt Ja evident that it has lost
none of Its bitterness or intensity during the
recess. That intermission has been employed
by the Governor not only lu punishing his
enemies in the House, but in preparing his
ammunition and arranging his forces for ac?
tive defensive operations, and his first hostile
demonstration.; was made to-day, in the shape
of bis special message In reply to the charges
made against him. This Utile thunderbolt
: .waa received in the House very soon after. the
assembling of that body, cutting short the
opening- debate of the day, which was upon
the bill to prevent certain officers from deal?
ing In State securities. The message was read
from the speaker's desk, and was listened to
with marked attention by all the members,
who were furnished with printed copies with
which to foUow the reader.
At the conclusion of the reading, Mr. Bowen,
riwg to a questlon~of privilege, on the ground
loathe had been personally and by name as?
sailed by the Ohler -Magistrate, said that he
regretted that he was compelled to take the
floor again upon that subject, but be would
. not detain the House for many minutes. As
to what the message had said about him, bis
record and his difficulties, he would not reply,
except to say that he knew there was no one
man in the State of South Carolina who had
.done more to bring about his persecution than
Robert Kingston Scott. But he bad yet to
learn that the intelligence of the House was so
low that the accused could hope to escape
.the punishment he deserved by abuse of his
accusers. The abuse fell far short of dis?
proving the facts alleged, and ll the
Governor wished to make hts issue on that
point, he was willing to go before the
country upon ir. He would be glad, however,
ii the parties who bad been accused would go
with bim to the Supreme Court with tue ques- 11
. tiona as to whether or not the law had been
violated. He had" said during the last hours 11
ofthe Eesslou, before the recess, that il they
were in earnest in affirming their Innocence, 11
they would consent to an appeal to the court, | :
and he repeated the challenge then. They
might flaunt their messager, before the House,
but he told them that tue." dared not Invoke
the test of the law. He declared again that
' the State of South Carolina had been defraud-11
od out of $6,314,000 of bonds, and that up to 11
that moment they bad shown no fact to con
tr ad lc fi t? On page 7 of his message, the Gov?
ernor bad spoken- of "moral sense;" but if
Robert Kingston Scott represented moral sense
or power ot opinion, then there was a certain
?UgQltary presiding lathe Infernal regions that
was the custodian-in-obkl ol moral
sense and power, and there was no
God. i So far as . his transactions were
.concerned, his connection with the acts
of ' 'last . summer, referred to - Ju Ahe mes?
sage, he had sought no affiliation with the
Governor. The Go ve TD or had borne to bim and
basked bis assistance, and he had given bim ad?
vice which, had lt been heeded, would ?have
-averted many ofthe present evils. The Gover?
nor bad then been deserted by his own col?
leagues, "the treasurer and the finan?
cial agent, who. were then In New
York, and who were, by his own state?
ment at the time, using $2,200,000 of
?of bonds fraudulently. The Governor did not
-see flt to put that in bis message, bot he does
not deny It; and why, he asked, did he not
stop It at the time. He would have the House
believe that he (Bowen) bad prevented him
from stopping lt, but that was not the^xuth.
The truth was that the very day after the Gov?
ernor had made this admission the treasu?
rer and tiie financial agent had told him
that he dared not. stop them, and his lm
?resslon was they told the truth. He
ad noticed that when the financial agent was'
In New York they heard about his i all ure to
report, and the inability of the treasurer to
explain for want of that report. But Mr.
Klmpton had been twice in Columbia since
that time, and then they did not want bis re
S>rt. They had shown and proven that they
d not want to go to the.courts, and the rea?
son was that the treasurer, the financial agent
et al had re-echoed their cry of last summer,
saying, "You may write as ranch as you please
and talk as much as you please upon the
street?, but you dare not take us Into court."
If they desire, as they profess, to change the
^TiTTiclal agency, why, in Heaven's name, do
They not, wolle Kimpton la walking about thc
Btreets of Columbia, reach out their hands and
stop him here while he ls within the jurisdic?
tion of this 8tate? As to the telegrams
that the Governor bad mentioned, he Lad al?
ready, In his former speech upon this subject,
?tated an explanation as to them, and he was
prepared to stand by them. There were
> plenty of men lu Columbia who knew why he
had sent those telegrams and acted as he had.
The Governor bad sent to Kimpton yesterday
to get him to say that he also bad employed
him (Bowen) se counsel, but Klmpton had re?
plied, "No, I never had any connection with
Mr. Bowen," and the Governor had: therelore
left that out of bis special message. His rea?
sons for Interfering were that he saw a party
of speculators in New York trying to obtain
possession ol $350,000 of the-oonda of this
? State, and he thought lt his duty to the people
to give notice of the lact. Had he not given
notice* he would doubtless now be charged
with dishonestly keeping Mammouth shut.
The Governor had sent lu reply .to his
message the dispatch, '.I don't under?
stand what was being done. Thought all
wweettled, and Union Trust Company was
to take charge, aa agreed, for-State " He
thought no such thing. The notice that he
had caused to be served on Kimpton and Par?
ter-forbidding the assets, ol the State from be?
ing turned over^to'?- Ting ol* speculators, was
sent after a full conference with the commit?
tee, and be was wi ding that that notice should
go before the country. His only purpose had
been to Bave the assets of the State. If he had
done so he was glad .-of it, and there were
members ofthe committee (some too, who
had contributed toward this very message,) 1
who had then said that he had saved the aler- . <
ag bonds. The Governor ha'd carefully ex- 1
uded from his message hisi (Bowen's) first
jBpatch to him, which was, ''Financial sima?
loo demands your presence in New York Im?
mediately with other members financial
board." . He had .also telegraphed to the
attorney-general, "Resist hy every means lu
* your power, any further securities going into
the hands of the financial agent, as
recent developments show that the interests
ofthe 8tate will not be protected thereby."
The Governor dodged this issue for three
weeks, and then came to New York and put
Sat the St. Cloud Hotel, (a hotel of which
H. Elmpton is two-thirds owner,) until he
quarrelled with bis colleagues and was almost
kicked out of the hotel. Then he came to the
committee and left the St. Cloud Hotel, saying
he was coming to South Carolina. Instead of
coming down to South Carolina, be came half
a mlle down Broadway, to the St. James Hotel.
The committee went there at nine o'clock that
evening to see him, at his Invitation, and
found htm-but he. wouldn't speak disreputa?
bly even of Governor Scott-he found him
lying on a sofa. He was asleep, and he
couldn't be awakened. A gentleman well
known in Columbia, not a State official- :
Hardy Solomon, in i short-was sitting by
him, taking care of him. Of course an
interview was an impossibility, and the
committee departed. The next morning
they were Informed that Elmpton had
agreed to make a settlement at four o'clock
that alternoon. The; went back at that time,
and tbere lound the Governor back in the
bands of the friends he had Jost deserted.
Then the Governor said to the committee,
"Gentlemen, Mr. Elmpton ls willing now to
show me his books, but you cannot see them."
Upon this he (Bowen) had said to General
DerfhlB that that was as much as an Invitation
to leave, and the committee withdrew. They
were then talking about getting up a card in
contradiction ot the statements in the New
York World, and Parker said, "I think Har?
dy's head Is level. Put the debt at $8,000,000,
and give lt to the World. The Governor said
In his message that under the act of August,
1868, to redeem the bills receivable, the finan?
cial agent was authorized to pledge the booda
as collateral security in New York. That waa
the coolest proposition he had ever heard.
It was cool enough to take In July
without Ice. Any school boy would laugh
at the Idea that the Governor could under
this act sign up any number of bonds for
Elmpton to hypothecate. The conversion act
only allowed boods to be Issued for a specific
purpose, and upon the demand of creditors
who had securities to be converted. On that
proposition the Governor could not stand five
minutes In any court of justice. The Govern
or staffed that - he had proposed to- run the
bonds down to five or ten cents on the dollar,
and then have them bought up by a commit?
tee. He denied the assertion, but even that,
he Bald, would be better than the Governor's
flf\y cent scheme, which said, In effect, to the (
holders of good bonds. "You mu9t submit to ?
a saoriflce ot filly per cent, for the benefit of
the holders ot illegal bonds." What he had ]
proposed was this : It was clear that there 1
were a large portion of the bonds that were 1
Illegal. ' The only question was as to which
bonds were Illegal, and be proposed that a
committee be appointed to decide between
them, that the payment of Interest be sus- I
pended until the committee report, and that i
then the Illegal bonds be repudiated and the s
balance paid. I
Hr. Hurley continued the cannonade,.- rising t
like his colleague lo a question of privilege. <
He said he supposed the Governor had not In- c
tended to assail the personal veracity of the (
members of the committee, but of the commit- I
tee as a whole, and he was prepared to swear I
that every fact In the report of that committee, t
as far as it related to ?loanees, was an exact
transcript tro m the books of the treasurer and ,
financial agent. If the facts were misstated, lt i
was for them to prove it, for they were taken <
from their books. As to those members of the t
committee who had recently deserted to the
enemy, he had nothing to say-he would leave t
them to their own accusing consciences. He <
supposed, aa to the question of veracity, that I
there was not a sane man In the State ot South t
Carolina-Republican, Radical, Democrat or. f
Eu-Elux-who would for one moment weigh i
the word of Governor Scott with that of any -\
member of this committee. Some ot them t
were not afraid to go before any court of j no?
tice and have their records shown, but let t
the persons now accused be arraigned c
bet?re any jury and the verdict would be t
"Guilty of thelt." JThey were being engulfed. (
The maelstrom always draws in. It never t
expels; and their destiny was drawing them in \
until the public sentiment would brand them 1
so deeply that no amount of whitewash could f
conceal the stain. He thanked God that be
was born among honest people; bis boyhood
iras spent among them, and he was not
shamed to show wheTwblo ttte had own oponu. S
since. Let some of those who were branding F
them with falsehood show where thpy had a
been. He remembered when a certain sena- *
tor (mentioned In the message) had spent 1
months in trying to prove that John Smith was a
not John Smith-that Robert Kingston Scott <j
was not this R. E. Scott. He remembered ?
when Scott was standing-he didn't know Jj
where-like a sign-post with a board on one ,
side "Six miles to Salem," and on the other JJ
side "Six miles to nowhere." Talk about the ?
land commission ! The Governor says he de- a
siloed to approve certain purchases until De jj
Large Inspected and certified to th^ji. Would* ,
his Excellency Ilka to write an affidavit to that J1
effect and ask DeLarge to sign.lt ? Not much. I
lt was mighty hard to educate some people up *
to the point of telling the truth; but there was f
a way of getting them up lu such a way as to !
make them tell the truth. There was truth In c
that report, and when it struck lt had hit like .
a pestilence; the men it had blt had scattered, I *
had vanished, and no man knoweth whither iB
they had fled.
Mr. Hurley satd he desired to postpone
action on the message until General whipper,
who was also attacked, could be present to
say io mething upon the subject, and, upon 'c
his motion, the consideration of the message
wasajnade the special order lor Monday next
at one P. M. . . . .
In the Senate, Mr. Wbittemore introduced I(
his bili tb prevent certain officers from buying, IG
dlsooantlng or shaving teachers', pay certifi?
cates, or other orders on school funds. The
bill declares lt unlawful for any county audi?
tor, treasurer, school commissioner or school
trustee to shave, or In any way be Interested
In the buying or shaving of such certificates,
under a penalty of a flue not less than five 11
hundred dollars, or more than two thousand I c
dollars, and imprisonment lu the discretion of
the court.
A novel emelllng committee is proposed in a t
)olnt resolution Introduced by General Smalls, r
which recites that there is reason to believe i
that the Marine and River Phosphate Com- c
panyhas failed to matte just and lull returns c
to the State auditor, and, therefore, provides
for a joint committee of five members to In- >
vest l?ate and report upon the returns of that {
and all other phosphate compaules and report t
as to what right and under the authority of &
what statute or statute's such companies are t
working. I
The special message from the Governor was f
received in the Senate at about half-past I
twelve, read in full, and set down for constde- jj
ration on Thursday next at 1 P. H., at which c
time the financial committee's report will also c
come up for disposition, and a lively time may j
be expected^ i
Comptroller-General Neagle, to-day, officially \
Informed the Legislature that he had received i
the State treasurer's report for October, 1871; t
also, his annual report for the fiscal year end- t
lng October 31,1871. and the four quarterly c
reports of Mr. H. H. Elmpton, financial agent t
of South Carolina, the last being to the 30th i
September, 1871. As soon as these reports can s
be entered up and copied, it will afford bim c
Pleasure to place them in possession of the c
eneral Assembly. PICKET. J
I
THE OLD WORLD'S NEWS. \ C
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MADRID, January 10. ?
General Sherman was presented to King 1
Arno deas, who said he entertained friendship f
and admiration for the American people, and !
desired cordial relations. At a banquet In the 1
evening the foreign minister said he knew ot 1
no differences between the two countries e
which could not be settled by representations J
at Washington. 1
PARIS, January 10. J
A court-martial is assembled to try the assas- ;
sins of the prl"3t8 and other hostages during ;
the reign or Commune.
A STORM AT SEA.
NEW YORK, January io.
The Oce?nica encountered westerly gales,
rhree of ber propeller blades broke, and tbs
sails were blown to shreds. She encountered
the Mountain Eagle In a sinking condition,
ind saved the crew.
THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
ATLANTA, January 14.
The Legislature met to-day. The Governor
sleet resigned his poeitlon as speaker ot the
House, and' the Hon. J. B. Cumming was
sleeted to fill the vaceacy. The acting Gover?
nor announced that he would send la his mes?
sage to-morrow.
GOVERNOR SCOTT'S PLEA.
AN INGENIOUS ANSWER TO THE BOLD
IMPEACHERS.
The Governor Tarns upon his Accusers
?.Severe Rasping of Bowen; Whltte
more, Hurley, Whipper and the Rest.
The special message of Governor Scott, "In
reply to charges made against him" by the
Joint Investigating committee, ls too long for
publication entire, but we give the most preg?
nant and pungent passages :
THE CTILRGE3 AGAINST SCOTT.
The Governor Bays : The various loose alie
fattona (of the joint committee) reduced to a
eddie shape, ure :
First. That, as Governor. I have over-issued,
or have been, with crimina! Intent, accessory
to an over-issue of State bonds, amonntlng to I
$6,314,000.
To turnlsh a basta for this charge, lt was first
necceBsary to make lt appear to the House
that lhere was an actual over-issue of bonds,
as the charge was manifestly not tenable lor
an Instant, unless such over-issue were clearly
proved. The following are the alleged proois,
and all the proofs yet alleged of the over-Issue j
charged:
1st. That the State treasurer reported, on the
31st day of October, 1870, that the total amount
of bonds issued to that date was $3,200,000.
2d. That the State treasurer reported, on the I
31**i day of October, 1871, that the amount of
bonds issued to tbat date was $9,514,000.
3d. Thai, accepting these two statements of I
the treasurer as true, bouda to the amount of I
16,314,000 were Issued by the Governor be?
tween the 31st day of October, 1870, and the I
31st day of November, 1871, and, therefore, I
such bonds were an over-issue, because they
(vere issued subsequent to August 26, 1870, the
date at which the twenty-four months' limita?
tion fixed by law for the "issue of bonds" ex- j
plred, pursuant to the act of March. 26. 1869,
[Slat. atLar?e, Vol. 14, p. 268,) entitled "An
Vii to authorize the financial anent ot the
State of South Carolina. In the City of New
fork, to pledge State bonds as collateral Be-1
jurlty, and for other purposes." i
In order to make it p'ala that the above
conclusion is not warranted* oy the premises
in which lt is professedly based, and cannot, j
>y any stretch ol human Ingenuity, be extorted
rom the terms of the law, which is avowedly
ts sole foundation, I ask your careful con side- I
ration of the act lu question.
# . # # ? * ?
TIME WA8 HONST. j
It will be seen that this act, (of March 26,
.869.) the provisions of which have never been I
nodlfied, as there ls no later act upon this I
lubject, simply fixes the lime "during which
cans may be negotiated," and makes no 11ml
atlon whatever as io the Issue of bonds.' It I
rannot, therefore, be tortured, by any scheme I
)t malice or imposture, into a prohibition I
igalnst the Issue of bonds, even at this date, I
0 cover loans negotiated prior to the expira
lon ot the perloa designated for the negoila
ilon of loans.
But, even granting that this act did, In I
jlaln terms, prohibit the issue or sale of a
tingle bond after the 26th day of Auguft." 1870, I
ind that bonds lu the amount named were ls-1 '
med and sold since that date, et ill this fact 11
you ld be utterly foreign to any possible charge 11
hat would warrant the impeachment of the 11
ic vernor; for the powers granted by the act I
n question and th? restrictions that it impo- <
iea relate to tho financial agent, and to the 11
Inanclal agent alone, and whatever penalties I .
nay attach to their abuse or violation must be I <
rlslted solely on him under the provisions of 11
his law. Indeed, this very aot, in unmlstak-11
mle language, excludes the Executive from I '
ill control over the negotiations of loaus by I <
leclarlng (Section D ' "That the financial I <
igent ot the State of South Carolina, In the I <
3icy of New York, be, and he is hereby, au-1 <
horlzed to pledge the bonds of the State, I <
vhlch the State now bas, or?m#y hereafter 11
lave In Its possession, as -collateral security
or State loans." * j
IO RESTRICTIONS UPON THE FINANCIAL AGENT. I \
The only restriction Imposed-upon the finan-1 <
lal agent, in the exercise of the extraordinary I <
lower tnus~gr??5u tim. is in Section 5 of the I <
,Ct of August 26,1868, (Statutwj-c* Laree, Vol. 1*
3, p. 17,1 to wlilch he ls required to "con-1 '
orm his transactions;" but these restrictions J
pply only when bonds are to be sold, and re-1 ?
[titre him to sell "at the highest market i
.rice, and not lees than for a sum to be fixed I
y the Governor, attorney general and treas
irer,"jhese officers being named In the act,
a thair Joint capacity, as the financial board
if the State, and not In their official char?c- I
.ciers, ar members ot the executive depart-1 <
nent of the State government. AB additional J
tvldence of the miserable trickery and reek- I
ess perversions of law and fact resorted to by j <
he framer of the report presented In the 11
louse, and which I have thus far reviewed I <
ind answered, I call your attention to the I <
act, that lt ls therein stated, Or Implied, (hat I <
he act of March 26, 1869, prohibits the negoti- <
.Hon of any loans, and the issue of bonds after I <
lugust 26, 1870, whereas said act contains no I '
neb. restrictions, (see Section 2,) its Umita-1 <
lons referring only to two loans that are 11
>lalnly specified, to nit: the "loan to pay the I <
nterosc on the public debt," and the "loan lo j1
?deem the obligations known as the bills re- <
leivable." I
Neither of these loans is alleged, by the I
luthor of the report, to have been negotiated 11
iiiDsequent to Aogust 36, 1870, and they were 11
?otb, tn fact, negotiated prior to that date, as I ?
ihown by the report of the State treasurer. I '
. # * . . . * . *
SCOTT DENIES AN OVER-ISSUE. j
1 unhesitatingly deny that there has been 11
my over-Issue of bonds, or that any one bond, I ?
>f any class, has been Issued, except in pursu-11
ince of law. Whenever the acts authorizing 1|
he issue of State securities were susceptible i
if the slightest doubt of their real meaning 11
ind Intent, as regards the Issue of any class or 11
imount of bondi, and their eale or hypotheca- i ?
lon, the opinion of the attorney-general was I i
?eqHired and obtained by the board; and no I,
tond has been Issued contrary to the opinion I '
if the attorney-general, the highest law officer I
if the State. - -?
The oft-repeated assertion, in this joint re-11
>ort, that bonds have been over-Issued, makes j1
t requisite (before proceeding to demonstrate 11
he audacious falsity of Its conclusions, so far I ?
is they effect me personally or officially.) that I 1
he term "over-Issue" should be clearly defined IJ
n its legal acceptation. I i
An over-issue of bonds ls, In a legal sense, I ?
tn Issue made in excess of the amount ot 11
londs authorized by law. As, HOWEVER, NOT I !
?NE OF THE ACTS AUTHORIZING TUE CREATION I J
)F A LOAN, LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF BONDS TO BE j
8S0ED-they specifying only the amount ot 11
noney to be raised on bonds of the State, I ?
vhelher the Issue required were more or I '
ess-it follows, undeniably, that THERE HAS 11
IBEN NO OVER-ISSUE IN THIS SENSE. There ls I 1
tut one other sense In wnlch an over-issue In I .
.ur bonds can possibly be charged, and I 1
hat is that an amount ot bonds !1
tas been issued in excess of the 11
imount actually necessary to have purchased ! 1
ir borrowed the total amount of money re- j <
mired by the acts authorizing the issue of 1'
tonds. Those acts authorize the borrowing, 11
n the aggregate, of three millions two bun- I
Ired thousand dollars, in money, on- any Is
imount of bonds that, in the judgment of the I ?
inanclal board, might be deemed necessary to 11
lorrow that amount of money. Thejoint re-1 <
ion. and the report heretofore referred to, IT
tdmit that the total amount of money sped-1 <
led, to wit: $3,200,000, bas been raised: but
hey both allege, that, in order to raise that I
imount, bonds have been placed in the bands I
>f the financial agent, as reported by the I <
reasurer, having a face value to the amount 11
if $9,514,00'J, and they, therefore, conclude 11
hat the difference between this amount of I J
londs and the $3,200,000 In money, namely, I ?
?6,314,000, face value ot bonds, represents an I '
>ver-l8sue ol bonds. This proposition pro-11
:eeds upon the notoriously false assumption 1
hat $3,200,000 In State bonds were worth, at 1
;he date oftheir negotiation, $3,200,000 in j1
noney. If the committee do not mean this, 11
hen they do hot mean what they have dis- 1
inctly and unequivocally said in their declar- 1
ulon, that there has been an over-issue ol I '
>onds to the amount of $6,314,000. If, how-11
; ver, they do mean this, then lt 1B incumbent I <
ipon them to show the proofs that warrant so 11
*rave a charge, or stand convicted of a base 11
?onsplracy, in the judgment of every, man j'
vho has a moral sense less obtuse than that I '
vhlch distinguishes the convicted criminal. I 1
WHAT THE STATE PAYS FOR LOANS. I j
To show the grossness of the attempt to 11
)alm this statement off upon the General AS- i I
lembly and the oublie,, as the truth, in regard 11
to the financial management or the St
cite the followiag facts, which will be atl
by many of the leading bankers oF New '
In the fall ol 1868 I visited New York Cl
the purpose of borrowing money on the i
of the State on coupon bonds, under the
visions of the acts ot August 26.1868.
the assistance of Mr. H. H. Kimpton, c
States Senator F. A. Sawyer, and Mr. Gi
S. Cameron. I called at several of the
prominent banking houses to effect the i
.llatlon of the required loan, and they re
to advance any money upon our Slate sc
ties, for those securities bad been ali
branded with the threat of a speedy rep
tioh by the political opponents ot the ad
Istration, wno have ever since howlet
same cry against the State credit,
the persons who made this threat
trolled the press oi the State,
were enabled to impress capitalists ab
with the false Idea of a speedy reaction
would soon place them again in anthe
AB the capitalists well knew that these
sons, when in power in 1862, did repu<
their debts due Northern creditors, their
tru?t of our bonds was very natural and
pare nt ly well founded. It soon became
dent to every man familiar with our finar
Bt anding in New York thai, to negotiate
loan authorized, the question was not *
we would take for the bonds, but what
could get for them. After much effort,
the most Judicious management, Isuccee
in borrowing money, through Mr. Camel
at the rate of four dollars in bonds for
dollar in currency, the bonds being rate
seventy-five per cent, below their par va
or at twenty-five cents on the dollar. 1
loan, however, wa? only effected at
extravagant rate ot one and a half
cent, per month, or eighteen per cent, a yi
a rate only demanded on the most do nb
?>aper, to cover what Is deemed a great r
br the money loaned. Subseqnentloans w
effected at a higher valuation ol the bot
but at rates of Interest varying from fifteen
twenty per cent, in addition to commissi
necessarily to be paid the financial agent,
then, three millions two hundred icoust
($3,200.000; dollars, lu money, have cost
State nine millions fire hundred and fourtc
thousand (9,514,000) In bonds, it does c
therefore, lollow that the financial board ht
criminally conspired against the credit of
State, and, still less, that any one member
the board can Justly be held up to public e
oration or stigmatized by an accusation of "b!
crimes and misdemeanors" for the assumed
Bults of Its action. Even If the board have i
erclsed their discretion unwisely ra the mi
agement of the finances, still lt was a disc
lion vested lu them bylaw, and its exerci
however unfortunate in results, cannot, lu i
absence of an evil intent, clearly shown I
yond a reasonable doubt, properly become t
subject of public denunciation.
#**?*?*?
LAY' IT ALL OM THE KU-KLOX,
It ls proper that I~ should add that the an
ed violence which prevailed in this State I
the past three years has had upon our bon
the same effect ss actual war, la lessenli
their purchasing value, as money is dearer
war than In peace. Ku-Kluxlsm made cai
tallsts shrink from touching the bonds of tl
State, as a man would shrinic from touching
pestilential body. J am astonished, in looki
over the three and a half years through whi
we have just passed, that toe have been so moe
rate in the expenditure of money; thar, instei
of collecting one million dollar's from taxes,
bas not been three times that amount, wh?
we consider that an absolute state of tear h<
ixisted in many parts of the State, and that, '
iny attempt to enforce the law, open threa
of violence and resistance to Its officers we;
3? dally occurence. Those who complain <
Ow price at which our bonds have Bold in tl
markets of the. country, and that it has coi
hine millions of bonds to buy less than thrt
md a half millions of dollars In currency, hai
inly to examine the testimony being develo]
?d before the United Staten Court, now in sei
don In the capital of the State, to find an
saay solution for every financial evil that- ha
iffllcted the people.
THE COMMITTEE AOAIX AT FAULT.
But the committee again lapse into errol
nheu they assert that the $9,514,000 ol bond
lellvered to the financial agent are all held e
i debt against the Stab". The exhibit Of th
reasurer. as Bet forth in my last -annual mei
?age. and which, In this particular, has nc
*..?? it? correctness questioned even by th
oin| committee, EW?M *JUX there bad been c
lew bonds Issued, to Oct. 3i, ie7i. $9 514 00
Less in hands of financial agent, to '
credit of the slking fund com?
mission. 200,00
Total. $9,314,00
Yet thc Joint fommlttee state that th
?mount ls $9,514,000, well knowing that tin
1200,000 of bonds, to the credluof the sinking
'und commission, cannot be sold* or dispos?e
?f by the financial agent. The committee
Uso unwarrantably estimate the . $3,773,000
:hen in use by the financial agent as collat
?ral security for loans, as fully and absolutely
1 part ol the actual debt, whereas the fact ls.
that these bonds are held by the agent to se
jure loans that amount, In money, to less thar
Lhe one-fourth ol the face value of the collat
?rats. As the committee have stated, without
presenting any evidence upon the point, thal
they were told that "the financial board of
he State have recommended the covering up
ind withholding of the real business transac
Clone ol the agency," I desire to say that the
ooard have not, to my knowledge, given any
Instructions to the agent that would warrant a
reiusal, on his part, to submit the transactions
of his office to a duly authorized Investiga?
tion. #**.??
SCOTT PLATED A LONE HAND.
Certainly these facts which are all of record,
ind speak tor themselves, do not tend to war?
rant the imputation cast upon me by the au?
thor of the Joint report, and by his coadjutor
?nd forerunner in theHouse (Mr. C. C. Bowen)
that I bave endeavored to screen and cover up
the transactions of the financial agent, and
Chat he and I have been in criminal copartner
ihlp to plunder the State, by au Illegal or Im?
provident use ot its securities for private gain.
FEARFUL EXTRAVAGANCE OP THE GOVERNMENT.
In reference to what is alleged by the com?
mittee, that the bulk of the new bonds out
?CHnurag was unnecessarily Issued, I would
simply say that lt ls well known to every mem?
ber of the General Assembly that, during the
??asl three years, the authorized expenditures of
'.he State nave far exceeded its actual income
from taxation. This being true, I would ask,
In (he name ot common sense, where was the
ieflciency to come from? Do the members of
the General Assembly believe that we can ex?
pend a million and a halt dollars ($1,500,000) a
year, and pay it with an Income of a million?
This being evidently Impossible, ic ls plain that
che money to meet the deficiency was re?
ceived from some source other than taxation.
The deficiency In the collection of taxes
mounted, in three years, to $1,137,000. One
million dollars ($1,000,000) was expended be?
fore a single cent was collected, In order to
meet the current expenses of the State Gov
srnment. One million dollars ($1,000.000) to
pay interest accumulated on the public debt
Fold) up to July 1, 1869; five hundred thousand
lollars ($500,000) to redeem bills receivable,
ind seven hundred thousand dollars ($700,000)
lor the land commission. These sums aggre?
gate lour millions three hundred and tbirty
jeven thousand dollars ($4.337,000) In money
ictually raised and expended, in addition to
;he money derived irom taxes. More than half
)) this sum was consumed In meeting debts
contracted before the organization ot the pres?
et State Government.
THE DEBT ONLY $15,000,000 !
The Joint report, (page 267,) with Its well
established disregard for facts, ana singular
.ashness in the use, or abuse, of figures, for a
rarpose that will be shown hereafter, places
he bonded debt of the State at $29,158,914 47.
This is so bold and monstrous an exaggeration
hat it would be perfectly astounding, if the
nind of the reader ot the report had not been
jrepared, by previous disclosures of its un
xutbfulnesB, to meet, without surprise, any
legree of mendacity tn its dosing pages. This
Maternent puts the actual bonded debt at a 1
?gure which'ls $13,391,005 49 In excess of
what it can possibly be, even though every
Dond ever placed in the hands ot the financial i
igent, and not now in the treasury, should be- i
come a total loss to the State. This enormous i
agure is reached by classing, as a part oi lhe t
lebt, the six millions (6,000,000) of sterling loan
Ponds now lo the State treasury, and $6,7?7,- 1
S08 20 of railroad bonds, on which the State i
appears only as an endorser, paying no inter- <
pst. and only liable for any deficiency alter all ]
the property of the reads, which have ample :
af sets, shall have been exhausted. In proof J
that these endorsements do not necessarily <
make a part of the State debt, I refer to the
fact that, within the past year, the South
Una Railroad bas provided for and liquli
Its bonds that were endorsed by the f
amountiog to $2,093,312 40.
But tbe amount of endorsed bonds, <
above by the committee, ls subject to a r
tion of $4,000,000. that being the pc
endorsed for the Blue Ridge Railroad Co
ny, and which have never been put upo
market, and have, therefore, not yet fon
part of even the contingent liability.
In addition to these remote and purely
tlngent liabilities, the committee have Im;
erly embraced the following I ferne, whit
present form no part of the actual del
arder to oaake up an astonishing aggre
namely:
Bonds held bv sinking fund commis?
sion. ..$20
Bonds due July 1,1871, and redeemed
and cancelled, and now In treasury. .21
There should be further deducted the
lege land scrip bonds, stated at $200,000.
now held in trust by the financial ager.
(hose bonds, alter having been-compute
the committee In their debt statement. <
again added, as If they were an addltl
Issue.
Making these deductions, which are ck
[?roper, even according to the figures g
n the committee's own report, ann admit
that every bond of the State, deliverer] tc
financial agent', is lost to the State, or r
be redeemed at its face value, the total bi
ed debt ls shown, by this very report, dive
of all exaggerations, to be $16.759,306 2;
$8602 71 less than ls set forth In the treasui
exhibit, as given in my last annual messi
And here I wish lt to be distinctly stated
understood, that of the $3,200,000 purcha
or borrowed by the Issue ot bonds, $2,200
were lor the payment of debts contracted
der former administrations, and were left i
burden on this.
. ? # * .>"".*
A SLAP AT HURLEY AND WHrPPEB.
I deem a simple statement of facts, kn<
to every member ot the land commission
visory board, a sufficient vindication of
action in connection therewith. The ac
March 27, 1869, to provide for the appointa
of a land commissioner, deolares, In seel
3: "That the Governor, comptroller-gene
State treasurer, secretary of State and at
ney-general, are hereby declared to be an
visory board to the land commissioner; i
said commissioner shall, in all the duties
6osed upon him by the provisions of this i
e governed by their instructions and ad vic
It will thus be seen that the law vested In
one-fltth of the Joint power of the board. 1
was represented by my one vote; and to t
extent, and no further, am I responsible
the administration of the land commission.
. ...... # * . * ? *
Among the many purchases that have
:entiy been subjected to severe criticism, I
proved two, winch are alleged, with so
lustice, to have been sold at a rate far ab<
their true market value. These two purcha
ire situated In the Counties of Charleston c
Beaufort. The men who sold them, and tl
imposed upon the State poor lands, at an <
0 rbi tant price, are now among the most p
minent assailants of the advisory board. Ti
ire Mr. W. J. Whipper and Mr. Timothy H
ley, members of the House. In both tbi
cases, I refused to give my assent to the p
: li ase, untU the land comm l SHOD er, Hon. E.
DeLarge, had first Inspected the lands in p
ion, and reported favorably on their pureba
[ mention these indisputable facti, to sh*
:hat I did endeavor to throw around ev<
purchase of lands, to which I gave myappn
il, all safeguards, in the interest of the Sta
THE STATE ARMS.
The joint report of the commute* ira pul
lo me the responsibility for'the expenultt
for arms for the State, and to meet their fa
mputailon I propose to state simply the n
Tacts. * * * * The arms, wh
3 nal ly obtained from the General Governmet
were found not to be of the class termed s<
riceabie, belog second-hand Springfield mt
sle-loadlng rifles-far from being a "satisft
lory arm!" It became, therefore, necessary
lave these arms altered and put in serviceat
condition, in order that I might lally arm a
?quip, If necessary, the force contemplated
;he joint resolution of February 8, 1869, "a
ihorlzlng the Governor to employ an arm
force for the preservation of the peace."
iny additional authority were needed to we
rant an expenditure of money to convert tl
irma received from the government into et
riceabie arms, such as impending exlgencl
n the State seemed lo demand, lt may I
bund In the act of March 16, 186
repairing, the arming and equipment
:he militia; and, Indeed, the am
were given by the Government of tl
United States for this special purpose, au
learly every State in the Union bas expende
noney In concerting arms so received Inl
inproved breech-loaaers. ? * *
[n reference to the contracts for the alten
?ion of the arms, I would state that tbey wei
nade by the adjutant-general, who had au
.horley from me to have the arms altered s
he lowest practicable cost. I am not at
luainted wltb, nor have ever seen, to m
knowledge. Mr. Pond, the contractor, or an
merson employed by him to make stieb altert
ions. My whole knowledge of the transac
?Ion was derived from the report of the adju
ant-general. The payments under' thes
contracts were made direct by the financlt
igent. I have never signed a check for an
)f the payments for making the alterations o
.he arms, nor do I know to whom the pay
nen ts were made.
* ** . #
THE VILE IN THE COCOANUT I
1 now propose to show the real object c
his report, which ls, Indeed, "fearfully an
wonderfully made." The report itself give
ineof the motives that Impelled lt; for lt rc
lommends, on page 39, that "the financie
>oard should be selected by the State Senat
rom among such persons, not connected wi tl
he State Government, a? have, experience v
natters of finance, integrity of character, and t
IrsUclass business reputation." This recom
nendatlon, If carried out, would exclude Iron
my voice In the financial management of tbi
?tate the House of Representatives, In whlcl
iriginates all appropriations of public money
ff would also surrender the absolute control Oj
mr finances to the enemtea of free governmen
n South Carolina, who so loudly applaud thli
eport through the Ku-Klux press, they hav
ng discovered that the true path on whjcl
hey must move, to avenge their sentenced
lonfederates, will be foucid in a successful ef
Ort to control the treasury of the Stat?
brough schemes of this class.
As an additional solution of the purpose of this
eport, I state the further fact, openly pro
ilalmed by the counsel of the committee, who
vas also a forerunner In (?he House:
Mr. C. C. Bowen, counsel ol'tbe Joint lnves
?gating financial committee, stated; at the
Sxecuilve mansion, on the night of December
be 7th, Alteen days before the lr report was
mbllshed, that be was "In favor of the Gene
al Assembly taking such action upon the debt
LS would utterly discredit all the bonds, and
hat a committee should, at the same lime, be
ippolnted, and furnished with money, to buy
ip the bonds secretly, at five or ten cents OB
he dollar." This declaration was made In the
iresence of not less than thirty members of
be General Assembly, and was denounced by
ne at the time as infamous.
As au evidence of the mental blindness that
treat malice often Inflicts upon those who
herlsh it, and In proof that the champions of
impeachment do not possess all the Intelli?
gence of the House, even if they do claim to
imbody all its virtue, I mention the fact that
.prominent member of the House has bad
intered upon the journal that he caathls
'vote to Impeach the Governor because
umor says there bas been a large over-issue
if bonds." The member (whipper) who
rave this hearsay reason for arraigning the
mlef Magistrate, on the charge of "high
rimes and misdemeanors," is a commissioner
o codify the laws, and ls, also, chairman of
he committee ol ways and means. He should
mow that, if public "rumor" is to be deemed
ivlden.ee of guilt, no prominent Republican,
n this State, would be adjudged innocent,
md the member hlmeell would be quickly es
lorted through the door of the Penitentiary,
or his "rumored" taking of bribes, and other
irrupt practices in office.
THE IMPEACHES AND THE IMPEACHED.
I have thu?, fellow-citizens, endeavored to
mswer, frankly and fully, the charges made
igalnet me. I am fortunate in the characters
if my accusers. It sometimes happens that,
brough evil appearances, au Innocent person
las a good man for his accuser. In my case,
towever, the two loremost okmy assailants
ire well known to the criminal records of the
:ountry, and seek, under the garb of the im?
peacher, to hide the brand of the convict. To
roux intelligent sense ot right, and to the Just
udgment of all impartial men, I fearlessly
:onhde my vindication.
ROBERT E. SCOTT, Governor.
BONDHOLDERS Hi COOTCE.
BALTIMORE FIRES A BROADSIDE AI
TUE RINO.
j The Sleeting of soot ri Carolina Bond
holden Lait N ight-Opinion of Coan?
tel-The Co-operation of all Bond?
holder? Invited, and Civil and Crimi?
nal Suits to He? In.
[SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO TBE NEWS.J
BALTMORB, January 10.
There were fifteen persona present at the
meeting of the South Carolina bondholders
at the Entaw House In this city to night, A. B!
Patterson being In the chair, Md Chas. E.
Roberts secretary.
About two hundred thousand dollars in
bonds were represented, mostly from Balti?
more, and the balance front New York by
proxy. An opinion by R. J. Brent, Esq., attor?
ney, was read, reviewing the action of Gov?
ernor Scott and Messrs. Parker and'Klmpton.
Mr. Bret t ls the legal advisor of the bond?
holders who held the meeting. He advised
that suits be brought against Scott, Parker
anc". Kimpton in the United States Courts. He
said that he bad seen In a Toledo paper that
Scott, who was a lormer resident of Ohio, was
making large Investments in real estate In.
that State. He said there was an over-Issue of
six million dollars, for which the State was
responsible, and that Scott, Parker and Klmp?
ton could be sued.
The meeting adopted resolutions that &.
committee of six shall.be appointed, with Pat?
terson as chairman, who shall be authorized
to invite the co-operation of ail the bondhold?
ers of the Slate of South Carolina, to unite
with this meeting In Instituting civil and crim?
inal proceedings against Scott,..Parker and
Klmpton. The sentiment of the meeting was;
that the only remedy, was to sue Scott and his
too 3, and there seemed to be a d?termination
to do so regardless of expense. The meeting
adjourned till February 7th. B. E. T.
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
WASHINGTON, January 10. :
Akerman has retired, and Williams assumes
the attorney-generalship to-day. P
. Major Merrill, commanding the Seventh
Cavalry, now stationed at Yorkville, South
Carolina, Is ordered here fox consultation od
public matters.
A delegation of negroes called od the Presi?
dent In behalf of the pending supplemental
civil rights bili. The President remarked that
he thought, although some of the rights which
they had a claim to under the recent amend?
ments to the constitution were withheld, still
the courts of law would accord all legal privi?
leges. He considered that appending the
supplementary civil rights bili to the amnesty
measure would Jeopardize the passage of the
latter, and In that respect lt would be unfor?
tunate. The former, he thought, from his
knowledge ot it, would pass o a its merits as a
separate and distinct measure.
In the House, the coinage bill was recom?
mitted arter a long discussion. W. T. Clark,
from the Fourth Texas District, was seated by
a vote of 102 to 29. Adjourned. '
In the Senate, Carpenter Introduced a bill
adverse to the civil service, bill, to the effect
that any regulation relieving the Executive
from responsibility for appointments Imposed
upon him was a violation of the constitution.
FIBS,!BLOOD IN NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, January 10.*
The sergeant-at-arms of Carter's House at?
tempted to arrest a member. A scuffle en?
sued, wnen a policeman shot Walter B. Whey
land, who claims to represent Sabine Parish;
but was expelled by the Carter faction. Whey
land died in an hour. First blood !
EARTHQUAKES.
LANCASTER, N. T., January 10.
There was a slight earthquake last evening.
' QtTEBEO, January 10.
There was a,heavy earthquake last night,
las ting, ten seconds.' The shook waa felt in
other places recently. The people rushed
from the houses. No damage.
A OOSSIP FROM GOTHAM.
Nsw YORE, January 10.
Charles J. Perry, Esq., mayor of Hoboken,
has committed suicide. Cause, despondency.
The guard is withdrawn from Miss Mans?
field's house. . . .
The lather of James Fisk ls gone crazy from
the news of bis son's assassination.
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION.
MATAMORAS, January 10. '
The insurgent General Tuiroga ls moving on
Camargo with fifteen hundred men. It is re?
ported that Cortina has abandoned Camargo
and ls retreating towards Reynosa. The ad-,
vance and rear guards fought without Imma?
terial result
A special courier from the City o? Mexico,
December 31, announces that Diaz was de?
feated with the loss of his artillery and cav
I airy.. Bells were ringing and there was great
-rejoicing wheo the courier left. - .
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
-An Evansville boy of fifteen quarrelled
with bis father, and shot his mother dead.
-General Halieck is dead at Louisville.
-Thousands of cattle have perished by the
floods in the Sacramento Valley.
-Samuel Read,a conductor on the Worcester
freight train, was run over at Providence, E.
I., yesterday afternoon-by twenty-seven cars,
and cut In two lengthwise.
?. a_
THE WEATHER THIS DAT.
WASHINGTON, D. C., January 10.
The barometer will probably continue high?
est on Thursday, with pleasant weather in the
Southern and Gulf States, with the exoeptlon
ot Florida, where northeast winds and rain
may be experienced. The pressure will con?
tinue to fail northwest ol the Ohio valley, de?
veloping into an area of low barometer, with
rain from Minnesota to Michigan. Southwest
winds and cloudy weather will continue on the
low lakes. Dangerous winds are not antici?
pated for the Atlantic and Gulf coasts to-night
Yesterday's Weather Reports of the
Signal Service, U. 5. A.-1.47 P. St.,
Local Time.
Place Of
Observation.
Augusta, Ga....
Baltimore.
Boston.
Charleston.
Chicago.
Cincinnati..
Galveston.
Key West, Fla..
Knoxville, Tenn.
Memphis, Tenn..
Mt. Washington.
New Orleans....
New York.
Norfolk.
Philadelphia.
Portland. Me....
Savannah .
sc Lonls.
Washington.
Wilmington.y.o.
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Chamber of Commerce at 10 o'clock A. M.. and,
together with* the'weather chart, may (by the
courtesy of the Chamber) be examined by ship1
masters e,t any tune during tho day.
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OBBEBED WORK DEPARTMENT
SUPPLIED WITH .
CHOICE IMPORTED
ENGLISH ft FRENCH GOODS.
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EW FASHIONS.
MENEE & MULLER,
MERCHANT TML?RS,
NO. 325 KINO 8TREET,
Invite attention to their large and splendid
STOCK OF CLOTH,
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FURNISHING GOODS, &C. .
READY MADE SUITS for all ag?!, from the
I smallest boy to the largest mao. -
Dress and Business Suits of all descriptions.
Elegant overcoat, Pea Jackets, Dsrbj and
Plain Hack Sol ts, Fine English, Walking Goats and
Suite ot all calora, Single and Do able .Breast??
, Black Frock Ccu ita. Black Doeskin and Fancy. Gaa
' aimers Dress Panta. Velvets, noes, asta, castor
? Beaver and Cassim?re Vests/ manufactured
funder oar own observation. - We are therefore
aore of a good nt and durable work.
. OUR
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Ia BUDplled with the finest selection of BROAD?
CLOTHS, Doeskins, Castor Beavers, Chinchilla
Diagonals, Heltons, and ail styles of Casaimeres
for Bu sines Suits. Velvets, Saxa, Plush and Cash?
mere Vestings, And a variety of hands >me Pan?
taloon Patterns, which we make np to order.by
measure at th? shortest not los, and g naran tee
first class and proper workmanship... .
FURNISHING GOODS.
This Department is .supplied with the celebrated
STAB SHIRTS, Imported and Domestic Merino
Shaker Flannel, AU-Wool Underwear Gooda, Half
Hose, Suspenders, Handkerchiefs, Linen and
Paper Curls and Collars, Imperial, Alexander end
ConrvoLsier'8 Kid Gloves And a full assortment
of Buckskin, Dogskin,'.Bester and Casa. Gloves.
And a very large assortment, of silk, Alpaca and
Scotch Gingham Water-Proof [140] Umbrellas.
Our Stock has been selected with the greatest
care, and prices marked very low in plain Agares.
Oar motto la quick sales and small profits, fair
dealings. Goods may be returned if not satisfac?
tory. Buyers in Oar nae will find lt to their ad
vantage to give as a calL_ octlfr-3mos
?cfresi)mcnt Saloone.
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LUNCH HOUSE.
Jost received, an assortment of
FINE IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC
LIQUORS.
OYSTERS SERVED IN EVERY STYLE.
LUNCH DAILY FROM ll TO 1.
D. F. GLEASON,
NO. 104 MARKET STREET.
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Happy relier for Yoong Men from, tba .effects
of Errors and Abases in early lire. Mann oed re
.stored. Nervous debility cared. Impediments
to Marriage removed. New method of treat?
ment. New and remarkable remedies. BOOKS
and Circulars sent free, tn sealed envelopes. . Ad?
dress HOWARD ASSOCIATION, No. 3 Son th
Ninth street, Philadelphia, Pa. oom
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