The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-24

Treasurer had said to the Legislature.
NC have helped you heretofore, and II
You don't stand to our backs now, we
will open the doors of the penitentiary
to you. s;
| But to return to the Land Commits.
sion. have said that the Whitewood
traoe In Charleston was purchased in
1858. for $1,000. and every man knows
what the prices were then, in compari-
son with the prices in 1859. It was sold
by gentleman named Quash, to G. A.
trenholm, in 1866. and Trenholm sold it
TO- Lucas. for $6,700. In 1863, Lucas
sold to Gulleam, for $4,000, and Gull
Team mortgaged it. Later, Lucas made
an assignment OF the mortgage to DR..
Wragg. The mortgagor defaulted. DIR.
Wregg went into court, foreolosed, and
the land was sold for 81. .O0o. We and
it now invoiced to the State for 1913, 600.
and no title on Gods earth to show for
1t. Now, ever since the Legislature has
been in session, they have been asking
for report from the Land Commission.
They have not gotit. Why? Maybe the
gentleman who received the $I2. 600
check can answer. Again. the Platt tract
was purchased for $12, 900. and no title
given. Every member of this House
knows OF the swindles of the Land Com
mission. So anxious were the ring to
make money, that they never took the
trouble to stop and inquire about the
title. They just drew draft, and that
was oil the title they received for the
lands. Why, nine-tenths of all the lands
the State has purchased are either sand
oarrens or water wastes, and every men,
Der knows this to be true. In Charles
ton, another tract was sold on the -
day Of December. for 5000, and on the
28th OF December, it was sold to the
Stete for $4,000. The transaction WAS
very much like this: A sold to B for
$500, and on the same day B sold to the
State for $4,000, Another tract on
Johns Island was sold for 5000 to julius
O. Carpenter. A short time after, Jo-
seph ii. jerks sold it to tho Land Com
missioner for $4,000. Carpenter holds
the title to that land to-day, and there is
not shade of title to show that jerks
ever owned the land. Another pecu-
liarity of this Land Commission was that
it had wonderful faculty for hunting
around and buying up swamps. If the
Governor was not implicated in all these
frauds, he simply wanted to give him an
to prove his innocence.
The people demand Justice, and at
home the eyes Of the people are turned
bore, looking to see if their representa-
tives dare render them that service which
they are entitled to ask.
Bowen next turned his attention to the
transactions of the Financial Agent, and
read statement from the Cherubim.
which gives as the amount Of looms and
bonds negotiated from July, 1869, to 9th
October, 1870, as S2O.671, ,3lO.4O.
He also gives as ''oharges, discounts,
commissions. expenses, postage, telo
&C.. $487. 1892 This last
amount he claims to have been paid to
other parties, and says that he must now
have his commissions on the whole
amount, about $500, 900, although the
State has paid him over 100000 for
"other parties
Congress had donated to the State
$3.50, 600 worth of land scrip. Where is
that gone to-?
Byas-It has gone where the law says
it shnll go; invested in State securities
Bowen-I know it is, and I'll tell you
another thing. Kimpton has got the
bonds. Your friend. Gov. Scott, in
whose hands the scrip was placed, says
he sold it for 72M cents on the dollar,
and invested the proceeds in State bonds
assert it here, and am ready to prove
that men have written to this State, Of
ferlng to swear that they paid eighty-four
cents for some Of it, and would be glad
to get more ut the same price. I say
this to show that the State is bankrupt.
Tho speaker next alluded to the ne
glect OF education in the State, and the
withholding of the funds appropriated
Tor school purposes, and closed by urg-
ing the House to postpone the conside.
ration of the resolution until after the
holidays, when fair and square vote
could be obtained.
The OTHER SIDE.-At the close of
Bowen's speech, Mobley obtained the
floor and made one of his characteristic
speeches. In turn he was followed by
Yocum and Byas. The latter, be it re-
membered, was one of the committee
who signed the report. and this fuct hav-
ing been brought to his notice, he said
he admitted that he had done 30, but
scarcely knew how he could have been
such fool as to do 80. Byas held the
floor for abont an hour, during which
time the members amused themselves in
laughing at his Latin quotations and vio-
lent gesticulations. He was followed by
W. 81. Jones, of Georgetown. who made
the strongest argument for Scott yet at
tempted. In relation to Bowen's con-
nection with tie finances during the past
summer, he said he knew that Gov.
Scott was in New York, and had seen
Judge Barnett. and asked him to take
legal steps against Kimpton. He had
been dissuaded from this by Bowen, who
sent him the following telegraph, which
L., l.I - u
To Gou. Il. X. Scott.
Barrett has written to Kimpton that
he is authorized, on the part of the
State, to commence proceedings. Palm
or claims to represent you; euch q move
wONId ha 0IaQefrOua. vOu rota nod p,a