The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-01-26

opposed the measure, upon The ground tnaC the
State militia, composed as it was entirely OF un-
drilled colored soldiers, was inadequate to meet
the demands of the occasion. Pending the de-
HorSe adjourned till tomorrow, at II o'clock.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1871.
SENATE.
The Senate met at II NJ.
The Committee on Education, who were in
structed to inquire into and report upon the
disposition of the appropriation for school pur-
poses for 1868 and 1869, reported progress and
asked for further time; which was granted.
Mr.. HAYES introduced a bill to provide for
the election by the people of County Treasurers
and County Auditors which was read the first
time and ordered for consideration tomorrow.
Also, a bill, by Mr.. Whittemore, to repeal an
Act to provide for the appointment of a Land
Commissioner.
The report of the special committee to in
yesticate the conduct and affairs of the Super
intendent and Directors of the Penitentiary-
a synopsis of which we gave upon its first in
PRODUCTION day or two ago-was taken up for
consideration. The report is based solely upon
the afhrmations of the Superintendent, and at
tempts to exonerate that officer from all crimi-
nality. Upon motion that the report be adop-
ted, Leslie rose, and said that the report was
about in keeping with such as had been hitherto
palmed off upon the General Assembly and the
public, and that as it was such beautiful
specimen of white-washcd report, he hoped
it would be adopted. Not one witness had been
examined, but Mr.. Stolbrand's simple state
ments taken as sufficient in an investigation
instituted against himself For his part he
lll.. nod nnt
made Here was charming little fraud, by
which the State was mulcted to the tune of
from Sc 900 to $1,000, and all within stones
throw of the Penitentiary. Mr.. Pope goes to
the Governor and tells him that there is a strip
of land lying down near the Penitentiary be-
longing to the State, which he desired to lease
and put in condition for cultivation. The
Governor, without the shadow of authority,
agrees, and does lease this land for the sum of
Sl00 per year. Scarce was the ink dry upon
the paper, ere the sound of the axes of Stol-
brands thieves could be heard telling the tim
bcr ON this land, and he enters into All agree
ment for the purchase of the wood. Could any
sane man doubt what should have been Stol-
brands course as an honest official? The wood
was in stones throw of the Penitentiary; he
knew he needed wood; he had the thieves to cut
it and the land belonged to the State. But in
stead of proceeding in the way his duty plainly
pointed, he slips in Pope, and through the in
strum entality of the Governor, concocts aplan
by which he and Pope succeeded in swindlins
the State out of thousands of dollars. 1t would
not do to attempt to excuse Mr.. Stolbrand, by
saving that he was ignorant of the fact that the
land belonged to the State. He did know it;
and he further knew, as did the Governor him
SELF for he was surely not fool, that the lease
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to Mr.. Pope was not worth the paper on which
it was written; and if he had possessed one
particle of regard for the interest of the State,
he would not have deigned 10 notice it. This
Mr.. Pope was particular friend of Mr.. Stol-
brand, and it was az plain to him as the nose
on mans face, that this was partnership job
to cheat the State. In proof OF the fact that
Mr.. Fopc was very special friend OF the Su-
perinrendent, and that they were intimately
acquainted, he would inform the Senate that
within few days past, the Superintendent had
rescindcd contract with third party, where
by beef was furnished the Penitentiary at eight
cents pound, and entered into an agreement
with Mr.. Pope at ten cents pound MIR. Les
lie closed, by inquiring if the committee was
not Joint one, and that they had reported
without consultation with the committee from
the House, which being shown to be true, the
report was ruled out and the original resolution
recommitted. :.
A committee from the House presented itself
to inquire into certain irregularities on the part
of the Senate towards the House. The mat
ter of complaint was that after the appoint
ment of Joint committee, by concurrent reso-
luton to investigate the affairs of the Peniten-
tiary, the committee on the part of the Senate,
without notice given to, and without the knowl-
edge of the committee on the part OF the House,
had proceeded to an Investigation and made
out a report. The Chair informed the COM
mittee that the Senate had just ruled the report
proffercd us null and void, and that the resolu-
ton had been recommitted.
A bill to authorize the County Commissioners
of Darlington County to borrow 600, to pay
off the present Indebtedness of the County and
to issue bonds for the same.
Mr.. Whittemorc, in the course Of his re-
marks in support of the bill, pitched into GER
tain gentleman whom, he stated, had made
himself very officous in prejudcing the minds
of Senators against the Heeasure, by asserting
that the passage of the bill would ruin the
County, about the welfare of which the person
in question cared no more than he did for who
was Lord Mayor of the moon. That person, he
said, was prime mover in an injunction against
the County Commissioners, to restrain them
from paying out money upon acontract to build
n court house That the individual in question
(evidently Mr. SPAIN had been actuated solely
bv political enmity, was hostile to the present
administration, and had been ordesed to show
cause why he should not be ruled for contempt
to the Supreme Court Of the State. And had,
time and again, been heard to boast that he
was an unaltcrable, unpardoned and impeni-
tent rebel; and that it was the pride of his life
and the nobest heirloom he could leave to his
children, that his name was enrolled as a
signcr of that second declaration of indcpen-
dence, the Ordinance of Secession. The speaker
proceeded to read an itemised statement of the
County Indebtedness, among which appears
some $1,000 or $4,000 due to the defalention of
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