The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-14

transfer ed the seal of the State Of South
Carolina to the city OF New York. Your
excuse was that it Waa not an unusual
thing, us the seals Of other States had
been frequently taken to New York for
the purpose Of executing public docu-
ments. You tiietplore begged of me to
give you nn ordeest TO in some measure
protect yon from yotir extraordinary will
ingness to comply with the request of
those who were anxious to have State
bonds executed. Aud you will further
desiring this order from me, that you did
not propose 70 return to South Carolina,
but intendSd resigning your position OF
Secretary Of State, as you had accepted
a professorship in the "Howard Univer-
sity;" and, therefore, you would be.com.
PEELED to return the seal by express, and
feared that some accidens might befall it
in transfer by railro8dp or otherwise.
Being misled by your asBurned. contri.
ton, by what [ then Thoughts q mere
oversight in duty in tho Secretary Of
State, wrote yon the order that you de-
sired, having dated it back to the 18th
day of October, 1871. Now, sir, the
peridy you have exhibited in your abili-
ty to miSrepresent and associate my name
in matters which you could only have
had other mems words, as to my wishes,
l have not the slightest doubt will lead
you to deny this statement and claim
that you received the order from me be-
fore taking the seal to New York In
this act am ready to admit my folly in
apparently trying to shield n man who
has proven himself unworthy of respect
or confidence, from the possible chances
of being proven orminally guilty of
transferring an Office held under the laws
OF this commonwealth to a distant. Stale,
without the authority of luw or previous
consent of the only official who has tue
power to grant the authority for officers
OF the Stnte to leave their posts of duty.
That may not be misunderstood, I
state, most emphatically, that the subject
OF taking the seal beyond the limits of
the State was never spoken of in my
presence by any State officer, or any
other person, aud your statement to the
contrary is base fabrication.
In your statement regarding the re-
issue Of bonds which had been con-
yerted, you desire to make the public
believe that they are obtaining impor-
tant information. which has hitherto
been withheld. TO show the nnimus of
this, will refer you to the following
from my last annual message:
'S2, 200, 900 of the amount OF conver-
sion bonds, issued as above stated, were
signed by me for the express purpose of
Withdrawing from the market aud can
ceiling an equal amount of those issued
and hypothecated under the Acts for
relief of the Treasury, the payment of
the interest on the public debt, and for
the Land Commission"
In conclusion, [ am justified in saying
that, had it not been for my refusal to
consent to the negotiation of all bonds
sterling loan and others-that you have
actually sealed, the State would have
money today to pay expenses, though
secured at a fearful sacrifice, and you
and those CO operating with you would
have been the last ones to have raieed
any cry about the extent or validity of
the State debt, or about extravagant ex-
penditures.
by reference to my last two annual
messages to the General Assembly. the
basis OF every just complaint against the
Administration can be found, and as-
sert, without fear of contradiction, that
any one who is or has been q member of
the State Government. either executive
or Legislative. and is now raising the CRY
OF reform, is by his own venality re-
oPodoAoio ioi tao oit6ISlOu OI money
that should have been used for leRiti-
mate purposes, and it is only necessary
to see the receipts for money paid from
the Treasurer's Office for the verifcation
of this assertion, and directly trace the
money to the very men who are now
charging the responsibility on myself
and otherd. Very respectfully,
ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor.
A TRAVELLER FOR A COLUMBIA Is. C.)
House COMES TO GRIEF.-In Atlanta, on
Saturday morning, young man OF re-
spectacle mien, sailing under the name
of j. Ell. Binnum, sold at auction fine
horse and buggy for the small sum OF
SIGH Tho police, prompted by the auc-
toneer's suspicious that all was not
right, took the matter in hand, and
worked out Of the suspected party q clear
confession that the horse and buggy be-
longed to Seligman & Hall, livery stable
men. in Memphis, Tenn. A friend turned
over the conveyance to him at the rail.
road junction. where, he says, he made
O swap of horses. He then drove as fast
as possible to Cave Spring. Ga, and
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