The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-19
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COLUMBIA, s. c., January II.
The consideration Of the Governors case,
and General Whipper's speech upon the sub
iect, which was expected to occupy the
House upon Its assembling this morning, was
postponed for an hour or two to allow of the
consideration of the morning business. A
large number of local and unimportant meas
ures were passed through various stages OF
advancement without incident Of note, until
the receipt of the report of the engrossing
committee upon the bill to incorporate the
.sGrand Council Of the Independent Order OF
United Brethren" This Is the measure u
proposes to institute the Governors imitation
of the Ku-Klux Klan. / am told that. the or
ganization is already perfected with his Ex.
cellency as the Grand Cyclops, and little Cy-
clopses in all the counties, and with s.
J. Lee, OF Edgedeld, as the Mogul of
the House, with a following Of seventy
Elk representatives, sworn members Of
the ~. b. The bill received rough
handling lrOln a.l6W VI Iuc uclnuCts, ou1 Va
course lis passage was foregone conclusion.
Hurley moved to. amend the list OF tncorpora.
tors by striking out the name OF Esop Good
son and inserting In its place the names Of r.
K. Scott and T. j. Mackey. He said that l.
was well known that these persons were not
only members, but high officials, Of this new
fashioned Ku-Klux, and he submitted tnat tne
colored men who were named In the DILL
ahould not be go exclusive as to draw distinc.
tions against Scott and Mackey on account OF
character. Whipper moved to strike out ''ln-
depepdentn aud Insert "ScOtt," go as to read
the "Scott Order of United Brethren," and
furnish more accurate definition Oh the ma
chine; and another moved to amend Dy suo-
stltuling dependent" for independent" as
dependent upon somebody for pap aud plum,
der. The amendments were Of course voted
down, and the bill. as reported, passed under.
the operation of the previous question by
vote of 81 to %. It is understood, however,
that the bill will fnG grave IN the Senate,
where it is said the order has 6ns TWO ,M mem. n;
bers, and thus this patent Ku-Klux Will at
least fail to cothe itself In the gGise Of legis-
latiye endorsement.
Among the bills and notices introduced were
the following: 90 ..,
By wilkes. notice of bill to grant aid to
the State Agricultural aud Mechanical Society.
By Davis, a bill Ito incorporate tne ProVl.
Charleston, 8. q. The bill appears TO be
simple charter for company, whose objects
ara to be Inferred from It's title: The incor-
porators named are Beuj. N. Hoyt, !; A.
Davis, Aaron Logan, n. 7. Spencer, W. T.
Jervey, S. E. Gaillard, Isaac Reld, ID. W.
Thompson, P. P. Hedges and B. A. Bosemon,
Jr., and the company Is authorized to pur-
chaA and hold real or personal property TO
At halt-past one General Whipper took the
floor, and proceeded with his argument upon
the Governors special message. HIS speech
was mainly a reiteration. of The Governors
misdeeds, as charged In the report OF the IN
Testigating committee, taking up the various
points OF TIE report and substantiatng them
with fresh testimony. On the subject OF the sale
of the Agricultural College land scrip, which, II
will be remembered, was reported oy klmp.
ton and the Governor as having been SOLD at
seyenty-two and halt cents per acre, ne
eighty-Hve cents per acre had been received
for Ii. and he handed In to the speaker and
had read by the clerk the following letters:
CLEVELAND. OHIo, December s, 1871:
Hon, J. B. Deants, Chairman &C., Cosan'o'a'
sIaEYours Of November 20 is received. Dur;
ing the fall and summer Of 1870 frequently called
ON Mr. q. q. Kimpton. financial agent OF South
Carolina TO the as ssd s,sss
The scrip was retailing at S155 per piece-aoout
OF cents per acre. repeatedly offered to pay Mr..
Kimpton sls5 per pIece-abour SAX cents per
acre-for all OF the Souta Carolina scrip. also
wrote and telegraphed to his Excellency Cover
nor Scott, desiring TO buy the scrip None OF my
communications to Governor scott were an.
swered by him, but Mr. Kimpton told me he had
the sale OF the scrip. and / need not commani-
cate with any Que further except Jonn
THOMPSON. OF the First National Sank OF
New York, with whom Klmp on had lodged
the scrip. l went Immediately to Thomp.
son, and there completed the purchase OF
large portion OF the scrip at $lS5 per piece, OF
1850 acres-about SAX cents per acre. have sew,
eral bills OF purchase from the First National
Bank OF New York, similar 10 the enclosed. Had
che State ofncers dealt fairly with me, should
haYespald them eighty.seven cents per acre for
the whole Of the scrip. paid the State OF Texas
and Louisiana eighty seven cents for all their
scrIp, and the States OF Alabama and Mississippi
ninety cents for I'll theirs. The latter states re-
ceiyed only $50, 900 down, and gave reasonable
time for receiving and paying Tor the balance.
Eighty seven cents per acre was. at tne lime, 9
fair price for all Of the South Carolina scrip. !
nave been informed that Mr.. Kimpton reported
that he received only seventy-two cents per acre
for Sou Carolina scrip. The enclosed bill cannot
fail to show the contrary. The First National
Bank acted for Kimpton. There was no use ol
his placing the scrip at the bank, and no commls.
sious should be allowed.
Yours, with respect and esteem.
G. F. LEWIS.