The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-01

proceeds OIL the sale OF lanQ4 10 Cne SLRte at
price greater than It's value or the sum de.
manded by the original owners. Nor has the
Executive himself been behind his peers, II
collateral testimony is sufficient, in his eager.
ness, through confidential friends" Fold
army companionsn or handy resident rela.
tiyes, to sell tractso5 land to the State. and
| receive the highest possible :. price for
the same without reference to the real
value. His freqsent o9tbursts Of indlg.
calls it. are but the Eloakings of bis contadera-
tion with such as have ''stolen from the treas.
ury," BY concert Df purpose that made the
aei11I In the sste Course Of the examination Of the
| financial agents accounts, the committee
could not help obserys certain charges which
often followed amounts paid different individu-
ais, such as cash to n. G. Parker, or draft in
| favor of N. G.. Parker, in such amounts as ap.
peared possible to be construed into commits.
sions, or inducements to make drafts In favor
! of such individuals. These amounts, In the
aggregate, are over forty thousand dollars,
but the suspicious tf the committee may not
be correct.
Another item OF Information is that the re.
| signation Of the frs, land commissioner was
secured by threats tp the Governor of an ex.
posure the Blue Ridge Railroad transactions
and the purchase of The Greenyllle and Colum-
bia Railroad stock, which was known to have
been accomplished through the financial agent
with the money of the State, as well as the
promise TO the land Commissioner to pay him
libera1ly If he would besign, 80 that room could
be made for another aspirant. 1t was not,
however, consummatd In moment; the then
| incumbent knew The value Of his position and
the treachery of those with whom he dealt; he
| made his demande, and ''lhe Ring" just
| formed, accepted the terms, and the result
was accomplished BIZ the purchase Of his
Greenyille Railroad stock, which cost him
nothing. the paymen OF whatever at that
time lie owed the financial agent (seyera!
thousand dollars ary twenty-five thousand
dollars besides, making. In all nearly -afty
thousand dollars-a1l bf which was paid cut oi
the land commission funds In the manner
already enlarged upol.. The resignation thus
obtained, his successor was speedily inaugur-
ated, and the commission again IN disoursing
ORDER. -
The committee have gathered from the
records of the clerks Of the courts and letters
of correspondents little to encourage belief
that the State hasyalld titles to one-half the
| land purchased blythe land commissions; more
than this, large proportion of the land paid
| for Is either inaccessible or 80 poor that the
class of people fof whom the public lands
were intended will not be anxious to settle,
or able. out Of the products Of such lands, to
pay for them even II the time provided for by
law. The statement, will bear reitersting that
| the land commission and Its operations nave
been an s'outrageomt and enormous swtndle,,,
and the only satisfaction or comfort that the
| people Of the State ean take is, that having
| expended more than the entire amount
authorized by law, tthe purposes of the lano
commission have 6e{n gained. and no furlhei
expenditures can be made. That legal Imean:
to bring these fraudulent transactions to light
and the corrupt complloators to judgment
should be instituted and furthered there car CO
be no division OF sentiment upQni ana. tat
sooner the work Is tegun the less llableYll
| the guilty be to cheat thedemands Of Justice
AS q matter of curiosity, TO, show how
s'words are USED to- disguise the true mean
ing"-how fl-.-;s. =. -,
"orence,s guided hand and oily tongue,
In the corrupt currents OF this word"
have deceived the popular mind and becoml
o travesty upon real purposes, "a Circular
emauating ftom tho original commissioners
and published In many OF the newspapefs'o %
the State, will be adled: t..i:.
s.ExECUrrvE DEPARTMEST
GLAND CoMAIssroNER's OFFICE,
sCoLuMBISrsS. G., August II, 1852.
ssNotice is hereby given that this ONCE
now organized in accordancs 1oih the lat
creating the same, and ls ready to proceed t.
business. In the purchase Of lands the inter
est of The State aoin be carefully guarded. u i
Ne desire Of the commissioner to p,aehas
none other than good lands, IN good localities
at their fair market uatAe, and at such price
as the same land ,oould be sold tor. to prtuat
individuals. Arrangements have been made
| by which the bonds, authorized to De issued fo
tie purchase of lands, ,oitl be converted Int
| currency. The commissioner invites a
parties owning desirable lands, in desird6l
|tocalities, wishing to sell them, and toilling :
tdke market prices, to forward their proposals
giving the description of the lands for sale
their locality, quality and adaptation to tn
| production of cotton, corn and grains gene
l rolly, with q view to the commencement
negotiations for the sale Of said lands to tn
| State, C.P. LESLIE,
| 'sLand Commissioner"
The italics are the committees.