Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-09-06
The Aurkrille Gnqllirer.
YORKVTLLE, S. c.:
THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 6, 1877
THE RING INDICTMENTS.

THE RING INDICTMENTS.
On the first page of this issue will be found
a list of indictments, to the number of TWEEN.
ty-6ve, of ex.officials in this State, for cor.
ruption in office. That list is supplemented
by the following, which we copy from the
Columbia Register of Saturday:
26. L. Cass Carpenter, indicted for forgery
for forging an account against the State in
favor of the Daily Union by raising the
amount.
27. L. Cass Carpenter, forgery, same ma.
ture.
%. L. Cass Carpenter, forgery, same ma
ture.
20. Josephus Woodruff and A. o. Jones,
indicted for conspiracy to cheat the State, by
means of fraudulent bill of the Republican
Printing Company against the State, by the
addition of the discount on revenue bond
scrip to the amount of the bill. The amount
of the original bill was s22,S94, and the
amount was increased to s45,7SS, upon the
pretense that it was to be paid in revenue
bond scrip, when it was afterwards paid in
cash at the State Treasury. The bill render.
ed was for printing 5000 copies Of the re-
port of the Ku Klux trials, by order of the
General Assembly.
The accounts of L. Cass Carpenter are for
publishing the law relating to insurance IL
censes In one instance the charge was ST.,
1888, which was raised from SS78.33; in
another case, the amount collected was ST.
72O, originally $720. The third bill was
made out as follows: "To publishing laws as
per contract, S1,784.67." 1t is stated that
Carpenter drew the money in person, and
that the total amount for publishing the act
to regulate insurance companies will not fall
short of $4,000. 1t was by such means that
the Daily Union was supported from the State
Treasury.
In reference to the foregoing cases, the Co.
lumbia correspondent of the Ne1us and Courier
says the investigating committee have yet in
their possession a very large amount of cou'
pons, several hundred thousand dollars worth,
similar to those on which some of the present
indictments are based. The indictments sub
mitted to the grand jury are but a few out of
many, and are intended merely as test cases.
In the matter of funding coupons, it is declar-
ej that Y. J. p. O~a.Aa olone, ssant, fund
ed as much as three hundred thousand dol
lars worth at one time Besides the bills
against Carpenter, there are twenty other
vouchers which have not been used in the
proceedings against him, in each of which he
raised the amount one thousand dollars by
pre6xing the figure in each instance.
Many of those against whom true bills have
been found have absconded from the State,
and the question of securing their return to
South Carolina for trial has been subject of
discussion with many persons. On this point
the same correspondent says:
"It was mentioned several weeks ago that
Chamberlain, Cardozo, Patterson, Corbin and
others, who are now without the limits of the
State, would probably refuse to obey any pro.
cess of the courts Of this State which might
be served upon them, and it was intimated, at
the same time, that the Governor of Pennsyl-
vania, at least, would probably sustain them,
by refusing to honor Hamptons requisition
for these persons. These views, which are
said to have originated with friends of the
supposed accused, may be founded more upon
their wishes than upon other and better
grounds, but it will be remembered that Wood
ruff stated that he was assured in Philadel lphia,
on the occasion of his arrest in that city, that
his release could be effected in few hours if
he would consent to make the effort, which,
as he claims, he refused to do. 1t will be
manifestly to the interest of all the parties in
dicted to interpose all the obstacles possible in
the way of the prosecution, and as this course,
if successful, would involve the long and te.
dious delay of the law, the public need not
be surprised to hear, in the course of the week,
that such plan of action has been adopted" "
THE TURKO.RUSSIAN WAR.
No recent general engagement or pitched
battle has been reported from the contendng
armies in Turkey. The correspondent of the
London Neus, under date of 25th ultimo,
gives the following account of the Russians
attempt to capture redoubt which the Turks
constructed at Schipka Pass, so as to sweep
the road in the Russian rear. This redoubt
is still untaken, and constitutes great danger
to the Russians, as it gives the Turks posses.
sion of ridge running parallel to that up
which the road winds 1900 yards distant.
The redoubt enflades the road in several pla-
ces, and the Turkish infantry, by extending
along this ridge, which is thickly wooded, can
practically render the road impossible. The
Russian position still remains most critical, in
spite of reinforcements. General Radetzky,
indeed, informed the commandant of Gabrova,
the day after his arrival, that he had better
warn the inhabitants to be ready to fly at a
moments notice. The correspondent says {:
The Russians advanced under cover of trees
too small to afford good shelter. In short
time they reached within fifty yards of the
redoubt. Here they found that the Turks
had cut down the trees around the redoubt,
making an abattis over which it was almost
impossible to pass They gathered around
the edge and suddenly made rush for it, but
we're driven back with fearful loss. The SOL
diers became entangled in the masses of brush
wood and trunks and limbs Of trees over
which they were obliged to scramble, while
the Turks poured in terrible fire upon them
at this short distance. 1t moved them down
like grass. Of the first assault against the re-
doubt, in which one company was engaged,
very few got back to tell the tale. General
Radetzky sent reinforcement and the attack
began again, but dispositions were made to
place a large force in such position that it
could pour heavy fire into the redoubt to
cover the assault until the assailants were al
most up to the parapet. This attack seemed
almost on the point of success, for the Colonel
in command said that if reserves were given