The New York herald., 1877-09-04

an which would answer the place OF ready money
IN the passage OF bill would answer the same pur
pose n the passage OF others. and the one am about
10 made the occasion for passing not only
the Blue Ridge Scrip bil but also what was known as
the valdation bill and what was known the Finan-
ciaI Agents. Settlement bill
THE VALUATION BILL
The validaiion bill was lcgaze tho Illegal issue
Of fraudulent bonds by the Financial Board as It was
with scott ike Hamlet, left out OF the play aud the
financial agents settlement was to authorize the
Fnancia Board to make q settle mt OF all their ac-
counts with the financial agent connected with the
sale OF these fraudulent bonds and the disposition or
the proceeds SO that neither the General Assembly
nor people OF South Carolina should know what the
Financial Board had done nor how they had done It,
II seems incredible tnat such bills could ever have
been offered the Legislature much less passed by
IT. but they were offered and they were passed, and
the order am about to describe secured their pas
The 'ways and means" by which these bills were
passed have been matters oi common conversation in
probable that the substAnt tia acts OF the
been duly laid before the investigating committee and
constitute the grounds Tor the present prosecution.
They are, in substance, that on certain occasion
Judge T. J. Mickey was In private r0om Of Patter-
son. Klmpton. Senator B. F. wbIttemore. state Treas
urer Parker, Financial Agent K.mpton and Hardy Sol
omon were n another: The meeting was nnaily
MYSTERIOUS PACKAGE.
Some time alter they left Patterson came to Mackey
and asked him 10 take charge OF certain sealed pack
age and deliver Il TO Kimpton person at the lat
ter's hotel. Mackey took the package and promised
TO deliver IL as requested, but on HIS way 10
the hotel II occurred 10 him that II might contain
papers OF some importance and that on tue whole II
might be as well for HIM 10 examine it. He called
Governor Scott the morning aud told him what
had passed aud consulted him TO the proprely OF
LOOKING INTO inc papers scott thou hit II would DO
eminenty proper do SO; and, accordingly, the Two
did examine aud iount, one OF them subsequently
declared that II contained sa hell itseli Having
thus satisfied th mselves OF its importance tney decided
that would be as well 10 have copy Of 1t; but iuly
approaching ITS valuable nature ana iearins some
nioreseen accident might happen 10 renaer tho
copy useless unless It fac-simile the
original, Mackey at once called on well known
pholo grapher IN this city for the purpose
OF having Two Photographic COPIES made pl
1t, binding the artist by solemn pledge
not to read IT, and also stipuating that the negative
should be destroyed 10 his pres, nee soon as the
proofs ready. The photographer complied with
,ns s.puaon oy ahnS n wo o
then lett with tue two tell tale proofs IN ms possess
SION. One OF these he deposuea the same day with
Governor Scout the other he retnued untl few days
ago, when, as am informed, he delivered TO the IN
vestig'tiug committee. Tho original docrmrnt Sc
cureiy resealed he delivered In due course 10 tue un
suspectng kimpton. wno, IN turn, delivered II 10
Parker, IN the presence Of Judge Mackey.
Your have their curiosity sufficiently
excited, perhaps, to appreciate perusal o the myste
rous document iseli.-ot which | have obtained the
following exact copy, and OF which, need scarcely
add, copy has ever before been puoshed:-
VICE PRESIDENTS OrFIcs,
e"srsvILE AND GS.ran.A sA,sGAS MS9.S 40nrAsf
Hon NLxs e rA.xEs s,ase Irea.usr south Car9lina
passsa pas Msss isaa s@ounsins sI}4a5o asp.r upon
That 42s57 scrip par value is to be used
state OF south ana S 20 IanSse % as r"n
Now II these abnye named bills passed ana become
sssS
you "S
SAID Ds shall become law and provided tina. ne :nai
on S p"y s ,s b III
known bi relieve The state oi ali liability
% %s s: .d Edss said s
has contracted to pay and II said as or refuses
s with i' d the 70 Of
S for is value two and
ID sNs'
President Blue Ridge Railroad Company
witness-R. B. ELLIOTT.
The authenticity Of this document is not matter OF
any doubt and II is not anticipated that 1t viii be
made the subject OF any challs nge. The iact Of is
having been photographed might aone be accepted as
pr oof positive but the evidence extends to the tes
| Inony oi Judge Mackey presumably given at the time
he surrendered his photograph to the committee; TO
the testimony ofGovernor Scott aud also 10 that Of
General L. b. Elliott, at that time member OF Con-
gress from this district, and whose signature Is APP
pended 'witness" 10 the pregnant paper although
he says had knowledge Of LIS contents charac
ter at the time he ''witnessed" IL
THE SECOND INDICTMENT.
In the sublime presence OF the fraud so plainly
masked any comments might offer would be alike
necessary and impertlnenL iorbear therefore, and
pass by way Of sequel, to second Indictment which
narrates the way IN which the money thus obtained
was used by the consprators have first TO remark,
before The Grand Jury relative TO the matters iorh
below member OF the House Of Representatives
Prince r. Rivers Major General Of the South Curona
State militia under the several republican
tions and organizer aud chie manager OF the 'lrue
brotherhood" secret republican organ domi-
nant here in 1871 and 1872, and person, therefore,
Likely to give Wiling evidence In "a malicious
ocratc persecution OF prominent republicans" al
though he has undoubtedly given willing evidence IN
the present case Another witness Is General John b.
Dennis, who was also member Of the HOUSE, OF Rep
resent ntatives at tue time the bills were passed,
ana who was the =, republican officer IN
scenes OF last winter, when that building
was held by Governor Chambcriains constabes the
interests OF the Mackey faction against the
or "walacc" members. And sI,ll another witness is
ex-speaker s. j. Lee, who was also general OF the
South Carolina State militia, and who been
the solicitor of tho Second Circuit Of this State IN
| which capacity he directed the prosecution OF the
Hamburg and Eenton rioters. SO IN uch Tor the char
OF The witnesses; let US recur TO the second
| dictment
on or about Atm oil March, 1872 "with force aud
arms, Columbia, IN the county anu State aoresaid
unlas fully, wcKedly and corrupily did promise, vncr
and give one Samuel j. Lee, then and there being a
Legislative officer, having been duly elected member
Of the House OF Representatives, OF said State, und
| having duly qualified and taken his seat,
and Being then and there Speaker OF the SAID
ouse OF Represen tatves, certain gilt and gratuty
act vote and decision OF him. the said Samuel Lee
certain matters then pending Ia the SAID Hous: Of
Representatives,, and which by law were to come and
be brought before him, the said 5 j. Lee IN his OIL
cal capacity as member and Speaker as aoresaid-to
w.t. to influence and induce the SAID 5. j. Lee to vote
Tor certain bills hen introduced and pending In said
| House OF Representatives, entitled &c. +"
| THIS Is one count in the Indictment which; repeating
the words above quoted in the OF Lee, proceeds
to charge the same offence connection with other
members, whose names. together with the amount
each received for his notc are gwen as foliows-J.
b. Dennfs So, 900; Prince X. Rivers, $500; Senator
c. p Leslie So 900; Senator Y. 7. Mens, 50, 600;
Senator b. f. whmtemore toi cadetshp iame( $4,000;
Senator s. A. Swais. President pro tenn. oil The
ate 5000; Senator Il. Il. Hayne later Secretary OF
State N which capacity he figured as one OF tue
famous Board oi STATE Cauvassers at the recent eiec
tlouL So 900: Senator W. B Nash (hayes Elec-
tori $4,000, and many other Seuators and
Represent atives whose names are unknown and
whose rewards are not specified And II was on the
testimony OF Priuce H. Rivers, John b. Dennis and
Samuel J. Lee, three as stanch republicans
sat In the General Assembly received briUe that
the Grand Jury, composed OF nine white democrats
ana eight coIored republicans, found "true bill."
II any your readers lind any evidence oil political
pesecutIonn III all this, they are sharper tnan the
people here, who know the iacts and who know the