Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-08-16
THE BOOK or EXODUS.

1t is gratifying to the moral
sense, as well as instructive and
amusing, to review the list of Rad
ical politicians who otce held high
carnival in the State House, aud
ruled South Carolina with iron
rods and brazen brows. OF these
the first to depart was ex Treasur-
er Niles g. Parker, against whom
during Chamberlain's term. the
State obtained a verdict of $50
900 for the fraudulent issues OF
Conversion bonds. He escaped
from Jail, was recaptured and re
leased under habeae corpus, and is
in hiding in New Jersey. After
Parker, the roses hung sturdily
upou their bushes, until the COM
ing of Hampton, when they be-
gan falling thick and fast.
/. The first under the new order
Of things to Gisappear,w was ex Land
Commissioner &. =. Leslie, who
came 10 the conclusion that. when
tie Hampton Government was
firmly established, he could no
longer clear his own skirts by
threatening his accom- Ices.
2. After Leslie, and Immediate
: upon Chamberlnin's surrender,
went j. Harvey Jones and E. Y.
Glover, carpet'hag Legislators of
! Georgetown county. who fofesaw
the wrath to come, and fled before
the face Of the sheriff.
8. Governor Hampton took form
nj possession of the State House
on the 10Th OF April. On the
night of the 18th of May, Mr..
Daniel III. Chamberlain took his
departure for New FORK.
4. On the 18th day OF May, A.
D., 1877, 3. L. Whittemore, the fat
fend of Darlington and State
Senator, departed for his home in
Massachusetts, and has failed to
respond to the affectionate request
that he would come back and re-
move certain stains upon his es-
cutcheon.
5. Mr.. l.. Cass Carpenter, form
erly editor of the Radical organ of
| this State, ex Congressman and
eX Revenue Collector, was arlested
on the 2S!h OF June at the instance
of the Investigating Committee,
charged with forgery, aud is now
out on bail awaiting t'ial.
6. Jonathan j. Wright, Penn
! sylvania negro, Associate Justice
of the Supp eme Court, has been
impcached by the Legislature for
habitnal drunkenness, and now
awaits trial.
{. Y. J. ,. Owens, ex State Sen
a'or from Laurens, who accumula-
ted large fortune by manipulat-
ing coupons and certificates, has
mysteriouslv disappeared from the
ken OF South Carolirlans.
8. The lovely form of Robert X
Scott, for two terms Governor of
this State, has also vanished amid
the storm of investigation.
g. L. l.. GardcZo, mixture Of nc
gro ana Spaniard, tx State Treas
urer and member OF the Return
| ing Board, was arrested on the
21st of July for fraud. bailed IN
the sum Of $4,000, and has disap-
peared.
10. Henry E. Hayne, mnlatto,
Secretary OF State from 1872 to
1876. and a member of the Return
lug Board. has also fled the State.
IL II. H. Gleaves, muiatto, eX
Lieutenant Governor, has fled, no
ore knows whittier.
u. On the 9th instant, S. j.
Lee, colored, ex Speaker of the
Iouse of Representatives aud So
iic;tor of the Second Circuit, was
arrested, charged with the fraudu-
lent issue OF pay certificates, aud
awaits t.ial.
13. On the same day ex'Govern-
or and ex Speaker i. j. Moses was
arrested In this city ou similar
charge, and conveyed to Columbia,
where he awaits trial.
A. On the 25th, A. O. Jones,
colored, ex Clerk of the House
was arrested on charge OF fraud
and perjury, and taken to C"Ium-
bia, where he is awaiting trial.
Is. &. W. Montgomery, ex State
Senator, is under arrest and await
ing trial on tie charge of fraudu
lently issuing pay certificates.
16. Josephus Woodruff ex Cler k
of the Senate, fled the State bui
has been recaptured, and will bt
brought back for trial. The char
ges against him are complex anc
; the evidence is delightfully."- com
plete.
II. Ex Judge and ex' Congress
man S. J.. Ho9e, of Ohio, has lef
, South Carolina.
Is. David L Corbin, of Massa
chusctts, the former holder of {
, dozen different Offices, great ku-
Klux persecutor, and United State!
District Attorney, has gone to Eu-
rope, and it is asserted that he vii
not return.
Those of the old Ring who We