The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-02-21
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.TaE C0RBTN INFEsTIGATr0Ns
Report eg tho Special eoisisnitteo s, *
SSnine Into the Dfyious TransapstonS oi
The committee appointed by o rssolu.
ton Of the Eenate Of December Ie. 1871
ITO investigate .he conduct OF David r
Corbin IN his efforts to be elected TO ths
United States Senate florn this STATE
on the 18th day OF December, 1876, and
IL the said David T. CorbiE was quilts
OF bribery of members Of the Genera
Assembly in said effort,Y ask leave tc
report that, in pursuance of the direction
of the Senate, the committee commenced
their work during the recess. The com.
mittee sent Mr. Corbin q aummons and
also 81 sasss;tation to bo present aud eiyt
his own testimony before the committee
but declined TO send him vfitten inter.
rogatories on the points TO which the ia.
vestigation Of the committee extended
In pursuance Of his -,quest. He declined
to attend, and sent 10 the committee
certain printed etatements published by
himself. The letters and printed matter
accompany this report and were submit
ted as o part thereof, 60 that MFR. Corbin
may have the benefit of them. Amore
osher things, Mr. Corbin Gays.
"When Judge X, Is. Carpenter enioin.
ed the State Treasurer and the Carolina
National Bank from paying out tbe funds
of the State according to Law, and tho
wheels of the government thus stopped,
!" loaned about tto@,fy tho,s-
sand dollars TO +. L. Cdrdoso, STATE Trees.
ires, 70 meet The immediate eapenses Of she
State Goveynme;at." Mr. Corbin also says
in the same printed statement, after nd.
mitting that ne had held o large Aum
of money-S28, ,000-collected in suit
against q phosphate company, 'T sub
mitted my account to the Comptroller
Genev,l, and the same was cradited and
allowed by him, and was authorized by
him TO retain the amount out Of the
funds In tny hands, collected Ia she
abovo phosphate suit" The amounts ra.
ferred TO were claimed for fees ia this
phosphate suit and in certain snit
against the Savannah aud Charleston
Railroad Company.
It will be seen hereafter how much Of
this statement il confirmed by tho state.
ments of other witnesses, aud by the re-
Cords In the Office Of the Compttoller
General and the State Treasurer. s,
The last letter of the Comptroller Gem
eral Of which copy can be found in the
office in reference TO this subject, i'd q
letter Of Comptroller General T. @. Dunn.
Of 9th July, 1876, directed TO Messrs..
Corbin & Stone, of which firm David T.
Corhin was member. In this letter
Mr.. Dunn Gays: 81 cannot deem It
otherwise than my official duty to insist
that yOu pay over to the State Treasurer
all Of the moneys collected by you from
the South Carolina Phosphate Company,
except the 623 per cent. of the $5,e84 :
a|,i as from your letter of the 18th ult..
you decline to do 30 for reasonB therein
stated, shall feel Obliged to appeal 30
the courts on behalf of the State.h 3l.
1t appears from o letter ON file OF 3rd
June, 1876, from Comptroller General
Dunn 10 Corbin & Stone that the
amounts collected by them from the
phosphate Company were 9E.984. end
ss2, ,elS to.a, ss225, 600, and that the sum
admitted to be due TO Ccroin 8. Stone
was only 62a per cent. Of So, 1884, and
S326.60 for expenses, NAL ng d total OF
S4, ,G65.50, thus leaving in the hands OF
Corbiii 6 Stone S55, ,a5S. go, Claimed 70 ne
the property of the Sta;e. If any con-
sent was ever given by Comptroller Gen
erai Dunn for this money TO be retained
there 10 no record left In the Office of
any such transaction, and it could only
have been by some private arrangement,
which formed q nart Of the 2 en- t.!ssaas
formed to rob the State of her rights.
and impose on the people O gcyernr:aSit;
not of their choice BY using this fund for
corrupt aud unlawful purposes. All
Leaphart, from Corbin & Stone, OF
June 4, 1877, covers o check for $2Q6, ,06
as the total balance, due the State ont 0i
the $4,000 collected. It may be as we'll
to state thht the attorney General aogne
time before the appointment of this COM
mittee had been instructed 10 commence
suit to recover the money thus improper
y withheld fron, :he Slate by C5rb;a &
Stone, and that Comptroller General
Hagood has been obliged "to appeal to
the Courts on behalf Of the State.n
iIt 10 scarcely necessary TO state that
what, 10 called the election oS David e,
Corbin to the United States Senate wa
made in the hall of the House OF Rspre,
sentatiyes by certain Senators of sonth
Carolina, and by a body known as The
Mackey House, claimingto be the conati,
tutional House of Representative, while
she true constitutional body, as held BIZ
the supreme judicial tribunal Of Che
State, was assembled under the Speaker.
ship Of Hon. w. H. Wallace ia the Car.
olina Hal, in the city of Columbia
while the Mackey House, under tho pro.
lection Of the United States soldiers
held possession of the State Eouse.
a The attention OF tho cc:am;.taa In,
|. been esnecially directed 10 ascerta;n. |;
any and what means were used 10 injin
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