The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-19
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]" ACA Wy aSsolAacg1N6S NDu6lSr was
..ffsommaaaSianA and Governor" oi
XlrgiiIi0 anfk North Carolina, a. Nor
folk paper tthe,, ,O.sl Donaimion) states
that. by q military order, mo. 80, J
he estabh bhshed sFreedlnen's Savings
Baalk, FOR the "safe-1eeping', of the
funds of the negro soldiers who en-
listed in;his department.. In that de-
pertinent, it is said that 10, 900 ne
groes enlisted, and of the bounty
money of each Of these. sswards of
the nation, 100 was reserved for de-
posit in Buffers savings banks. Tie
agent for the management OF this
bank was appointed BY Butler, and
soon after the hero Of Big Bethel was
renaosed, - the agent Of the bank
naosedfanG the Ola Dosnlnion says
that from ''that day to this there
haSe been doubts as to where the
money which had been deposited in
his care, as president or military ma
nager ofthe Savings Bank could be
found
There arc hundreds Of unfortunate
freedmen wandering up and down in
4 vain and most disheartening search
for Buffers fugacious Savings
Bank. Haggard aud destitute freed
men besiege the lawyers Offices in
Norfolk in search of information about
.'Massa Buffers bank, and s'refuse
to he conforted. because it is not
The bank is as hard to overtake as
a jack-o-lantern in the muddiest jun
gle OF the Dismal Swamp. Cutfee is
confidently assured that the s'bank'
is assnredly at 4 certain place, but
when he gets there with his dilapi-
dated "certiiicate of deposit, Why,
bress de Lori lie cussel bnnk am
gone from dar.
One day the sable depositors are
told that the Savings Bank has been
swallowed whole 10y the ''Bnreau of
Refugees ut Washington, and the
next day the report is denounced as
false. The Norfolk lawyers, who
have been in hot chase after this bank
for months, are despondent as to
ever finding it; and if all the other
Savings Banks which have been
established for the "s.5e heeping' of
the money OF the negroes, are as hard
to "vertake as Buffers jack lantern,
VIC tiISlIl dS ttot very
trustworthy institutions.
john Rannolph is said upon one
occasion to have visited 4 race course
near the city Of New York. \ tiashy-
looking stranger Offered 10 bet him
$500 upon the result OF the race, and,
introducing his companion, said
"Mr. Randolph, my friend here,
Squire Tompkins, will hold the
stakes. 'Bnt, sir, squeaked the
orator of Roanoke. ''who will hold
Squire Tompkins after | give him my
money!"
Whenever unknown Northern ad-
venturers establish Savings Banks for
the "safe-keeping' of the money OF
the freedmen, the poor creatures,
would do well to take counsel of their
best friends their late masters and
devise means for '>Lol.lins' The
Savings Bank officers
1t is 4 disgrace To the nation that
the emancipated slaves should be
Thus tlefrauded; but it is gratifying
to reflect thai the people of the South
have, in no instance, been parties to
the gigantic swindles OF Which the
freedmen are being made the victims
Northern adventurcrs have mono
poly of this noble and philanthropic
business. Why does not the Freed
mems Bureau protect the negroes
from this class of 'frienls OF the
freedmen? Richnlond Times.
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