The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1867-07-06

haps.
One Of the Grand Sachcnls of the Union
Republican Party in "Lcetle Diff
kitty"
! The notorious &C Bowen, who was the
chief orator ola meeting Of the Union Rcpub-
lican Party i'll Orangcburg about month ago,
who told the freedmen not to depend OH the
white people of the South for any rights or
show of Justice; but to hug to their bosoms
such men as himself, who came among them to
preach the pure gospel Of tl,cir best friends
tho Radicals, this disintcrcscd lborcr in the
political vineyard has been arrested under
charge of swindling some of his colorcd brcth-
rem. y gentleman who happens to know
somcthin" Of the past history Of Bowen, sends
the following communication to the Sava:,r,:,',
I1rcrtiScr of the goth ut.. about the iriIuw
Really, the Radical party is not r,y choac in
tho selection of its propagandists Here is the
Savannah letter:
MIR. EDITOR Noticing in your paper q
few days since paragraph clipped from the
Charleston :Mrcu'y, in regard TO aspcccll made
to the negroes in Sun,mcrvlIc. S. c., in which
G. G. Bowen informed his hearers that if thcv
did not vote the Radical ticket they would be
scattothc Pclltcntiary, was more lorcibly than
ever reminded Of the {ict that the antcccdcnt.
OF i'll tho white lsadicals i'll the South most
spyul,rly coincide with each other
l first made the acquaintance Of this G. G.
Bowen at the Marshall House i'll :i,is city in
1862. Wc were thon organizin. comply
under the net Of the Confederate Congress- in
regard to Partisan Rangers
Bowen enlisted with lis, and from .s:ocia,in.
with him during the following two years, in
the same company, i learned that ho was
Rhode Island man by birth, but had Of late
been settled i'll Southwcstern Georgia. from
which place he porogrnatcl through the coun-
try as a professional thro dealer and gambler
i'll general, and also that hc had married ono
OF the most notorious prostitutes in Macon.
So much for his history previous to my meet
ing him.
Our company was finally mustered into ser
vice i'll the 2lst Georgia Battniion of Cavalry,
under the command Of Major w. p. White
After doing some picket duty in the ncighbor-
hood Of this city. we were ordered to report to
General Bcaurcgard at Charleston While
~ r.
the cool cflrontory Of Bowen, ho managed to
get elected Captain.
While holding tlat flee, he made good
thing of it by taking i. substitutes, and Tor ii
large portion of the money he would give tn cm
lcayc of absence; they of course never return
ing to the command, the supposition being that
they had deserted by these, and other little
games, he managed to become the owner ofninc
horses, which were ridden in the command by
men who were not able to own horses them
selves.
camaw Neck, opposite Georgetown, S. G., to
picket the Federal gunboats While stationed
there Bowen procured lurlough to come to
Savannah, and while here, by some fraudulent
means, procured money from the pay depart
mcnt. For this cause Major w. =. White
preferred charges against him "ior conduct
unbcconing an officer and gentleman" On
these charges he was court martialc,l in George
town, and on conviction. dismissed the service.
Immediately on the PRONUNCIATION of the order
Of General Tupicr, announcing his dismissal,
Bowen left for Waccamaw.
a few nights after his departure, as was
scaldng dead shoat which had bitten mo
that day, heard report Of u gun at Major
Whites quarters. The whole camp was in an
uproar, and among the rest went into Major
W's quarters where ] found him lying wound
cd, shot through the knee, which wound he
died in about three weeks, in the Georgetown
hospital, murdered in cold blood
The party upon whom suspicion fell was ar
rested. He proved to be Il scrsoant in our