Buchanan County bulletin and guardian. (Independence, Iowa) 1866-1869, 1868-05-15

The general superintendent Of the south,
ern freedmen's schools asks for more teach.
ers. He says the desire to learn is so great
that = million scholars could be obtained q
once il there we're teachers enough to inssruc,
them. During the past year the American
Missionary Society spent over $4,000 in
sustaining schools at the South, and had
over fifty thousand scholars under instruc>
ten. During the past two years two huns
d,ed thousand freedmen have been taught to
read bv its agency. At least twenty thou
ssnd teachers are required to do the work
thrt waits to be done. Those who profeas 10
believe that the emancipated negro will rot
or cannot be enlightened, may perhaps, be
led to think differently after reading and pon.
dering these facts. 1t is to be hoped that .
gen. zal school system will before long be ss.
tablisbed throughout he Southern States,
and, meantime, that the pressing dema nd tor
teachers will be sapplied to these people
yea-7ilg for the knowledge which shall ena-
bic them to assert their perfect manhood.
Further evidence Of the capacity of tho
freedmen not only TO take ca-s Of themsel>
yes, but to accumulate wealth and become
useful members O. the community, 10 given
in the following extract from the Nashville
Rrsss and Times.
Providence for The future is . vi-.us
which the colo.ed people arc not slow in
learning. lne Nashville Branch of the
Freedmen's Savings and Trust Company
now hollis for deposito.s $4,000. This
very considerable sum comorises the savings
Of . large number Of poor coiored people,
who are determined 10 lay up something
against "rainv day. We have collected
from variety Of sources information con-
eerning co.ored people, who BY economy and
perseve -ance have acquired money, and
shall proceed without further preface 10 lay
it before orr readers.
Frank Aiken bought himself, his wife and
three children during the years l650-3-3
He is worth some $4,000.
| Abram Toles earned money enough 10 buy
himself. just before the war, aud have sur
plus let. lie is possessed o. property val
ued .; from S. 600 to $4,000.
| Sandy Porter is one OF tho institutions o
| Nashville. His fruit stand dates back NOR.
than twenty years. He oaired his free,
dom BY the war, since which time be hai
made $4,000.
Alber; Mckay is barber worth $4,000
He was made free by the war. He has Z
neat place on North Summer street, and
owns lot or two in the suburbs Of Chica,
60.
Nelson McGavock was made free by the
war. He is . painter, and pays taxes on
| $4,000.
Hardy Perry, long known IS the porter .,
the old Nashville Inn, now runs several
hacks, and is worth probably $4,000.
Anderson Cheatham, market gardner, has
place on the Murlreesboro' pike, and is
worth $4,000.
Lewis Doxey. nurseryman and cultivatcI
Of flowers, owns property valued At g..
600.
Henry Harding, who recently built com
nodious three-story brick Hotel d'Afrique
On Cherry street, is worth about $4,000.
A. l.. Tate has been steamboat steward
for many years, and is worth about &c.,
900.
Robert Polk was the slave Of Major W.
H. Polk. He is barber, and has property
worth $4,000.
John l.. Thomas, the barber on Deader.
i,k street, is worth at least $4,000.
Sampson Kibble was the slave Of Col.
Kibble, Of the Confederate army. and haa
acquired property valued At $1,000.
Rev. Peter Lowry 10 one Of tho weal,nesi
colored nsa Of ~ State. He bought him>
self from his old masseF twenty years ago, ai
which time he vas hackman. By indus
try and economy. Joined to = aatural busi-
ness tact, be has acquired property valued
at more than $4,000.
William Sumner, Who, fifteen years ego
was driving dray in the streets Of Nash.
vile, nov pays taxes on about $4,000
worth Of property"