The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-02
Gov. Scott at I1ome.


Ohio-thus refers to Gov. Scott's invest.
ments in Ohio. Is not the Times good
suthorityP AS the Governor, Scott is a
high State official, charged with -'high
crimes and misdemeanors." Here is the
shot between "wind and water" and q
shot from Ohio:
Our MoNEY.-In view OF the attention
which is being directed to the finances
OF the State Of South Carolina, it may
not be amiss for us of the State OF Ohio,
the home of r. K. Scott, to say word.
That veraoious statesman has had q great
deal to say on Wall street, for some DAYS
past; and his sayings there have been
very we'll advertised-better, probably,
than he expected. He has also had a
word Or two to say in Ohio. without the
benefit OF so great publishing. and
without any desire for it. We dislike,
however, to see his modesty ruin him;
and will do him the favor Of advertising Q
an item or two that can do no harm to
anybody else. and may be Of great ad-
vantage to him.
It is generally understood in this
region, that Mr.. SCOTT, of Napoleon,
Ohio, was not an overly wealthy man
when he espoused the cause Of the
United States ''against all foes, foreign
or domestic" A careful oyphering, ao-
oording to the most approved rules OF
arithmetic, show the reward of that en-.
thusiastic espousal to be about as fol.
lows: Two years. service as Brigadier-
General United States volunteers and
Ohief Of the Freedmen's Bureau for
South Carolina, at about $3, 500 per
year, $1,000; three years loyal and most
valuable service as Governor Of the State
Of South Carolina, at s., 600 per year,
$15, 600; making O grond total of the re-
ward Of loyalty to the extent of $40. 900.
which is not TOO much for the extraordi.
nary loyal services which have been rem
dered to the Government by this soldier
and statesman. And to show that this
distinguished son of Ohio is q financier
as we'll as statesman, We venture upon
the ventilation of few figures, just to
show what prudent use he has made of
the twenty-five thousand above men,
toned.
or course, we will pay no attention to
the ordinary expenses OF himself and
family during this long period, scr they
are domestic affairs, and are none of our
business. except as government money
pays for them; and we may rest assured
that government money, after it came
into Scott's hands, never paid for any
thing that he could avoid. So we can
take it for granted that our worthy South
Carolina Governor, starting out in our
great civil war without penny, did not
e1pend penny during that war, or the
revulsions that have followed it, even
for the maintenance of his family. So
We give him the advantage of $22, 900,
the whole of his pay and emolumentH
since he began to be a brigadier-2eneral,
including all the time that he has fur.
nished discipline for tho State of South
Carolina.
What has he done with that $22, 900?
He has been in the State of Ohio, since
the exposition in the public press of the
South Carolina bond frauds, and has in.
vested his $22, 900 as follows: He is
building in Napoleon, Ohio, where lie
expects to live after his South Carolina
contract has expired. a $4,000 house for
his sister. BE has taken stock in q new
national bank, in the city of Toledo, to
the amount OF nearly fifty per cent. more
than his whole pay as an officer of the
army and Governor of South Carolina
during the whole time that he has occu.
pied those positions. A prominent bust
ness man and capitalist from Canada,
well-known to capitalists in this vicinity,
visited Williams County and other ad.
joining Counties, since Gov. Scott was
here. for the purpose of purchasing tim.
Der land, with view of getting out large
quantities of ship timbel. He found
that all the available timber land of the
country round abont had been purchased
only few days previous by Gov. Scott.
1t has also transpired that, during his
visit here, he left in the hands of some
OF his friends, fully $35, 900, to be
invested in safe real estate. That
money is, today, in the hands of busi
ness men in this vicinity, awaiting in.
vestment.
And this makes about $1OO, 900 which
Mr.. Scott, of Napoleon, Ohio, now aot-
ing as Governor of South Carolina, has
invested, within the last two months, in
this immediate vicinity. out of the
S22, 600 which has comprised the whole
OF his pay and emoluments since he be.
gan to be q government officer.
The paltry sum of 100000 is but q
bagatelle. in comparison with the SO, ,OOO,.
600 extra fraud on the South Carolina
bonds, it is true. But Governor Scott
denies having made anything out of the
bonds; and, as far as his Ohio speonla-
tions are concerned, we give him the
benefit of the doubt. We will charge
him only the 1922, 900, which has come
to him in the shape of pay and emolu-
ments-which is all he claims to have
receive. land credit him with the
$lOO, 900 he has saved out of it to invest
in Ohio, at one pop, within the last
month.
We would merely suggest. that it ism t
fair for one man to have all the money;
and that the Governor. having feathered
his nest, ought to stand aside, and give
some other loyal man chance.
A RADICAL VIEW OF THE LEGISLATURE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Tho Washington
Chronicle. the organ of Con. Grant,
owned and edited by John M. Morris.