The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-14
GREELEY STOCK ADVANCING.
Democrats in Washington wheeling
into Line-The Plain Duty OF the
South-RndtcnI Extravaganza anu
Embezz cement.
rp.oY oun OWN CORRESPONDENCE

The Greeley stock is still on the rise here at
the date of this writing, and Democrats OF
sense 10 Washington are urging on all hands
the idea that the South must now insist on an
adherence to the Cincinnati ticket by sending
up to Baltimore, from every Southern State,
full sells Of Greeley delegates. The South has
good cause for Insisting on this, as she was
badly sold lu 1868 by placing her trust In the
Northern Democracy. Now the South ought
to say to the North, "Ths is our turn, aud we
see no salvation for our oppressed people In
the next four years except In the election Of
the man who was the first and has been the
most persistent advocate of amnesty for our
people" The game now lies with the South,
and the West is not indisposed to give in It's
adhesion to the Greeley ticket. At least every
day brings the views OF the Western Demo-
Gratis more and more In accord with the Cln-
cinnali movement, and with the present tenn
per of the South. Let the Southern STATES
stick fast aud demand the acquiescence OF the
Northern Democracy In the only scheme that
promises relief for the South from the mill
tary and the carpet-baggers. And that relief
will assuredly come with the election OF the
avowed friend of amnesty and honesty.
The economy and honesty with which The
Grant administration conducts affairs in the
Southern States Is abundanily exempliaed In
the report of The judicial proceedings In the
Western Arkansas District for the past year,
which shows that the courts In that district,
In the time referred to, have cost nearly three
hundred thousand dollars, or more than all
the courts of the great State of New York for
the same period. The marshal ol the Western
Arkansas District Is Logan H. Roofs, ex-mem-
Der of Congress for one of the Arkansas dis
,rlcts, from the State OF Ohio. The cost of the
last term OF the court In that district was
SIS, 900, and the estimate for the next term is
placed at over 100000. A very handsome
sum for single term OF an Arkansas court.
But the economy OF the Judicial proceed
ings In Arkansas ls more than matched by
the manner 10 which the Internal revenue
affairs are conducted In the good old State of
South Carolina The reports of drfalcatlons
bv government officials all over the country
have been 30 numerous and stupendous dur
| Ing the past six or eight months, that the ad-
| minislralion has become very careful how 1t
allows cases OF official eccentrlcity to see day
| light. Thus, when the matter Of Donaldson,
collector of the first district of South Carolina,
was brought 10 the attention of the Internal
revenue authorities, The supervisor, man OF
business habits, at once armed himself with
| full authority to place Donaldson within the
clutches of the law, but iS was thought better
| to send au agent down to South Carolina
| to investigate DOnaldson's affairs. And 10 the
| meantime the supervisor was instructed TO
| hold I'D, as 1t would not do for the public to
| hear any more about irregularities OF govern.
| ment officials. The agent, red.hot Repubii-
can, but an honest man, went Into the lnVestl.
CATION in earnest, and found Donaldson's case
so queer, that he wrote the officers In Wash.
| ington to the effect that the collector ought to
| be dealt with In summary manner. He made
that officer deposit about sl2, 900 to make good
money he had collected from the people and
placed on loan at an exOrbltant Fate; but was
instructed not TO prosecute, as 1t was inexpe.
dent that the public should know anything
| about the matter. So 1t was given out here
that Donaldson was not detanlter, but had
deposited money to make his account good,
| and Supervisor Perry and the agent sent to
South Carolina by The bureau, both OF whom
were eager 10 have Donaldson dealt with,
were obliged 10 let him slide, and the bureau
subsequently allowed the culprlt to resign. N