The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-02
The New York Tribune sends up a

The New York Tribune sends up a
vail upon the failure OF the attempt to
educate. tho blacks in the South. 1t ad-
mits that they are only educating mum.
Der about equal to the annual increase,
despite the facilities afforded, OF which
there is no luck. 1t further admits that
'legislation at the South is not improv-
ing, land yet has nothing to say in favor
OF enabling the Intelligent people OF the
South to tnke charge of it. Like all
blunderers, who dislike to acknowledge
their own errors, the Tribune can only
see relief in the enactment of further
and more rigorous laws by Congress-
Thus one error begets another. and the
vice is screwed up tighter and tighter,
Until some hne morning it fiies in pieces,
to the great danger OF it's manipulators.
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Grants hatred and jealousy OF General
Hancock, which led him to abolish the
military division of the South, lest lie
should be forced to assign the senior
major.general to TINT command, may
have been only part Of the prompting
causes. The military division of the
South embraced the States of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama. Flori-
da, Georgia, South Carolina. Texas and
Louisiana-States in several of which
President Grant has made and will make
use of intimidation and oppression to
secure his reelection. To place nun
like General Hancock in command Of
this section would seriously en- barrass, if
not absolutely defent. the carrying out Of
this plan of operations. TO the ambi-
ton, therefore, as we'll as the hatred, of
the President, is the discontinuanco of
the division to be referred.
Mr. EDITOR: Iu your issue of this
morning there appears an article. copied
from the Charleston Ners, which reads
as follows:
"D1v1D1Na THE Spo1Ls-.A LOVELY
Row.-On Saturday last, the County
Treasurer reported to the County Com
missioners, as by law he is required to
do, that he had $4,000 in the treasury
subject to their disposition. Where
upon, Us the NeDs has been Informed
by a prominent County official, the
commissioners first religiously made
out their own accounts, and drew
what they estimated was due them
to the uttermost iarthing. Their wives
and other relatives in County offices
were then also paid up in full, not to
mention check for S70O to @. q. Bowen,
for services, the nature of which is not
stated"
The facts OF this tranHaction, Mr.. Edi-
tor. are simply these: Some time ago,
being i'll need of money, applied to A.
q. Richmond, Esq, Clerk of the Court
for Charleston County, for loan. He
not having the money which I required,
assigned over to me claim which he
held against the County for services rem
| dered. This claim had been approved
by Judge Graham. For tIiis the County
Commissioners gave me q check, stating
on its fuco that said check was for ser
oices rendered the County by A. G. Rich
mond, Esq.
Aud now to all those sore.hended
grumblers who hold fat offices in Charles
ton County, and wish to obtuin the
wherewith from the County to lobby
through q metropolitan police bill. by
which they we're to be made police com
missioners, 1 will simply say, if they
have failed in their undertaking,
''Iet tho CALLED jade vince
| Our withers are unwrung."
Aud when the time comes for their re-
election. they will need something more
than IN Injunction on the County Trea.
surer to keep others ont of the places
which they now occupy. Very respect
fully, G. G. BOWEN.
Bssn Charleston Ne,cs please copy.
1t will be remembered that some time
since story was started by the sensn
ton press to the effect that an illrglti.
mate son of George Washington wa,
living somewhere in tho West Curl
ously enough, just after tho final tx
posure Of the fnlsouess of this report, q
person comes forward and claims that
he is really the son of the fntner of hi,
country. In the course of tho litigation
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