The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-11-03
Coop INDIANS. A significant letter

Irom Ueneral Onster was quoted bv
MIR. William Welsh, of Philadelpbia,
on a late occasion in the Episcopal
Convention at New York. Mr.. Welsh
has been long known as au advocate of
the policy OF oivilizing as we'll as
Christianizing the Indiana, but, like
MS comrades In the Indian Commis.
sion, has met much opposition from
the whites. But Gen. Custer's testi.
mony will be accepted even by those
who suspect the Indian Commission of
too sanguine feeling. and he gives
hearty evidence in proof of the faot
which we have long upheld, that the
Indian il neither "a red devil" nor n
problem" internal or otherwise, but
only man, very like ourselves, more
enslly reused to anger, perhaps, by
foul treatment, and more easily con.
cillated by fair dealing and kindness.
The Santee guides in the Black Hills
expedition were subjected to strict
test. Gen. Custer not only commends
them as soldiers, but emphatically as
men, free from the prevailing vices of
young men" and he "doabts whether
u like number OF white men of the
same age could be collected in any
com munity Of The same size whose
moral bearing would excel if eanal
theirs" General Custer tells OF the
singing OF old familiar hymns at night
fall i'll tue wilderness by these men.
'Hho but few years ago roamed over
the country in state of barbarous
wildness." f"
It's all plain enough now. Grant
didn't do it. Grecley's the mau.
Grant Kept Congress from adjourning,
IN order that he might recommend Ku
hsux legislation in a special message:
bntithen he is as innocent of wrong.
doing M new born babe, because the
New York 1riJ,tae had clamored for
snch IL statute. all the other Republi-
eau papers had done the same thing,
but the President sail at the time that
1t was wicked Horace Greeley who
forced him to do this thing. Aud then
he put South Carolina under martial
law aud gave the people of that State
MAJOR Merrill and the bloody assizes,
Just to chow the world how he hated
the law which he had recommended.
And yet the red bots blame this good
Grant, aud the hundreds OF pour fel-
lows wdo were dragged to Northern
dungeons by his orders actually think
hard Of him for making bad laws
od;ouS." Will they never learn that
this is doubtful poiicy?"
d"gnstu Chronicle and Sentinel.
Onc Of the Confederate regiments,
the forty eighth Georgia. which en-
tered The war with full ranks and sur
rendered ut Appomattox with only
thirty-one men able to bear arms, held
reunion few days ago. 4 remark
of its commander, Col. Gibson, is
worth tho attention Of that numerous
class Of Northern fire eaters WHO insist
that the South is preparing to break
out into second rebellion. In his
nhdross he put the whole subject in a
nutshell, saying: 40 any man who
says L want to renew the war; I say
you did not 10 yonr duty IN tho last :"
In nine cases out of ten, that reply e1-
! !.ctly its the case.
Ne'c Yord. Tribune.
MoEE TROUBLE IN LOUISIANA. Since
the arrangements between the Kellogg
and hcEaery governments have been
announced, it was believed that things
would be Qaiet, ut least till utter tile
election. but there is now greater agi.
tution than ever, and on different
subject subject being the next
drawing Of the Public Library Of Ken
tnrky. ut the Concert OF November
- Everybody in Louisiana wants a
ticket nh'l a chance ut the magnificent
pr".s. ana the rush aud excitement
exceeds anything that has ever occur
red in The State.
Tho Fort Il 'yal C,mmcrci1, says: A
ne" i"n Of steamers will. in the course
Of few mouths, be put on between
t Wy ln'i and Port Royal. They will
br entirely new vessels, much lnrger,
and VII! have superior accommo lu
tlons fnr passengers. Port Royal is
going ahca'l; nothing can stop it; it is
crowded with shipping. vessels being
compelled to wait for burths to dis.
| charge cargo. The wharf is to be rx-
tended ono thousand feet.
Vote for John G. Seegers, the peo.
pies candidate for the House Of Rep
, itsentativeS.
Vote for Chamberlain. Gleaves aud
tho Nash County ticket.
HOMICIDE -Govnn Reed struck one
Charles Summers in tho head with the
ego Of an axa, ou Monday last, week
ago. fracturlng his skull SO badly that
lln died shortly afterwards. Reed gave