The tribune. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1874-1876, 1875-09-29

The following a1ticie from the Abbc
vile Medium applies so fully to the affairs
in our own county that We can save the
wear and tear of brain by producing it.
Wehope the grand jury will digest il care
fully "Fhe fall term of the Court of Gen
-oral Sessions is rapidly approaching, and
i've have thought, that some words Of
advice 70 the grand jury, so soon to be
III session in the discharge of their oner-
Gus and important duties, might not be
wholly out of place 1t is possible that
his Honor, the presiding Judge, while
charging upon the matters most conspi-
ccusly brought before him, viii overlook
many of the lesser evils-ccrtain causes
of complaint which concern the county
and occasion periodical cut burst OF
popular clGmor. The present grand jury
Is composed of about us good material
as cou;d oe obtained under the existing
order of things, it has some good men on
its roll and has manifested desire to
serve the people; but like the pharisco of
old, whe attended to the "weightier mat
8 ters ofthe law" it has left undore many
things which, it should have done.
1t is sad,,,itted ON all hands that there
has been q deal of deviltry in the man
agcment OF our county affairs since the
Inauguration Of the new regime. The
county has been sunkcn deeper and deep
Or N 1,,I, ho Er,l Al -
public institutions and charities, officers
and henchmen alike have all contributed
to the ruin that has almost overwhelmed
us. Since the induction cf the officers
elected last November into Office there
has been less general complaint, perhaps,
than before for years; but it is not yet too
late TO lake few steps backward.
Notwithstanding the loud complaints of
official wrong doing that have reached
the public ear for years, the grand juries
of the county have never yet made sim
gle prescntment, for fraud among the
county officials, which leaves the 1mpres-
sion that we have very keen set of
roSnes or n very poor set of detect Gves
3 That there has been something ''rotten
in Denmark" the necessity of q special tax
is proof sufficient The grand juries
. have hurried through with their work so
rapidly that they could not discover dis
eiepsneies if any should exist We sug
gest that, at the approaching term of the
court,,a committee of investigation be
: appointed to look into all the affairs of
the county for the past five years and that
they 'ic empowered to summon witnesses
and examine the books and vouchers of The
county officials ard by thorough search
get atithe bottom of the whole matter.
tits impossible for the grand jury to
arrive at any correct idea of how things
stand by cursory examination of a half
hours ouratitn. If there has been fraud
Ter the discovered ard laid to the charge
tf the proper persons-if there has been
nothing OF the kind let the people have
Arrest from grumbling.
The grand jury is composed of persons
from every section Of the county who are
c'gnizant of any existing evils in their
separate neighborhoods-the condition of
the roads, the number, character and
management of the public schools, etc.,
and they may very properly suggest
needed changes and in this way lead to
general improvement. The grand jury
may look into the management OF the
poor house, and see whether the paupers
I are bcing supported at the least possible
eypcpse TO the county, and they may make
an examination OF all tie public Offices of
s. hseounty and see whether Che servants
oEtse people are performing the functions
either several offices with an eye single
to the general good. The time has come
when public men should he required TO
giyea fail account of their stewardship"
DIX. WoRRALL's scHEME.-A correspon-
dent of the Savannah Neps takes, what