The New York herald., 1862-07-27
INTERESTING FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
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IHJekESIIN0 FkuM SUUIh CAkUlIWAs
Oar Port Royal Corrcsp0ndcnce.
PoRr ROYAL, 8. c., July 10, 1902.
ne Arssia9 Of ne Nsgroes-Gsneyal Humser's FhncfsJ
Idsa, ana What II Coa ne Coussy-FVy Thousand
Sasd n Arss osd Eqsip~ests for ~ Co,fvabosds-
Gsaevas Hustev's Black Battaliow-A Nss Brioodir
0sssral a~d Military Ges~~or Of Costrabamds, DC.
General Hunters letter 70 the Secretary Of War does
not tell all the facts about his arming the negroes One
Of the first things he did utter arriving here was 10 make
. reqaisition the War Department for nfty thou
sand stand Of arms and equipments, ten million
cartridges. This no did without consulting anybody
probably with the notion that he could any day call
many negroes into camp and organize them into
army There were enough here for all troops,
and for all tho negroes he could possibly muster for
there were not in his whole domnons and control two
thousand male contrabaads capable Of bearing arms and
these were all needed In the Quartermaster's Depart
ment as servants and the plantations He did not
make his requison through his ordnance officer in
the regular way, did ho inform that oser that he
had made any such requisition How why the
Ordnance Department ever answered such re.
QUESTION Is mystery, unless they had that amount
Of muskes and ammunition which they wanted
get rid or But they did do It. and the consequence
was that the muskets (French riied mnskes, costing
some SIS eachj and forth suddenly pfecpiiated
for hon and, as result they necessarily piled up
on the sand with no covering but canvass and being in
poorly constructed boxes were subject to and
Some were put IN oaky boat and sent TO Beaufort but
at the stampede at Beaufort they brought back
this Place and dep Aiied Tn the wharf, where, with
broken boxes aud exposure to rain, their
the worst imaginable Hero oatlay u some
GOO 900 to 900 the result OF fancifu idea
that half days rational consideration would cor.
rccted. a9 4s N# 0l fF
The noxt move Of General Hunter was 10 cndeavor TO
find mon 70 use his war material and he consequently
order that ALL the
bearing arms IN his department In South Carolina and
&c ga should bo Immediately sent 70 this place under
guard The consequence that, under this wholesale
c)nscript0n private servants aborers
plantation workmen and all ncontnenty seized and
sent 70 Hilton Hcad 10 tho nscrnaol 0f the darkcys
and the Inconvenience Of everybody. AS result of this,
both blacks and whites became aarmel and Gen. Hunter
Obliged 70 coatcrmand his order and lot the contra
bands At length he succeeded In getting about five
hundred male contrabands 70 enlist, and those
stitute his African battalion whQsc parades and
he has attended ten tmos as often as the paades and
views Of any white regiment. Meantime the SO 900
Freich mskets, BELTS bayones, cartriige boxes &c,
md the 10 600 600 cartridges remain monument or the
econoca forecast and military genius suicjont In these
times " provo tho comps toncy OF man To be the mill
tary commander Of . Southern Department
Since then the War department has sent out TO US
Brigadier Gonsral Saxton, as military governor Of
negroes and plantations with powers ndepsnd
cit or the General commanding tho department whom his
whole constituency will number many including
women and children, as . full brigade. II government
would put General Sixton. who is West Point officer in
the field, with his staff IL would show becoming dosrc
70 make tho best Of tho proper for vigorously
prosecuting the and II would send hero good
thorough honest business 70 do business work.
wouli show commendabo intention servo the econo
mical and business interests Of the public.
Tho fact s, when General Benham went away from
here all the light went with him He and his sta would
do more practical work in week than all there let
will do in q lncnth. As IL is now, only police
force kept hero TO aid in developing the social condition
Of tie negro
Cur Hilton Head Correspondence.
Hu.roN HEAD s. c.. July 15 1852.
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Free Figa-7he C,Dsn.astiin0 Geasrai, in his Shir
Sleeves 7ates TIE Part of he N,groes-Arrest Of OF
cers-7he Case Of Quarernaster Fauer-Red Breecaes
for the Black BaEaon-The Negroes Relieved from, Fl
tigae Duty-Con.l Iimea.s for Callaatry--No More
Liquor en- he Island, de- "HI
Our soldiers suffer all OF ndigni,es from the f
vorcd, pampcrcd nigges, and, II they dare
suit from such source, suffer Imprisonment in the
guardhousc, whilc the Commanding Generals "jewcls,
60 scot free. The "buckra mau Is altogether in the
minority here. might give you many facts proof Of
this. might, II weso permitted. relate the story OF
free fight which occurred the Long wharf few days
since, could toll you how, when negro gave tho lie to
white soldier be struck; how other negroes came
10 the rescue b " the Caucasian element augment
ed how at last the became general and tho General
came TO tho row how, in his shirt sleeves and
Slippers, ho mingled in the foray, knocking
down one and doubling up another VI tho
white party how the latter all placed in arrest
while the blacks were permitted 20 dopirt triumph
without the form of reprmand. These and mauy
other significant events might relate 70 you but for
bear. * Nt Mt ttA
Arrests among officials are of frequent occurrence Tho
latest believe Is that OF Colonel Serrci or tho New
YORK Volunteer Engineers who halt an hour sincc
placed in closc confinement. have yet learned tho
OF the charges against him. Captain Isaac Phillips
Of the transport Staten Islander occupies c.l the
guardhousc He Is accus Cd of attempting - shoot
man. Who the man Is or why he attempted 70 shoot
knnxu
captain Charles X. Fuller, whose has been an
nounccd in tho Northern papers, has not yet boon
stored to his position Chief Quarternsor Of the de-
partmrHt although tho general belle. Is that no will
speedily prove himself 70 be entirely OF any
proper conduct he 10 allowed the uppoT
The nsinualon by Of your incorporates that
interested with New York capitalists In tho awarding
contracts Is entirely false.
The Arago, which arrived from New York last even
ing brought down nineteen hund cd pairs OF scarlet
| brccchcs Tor the "First south Carona Volunteers .
This will yield about four changes Vt panaloons oac
negro Ia provided they the lot
BY the way the negro regiment has been relieved from
all fatigue duty and tho labor OF loading aud unloading
vessels In the ardent sun e performed by details
from the volunteer forces and is nothing strange
witness a company OF willing, out whites 20 down
~ their savis drudsery, passing group after gronp
cha,tcring aoberug, giesfu, higied ngges who have
| nothing ~ do.
Capt Rice aud Capt Elwel, OF Gen. Han,crs stair who
volunteered Ia the action James Isand have beer
highly complimcncd by Con. Wright for their coo.nes
| and bravery under the cnemy's aGe.
All liquor the island has been to bc seized BY
the Provost Marshal All licenses to sell light wines ais
| cider, &C., 10 officers have alsD been revoked
1 Interesting from Key West.
/ OUR KEY WEST CORRESPONDENCE.
| KEY WEST, July II, 1867.
week-Juy 10, ngish steamer Adoa, captured or tn
t.~s 3, Wall h.