The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-17
FROM THE SOUTH.
Cotton Crop in Mississippi.
SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION.
General Palmer and Affairs
i'm Kentucky

NEwYoRK, Oct. le.-The Herald's Jack.
son, Mississippi correspondent says
strong fears are expressed in regard to
| next years cotton crop IL MISSISSIPPI
| The depredations Of the contending ar.
mics have left the fields, gin houses and
! other necessaries for the production OF
| the State, in a very delapidated condi.
tion, and there is also great scarcity OF
stock and improvements indispensable to
it's planting, culture and preparation for
market. Added to this, the planters
generally appear to lack the energy and
probabilities requisite for proceeding
with work under the new order OF
things, and in the matter of indolen ce,
the negroes are disposed to initiate those
who formerly were their masters This
correspondent thinks that if the planters
would set an example of industry, the
freedmen would not be slow in following
it, as has been illustrated in several cases
in the State where the matter has been
tried. There is great demand for north
ern overseers, as they have much more
influence with the freedmen than south
erners, and the planters are offering large
salaries to northerners to superintend
their work.
The Herald's Charleston correspond.
ent says: The election for State officers
on the 18th inst, absorbs more attention
than any other subject, and the politi-
clans are actively at work among the peo-
pie. Men of the Wade Hampton school,
our correspondent states, are the faver-
ite candidates for members of the LegiS-
lature, which is to meet on the 25th inst.
The duty will devolve upon the Legisla-
tnre of electing two United States Sena-
tors, and the general opinion is that Gov.
Perry and Mr.. Jas r. Campbell will be
chosen Gen. Bennett, commanding in
Charleston, has been Informed of the de-
parture for that place, from northern ci-
ties, of between four and five hundred
thieves and men of that class. About
forty persons, supposed to be part of this
gang, have been arrested by Gen. Ben
nett's order.
The abolition of martial law in Ken
lucky does not, as is supposed, settle all
the difficulties there. The chief difficulty
of all remains. Gen. Palmer, by virtue
OF his military authority, gave passes to
all negroes to 90 whittier they would in
search of work, without regard to
whether they were free by virtue of SER
vice in the army, rebellious masters, or
by any other cause.
The State courts deny theivalidity OF
his action, as they still recognize the
institution of slavery as existing in the
State, and are now enforcing the laws
which prevent employers from hiring
slaves without the consent of the mas
ters Innumerable law suits are the con-
sequence, while those who wish to pro-
cure labor are deprived of their own ne
groes by military authority and are pre-
vented from having others by civil au-
thority, and the freedmen roam the
country or congregate in camps, become
demoralized and either steal or starve.-
AS the negroes thus freed cannot, by any
possibility, be re-enslaved, the only
solution of the matter is to suspend the
action of the State courts until the Leg
islature, which meets in November, COM
pass the constitutional amendment
kentucky is the greatest sufferer in the
South from the hide-bound tenacity with
which she clings to dead institution.