Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-10-26
SOUTH CAROLINA.
The ElectiOn-NO Negro Militia 10 he Or.
ganized--PrOyisiOnal Governor Perry
Continued in Office,

Important South Carolina news to Saturday last
was brought by the Alabama which arrived in New
York on Monday. We give additional facts to those
already published in our telegraph dispatches. The
Charleston correspondent of the New York Herald,
writing from that place, says-The State election in
and workingmen's ticket and complete defeat of
ola hunkerlsin, cliquesm and old fossils: James
u Orr Is elected Governor, W. ID. Porter Lieutenant
Governor, Henry BUST Il young lawyer, pledged to
the mechanics interests, and ". s Henerey one of
State Senators. Col j. .Wagnerand F. Melchers two
ermans head the ticket for the House of Representa-
yves. The former was opposed to secession. but on
the breaking out the went with the people and
raised a German artillery company, which fought
through the war in this State and Virginia. He is
the German village of Wallhalla, S. c. Mr. Melchers
Is an editor, and was the captain of German COM
pny raised under his auspices soon after the break
ing out OF hostitieS. The other candidates elected
as follows
Colonel G. II. Simonton. lawyer: Colonel T. G. Bark
eT lawyer: Colonel Il: : Duryca. lawyer Colonel Ed
M2grath, lawyer; Lieutenant R. Scgling, lawyer;
y 2ohn iianeke merchant; f.. J. Porcher, merchant;
h:, h. T. d Ryan lawyer s. Lord j. lawyer J. D. Camp
bell, lawyer; >. NJ. kason mechanic, Benjamin Lucas
mechanic ". D. Gayer lawyer; W. +. Mikell law
YER + + MiIg Il Googan hotel keeper Mulvqny, laborer
Provisional Governor Perry had received the fol
lowing letter from Secretary Seward:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
~ !. ~ ASHINGTON, Sept. 29 1868. J
10 ms EXcellcncy 3. F. PERRY, Provisional Governor
otthe State Of South Carolina, CoIumbia:
ted to: the President, your letter Of August ~ in
which you state: desire to be instructed as to my
duty duty after the State Convention Of South Carolina
snail nave formed a State, constitution abolishng
slavery and popularizing the organic laws of the
state; 1t Is probable that the Convention will pro-
vide for the election of members of the Legislature
and the election of Governor by the people on The
second Monday in October and IN which you solicit
taken place is it my duty to convene this new Legs-
iature as PROVISIONAL Governor. are my functions
at % an end when the new State government is organ
,ttrlin t1 Drl,Nr
sionai Governor? Do my functions continue until
the State is admitted back into the Union?"
In reply, have the honor to inform you that the
President does not think it now necessary to antic
pate events. He will expect you to report proceed
ings and events as they occur in South Carolina,
carefully and freely, for the information Of this Coy
eminent In any case you will continue to exercise
the functions heretofore vested in you BY the Pres
his express orders to that effect.
Congratuatng you upon the favorable aspects of
events in your State, have the honor to be your
General Howard, Commissioner of Frcedmen's
Affairs on the 18th instant in an address explanato
ry OF the objects Of the Freedmens Bureau and his
present visit TO the South delivered in the presence
OF mayor Macbeth, the Common Council and prom-
nent citizens of Charleston, made some announce
ments ct mrortance. The General spoke of the hos
t4e feeling towards the Bureau in Charleston, and
the Mayor acknowledged it, and said that he had no
hope for the country until civil law was completely
restored That, the General said, was the camOr of
the politicians; but he had generally found the plant
Supcrntendence Of affairs, lie himself as well as the
President was anxious that civil law should be again
untrammelled by the military but the negroes, hav
ing lost the protection of their masters, need some
guarantee for the safety of their interests and until
the State allowed the freedmen to testify in its courts
he was free to say that the Bureau would continue
Tho President, he stated would be very chary of
surrenderng the State to civil law until stop was
put to the outrages the blacks. The General gave
encouraging replies to those planters who are seek
ing restoration Of their property, and he said lie
hoped to soon see wholesome laws, guaranteeing the
rights OF the freedmen, passed by the Legislature,
and the present difficulties between the two races
settled. He announced his purpose of establishing
courts to consist of army officer and two citizens
to take cognizance for the present of complaints By
or against the colored people. General Howard sub
sequently addressed the negroes along the coast and
then took his departure for the State capital to con-
fer with Governor Perry.
=, General Bennett, commanding the. District of
Charleston. has issued an order directing the mill
tary TO surrender to the civil tribunals where the
officers of the latter duly qualified. the adiud;ca
ton OF legal matters. executing such as relate TO
property Ill possession of the National Government
and cases in which negroes are interested. General
Bennett has also cOuntermanded previous order
authorizing the organization Of col0red militia
There have recently been extensive restoratons to
citizens OF Charleston OF property SCI ed by Govern
ment. Nearly all the wharf owners and su,yEal Of
the largest property holders of the city have again
unrestricted control Of their former possessions.