The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-25

SOUTH CAROLINA.
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General Howard and the Charles
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ina steamship Alhambra aRivoA IT this port yesaraay
nom Charleston With dates 70 the 2lst inst We are In
Aebtsd 70 Purser T. D. North for favon w
Our Chaslsston Corrsspondonss.
faaaA CHARLESTON, g. O., OcA n, 1895
,,ss.,1iS4 go9 ozHsRA4 nowzRp ~ $1,000
and his brother with Gcnerai sa1ton and stan and
number Of other officers visited the City Council at the
hall OF Hope Engine Company, on Wednesday evening.
An extra meeting Of ths Council called by the Mayor
FOR the purpose Of hearing the views Of General Howard
= relation 70 the object Of his VISIT large number
sf our most prominent citizens were also present
General Howard addressed the meeting in explanation
q the objects Of the Freedmens Bureau which, he said
nauguraed during state Of war; and that It's principal
attention to relieve distress and promote the welfare
sf ALL He afraid he said that hostile feeling
listed towards 1t in this community, which he hoped
would on calm reflection be done away WITH
Mayor Macbeth said he had no hope for tho country
until the complete restoration OF civil law.
In reply the General said that only the camor OF
tho politicians and that he had met it wherever he had
BEEN that the planters generally thought things for
time had better remain they are in charge Of the
lrecdmen's Bureau The dinaculty in the way Of
early and speedy restoration Of civil law that the
negroes had no protection having lost by the the
protection formerly extended by the MASTER which
alsufacient He thought that the State, considers
tion, would ind wise to allow the negro testify in
courts At least in matters which him and his
property He free to say that until that done
the government of the Frcedmen's Bureau would
tinue Az the Legislature allows negro testi
nony in the legal courts Of The State all the troops
would be Withdrawn. he had como prepared and In
tended 70 establish through the country where
two citizens with Union officer to form tho tribu-
nal before whom al complaints against the negro his
employer should be heard They would be empowered
70 decide all matters and to nne from TO one hun
dred dollars impose from 70 thirty days i'm.
Drisonment on disorderly or lawless negroes
A PREJUDICE AGAINST FRxDMxN's BuR1AU, ~
- thought entertained by the people Of the South
Mayor Macbeth replied that he tho ught the prejudice
vey just one.- The people, he said, Of tho city Of
Charleston had been very much oppressed by It During
he sege Of the city under and within
range Of the Norris Island batteries The old and the
yeuns combaants and combat ants compelled
70 leave their residences and being found the
occupation Of the city by the Union troops these resi-
asncss and lands seized by the Freed mems Bureau
- abandoned property. This property had been kept
eight month"; rented out, tho rents received by the
Yfcedmen's Bureau, and Is being restored the
11snot condition that the not 70 make any
claim for back rent This surely could not DO regarded
General saxton interrupted the Mayor and said ne was
Aisaken In the superstition that the property had been
seized by the Freedmens Buroau-that IL was taken by
The United States Treasury Department and turned
70 tho Freedmen's Bureau and that he freely
restoring II TO the former owners.
Tho Mayor said he happy be corrected and have
she blame put the proper pares-the United States
opposed 70 the bureau altogether The whole country
he said covered with troops and the social relations
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not reasonable TO suppose that officers chosen for the
purpose Of nghting and nghtng alone, were 1T to sit
- Judges He considered IL utterly imprDticabe for
Che Freedmens Bureau at Washington 70 manage the
whole social relations Of the people from the Potomac TO
In some Instances officers Of one set Of political views
rsSery severe on the negroes tying Thorn up By the
snSnSs and practising other cruelsiss upon them
SpnionA the negroes were demorlized particularly
The pnnatons by being told they were quite equal to
xhe Mayor thought officers wero appointed who came
20 SIGHT for the Union alone Affairs would DO much more
ssnt here were those who entered the war for emancpa
ton pufpos only, and innamcd the negroes with their
Yieent barangues and dsppncaton Of the whites for
Genera Howard sad in Missouri the yresdmsns Blu.
had boon withdrawn the people and State Legisla
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should assume the entire control Of their own people
end such also the Presidents WISH So many afro
cities the blacks bad been recently committed and 50
many OF them killed that uness there stop put
ssns the rs State civil sw h esnsss wss moi
disposed 70 hold the people responsible for individual
H1yof Macbeth said the total upturnipg Of society in
The South should be taken into condersen and he felt
raned that the instances Of violence had been 20 few
They were to DO expected after such war But on
reading and comparing the papers OF tho two sections
he thought the violations Of law did NOT 50
frequently at the South at the North, where murder,
robbery and other crimes lately made 20 conspicuous
rsoord. and had increased 70 an alarming extent
Dr. irving asked tho General 70 give him his views in
relation 70 the lands on Cooper river The negroes he
20 DO seized by the and set aside for their
uss no wished be able 10 speak auhortaivcly and
oisabuse them OF this impression his return home.
General Howard informed him that tho lands on Cooper
river did not like the lands tho coast come under
General shermans order that the negroes had no right
IN them unless by legal purchase and transfer, aud that
ehcy like any other operatives; they worked ~
% not Sy c's 90 s'Isss 10 the
enactment OF wholesome laws IN South Carolina for the
protection Of tho life and property Of tho negroes that
che Treedmen's Bureau. On his return from Columbia
he hoped to meet the negroes when he would himself
Before leaving the Mayor Expressed the thanks q tho
Council for his visit and their qualification for the liberal
Unrsssn but patriot and sincere lover q his country
The General and his party then took their leave.
General Howard and Governor Aiken also had pleas
nor spoke OF his Ashepoo lands adjoining Edso, and in
qured II the intention OF the bureau
them 70 him General Howard thought he would have
trouble In getting them back The Governor said no
wished the negroes removed they were an strangers
end his former slaves put upon the plantations The
General thought the Governor should visit the place and
make some arrangements with the negroes, or II was
doubtful whether bis lands could DO restored for
time !. ~ v.~
The ground taken by Governor Aiken Ia that the lands
should be restored by the the negroes be
removed and the left to his option 70 employ
Ihe negro now he said In the condition Of any other
taborcr free 70 select his employer and tho latter
has rieht 70 employ whom bc likes without the inter
ventiou Of Che fresdmen's Bureau Most Of the old
banda he says are coming back and prefer employ
msnt on their old plantations and with their former
lnastersA NN .wkR :.
n this city has been splendid success Of the mechan.
Ia and vorkuemon'e ticket and complete defeat Of