The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-07-02

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REGULARS rs. Observation-Disclosures through the
broad Bouth these two forces of the victorious enemy
have marched, marked difference between them ha
been noted Where the people fortunate as to
see bat one GLASS Of the enemy, individual acquatnt
ed with both would have difficulty in decidiug from
their description which chat The comparison
was always in fvor Of the regulars, and especially IN
regard to officers With the men 1t was the effect Of
dscoline with the officers 1t was the effect of disci.
plne and breeding combined The volunteer officer
were braggadocios and bulies who oppressed robbed
and iuuulted men, women and children for the mere
fun Of the thing, and with every accompaniment +
brutality which their dersh ingenuity could inven t.
The regular officers on the other hand treated Che peo
ole with some semblance OF respect If the orders OF
the government, or their own evil inclinahons COM
PEELED them to be robbers or yrants they tried to rob
and tyrannize In gentlemanly way. Like the knight
Of t]a road in the oldon ttnaa thoytook your
With smile and your pocketbook With bow; and lk ie
Turkish snltans they sentenced to death with mp IL
ment There may be little choice between robbie rs,
but II ones fate to be robbed It is better to ta
into the hands of those who will do the thing gentee ly
than into the hands of those who will steal from 20
and then beat you. =. "a =,
Since the cessation Of hosttes. this contrast be-
tween the regulars and volunteers has been stu mo
strongly marked. The volunteers have treated the
South as conquered and hated foes Like towards they
have struck their enemy when he down. The regu.
lars have acted nobly Resistance ceased, their
Ire has subsided The Oonederacy vanished they re.
collect that they are the soldiers not of che North on y
but of the United States.
Nowhere has this superiority Of the regular arm =
over the volunteer corps been more srkngy displayed
than in Charleston We will not dwell on the disagree
able side of the picture We afford to bury that IN
silence aud treat the actors with contempt Itwou Id
be unjust however, not to mention In terms OF approval
the conduct Of the Sixth Regular infantry since 1t has
been in our midst and also the entente cordtae which
exists between civil authorities and the officers OF
that regiment and other regular officers connected with
this military post.
Colonel H. D. O1rrz, who has received complime n.
tary appointment carrying him North, earned the co r
dial respect Of this community, and ia fortunate aor
Charleston that he has been succeeded by Major RoY
another efficient officer Of the same regiment.
Paovosr COURT June 9O-Is will be noticed on pc
rusa Of the proceedings to-day that several cases In
which freedmen are charged with capital foonies
been turned over to the Military Commission in
session in thta CITY AS this is the comm ission
before which the Anderson prisoners were red 1t Is to
be hoped that the unring efforts will be ed to
bring these negroes to JUSTICE secured the conviction
Of those unfortunate men, -
United States u.s. James Mcqueen (colored).- sw ind
ung,-This was hn interesting case showing the ne,
with which he entered upon hts new career OF pro-
preHH y -. j! I - &.cY ifzt
Sam williams (colored). Witness was present
at Che sWindlinR, DefendRut4bet q country darkey
ho q
the country negro wn ad then bet him So and won It,
Defendant was In cahoot with another fellow who t:ok
joseph Green lcolored), sworn: Defendant and ano.
ther fellow go about town cheating the green country
negroes with leather trick Yesterday between and
10 4. NJ, In Ohalners.street, they made bet with
fellow just from James Island with watermeons, and
won five dollars from him; witness told green negro
not to bet defendant told witness to shut his mouth
and tried to bully him off, the man who got away does
the trick and takes the money; but defendant gets the
green to make the bet and does all the fighting
and bullyins witness thought it shame for them
to he robbing people. and had defendant arrested.
Guilty; fifteen dollars, and 30 days hard labor.
United States vs. Joseph Singleton lcoiored Having
gun and not being able to account for it-pocemaa
Donovan sworn: Met defendant yesterday, OF
Queen and Meeting streets, with barrelled gum
asked him where he got It, and he said it belonged to
Officer Of the Dav sentne to Happodt's with him, and
Happoldt denied knowing anything abou! it; de-
endan said afterwards he out of the bushes Not
| guilty.
with Policeman Goldng, Wednesday morning, between
and O'Clock, in Meeting street, between George.
street and Burns ane defendant with Clothes and
asked him about them He said they were his own
he had red shawl which he said was his mothers.
Told him twas too heavy for this hot weather. Arrest
ed him and took him to guard house. Sergeant Wade
said one man was enough to go with him. When op.
posite guard house defendant struck witness with
sung shot Witness cried murder and defendant drop
ped the clothes and through the burnt district De-
fendant arrested again last night Has known de-
fendant since January and has no doubt of his idon
tity.
sergt. Wsde Of Police, sworn Last Tuesday morn
ing visited posts of sentipelB on Meeting street. and