The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-04

"a ysx = ss.snnsss 10 Ne sd~ q sAs General
= =; e Sc: s,s c.' snS o e.
saAased sa ~ ths muster oss Of volunteer oreanza-
us~s ,sis fures 90 rslacsd the lss Of June last
usssa. % 100 cdscsrs and aSTs enlisted men. ="
I ssamed commspd u TIE department. Of the Caro-
ssS !sssdaashs states Of North and south Carolina
War Deparmeul dated May 10. 1900 The troops In the
D~r~rmenf of the CAronAs comprised 100 officers and
ssssmsd osmmand or The Department or tho South.
embracing the territory and troops Included
70 me depsrneos q the carolinaA inc i2s.a
octoos 10. ises The troops now comprise
ths SIXTH and Eighth regiments Of United States
ssi.y saa sa%pa ~ Third regimen, United States
ARTILLERY. aud thirty seventh regiment United States
caior ucor& Total number Of comm ssioned officers
lhe sHh United states infantry and -four companies
o. The Eighth, sth companies aud Il Fifth United
United States colcrsd troops garrison twelve posts in
souih Carolina and sx companies Of the Eighth United
esxsr, ,rs ana , rs United Nis,ss
companies A u, n " g. and X, Thirty seventh regi.
meat United rtsies eoiored Gocps garrison the several
Dcpo,s for recruits for the Forsicth United States in
ianry have been established smlthsviis NJ q, and
Pursuant 20 General Order No. 81, War Department,
Adjutant Generals oice 1885, the states Of North and
South Carolina respec,ively constitute military com:
Army, commanding In North Carolns and Brevet
Major General X X Scott commanding In South Caro-
soner s. Of he Barssa Of Refugees Freshmen, Ie
within his command.
The discipline and e,cency Of the troops generally
fair most OF enlisted Of the regular force being
recrua Dsssrions have been quite numerous for
era month. bet are nov loss frequent Report Of Major
James p Roy, Sixth United States infantry, acting
assistant inspector general, Appendix IL
The troops are well equipped and clothed, and COM
fortaby CHARTERED. But few complaints have been re-
NJ fha hy Tar md
Subsistence departments and these have been promptly
corrected Repors Of the chief quar,ermaster Brevct
of subsistence Brevst Brgadier General W. w. Burns,
Appendix 2 and
IN hospital averaging only four per cent Of the mean
strength OF the command and the ratio Of deaths per
thousand men being only a6s No Of yellow FOYER
or cholera has occurred nor have these epidcmcs APP
peared In the department; remarkable result attri
butable mainly, In my Judgment 10 the effective auaran
Is headauarters Armies Of the United ,ases Ieo re.
port Of Medical Director, Appendix
Largo reductions have been made In the expenditures
Of the Quartermaster's Department The estimates
ported for January 1885, were $2Ss 1914 and for August
1885, $54,U6
eleven steamers, i've tugs and selling vessel
or loss employed On September the water trans
portation had been reduced TO steamer and three
sailing vessels two OF the sailing vessels were chartered
quarantine purposes and have been discharged
The depots At Hilton Head belonging TO the quarter.
MASTER subsistence and medical depai mens have been
broken up and tho civilian employees moro than thou
sand In number, DISCHARGED Orders recently received
for the disposition Of the large accumulation Of ordnance
and ordnance stores At that being executed with
diligence by the ordnance officer and chief quartemaste
The depots at Raleigh and Columbia have likewise
been discontinued, Charleston and Nswbern arc now
the only sources OF supply #t Ms
The cemetersl operations, necessarily suspended dur
ing the season. will be resumed next month, and
prosecuted with energy completion during the winter
that all the Offices Of honorable inerment - contem.
plated by the government will have been rendered to
those OF our heroic dead who fell during the war In
North South Carolina.
For more particular Information a. TO these and other
operations Of the Quartermasers department respect
indebted
quent TO January J. 1865, were gradually diminished
under the operation Of orders from department head
quarters ,osoadng issues 70 psrson: so's % earn
Of the Frscdmen's Bureau, localities issued
tons improvdsnsy Over issues made BY thoss agents
In Compliance with the recent instructions OF the
q ws q 3 1ss and
issues TO freedmen and refugees ceased on the LIST
OF October, except 70 the sick In hospitals and or
phans in asylums heretofore established For the ten
days ending October TO- 034 raons issued TO those
classes In North Carolina, and IN South Carolina
$50 rations The Legislature Of South Carolina during
It's recent extraordinary session, made liberal appro
priation for supply Of corn TO the destitute.
The most satisfactory progress seems 70 have boon
fare Of these states year ago civil authority did no.
exist The duties Of the executive were IN the hands
These have been replaced by governors elected by the
people. The courts were all closed, and the ad.
minlstration Of justice depended altogether on
military tribunals Now the courts all open,
and the jurisdiction Of military tribunals except on the
islands Ia confined TO persons In tho military service,
traon Of capabilities, towns and counties devolvcd
upon military officers. The police Of Charleston Column
bia Raleigh and Wilmington was exclusively military
The imposed, the streets that were lighted, the
licenses granted, and all the regulations OF commerce
and trade were subject to military authority Now the
appointed according TO Law, are dscharens their ordi-
nary duties The Police almost exclusively municipal
All tsSes assesmen,s ana charges Of every x,Ed are
merce trade and intercourse other than those imposed
by the laws, have ceased.
gratifying progress has been observed The act OF
emancipation has been ratified consttutonaly by the
sss ne civil a or
defined By the civil rights BILL In North and
souh Carolina the courts are open 70 freedmen for tho
they are competent 20 testify in all cases. without dis
qualification account Of color, interest or relation
churches and societies arc generally unmossted and Sc
They free 70 cultivate the soil for themselves
TO engage In any lawful calling o. TO hire for wages
they choose And Is only Just 10 DECLARE tn
result 81 observation that the conduct Of the col
ored population has deserved all praise and ustnes the
belief that freemen they Will become reliable. worthy
and useful citizens Conspicuous among the bser Zen.
denotes Of the race In their respect for religion Devoted
70 their churches and preacher they habuaiy attend
Divine and engage with singular sarnestnos In
all religious obssrvances The belief Ia almost universal
among the freed people that their devsrance from
vtude the act Of God.
rhs situation at the commencement Of the agricultural
year which begins the South about the LIST OF Janu
airy, was full Of difhcusies Many Of The planters had
not obtained po-session Of their anda Those ~ho
In possession had little money Plantation build
ngs fences, implements or busbsndry and stock could
only be partially restored The generally had
been led to hope that the government would give them
the lands and premises where they had been domced
slaves; hence they were unwilling TO mako
engagements to work for others. With the
restoration OF civil authority they apprehended injustice
and oppression 81 the hands OF their former mas-
ters They were anxious 10 acquire lands for them
selvcs They desired especially 70 live somewhere
the exclusive Jurisdiction of the federal authority
Thousands found their way the islands and the
abandoned planat,ons under the impression that
General shermans field order gave these lands alto
gcther and exclusively the freed people They
not disposed 10 work for the owners whom lands had
been restored for they had been encouraged believe
thai they could rIehtullv stay and cultivate the aban-
doncd lands OF which they had taken possession.