The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-12-07


AZ MORNING, DECEMBE
rights, and the practice of Divine worship, are ex-
intelligence and thrift of the freed, people. The
two races, alienated by war and suddenly separa-
TED by emancipation, are becoming gradually re-
There are good reasons for the belief that the
fortunate exemption OF this department. from the
riots and turbulent collisions which have occurred
elsewhere is attributable in the main to the pro-
n l6itlon OF a. armed organizations, whether Of
police, patrols, Regulators" or militia. The or
ganizaton Of efficient police and constabuary
formly encouraged, and the troops have cal always avs
supported the civil authority in the execution Of
the laws and IN the preservation Of order whenever
sary and proper. The lawful enrolment OF the
militia n has not been prevented but while the
United States forces occupy the territory no occa-
armed force. To illustrate the Inconvenience that
would be incident to the operations Of outside
military orsanizations not under my command,
militia m law OF South Carolina, passed December
21, 1855, and which does not differ essentially.
understand, from the legislation of adjacent
SECTION 123 ssIhat every commissioned officer
n the militia shall have power, when occasion
shall require, to assemble, arm and raise any num-
Der Of men belonging to their respective corps:
and, need be, to give notice and call to their aid
the officers and men 7M Of any adjacent corps to dis
peTse s9tpprsss res M and take m subdue
Q hostile manner hurt, or attempt TO hurt any Of
the inhabitants Of this State, OF their persons OF
who shall be lurking in any suspected place where
they may DO mischief -
The employment Of any armed force in the man
provoke serious collisions between the two races.
and more especially until the distrusS and aliena.
tlon out Of which such enactments have their orr
tant--General en Of the Army, 2eth September, 1866,
The armed bands called regulators have no
formal sanction from any authority, and are only
eountenshce by \; ;1ll,disposed persons. These
sns egaaa 6ase tate ree sa sst RGSt a1F
dations and outrages upon the persons and prop
erty Of peaceablo citizens. The instructions and
orders M gwen IN a. such cases have been to capture
ment, May Ii, 1866,
and Laurens, so much countenance was given to
outrages upon refugees and freed people, directly
and Indirectly, by the Indifference Of the civil au-
thorities and by the population, who made them
selveamor or less acco1npices in the crimes that
other ;and more comprehensive measures became
necessary. invited some wel-disposed citizens
localities and endeayor to arouse the people to a
proper sense of their responsibility for these dis
orders Brevet Colonel Alexander Moor, aid-de-
order, to the localities where the offences had been
committed, and arrested q number of the parties,
some OF them prominent citizens, who had har-
bored and given aid and comfort to the worst Of
tenders.
These s reediss .,5 3ot @ Rsa1g to be eeetua
Edgeaed Newber1y and Lsarens @ that measures sn a
had been Initiated to remove the prosecuted refu-
gees and freed people inhabiting those counties
copld pfoside for thenselzes; and
the Population o those Counties sessa aRipR
these measures would be taken at the expense Of
the committees responsible for grievances that
seemed to defy al other modes Of redress. In
structlons Of this purport having been sent to
Brevet Major-General Ames, commanding the
western district, and the tenor of them having
been communicated to bis Excellency the Govern
observed IN these counties made it practicable to
postpone the execution Of these measures inde-
fnitely. Copy instructions to Breyet Major-Gen-
eral Ames copy communication to his Excellency
the Governor Of South Carolina copy reports Of
Captain Coan, aid-de.camp, and Of Col. Devereaux,
Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, and other doc.
uments Appendix17.)
It has likewise been found necessary to prohibit
associations or assemblages composed of persons
who aervedin the rebel armies, and having for
their object the perpetuation of any military or
other organization engaged in the rebellion This
lbs uOL D6eR enIOTce0 against any so
ciety which has, in good faith confined it's action
to the charitable relief Of disabled and INDECENT
SURVIVORS, and the ordiE.ry observances for the
burial Of the dead. General Orders No. Z, Depart
ment of the South, Appendix 1877
Recently ameeting Of aone of these associations
was made the occasion for, an address delivered by
General Wade Hampton, in which he is reported
to have commented upon the Government and the
armies Of the United States, and especially upon
the operations of Generals Sherman and Sheridan.
in manner well calculated to incite discomfort
and hostility against the authorities Of the United
States. have directed inquiry into the mattor,
in order that the association Of rebel soldiers NAV
be suppressed and General Hampton admonished
to observe tile terms Of his PAROLE it. upon investi-
cation, it shall appear to have been disregarded in
this instance. .. E. SICKLES
Major-Genera Commanding.
From Washington.
WASHINGTON, December Ar remarkable feature
at the banquet given by the managers of the Con-
gressional ovation, last night, was the intemperate
tone Of the orators, among whom were Hiram
Walbridge "a quondam Democrat Of the strictest
sect), who presided, Thad. Stevens and Hon. Hen
~ Wilson. The recent conversion Of the latter
does not appear to have moderated his malice
towards the South, nor to have appreciably en-
larged his Christian charity towards his fellow
men, except those Of a particular hue. Manifestly
he yet makes q wide distinction between people Of