The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-19

pleasant; there is an embryo village here now,
and nothing but capital and enterprise needed to
mako it Vichy, Saratoga, Ems, or Wlsbaden.
Who knows?
l was glad to learn that labor has been but little
disturbed in this District. e., but little COM
pared to other parts of the State. The freedmen
have not been given to 80 much rowing, nor have
they been troubled with the land and emigration
fever to the same degree as have seen it else
where. There is about the same number Of freed
men in the District now as there we're slaves be-
fore and during the war, and, as general thing,
they have worked we'll during the present year.
There has been here, as elsewhere, good deal
Of stealing since the war. A recent session Of the
Provost Court at Barnwell Courthouse is thought
to have exercised a very salutary influence, by a
stern and impartial administration Of justice. I
hope the permanent result OF this rhadamanthine
visit will be all these sangune citizens expect OF
it. Hogs, have already said, there are no longer
any, or next to none Cattle also are scarce.
SHERMAN's boys "driv EN-, Formerly cattle was
plenty here, though generally poor, good breed
of COWS is much needed, and so also OF sheep, OF
which did not see single one during four or five
days stay in the vicinity.
Cutting and rafting timber formerly was lead
ing branch Of industry with the people along both
fallen into desuetude; whether because there Is
no demand for timber in the city, or from some
other cause, did not learn. There is large and
fourishing steam saw-mil the Empire Mill
three miles above Blackville, on the railroad,
which supplies the building material for this town,
and also saws and planes for expectation.
The people Of Barnwell District, il l was cor
rectly informed, have been more fortunate than
many Of their neighbors in regard to the charac-
ter of their rulers and masters. The military and
Bureau officers i'll the District, ever since the in
stsuration or the new era, have, with scarcely an
exception, given great satisfaction. They have
uniformly aimed to do justice 20 all alike, ire
spective of ''color or condition" Major l..
WALLER, 5th United States Infantry, Commandant
at Aiken, and Lieutenant STONE, 18th Regiment,
also stationed there, are both highly spoken of.
So, also, Mr.. WIN. A. NERLAND, at Barnwell G..
H., the agent Of the Freedmens Bureau, who ls
said to be very efficient officer. 1t affords me
great satisfaction to record such testimony,
A few words now on registration, and have
done. The negroes, all, and everywhere, have
registered The whites generally up here, think,
have not registered-and this tor various reasons.
They have been thoroughly discouraged. The
ruling has been various at the different Boards of
Registration. Each and all of them, however,
seemed to act upon the conviction that the Con-
gressonal Acts creating these Boards, ought to be
construed, not literally, as every law should be
construed where there is room for doubt but as
illiberaly and proscrptive as possible Thus
was told of one old and consistent Union man.
who was refused the privilege OF registration, be-
cause he had sons in the war. There were last
week only 70 whites registered at this precinct,
against $50 votes polled here before the war; Per-
hsps MORE ANON.