The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-09-19
LETTER ERonI THE coAsT.
tFRoM OUR OWN couRrsposnrsr.l
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coast put the question If it was necessary To bayo
al military guard on this Island TO nro,oct ,,o
Piantin6 interest against tho ppfsiblo trouprns.
| siohs of he frecdmcn during cotton pckipp t;nc
Inc respondent gare it us his opinion that such n
| course wouia imply want of confidence in their
honor, and that the freed people should rathor bo
/ put on their good behaviour and to rnado to nm
dorstand so. If this should fail il would ,hcn bo
| time enough to exercise a military surveillance
| The introduction Of troops ought only to be 70.
| sorted to as an extreme remedy Nothing has
happened snce to adTise courao different from,
this' True, there have been petty tiiefts OF wa
termeiohs and potatoes--mere family reprisals by
'he HaF-but beyond this the eighth command
mont has been very laudably observed by the
trcedme,l What does seem rxpedicnt, however
is some sort Of protection against schemne
outsiders, &" cotton-catchrrs anu {" fences. {"
Iaerc Is known to exist party of most
u'lscrupuons rogucs, both white and colored .
ready to uso these unspphisticatcd freedmen for
purposes not altogether hlatnecss. They lay In
wait LOT thcm at tho HllarYes st Charleston snsp
up tholr wares, promise them certain prices, pav
them certain amounts and giro the whole transac-
ZION shoT of iaifhess by handing these field
hanus slip OF paper. moro or less written oycr.
On inspection these praoIons documents show ust
nothing ut all. Such operations wero mad, rcrr
lar business Of last yesy: nor was oil TINT irans-
pired thero confined to this. Cotton brought in
hastily, evidently got in foul way, was spirited
oht OF sight and the swindcr awinlled. In every
case the freedmen know that ho was cheated he-
foro he LEFT town. yot, with ono or two exceptions
no inst tance is known whero ho sought and found
rodress. And The experience of ono was no lesson
to his neighbor. Tho samo trap caught the same
gamo.
II there ia weakness moro striking and I'm
ils consequences, moro pernirous and cruel than
anather with our colored brethren of small
means, II IL nn irrePressibe pcnchani for the
pnsaeHelon OF horse or mule. An animal
primarily to help hin, Till his land bnL ultimately
to Turn him 10 any his ingenuity can devise
And they nru masters in the art OF using horses in
different ways, from tho purely useful to tho
ludlcronsly absurd. A mali and woman mounted
on tho same mulo grindsone moving leisuroly
along on horse held In place by the driver.
buckets or water carried OH horseback, nicely
balanced Oh the riders head, arc sights for
circus. but can hSe be Witnessed free OF charge in
oil their grotosquenesst The vehicles, tou, are of
tho oldeat AMI oddest Kind, and worfuily worn.
Rude AMI roughly-hewed shafts, wheels of different
patterns, aIles worn down aud crcaky with bo,ly
disproportionste in sizc, compose the conveyance
yon arc meeting hourly. Add to this harness,
the different parts OF which have done duly at
various times, and in m4nifold capacities, anu
lean, lnnE ahankey animal and you have tho con-
triyance by our freedmen called team. The
strength, or rlthcr wealtness Of his beast ia a
thing OF little consideration TO tho black Sermons
nafo beon preached on tue abuses nf Overlooking
theso wratched hai-fcd draft animals by tho
scoTe, yet every Sunday. every day of public
Ills adrsoa sepso of sssomm ans Saton n
gets invariably the better of tho goci Judgment of
Inc Inc Ieedmon. Death j. making sad nroads in
forings that have TO he seen 10 hr fully understood
1t is no eIaggeration to ssy thai Out of hun ired
horses and mules brought, lin the Leg ginning Of tho
starvation before the opening OF summer.
lnSro Sse no p9lsea ,g s.t to Ge
men are particularly que, and apathetic. Tho |
rush OF matters lately has overboine them. They
are quietly laying on their oars and drifting with
the current. Tho political probom ia not under |
stood to be OF complicated nature in this district
Since the ruling vote on either leland will 60 rs
ences, il will be easy for any two to elect members
from their own insuiar precincts respectively,
theieby throwing out the third. No com
plieations have sa yot arisen, however and it IL
doubtful II there is even named as yet the man
who is to represent tho District, With such an
sah eolorsd yoo NJ there IL here
advance their claim to representation by ono of
their own color. In proportion Ia the whites
they are as thirly-fye to one, and tho 70 are not
wanting those here who would bo willing to spend
o good time nj Columbia in tho role of delegate;
''placcr." Other sections sent their delegates to
the late informal meeting at the Capital to shift
for themselves as best they might. We OF the
aristocratic precinct of TnllIis Island dispatched
our man in style With his pockets we'll lined
with the needful, lie went assured Of tho fact that
session, to ask, ami it ahouId be given unto him
It is said no never needed all he started WITH a
fact rejecting credit on the lberaiity OF those VINO
sent him. Whether this same candidate, as they
IL.
change the field for the hall Of legislation wouId
much depend upon the delegation urging his ac-
nnl prido, he would greatly prefer being
waited on, if not by whites alone, at least
by mixed Committee. These are understood to
be his wishes, and it ia hoped that. no mpediment
preventing his ayaila blty he will be proposed by
the solid phaanx Of the white voters. twenty eight
IN number, as public acknowledgement Of their
Willingness TO surrender ul prejudice aB to color,
caste or condition. According to popular version,
the humrp-baekcd duke was offered the crown'of.
o oanao viii s his vita to work.
he too may DO found with tho prayorbook lost in
pious meditations by the gentlemen he wiRhos to
yet remain those among ,us who object to him,
and that his friends wal, all prove be of his own
color very slightly doiu,lcd. But for forms sake
Would you believe it. the hopeful signs of tho
times are already telling 10 favor Of increased en-
orgy and activity. Gentemen under the twenty
thousand dollar cloud begin to think now they
hayo something to do besides looking on and
watching the shifting scenes before them.
The amntsty proclamation and other signs
Of life at tho Capitol In the absence OF
Congress- show that they and their condition
| arc not forgotten. California, too, leading
the rebound, young, warm and vigorous, speaks In
tonos joyous and gladdening. We want little more
than such encouragement; only check on the
| laundering, sweeping passion OF party. It docs
| wonders in dispelling the fear OF c0nfiscation.
| For, say what you may, 1t lurked like hidden
serpent in many mind. And within week RATS
OF lumber have come TO build negro huts and cot
| ton housos, and engines and gins are being sent
| for, and We are in fair way to open business in
earnest.
Two pence, ha' penny, Mr. Editor, for picture
I photographic Of all the faces that peered behind
4 teiescopos on the moons eclipse last Friday.
| What glorious wow we had OF IL close by the
| beach; double yieH you may say, and at half
/ price, and uncrowded, and unclbowed. The water,
/ smooth as gass and clear as cryatal, made all eI-
collont reflector and served to reieye the strain
| tho mock muscles. For the moons donbls was as
| plain md brilliant ns the moon itself. How many
| political astronomers, think you, such "a Clay,
| Calhoun, Benton, and others, arc Watching from
other spheres the partial ecipso OF this bright
hcmisphore And are they too, during il all,
/ ing tho faint outline OF the whole Us It was aud
| Honn will bo again2 With what oagorncss thoy
| must have watched the painfully allow motion oi
tho shadow that darkened It's fairor hnlf and how
their Joy will bound when finally thoy 500 tho sure
| signs of returning Brightness. Cotton opens bnt
| slowly. new crop OF cotton worInH is Just ma
king its apps arsnce. a.
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OK TIE 18TH OF August bir. MARCUS OITEaBuRa
presented hin credentials to President JUARLz az