The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-01-12

; pal.c Reports to Inaamc the Blacks.
w,sufSGroN. Jan. 9.-It will be remcm-
,e,cd tnat. shortly after the November election,
ri Hunt. OF the Fifth Artillery, U. s. A, who
vas IN command Of the troops at Charleston,
@ T. ant, during the absence of Gen. Kruger In
r,or,ds, In temporary command Of all the Fed
al forces in the state, was petemptory or
=, rod TO report to the Secretary of War at wash
,pgtop. II W $ currently reported at the time
,bis occurred that Col Hunt had been relieved
Of his command in South Carolina, at the re-
orest Of GOV. ChambeTli lin, through Senator
Iobn ]. Patterson. The reason for relieving
cr Hunt was believed then to be the want OF
confidence in him on the part OF Cham oerlain,
patterson. and the other carpet big rogues.
These suspicious wete correct. as thc report Of
coi. Hunt to the Assistant Adjutant-General OF
the DEPARTMENT Of the South, given herewith,
will amuly show. This report Is very imDor-
tant document. beca Iss it throws agreat deal OF
nsht upon the South Carolina case. II estab-
l,hes beyond controversy one thing VIZ. that
the Secret ~ Of War intended to place the
United states troops at the disposal OF Gov.
Chamberlain. Col. Hunt did not prove service
able to Collector W Warrington at Charleston, aud
dared to have mind Of his own, and to exercise
1 in defiance of the Mayor OF Charleston. and
hence the Secretary II War and his co-conspira-
be would not he a sui able officer to have COM
m md at Charleston during the absence OF q IN.
Rus,r. II was supposed then that Gen. Ruger
would he ndehuitei, detained q Tallahassee.
Fla, and th.t col Hunt would. " allowed To re-
man, have con;ral oI the troops at Charlest9n
duuug the meeting Of the Legislature. So he
was ordered to Washington, aud the fact, which
he mentions In his report, tnat Collector Worth
mat IN Lad said upon certain occasion tnat DO
would be removed within twentv-fOur hours. l.
Important. because within that time Col. Hunt
was relieved, thus showing that WorthingtOn
WAsnINGroN. D. G.. Nov. %, 1870.
AssIsr Ant ApIVr NNr-GENERAf. DEPARTMENT
orrnE sourn. A1LNNlt, GA..Coloni: nave
the honor to- report. tIr the Information ut the
Colonel commanding the department, the ope-
ratons 81 my command from the time !! leit
Marshal IN MS duty connected with the election
u Tuesday. Nov. l.
Under specific instructions. I sent Capt. RAN
dolph. Fin Artillery, nd twenty men To lid'
ford. Lieut. BaidWiu, Flfth Artillery. and ten
men t. Inns Island; Lieut.. Edgarion, Second
Ar,iller,. I'D eight men to Adams Run; Lieut.
Jefferson. Fifth Artillery. with eisht men. to
WATERFORD Lieut.: 4. II. Al ms. fiftn Ar iller,,
sherm n. FIRST Attillrry wi II ten men, to James
Island, to be guided ny tue general provisions 81
General Order No. 81 from tine headquarters OF
the army. All these deiachmehts anu We Two
foot batteries OF my command CONSISTING OF
tuk uht'tIN' fHs' AtlieIN, nu h'ha'e -
FIN ARTILLERY, were nut IN motion 50 as 70
reach their respective destinations on the
Oh inst. the day before the election
These attachments, except Sheruans, were
taken from i@ndJiph's battery, {. Fin Ar.
terf. they al itt lrncd IS directed on the
ON To- Charleston. From the reD-Tt- OF other
officers it appear, tuat no actual Violence oc-
cured ~ tue polls req 4irtug their interpos ton.
Blt ;h,ir presence sn tue W.initf was douot-
capt Randolph states that 10 found neither
marsha, nor depAtv AZ Bulurd. and tnat II WAS
feporied TO aim tnat the | Led states : per-
VISIT WAS stopped On nj, way ID ie,p plng place.
and upon showing his rapors T. the negroes
who stOUa-d hiui, mad them | ken from him
ana destroyed, "nd wds Obliged To Nv Tor his NE.
Lieut. Adams reports tnat st >traw berry Ferry
accompany OF culorvd men apvut iortB III nuIn-
Der we're maiched 10 To oils tl1h arms, under
lie der said To te one Joan Lowry (cpioredl,
though 40 riot or !isturb nee occurred.
Lieut. BALDWIN ~ ltc, that no disturbance con-
nected with the election occurred on JObn's
Island that lie ,ciug citizens informed MIN, aud
be telisved, that tuis was que to The presence OF
troops.
Iicat Edgarton reports that no dist rbance
occurred at Adams Ii ~. AMI tnat &c Las evcrv
re- son To believe tnat the presence Of uOnps
prevented a serious one taNin. place 1T the coils.
Ii ut. Jefferson, Immediately on his erlivsl at
ference win the lifted states Marshal. Com
missioner Glover. tue in'enddnt Of the town.
and the leaders 81 notn p0hticL rtie-, le armed
that while tney mad NJ app enrn-ions OF dlsor-
der at Nalterb bro. tney believed that there
would be trouble at BlIe House polls. Acting
On Is ne mrched taiit next invshihs 70 mat
place, tnd says he has 10 doubt thAt their arri-
wi .revsuted serious troubl.
In tnt last thr cases these officers report
n tne danger arose from the disposition Of
Tue IL puCi,can negroes 10 inierlers WIN those
psmocrltic ticket. Leu. sherman found a
feyeti.h nj eACit. Il STAKE Of feeliHg existing at
James Island. oat tue presence II his command
restored eOnldencs anu NJ dis uroance &C.
FRANKS and Kinse'. batteries reached Charles.
ton on the 0ftelnoon Of the q. L, and were -ta-
uJhrd 1t TIE citadel under "a immediate Conn
maud Of Capt Frank. ON the muruiug OF the
I'm detacunrnt under Lieut. C.afA, lir>t Ar
uleri, was Stationed al Car ltua liall ~ the
lover part OF tue town, aud another under
Lieut.. Adams at the rsenaI (Cuaileston Oar
racks. From these two pon.s AID could be
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