Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1865-10-21
0perations Of the Freedmen's Bureau.
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coa,tiiunication, dated Vicksburg, September.
Ia. whilst giving his return for August, Says
the records in. that part Of Mississippi are de-
stroyed, ana that persons are reluctant to sup
ply'the missing information. He states that
l15 plantations are leased in Louisiana--5S
byblacks; also, 1876 in Mississippi---ll3 of
them by whites, and % by blacks.
There are 1850 acres in eighty,ohe plan
tations in Louisiana and Mississippi leased to
blacks, and $1,000 acres in the same States,
in'170 plantations, leased towhites. About
one-half of the land lcasedto whites was aban-
doned, owing TO the overflow Of the Mississip-
pi.4 "a tremendous pressurcis is being brought
:. to bear by the returned citizens of all classes
to get possession Of their property. They are
I. constantly writing to the President and the
\ heads Of different bureaus at Washington,
= . filled with all kinds Of Misrepresentation in
order toeffcct yheir purposes. The Colonel
says no property has been lbcllcd for confs-
cation, and that,s,s has made no attempt to
distribute laads ilfsmall lots to negroes, as he
knew it would meet with strong opposition
from all parties. It would require time to
Execute it, and military force to protect the
freedmen during the term of their lease.
II, he adds, the militia are organized, as
J. foreshadowed by Governor Sharkey's procla-
nation and endorscdby tho President, he has
; no idea that the freedmen will remain quiet
laborcrs in the cotton field. They are excited
ard partially armed. The hope Of organizing
the labor Of the State in such way that the
freed 'ncn will return to the field and recruit
the agricultural wealth of the State as free la
borers, seem to vanish with the PRONUNCIATION
Of the militia order. In conclusion, he says
hc hears of but little trouble between freed
men and their employers. Nearly all the col
ored pcopleIof the State, working on planta-
tions, have. been contracted with, and the en-
ploycrs are anxious to make contracts for the
year 1866, for fear labor will be hard to get
at tho beginning Of the season. '>',''1'
.a 90 ylH .--.-~. .'.H $50. .#
Arrest Of Brigadier General for Robbery.
New YoRK, Oct. 2.-The Herald's Wash
ington special says that about the middle of
last month Gen, Baker received information
of y plot at Lynchburg, Va to rob the post
qusrtcrmaster's safe, which way known to
/. coatsin large amount Of money. The case
worked up, and has resulted in the arrest and
incarceration. in the Old Capitol Prison, last
night, of Brvt. Brig. Gen. j. G. Briscoc, Of
tho Tooth Penn. Vols, commanding the post
at Lyhchburg, and a. w. Lacky, Of Worccs-
ter, Mass, formerly sutlor at that post
Gen, Briscoc is an Irishman by birth, and has
been jn command Of the post at Lyhchburg
since Lees surrender.
Z, Capt, W.. a. Alborger, son of canal com
missioner Alberger, Of New York, had inuh,s
charge on the 2lst of September, $4,000
in grecnbacks, besides a lary~amount Of cap
tured gold. coin and bullion, which bad been
placed in his charge for safc-keeping. Bris-.
coe approached Alberger through Lackey aud
proposed to him, as the war was about to close,
and none Of them had made any money out
Of it, they should make a grand haul in con
cert and pocket s50,000.a piece. .Albergcr
kept the funds IN safe which formerly be-
longcd to q rebel officer, and this fact was to
give colorto thecharge which was to be n.adc,
fhat tho a .rn3,nI bo,inrro a 1un)iooto cnv EoI