The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1865-10-06

fI ~ NHfN NhNth HtNf Il'Nuftl al
most instant death The cop.c ws-
afterwards horribly muillatcd With
knives by the cowardly assassin.
Col Brown, Assistant Commi.
,ionrr Of the Freedmen If the State
of Virginia reports 10 Gen Howard
from Richmond, that hc has reason
10 believe that the fears recently ex-
pressed hy a number of citizens If
Virginia Of un instruction by freed
men OF the State are entirely ground
less
Sixty two rebels Of the twenty
thousand dollar class received pardon
to day The majority ofthcm belong
to virginia, North Carolina and Mic
.,srppi
Henry \ Wise decline To take
any oaths 10 the nitcd State.
There j. no need. he SAYS. " Of my
taking the oath of allegiance To the
nltcd States am not, never WA,
aud never mean to be foreigner to
them. nlcr their agi- claim to
be- an American citizen aud free
can take no oath am not free To
swear
THE PLANTERS ASp rHy rRrTpNEN
w. copy the following t.rc-tiuc ar
ticlc from the Galveston News
We continue To gather all the fact,
We can to show how d,r ncw system of
labor i. operating ia the different parts
Of the STATE \ gentleman from tnney
SAYS the negroes IN that section and iilr
Their west have become greatly democrat
iz,i hy the negro iroops in the vicinity
They have generally len the plantations.
that Is. che ahlcboiiei hands. and the
planters are NOW left To- depend on the
women and children for what LITTLE work
they can DO In some cases the negro
troops have gone on the plantations aud
taken OF the able bodlcd hands and
have taken spFh property gs they need.
hy imprr-smout Offering tn give receipts
for the same The worm has also hcou
very destructive uu tauey and IN all
+ tina; section. lrayins scarcely onc.fuurth
uf cotton rrnp aul even that l. now
pick 10 The few able hands that re
main a, bat little Cur informant says
they average only fifty or sixty pound.
tp the hand when they formerly picked
two hundred to three hundred pounds
per 'iay The planters generally have
contracted IN give their negroes share
of the crop hut this does not seem To
stimulate 'hrm To work. and money
wages Is very little lnducemcut, NJ their
minds seem to lee madc up that there IL
something better in store for them
They al want to 20 Ia towns and get
rid Of plantation labor
Another planter from Iiastrop county
gives us a much more encouraging tc-
count of free negro labor than ~ have
usually received In his part of the
country the negroes have not been de-.
mpralzci by tho presence Of negro
troop. cur informant says hl- hsnts
are doing pretty near an average amount
of work and ho i- greatly IN hopes they
will continue with him another year,
though 70. general rule HE ncighhur-
de- not expect even the few that now re
main On continue with them longer tan
till Christmas llr rtys there Is one
other planter iu hi- ucighhorhood who
is getting ou very we'll with his negroes
thus far and T. making q fair cro,l &c
cotton We asked him particularly ~
tl the MIXTURE If hi- contract with them.
aud his mode Of treatment 80 rs to a.
certain If pa-sible whether his better
.urr,-- is attributable 10 his diilcrcbt
management IT, suys he give. HI.
ablc.huiirl field hands $40 per month,
they finding only their clothes, and de
iuttiur 81 per month for the support Of
every child IN their families unable to
work llr frrds i- negroes well, and
gives them bacon as well as beef Hni
brenl "a, much as they want lie On
courage. thcm all he AN by talk, and is
very particular - fulfill every promise
Doc makes to them lie gives them the
half Of every saturday MANY other
planters he SAYS seem a. treat their ne.
.ru,- equally a. well and give ,hcm u.
good wages. bat .tll lu no, succeed ~
well H. thinks the difference il main,
Is attributable o. the fact that he raised
nl hi- negroes and brought tscm with
him from Louisiana and they ali appear
attached 10 him and his family Auo'h-
err cause uf their working 80 well may
hc that be- understands the deposition
Of every one and keeps them alwayr IN
good spirits
W. must say here that We think the
iuty. o. we'll ~ interest of every plant
cr o. tr resort To- ever plan he can de
wise tu satisfy hi- negroes and cueour
agr them % work There is certainly .
wi' iiiiorru.c among negroes Whilr
some are kindly disposed jocilc and
moro easily persuaded TO work. others
become uttcrly uumanagcahlc when theF
are told they can do ~ they please ani
no persuasion ~ amount ct wages and
nf kind treatment Will avail, to keep
them ON the plantations san, every
ctiur, N uld bee made inaccordancc with
the rules prescribed by the Freedmen =
Bureau We cannot change those rules
though We may think them unrcasona
l,lr IA some instances, and impractical
llc in others. and we should, therefore
DO the best We can To- carry them out
This j. the only alternative left ior ~
/, may hr that they will work better 10y
aud hy, or that the head of the Bureau
may devise some more cNcctual means
for the enforcement of contracts, than n
:, recourse To the civil courts ut the coan
try. Whenever a negro leaves without
good cause
Gen Palmer recent General Orier
tn the kcnruckinu. regulating elections
- excludes the following porrons from the