The colored American., 1866-01-06
GEN. TILLSON.


columns of the New York Times OF
late date. We are surprised that com.
nlaints and answers should have been
made and passed upon this distinguished
officer, for, in so far as we Lave been
cognizant his conduct towards both races,
has been of the most impartial nature.
But were he, pure as snow and chaStc as
ice.' he would not escape from the fangs
of the malicious and the grumbiing
There is class of humans, who seem 10
have derived their natures from an am
inflammation with the daughters OF
Solomon's 'horse leech' whose constant
cry is give givep No matter how you
NAV make the balance of justice weave
in their favor, their grumbliDg dlsconten-
ted natures are never satisfied, and our
own State seems to have its full share OF
that genus homo. We are proud to See
that such stalwart organ as the New
| York Times has come to the aid of tho
General, but our opinion is, he needs no
better defence than the simple knowledge
that he has done right in all his transac
tions with the two races. We are salts
fed that the blush of = reproving con,
science will never discolor his var-worn
and weather~beaten cheek for acts Of in
Justice and wrong, done by him in his
services towards helpless humanity:
GEN, TlLLsoN ExoNERATED-oUTRAG GEs
ON FREEDMEN.
Some complaints, and we believe un-
lust censure, have been made of the con-
duct of Gen. Tillson as to his manages
ment in regard to the freedmen and his
treatment of citizens of Wilkes County,
Georgia, Official and other reliable In,
form alton has been received by Gen.
Howard of the Bureau of Freedmen,
which exonerates Gen. Tillson. This In.
formation is to the effect that the most
outrageous conduct has followed the with
draval of the military forces from the
country above named, and IN other parts
Of Georgia. The acts complained of
were committed ty the sons of wealthy
and influential families. These 90 III
gangs, and openly declare that 40 negro
shall live upon land owned or rented oy
himself, but shall live with some white
man, or leave the country, Good men
of the State denounce these acts, but arc
| nowevlesS to forostor.t thOI1r. IEey ';oh
that the military force may be kept in
the State and say that if it be removed
there is no protection for life or property.
In consequence of representations made
to him by good citizens, Gen. Steedman
has ordered military force to be station
ed in Wilkes County. A letter from
Hon n. H. Reeve, Judge of the Dis
trict Court of Georgia, dated Washing
ton, Wilkes County, Nov. 81, states that
at the request of the colored people and
in behalf of respectable citizens, he asks
the Intervention of the military in be-
halt Of the freedmen Several bands,
} calling themselves bushwhacker7, jayhaw
kers, and regulators, are perpetratlng the
most shameful outrage geS-sho ooting, burn
ing and beating negroes, to get money
and for revenge. Their barbarous acts
, cannot be made known for legal effect
except through negro testimony, and
therefore cannot be punished. He asks
that officers may be sent to take athdavits
and carry the offenders to Augusta foI
punishment, if any can be awarded them
Times.
$ A phrenologist furnishes his conclu
, sions from what he found on battle field
in the following letter to the Phrenologi
: cal Journal;
q I lately took a ramble through thu
I battle fields near Spotrsylvania Cour
House, where Generals Grant and Lee
and their vast armies had the memora
bic engagement in May, 1864; an(
| knowing that you highly value facts tha
7 may benefit the science of which you ar
: one of the leaders, | will give you tn
t substance of some observations l mad
g on skulls of Northern and Southern sol
i diers who were killed in battle.
J The skulls of Southern soldiers hav
j. a greater development of the organs o
e Comparison, Destructiyeness, Benevo
: lence, Spirituality, Self Esteem, Friend
e ship, and Parental Love than those o
n Mort bern soldiers; while the skull of tn
men of the North have more of tn