New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-14

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Correspondence Of the New York Herald
WASHINGTON, May T.--Some rich developments
are coming to light concerning the operations Of
the ireedmen's bureau in the Southern States. The
record of its officers ID likely to be long black
Ast q erveEslon5 Of official position for the sub
seryiency Of private ends. Nearly every one is
engaged In private speeulatiops, AND the r1mOrs
Eeaehng Us from al parts concerning their official
\ 4Alleasance are SO well authenticated as to no
longer be subject of doubt. The principal Off
GERS Of the freedmen's bureau III The State Of North
Oalohna, ior instance, are known to be engaged in
euitlNanng plantations Oh in some other occupation
tenaiag V fheir private emoiument. Dozen Of in
Btanees could be cited but a few will suffice. Col
Whitlesey, the assistant commissioner controlling
Hne state Is running of the finest cotton plan
tations IN North Carolina, in connection with the
heVs Horace James, formerly a Massachusetts, army
chaplain This farm IL situated in Pitt county.
The following little circumstance will show how
Official position is prostitated TO private gain: A
dArksy was discovered stealing from James
store, He was brought before James, who acts as
an agent of the bureau without paw. in the county
in which he is planting was convicted and SEN
fenced to dig ditchee on James farm. While
undergoing the sentence he managed to escape
and made for the river, James called to him to
surrender and as be did SO he fred at him The
man dropped ont Of his canoe, and has never been
seen since The case was referred to Col, Whit
uesey, James partner, and the assistant commits
soner Of the State who replied that, as the affair
took place at night, and as the body of the man
hau never been found, il waa not certain the shot
took effect, Therefore no further action was
called for, Capt. 3. a. Seeley, superintendent of
the eastern district, Is cultiyating farm in
i Wayne county. Capt. RosecFanz, commissary Of
subsistence at Newhern, is partner in a firm in
which q Mr.. Brooks, Of Massachusetts,, is q lead,
ing member, and which frn; is running at least
half dozen plantations in the South.
It has also been found that commissary stores
have been removed from the commssaTy buildings
before the usual hours Of business. In one in.
stance, four barrels Of pork were taken in this way
and conveyed to grocery store in the town
brother of Captain Roseneranz, swho acted as com
missary sergeant, stated, when detection was ma
voidable, that the pork had been carried to the
grocery by mistake and that the mistake had been
immediately rectiHed. The grocer, on being
questioned stated he had the four barrels of pori
u his possession and that Captain Roseneranz had
been to him that day to ask its return. He alst
stated that Captain RosencFanz had exchanged al
least two barrels ofWhite sugarfor two of brown
ior which be paid the captain six cents a pound in
exchange. The fact is well established that al
9oidsboro large quantities Of clothing sent from
the North for gratntous distribution has been sold
privately and at auction. Chaplain CLAWS, Q
bureau superintendent for this district is running
two plantations On his own account, and one fol
the bureau AT Wilmington Major Mann and
AAlor Wickeraham, permanent officers of the
nnieau. are both interested in rice plantations.
AaIer Wickershan, BY his contract, Is bound to
aee mat the freedmen work if they do not they
~ peeed intbe chain gangs. The effect of the
syasen Is q enable the agents Of the bureau to
rpn1fo he best labor in the State for their private
interests. The most singular feature Of The whole
= saas.ne worst eases Of malfeasance are found at
sas $500 q New England philanthropists. Sew
vIAi arrests arc reported To have been made and
Ssnsfs gre expected 10 fellow.