, 1866-05-25
LATER FROM THE EAST.
coMPILEO FROM THE pAILY oREooNIAS.
Datcs to May 18th.
REPORT on THE FREEDNEX's BUREAU.

REPORT on THE FREEDNENs BUREAU.
CHICAGO, May lOth.-Generals Stedman and
Fullerton, appointed April 7th to inspect and re-
port on the Freedmen's Bureau in the Southern
States, have completed tour of Virginia and
North Carolina, and report to the Secretary OF
War under date of May sth giving their impress
sions at length and closing with the recommen-
dation that the services ofagents in Virginia and
North Carolina be dispensed with, and that heir
duties be Performed by the officers commanding
the troops in the pehartments They saw there
are II military officers and 300 civilians employ
ed as agents Of the Bureau in these States. and
that neither the services rendered nor that re-
ceived, nor the character of very many or most
Of its agents, warrant the continuance Of their
services. In those districts where the affairs of
the Bureau have been fairly and impartially nd .
ministered by a general good judgment, there
has been no direct conflict between the agents
and citizens. Many OF Che agents are acting in
harmony with the civil officers of the States and
are assisted and suppnrted bv the citizens in the
performance of their duties. but in many places
where agents are not men Of integrity and cr-
pncitv, very bad feeling exists This originates
IN the arbitrary measures and offensive interfer-
eucr o. agents or others between planters ard
freedmen. Thesr agents exercise the widest lat
itndc over iud'cill functions and the effect pro-
dn"ei Is bitterness and antagonism between the
whites and the freedmen and growing prejudice
against the Government by planters and expec-
t'tons on the rari ofth freedmen that can never
be realized. Prudent and in u1'r;ous freedmen
rarely cltl on tn" BnrHau for advice or assist
ancc. O1lv the idle and worthless look to it for.
support. These do not include the inir:n and
helpless. tn" restoration of civil law and the re-
corniti' If their civil right is.nrccssary. Bv
changes in law. giving them the)rtglit to hold
PROF ery, sue and be sued. ETC., freedmen, in onr
opinion are secnrc. The report further shows
how the Agents of the Bureau have been intcres-
ted in plantations and welding their nower in A
manner to aid their own Individual interests.
III. report says opposition has been met on the
So1th bank Of Trent river. in settlement with
exc usiyeIy freedmen population, 8 900 in num-
her, whose condition is truly dcporablc These
unfortunate people came in our lines and we're
then living in small huts built by themselves
from lumber Manufactured BY their own hands
The settlement was recently scourged by small
poy, aud their condition is well calculated to ex.
cite sympathy for their helpless state. The de
crePd among them are supported by Govern
ment. while the remainder procure scnnty living
from little jobs about Newbern by fishing in small
boats, etc The Rev. Mr. Fitz. formerly an army
chaplin, prcsidcs over this colony as the Assis.
tant Superintendent of the Bureau. This agent
has exercised the mc st arbitrary and despotic
power and practiced revolving and unheard of
cruelties We found that he had in two nstan-
ces suspended freedmen with cords around their
wrists, but not touching the floor, and kept them
in this position in one case two, and in the other
case four hours. That he sentenced a freedman
TO Imprisonment for three months for the trivial
otfensc of wrangling with his wife, and kept an
other man shut up in prison for months while
his wife and children were reduced to abject des-
titution and died with the small -pox That he
took HIM from prison under guard and compelled
him to bury his children in the cradle in which
they died. In one instance he imprisoned six
children ten years old for playing in the streets
on the Sabbath. He imposed fine of sixty dol
lars on an aged freedman for having told anoth-
or freedman that he was about to be arrested by
Fitz. This poor old man not having the money
to pay the fine, was imprisoned till the next day,
when his son paid the fine, with three dollars
additional Jail fees. tax was imposed, which
Superintendent Fitz says goes to the support of
the bureau, and is imposed on owners of each hut,
for ground rent If occupants fail to pay this
tax promptly, they are either turned into the
streets or imprisoned.
THE REGULAR ARMY To BE INCREASED
New YORK, May IA special dispatch to the
evening papers says the Presidents message to
day, inclosing Gen. Grants letter, asks for the
immediate passage Of bill to increase the reg
ular army. The kieut.-Gen. assigns as a reason
for this request the fact that more troops are
needed on the frontier and at the South. He al
expressed the opinion that the troops can
safety
for some time yet.
THE eHoLERA.
WASHINGTON, May lS.-The Senate, on Tues
day, refused Mr.. Chambers resolution, empow-
ering the Secretary of War, with the occurrence
of the Secretaries of the Treasury and Navy to
adopt and enforce sanitary regulations against
cholera-ayes, II; noes, 10. The majority re-
gard it as direct affront to the President and as
an unwarranted supercedure of authority in the
premises. The Senate then amended the House
resolution, substituting the Secretary of the
Treasury for the duty, and directing the former
to render all necessary aid to State or munich
pai authorities in the enforcement of quaran-
tine.
CONNECTICUT SENATORIAL QUESTION.
CHICAGO, May l6.-There seems to be hitch
in the election of the United States Senator by
the Connecticut Legislature. The House on its
part elected Gen, Ferry on the 10th, and the
Senate postponed the election one week. Re-
publicans from Washington say Ferry will GER
tainly be headed off. He claims TO have inteli-
geuce, which the Johnson men in Washington
are happy over, that three votes have been Sc
cured in the Connections Senate, sufficient to se-