American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1866-08-01
NASBY.
MIR. Nasby, though not two Mai.
or General. Reports to tile
a President on the workings of
the Frecdman's Bureau. &c.

Or General. Reports to the
| s President on the workings Of
the Freedman's Bureau, &c.
b CoNFEDERIT X ROADS, (wich is
in the Stait NV Kentucky,
In, akordance with yoor esteemed re-
quest, dated the 25th, aud received this
morning, | to wunst proceeded to make
doc inquiry, ezto the working Nv the
Freedmen's Burow, and the condshun
NV the Afrikin citizens NV Amerikin de.
scent in this vicinity The fact that a
Abolihinist still holds the Post Orfs at
the Corners, (wich place, by the way, |
hav bin solicited to aksep) interfered
materially with bizness | he'd in hand.
| to wunst footed the horn, ez is the Gus
tom when we hav religious servis, and
called my congregashun togather They
cum runnin in from the different grocer
les; and here another difficulty ensood.
The grosery keepers wanted to know wat
we was going to hev meetin on week
days for /? They wuz willing to shut up
door in meetin time ON Sundays, ez they
respekted the church and it give EN- time
to sweep out the terbacker, ct settery, but
the'd be d-d eff they wuz agoin to hev
them pulled away from nourishment on
week days. | sukseeded in passifyin EN-
and went in at wunst egsaminin the lead
in citizens. Their testimony is ez fol-
CAPTAIN, sKELPER
Wuz niger owner afore the war, and
durin the late fratrisidle struggle wuz a
captain the in Confederit. Wuz with
Gideral Forest at Fort Pillow. Hez he'd
much experience with oiggcrs. Bleeves
EN- to be adapted to the climit Nv Ken
lucky and much more able to stand the
hot sun than the whites. When they
wuz slaves never knowcd EN- to refoose to
work-know they allua did work becoz
he generally stood over them with mig
ger whip. Since they hey been free hez
notist a change, until the Niger Burow
wuz establisht. Before this the'd take
sich wages as yoo chose to give them
and since then the id hethen will
stand out about ez the whtemen do, and
wont take work unle yoo meet their
view, wich made a heap of trouble materi-
ally retarded the development NV the
country. The Burow he'd corrupted the
female niggers, ez they he'd all bin legal
ly married by the Chaplines to the men
they lived with, and wuz so sot on livin
with EN-, there's no use NV tryin to git a
house wench onless yootook her husband
also. His wife wuz now doin degradin
work at home for want of help. Strong
ly urged the abrogashon NV tho Burow
aud the removal NV the Ablishun Post
master at tho Corners. 8l ~ g.e
sgf q DEACON M'GRATH a,
Wuz eggs amind. Wuz convinst in
his own mind that the Afrikin wuz now
out of h s normal sphere, and that the
Internal Burow wuz at the bottum NV it.
The nigger, afore the Burow come round
wuz docile and easily controlled. His
boy Joe wuz wunst a model niger. He'd
get up every morning at A A. NJ, (Which
means in the mornin) and work every
day till after dark. Ez soon ez he wuz
emancipatcd ,ez they called it, and Burow
came, told him to get up one mornin,
and he told me impudently that he'd
concluded he woodn't. | undertook to
chastise him with fence stake, where.
upon he turned and whaled me, and the
Burow towich applied for redress larft
in my face. He left, and is now drag
ging out miserable existence in Ohio,
on the beggarly pittance Nv two dollars
per day, aud my farm is runnint to weeds.
He conclooded by giving it ez his SOL
emn opinion that he never Good be rec
onciled to the Government so long ez. the
the Burow wuz tolerated, and the Alb.
lishnist held the Post Orfs at the Cor
ners. 81 asAa tt9 bai 3 f6ff hgl
- GINERAL DINGIs '92}'
II 'ssIatEH FTff q
Considered the Burow "a ihkibus up on
the State. 1t interfered between master
ter and servant. Good get along better
eff the niggur was left in the natural laws
wich regulates capital and laborers. Tri-
ed to keep his niggers, and keep EN- the
past summer till after the crop wuz in,
and then tried taiSettle em for four dollars
a month, with $ deductions for food
sickness and brt1ren tools, ct setery ez
wuz just. Brod ht the niggers all out
| in nv debt and atenerousIy proposed to