New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-06-29
NORTH CAROLINA.
THE couRT-MARrIAL oP MAJOR 'MANS-FlRsr DAYS
PROCEEDINGS.

THE COURT-MARTIAL oP MAJOR MANS-flRsT DAY
PROCEEDINGS.
From Our speci. Correspondent -. q, ,oee
The Bureau Court met this morning at 10 O'CLOCK,
and after the preiminares of reading the oruer con-
yening court the taking the oath Maor' " MANN was
Charges and specification, prred against Major G. mann
lssisfaat Quarirmasfr UHitsd States poHHfe"s
CHARGE.
Conduct the prejudice of good order and military disc
S,c;sooouIn Thu, that he Major c. Mann. Assistant
United States Volunteers and Assistant tnan-
Of the Bareaq Of Refugees ana No1S
Carolina while employed and Getting as suen nari
did become pecunariy interested with D. Holmes and
Gen Golf in the leasing and cultivation OF he plantation OF
said O. d. Holmes situated said wilmington and 70 the
employment thereon Of Freedmen did employ and con
SAINT employed thereon about % Freedmen nen penny
II his and charge spSn I his private profit
and emoument in the labor OF such freedmen contrary 10
All ibis al or near Wilmington North Carolina about
the 9TH day Of May 1866 and between that date and the LIST
day of December 1865 preceding euv hy S1a,T
Capt 100 L. s C. Inf and Judge Advocate.
Witnessed ID. Hlmes and Gen. Goh.
Nathan Gof IT, Colonel 37th Regiment u s. Colpred
Troops witness Tor the prosecution called and sworn
that The accused interested with N. Golf it, and o. d.
equarter Of the product the Mr.. Holiness
the oyersecr Jacob Corbet has been employed upon
this plantation the past ~ and be IN stu retain ed IN
position with sole control planting as much az he may
f the plantation IN brunswick county on tne ape
Fear River Is miles from Wilmington; coored men are en-
ployed.
mems Bureau in Wlmingon think be entered upon his
September last; the freedmen were employed by
Major Mann don't know whether he made the arrange
ments or not; can't say he might have sent them 10 MT
COrbet he is 10 the judge OF who to employ Iassed
Major Mann what they received and be replied hat
class given SIS month and some received as hgh
ss sos
Financial Arcnti K do not. O. DO you know whether
was executive officer and had charge Of trials Sc A.
The planters had no confidence in the that they
would work they did intend 10 cultivate their lnta
lions and bad made no preparations neither had The negroes
part Of these hands hired from an adjoining panta
Wilmington, while Others picked up about the coun
To the Presdent-By the terms Of the contract to
find the plantation and give oneourh Of the
products to Mr. Holmes The plantation IL leased oy MAJOR
800 acres OILY small portion which under cultivation
The cultivation OF this plantation did not require The personal
attention Of MOTOR The adjourned until tomor
While ny letter Of the 10th awaiting publication re-
py was made by Gen Ruger TO the application Of Gen. Whit
iesey for release from arrest Gen H. having returned TO
Raleigh after Of few days In South Carolina lie
states Respectfully returned Breve Brig T. Whit
teev who was placed In arrest by authority superior that
Commanding General and cannot be releyed ~ DIS
order The Of Congress approved July H. ls62 oper
alive without any order The Commanding Geneall but
as zen whtteey IL relieved from duty be not authorized
10 absent himself IRON post where be duty when
placed in arrest without orders from these superior head
THB MANN COURT ARuAL-How NORTHERN PHI
LANTHROPY IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS w Ihh
SOUTHERN PEOPLE.
The proceedings of the Bureau Court Martial were
this morning brief Characteristic After the usual pre-
lmnaries Of opening court Mr. o. ID Holmes the second
witness the prosecution failed TO respond 10 bis name
long discussion upon the motion Of the JudgeAdyooAie
Admit evidence appendix 20 Gems Fullerton and
Seadmsns report took place but the paper finely with
drawn after which the Court jonrnod until Tomorrow
clip the following from Raleigh paper:
Tho steamship c. W. Lord LETT Wilmington en- Saturday
afternoon freghted with number Of pseudo phlan'hropo
school who have been teaching the young Africans in
| that vicinity. the idea how 10 shoot"
Now the truth 10 that these young ladies' were the Only
females disposed assist personal In the suppTe
Of the small poI which threatened to sweep Oh ball the
city last Spring and the Society which sent them out has
| spent sl50oO as phianthropic aid In that city
Northern teachers assaulted AZ their own homes
IN Danye last week by four covardy ruans and but fof
the timely interference Of Quaker they would have been
seriously The authorities have taken no scton IN the
matter
At fair recently held In Charleston. G, o. go was
rnsed decorate soldiers graves at the time the oit
Baltimore pleading for 20 keep Tier sAry
ing poor The commAndant Of the District Of Couu biA O.
wealthy citizens Of tho Iss,asiss ~s
10 h,m the starving negroes As lhe managers
Of the Baltimore nnd appropriated nothing Tor that eass
Evans Of Mobile author Of Benlsh IL attempting 20
$50 bud mosque 20 perpetuaie tho memory on
the Confederate dead Of Alabama The Governor OF The State
il now North seeking exchange bonds for provisions The
Treedmens Bureau 10 daily issuing 90 200 ratonf 3OOO Of
this amount going 10 negroes.