Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-07-04
THE NEGRO BUREAU AGAIN.
ms. gtcadman and Fullerton In South
Carolina and Georgia.

Carolina and Georgia.
foro Missionaries Running PlaRtd-
lions - /" Brother French as an
OverSeer and Speculator, de-, dc.
Generals Steadman and Fullerton
hve sent in their report on the man.
tement of the Negro Bureau in South
.rolna, Florida and Georgia. The
Nllowing is the grand retinue of the
Negro Bureau in South Carolina, and
cost of the luxury:
COMMISSIONER OF BUREAU:
One Brigadier General, Commits
&oner.
STAFF:
One Lieutenant Colonel; one Ma
pr; six Captains one Bureau Mis-
honary.
sUB-AssIsTANT COMMISSIONERS
One Colonel; two Lieutenant Col
bnels; four Majors; seven Captains !;
flx First Lieutenants one Second
Iieutenant.
ON STAFF DUTY ELSEWHERE:
Three Lieutenants.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
Three Surgeons, United States Vol
unteers; thirteen Assistant Surgeons.
CITIZEN EMPLOYEES:
Nine Clerks, at an average pay
each per month, sos 33
One Rental Agent, at monthly
pay of rs 90
One Store Keeper, at monthly
pay of 5O w
One Counsellor, at monthly
pay Of 80 w
One Superintendent Of Educa-
ton. at monthly nav of 125 90
One Printer, at monthly pay of 100 90
One Contract Surgeon, at
monthly pay of 100 90
Twenty-Five Laborers, at an av-
erage pay per month OF IS q
At an average, there have been sup
ported, for the past five months by
N the United States Government, Over
fve thousand negroes. They were fur
nished gratuitously supplies, consist
ing Of pork or bacon, fresh beet, foul
n or soft bread, hard bread, corn meal
beans, peas and hominy, sugar, vine
gar, candles, soap, salt and pepper
! 1t will be noticed above that among
the ornaments 10 the Negro Bureau
are bureau Missionary" a "BureaI
Counsellor" "Bureau Printer" anC
\ a"Bureau Storekeeper." These, Gen
erals Stcadman and Fullerton thinl
superhuous decorations, and advise
that they be dispensed with. w
now quote from their report inertenso
The first point at which we com
menced our Investigations was at Col
umbia, where we found Brevet Briga
dier-General Ely, Sub-Assistant Com
missioner Of the Bureau, in charge Q
an indefinite number of counties. W
were unable to obtain from him
statement of the extent of the terrific
ry over which he presided, for th
reason that he himself did not know
the limits Of bis jurisdiction. Thi
officer Is quite extensively engaged j
the cultivation Of plantations, hi
planting interests in the vicinity {
Columbia requiring so much of hi
time that in one instance at least, "
found he had neglected the prope
duties of his office.
General Ely stated to us that h
was cultivating two plantations o
government account, leased by hin
self as Bureau agent, at cash rer
ofS5,000 year. On three other plal
tations he stated that he bad pl
freedmen to work, and furnished the
with rations which were TO be pa
for out of their crops. One of the
plantations he afterwards SAID hi
been rented by William B. Sheple
of the Twenty-fiflh Ohio Infantr
who had been clerk in his offic
He (Gen. Ely had put the freedm'
to work on the plantation while She
Icy was away at his home, and hi
promised to give them one-half Of Il
crop.
A delegation of freedmen subs
quently called on us and stated th
in addition TO the two plantation
which General Ely was cultivating
government account, he was al
planting on his own account the fart
of Robert JOINER and A. NJ. Hunt.
This delegation further stated tn
twenty-nine colored persons-me
women and children-suffering fro
the smallpox, were crowded into o
room, about twenty feet by twent
four, and placed on the bare fio'
with no bedding, and their only &C
ering was the blankets they broug
with them. These poor creatul
were left in this condition sevel
days, some Of them delirious, wi
only one black woman to attend the
and without any uourishment B
rnaat and rnaal num her of rnenc