, 1866-01-13
COM .
sAND-BANK JoTRINGs.- No. VI.

MR Eplron.-This is holiday week, and il
vnriously observed. I have not been abr to look
much into peoples private and social relations
but the public demonstrations have hcrn, ss 4
general thing. anything but dcvout.
On Monday there were At various points tlt
mu>l lnathsomc exhibitions Of drunkenness. al.
TEND d With lighting and brutality. One Office,
Ind u Finger shot oG in qlrl)ing n riot. Uns
man WAS stabbrd III the buck. and another IL
tie bowrl-.
IL spite Of these los;hanmc scenes, however,
hire we're sp,ne who pissed the day in page
fil enjoyment.
II the occasion mist be characterize by Gun
duet that Is sickrnins 1" all lovers OF order uud
p.oprir,y, the day Is mnrr hrnored in The brrac,
than IN The observance.
am not ore Of those who lay great stress
upon mere 0,servanccs, believing that tittcs q!
mint, an,sr. an cutnin should give way to ',hr
wcightirr matters Of the law yer l welcome oc,
ca.inns haIlnbed by pleasing assaciutinns, B,
meeting Of friend with friend, hy family a,h,r
ing-. and snclai re-uninns. -.
/ .ouli nnt diminish The number at snch nc.
ca-,un-. for. " hrI, rightly nhsrr ve,l. they roi,rr
n,.r rnnsh natures. Wclcom... thrn, Chi. INN :
holidays! ".
lh- tax commissioners are III tnwn, lcn-in.
"i' 'hr Ian II tnr 'he next y,ar. Sntn- Of tn.
-'lpr'h people ca np.ain runs.i rally tina, a
;rw :. his iDvn sh,ulh m"nnpol,z". us they .caIl
!, 30 many e the plantations.
Thu. c.,tn.Ii >-ion.r- pursue dur own cnurs.
~ the ma'I"I. l,'lng rc.prnsinae "a tn- Govern.
r,rn,. W. nrc in h'p:-. %,nw,vrr! ~ PIE YEN
':!s'.--tr. =;.r.,!!.t:r. s';r&-s ny the an ruti.
j.. ii The y p.rtn ~. W.. u1u in hop-, ID -.
rurrI" 'nrL family ftn,n ten "a twenty acr-s at
sn"s 'hrt'b'.y can ,,r"vi,ir for themselves vohe,.
th's c''nrst h't ,..rn pursued h.r",nfute tn.
"'rpI ne mpch hrrur nf ihnn, here IN,
nav WORKED ny the month.
tirr,. ~ naturally y x'ni itrnl ..f unxir,
,.iln. 'h"nI Ia knnw who ar. % b. TN, linn
pr.-r~-.,r- "f 'hr-c lands. timt tht land ~.
10 ~ ny -r,ty r't'il RI i'm nf ju-tic. no nhl.
y -"iS "iil I"n.t. E,r:ainiv ;h.v rlnn tie,,
,nr y nj p.r,is;rnlv m ,hr .sn.,rt ,f pr.n,
-, n;lt AM r i,us,t.l; an they gill r,lI j,
"'nh - ini-h II th-y are ",ihrid. 1t INST h.
r"rr .,uh.'f,i h'"cv:r IN = pru'ni.,. nf inliv ;dn
ri :. mi Prnrl ,tna. i'm If H.n"ral in The m dd,,
IRE t',hl" !" taIl unless "a lid by positive en-.
~: nicii'>,. ny p'uprr authority. i, i. hoped
b"arycr, that patience ant I me- will bring ~ Z,
ju-, r,aht.
sumo "t The planter. m the min land com,
60 he ae'Mts"f tn" Bureau to furnish them h-l;
generally on shares or in partnerships. III,
pr"pl':. I, 'sryr ai,trns, them. owing to rhri
lively f,'n narl:cr3 Of the past. They carr,
this feeling ~ extremes. One man sai id he wuult
work for tx ccut- IA day elsewhere ru,hrr th.r
work tor "A rebel, II n.y be %Hrturai 10 sssari
ate rebel, with whip. an! cbsins. We kpoy ina
on many plantations these are retained vii,
their accustomed c~rurl,y. But e1 -,la yrlold.r.
nIiJ rx->iavrl can in some cases. meet On friend
~ term. and enter in,n arrangements adyauts
grni- 10 bath.
All planters are not fends. Soma will msk,
" good arrangements as they are nbie. The,
have land aud the Freedmen have no,, hut sin
rw and m i-cl,s in.,rsi. Congress has a salem,
'iufy TO the-' m-n. VIII they perform il. I, i,
not mn unreasonable privilege to allow them n
cultivate the hand under prntec,inn. aud EMO!
are 10 br mustered OUT soon. VIVA, viii the
do: They wan, ',ni. rnry are already CON,
plsininy that they are shut our Of govrrnmr,,
i,nds hy white monopol .sts. They nre inpul
sivs. They have not che patience Of Job. Inc
may BE- unreasonable in some cases, but " Ia
is right is right.
HlLTuH tiE4D. Dec. 80. 1865 p,