, 1866-06-16
DRAGADlEhN IN ~E%HCH OF A
GRIEVANCE.

nance, the design of which il 10 prove thsr rne
Bureau is re-enslavlus the uer roes
Id spite Of the earnest Efforts OF the pt-slaVe-
holders Of South Carolina, Georpts and Flor
ida TO SET them Tree. The Tepo.t Is got mp
and bound tn the same style as ths former.
relative to Virginia and North Cszjllna, that
Is, 1t Is goi up 10 mIalead aud 3tts bound to
lie The present report conss.n oi mass OF
unsifted gossip and unsworn ma11-talk which
Ibis brace Of Bngadiers ~ that some c1-
rebel or freedman has ttm them. In no in
stance do they seem IT, AaTe Investigated the
fronted the agents Of the Bureau with the
statements made ataipst them, to get their
version Of the Story. We give single
sample of their statements: =
. - ~ osleeattou II freedmen subsequently, called
on " 1ro etAttd hat IN addition 10 ,he two plapta
1.one Which " Ely was cnllvnttnr on Govern
msni n aeeonnt.he was also planting on his own
anht. I'M. dhePataun further etateo that twenty.
G% uteE S21E pcpns, men. women and Children
ense eIe ,9,, uom r. small pox. we're crowded INTO
and raced on .htbsre f1oor, with no oeddsee, wb,ic
Seenrn, g'g f6 Gf6os,6n& ,& vas The blankets they bad
ins a eonai,l 1ns.s gco1 ss.e
siens them. sA "a saS e;,hon; eRs Sic: w vonsa 2
OF respectable Old dsno W,,,,os o5eaa. ,, ,A nunns5
comfoftsbIe CONT m I.sspo1 sa11so ~ thu. nssn nom iher
Of neglect III Il and aS Psocd IN tAs room to dc
be eseu TO zee Gen. Ely o. n.or. 3,i a. sast
isecd@.a in he u s,n. M ~! saaes. coodion Of he
ssen. Is he wat ao:ent = ending eo;la no, oe
Of in iette1 sriiten y bcre1iy n, s,fQmp!eined
nsn. and published IN Charleston narsss eo!otrd
,tnn ~ n ,H,s lefier Isen E,E ,n1a KashaE p9"sAea
~ g hsse .s Rse e si m .o
denying he truth d inc allegations preferred, which
they refused 10 90"
For aueht that appears, this delegation Of
freedmen might consist Of one unknown ne
gro, who delegated himself to tell this hos
pttA story. They do not claim to have con.
ffonted General Ely, whom they are accusing,
with this story. or to have any other evidence
Of ITS truth than the unsworn statement OF
freedman. Never did any negrophae show
such exalted faith In the testimony Of colored
| men as this brace Of brigadlcrsI But sup
pose the statement were true, 1t proves no
neglect OF cnty. 1t was no neglect OF duty
for General Ely to cultivate plantation
while acting Is agent Of the Freedmer,s Bu-
reau, for Central Howard, the chief Of the
Burean, had publicly recommended the
agents to cultfyate plantations themselves In
order TO give employment to freedmen and
! Md In inangurating free labor by showing the
planters that the cash would get more work
ont Of negro than the lash. General Stead.
msn himself, who signs this report, It is pup
ltc1Y stated, without contradiction, Is run
! ming plantation in Arkansas at the same
time that he il doing the dirty work Of Au-
drew johnson in collecting petty slanders
against the Freedmcn's Bureau.
II General Ely Kas following ont the plan
of General Howard IN cultiyating pl,uta-
tton, then he WIS In the Inns OF his dnty when
lie ives absent attending to his plantations,
'But had be been present, 1t does not appear
that his services were needed. BE certainly
could not have been expected to nurse the
smallpox patients In person, Whether they
were crowded in too small space or not,
whether they needed the attendance Of more
than one black WOMAN, or any other nourish-
ment than bread and meat, two very compre-
henslre TERMS, Generals Steadman and Full
1crton, thousand miles away, knew as well
as General Ely, fifty miles away, and are, on
the lace Of The story, as much responsible for
the neglect, II there were auT. The brace Of
Brigad,ere give no authority for the State
mcut that General Ely wished the freedmen
to denT the story, For do they claim to h .vc
Informed their brother officer, General Ely,
Of any part Of this petty SANDER before re-
porting It to the President, and publishing 1t
to the country. !. Is not too much to say
that any officers who will Thus retail Whist Is
designed to appear as petty or grave slanders
against a brother officer. in manner that
ehows on Its face that they speak without in-
vestigation, deserve to be dismissed from the
service for conduct unbecomIng an officer and
gentleman.
We Gull another average sample of the re-
port:
ws s,,sa Eassasd Cont 15s Hens s.; n9 H. cen
burg, on The Savannah River. opposite the city of
Argutra, Ga. There have becn i number OF brutal
N. .. by band Of outlaws, Tho. tbeourh The ap-
parent neglect OF The a.ent Of the Bnreaa, OF ,6e
inability OF the unwifhnencs. Of The c,i.ens 10
sna &c ELL ii lafge. numsor 81 ipteihesn1 aud
influential c,',zens in Edgeaeld. In conversation
WIN Us, strongly conc. .meed the eonouet o. The
y7ljatne no had mutdt rcd uno1enoiue freedmen.
the citizens ttAlcd mat The fu1rder- were coG1.
rnined uy band oI men from the s'a,e~ OF Texas.
ksn,peky and r nnetee, Who h,o q neen b ip toe
trnm returning TO their respective h3u1eh. sud
Who had taken to the road for 4 itvtu-
hood. and were stealing hnr-es from Wnlte people.
and 1obbinc snd mu1derDc cnlored men oz:au,e
fhPY Nff&UEElEfS. NE naked the cittEHn+
,hrv were not Rrretted hy The evil m .hn,4s,rs
1Ye,r renly Ua- thar thev Tere in doutt a. n their
authority TO act-:hat the FFeedmen's Bureau. &1th
.ne s,,a3na at[t % %aappo Va ne eep9aot Powel,
pons committing ous9aSes On tsesamr1 asa
lhst ar long a this etsse q things existed they
They ertnced much Indignation a. wnsr ihey
termed The iplustlee OF portion of .be
Press " holalus them scconntzhle for crimes and
rbem TO any oiher portion Of the American pso-
pic, ~hile The Dover 70 pnnish the ptrpe'rasot.
was ltbhe1d from them ThcF also aten ed with
unapimlty ,ha. hereafter. although snelr evil gov