New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-17

After day or go the children found two chickens that
had been chased to the swamp and brought them .
This her story about Sbeimans army march
through the South. and she said her suferHgs were
nothing compared with others OF her Deghbors.
1t was late when she had finished, and being tired
We retired. We were given the best ROOM had good
feather bed md slept soupdy and would have been all
right the next mornne lad it not been that when We
went 10 wash there was no soap TO be found. After
breakfast we started ont To finish our ouIney. Oar
! hest accompanied Ne, mounted on mule. AT about
ten We arrived at MI Olive, our destination. 1t is
small railway station We halted in front 81 the town
store. There were the usual haf-adozen OF lazy men
standing around, who. on espyng the shorf, ran TO
congratulate him on his election tell what aid they had
gwen him and rectiBg wrongs received. The sherif
knew them all and shook hands with the storckeeper
remarkng OF the time that be had not seen him since
Tiger was pup BY dinner..ime We got through
business ard set out for home. IL was after dark be-
fore we reached the town. 1 was very much pleased
with my trip and have q much better opinion Of the
Southern people
TIE COUNTRY QCIET-ILASTATION LIFE.
Matters progressing quietly around these parts.
Complaints have been made by two three large plan
ters Of appearances OF dissatisfaction among their
freedmen iaborers The officer in charge of tho Bureau
rode compile Of these plantations few days ago.
The freedmen drawn up In line and addressed by
tho officer. He explained TO them their duties and IN,
satisfied and said they Lad no complaints. 1t was a
monthly pay day, and myself felt satisfied that the
COMPLAINING planters were unnecessarily frightened
Mean and cowardly set that they are. never saw
lower set of people than Of these planters. They
the that harp about the negro not working and
the enornities u the Freedmens Bureau. What would
these DO II II not for this Bureau often wish
the thing abolished. and then let all sink or SWIM
aD the freedmen would triumph. III matters
continue the way they are row there VIII be conpara-
lively large crop OF cotton raised The weather 10
and has been exceedingly mid. Gardens are being got
ready for vegetables and the roebnshes are budding
WORKINGS OF TIE fREEDMEN's BUREAU.
Below give you few eases that came before the
FIecdmen's Bureau In this place durirg the last few
days. 1t will give YOU an idea about matters; clara.
fine looking Creole, made complaint that five years
ago she brought from France by captain OF a
merchantmen TO Virginia a nurse to his WIFE Lived
with him three years in that capacity when he sold her
into Slavery to a planter in Wayne Ohis) County.
bOrth Carolina. she has lived as slave until the
proclamAt OF freedom She Is poor and destitute.
aud wants money,to 20 To her friends in France"
"John Caldwell. freedmen, compaineth that his EN-.
ployer hired white man 10 whip him (CaldweI) be-
cause he did MT spit as many rails as his employer
thought necessary. Tne said white man did beat HI ID
in shameful manner with his fists aud wooden maui.
and then put him in Jail Here he was kept until he
promised 10 work for nan FOR his raioLs and clothing
for the period Of four years"
Reuben on old c0lOred man. rented piece Of land
and commenced working il with male. His mule had
been stolen from him aud he had no money TO buy
another and bis crop pJald fail lie wanted the oicer
OF the Bureau 10 go bis security for siO winch one
OF his brother freedmen promised 10 lend hin on
security"
-Four Of tho f,ce1nen made complaint against a
man FOR whom they did some dIching lie wanted TO
give thon only three cents per yard and they CLAIMED
more. dited 20 yards per day. You can
recon how much would he at three cents the men
finding Themselves .
Most OF the worst In those counties ira!
not accessible by railroads. The freedmen cannot
wei get 10 the Bureau. and the Commissioner cannot
well get 10 them often as he would wish THIS can
not be remeded as ] see II shows the cowaTdce and
the temper OF the PEOPLE IN these unTeeonstructed
partt. EAAkE.