New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-31

and the unusual severity Of the commands, were o %
wO ~ the poor freedmen.
The Fre~dmen's Bureau-Hs Advantages
and Disadvnn,age.-rhe Jail super~
sedes the Lash-Necess,ty Of Soidiers-
The Laud in Mississippi and Geergis
Good Farming Land The fanIeo
Congress will not Let Cotton Grows
Mr.. stevens and rBr. Greeiey-br"zis
md MexIco-Montgomery.
Special Correspondence Of Tie n. Y. Tribune.
MONTGOMERY, March 9, leG6.
THE rnRBDMgNs BUREAU.
I find that the feeling of gladness Is sui ln<
creasing and that the Rebels profess en- ecstasy OF tH
umph tAwhch recent events have not accostome9
them. 4fter all however, 1 have some doubts aoous
the benefits Of the Freelmens Bureau. II the intenS
lions of the orginstors of the Freedmens Bureau were
ly carried out by its agents then it would indeed beg
in HI respects humane and beneficial; consequently
aenends altogether on the men ia charge Of the various
districts II they want to abase their power. there
nothing to hinder them. THIS was illustrated In th9
case OF Gen. Fullerton and Mr.. Conway OF louisiana
Fullerton had the West Point idea about the negro-
that he was only in his place when acting as poor
blaak lie had read all that Gilmore Simms. and hrsS
belle. the handsome and fery beau. and the fathfIl
slave in Louisiana. As consequence wneh ne 700
command he vas feasted anu courted and ne came g
the conclusion that Mrs >ou'h worth ana the o.ne1
writer's were correct IL their pctnres Oh tue haPp3
ness" of Southern life and all tha was now requie1
was the f,thfui slave. Fullerton bang at the head o.
the Bureau tried 10 complete tAe picture oy MAKING
slave out OF tie freedman -, ~ M
they are in anv way sentimental the planter gets t
best of the Bureau mans" feelings ana as acosse
quence the poor freedman nae iosrre'a,n - ss Soe2
s5s , to sss y " SAYS rs. on ss read rss
g unleau M officer stshe head oltSe Bureau
On my sskHg(a a. old planter living near vicksbuig9
We'll where am we are mighty fortunate. for We
have id clever Yankee charge of the niger conS
Germ when want hands and ask darkey 10 &c
tho Yankee officer tells him If he doesn't go to work.
with us that ne will hail and chain and PIT him In sli
The Niger sees there Is no hope ior hn ana 80 goes
TIE JAIL AND NOT TIE LASH.
The above is one OF nanv cases. This conhne3
mept of the negro in Jail ind, is more oathsome 10
hin than the lash While riding alogga road one day.
saw some negroes working 10 field one OF Ehom
recognized as man had at the office Of the Bu4
reau He had been put in Jail on bread and wster, iog
leaving his place on the pllnaion and at the time
saw him. had just been released ON promising 10 g9
back and out his contract inquired into the case
at the time ana fonnd that the reason ne lett was De
canse the quarters furnished him aud his WIFE, by M
planter were in bad conditionhe roof being IeakyS
and the chimney place failing 10 draw MS DE plead1
ed was a violation Of part OF the contract py thS
ri ,nter and thought it entitled him TO leave But the
officer Of the Bureau ruled that ae should nave eom7
pained first TO the planter aud II net remedied BY h
hen 10 the Bureau for permission to end the contract4
Having failed make the latter complaint be was sens
fenced to Jail and ne Of $40 with costs and 70 De res
leased from sil when be consented 10 retwn and wor
oat his contract The planter was requestd TO nx hi
quarters 1 thought the sentence a little hald as
would take q month and a half OF the mans salary t0
him in Il
If he liked his present work any better thsn JAZZ
"A little he replied, continuing on With his work(
His air and the manner IN which ne repsa struen ~
wife doing the same At his SIDE There was young
soldier with and it was the first time IN bis NE taa
he ever saw a blowing. He was shocked Tor im
the opposite field there were about ten OF them handin0
the paow.
The Frecdmen's Bureau is Of account, unless sup<
ported by the military. As the soldiers are AZ oen9
withdrawn from the States the Bureau will be lefe
helpless Only around Headquarters does IL get it,
real support know Of cSss where tine 10 m
make settlement with the complainant or appear fon
trial. and at the time he the Commissioner knew that
II they chose not To appear he had no means OF compel
cert but it amounts to Qothng The inhabitants hers
know that the Bureau q unsupported by the Govern
ment and act oefsn,ly II t$ey choose. Each State 10
district Containing fiom four TO eight counties The
headquarters established IN Ne pfinePa sowh On
the one most available to r,lro I'd; ana the conse
luence Is. only those living Ia and arr uno
Or on the line OF railroad obtain any ' tue oeaents.H
What few soldiers there ere scafteree tnrougn tne
South have little or no discipline among th'm sn1 are
generally on some fancy duty guarding sotS' oin0er
horse or boots. .,, Il
II the Freedmens Bnresu is to be Abolished,
,snuot see what Is become Of old and crippled palS
,ers OF both colors. throughout the South. At the
present dsy there is hardy alms.house or pub.to
hospital In the whole country. The citizens pleaGH
poverty and the officials impose no taxes and Sonse
,ueDtly no provisions are made for those unable To-
work Every community has certain number Of suol1
characters and the South at the present time more than
Yer usual share.
FARMING LANDS IN GEORGIA.
I LEFT Atlanta early in the morning and ar1ived e
Montgomery. Alabama. late at night The country a0
andy andy ar and oiled with stones. It the town Of East
Vest Point distance Of 10 miles from Atlanta, the
This lastrver forms part Of the bound-
~ line betyeen Georgia and Alabama. Both rivers
re navigsbe by steamboats, after getting further down.
nto the Appslschicos River. thus connecting tho n-
and towns with the Gulf Of Mexico. The best farmne
ountry IN Georgia lies along the Oconee and Ocmulo
zee Rivers. around Macon. Mlledgeyills. and eItsnd-
nsha into which the Oconee and 0comulges all Tha
IltaHahs empties into the Atlantic Ocean, and ito
anks are lined with numerous growing towns Ihroug
hese rivers large trade 70 carried on with Sevannan
hort staple cottop corn, wheat fruit and vegetables
ne raised In abundance Old planters say that around
Ilbany Ga the land will yield much cotton TO the
ere q in the best parts Of Mississippi or Texas Bot
here are more Northern spectators growing cotto0
Mississippi than in any two other Southern Statesd
general thing the negro laborers Of that state ge4
etter wages than others but there Is no uniformity
wing 0I5 pr mouth. others el2 some - lsw 81