Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-15

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We are permitted to copy the follow
ing interesting particulars Of the man
ner in which the Freedmen's Bureau is
expected to operate and protect the
freedmen Of the South, including sam-
Piles Of ludicrous cases that come before
II for adjudication The letter is writ
ten BY an intelligent gentleman con
nected with the Bureau in Virginia to
his brother, who now resides in the
vicinity Of our city, TWAS not intend
ed for publication and, therefore, may
be regarded as the true result Of the OBJ
servations Of q man who Is accustomed
to using all bis faculties in acquiring
knowledge. 1isaa ssf s'H
Some days ago q long letter was pub
lished in the New York Nation, which
was written by gentleman who had
taken great pains to ascertain the actual
condition Of affairs ia the South. We
find that the opinion of that gentleman
comedies with that expressed in the
letter, q portion of which We print.
Says the writer in the Nation ask any
Southern boy under ten years of age
what he intends to dowhenehe grows up,
and he replies, eight the Yankees"
and such remark iss always ap-
plaudedpby his superiors as an eyi-
dence Of spirit. All the intelligence
received from the South goes to show
that the Government must hold a firm
rein upon those rebellious spirits, or
another war is sure to result.
The followingis portion Of the letter
to which we have referred: = "
The Freedmen's Bureau il now being
re-organized to some extent, BY Congress,
its powers enlarged and defined BY law, 4
The War Department 10 also lending it's
powerful aid BY comforting full military
power upon sill army officers serving in
I understand the erder has been issued issued !
making us Provost Marshals, with power
TO arrest white 90 wellas black, and take
cognizauce of all disturbances which are
seditious, or interfere in any way with
the great experiment of free, hired Ia
Dor in the South. As it is now, thAh is
a Commissioned Of the Bureau, which. |
is Bureau of the War. Department.
same as that Of the Provost Marshal |
General, Quartermaster Genarsl. or Adj
jutant GeneraD, Gen, C.. C. Howard.
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sioner for each State, same as Che Act
ing Assistant Provost Marshal General. |
Each State is divided into large districts,
(about Tor 8 in Virginia over each OF |
which therenis asSuperintendent, and in
turn, there ia a Deputy Superintendent
for each county, whose Office is at the
county seat.
Thus we reach, By network of or. \
every part Of the country. T
These Deputy Superintendent hold q
kind of Provost Court, of which they are |,
the Judges, with two associates in each,
one appointed by the whites, one by the
coIored men. This is called the Freed
mans Court, and the rules and regula-
lions of the Bureau give Jurisdiction to
this court in all cases where either or
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sitizens, whether freed or free born.
Complaints are made before this tri.
bunal by either white. or black so that
one party interested is colored. Our
reason for trying all cases where coiored
people are interested is chiefly because
the testimony of colored people is not
taken in the State Courts, and because,
from the long-existing prejndice toward
them, it would have no effect if taken.
Some of the cases brought before these
courts are very amusing and peculiar.
wish had time to relate, in detail, some +
OF them. The freedman, finding he has
court OF justice, naturally appears be-
tore that tribunahwith every real or i'm
agined wrong.
Here 10 one case in brisf: SALLY owes
one Sambo 1--WE dollars. The debt in i'm
some kind of account current and Is
confessed by Sally. She has not ,he
sChereacfth to discharge the same She
has, however, claim Upon some nronar-
ty, viz: the undivided moiety Or ans. Il
half part " of certain hog, which ho,
belongs to another colored woman NOM,
inc Dinah. The evidence runs as fol.
lows: This pig (now hog) was given
to Diaah By her (ls:e) master, and Dinah
swears that when she received the same,
(viz. the pig, now hog) IL was . rsHt, or
was very weak and not likely 10 live. SO
reduced was this pig, (now hog) in flesh
and appetite, that almost the last spark
OF HE WAS gone, bat that last spark re-
NAMED, and to Save the pig, Dinah &C.
tualiy (unheard Of y nlraed the pig at
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