Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-02-05

authorities that misleads the freedmen, and
prevents them from going to work with the
aeartiness and goodwill Of laborerS elsewhere.
it's we'll known, from the report OF Gen. Grant
and others, that they arc under the delusionthat
they are 70 receive free lands, or get a support,
somehow. from the Government. Gen. Howard
and some OF his officers have tried to diSabuse
their minds ON these points, but can they be
blamed for beiugpuzzled and hard Ofbelicfabout
the matter, when they lind Congress discussing
questions about giving a fec OF them lands,
| aud when they lind the Subordinates OF the
| President treating with contempt the govern
| mentS which have the sanction OF the President
II will never be better while the Southern
| states are kept in their present unsettled and
uncertain condition. Nor will the people Of
those States ever be able to go to work safely
sr earnestly the pursuits ofpeaceful industry
until the Presidents policy is adopted.
GRAVE CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE ADVOCATE
GENERAL HoLr.-Thc Frankfort (Hentucky)
l-eoma., refers &, certain acts Of General Payne,
the whilom military commandant OF that STATE
and demand, that he be brought to Justice
General PAYNE WAS brought before military
court. but was discharged. The IcomaR makes
4 ,tltesment in reference thereto, and couples
with it charges of the gravest character against
Judge -Adyocate-Gcneral Holt. 1t says;
We have referred to military court held for
The trial of this offender, but there was that
about it which, OF set purpose and by design,
! prevented development ct such facts aSwOuld
have condemned him to be shot, beyond any
| p,radventure il those trying him had not COM
united perjury. Such Instructions were sent
| out by Judge Advocate General Holt as to in
sure an acquittal.
We know whereof we speak when We say
hat the Judge advocate of this court was or
| Tered to administer such an oath to witnesses
as To cOuine their answers to such interrOgatO-
rcs only as he propounded to them; and fur
! ther, To ask no question which could criminate
She accused OF throw any light upon the sub
| icct under investigation nor was there manli-
ness enough among those ntruSted with the
| prosecution to refuse To be bound by these eX-
| uaordiuary requirements. This is one OF the
saddeSt results Of the war, that many '' bear
| jug His MaicSty'S commission became 50 de-
| BASED Is To- be lit instruments for amy ignOblc
! service.
| IfPayne can be reached andplaced under the
| hangman'S hands, it may render 4 SigUal ser
| wee to thousands in the Southern States, who
are languiShing under just such tyranny, ut
/ this present time, rs he exercised over the dis
| ,rict of Paducha two years ago. 1t will he the
! handwriting ON the wall which shall notify
their opprcSSors that the vengeance an out
ragged people though it cometh slowly, comcth
as surely as death, and is As memorable aS the
grave.
REPORT or GENERAL SHEENAN.-On Friday
last the President submitted to Congress, in
conformity with a request from that body, re-
| port made last December by Major General
k SHERMAN, in reference to the condition Of af-
| fairs in those portions of the Southern States
recently visited by him. He concludes his
port (Which refers mainly to military matters1
/ IN the following language Indeed, so far as
| my observation goes, there is perfect salts
e.. faction felt by all classes Of the people, en-
81. cept on the part of a very few who are look
ing to future combinations, involving the To-
.. cal and unimportant State offices. l found
/ .s everywhere in the South large number ot
e. our officers aud soldiers looking out for land
90 and employment and doubt not that during
the next year all the land which is cleared
will be under cultivation, large part oft
.. under the direction OF energetic young men,
g. and that all branches of business in Arkansas
II W III hS NtiilttlhtN'A ~ wv fAN'NNN VI - N''
e. of men which has not heretofore resided in
e. that State Single Individuals now travel
unarmed from one part OF the State to
another, and General REYNOLDS Is rarely
called upon to afford military protection to
b. any one, black or white"
GENERAL HOWARD AND THE FEEEDMEN's b.
kuAr.-Major- General Howard, Commissioner
OF the Frccdmcn'S Bureau, delivered an adj
dress to a large audience in Boston, ON Thurs
lav evening, on the condition Of the Southern
states lie said the South was conquered, but
,Lut the late Shareholders only came into the
new order of things gradually, and as they were
compelled To. lie thought, however, that, with
wise administration, the Freedmen's Bureau
could he dispensed with in few years,
aud urged kindness aud sympathy towards the
southern people.
! GENERAL FoRREsr.-A Cairo despatch states
that General n. b. Forrest having heard, upon
what he supposed reliable authority, that the
Secretary OF War had issued an order for his
arrest and deportation TO Washington for trial
by u military court has lied the country, and,
Il is supposed, has squc to Mexico. As Gen.
T.. is not fond of fleeing, the report must he
taken with doubt.
Stockholders MEsrrNG.--The Board OF
Public Works OF Virginia, in accordance with
,ne request OF the Legislature, have called u
meeting OF the Stockholders OF the Orange and
Alexandra railroad, to meet in Alexandria, on
L D. FIR Ia.
purpose of clecting u President and Directors
OF the road.
Tue AEuY.-In consequence Of the large
number oil desertions from the regular army,
during the past few months, General Grant has
issued an order calling upon commanders OF
departments and regiments to take the most
.trugent measures for checking the evil, and
i. r4ps' inspecuOns to be made to discover and
r.fa.rs .ar causes.
fl SEA isisvDs.-Geucral Sherman has written
9 a is.tsr in ahich he states that he only Intended
BE- o. locate the negroes who followed his army on
b, the sea Island, OF South Carolina temporarily.
'- Tia, may lead to the defeat Of the section OF
"a the Frecdmeu's Bureau bill granting them pos
b .sSNOry titles Tor three years.
." A NEw Oh CoMrASY.-We mentioned. some
'' days since, the discovery OF rich oil deposit,
De ,.u the lands Of Mr.. W. G. RucKER, in Amherst
and the intention Of Mr.. r. to organize com.
o. paay for the purpose OF boring. We learr
r that subscription books to this enterprise have
"a been opened in Lynchburg, with a fair pros
z pect OF the stock being speedily taken up.
STATE D1RECToRS.-JOhn G.. Mccm, of Lynch
burg, r. IL. Cunningham, Of Culpeper, and L
b. Williams, of Orange, were, on ThurSda!
\, last, appointed by the Board Of Public Works
State Directors in the Orange and Alexandra
Railroad Company.
- EMIGRATION PROM acknowledgements t.
~ the State Department Indicate that the emf
y, grafton from Europe to the United States vii
this year exceed any previous one. All tb
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