The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-06-08
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CcSPrDFRArE y RnAps, (wich 10 In u Q !
stait of Bentucky,) May "a, lsGG. (
To His Eggsieney he Dispenser a,
Post OFFICES, Androo Johnson, Pre-
idem 40 the United States
In akordance with yoor esteemed
request, dated the 25th and received
this morning, to wunst proceeded
to make doc enquiry cz to the work
in NV the Frecdmen's Burow and the
condishun Nv the Afrikin citizens NV
Amerikin descent in this vicinity
The fact that q Ablishinst still holds
the Post Oriiice ut the Corners wich
place by the way I hev been solicited
to accept) interfered materially with
the bizins | he'd in hand. to wunst
footed the horn, ez is the custom
when VIC hev religious scrvis, and
called my congrcgashun together
They kun runnin III from the differ.
ent groceries, and here another diff
fculty ensood. The grosery keepers
wanted TO know what we wuz a goin
to hev mectin on week days fori
They wuz willin to shut up doorin
mcctin time on Sundays, ez they re-
spcctcd the church, and il give em
time to sweep out the tcrbacker, ct
setteiy, but they'd he Id ef they
wuz agoin to hcv the people pulled
away from their nourishment on week
days. j succeeded in passifyin em
and went in ut wunst examinin the
lcadin citizens. Their testimony is
cz follows:
CAPrIN sKELPER
Wuz q niger owner afure tho war
and durin the late fratrisidle strug
lie wuz n captin in the conlcdrit ser
Wis. Wuz with Clncral Forest al
Fort Pillow. Hez he'd much expo
renee with niggcrs. Dleeves EN- IL
he adapted to the climit Nv Kentucky
and much more able TO stand the ho'
sun than the whites. When they WI;
slaves never knowd em to rclooze v
work-know they alluz did work he
coz he generally stood over EN- will
n niggcr whip. Since they hev bin
free hez notist change; not mucl
NV q change, ontil the Niger Burov
wuz establsht Before that they'6
it,h~ 1;ssl.,s-'Nr.r .. seh.N~V.te.. ia,
stand out bout cz the white men do
Il nf nj
meet their views, wich made heal
NV trouble aud materially retarded
the develop LCnt NV the country
rhe Burow he'd corrupted the female
niggcrs, cz they he'd all bin legal,
married by the Chaplins TO the mel
they'd livd with, and wuz so sot oi
livin with EN- that there's no yoost
NV yoor tryin to get a house wcncl
unless VOC took her husband also
His wife wuz now doin degradln WORK
ut home for want OF help. Strongly
urged the abrogashcn Nv the Burow
and the removal NV the Abolishui
Postmaster at the Corners.
DEACON M'GRATm.
Wuz eggsamined. Wuz convinst il
his own mind that the Afrikin WI;
now out Nv his normal speer, ant
that the internal Burow wuz at tn
bottom NV il. The nigger, aforc tn
Burow came around, wuz docilc an,
easily controlled. His boy Joe wa
wunst a model niggcr. He'd get ~
every mornin at 4 A. NJ. (wich mean
in the mornin, and work every da,
till after dark. Ez soon ez lie wu
emancipated, cz they called 1t, an,
the Burow come, told him 10 &c
up one mornin, and he told me i'm
pudently that he'd concluded h,
wooddnt. | undertook to chastis'
him with a fence stake, whereupoI
he sailed ia and whalcd me, and tn
Burow to wich ] applied Tor redres
larrt in my face. lie left, and is nov
draggin out mizcrablc existence II
Ohio, OH the beggarly pittance II
two dollars day, and my farm /
rnnIin to weeds. He concloodcd, b,
irwin il cz his solemn opinion that h
never Good be reconcild 10 the Gov
lcrnment so long cz the Burow WI
tolerated, and that Ablishnist hcl'
the Post Orifis at tic Corners.
GIxERAL pISGEs,
Considered tile Burow inkubus up
on the State. 1t interfercd bctweej
master and servant. Good git alon,
better er the Niger wuz left TO th
material laws wich regulates capita
, and labor. Tried to keep his mig
ers, and did keep EN- the past sun
, mer Till after Tia. crop wuz in, m
! then tried To settle with em Tor fol
= dollar. a month, with sich deduction
for food, sickness and brakin tool
ct settry, ~ wuz just. Brought Il
lnippers all Nv en- in my debt an
4 generously proposed TO let en- woi
i il out chopin cord wood dooriu u
4 winter. Hauled me up atore Il
I Burow and wuz lorst To pay em ca,
n SIS per month Consider the Buro
/ ez all that stands 10 the way nv (,
soustruelion, though the removal /
+ the Abllshun Postmaster at the Co
e ners, and tue appointment Nv sou'
constooshnel Dimekrat wood great
S assist IN conciliatin the kentuci
|. mind.
b i tried to get some nigger tastim
,r my but Good elicit nothin worth WIN
One niger who spends the hett
his time at the Corners wuz oppos
as 10 the Bnrow becoz it stopt ratio
ie on him, and Lucy, octoroon, W