The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-21
THE FREEDMEN
ConditIon of Erocdmen Ann rn,ns-

NOhuiAiOh OF FrCcdmen I'm Texas.
WASHINGTON, August l9.-The following re-
port on the condition of Bureau affairs in Tevos
mas Deen nreceiveG by General Howard =
- GALVESTON, Texas, August Major. G, neral O.
". Howard, CommIssionef-9enerai al have the
henor TO report that have just returned from a
tour thiOLgn Fort Bend, COorado, and Wharton
counties, curing which tnp / addressed several
thousanu freedmen and many planters 4 tound the
crops IN a most pros erous condition and boI h
painters ana freedmen much elated at the prospects
worm ooes not make lts appearance and deyastate
their heIus, there will be average OF at Ieast
bale OF cotton to the acre in the above na neu
counties.
get mlar reports from oil parts of the State It
rs my belief that, If nOG DESTROYED by worm the
except 1S0O-and that result Is soey attrbuabe
TO Tree labor and the vgor and industry that 1t
mcites.
The season has been the worst for cotton-raiaing
tnat mas occurred lor many years, and notwith-
standlng the almost constant rams and hoods-and
oNernOws as eonsequence-the product OF the
neeomens labor will surpass years in which all else
was more favorable.
The worm IS making it's appearance in many
ioeaites, but not in any great numbers any
malignant character thus lar; and 1t Is hoped and
! behevt by old and experienced planters VINO have
made its pecuarities study, that If favored with
dry weather hl the lst OF September, the crop viii
1he freedmen these counties are mostly work
ing Tor part crop under very favorable contracts
and app ar to have tul appreciation of the fact
that upon tneIr labor aud industry depend their
incone at the end OF the year L made TINS special
point in my addresses / am however fearing great
nouble in getting equitable division of the crop
for the ieedmen Man, mon IN this state think It
n no harm to cheat the freedmen ont OF their inst
waReson tue grounds that their being:lIberaed and
4 taken from then, as property Unconstitutional
i viii, however, give specific instructions to my
agents, anu do all IN my power to see that they get
the proper share of the results or their laDor.
The greatest trouble have in the administration
OF the aiplrs of the Bureau OF this state consists
4 protecting the freedmen from lawless violence
Murder AVID outrage are largely on the increase.
Every mail from the interior brings me reports from
my agents ana oIher tTustw orthy so1rces OF inior.
nation OF murders, hom one 10 five at time, Of
am left so powerless to give proper protection
for want OF troops to sustain my agents and make
arrests that grow sick heart, and wonder at the
war power of the Government leaving this unfortu-
nate class OF people, whOm 1t liberated by force
thus exposed to the violence oil chagrned and hfe
The onl, rem edy can suggest is army officers for
agents and troops to sustain them. II in your judg
ment it h the settled policy OF the Executive to leave
the Bureau without adequate mllary pr0tec hon,
will desist making these official appeals nut until
+ am thus formed / must continue TO plead for
4 such to!ce as will maze my duties here a reality
instead of farce. } he ApprO oriatlon bin auShO-
rizes tho payment OF citizen agents now, but can
not fDd any who are competent and who can take
the oath r qulred. am nov looking fol eX United
. States army officers and have found two very good
ones General Wright gives me all the officers he
thinks be can spare but my State is large and the
requirements are great.
[ viii be glad if you will give me advantage OF the
4rh section of the act pertaining TO the Bureau,
(which authorizes the retention Of officers OF volun
/ am unfit Tor other duty. Having become to some
degree acchmated, ana much interested in my pre-
8 sent duties, / would be glad 10 be retained.
Very respectfully, your obsdient servant,
ID. B KIDDoo,
Brevet Major-Gen, Asst Commissioner.
The Freedmcn's Asylum In Tennessee.
Chief surgeon Swartawecker, OF Tennessee,
nndrr date OF August IA, reports that the Asy-
lums for Ilsane, Deaf, Dumb and Destitute
Freedmen throughout the State have been
closed. The State Legislature at its May session
passed an act providing for these institutions,
but the civil authorities have not taken any
steps IN the matter. The Bureau had turned
this whole matter over to them.
Georgia.
j. B. Powell (citzen) Burean Surgeon, at
Jonesboro, Georgia, twenty miles below
& Atlanta where the great battle was fought
which resulted in the capture of that city,
solicits that hospital for freedmen be esta-
blished at that point.
X He writes:-Ths country was wholly de-.
stroyed by the two armies, but we returned to
+ our devastated homes early in the spring, and
made efforts to secure crop which promised
we'll until June 20, since which Tune we have
mot had a shower in all this section. and our
are at an end. We shall not raise enough
= flor bread t
M The freedmen are in a most deplorable
Hcondtion. They have worked for 81 to SIC
4fper month wages, but the employers, making
~nothing, are unable to pay them, and they are
Wandering about the country in search of EN-
ployment. They are. taken sick in numbers
land having no friends or home die like the
beasts OF the forests. no one to care for the sou
l. for BODY. After consultation with few of the
= most prominent citizens Of the town, / have
Z concluded to inform you of the state Of affairs
land to petition for hospital.
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