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

Bile Sambo to obtain judgment upon the
undivided moiety. &C., of pig, now hog,
all these parties walk twenty miles in
mud and rain, from an obscure noun
famous corner, down to Gordonsville to
the Freedmen's Gonrti After all, .the
case was compromised thus: Pig or hog
to be killed and Ssmbo to receive thirty
three pounds thereof, duly and honestly
weighed before impartial Judges. / did
propose the Sbylock plan, but my friends
(blackl did not appreciate the 6ne
points of the same. They used no such
terms as s'misbelieUer, cut throat, dog"
dc, and certainly heard no cry of ga
second Daniel come to judgment" The
policy Of Solomon, when he proposed to
divide the child and thus discover the
real mother, was also proposed but was
not appreciated.
Just true as the Dell's In Helor Dublin city,
/ Just finished case yesterday where
seven or eight thousand dollars were at
stake, between a freaborn coIored wo-
man, who bad lived as mistress for one
Parkhurst, a native of Wisconsin, for IA
years, ,sndn bore him a Sson-acknowl
edged by him-aHd Hughes the admins
traitor for P's estate. All the heirs at
law lived in Wisconsin. and Hughes was
sent from there. The case was tried
solely upon equity, and resulted in the
woman obtaining 81, 975 from the estate.
This case was very longs and argued by
the ablest lawyers 10 Richmond. II
would require -four pages to give brief
of it. II had been tried once, and was
appealed. j was senior of three officers
who constituted the Court Of Appeals,
and delivered an opinion concurred in
By the others. There are cases also, in
volving vested rights in real estate, and
also having to do with Probate of Wills,
conveyancing of real estate, and contin-
uation of title to property. These, we
do not expect to determine finally, but
try them all so as to get at the rights of
the freedmen, to be able to protect them
in courts hereafter. 40
! / have already stated that appeals
can be taken from the Deputy Superin-
tendent's Court to the Commissioner for
State, and even to Gen. Howard There
the matter is generally referred to three
officers for full investigation and report,
upon which the Assistant Superintend-
ent bases his order in the case We, Of
course, have Jurisdiction, also, over all
offenders (colored), and award the pan-
ishment. E
| need hardly say that was disap-.
pointed in the actual condition of the
South, socially, morally and politically.
| have hardly as yet made up my mind
N 8oF ~ fraIi
any. 1t takes some time and experiences
to fix correct opinions upon all the ques.
tions arising ont of the peculiar cOndi-
ton in which we find the South, and to
be prepared to advocate laws or policies
which best effect the ends desired, viz
the establishment of free labor, whole
some laws, domestic prosperity, political
equality, general education and loyalty
throughout the South. Ismay say we
have practically none of these yet, as
you would understand them in Indiana
or Michigan. You have read the appel
or memorial of loyal Tennesseeans to
the Committee on Reconstruction in the
House of Representatives. IF you have
not, you must obtain it at once. The
same paper could be written from Vir-
ginia with truth. OF course il contains
strong statements, but they are essen
tally true. The Legislature uf this
State ia now in session, and have at
tended some of its meetings The rebel
Congress was but littie worse Ia senti.
ment They(the new Legislature passed
a vagrancy act, which was calculated to
give employers and civil magistrates full.
control oyer the labor of the freedmen,
or else to remand them to labor for moth
ing, under q. charge of vagrancy, .ifthey
did not accept the offer of wages made. |
L was q plan for system worse than
slavery, because then the master had an
interest in the life and health of his ser
rant; nnoer this none. 1t was system |
ike she pe0nGge of Mexico. Gen. Terry |
issued general order prohib-
ting any one TO carry ont its provisions
owsrds any colored person in the State
fou see, the military control is all that
prevents them from going to the utmost
limits of terrorism and despotism.
have sent you some papers. To day /
forward an Eramiaser (Pollards pa I
ser }, and you can easily detect the tone
Il the dominant politicians from the long |.
'ditorialsl this. There is one Union
,apsr here, the Republic, official organ
# our Government 1NH
Men in the country districts attack.
md break up quiet and orderly meetings
u freedmen. United States officers
ave been attacked and wounded We
ut three men under bail of 81, 900
ach for that offence yesterday. They
must answer to Military Commission.
%. Prince William County few days
ince, negro i(unofending) was beaten
nd severely Injured, because be said he
1as proud he had been United States
older. The parties injuring him said
% man could live there who was proud f.
I having worn the blue particularly q |
Niger" / take notice the same par ;
les obeyed an arrest, or q summons Is !
illnesses, from an officer in full brass
nd blue. On. B. They are afraid of
Government officer; they know they dare {
OF touch him.)
The officers of the Bureau, being mill :
Dry men, are less subject to attack than I
theirs. Indeed, Think there is a better 7
selling toward our officers than any one
lse.s The paroled ex-rebel officers are
lso, as rule, the best disposed and !
lost liberal minded men I meet They 3
steem Grant, and other commanders,
cry highly for the magnanimity shown T
Sward them in paroling and allowing q
lem a quiet return home. think the
Government errs in not trusting more
, this class Of men. They look upon 4
II matters with much more candor,
.irnasa willincness To hear and learn s
nd with more liberal appreciation and r
,ss preindice, than the chronic old ed '
ors and politicians These will proba- b
" never think differently. I observe G
lost of them are grey haired, and |
ope new generation will soon succeed q
power, and learn wisdom from bitter p
xperiencex lAtt
| suppose the rebel soldiery are fuller
prejudice They are considerable
Art of the third estate. while the officers