The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-08-10

rieyicps repC rts we have recon me1ded the rsing
| again respectfully urge tins amslgamatiou, and that
one set o. officers should be required 70 perform the
joint duties thus avoid ng the expense OF maintaining
| Georgia
The Bureau in Georgia under the management Of the
present able and efficient assistant cQmmisSlonsr, Bre
tered aed has secoTp shed all the good OF Thfh the
por by the judges Of the supreme Court, BY the cy
| authorities and to some extent by the ciTzens The
northern state, and place the negro In all respects
On PerSG Se s e ws have onBd S
agents Of the Bureau have taken cases out of the hands
them in manner never ntemplsed by the laws ofthe
o At S5 n w S S e TS
labor the gang on tue charge OF
| The same odense wou have been liable, under the
state laws, he sentenced to the pententiary,
t. death, a. the discre ion Of the jury In cases
yiousy disposed OF IN this same court, reedman,
twenty dollars, ana another freedman for a simlar of.
fense was sept to prison for five months when by the
is mrrist nment in the penitenary 7r not less than
must of necessity create mi9R he wb,ts nsSp, fsa
ing Of contempt for the freedmens and Of illwl
such unjust interference with he laws Of the State.
IN IN me iretO men court at Mtcoo presided over by
a ties maze 42Seedrred' 2S Mr, M j Morgan az aad his
tried IN thi. for cruelty fee oman were con
ycted; and were fined in the aggresae 500 The
$500 were r.Poid by the agent, bat no account was
sta es that the money AUD papers in this case
-om memory It does mot appear, howeyer that Cap.
tain Lambert made any official mention OF t9e burglary
until HfT this discrepancy was discovered by US we
found AT Captain bsm9ert reGords' as rule were
coiiscteS tb and of dollars. had left record
evidence iehind him Of the dspositog made, made OF the
Vented oar making thorough investigation in other
Tbe freedmen of Georgia when e went through the
wages were remunerat've anH Regularly paq Ihen'
CDnteQted and doing we'll.
Alabama.
In this State Major General Wager swayues the as
ar en- ghteped policy in ADM STEERING the at rs Of
the Bureau aborng on all occasions to secure the 60
judicial machinery Of the State recogpi,ion OF me
freed people Thi. policy of General Swayue has pro-
duc,d much more kindly feeling towards the bureau
than exiss where its agents have assumed to exercise
ThoGg The administration at headqu arers has been
lsiacOry, subordinate ag n'o have been guilty of
consio cradle Irregularities
reg csgatn H M aud BfeYe Colonel G. oSdsI r assistant
& HsfmoGnt, local agent at Montgomery ,.
J. F. McGogg, agent at headquarters late chief quar-
G. " Buckley, supelinteudent of education.
0u2 ateEtn was called to the alleged misconduct of
the agent a. g. eenve in selling government rations'
vetigate the matter did not inquire into the case
, We found the freedmen in A ALBANIA working " II on
sire ans out Of their banks doing immense damage to
the and some apprehenSlOnS were elt that he
freedmen who were working shares would lose
their labor nd would not be able to make subsistence
tor themselves aud families
Mississippi.
The merging Of the Bureau with the Military De-
partment this State has placed the control of freed
the department commander Ges eral Wood has greatly
Improved upon The % dministTstiCn his predeeessor
lated to produce harmony between the There is
S& ps Sa
whites and blacks il Mis- ssipp than we found else
WIp 1hprp ara hnWp tiTF in
certain localities in this Sta :e beyond the control Of
onsm and boo he'd This is the case at Grsnads
where gained band of desperadOes have some
murd red Lieutenant Banding, agent of toe Freed
selves have been subjected to outrage by this gang,
strongly condemned the rhine, and sought to have the
At Meridian, in the same state, condition of things
Ber e. j. 90 Of Fsy SS ggeyg Ssr
was fired upon in the uight few mouths ago for what
excelleIt officer and good terms with the people
gsneISly IhfSe Wgr me Only iase5 Of 3H5raSe & GA
were well protected
corps Uhe agent stationed here) made some remarkd
BILE statements to us which, perhaps may show the
sometimes concoced. He at first said IL at people
OF the district W IL disposed that the freedmen
were doing well, and we kindly treated ny all ex.
cept the poorer classes OF whites, rom whom alone
they required protection In very few minutes after
wads he asserted ths ouTa3es on freedmen had been
b9rhood When pressed 10 state 'pecidcaly the nature
OF the utlages and by whom commit ed, he mentlOned
same plantation by he overseer, and all of which had
been remedied b, the planter himself his
found the statements of this officer to the ill treat
ent of negroes grossly exaggerated, and learned that
the agent him.elf had on one occasion advised
planter with whom he was diuing to Club any negro
who refused TO work.
Aside from the places of which we have spoken as be-
ipg n sted by bad men we found the negroes in Mis-
sissipp working industriOusly, and rule kindly
treated anC dong well. In this, as in Others have
visited, the officers of the bureau forerly mpos ID I'd
collected fines, aud many kept no records We found
marked instance of this kind at Grenada where for
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thriving business in the Of collecting fines, eng
not only have collected fines ranging from fifty
cents to five dollars from the freed men for marrying
white ministers for giving them permission to marry
freedmen. In cases where the groes were unable to
pay the sum demanded of them for proving their
tracts marry them, the chaplain levied on their
personal property, IN one case seizng negros empty
wallet and Jack knife for balance of fifty cents This
close driving is probably to be accounted for by the
fact that Chaplain Liysrmore enIy expressed his in
ention to return to Illinois with ten thousand dollars
in his pocket After he had been removed nom his
post he offered military ocer NIFTY dollars for his in
left ofical papers behind to show the dspos
ton he had made of the funds received. A large
amount of money also collected by the hrst tao
Columbus in the shape of fees and fines and
SO far as we could learn no account was ever rendered
traton the agents exercise no iadicial powers
Louisiana.
The bureau in this department is more in need OF
renchment and reform than in any other State have
money has been Equandered in Louisiana than in any
reaq accounted for for the fiscal year ending the S
lars rs meet tbis expendtnre there We're col ected in
taxes and rents the following amounts .o, ,,- 90
FOr school purposes S99'tst 90
IRON rents, 92,lSl 80
BE$5s BE$ SS$5p.a Antique tax asS3 $3s 35 i$
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