Litchfield enquirer., 1868-10-15
Pinned !!

The circulation of falsehoods is regn- lar and most important part of Democratic tactics. Of these, the following is proba- bly the one oftenest exposed, and yet tho ono most consistently repeated. We con front tho untruth with the record :-
 There are seven hundred and three agents and clerks employed in the Freedmens Bureau, whose aggregate salaries amount to $SO9, ,3lO per annum. In Washington alone, there are slXty-fOur, at an aggregate cost of $90, ,OOO, and ftysix at cost of $53, GAO per annum. Maryland has nine, at a coso of SIP, ,7OO and Virginia ffty-threc, at a cost of $61, ,180. The total expenses of the Bureau, in di rect appropriations from tho popular pocket, are ELEVEN MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. Exclusive of the is sufficient to support 27 125 colored Radical ters at $1.25 day for one year. No wonder the Radicals in Congress arc adverse to disseminating such valuable piece of partisan machinery Bridgeport Fd,nne1.
 WAR DEPARTMENT, BUREAU REFUGEES
 FREEDMEN AND ABANDONED LANDS, <
 WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 30 1868. B'euet BriJ.- Gen. 0. BrO,on, Assistdf1 Cone"r:
 SIR In answer to your communication l have tho honor to state that there has been expended from the appropriations made by Congress for the support of this Bureau since it's organization to Jan. l. 1868, $4 397 ,654.59. From the amounts re- ceived from what has been termed Y" Refugees and Freedmen's Fund.-" which accrued before and since the organization of this Bureau, from tho rent of abandoned lands salos of crops, taxes and tuition, sale of Confederate State property, and every source whatsoever to Jan. 1, 186S $155S 034 1O Total expenditure to Jan. l. 1868, s, ,955, 49
 Of this amount $500, 900 was set apart for the re- lief of the then pressing Restitution in tho South crn States, by act of Congress of March, 1867.
 very considerable portion of the subsistence furnished has been issued to the destitute ,cteS ill tho Southern States, particularly in South Carol- na, Georgia and Alabama, as you will percelve by reference to the statistics ill the annual reports of the Commissioner.
 During the present year rations have been is- sued only to relieve the pressing necessities Of old infirm and sick paupers, whom the local au- thorities hayo failed either from neglect or want ot means to provide for. The number has been inconsiderable. In the States of Louisiana, South Carolina, and to a limited extent, in Florida and North Carolina, upon the urgent application of citizens of all classes representing the destltutlon of the people, supplies havc been furnished to white and colored farmers to enable them to cultl vate their lands. Payment for these advances has been secured by taking lien on the crops. No gratuitous issue has been made, except to paupers or destitute sick in hospital, and tho inmates of orphan asylums
 The expenditures from Jan. 1, 1868, to Aug. l, 1S68 were $2 029 397 39, which make the total cost of the Bureau from it's organization to Aug. l., 1868, s7, ,935, ,258.88.
 By an act of Congress passed i'll July last, the operations of this Bureau are to be Wlthdrawn from all the States on the 1st of January next.
 am, Sir, very respectfully, Iyour obedient ser
 want, r. D. SEWALL, Acting A. A. G.