c THE DAILY EVENING TEIEGI? A ril. PHI LADELPIII A, TIIUKSD AY, AUGUST 9, 18G& THE FflEEDriE.TS BUREAU. Its Of crations in Georgia, Alabama,. Missis sippi, Louisiana, and Texas. Report of Generals Steedman and Fullerton. WaBHINOT)!., Au?u't!). 1810, Tbe following vrv Important rep rt from Goo eralsEtfedtnan and Fu.lertoa bad beun made imb ibe to-dai: r?w Oai.VAKS, T, , July 20. 1853. Jinn. F M S'nnto 1V0 etary nf War: Hir We have the honor to submit the following re port nf oar 'nspcrtion of tlin operations of tbe t'reej men's Pnroan lathe Depart m-nts of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi na. and Texas Taking up seriatim Ihe point" i Inch special attention In culled ia oar rderof lnstr. Hon, we f Mind, first, that the nutnber of officers and civilians employed by or at'ached t the bureau iu tie departments above, named wan, an follows: Georgia. One brigadier (tenpr.il (brevet nujor general), assist ant commission, r for t he State. One major (surgeon), two captain, one second lieu tenant ou siaffditiy. ne KUieoii. ni't) wh ta.nl surgeon having chgrge Of hospl al. One map, r, ten Cattail"' ns,en HeutetAnts sub-assistant commissioner. , 1 V'n. r"'"'' -..(.It nav i -.o on 1 . M 1 01) ..iuc ton rsci surgeons, each " Oaa sp, cial 8g,ut, One sg. ulj r St. Simon's Island. " ""e cue, ,, ' Tolll1 uli'iU. cacti , 121 00 Jll l 00 V t (10 l'l Two cbras, average ,. Seventy seV.nl ersons employed f'"";.' ' dresses, ambulance -drivers. Hud ho-pital-biew aids at erage pay per m nth.eacU . . ' ' In addition to tl.ef region there a a on e hno L .ed .,i mveiuvseveu a.ent o. tbe bureau, clu.eus or Seoraia. who we e appmeted by the Awl-iant 0 rnm rioter of lb Bureau, lu accordance i with a reoluon of the Georgia Sate contention, passed" clolei ' 186.V. provldliiK 'or such appointments. Then agents ire not paid from the bureau funds, hut by ' ees theui for amoving con racte, and for other official a,,e8' Alabama. One major general-aosi.iaul commissioner for the 8TrTree msjors.one captain, five lieuteaants-on staff d Om lieutenant colonel, six captains, two lieutenants sub assistant commissioners. ( 11)1(11"). Eleven contract surgeons, each at monthly pay of SlOfl no wn-Htip't of education, " ' 1,V) mi Three eivllUn agents, WJj One del k, . ' ,. f.) . One hoapilal steward, ' Thr- e " ' " Thirty-Blx hoap'l nnrsea averaseeach.perraontli 7 8 J Mississippi. One major general, aasiatant cotnmiaeloner tor me "'one colonel, two mnjore, Iwo captains, twol'ieu'en- anta on atatt au'y. Tbeaa-intantcOtniulKHlonor an'i the staff, in connec tion with their duty aa limeau olllceia, are perforiniuK military duty On Bureau duty only eleven captains, ten lieuten ants, ttub-atsiKtaut coininixniouers. iviiinn One gnperintendent edncatiou.at monthly pay of SI SO 00 Five cl.rks, each. " "' I200t One printer. " " HiO'l Oue hUperintendent of liuild'nKs, " " 1200 rie contract nirueon, each ' " loo 00 lonr bospl al stewardK. eauu, " " B8 Sj Twenty-ix bofpita I attendants, &c , each at uveraw ' " 110.1 Four taipenterc, each at average ' li'i 00 Three trams era, each " ' In oO Tour orderlies, each " ' lft 71 Twelve laborers, each at average" 1H OS Two mitht watchmen, each " " lo DO liouislana. ' One brigadier general, ai-slmuut commissioner for the Slate. One maj r (snrgeon), six cap'ains, two lieutenants on stall duty One lieutenant colonel, one major, fourteen cantains. sixteen first lieutenants, six second lieutenants, suO aaHiHlunt cutiiiniHsiituers. One ehapiaiu, one lieutenant, on temporary duty. Vtvii'iHH. Snvon contract 6U Keoua, each at monthly pay of Sln0 00 Vive clerks " ' '' Vi't 00 Twoclerkn, " ' " 112 00 Vivecleiks, " " " 110 (HI Kiitht elerks (averase), " ' 70 SO he en clerk " ' " MHO ue sup't (ilantatlon dop't, " ' " 150 00 Two si-bool diictois, " ' ' 12, (10 One WHKoumiiter. " " " 7 00 Six artiUcois, " " " 65 SJ Tweuiy teamsters, lalmrern, mes"enKers, and poi ters. at average pay euoh p-r month, . 22 35 Thiriy two nures, cooks, aud in hotpital, at av- eiaue pay each per month, 9 7S Texas. One brigadier geneial, axaintant commUsioner for the State. One lieutenant colonel, two majors, one captain, one lieutenant Mult duty. Two colonel , one major, ten captains, four firt lieutenants, three second Jieuteuauls, sub-assis.unt couiiiiibsiouers. CiviliffiB. One contract surgeon, at pay per month, S100 00 Oue sup't of schools, " " 2os h:l Two cleiks, each " 1 45 0 1 Three clerks, each " " 7.) HO One printer, " 12i 00 The number of person" to whom rations have neon is oned iu each of the atiove-inxiuioueJ stiiten since the 1st of December, lou'5, aud up to the 1st ol Apiil last, was as follows: Georgia. Fre din m. Adults. Children. Total. Peeember. . . 4 J 'O' January, . . 104S Mii I ' - February, . . 11W fill 1 70 March, . . l:H 605 1919 V7tife liefugees. Adults. Gblldrea. Total. December, . . 201 171 S7 i .lauuary, . 12 12 February. . . 20 3 It Jlarck, . . . i U 113 Alabama. A'rtediiwit. Adults. Children. Total. Teeember, . . 1324 915 2243 Jannary, . . 1157 1209 242) Jrebrnary, . . 2217 1H7S 409) A,arch. . . . 2733 2789 601S tr hte Hejuyees Adults. Children. Total. December, . . 1140 2149 3'2M January, . . 13 27i 62") February, . . 40M 840S 13,08) March, . . 6ti.l. 11,464, 17,115 Mississippi. ' etilincn Adults. Children. Total. December, . . 2tij 24 570 Jannary, . . 40tf !o btl February, . . 64 403 927 March. . HI ft 250 6U5 Whi'.e JCtfugeet Adults. Children. Total. December, 2o 20 Janury, . . 1H 25 43 F'ebrnary, . . 2'2 4) 5 March. . . , 22 9ti 118 Louisiana. re-wii'i. Adults. Children. Total. December, . . 714 '7 1021 January, . . ti 317 11H2 February, . . 822 33-) 1'5S March, . 10 J" boU 13SS lVAi'e H-fuoee&, Adnlts. Children. Total. December, . . 29 22 61 January, w M 24 February, 7 13 20 March, ft 6 10 Texas. Fre juen.1 Adul s. Children. Total. December, . . -t'.i 3 .2 Jauunry, . . ft? 10 7 February, 77 I ft 92 March, ... 31 14 46 White H'f o . Adul , Children. Total. December, . . 11 4 15 January, , 4 0 4 February, 3 4 7 March, O 0 0 KKCKSSITY FOU RELIEF. The necen.it v m tiiorellet furui-ihed will not extend beyond the pr.-seut sea on ,-xcepi iu north mu (iuorgia and Alabaiiia. where prubalny a Hunted amount of a eiaiauce iii.iy bd reiiuiit tor sum lime lougnr, unless these Btalos are able to luak - provision for lUeir owu poor. Much, howevsr. tlopends iu all of tun K. lies herein mentioned upon the success of this year' pro v vision en p. DISPOSITION OF THE CITIZESS. Hut lHtle i r nu eucouragHiiiHui bas been given to the operations of the liure ubyt ecuue s of any of thee biates, except Alabama aud (isoruia, in which Ihe as Bistant cniiiiiiis-iouers, (ienerjls Tulson aud riiviyue, have removed much of the prelud es agaiuit the tot resu by wisely securing the co-operation of the civil authorities RETRENrilMEUT AND REFORM. A gret reducti n in the expenses of the Unrnan, and arefi rm which would reuder it far less objectionable than it is now would bi ellected bv the dUcoutinu uce if all paid employes not iu the military service of the government. This would rednci the expense f,r clirks. couiract surgeons, hospital stewards, 4c, the following auiouuts: Georgia, . . . S3 l..lU per annnm. Alabama, . . . Hs.312 ' Mississ ppl, . . o,27d " " Louisiana, . . . ftVw4 " " Ttxa, . . . lO.S'id " Total, 105,05i All the labor performed by these mp oye, exrept perhaps the occasional services f a emit act surgeou, might e discharie,l by details from lhntro .ps. In Mevl.'ns ri pe rts we have reeoinnenilod the in rlng ol the untie ot the bnreao and the m litary. We would spein respi e.'fiill y nrge 11, is amalgamation, and that oneaet ni olltrers should be required to perform tbn joint dntles, thnn avoiding the expense of maintaining two establishments. Georgia The Bnrau In Oenrgla, under the management of the rresent al ls and rtlie eut assistant commlesioner, lire Vet .Major General Tillson, has been houestly admlnls teree, and hss acconipl sbed all the good of whieli the system Is capable. It has been asslxted by the (lover or, by the judges of the Biiprome :-nrt, by the evil antliorlt es, aud to none exteut by the eltliens The amended laws of Oeoraia are fully as liberal as those of any northern Mate, aud place the negro In all respnetH on a perfect eiiualiiy lib the whl'e mm as to his civil rights. Wntwitlis ending f'ls fact, we have fonnd tha'. agents til th llurean have taken cases put of the hands ofthe civil authorities, and have Tied and dlepmed of them In a manner never en (en, plated by (he 'aws o the Mate For itslanre, the cltir,en judge ot the Hreedmnn's Court at Savnnnth s- nt need tw negroes to thirty dars' lahorou the chain gang, on He charge of hot se-stealiug, to which they pleaded gnilty. A white man committing the same otl'ense won d have been liable, under the Slate laws, u, be sentenced to the penlt ntlnry, or even t death, at the discre ion ofthe jury. In cases pre viously disposed of in this same court, one 'reeilman, for as-anlt'iig with a koUe with intent to kill, wa tiuml twenty dollars, ant another fr-edinan, for a slmil t of fense, was sent to prison for live luonuis, when, by the la waul (leoigis, ihe punishment piesarihml for tiiecrime Is imtrisinmeut in the penitentiary f-r not less thaa two nor no re than leu years Decisions such as tho-e mnst of necessity create am nig ihe white p-mplo a f -I-lng of conlenipt for the 'leed men's conrts.Hnd of ill-will towards the Tuiied 8LaliH iroverooien,. whirli oernitt ench an unjust lnier ereuce Willi tie laws of the 8tate. In ihe fre omen's court al Micob, preside 1 over by ( sptain Louis .1. Lambert moie serious Irregulari ties h,Ve occ.nrred. A .Mr. M J .Mug.in and his son, a .Mr. lloni'ton, and a Mr. Suisse! lirwWk were tried 'u thi. coil, i f.ir cruel'y to a fio.dmnu, were con victed, and were lined in the aggregate S.'i-'ul The tines imposed npo.'i the two .Morgans, amouutlng to S.'loC, Were r-poit-d bytheagent, hut noaccuiiii was rendered of the rema inliig Captain tVainbert. In a i If en x plan a ion herewith forwarded (marked A), statu that the money auu papers iu (his case were Mob n Iriim his oatca.' uud that he made up his report "On mimioiy It does not appear, however, that Cap tain" L''U'ln rt niado any olJlclal mention ol the bin glary :,'.!. M tr this discrepancy was discovered by us. We fonnd i S' Captain, Lsmlerl's records, as a rule, were vsm b'os S'J' a'Pt" n'1 tlMt hie pied .cessor, who had collfcled tli'll'ttKls of dollars, had lrtfl no record or evii'enco I elicit him of tlie disposltou made ofthe moilev rec.ived A similar absence of records pre vented oar nuking- a thorough Investigation lu other ollices in the State . The freed iiihu of Oorgla. whsri pre went through the State, were g nerally at wo.k, iat wherayer their wages were remnneral've u'.l IlKUlarly paji( them, m etu contented and duing well. Alabama. In this fiiate Major Ut)U"r.l Wt.itot Kwayne, the as sl tanl comoji'siou r has pursued a drc eel. liberal, ai d eu'lKhtened policy in administering tbe airars of the Hureau. laboring on all occasions to secure the ro oppiHt on oi 'tie civil authorities aud to obuiu from the judicial machinery of the S ate a recogni'ion of ihe 'rights essential toibe fecuritv and we I being of t:ie freed people Thi-policy of General Swayue hs p o duc, d a much more k'liolv feeling towards ihe bureau than ex1 a where ila agenis have assumed lo exercise juH cinl powers. Thong. i ihe administration at headquarters has been saislaciorv, subordinate ag.ntn have been guilty of conquerable Irregularities Tbe following-named officers and Hgcn'.s of the Bu reaa in Alabama are engaged in p an.ing: Centain and Brevet Colonel C. Cad:ll jr awistaut adiulatirjeBM'at ii i n... ,l l,.l.onl .1 M,ntTon,erv. J. F. JicUogg, agent at headquarters, late chief quar-terns-tt l-ol Hie boieau. C W. Hnckley, supei tntendent of education. N. S Card nor, late agent at .selma. (lur atteutl n was called to the alleged misconduct of tbe agent al Giennville in selling government rations, bnt as (ieneral Sway ne bim-'elf had undirtaken to in vestigate the matter, we did not inquire into the case. Wetonud thefreedmen in A abama working w lion the plantations, but the heavy ra ns hail swollen the HreauiB out of their banks, doing immense damage to the crip, and some apprehensious were felt thai 'he Ireedmen who were working on ah ires would lose their labor a nd would not be able to inke subsistence lor themselves aud families. Mississippi. The merging of tbe liureau with the Militarr De partment ol this Sla'e has placed the control of f reed men's Httalis in the hands of Major Thomas J Wool, the department commander Go ieral Wood has greatly improved upon the administration o his predecessor, Colonel eamuel Thoma-, whose policy was not calcu late d to produce barmouy between the races. There Is still, notwithstanding the change ol policy introduced bv General Wood, more ill-feeling existing between the whiles and blacks lu Mis issippi tln'.n we found else where, 'there are, however, causes operating in certain localities in this Sta:e beyond the control of auy policy the bureau uugh' adopt, proeuciiig antag onism and blond, lied. This lathe case at Grenada, where an o gamzed band of desperadoes have lor some time l a-t held Ihe town lu terror, and in April 'ast in in d red Lieutenant blanding, an agent of toe Freed men's Hureau The respecaole cilieua. who Ihmu selvea have been sul'icied to outrage by this wang, atrongly condemned the rime, aud sought to have the intirtieiers tirouiiht to justice. At .Meridian, in the same State, a oondltion of things nearly as b d appea's to prevail ihe bureu ollieer tliere. Major J. Knox, ot the Vetera u Henirvo corps, was II nd upon in the uight a few mouths ami, for what reason we were unable to learn, as he si'eiued to be a n excelleit ollieer and on good terms with the people generally. Tue.e ver I the ouly cases ot outrage ou othcere of the bureau. In oilier districts the agents were well protected. At Columbus, Jlaior Smith, of the Veteran llenrvo corps (the Hgent siatimrd there), made some remarka ble statements to us, which, perhaps, may show the way Hi which the lePorU of agents o tbe bureau aro sometimes concocted. Heatllrst said tLut tlie people ol tlie district w re w u uisp aei tuat tlie irueiiuiHU were doing well, and wo e kindly treated oy all ex cel)! the pooler clas-es of wbites, trom whom aloue tney requireii protection, in a very tew minutes allor Wuid he asserted tha' outrages on fr-ediueu had been cum milled by two-thirds of tlie ptautors lu the neigh borhood. When pressed toslate -pecincallv theuature of the tl ti age a aud by w hoiu coiiui. it ed, he mentioned lliree only, nil ol wliicli nad litea comtui.teil on the same plantation by i he overseer, and all of which had bien remedied b the psauter bimsell as snon as his atlentiou v,s called to Kimi On Investigation we found th statements of this ollieer as to the ill ireat ii cutol negeo.s grossly exaggeiated, and learned that the uaeut him-elf had ou one occasion advised a planter with wliom he was dining to "club" auy negro who relused to work. Aside Irom the places of which we havespoken as bo irg iu'.sted by bad men we found the negroes in Ms sirsippl working iuiiustriouslv, aud as a rule kiudlv treated an doing well. In ihis, as in olh-rs we have visited, theoincers of the bureau formerly Iinposs i a d collected fines, and many kept no records. We found a Uiaiked instance of this kind at Grenada, where a lor n.trn.eut of the buitau, Chapaio Li vermore, d d a thriving bnsintss In the way of collecting tiu -s. selliug rations ai d govemmeut horses and mules. This oilier seems not ouly to hve collected hues ranging from titty cents to five dollars from the freed men for marrying them, but also attempted to exact fees from re-ident while ministers for itmng them permission to marry Ireedmen. In cases where the m grows were unable to pay the sum demanded of them for proving their con tracts or marry, ng them, the chaplain levied on their personal propel ty, in one case seizing a negro's empty wallet aud jack-knife for a balance of Iltty cents. This close driving is probably to be accounted for by the fact that Chaplain Liveimore oi eniy expressed his in tention to return to Illinois with leu thousand dollars in his pocket. After he hsd been removed trom his post he uttered a military ollieer ft ft y dollars for his in fluence to retain hi in In bis position. Chaplain Liver more left no ollicial papers behind to show the disposi tion he bad made of the funds recnived. A large amounted' money was also collected by the first t to agenis at Columbus In the shape of fees and flus. and su far as we could learn uo account was ever rudard of it. This class of otlicers have lately been in ml" red nt, or have disappeared. Uuder tne pressut adminis tration the agents exercise uo judicial powers. Louisiana. Tbe bureau In this department is more In need of re trenchment aud reform than iu any other State we have visited. More njou.y has been collected, aud more money has been squandered in Loulsiaua than lu any other three ou hern States The exoeus-e o' the bu reau, as acconuted for for the fiscal year ending the 1st of June, IMSo, were overthrew hundred thousand dol lars. To meet this expenditure tliere were coLecled iu taxes and rents the following amounts: For fcchool purposes, .... S'),'! Sd rron, rents 9'-', 131 ft) From poll lax, ..... 40,!r. 1 1 I'rou, Corps d'Aflique tax, . . . 23.n01 00 From flues 73 10 Total Si 3.4 is 47 Leaving a (telicit of ,Hi0,r57 33 to be paid oot of tho na tioial treasury. These expeuses ale in addition to the transportation, rauous, auu quartermaster's supplies furnished by the government, it is d.lllcult to deter mine to WLal use ti e vast amount of prop ri y held bv the bureau has been app led. Al the ver lowest esti mate, the trorei'ty takeu possession of as couliscnted or abandon, d itiuouuteu in value to ten millions oi dol lars, auu tlie routs lelurued as above mentioned aro less thau one per c lit. ou the entire value. 1 he expend it n res of the buiean under the present ad ministration lor agem, civilian clerks am! emp oye about Ila headquarters aloue, amount 'o not 1-a ttian in.' 3n a yeai , exclusive of the stall otlicers and Older Ilea In the milliary nervice. A large piomrtiou of tbe money expeuded on the freedni' u sehoola under the administration ol the Kev. T W. ( otiway, tlie la'e A,s.aiut 0 immissiouO' , we are satisll. n was squandered. Mr. Matthew Wuilden. formerly ihitl cleik In the school department, in evi dence betoie ii b ch is hereto appended, marked n" atiited that iu S piember,ls(j , Captaiu Pease, the school sup riu indent, reported lllciaily that thore wereschoolH in perauon aud iu tl .urishing ooudlll in, when, iu fact, there were two. It was also sworu to before us that tba bonks and records, which would bave shown ibis rep, it to be Inaccurate, weie destmved in Captain r.ae at uVe aud utoer tubs' ituud. We can s e no, l.iort lor ihe f.br catou of this false report, un less I ws P. si cunt tor p. Tin nts made to psrsons who y. ere D'". engiged u; ti achliig On examining the pay-roll No 2 P i i In. mouth of August, lHuft, we fouud that af ter It had been certified and apptoved, names bad been added, n d the totals erased and changed ou every page. We found also a discrepancy of several hundred (Holers beMveu the pay-rolls lor lUio inouib and vue la bor roll No. 15. From the sworn testimony, also hereto appeuded.lt will b. scon that Captaiu M , se. appolutoj provost m rshil,,l the bureau by Mr. C uway, made the pro v, at nni'shal's ullicn a slave-pen, arresting freodmen and telling tbeiu ,o planter at five dollars a head, and shsriiig he rrnceeds with hla special ivllcemen who nisda the arrests. This ntllrer nrtt er collected a large amount ol m liev from freeumen and white iwrsousar rsta,i by him for various otf uses, aud his ho-ksonly sh, w rec-ipts from thi. source amounting to S'J75 10 The Ilu-aau Is rultlvaliiiK a Ir rge plautaiion lu this 8 ste, for which it pay-C, n to O'teen t turn -and do'lats a year ss rent W, can scarcely Imagine lire exnn- for renting land on account of ihe United States, when the gov. rument, ihroiigli each Congress, Is aivint away m limns of acres of public Ian is t Corp rations. Ma tor Gout ral Ahs iiotn Bslrd is the Assistant Com missioner lor L mi alalia, and was also miipary com mander of the Depar ineut when wo visile I It lie h v undoubtedly unproved upon the administration of .Mr. Con way. Texs. Tha facilities for trave in In Tex is being so lim'te 1, and the State so large, we found it Impossible to make such an nvesiinati,,n a wood enable us to repot t full' upon t he condition of all airs iu tha deiartuint. The headqnar ersof Die bureau are locit-d al Gilves t' U, and a lew agents are stationed iu die most ac cessible s nd po oh, us t arts ot the St ne As to the con dition of slfalrs in the Interior, we wore unable to ob tain accurate information, eithsr from the sgents orttie bnr-auorfrom any other aonrcee We visited R ch uiund and Houston, where tve met several of the asenisfrmn o tier districts, w ho were there lu attend ance nn a court martial At llichmiind.t sptain SIob i, the agent of the Bureau, Is engaged iu planting, In connection with his former eleik. ( BPtaln Porter, and an ex-olllrer of the rebel army, Captain Mitchell. Captain Sloan denied, under atli. that ha was or ever had been Interested In the plantation of Messrs. I'orier and -Mitchell, but Major l'earon. commandant of the troops a that p 'st, and Dr. Bnjd post snigeon. both snbsequentl y swore he fore us that Captain tiloan had told thein repeatedly he was interested In tho farm, and had uientlou'd to them the amount he expected to realize by it. Complaints Were made to us by o:her persons that Captain Sloan bad employed the power of the HurenU to 'ake ncgr ,.s frorn In, lr plantations and place them on his own. We append the l-aiimony taken in this case, n a.ked "C." Amongst tba agent-we met at H mston was Lieuten ant C. F. Hiirdenbrook, l-l V. K C agent at Beaumont, .lefi'erson conntj, who Mated to us ihat ihe Ireedmen were doing well In bis district. and that the dtspo-ition ol ihe people was very fair. Most of the freemen were engaged iu here lug stock, and wero paid from ten to fi teeu dollsra a month, in coiu. H i subsequently men tioned that he bad recently arrested Dr Houston, a citi zen in bis district, on the report of a freed in a u that the doctor bad said he did not reirard his paiolei hut. Hud Ing it was impossible t obtain evidence agaiust his prisouer. be had been obliged to release him. This olli eer reported to us other actious of his own equally ab surd as this, satisfj ing us that he was utterly incompe tent for his positiou. Waving heard unfavorable reports from the Breuham district, we examiued the agent, Captaiu H. A. Craig. 17th Veteran Reserve coips, whom we also met at Houston. He stated that his predecessor Lieutonaut Arnold, of the J2ih Illinois rivalry, bad kep' uo lecinde, and had left uothlug In theollice but a list of contracts and a file of orders, and be could give us no Information of his ollicial acts. Wears sa'istled that in 0 si of tho complaints iaade against Caplaiu Craig are groundless. A,'.' '',e hnrean agents In Texas exercise judicial linnet Ix'th civil aud criminal cases, and in the dis charge $t these arbitrary aud danaerous fiiuclous fre iim miy arre,' 11 imprison respectable citizens upon mere rumor. Captain tiloan, the bureau oilier ac Kicbnioud be'er i lluded to. while at Galveston, out of bis diitrict, ariu.i' J a respec able cl.izen and put him in prison on the rlea that he wanted him as a wit ne s In a case which hi) only knewifrom rumor would be bronght belvrq bim. tr Ten 01 th" thirty v"e agen'sln this Rtati? are citlsn planters. One of them. Colonel McContiaghee, agent lu Thornton county, was formerly a colonel in the rebel nimy, and was appointed an egont of i lie bureau by General Gregory, then Assistant Commissi mcr lor tbe felHte, while still rihariloned. We Jioa-i jnany ruin;,, j,,p8, 1,3 uihii . Vegery biiD'.,elr beliK( eutag-d in planting. tt en lu vtstlBat'.jn werencluded that tbes'o stiteinenta were nr4lo,itiiled. Whil,! we beitve General Gregory to nave been honest in his administration, we think his extreme views and policy produced ill feeling and bit terness between Ihe whites and blacks. So laras we saw or we'oableto net informi'lnn In Texas, the freedni. n woie working well and the crops were promising. The wages paid, all the payments b ing made in specie, were better than iu any other de partment. Ili evet Major General J U. Kiddoo Is the present As sistant Commissioner f r Texas. Summary We are of opinion Ihat at the close ofthe war. and for some time alter the cessation of hostilities, the eed meu's Burean did good. The people of the South, hav ing at first no faith iu the negroes working ander a tree labor system, were desirous o' getting r d of them, and during the rummer of 1S 5 judicious bureau and mili tary o Ulcers dig much towards restoring order and har mony, aud inducing ihe people of the South to resume the cultivation of their plantations by employing tho freedmen. Before the close of lSrj.j tliere was an entire revolution in the sentiments of the people of the South with regard to negro labor. A feoliug of kiuduess spraug up towards tho freedman, le. tilting, nerhap,, mainly from the conviction that his labor wa desirable and profitable, and the only labor to be bad The neces sity o. the buteau then ceased. Suce then, while it baa heeu beuelicial in S' lne localities, it has been productive, in the aggregate, of more barm thau go. id. 1 1 bus occasioned and will perpetuate discord as Iouk as It exists. Ihoiikh ado Inistered by the purest aud wisest men of the uatiun. The freedmen regard its ptcseuce as evidence that they wonld be uussin without it, aud ti e white people consider it au imputation npon their integrity and fairnessian espionage upon the ollicial action of all their courts and magistrates, as well as uvon the private conduct of theit citizens. Both race are thus made suspicious and bitter by an agency which, In the present reorganized condition ot civi' gov ernment and soci, ty in the southern States, ia powerless to advance the lntere-ts or either. The best protec iou the fieedman has In the South is tt-e value 01 bis Pibor In the market, aud If he Is leit fre to dispose of this, at all times, to tha highest bidder, unshackled by contracts mad.i for him by Dureau olUcers, no apprehensions need be felt for hi safety or bis success if the 'reedmeu could at this moment demand the wages which the high price of tbe pioductsof th South would justify, one dollar per day aud board would be the ruling wages, l..ste.td of teu or twelve dollars per month, the prices now paid. But they cannot take ad vautage of the demand lor their la hurt they are hound by contracts, eujjaved for twelve mouths, through the agency aud fnllueuce of the Freedmen's Bureau. Tho hands 00 tlie Mississippi riv.r s.eainboats were not required to make contracts, aud they ar-get iug forty dollars per lujtitn aud tlieir board for labor less exacting than that of a plautation negro. The fieedmen ou the Ogeechee uud Savannah rivers arc g ttiug, on tho rice pla ntatlous, from ten to fi'tcen dollars per mouth, under coutract for the ear. ' while the laborers employed ou the Georgia Central railroad which runs between these streams, are g tling one dollar aud a half a day. Some complaints were made to us by tlin planters ou the Savan nah river that their laborers were di-conteut-d, and did not work us required by the contracts. One of the planters, a practical, liberal-minded man, ex plain, d the cause of discon teut to be the low wages at which the negroes were hire!. He said, '1 can get huuda enough, and Rood woi k done, too, by paying a dollar a da aud ratious, and 1 am paying that uud ex pect to pay even more. I cau give ihiee dollais a day and make pjoney. The negro is going to make all he tun out of his ire'doin.aud he bus a right to do so " Tleeulighiened policy advocated by this gentleman a policy strongly in accordance with justice and sound poll leal economy is de eated by the coutract system Inaugurated and forced into practical ooeration ''y the dflicers of tbe Freedmen's Burean. We met with In stances of freediiieu working lor tea dollars a mouth and rations under yearly contracts sanctioned by ihe bureau, w bile iu the same field, doing tne tame work, other freedmen not uuder contracts were gutiiog oue dollar a day and rations. In all of the large towns of the Mississ ppi valley, during the months of May and June, planters were otloriug oue dollar a day and ratious tor freedmen, while under the aauction if the tloveruinent, given by ihe otlicers aud ag - nts of the lureau. thou-ands of freedmen were working under coutract for ten dollars per month. If the fieedmen are leit free t, contract, the demand for their labor and competition amoug employers will secure them good wages aud kind treatment. They will n t contract with men who treat them harshly or fail to pay them, a is abundantly proven by the fact that many planters who treated their loruirt' slaves cruelly are now unable to hire freedmen to woik lr them, aud have been 01ged to sell or lease their plantations We are unable to discover why tne simple rules which regulate uud ton'rol the relations of la"or and capital In the northern States should not obtain as well iu the bouib why the national government should permit the laboring man to sell bis labor to 'he highest bidder in oui section of t' e country aud app dot en geut to sell it for him in auoi her section. 11 is undoubtedly true that if the freed peope of the Suuih weie not hound by contracts their wages would be at least fifty per cent, higher at ibis lime than they are, and there would be less discontent amnng the freed men than uowext'ts, and far less duty lor the agon' sol the bur, an to perform. Aliuott the oul dissatisfaction existing at this lime am. u the freedmen results from the low iats of wages at which tliey have been hired under the lull 11 nco and with ihe approval ofthe ageuts ol the Bureau Tuis dis content makes the freedm-u uuwilliug 10 work. Tuir indolence provokes the plauter, who Irequeutiy resorts lo violeuce to eul 'rce b'S contract, aud this makes business for the ollieer who sanctioned the couiract luvestualion follows, resulting generally In tiudiug the freedmen st fault for refusing to labor according to their contracts, aud 'hey ara r.qulred to return to the ilantat;ou, while ihe plauter is uduionished to curb his temper In s 'lii-ia-a of tins nature the coutrac, is declare d foifeiled bv tho coudiict of the planter, who goes away from the bn em feeling that a decis on has been ma, e that 'he freedmen aro ii"t bound to fulfil tlieT agreements. Tho fault the cause of the dilliculty is lu the contract, which Iir been in, iu-tly forced upon the poor freed men. It mus not be luleired fron wlut wo bave written that wo aie opposed to tho Ireedmen cou trsctiug with tlie planters. By no menus Wobeliuve liie v 1 y bust thing they can do is to make contracts, 1 ither lor a shure of the crops or liberal wages, but we are opposed to agents of the national go ver 11 uient assum ing to biro them oui, prescribing the terms ol service, ai d stipulating lor tbe wages to bn paid them. They are not tree so long as auy such control U exercised over them, nor cau thoy ever receive just reward f, r tlmir labor while they ale compelled to biro within a given time for a specifies term In Mississippi and ("her Slates, Ireadup.u were compelled, bv orders from otlicers of the bureau, to euter Into con tracts w i'liiu limited period, vt Licit enabled all who wanted haurls to gel them a low wages, while, if the freedmen bad not be 11 Interfered w.ili, the demand for labor would have enabled thein 10 aeuure just imiuiiuo ratiou. It is a great en Or to suppose that, the freedmen are not enmpeteut to enter iuio contracts for them selves They are sharp at a bargain, k i w w,ll what a u o,l coutiact is, aud are much belter collectors thau vnl e people. The ysteiii of contracts now existing In the South an 1 eufo c d by the bureau Is simply slavery in a usw form. What Is tho dillore'ice to the negro wue h T he la sold for five dollars or five liiotisaud do'larslor lliiity yensto thirty ui.sier , or for 1 hii ty ) e u l J one 1111s ti? it ia involuntary servitude iu either case, aud a I practical defeat o' tho emancipation proclamation o' tha lemented l'r. siiliot Lincoln. If the ireedman leaves woi k to seek employ uieui at better wags, he Is arreted as a vagrant b order of the Fieod nijn a Bureau and pnt to lafor on H10 roads wl'u ball and d'alu, as Is provided by an or der recently Issued by General Scott, assistant commissioner f,,r South t arolioa. I', tattgned from overwork, he de-Ires lo r. si lor a day. if be leave I e rlsntatien to visit a relative or Iriend. it is ro dn a pa pal otre-nse, ad a fine 01 firty dollars l imp sed, as Will la seen b. circular No 14.nl Ge' a al Kiddoo, assis a tit commissioner for Teaas a copv of which is her-to an nexed, maike l "E " If he refnes to contract at al', he In arrested by tho burean provost marshal and told for a few dollars lo the near- t planter, aa In the case ,f sptain Morse, of New Orleans, al.esdy rei-rred to. 1 he coercive policy adop ed by (he hurt.'i In this and ether respects has beeu made a iust flcation for the d Is criminating legislation oi some of the southern States. 1 he only lem-ily against a white man for a breach of contract in a snlt fordatniges, nd we cau ,ee uo reason why the , ame remedy should not be applied and conceded in the case the b ack man The ireedman has nothing to sell but his l .hor, and we are strongly ! ,"'e opinion that he onghi -to ha permlfed to obtain for It iLe hinhest price ii will bring. 1 In Is a freeman. It Is neither just or lawful for any pa .a to assume control of htm. and ceraioly n ; m ,re j ist or lawinl lor an otllcer or the F.eedmeu's Bureau to do so then for a south-rn planie . Very respectfully, ynnr obedient servants. JAM I :s B 1ST K F, 1 1 M A N . iM"ior Oenenl Volunteers, J. S KITLLKIiro.N Brigadier General Volunteers. LUMBER. 1SGG FLOORING! FLOORING!! llUUIil.Mtl I liU 'Itl i(l E I O-l I AHOI.I.1. f LUUKINU. 4-4 CARnLINA FLOoKlNU. MV1KII1MA n.OOhlNG. 4-4VIKGIMI. FLOOlllNG. 6-4 I'F.LAWARK. FLO OB I NG. 4 4 1)1- LA WAKF FLOORING ASM AND W A LNTJ f FiO'UlISO. ASII A ND Vt'ALN IT FLOOK1J.U. hi I V BOABDsi. .RAIL FL A Mi. "PLASTERING LATHS I ! FLA TF.KI NO LATHS AT RKliC, FD PKU'KH. AT REDUCED FRICES. 18G6 PrriAT? ivn divp umvro va atr I. i., o ,111.0) UOO. . CKDAK AND FISE tSHINOLES. fO. I LUMI (JM)AK 8HI(M,KH. Sit. 1 HHGKT ElAH 8HlJaULEg. WHI1K. FINK KHINGLtS. ibCYPKFHS BHIN(;LK8. FINE ABSORTMtMT FOR BALsB LOW 18G6 1. I.I MHkh rim ri,ii. ,ci ,,.,,1 HID IKHAK, V A LN IT, AND FINE. hhl CEDAR WALNUT, AND PINE. 1 Qfttt ALBANY LUMliKROF ALLKIl)Sj lODU. ALBANY LUMBtR OF A.LL KINDS SEASONLD WALNUT. L1j K1-NU3 REASON FI ALKl'T. DRY roPLAR CUERRV , AND ASH OAK FLK. AN U DS, PM MA HOG'" 1 18G6 rin ATi.iinx MA:ni,'ArTinioT?q ClOAll-ltOX MANUFACTURERS. tPAMHll CEDAR BOX HOARDd. AT KEDUt ED l'KICES. i G'C( SPRUCE JOIST! PPRUCK JOIST! IOUU. SPlil t F. JOISI I Bl'KUCB JOIsTl FROM 14 TO 112 FEKTLONG. FROM 14 TO 32 FF.K.T LONG. M'RUC'E SILLS. 11 KM LOCK FLANK iND JOIST. OAK HILLS. JrlAl'LK BKOTIIKR CO., 6 22 mrp So. 2600 SOUTH aTREET. QAIU'ENTEKS AND BUILDERS CAN SAVE TEN PER CENT. By purchasing; of mo W. FISE BOARDS, RUN OF THE LOG. W. USE ROOFJKO AND SCAFFOLDING BOARDS. FIF.8T AM) SECOND COMMON BOAROS. THIRD COM MO.S BOARDS. W. FINE AND SAP PINE FLOORING. CAKOUNA FLOORING. W. PINE AND CYPRESS SHINGLES. J ANNE V, NOBLE STREET WHARF. 81 lm So. BOO North DELAWARE Aveoue. JJ N I T ED ST A T E S BUILDEIt'S MILL, Kos. 24, 23, and 28 S. FIFTEENTH St., rillLAPKLrtllA. ESLER & 13HOTIIER, WOOD M0CLD1XGS, Br.ACKETS, STAIR BALUS TEKH, NEWEL POSTS, GENERAL TURNING ML ROLL WORK, ETC. SHELVING PLANED TO ORDER. The largest assortment 01 Wooa Mouldings In this city constantly ou baud. 7 19 jtU W. SMAI.TZS LUJIP.FR YARD, xT E. . , comer F1KI EF.NTH and STILES Street. OFFERS 1'OK SALE, , , CHEAP FOR CASH, Panel. 1st com., 2d com., ad com, 4 4, 5-4, 0-8, 8-4, bite Pine, seasoned. Flist and second quality Yellow (4 4 5-4) aud White ine 1 4-4 1 F.ooilng Bounla. l ust and second quulity one and two skies Fcnco Boards, Miiuving Boards, Bass, Ash. Planks uud Boards. White l ine Mils, all sizes. Step Boards, 4 4, 6 4. Hemlock Joifct uud scanting, trom li to 28 feet long all w Id Lb Spruce Joist, Sills and Scan tl Ing. Plastering I otb (Fiigifsii and Calais) Pickets. Shingles, ( besnut 1 oats, etc SI 1 boganv, Walnut Plunk and Hoards. All kinds of 1 ulldlng Lumber cut and furnished at the shortest notice, at tlie lowest price. 1 la lm J. C. P E 11 K I N LUMBER M EI tCII ANT- fiuoccasor to K. Clark, Jr., No. 324 CHRISTIAN STREET. ConslaDtly on baud u largo and varied assortmon of Building Lit m bur. 6 a4 MISCELLANEOUS. Jp I T L E II, WEAVER & CO., J1ANL FACT LRFKS OF Manilla and Tarred Cordage, Cords Twines, Etc., No. 23 N orth WATER Street and No. W North OF.LAUARE Avenue, I'lilLAPEU'llIA. IDWIB II. FlTlEB, MICHAEL Wy AVER, t'ONIlAD V CLOHI1KU. i 14 Q E O 11 G E FLOW M A N, CAlUICNTEll AND JJUILDElt, No. 2S2 CARTER Street Aud No. Ml DOCK Street. c Lite W cik and fil 111 w righting piomplly attendt 3 CORN EXCHANGE It AO Al A NL" FACTORY. JOllli T. H A 1 L E Y Sa O UEUUVKl) TO N. E. corner of MAI. El i uud WATER Stroe'g. I nl sila'iihiu, DEALERS IN HAi.S AD BAGGINU 01 i vtry uescilption, lor Cinln, Flour, Sa.t, hupei 1' bosphuto 01 L11110, Boue Dust, K10. Targe and small GUNNY HAGS canstantly on hand --J, J Also, WOOL SACK'S. John T. Baii.ky. J amks Cascaden. A LEXANDElt (i. (,'ATTK I.L & CO. PRODUCE COMJIISSIoN ME KCI1ANTS, 0. 2B NORTH WHARVES, ami NO 27 NORTH 1 ATFH STREET, Hi 1 L s lit b I'll 1 A. ii ALXAVPEB O. CATTRI L ELIJAH O. CATltl.t C01T0N AND FLAX SAIL DICK AND CANTAB, 01 all numbers and brands. Tent Awn!rg. 1 n:nk. and anuu-i o.er Duck. Also l n er Sianinuctiireis' Imcr Fells, trom one to sevoif lcei lUc : Paulina, ltplting, Sail Twine, eia JULIN W. EVKRMAN fc Co.. 6(j Nu I18J ON ES' Alley. WILLIAM R . GRANT, COMMISSION UERCHANT. No. 33 S. DELAYS ARB Av.nue, Puiiadclphla, Ac tar ion I'untnt's Gunpowder, Retlued Nitre, Charcoal, Eto. W. Faker A t'o ' ( bocolute. t cs os, and llroma. toiler Pros. A Cli.'a Yellow Attt il bhcathiug, Bolt, and Nulls. , 124 INTERNAL REVENUE. TJNITED STATES REVENUE STAMPS PRINCIPAL DEPOT, No. 304 CHESNUTStreot, CENTRAL DEPOT. No. 103 South FIFTH Street, ONE DOOR BELOW CHESNCT. Ef-TABLIPHED 1PC2. Revcnoo Stamps of every descrijitlon constantly on band in any amount. Orders by Mail or Express promptly attonded to. United States Notes, Draft on Philadelphia, or New York, or current funds received In payment. Particular attention paid to small orders. Tbe decisions of tbe Commission can be consulted, and any Information regarding the law choerfully given. The following rates ot discount arcal'owed: ON ALL ORDERS OF $25, TWO TER CENT. DISCOUNT ON ALL ORDERS OK JJ100, THREE TER CENT. DISCOUNT. ON ALL ORDERS OF 5300, FOUR 1R CENT. DISCOUNT. All orders should be sent to the STAMP AGENCY, No. 304 CIIESNUT Street, 8 3 PHILADELPHIA. SHIPPING. RTKAM TO LIVEHPOOI CALLINO i.nt Quecnatown The Inniau Line, sailing sccui-v,teky, carrying the United status maljs. "t. 1TY OF BualuV' Suturouy, ineustll "CI'IY OK MAN! llfSJEB".... Wednesday, August 1,1 "( 1TY OF LONDON" Saturday, August 18 "CITY F DUBLIN" Wednesday. Augusts "EDINBURGH" Saturday AuKu8t25 and each succeeding Saturday and Wedncaduy, at noun, Horn Pier No. 44 North river. RATES OF PASSAGE By the mail steamer sailing every Saturday. First 1 abln (lu otecrage $31) lo London 95 i To London 114 lo Paris 10a 'I o Paris 4) P.AYARLF. IN GOLD. Passage by tho Wednesd y steamers: First cabin, HO; steerugc, 35. Payable In United States cur rency. Passengers a'so forwarded to Havre, Hamburg, Bre men, etc , at inoiierato rates. steerage passage trom Liverpool or Qucenstown, 93ft, gold, tr the equivalent 1 lck ts can be bouunt here by persons sending for their tneuds. For mrther luioimaiion apply at tho Coinnanv'j oflices. JOa.N G DAl.F, Agent. 8 7 No. Ill WALNUT street, Phlluda. ,-f li A MILLS PASSAGE OFFICE LZ ' ANCD.OR L1NS OF STEAM KRs." 1 )-.lltMt " iicoi runii "C A LEliON 1A." CA Al BR1A.' "l.RI'I ANNIA," "INDIA.' Fteam to LIVERl'OOL LONDONDERRT, BELFAST, DUBLIS EVRY, ( OliK. AM) GLaSOOW. KaTF- OF PA.sSAGE. TAYABLK iN PAPElt CUMRF.NCY. CABINS t'JO, $8D, and 7l STEJtRAGE t 1HK PAID tEKiIFK ATES Issued for bringing out passenger iroui tno abov points at LOWER RATES THAN ANY OTHER LINE. Also, to and lrum ALL STA'UONS ON TFiE IRISH F.AILWAYS. fspEClALNOIlCF;. Passengers will tuke partlculai no'lee tbut the "Anchor I Ine" is the only line granting tin out, b tickets at tbe above rates, from Philadelphia to the points named aboe, uud ibut the underslgued Is the ouiy Ji. iy authorized Agent in 1 bliad.ipliia Apply to W. A H A.dlLL," , Sole Agent for"ANi:HOti LINE," 1 Q.217 WALNUT Street. p vfT FOR N KW YORK. PHILADKL Jtffi 1 1 i 1 mil deipbia Steam Propeller CouiBany De beutcn h insure Lines. via liemwure and Raritiui Canal, H u lii r dai y at 12 M. and 5 p. connecting with id) Northern und Eastern lines. For lieighl. which w id be taken upon accommodating teims, aiply to WILLIAM M. 11AIRD A CO., 3 16 No. Li'2S. DELAW AltEvenuo ri'O SHIP CAP1AINS AND OWNKRS. THB A. nncerslgned having leased the KENSINGiON C'lEW Doc K, beg tola onn his (nenos aud iliepatroni ot ihe Dock thai be Is prepared with lucreaseo laol.ltle, to aceon.modate those having vesse s to be raised 01 repaired and being a prae leal shlp-carpentur and caulker, wl 1 nlve persi nal attention 10 tbe vessels en trusted to him tor repair. tut'tuins or Agents snip Carpenters, ant) Machinist having vessels to repair are solicited to call. Having the agency for the sate of Wetterstedt's Patent Metallic ( omposltlon" 101 Copper Paint for tho pieserratlon of vessels' bottoms, for this city, 1 am pre pared to lurnish thesama on lavorable terms. JOHN 1L HAMMITT, Kensington Screw Dock, 1 lj DELAWARE Avenue, above 1-4, CKEL Street, SADDLES AND HARNESS. "JIIE OLDEST AND LARGEST SADDLE AND IIARNESIS MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE COUNTRY. LACEY, MeIkER & CO., No. 1216 CHESNUT STREET, OFFER OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTtliK, PIGGY UARNEfS, from -2-o to 1.M LIGHT BAROUCI1B do MOO to 35c HEAVY do do 75(0 to 60 EXPRESS, BRASS MOUNTED HARNESS 27 80 to 9(J WAGON AND SELF-APJUSITNO IISS'O to So STAGE AND TEAM do 30 00 to 60 LADIES' SADDLE, do 12 00 to 15H GENTS do do 8sjo to 7 Bridles, Vomitings, Hits, Posctts, Horse Covers Blushes, Coabs, Foaps, Blacking, Ladles' and Genu Travelling and Tourist Bags and Sucks, Lunch Baskets 1 rtt ig ami Shirt atea Jrunks and Valisea dKluirp No. l-siUi OllhlsNUT ST. A R N E S A LARGE LOT OF NEW U. 8. WAGON HAR ESS, 2, 4, and 6 hoiso. Also, parts of HAR NESS, SADDLES, COLLARS, HALTERS eto, bought at the recent Covin merit sales to bo sold at a great sacrifice Wholesale or Retail. Together with our usual asHirtnieut ot VADDLEhY AND SADDLER Y II AUD WARK. WILLIAM S. HANSELL & 80N&, 3 1& tU. Jl MARKET Street. DENTISTRY. THE 0 0 V E R N M E N T HAVING oronipit n,e letters-Dstent tor niv mode of administering Nbrous Oxide Gas. by Which 1 bave . 1, ,...., 1 .n. ihioisauils of Teeth wilbout naln 1 am Justlllxl in asserfiru tbut 11 la loth safer aud superior to any other now In use. DR. C L. MUNN9 S 21 6m No- "1 SPB UCE Street iiOft iisinni.ini.iia fiwrf.ift.ir.liifiii 1 - X GOVERNMENT SALES. rjJELEGRAPU MAIERIAL3 AT AUCTION. CniXV QUARIhBMASTRR'a OFFICC, Depot or Wasiiimoton, ( . Washiroion, I), t ., August 6, 1JHJ6. 1 ,s ill DP sold at 1 nbiio auction, under the direction ot Hrevet Lieutenant Co onol Jauioa M Moore, As sisiant Quurtermasier, at vvarobouso on t s'rent, Te?v 'I"" '" iree. Waslnnston, ou ToUR-j. VA V , pnst 80' ' 10 A. U , tho lo lowing reie trraph 1 atenals, ko t 2a Beaidsle'a Smnal 95 0C0 pounds Wire Iron. Jeecraph Instrumenie 08 miles lu-uatcd Ielo an d C'fiSS. 24 lieardaley's 1 grap't tvire. Instru l'JU bee's lor Wire. 48 Reel Stands, small, lu itee. Stands Centre. 1 I'fatforni Hcalo 111)9 Insulators, b ock. il Coal Siove, witn Pipe. :23 100I Boxes. '44 n I Keols. munis. 12 Augers. 10 (10 bnis. 4 ntntig I'n era. 2 Dial Ilundlos. 10 tiammers. 7 Oiler-. 8 Pruning Knives. 6 I argo Heel Stands. IS Small Rcnl Mauds. Rubber Cement Flnka. 8 So'dering Acid Bottles 6 Rubbir Sleiyee, 83 in. 6 Large Gear. 6 small Gear. 8RI11CB. 72 Notices and Straps. 2S8 lumbiers lor Battery 241' Porous Cups. lfJ213f 01 A. o. d )Tla t 1:1 StriDs. i78 Einntv heels. ;67 Ree. Stanoa. , 1 Rl Stands, delivery. ; Reel Handles 3 sooois Copier Wire, No 23. 6 spoo a Copper Wire, No. 80 ' 7 pouuils frutt fercha (in shee s) 117 Iron Singes. 81 insu atod Bendlntr Screws 70 IfnbKr,. ft nam 17) cz. A. o. d . , m riatitia.60 cells Portah'le Fiold ''eleerrapu Battery. 303 Ziuos lor Grove Bat tnrv 2"0 pounds Mercury. MS pounds N.trtc Acid. 6 rarboya Sulphuric Acd 14(0 lountls Nails, 40o end Cod 2Rf,0 liisulators, JBrnckct. 0 Empty Mercury Flasks iruuj, wiiii screw Wrenches. Screw Driv ers, Si nit Lumus. Sol 0U Empty cat boys .e,.,,r .pii, v.vvt-inillUUllUtlUS Ten data will bo grauicd purchasers in which to remove their goods. t, . . , J H MUCKER, o n ,r'' MaJ" 0en and Culof Quartermaster, 8 7 lift Deuotot Wasmngion, D. C. ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER'S OFFICG PBILADHLPUIA, l a., August 8, 1808. LARGE SALE OF GOVERNMENT HARNESS RiUlJjti SADDLES, ETC. Will be sold at I'ublie Auutiou, at ti e United States Government Warehouse, HANOVER sstreot wnarf. 1'hiladelpina. Pa. on isAlUROAY August 18taC and W EON ISDaY, Auvust2Jd. 1866. commencing on each ot tue oajs apeciUcd at 10 o'o ock A. si., m iota to suit purchasers, large Quantities of the lollow Ing doscri ued Uarnes 1, eto , viz : Lead Anibuiauoe Harness, re iaired, sets or. Lead Mule Harness, worn, teu ot. "W tied Mulo Harness, worn, seis of. Wheel'Anibnlauce Harness, worn, seta of. McCleilnn t addles woru. Collars, a sorted (Mule ana Horso), worn.. ' Wavon Bridles, worn. W agon baddies worn. Piead Halters ana chains, worn. Neck S raps and Chains, wm All this harness ia iiu 0l in6 best ma,ertalg strontt and servi. eab e. ,, was Ciroluliy mspootod when piiicuaed by ,n,. Government, and is now sold t ecauso the. Wftr i8 eiiUOd, and in no longer needed lor tl.e army. Railrcuds. Passenger Railroads, and Express Com PuiQs, Matiufncturers, Farmers and Harness Doal ti are respectfully invited to attend tins sale. Such an oproitunity will not occur azain It la probably the last laree lot ot Government Harness thai will be sola in this city, and will not bring a y thing; l'ko its truo vaiuo. Much money nuv ha made by Tjuicnaser lesoiiintr and disposing ol tne same la the West ana elsewhere. Terms or sais-Cash in Government funds, a d posit of twenty-five per cent to be paid on every accepted bid, tne balance w.thin twenty-four hours aitel the sa e. All articles purchased must be removod within two days lrom date 01 sale. My order of Brevet Erin. Gen. O. H. CROM AN, U. 8. A. Assls ant Qusrtermastor-Goneral. GEORGE R OKME, 8 7 lit Bvt. Major and Assis ant Qnartormaster. ALE OF UNIT EI.) 8 FATES MiLIl'AKY RAIL. LOAD PROPER i"V. Office of Asst. Q. M. U S. Mil. R. R. ) .No. 25 1 G street, ( Washinotot), D C, August8, 18G6 ) Will bo sold at public auction at Alexandria, Va., on THURSDAY, August 23 tue tm.auce of United Mutes Military Kailr, ud 1 rupertv reiuaiuing; on hand at that plucu, consisting in purt aa fol lows : Iwo second-c'nps srivicenblo LoconiotiyoEug;isreg Noms & Sou, builuors; gau'e, 4 tcot 8 inches. One Tenner Truck, two smalt ruck 1 on One bundled puits second-hand Car Wheels axles. Seventy tons "T" Railroad Iron (15 lbs. to the yntd , nearly 1 tw; fliteeu Siovoaj t vo 111 een-ton Hydraulic Jacks, aud ten tons unserviceable Rule road lrou. (25) 1 wenty-five tona Wrought and Cast Scrap Iron, scconu-hnud Rtu'roau spikes, Cliairs, Rubbor Loops, Bioad Axes, Man s, Platform and Cou u tor Scales, Lanterns, Oars, Dusks, lab.es, and a'va nety ot other articles; also, Nine Fiame Uuiluings sales to oommenco at 10 o'clock A. U., at the Military Rai road Wharf, wliore tli" Looomodves, Railroad Iron, and Cur Wheels are stored Ihe balance of the articles will be sod at the Rtilrotid supply Storo, near the Oranire aud Alexandria Depot. Will be so'd at Ptttsburrr, Vn., at oleven o'clock: A. M , on 1 UEoD A , August 28, Eleven new Box Cars, live h ot puape; I'ennock & Co., Kennett fctjuuro, Chester county, l'ouna.. builders. Xernis ( ash, in Govornmont lands. Any turther inlormation rcutive to the property will be luiuished on application at this oflice F. J. CRILLr. 8 7 3w Bvt. Major and A. Q. .VI , U. b. Army. LUMBER FOR WAbON-MAKEfiS AT AUC TION. Chief Quartervahtkb's Offick, ) Dipot o Wasuingkin, ( WABHiJiaTON. D C.,Auiust 2 1866. 1 Will be sold at Public Auction uuder . ne direction ol Brtvot Biigaaici-Goueral C. 11 1'ompkius, O. M.. I. o A., ouWEONE DAY, August 22, at LIN COLN DEPOT, commencing; at 10 A. M., the tullow lug Oesoribeo lumt cr: About 3U.000 feet 2 inch Oak Plank. ' 60,(J00 leet 2 ' " 110 000 leet 8 " 7 OOo leet 81 " " 0,000 leoi 4 " ' ' ! " 10 000 leet 6 " " 15 000 feet U Ash Plank. " 60 000 leet 4 " " ' " 20 000 leet 6 " ' " " 10 tOO feet 8 " Hickory Plank. " 6 000 leet 8 " ' " " 8 000 leet 4 " ", " 20 Ot 0 feet i " Pop'ar Boards. This fa o ia web worthy t e attennou 01 Caniaffe makers, as Ibis is a superior lot ot wel1 fceasoned lumber. It will be off red iu lots oi 1000 leet, wtttt the privilege ol 10,000 feot ... ieinis CusU 111 uuvornment funds. Suec( slul biduer will be required to romove their IUrchases wi bin hiteen days irom day 01 aule. D. H RUCKER, Brevet Major Gen. and 'h(t Quartermaster, 8 8 lot Depot ot Washington, A vcuov SALE OF GOVERNMENT PRO- PERI x. On WEDNESDAY, August 15. I860, cornmonoinaf at lUo'clii'K A. M , will l o solo ut pubuo auo 1011, at the Goveruim nt Ware'iouso, coruer of" FIRST Street aud the LEVEE Lou svnle, Kout 'ckv, a large lot ot CLol IUNG CaM' aud GAURliON Ptvl ll'AGl", ctisiot'og iu port of: b-Jo (ircat Cuats, &iAi t auteens. bk5 Grea, Coat Straps, I S74 Cuiup Kettles, NJiiisliih 1'ioHsei'S. I ti02 bes 1 una. fi urs M'td .640 Mi -iter lours, 27 Flannel Shirtd, 81 pis Drawers, 068 W oollen Blitnkots, 20 Rubl or " 178 Rub'r Tent Ponchos, Slid K. atisHclis. It'll H -II Tents, 715 'ii.imion Ton's, 11 ' i Wall louts 677 " " flies, 11 Siblev Touts, 5 ;l Hospital lenls, 2iJ7 " " fles. S.iii3 U-vt-rsuuKs, lerms ( nsli in Untied Ptutes Currency. Property te le removed ou day of sulo, at risk of pu' chaser. Jiy order of Colonel R. C. Rutherford, Depot Qnarh imuater. J U BKLCHFR. 8 8 lOt ' aiuuln aud A. (J M. F j'Uit Mijr siAir. ahu (uuuii niuuifa 1 nt 1 iinewell 1 o '1 l utein Wind Guard an.l Air llea'er lor 1 oal en Lsiiiin- 11 iireveuis ine ciuuiuevs trom breaking. Tula we will wairaut Also saves ent -third the oil. Call and see tb. m they cost but 'en ceuts. No 103 HACK direct Phllado phia Sainnle sent to and part if ti e Unlteu btatea on receipt of 26 csnu. t IV PARASOLS AT Sfl'25, $1-50, f 1-75, AND 12. silk Sun Vaibrellas, S140, 10, l 70. II. niXOH 1 llbwlm ii. 218. EIOHTU-Btr. . Ammssm
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