■eRIOAN_VOLUNTEER., ’ A • r# ■ ;-^3L.|ilClKiCiSl:ill- Bsfsrri'wsirs "** ® %’’' 5® V I *w *-IK -IK months; after “which Three Dollars v .These terms will be rigidly ad- * in every instance. No subscription dls- : - until all arrearages are paid, unless at IBHEon of the Editor. ADLER, Attorney at Law, Ponntu Office In Building for- by Volunteer, South Hanover Attorney at Law, Penna. Office same as that of volunteer, 1 ’ South side of the Pub BBEaw, Carlisle, Penna. , Office with Wm. j. ■K^LEeT” Attorney at Law, Hanover .Street, Carlisle, Fa., HpWEAKLEY, Attorney at Law. on South Hanover street, in the room Hy occupied by A. B.. Sharpe, Esq. Attorney at Carlisle, Penna, Office a few doors Hannon’s Hotel. Attorney Counselor at Law, Carlisle, Penna. South Hanover street, opposite Bentz’s special arrangement with the Patent to securing Patent Bights. Attorney ■B Law and Real Estate Agent. Shopherds- Virginia. Prompt attention given to Jefferson county and the Counties J. SHEARER, Attorney &c. Hat. Law, Carlisle. Fa. Office near Court ■Hi South side of Public Square, in *• Inhofl’s second floor. Entrance, Hanover Street. ■Practicing in all tho Courts of this Judicial ■Bt, prompt attention will be given to all lu the Counties of Perry and Juniata, as |Hb of Cumberland.' ■Fi^ieod—ly*. ■AS. *E. MAGLAUGHLIN, Attor ■Bey at Law. Office in Building formerly ■cted by Volunteer, a few doors South of Han ■newSHAM, Attorney at Law. |B Office with Win. H. Miller, Esq., South- and Pomfret streets. mm C. HERMAN, Attorney at Law. ’■H* Office in Rhecm’s Hall Building, in tho the Court House, next door to tho “Her- Penna. HBlfeN'. C. GRAHAM, Attorney at Hgßfor. Office formerly occupied by Judge SmSm: South Hanover street, Carlisle, Penna. wm£X 1505—1 y. ■&EWTON SHORT, M. D. f (for- of Centreville, Pa.) Physician and having permanently located in Me- Fa., most respectfully offers his ser ■b the public in the practice of Medicine in all their various branches.— calls promptly attended to.) Particular given to Surgical Operations and the of Cnronlo Diseases. on Main Street, opposite Rail Road ave stairs. July 5, ’OO-ly, fI7SEARTIiT. Drc*r- SBnsr. From tho Baltimore College of Denial Office at tho residence of nls mother, Street, three doors below Bedford, Penna. W. B. Shoemaker— Dentist, Newville, Pennsylvania, door North of the Post Office. 22,1868. —ly. . JUfletncal. ’ : nPREVENTIVE~IX>R (Bkholera. ■ "xT . ■ ■ L. ■ IB 186 6. { K GREAT ZINGARI BITTERS. Htwonderfal remedy was discovered and In- about twenty years ago by Dr. S. Cheop- H- eminent Egyptian physician.. long seen and felt the want of some By which would strike the root of disease, Broyent much of the suffering which the hu- Bamily was then compelled to endure. B great question was presented to his mind Bday In vivid colors as he moved among the Bod dying, and. observed the inefficiency of i Hr all the remedies then in use.' Thus he was Bthiuk and experiment; and after ten years Bly and labor hie presented to his fellow man Bmderful ZINGARI BITTERS. The effect of Breparatldn in the prevention and cure ol Be was so marvelous and.astonishing that Bost flattering marks of. royal favor were Bred upon him who discovered it. His name upon the Roll of Nobles.'and a gold B with; the following Inscription: Dr S. Bbus, the Public Benefactor, was presented Hi by the Viceroy, HP r eparation has been used in several epi- K of cholera, both as a preventive and cura- and with such great success, that it Ben introduced into nearly all the general H&i of the old world. ||i Hold saying that an ounce of prevention is H a pound of cure, applies with marvelous Bio'cholera, and therefore any remedy that Brotect us against this terrible disease should Bely and persistently used. ■pathologists now agree that the cholera Bn acts on the system through tho blood, ■hat any.combinatlon.which acts on the ex ■ry organs, and keeps, them in working or ■must prevent a Sufficient accumulation of Boison to exert its terrible effects on the or mm. This is true not only of oholerra, but of . ■ly all other maladies; especially the dlffer ■orma of fever. . ■e Zlngara Bitters is Just sucha remedy as the ■e conditions require. It acts on the organs Koretlon and secretion, keeping up a perfect ■bee between them. This Bitters is composed Bely of roots and herbs, so nicely concocted ■eveiy organ is acted upon and put in tone. Bate Is pleasant and Its effects prompt and i ■g. j ■merous coses of the following diseases have ■ cured by it: Cholera, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, | Blty, Aniemla, Dyspepsia, Flatulency; Cholic, j ■co One Dollar per quart bottle. • ■nclpal depot at the Walnut street wharf, ■isburg, Pa. bo fca* sole by Qeorge Winters, wholesale and m liquor dealer, Second Street, Harrisburg, | pt Shower’s liquor store, and at the Franklin I ve, Carlisle. ' 1 ■ . F. RASTER, i | Sol© Proprietor, ly 17,1866—f1ia. y s pep s i aT I : PERMANENTLY LURED BY ELDON'S DYSPEPSIA TROCHES PySPEPSIA PEItMANKNTLY CURED OR THE, I Money Refunded. ■eso Troches not only give immediate relief presuTe to effect a permanent cure in Dys ■h. They are not a purgative, and therefore ■ use doed not create a necessity for the ha ■l use of Oartbatics. They cause no sickness Be stomach or griping of the bowels, and are petty harmless to the most delicate. ■ey will immediately correct a sour Stomach, ■ Flatulence, Heartburn, Sickness or Fain: in ■ Stomach, Costiveness, -Belching of Wind, ■r Complaint, Headache, and in met-all those ■greeable and dangerous symptoms of tbis pso, which unfit one for .the pleasures and. ■esoflife. leak and delicate persons who have been .in- • r* by the use of powerful stimulants and pur |ves, will find them a mild, safe and sure res- l r of the digestive organs to their original pgth and vigor. fepared solely by thepreprietors: I- 8. J. VANDERSLOOT & CO., I Chemists, 718 Market Street, Phii’a. |i.vn) Ramton, Druggist Carlisle, Cumberland pty.Pa., sole agent for Cumberland. County, I Sold by all Druggists. IbG 21,1860-Sm. . ; fNVENTORB OFFICES. | D-EPINTEUIIj AND EVANS. L PIE ENGINEERS & PATENT SOLICITORS I iVo. 435 WqlritU Street Philadelphia. fatenta solicited—Consultations on Engineer; F’ ~ ra ughting and Sketches, Models, and Ma |nery or all kinds mode and skilfully attended [Special attention given to Rejected COses and Authentic Copies of all Doou- Pn fr 2 m Pa tent Offlce procured.. . P* Save yourselves useless trouble and trav ®xP©nses, os there is no need for personal review with us,. All business with these Offl- transacted in writing; For further direct aa above, with stamp onclos , pjfOUlar with references. : eb * 1.1866— 1 y, SHUTTLE SEWING MA. UoIIINES are sutierlor.to all other for FAMI* AND maNUEACTOBING PURPOSES. Con* S the latest Irdprovementa; are speedy; [HnS 88 i durable; and easy to work. »u>d Circulars free. Agents wanted.— discount allowed. No consignments «>y al iw-iy- E B ' M ’ co- ’ Bro “ dw - 016 N - Y - BY BRATTON & KENNEDY. (Eitj) gUrbertisementß. /diamond DEALER & JEWELER^ It WATCHES, JEWElttt * BIITEn WAKE, II V.WATOHE3 and JEWELRY EEPAIEED.^y jQ3 Chestnut St..Phila- HAS ON ILVND A LARGE & SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OF DIAMOND JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS. SUCH AS RINGS, PINS. STUDS. DIAMOND SETS, &C., ALSO, ON HAND A LARGE ASSORTMENT OP AMERICAN, SWISS A ENGLISH WATCHES, MY ASSORTMENT OP JEWELRY IS COMPLETE IN ALL. RESPECTS, Embracing AHiclcs qf the Highest Cost, AS ALSO, Articles of Comparatively Small Value. A VERY LARGE STOCK OP PLAIN RINGS ON HAND. SILVERWARE OP ALL KINDS. ALSO FANCY SILVERWARE SUITABLE FOR BRIDAL PRESENTS. ENGAGEMENT AND WEDDING RINGS ALWAYS ON HAND. Particular Attention Paid to Repairing Watches . Diamonds and all other Precious Stones BOUGHT FOR CASH, AS also, OLD GOLD AND SILVER COUNTRY TRADE SOLICITED. Feb. 1,1886-ly. REMINGTON & SONS, MANUFACTURERS OF KEVOLVEES, RIFLES. MVBKETS A ND GA RBINE& t For the United States Service,. Also, POCKET AND BEET REVOLVERS, REPEATING PISTOLS, RIFLE CANES REVOLVING RIFLES, Rifle and Shot Gun Barrels, and Gun Materials, sold by Gun Dealers and the Trade generally. In Vtese dags of Housebrealdng and Robbery , evay House, Store, Panic, and office, should have one of REMINGTON’S REVOLVERS. Parties desiring to avail themselves of the late improvements in Pistols, and superior workman ship and form, will find ail combined in the New REMINGTON REVOLVERS. Circulars containing cuts and description of our Arms will be furnished upon application. , E. REMINGTON & SONS, liion, N. Y. Moore & Nichols, Agents. 1 No. 40 Courtland St., New York. April 12,1800—Cm. JotobCß, Cintoare, &c- & CLAXJDY, (Successors to J. D. Gorgas.) The subscribers respectfully inform the public in general,'that they have purchased the TIN antT SHEET IRON ESTABLISHMENT of Mr. Gorgas, in rear of the Court House, where they are prepared to accommodate the patrons of the old establishment and all others who may favor them with their work. If you want the very best COOKING STOVE at the lowest price, come to us. All Insured for six months or longer., AVe have nothing on hand but the best bakers, and ; warrant them to be such, for we keep none other. Come and see the great variety, we can give hundreds of testimo nials If desired. Come and see our PARLOR AND OFFICE STOVES for wood or coal. HEATERS AND RANGES, Stationary and Portable. TIN WA RE, of all kinds in great variety, made from the very best tin-plate. All you need in our lino can be had from us at a saving of 20 per. cent. Call at our Store and Ware Rooms, in rear of the Court House, and you will save money in your purcha ses. It will fully pay you to come. TIN ROOFING AND SPOUTING done at short notice. By strict attention to business the undersigned hope to merit and deceive a liberal share of pub lic patronage. WALKER & CLAUDY. July 12,1800—1 y. mHE Carlisle oooki "TO NEW AND OLD HOUSEKEEPERS. A new and perfect Air-tight Gas Consuming Cooking Stove fpr Coal or Wood. I CALL AND SEE IT I At our Foundry arid Stove Rooms, Main St,, Carlisle. The paterns of this Stove are new and original In design and gotten up expressly for our use. We therefore call it . \ THE CARLISLE COOK! It combines every newMt Valuable Improve ment in Cooking Stoves. It is exceedinglynand some In appearance—is a perfect Air-tight and Gas Consuming Stove, and may safely be pro nounced the cheapest, best and most complete Cooking Stove in the country. Wo cast two sizes, adapted to the wants, of both large and small fa milies. Experienced Housekeepers will And upon examination that the NEW CARLISLE COOK combines every requisite for economy and effi ciency In cooking. The public are specially re quested to call and see It, as we are confident it will fUlly recommend itself. : ■ P. GARDNER* CO. March 22, 1860.—1 y.. dumber aiib Coal. pOAL AND LUMBER. The subscribers beg leave to inform the public that they continue the COAL AND LUMBER BUSINESS, at the old stand of Delancey * Blair, whore they will keep the best, and cleanest Coal in the Market, and perfectly dry, kept under cover. Fa milies will do well to try us: as we are determin ed to sell cleaner Cool, and at as low prices as any other Yard in the Town. Try us and bo con vinced. ■ Wehave also on hand, and will keep all kinds of Lumber usually kept in a first class Lumber Yard, which we will sell as low or lower than the lowest. . Notice. — All orders for Coal and Lum ber can be left at Martin* Gardner’s, Harris’ and Foller’s Groceries, and at Creamer’s Jewelry Store, and at Wunderlich’s Glassware and Gro cery Depot, corner of South Hanover and Pom fret Streets, which will ho promptly attended to and at the lowest prices by DELANOY * SHROM. March 15.1886. pOAL AND LUMBER YARD. The subscriber having leased the Yard formerly occupied by Armstrong <t Hoffer, and purchased the stock of. ' COAL AND LUMRBER, in the Yard, together with an immense new stock, will have constantly on hand and famish to order all kinds and quality of seasoned LUMBER, . BOARDS. SCANTLING. FRAME STUFF, -PALING, _ PLASTERING Lath, Shingling Lath, Worked Flooring and Weatherboordiug, Posts and Rails, and every ar ticle that belongs to a Lumber Yard. . , All kinds of Shingles, to wit: White Fine, Hem lock, and Oak, of diferent qualities. Having oars of my own, I can furnish bills to order or any length and size at the shortest notice and on the most reasonable terms. My worked boards will bu kept under cover, so they cau be furnished : at 01l times. : I have constantly on hand all kinds of FAM ILY COAL, under coVer, which I will deliver, clean, to any part of the borough, to* wit: Ly kens Valley, Broken Egg; Stove and Nut, Luke Fiddler, Treverton, Locust Mountain, Lauberryf which 1 pledge mydelf to soil at the lowest prices. Limebumers' and Blacksmiths' Coal, always on and, which I will soli at the lowest figure. Yard west side of Grammar School, Main Street. Dec. 1, im ANDREW H, BLAIR. (Plotting. REMOVAL!! CLOTHING! CLOTHING! MY MOTTO “ Quick Sates and Small Profits .” The subscriber begs leave to Inform his custom ers and the public, that ho has removed his CLOTHING EMPORIUM to the Room formerly occupied by H. S. Ritter, on Main Street, two doors AVcst of Saxton’s Hardware Store, where he will continue the CLOTHING BUSINESS, in all its various branches, MADE UP CLOTHING constantly on hand. COATS, PANTS and VESTS, in every style and variety. Shirts, white & gray linen, Stockings, Undershirts, Neckties, Collars, Handkerchiois, Drawers,. Suspenders, &c. Also, the best of French Cloths and Casslmeres, In every variety. Ho lias engaged the services of an experienced cutter, and especial attention will be paid to putting up customer work in the latest and most fashionable styles. * JOHN TREIBLER. April 10,1860—6 m REMOVAL! BARGAINS IN CLOTHING!, Henry S. Ritter would announce to the public that he has removed his C L O THING AND GENTS' FURNISHING STORE to his new Store-Room, on West Main Street, throe doors west of the First National Bank, Car lisle, where ho is fully prepared to MAKE WORK TO ORDER at short notice and in the best and moßt fashiona ble style. Ho has recently returned from the city with a very large and carefully selected lot of Goods, such as CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, VESTINGS, &c., which ho is prepared to sell at greatly reduced rates. He will always keep on hand READY-MADE CLOTHING of the best quality and style, and warranted to bo as represented. Call and examine for your selves and bo convinced. His stock of GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING GOODS has been selected with care, and embraces SHIRTS, DRAWERS, COLLARS, SI'OCKINOS, •Fine and Common GLOVES, NECKTIES, SUSPENDERS , HA NDICER CHIEFS, and all articles in that line. Our custom department now contains the lar gest assortment of all the Fashionable New Fab rics for our patrons to select from. GOODS SOLD BY THE YARD OR PIECE. Coll and examine boforepurchasing elsewhere. W o are always ready to show our Goods to old and.new customers. JKS* Don’t forgot the Stand, West High Street, in the. room lately occupied by R. E. Shapley’s Jewelry store. April 26.1866—1 y. QLOTHING! CLOTHING!! GREAT FALL IN FRIGES. The undersigned is now receiving his complete assortment of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS. 1 * whichfor style, beauty, and price, cannot be ex celled. . , His stock consists in part of fine Black and Blue French and English Cloths, Extra Heavy Doe skin, three cut and FANCY CASSIMERES. Also, a large variety of Casslnets and Tweeds, Kentucky Jeans, and Cottonnadcs, Linens, and Linen Drillings, in'great variety. Also a great assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING, of .every style and quality, White Linen and Woolen Shirts, Summer Drawers, *c. Constant ly on hand a large assortment of Ties, Collars, Hosiery, and Gloves, Linen, Silks and Cotton Handkerchiefs. Also a full assortment of Trunks, Carpet Bags and Valises, of ©very size. Clothing made to order at the shortest notice. Call and examine the stock. Don’t forget the stand—South Hanover Street, adjoining Miller & Bowers’ Hardware Store, Car- ISAAC LIVINGSTON. May 10,1866. Uauitß, &c. Miller & bowers, SUCCESSORS TO LEWIS P. LYNE, North Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa Dealers in American, English and Gorman HARDWARE, Cutlery, Saddlery. Coach Trimmings, Shoe Findings, Morocco and Lining-Skins, Lasts, Boot Trees ' and Shoemaker Tools of every description. Solid and Brass Box Vices, Bellows, Files, Rasps, Horse Shoes, Horse Shoo Nails. Bar and Rolled Iron of all sizes. * HAMES AND TRACES, Carriage Springs, Axles, Spokes, Fellows, Hubs, . &c.. &c. Saws of every variety, Carpenters’ Tools and Building Material, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Plated Forks and Spoons, with an extensive as sortment of Hardware of all kinds and of the best manufacture, which will be sold wholesale or re tail at the lowest prices. We are making great improvements In our already heavy- stock of goods, and Invite all persons In want of Hard ware of every description to give us a call and we are confident you will be well paid for your trou ble. Hoping that by strict attention to business and a disposition to please all we will be able to maintain the reputation of the old stand. MILLER & BOWERS. Dec, 1,1805. TT A RDWARE.- *Tbe subscriber has just returned from the Eastern Cities with the largest, cheapest, and best selected assortment of Hardware, ever offer-’ ed, in this county. Everything kept in a large wholesale and retail Hardware store, can be had a little lower than at any other house in the county, at the cheap hardware store of tho sub scriber. NAILS AND SPIKES, Fifty tons nails and spikes just received of the very best makes, and all warranted. Country merchants supplied with Nails at manufacturers’ 1 prices. < Six hundred pair Trace drains of all kinds, with , a largo assortment of BUTT CHAINS, HALTER CHAINS, BREAST DO., FIFTH CHAINS, LOG CHAINS, TONGUE .CHAINS. ’ COW CHAINS, *c. HAMES. Three hundred and fifty pair of Homes of all kinds Just received. Common pattern, Ldndon pattern. Elizabethtown pattern with and without patent fastenings, cheaper than ever. PAINTS AND OILS. Ten tons White Lead, 1,000 gallons Oil Just re ceived, rVlth a large assortment of Varnlshea^Tur gentine, Japan, Patty, Litharage, Whiting, lue, Shellac, Paint Brushes, Fire-proof Faint. Florence White, White Zinc, Colored. Zinc, Rea Lead, Lard Oil, Boiled Oil, Sperm Oil,. Fish Oil, &c. Colors of every description, dry and. in oil, in cans and tubs.' / FARM BELLS. Just received the largest, cheapest,, and best assortment of Farm Bells in the county.. Green castle Metal and Bell- Metal, warranted not to crack. POWDER. Twenty-five kegs Dupont Rook and Rifle Bowl der, with alargeassortraentofSafetyFuse, Picks, Crowbars, Stone Drills, Stone Sledges, Stone Hammers, *c. . PUMPS AND CEMENT.. ' Fifty barrels of Cement, with a very largo as-- sortment of Chain and Iron Pumps of* all kinds, cheaper than ever, at the hardware store of HENRY SAXTON.- Deo. 1,1805. CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 23.1866. PRMEDMBfS BIIRIU. Generals Steelman anil Fullerton’s Final Report. EXPOSURE OF THE GREAT SWINDLE. Mevival of Slavery Under a New System. NEGROES AT FIVE DOLLARS AHEAD. The Freedman In tho “ Honsc of His. USELESSNESS OF THE BUREAU. Hundred* or Thousand* of Hollar* Sqnan* dcrod—Fraud and Peculation by Bu reau Agent*. *o*, Arc., Aro. Washington, Aug. 9. Tho following report was presented to the President to-day: New Orleans,.La., July 20,1886. To Lon. L. M. Stanton, Sec’y. of War. Sib : We have the honor to submit the following report of our Inspection of the operations of the Freedmen’s Bureau in the Departments of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. Ta king up seriatim tho points to which spe cial attention is called in our order of in structions, we found first, that the num ber of officers and civilians employed by or attached to the Bureau in the depart ments above named were as follows : Tlic Bureau Machinery. Ono brigadler-General (brevet major-general,) assistant commissioner for the State. One major (surgeon,) two captains, ono second lieutenant—on staff duty. One surgeon, one assistant surgeon—having charge of hospitals. One major, ten captains, seven lieutenants— sub-assistant commissioners. Onesuperlntendont of schools, at month ly pay of $150,00 Nine contract surgeons, each ut monthly pay of 100,00 One special agent, at monthly pay of 125.00 One agent for St. Simon’s Island, at monthly pay of • 100,00 One chief clerk, at monthly pay of 123,00 Four clerks, each, at monthly pay of 100,00 Two clerks, average, at monthly pay of 79,1(5 Seventy-seven persons, employed as nurses, laundresses, ambulance dri vers, and hospital stewards, at aver age pay per month, each, 12,00 ■ln addition to the foregoing, there are ono hundred and seventy-seven agents of the Bureau, citizens of Georgia, who were appointed by the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau, in ac cordance with a resolution of tho Georgia State Convention, passed October 30,1865, providing for such appointments. These agents are not paid from the Bureau funds, but by fees allowed them for approving contracts, and for other official du ties. Ono major-general—assistant commissioner for the State. Three majors, ono captain 1 , five lieutenants—on staff duty. One lieutenant-colonel, six captains, two lieu tenants—sub-assistant commissioners: Civilians. . Eleven contract surgeons each at month ly pay off $lOO,OO Ono superintendent of education, at monthly pay of 150,00 Three civilian agents, each at monthly pay of 150,00 One civilian agent, at monthly pay of 100,00 Fourteen clerks, each at montnly pay of 100,00 One clerk, at monthly pay of * 80,00 One clerk, at monthly pay of 75,00 One hospital steward, at monthly pay of 50,00 Three hospital stewards, each at month ly pay of 80,00 Thirty-six hospital nurses, average each, per month 7,83 H. S. RITTER. , One major-general, assistant commissioner for the State. Ono colonel, two majors, two captains, two lieutenants—on staff duty. Tiie assistant commissioner and the staff, in connection with their duty as Bureau officers, aro performing military duty. On Bureau duty only—Eleven captains, ten lieutenants, sub-assistant commissioners. Civilians, One superintendent of education, at monthly pay of $150,00 Five clerks, each at monthly pay of 120,00 Ono printer, at monthly pay of 100,00 Ono superintendent of buildings, at monthly pay of 125,00 Five contract surgeons, each at month ly pay of 100,00 Four hospital stewards, each at month ly pay of 08, 1 15' Twenty-six hospital attendants, *c., each at average monthly pay of 11,63 Four carpenters, each at average month ly of 52,50 Three teamsters, each at monthly pay of 15,00 Four orderlies, each at monthly pay of 15,75 Twelve laborers, each at average month ly pay of. 19,58 Two night watchmen, each at monthly pay of 15,00 Ono brigadier-general, assistant commissioner for the State. One major (surgeon), six captains, two lieuten ants—on staff duty. . One lieutenant-colonel, one major, fourteen captains, sixteen first lieutenants, six second ■ lieutenants, sub-assistant commissioners. One chaplain, one lieutenant, on temporary du ty. Seven contract surgeons, each at month ly pay of $lOO,OO Five clerks, each at monthly pay of . 125,00 Two clerks, each at monthly pay of 112,00 Five clerks, each at monthly pay of 110,00 Eight clerks (average), each at month ly pay of 76,80 Seven clerks, each at monthly pay of 55,00 One superintendent plantation depart ment, at monthly pay of 150,00 Two school directors, each at monthly - pay of 125,00 One wagonmaster, at monthly pay of 75,00 Six artificers, each at monthly pay of 55,50 .Twenty teamsters, laborers, messengers, and porters, at average pay each per month ’ 22,35 Thirty-two nurses, cooks, and In hospit al, at average pay each per month 0,78 TEXAS. ' One brigadier-general, assistant commissioner for the State. , , Ono UeutenantrcoloneL two majors, one cap tain, one lieutenant—staff duty. Two coloqela, one maj or. ten captains, lour first lieutenants, three second lieutenants, sub-assist ant commissioners. Civilians. One contract surgeon, at pay per month $lOO,OO Ono sup’t of schools, 44 208,83 Two clerks, each “ 41 - 125,00 Three clerks “ “ 44 1 75,00 One printer, 41 44 125,00 Tho number of persons to whom rations have been issued in each of the above-mentioned States since the Ist of December, 1865, ami up to tho Ist of April last, were as follows: GEORGIA. Freedmen, Adults, Children • Total, December 064 513. 1,507 January 1,013 562 1,605 February 1.159 611 1,670 March 3,364 - 655 • 1,019 December January Februury March December January February March December January February March Decembor January February March ChUarev* TolaL December 20 60 January 18 February 22 42 65 March 1 22 90 US Friends,” GEORGIA. Civilian Employees, ALABAMA. MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA, Civilians, White Refugees. Adults. Total. 201 , 17X . 372 10 3 18 38 74 112 ALABAMA, Freedmen. Adults. Children. Total. 1.321 015 2,249 ✓1,157 1,260 2,428 . 2,217 1,876 4,093 2,785 2,783 6,618 While Refugees, Adults, Childtren. Total. 1,140 2,140 8,289 1,083 • 3,272 5,255 •4,080 8,40 ft 13,083 6,051 11,404 17,115 MISSISSIPPI. Freedmen\ Adults. Children. Total. 280 284 570 400 • 200 090 624 -403 927 315 250 565 White Refugees. LOUISIANA, Freedmen. _ , , Adults. Children. TOtat, December 714 307 1,020 January 845 347 1 102 February 822 330 IJSS March 1,020 868 1,883 White Refugees. Adults. Children. Total. 29 22 61 9 15 21 7 13 20 5 5 10 December January February March TEXAS. ' Freedmen. •' , Adults. Children. ' Total . December 29 3 2 January 57 10 57 February 77 15 92 March 31 14 45 White Refugees. _ „ Adults. C7tt7drc;i. Total. December 11 4 15 January 4 0 4 February 3 4 7 March 0 0 NECESSITY FOB RELIEF. The necessity fertile relief furnished will not extend beyond the present sea son except in Northern Georgia and Ala bama, where probably a limited amount of assistance may be requisite for some time longer, unless these States are able to make provision for their own poor.— Much, however, depends in all tho States herein mentioned upon the success of this pear’s provision crop. DISPOSITION OF THE CITIZENS, But little or no encouragement has been given to the operations of the Bureau by the citizens of any of these States, except Alabama and Georgia, in which the as sistant commissioners, Generals Tillson and Swayne, have removed much of the prejudice ogainst the Bureau by wisely securing the co-operation of the civil au thorities. RETRENCHMENT AND REFORM. A great reduction in the expenses of the Bureau, and a reform which would ren der it far less objectionable than it is now, would be effected by the discountenance of all paid employes not in the military service of the government. This would reduce the expenses for clerks, contract surgeons, hospital stewards, &0., the fol lowing amounts: Georgia Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Texas Total All the labor performed by these em ployes except, perhaps, the. occasional services of a contract surgeon, might be discharged by detail from the troops. In previous reports we have-recommended the merging .of the duties of the Bureau and the military. We would again re spectfully urge this administration, and that one set of officers:should be required to perform the joint duties, thus avoiding the expenses of maintaining two establish ments. EFFECT OP THE BURBAD UPON THE HAB- ITS OF THE FREEDMEN. We have previously stated our opin ions os to the effect of the operations of the Bureau on the habits of the freed men, and their disposition to labor and support themselves, and we have seen nothing in our subsequent investigations to induce us to change the views expres sed on tho subject in past reports. It is so apparent that a people compelled to labor for a livelihood must be industrious by the hope or impelled promise of support in idleness, that we deem it unnecessary to present further argument on this point. We proceed now to speak more in detail of the administration of the Bureau in the several States we have visited. Administration of tUc Bureau. GEORGIA. The Bureau in Georgia, under the man agement of the present able and efficient assistant commissioner, Brevet Major- General Tillson, has been honestly ad ministered, and has accomplished all the good of which the system is capable. It as been assisted by the Governor, by the judges of the Supreme Court, by the civil authorities, and to some extent by the citizens.' The amended laws of Georgia are fully as liberal as those of any Norh ern State, and place the negro in all re spects bn a perfect equality with the white man as to hla civil rights. Not withstanding this fact, we have found that agents of the Bureau have taken pas ses out of the hands of the civil authori ties, and have tried and disposed of them in a manner never contemplated by the laws of the State. For instance, the citi-' zen judge of tho freedmen’s court at Sa vannah sentenced two negroes to thirty day’s labor on the ohain-gang, on the charge of horse-stealing, to which they pleaded guilty. A white man commit ting the same offense would have been: liable, under the State laws; to be senten ced to the jienitentlary, or even to death, at the discretion of the jury. In cases previously disposed of in this same court, one freedman, lor assaulting with a knife with intent to kiU, was fined $2O; and another freedman, for a similar offense, was sent to prison for five months, when, by the laws of Georgia, the punishment prescribed for the crime is imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than two or more than ton years.- Decisions such as these’ must of necessity .create among the white people o feeling of contempt for the freedmen’s courts and of ill-will to ward the United I 'States government, ' which permits such, an unjust interfere ence with the laws of the State. la the freedmen’s court at Macon, presided over by Captain Louis J. Lambert, more seri ous irregularities have occurred. A Mr. M. J, Morgan and his son, a Mr. Boulton, and a Mr. Stansel Berwick were tried in this court for cruelty to a freedman, were convicted, and were fined in the aggre gate $550- The fines imposed upon the two Morgans, amounting to $3OO, were re ported by the agent, but no account was rendered of, the.remalnining $250. Cap tain Lambert, in a written explanation, herewith .forwarded (marked A), states that the money and papers in this case were stolen from his office, and that he made up his report from memory. It does not appear, however, that Captain Lambert made any official mention of the burglary until after this discrepancy was discovered by us. We found that Captain Lambert’s records, as a rule, were very loosly kept, and that his pre decessor. who had collected thousands of dollars, nad left no record of evidence be hind him of the disposition made of the money received. A similar, absence of re cords prevented our making a thorough investigation in other offices In the State. The freedmen of Georgia, when we went through the State, were generally at work, and wherever their wage's were remunerative and regularly paid them, were contented and doing well. ALABAMA. In this State Majof-Genotai Wager Swayne, the assistant' commissioner, has pursued a discreet, liberal, and enlighten ed policy in administering the affairs of the Bureau, laboring on all occasions to secure the co-operation of the civil au thorities and to obtain from the judicial machinery of the State a recognition of the rights essential to the security and well-being of the freed people,' This poli cy of General Swayne has produced a much more kindly feeling towards the Bureau than exists where its agents have assumed to exercise judicial powers. Though the adminstmtlon at headquar ters has been satisfactory, subordinate agents have been guilty of considerable irregularities. The following-named officers arid agon ts of the Bureau in Alabina are engaged in planting: Captain and Brevet-Colonel C. Cadoll, Jr., Assistant Adjutant-General. G. A, Harmeunt, local agent at Mont gomery. J. F. McGogg, agent at hearquarters, late Chief Quartermaster of the Bureau. C. W. Buckly, Superintendent of Edu cation, B. B. Gardner, late agent at Selma. ■ Our attention was called to the alleged misconduct of the agent at Greenville in sellin'g government rations, but as Gener al Swayne himself had undertaken to in vestigate the matter, we did not inquire into the ease. We found the freedmou in Alabama working well on the plantations, but the heavy rains had swollen the streams out of their banks, doing immense damage to the crops, and some apprehensions were felt that the freedmen who were working on shares would lose their labor and not be able to make subsistence for themselve and families. The merging the Bureau with the Mili tary Department in this State has placed the control of freedmens affairs hi the handsof Major-General Thomas J. Wood, the department commander. General Wood has greatly improved upon the ad ministration of his predecessor, Colonel Samuel Thomas, whoso policy was not calculated to produce harmony between the races. At Columbus, Major Smith, of the Vete ran Reserve corps (the agent stationed there), made some remarkable statements to us, -which, perhaps, may show the'way in which the reports of agents of the Bu reau are sometimes concocted. He at first said that the people of the district were well-disposed: that the freedmen were doing well, and were kindly treated by all except the poorer classesof whites, from whom alone they required protection. In a very few minutes afterwards he as serted that outrages on freedmen had been committed by two-thirds of the planters in the neighborhood. When pressed to state specifically the nature 01 the outrages and by whom committed, he mentioned three only, all of , which had been committed on the same plantation by the overseer, and all of which had remedied by the planter himself as soon as his attention was called .to them. On investigation we found the statements of this officer as to the ill-treatment of ne groes grossly exaggerated, and learned that the agent himself had on one occa sion advised a planter with whom he was dining to “ club” any negro who re fused to work. $31,518 per annum, 33,812 per annum. 30,276 per annum. 55,984 per annum. 10,890 pec annum. $105,052 per annum. Aside from the places of which we have spoken as being Infested by bad men, we found the negroes in Mississippi working industriously, and, as a rule, kindly treat ed and doing well. In this, ns in others we have visited, the officers of the Bureau formerly imposed and collected fines, and many kepimo records. We found a mark ed instance of this kind atGrenada, where a former agent of the Bureau, Chaplain Livermore, did a thriving business in the way of collecting fines, selling rations and government horses and mules. Thisoffl cer seems not only to have collected fines ranging from fifty cents to five dollars from the freedmen for marrying them, but also attempted to exact fees from resi dent white ministers for giving them per mission to marry freedmen. In eases where the negroes were unable to pay the sum demanded of them for approving their contracts or marrying them, the chaplain levied on their personal proper ty, in one case seizing a negro’s empty wallet and a.jack-knife for a balance of fifty cents. This close drivingis probably to be accounted for by tho fact that Chap lain Livermore openly expressed his in tention to return to Illinois with ten thousand dollars in his pocket. After he had been removed from his post, he offer ed'a military officer fifty dollars for his influence to rteain him in his position. Chaplain Livermore loft no official pa- Eers behind to show the disposition lie ado made of the funds received. A large amount of money was also collected by the first two agents at Columbus, in the shape of fees and fines, and so far ns we could ieiarn, no account was ever ren dered of it. This class of officers have lately been mustered out, or have disap peared. The Bureau is this department is more in need of retrenchment and reform than any other State we have visited. More money has been collected, and more mon ey has been squandered in Louisiana than in any other three .Southern States. The expenses of the Bureau, is accounted for for the fiscal year ending t.li'e Ist of June, 1868, were over three hundred .thousand dollars. To meet this expenditure there; were collected in taxes and rents the fol lowing amounts.: For Bengal purposes, $06,387 !16 From Konts, 92,431 00 From poll tax, . -10,9o«U From Corps d’Afrinuo tux, 21,000 00 From lines, - 673 00 Total, Leaving a dificit of $00,057,33 to bo paid' out of the National Treasury. These ex penses are in addition to the transporta tion, rations, and quartermaster’s sup plies furnished by the government. It is difficult to determine to what use the vast amount of property held by the Bureau has been supplied. At the very lowest estimate, the property taken possession of as confiscated or abandoned, amounted in value to ten millions of dollars, and the rents returned as above mentioned are loss than one per cent, on the entire val ue. The expenditure of the Bureau under the present administration for agents, ci vilian clerks, and employees about its headquarters alone, -amounted to not less than $40,236 a year, exclusive qf the pay of staff officers and orderlies in the’ mili tary service. A largo proportion of the money ex pended on the freedmen's schools under the administration of the Rev. T. W. Conway, the last assistant commissioner, we are satisfied was squandred. Mr. Mathew Whileen, formerly chief clerk in the school departments, in evidence before, us—which is hereto appended, marked “ B”—stated that in September, 1865, Captain Pease, the school superin tendent, reported officially that there were 40 schools in operation and in flourishing condition, when in fact, there were but two., It was also sworn to before us that the books and records, which would have' shown this report to be inaccurate were de stroyed in Captain Pease’s office and oth ers substituted. We can see no object for the fabrication of this false report, unless it was to account for payments made to persons who Were not engaged in teach ing. On examing the pay-roll No. 2, for the month of August, 1805, wo found that after it had been certified and approved, names had been added, and the totals erased and changed on every page. We found also a discrepancy of several hun dred dollars between the pay-rolls for this month, and the labor-roll, No. 15. From the sworn testimony, also hereto appended, it will be seen that Captain Morse, appointed provost-marshal of the Bureau, by Mr. Conway, made the pro vost-marshal’s office a slave-pen, arrest ing freednien and selling them to plant ers at five dollars a head, and sharing the proceeds with his special policemen who made the arrests. This officer further collected a large amount of money from freedmen and white persons arrested by him iot various offences, ami his boohs YOL. 53.—N0. 10. MISSISSIPPI. LOUISIANA. $253,1-18 -17 | ADVERTISING TERMS. Advertisements will "be Inserted at Ton Cento per lino for the first insertion, and flvo cento per lino for each subsequent Insertion. Quar teriy, nalf-yearlv, and yearly advertisements la sorted at a liberal reduction on the above-rates Advertisements'should bo accompanied by tho Cash. When sent without any length of time specified forvpubllcntlon, they win bg continued until ordered out and charged accordingly JOB PRINTING. Gauds, Handdix.l3, CrncuxiAas, and every other description of Job and Card Printing executed In tho neatest stylo at low prices. only show receipts from this source amounting to $675,10. The Bureau is cultivating a large plan tation in this State, for which it pays ten or fifteen thousand a year as rent. We can scarcely imagine the excuse for rent ing land on account of the United States, when the government, through each Con- ls giving away millions of acres of public lands to corporations. TEXAS. The facilities for traveling in Texas be ing so limited, and tho State so large, we found It impossible to make such an. in vestigation as would enable us to report fully upon the condition of affairs in that Department. The headquarters of the Bureau are located at Galveston, and a few agents are stationed in the most ac cessible and populous parts of the State. As to the condition of affairs in the inte rior, we were unable to obtain accurate information, either from the agents of the Bureau or from any other sources. We visited Richmond aqd Houston, where we met several of the agents from other districts, who were there in attendance on a court-martial. At Richmond Captain Sloan, the agent of the Bureau, is engaged in planting, in connection witli his former clerk,'Cap tain Forter r and an ox-officer of the rebel army, Captain Mitchell. Captain Sloan denied; under oath, that he was or ever had been interested in the plantation of Messrs.'Porter and Mitchell, but Major Pearson, commandant of tho troops at that point, and Dr. Boyd, Post Surgeon, both subsequently swore before us tho# Captain Sloan had told them repeatedly that he was interested In the farm, and had mentioned to them the amount he expected to realize by it. Complaints were made to as by other persons that Captain Sloan had employed the power of the Bureau to take negroes from their plantations and place them on his pwn. Amongst the agents we met at Houston was Lieutenant C. F. Hardeubrook, First V. R. 0., agent at Beaumont, Jefferson County, who stated to us that the freed men were doing well in his district, and that the disposition of the people was very fair. Most of tho freedmen were en gaged in herding stock, and were paid from ten to fifteen dollars a month in coin. He subsequently mentioned that he had recently arrested Dr. Houston, a citizen in his district, on the report of a freedmnn that the Doctor had said he did not regard his parole; but finding it was impossible to obtain evidence agaihst lji? prisoner, ho had been obliged jto release him. This officer reported' to us other actions of his own, equally absurd llB this, satisfying us ho was utterly incompetent for his nosition. Having heard unfavorable reports from the Breuham District, we examined the agent, Captain S. A. Craig, Seventeenth Veteran Reserve Corps, whom wo alsp met at Houston. He stated that hla predr eceaaor, Lieutenant Ar n o 1 d, of the Twelfth Illinois cavalry, had kept no rec ords, and had left nothing in the office but a list of contracts and a file of orders, and he could give us no information of his official acts. ’ All the Bureau agents in Texas exer cise judicial powers in both civil and criminal cases, and in the discharge of these arbitrary and dangerous functions frequently arrest and Imprison respecta ble citizens upon mere rumor. - Captain Sloan, the Bureau officer at Richmond before alluded to, while at Galveston,put of his district, arrested a respectable citi zen and put him in prison on the plea that ho wanted him as a witness inaoase which he only knew from rumor would be brought,beftro him. Ten of the thirty-five agents in this State are citizen planters. One of them, Colonel McCohnaghee, -agent in Thor ton County, was formerly a colonel iu the rebel army, and was appointed agent of the Bureau by General Gregory, then as sisiant commissioner for the State, yhlie still unpardoned, white ye heUeyp General Gregory to have been honest In his administration, we think his extreme views and policy produced ill-feeling antj. bitterness between the whites and black's. So far. as we saw or were able to get In formation in Texas, the freedmen were working well, and the crops were: very promising. The wages paid—all the pay ments being made in specie—were better than in any other department. ' ’ Summary. In pursuing this investigation, which has how extended over four months, we have found extreme difficulty In comply ing with that portion of our instructions which requires us to report upon, the op erations of the Bureau and Its mode of • administration. The Bureau has no set tled mode of adihinistration. There is an entire absence of system or uniformity in Its constitution; In one State its officers exercise judicial powers; in dn'adjolning State ail coses are referred to the ollvl au thorities ; while in a third State the Bu reau officers collect the eases and turn them over to the rpilitary provost courts to dispose of. In somd depaltnieiltS the officers of the Bureau have attempted to regulate the rate of woges; one form of contract between employer and employed is prescribed in one State, while inanothr er a different form is adopted. In Loui siana the expenses of the. freedmen’s schools have been wholly paid by the government; In the other States: the schools are partially self-supporting, and in Texas they are entirely so. In some localities, the Bureau officers interfere • arbitrarily between the planter and the freedtnen in favor of the freedmen; in other localities the Bureau is used as. a means of coercing the freedmen In favor of the planter. The expenditure of ■ the Bureau varies as much as its mode of ad ministration. In one State the expenses are over $lOO,OOO a year; in another State, with an equal population, the expenses are not more than $50,000. In some States the expenses have been met by taxes levied on and collected from the people; in other States tbe cost is entirely borne by the United States Treasury. Wo found it impossible to investigate tlie accounts of the Bureau quortermas ters, for the roasoiithat 'when the. funds were received-from taxes,''ifehts, .fines, and sales of abandoned property, there were no means of ascertaining th'e amounts received, except from the per sonnal statement, of the officers them selves. A quartermaster in. the army, drawing his funds from the government, has the amount charged up-tohim, and is obliged to account for it In, hifi return ; but the looseness of the administration of the quartermaster’s. department of the Bureau, and the absence!' of all check upon the officers, give no security, except the personal honesty'of the men them selves. , d • The official, report of Colonel Reno, United States army, Provost-Mashal Gen eral of the Bureau of Louisiana—a copy of which is herewith forwarded, marked “ D”—shows a deficit of upwards $7,000 in the accounts of the officers who were engaged in the collection of taxes in New Orleans, which deficit Colonel Reno say# he is unable to explain in consequence of the loose manner in which the books were kept. One of the defaulting officers, Lieutenant Foster,. who. Colonel Reno believes, appropriated to ids own use, the largest amount of the deficiency, carried off his cash-book wlthhim. Thlsoflicer, on his own responsibility, levied an." in cidental tax,” which Colonel Reno calls an "invention of his''own, and which went into his own pocket;!’ . i We are of opinion that utt the close of [0 OROLUDED ON FOtTBIH
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