Mr. ELIOT. My impression is that I have had the report of Genera Fisk for about a week. The 2 letters accompanying iIt have procured Since. From the report of Colonel Whittlese, as sistant commissioner of NCarolina, pie sent the following extract: “The method pursued may be best presented by citinga few cases and the action thereon. From the report of Captain James. for August. I quotethe following: "I ed you. in his own language. a report of a casewhic o rred in Gates county. on the northernborder oft o State far away from any influence of troops and where the military word the Governmenthad been little felt. No doubt it illustrates others in similar localities far from gamsons and I am sorry to be compelled to northern influences. The report will repay perusal and appearsto have been man edmt admirable tsot on the part of captain Hill. Oports hnd reached moof the wayin which David Parker. of Gates county. treated his colored people and I determined to ascertain for myself their truth. Aceordlngly last Monday. August 20. accompanied bye. guard o 6 men from this post. (Elizabeth 0it, I i Ml to his residenec about 40 miles istanf. llle s very wealthy. Iascertnine d. after due investigation and after connnoing his colored people that ll was nally their fhraiedntwd. etnhtayt –three wnoorsgtro reapomrithsiosffolrimbdawregraentnrdusem. nHll. e the 14 wero field hands. The allborcun mVeiry kable owdeneepf the way they had been worked. much undersized. rarely exceeding. inan or woman. 4 feet 6 inches. Men and women o 30 and 40 years of age looklnl like boys an irls. It has been his habit for cars to work them from sunrise to sunset and often can after. only stopping one hour for dinnerfood always cooked for themto save time. He had nnibhas had for many years nn old colored man. oneeyed and worn out in the service. for an overseer or overloolter. as he called himself. In addition. he has two sons at home one of whom has madeit a paint to bewith them all summer loan not so much to superintend as to drive. The old colored overseer always went behind the Good with a cane or whip and woc be tido the wretch whodid not unlucs o continue"; hispart. Ile h been brought up to work and ha not the least pity fo"r anyonewho could not work aswell as he. Mr. Parker told methat he had hired his people in: thoscason: that directly aiter the surrender ot General Lee he called them up. told them they were free. the hew as better used to them than to others and steal prefer hiring them. that he would give them board and 2 suits of clothing to stay With him till the 1st day ofJnnuary. 1866 and one Sunday suit at the on of that time. that they consented willingly in fac preferred to remainwith him. die: at from hispeo file I learned that though he did call them up. as stated. yet When one of them demurred at the offer. his son James flowat him and eulicil and kicked him; that after that. they were all perfectly willin to stay; they were watched ni h t and day: that oh, one of the men. had been c ained nights that they were actually afraid to try to get away. There was no complaint of the food. nor much of the clothiuf; but they Were in constant terror of the whip. 0n y 3 days beforoinyarrival Bob had been stripod in the hold and given 50 lashes. for hitting A am. the colored overlook or, while J nines Parker stood by with a gun and told him to run if hewanted to. he had a gun there. About 4 weeks before. 4 of them who went to church and returned beforesunset. were troated to 25 lashes each. Some were beateiior whipped almost every day. having ascertained these and other similar facts. I directed him to call them up and pay then} from the 1st of May last up to the present time. I investigated each case. taking into considerationagc. fiini. iy. physical condition. de. estimating their work from 8 dollars dloowwmnG and saw him pay theni ctfthen and there. ll7 for clothiu: and medical bill. I then arrested him and his 2 sons and brought thein licrc. exccp Dr. Jeseph Parker. Whose sister is very sick. withal the colored people I thought necessary as witnesses. intending to send them to Newborn for trial. But on account of the want of immediate transportation I concluded to release them on their giving a bondin the sum of $2.000to Colonel E. Whittlescy. asst commissioner for the State qf NCarolina and to his“ successors in olllee. conditional as follows: Thnt wherens David Parker and James Parker have heretofore maltreated their colored people and have enlorced the compulsory system instead of the free labor system. now therefore. if they, each of them shall hereafter well and kindly treat and cause to be treated. the hired laborers under their or his charge and shall adopt the freeda hosrystem in lie of th compulsory system. then this bond tobe voi and o no a t. otherwiseto remain in full force and eticct. With good securie y. “Lieutonnnt Colonel lapp. Superintendent central district. reports 3 casesof cruel beating. which have been investigated and the offenders turned over to the military authorities for trial: besides very many instances of defrauding freedmen of their wagon. Major Wiekeishain. Superintendent of the southern district. 1 quote the following: “An mit25. A. S. Miller, Bladen county. States that Henry illor (colored) Boileets to support his family. Action. required lienry iiller to use his wages for the support of his Wile and children who have no claims on their figmor master and can look to no one else than the bus and and father ior support. 27. Betsey Powell to olored istates that Mrs. Frank Powell. Columbus county. Has driven her away without pay for her labor. Gave letter to Mrs. Powell dzirticting her to pay Betsey for her labor since April 1. "29. Lou Shiner (colored states that he made an agreement with Mr. David usscl, of Robeson county, to work and gather his crop. for which he was to receive subsistence nd 1/3rd of the crop when Mr. Russel has driven him 08and refuses to pay. Wrote to Mr. Russel directing him to comply with terms of pzreement or furnish satisfactory reasons for not doing so. These are but examplesof 100s of complaints heard and acted upon by a iorWickershm and othorofioors in the southern district. The following cases are taken from the report of Captain Barrit – moistlhte oni mismoner at Charlotte. Monor. Charged with whipping girl llannpaah. s(aciod Id.) Found guilty. Action order to Hannah My bushels of corn toward sup herself and children. 2 of said children on“). in “ oilsing of Miller. iliam allnce char odyithwhi pin Martha. colored.) Plead guilty. etioniln slit Wallace lleen dollars. With assurance that if the above offonse was recated the fine would be doubled. "Council est attempts to defraud sis families of their summer labor. by oifering to sell at auction the cropon his leased plantation. Actions ci military force and stopped the sale until contract With laborer"s was complied with. hundred puss of similar propommllht be copied showms. on them side. that! Modmen ii the presence of some authoriw to enforce upon them their new duties and on the other, that so far from being true that there is no county in which man afreefican be. imposed upop, (speech of Judge Reed in constitutional convention.) there is no county in iwnhcirce has hee Juist nine tporoftpeon U.S. authorities. There has been great improvement during the quarter, in this res act. The efforts of the bureau to protect the ire HDBHhave done iuuoh to restrain violence and imusticc. such efforts must be continued until civil government is fully restored. JlIlBl. laws enacted or great enduring and serious disturbance will be the result. General C. W: Howard, as the result of his inspection, submits these considerations in his report: “I. Agencies of the U.S. Government of somes or hsimiliir to the existing bureau ugencies. are for the present indispensable in every part of the 2 States visited. "1. Great suffering and starvation would ensue among the refugees and freedmen in some sections were all Government uid withdrawn. “2. Public sentiment is such that even should the laws be made impartial the negro could not obtain redresslor wrongsdone him in person or property.” 3. There seems to be a mom incapacity with the moridnionraitryy of white residents to treat him fairly in the transactions of business as. e. p, in m contracts. His own inexperience in such things therefore renders necessary some agency to guard his interests. “4. Existing theories concerning the education of laborers and the prejudices against the blacks, are such as absolutely to prevent the establishment of schools for the freedmen. even though the ox enses bOJHLlCl by the benevolent associationsof the orth, an the man successful schools now in operation would be bro enup in mostplaceson the withdrawal of the Government agencies. “ The same generalobservationwill a ply to all missionary work by northern it cuts, an from special inquir and lll03 litl l0no this subjectIam conVince that very hit o in the way of ine ral and reli gious instruction for the freedpeopleis to beexpected at present from the members and ministers of the southern churches. "I On the other hapd, it is for the interest of the whites for these agencies to remain and the better class of the thinking men expressed themselves unhesitatingly in favor aid. "1. The revailin want of confidence on the part of the free men in those who have been slaveholders makes it necessary to have a 3rd part (and n U.S. official is better than any at er) to induce the freedmen to enter into contracts. Many of the white residents told me that no contracts would have been eflected but for the bureau officers. "2. such agents are needed often to secure the fulfillment of contracls on the part of the freedmen both in the explaining the exact meaning and force of the contract and enforcing it by difierent motives and means. 5. For the protection of the whites against any hostile combinations of the blocks. This will be needed as long as the present public sentiment of the whites continues. naming a corres ending distrust an“d hostility on the part of the blacks, or agents have done much to allay such ill feeling.” de. Mr. Speaker, in order to show somewhat the existing feeling in some portions of Maryland, I annex a letter recently written by a teacher of a freedmens school: To the Adua of the Baltimore Association for the Illjfomll and Educational Improvement of the (blond cope. HAGEBSTOWN. MARYLAND, Ibbruary 1, 1866. Dan Sis: The rebels have come out againstme at last. Last week I was inlormod by the doputy shorid that a gang of them were organized for t in par ose of brcukmg up the school and blocking the teacher. Both the mayor and sheriff have warned the colored people to go armed to school. (which they do.) and if they attempt it to shoot as many as possible. On Monday night the deputy sheriff stand with us at the school. On the some night the rebels laid a trap for me, which I walked into but got out again. I called into a colored church, as I school, was accustomed to do after when I discovered about 12 whites near the door. who. upon micntranco, locked the door and took possession of the cy. They then commenced a row With the colored people. In the yard the fight became general. The whites swore vengeance on the colored people and the school. After I cft they convaned again and shots were fired. Ono of the colored men is tannceking they had got me. ran to the jail for and was returning, and was on his own doorstep, when he wasshot by a fellow near by. who, I believe. mistook him for me. The next night the school was very thin. owing to 20 the fright, but about the evening r, naelldacrmoloerde. d Tshoedsiuoprsercianmteenidn cannto dfsstcahiodoallsl came down and brought inc arevolver. If the attack the school again I think they will get worsted: Yours. very rwvwtfully. G. A. TUCKER. Rev. F. Isaan. I now close by reading the last petition which I have received from Indiana: Tb the Senate a]!!![1411!""f ntprflvfllninu of the U.S. [ittorture us (tuenillul, The executive committee of Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends for the relief of Freedmen have ox amned “or o. o. Howards report. We i know the condition of the freedmenand their wants and W0believe that the honor and faith of the nation are pledged to their relief; and we pray that such action be hadas to extpnd the powers of the bureau. apdhcplntinueit until its legitimate work is accomp is. On behalf of the committee. TIMOTHY HARRISON. RICHIOID, First month 30, 1866. becrcluril. Mr. Speaker, I wish now to modify the amendment in the 1st section so that it will read “in which the privilege of the writ of habeascorpus was suspended on the 1st day of Februar, 1866;”and I wish the same amendment m e wherever in the bill the same words occur.