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few square yards of worthless, rocky hillside, upon which they had erected their little cabins at their own expense),-
The said J. McCauley remarked, just previous to his appointment as Agt. of Fr.s Bureau, that he would not mind accepting the Office himself, if he thought it would promote the Anderson's interests.
On behalf of the colored people, the Union Officers & others here; I sent a remonstrance to T. M. Goodfellow, against the above named appointment: but I received no reply thereto; and I understand that John B. Callis, from Tennessee, has been appointed Bureau Agent in T. M. Goodfellow's place.-
I have understood there has been an effort made by the old settlers, to get either Southern men, or Northern "Copperheads," appointed as Bureau Agents;