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not stand well with the white or colored people. Never heard anything against Lieut. Cook. have only known him since October
Sworn to before me this 4th February 1867
John A. McDonnell
Capt. and Supt.

Mr N.C. Brackett, Supt Schools. says, that since he came into office this last time, I have heard nothing against Mr Tukey. His administration has been perfectly satisfactory to us.  I have been settled here only since January 7.  I may perhaps say that then I first heard that Lieut. Cook was to be exchanged for Mr Tukey, I felt that the change would be unfortunate, but since coming here I have had  no reason to be dissatisfied.  From what I saw of Lieut. Cooks administration and I saw considerable of it, it was better than the average of Bureau Officers.
The three teachers, Miss Ellen A. Leavitte, Miss Sarah Gillespie, and Miss Lizzie A. Gilmore have been employed as teachers of Freedpeople two years at the "Wise Farm" Norfolk, Va.  They are ladies of dignity, refinement and high moral and Christian character, and among the most efficient and faithful laborers I have known in the field.
Sworn to before me this 4" February 1867
John A McDonnell
Capt. and Supt. 

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Wise Farm, Norfolk, Va.: Correspondence of the New-York Times. NORFOLK, Va., Saturday, July 15,1865. Under the recent orders of Gen. O.L. MANN, commanding this sub-district, the city has grown quiet and submissive to law and order. The recent disorders were the effect of an unlimited privilege of selling liquors to soldiers and sailors. Existing orders restrain this, and the consequence is that we have peace. Several dealers, defying the authorities, violated the Orders, and have had their places closed, and doubtless the proprietors will go upon the streets to work. Gen. MANN's orders take the police regulations out of the hands of the civil authorities so far as soldiers, sailors and negroes are concerned, Capt. MOSES STEVENS, Thirteenth New-York Heavy Artillery, has been appointed by the Assistant Com. State of Virginia a Military Commission, to try all cases in which the above described persons are interested. The Mayor's calendar of civil cases is growing shorter each day. Yesterday I visited HENRY A. WISE's farm up the eastern branch of the Elizabeth River. The mansion until a few days ago was occupied by the teachers of the Freedmen's Bureau. It is now vacated, with the exception of one room occupied by soldiers in charge of the farm for freedmen. The greater part of the furniture has been carried away. One broken marble-top centre-table and a calico-covered sofa are all that remain in the parlor. Old JOHN BROWN's picture hangs against the wall, looking down with the appearance of triumph at the bare floors and cold hearth. The "Governor" defied the United States Government when he hung BROWN, whose treason, if it were treason, was committed against it, and not against Virginia.