The postal service appears to have received general orders on this subject throughout the State. Early in the investigation we overtook Walker. the Terre Haute mail agent. working with a zeal which blinded him to the truth. and showed him so intent on the scheme that he cared but little for the correctness of his representations. On page 92 of the frst part of the printed testimony will be found three letters from him. obtained in the examination of Captain Wall. the president of the Washington Emigrant Aid Society. In one of these letters. addressed to Mr. Adams. former secretary of the society. and written in November last. Walker holds out bewildering inducements to the colored emigrant. He makes andrepeats the statement that "there never was such a demand for farmhands andlaborers of all classes "as prevailed at that time in Indiana. He says that farmers were paying from $15 to $20 per month and board.
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