Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-06-17
IFrom General Order By Gcnetsi Wright, issued al
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1t Is absol utely essential that the indus.
trial resources Of tho country be al once
applied to tho cultivation of the growing
crops, in order to supply the wants of the
people during the coming year else the
food necessary to the support Of the inhab.
II tsnts--now barely spsicisnt to last ill
harvsst--will not be raised, and destitu-
tion and starvation must result. All must
work to live. Negroes will therefore, re-
main at their homes aud plantations to
which they belong, attending to their work
as usual, and those nc w roaming over the
country will at once return to their homes
and their work. Questions of comp pensa-
ton for labor so performed will DO deter.
mined hereafter by the proper authorities
The Negro IN Kentucky.
An interesting corr espondcnce hos ia
ken place between the Mayor and a com.
mittee Of the City Council Of Louisville
on the one hand, and Gen. Palmer on the
other. The officials complained to the
General that the city was run over with
negroes claiming to be free, and looking
to the military authorities for assistance |;
tina, they were crowded aud herdej to.
gethor and that consequently there was
danger Of small pox and other cpedemics.
They asked, therefore, that the laws OF
vagrancy should be enforced /; that the
negroes stsll be sent back to the parts OF
States where they probably belonged ,and
that masters be forbidden TO perini, their
slaves 10 hire their own time.
The Gen. replied, admitting the evil,
but reminded the officials that tho negroes
we're not properly vagrants; that many
Of them, If not all, we're free, by being
the wives and children Of soldiers, or for
other reasons that recent events have
disturbed if no. changed. the relations Of
servants and masters that they were na
lives, for tho most part, Of Kentucky
had the same local attachments as whites
and had a right to seok for labor whero i,
could be found. He ccnsured the cowar.
dioe Of steamboat and ferry owners, who
out Of fear of obsolete aud inapplicabe
laws. would not transport free persons oil
color across The Ohio, and thus helped the
over supply and stagnatiou of labor o,
Louisville and other places. He has
therefore, issued all order advising those
colored persons who cannot find work in
Louisville, to 60 elsewhere in search Of il
To enable them to do so, the Proves,
Marshal Of the post of Louisville, upon
tho application Of any colored person who
may report him or herself as unable to
End sufficient employment iu this city,
will issue passes 10 all colored persons and
their families, specifying the number Of
persons to be passed, and their names,
and the point to which they want TO 90 to
engage in or iD search of cmployment.-.
The order reads:
"Any conductor or manager of any rail
road, steamboat, ferryboat, or other means
Of travel, who shall refuse, upon the ten
der Of the legal fare, to sol to any such
person oamed in any such pass the usual
trans porsation ticket, or shall refuse to
traniport any person, will be o. once ar
re,ted, and sent out Of the depar tment, or
puoished as q military court may I'D
Judge"
The Louisville journal Of Monday
says
"The negro population of this place
will soon dwihdle down 10 few, if they
continue to l.ava the city as they have
done within the last day or tso. Up 10
three O'Clock yesterday afternoon. the
clerk has issued one hundred and thirteen
passes to negroes who desire to leave the
city. used up all bis blanks and was COM
PEELED to 'oloso up shop"