New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-07-31
Re- OBSTRUCTION,
no Civl rejection fox the Freedmen in
Virginia.
PRACTICAL SLAVERY IN KENTUCKY.
acts os Congress Declared Uneon'
stitutional.

speca Disrsteh to The n. Y Tribune.
wAsHNoroN Monday July 80 1866.
A dispatch from The TRIBUNE Bureau at kichnion'
SAYS: .,,
0er Terry has forwarded Washington an aoaiS, 81
lin ty Committee chosen at meetneoi c0iO :"
zens held IN that city the cath inst and ina0i''' "
lowsi u..,,o,ob,v 70 a
The allegations herein contained are ne t e com
great exten know O. 10 ,nyesn Or military
% dar,. states that the meeting was held Tor inc p''e
..,, hstro Gen Terry their grievances ID 'nV ia0' ma
,s.vs, noee coorls and justices are filed win nansoiy
.o5 sist eu1 because they were once siAFes' ~
states. -. ro,,essnt.1 in the
We eannot lg ~ c5rnot get that from civil authorities
s viii rrotcc, lives end preveDt riot ssn ~ that
"hou WI W. AZ no class Ieg islation-nofhing but ha
- he Given cry American citizen We ass no spsol
fer 6at plead seo. II is Impossible 70 ges ga S
t 70 nsn AID deGf q this rstre always settled
Nv taking he ofea nan 70 lal nIsspeeVe % ~ Niovoy
besaps I'll ou bong property; but now we are taxed
- r. r., nav rents and receive scanty wegcs and
,sg instances are cited Of civic abuses Of which note
s lowns Two vic men, after beating two colOred men,
er-ed them over Officer Cousens to arrest They we're
ta the cage the morning carried before Joe
M the Mayor Coored witnesses for the defense were re-
fused and the colorcd addressed rs his Honor as
follows.
rot intend for you nggcrs TO be equal with white mon
wild air II ypr II yo1 do not give mt 500 Tor your good
behavior, shall sonG you 10 iail
amer The commitment nc attempted to black mail them 900
to ing seat to the Hastings Court on charge
Of riot Tie nen yet IN Jail,
oee Becker aad brother serenadiog at night ems
t,ag pracice with whites. watchmsu Epps came along
and ser souqry about clearing out drew his club beat
Joseph ffgbtfuy sted party and the next morning
thsy we're sent 70 jail o creating disturbance
tle colJied gil severely beaten by white man
gte mother applied Mayor Saunders now magistrate
for wsraDt He replied ~ not in any humor for Civ
Ing warrants You must 60 from here Through the
action Of the officers she had the man taken up By the
tee but discharged and she is unable to Obtain any
recognition Of justice for her child.
PRACTICAL SLAVERY n KENTUCKY
dispa,ch from Louisville to TRIBUNE Bureau says:
Gen jeff c. Davis, Assistant Commissioner for Kcatncky
forwards papers in the ease Of boy who hired ty bis
fser 10 Mr. Martin Cox so year. bat instead OF retaining
la as hired he bouhd him without The knowledge
his parent Tho General states that the laws o:
Keey and the rules and practices Of the Courts in refer
nee 10 minors ofhose lately slaves greatly embarrass the
officers Of tho carrying out the regulations relative
70 apprentcng Judge W. J. Steele Of WoodfoTd County
Cont gives the following opinions
By the statutes Of Kentucky lid VOL page g. AL County
fs are ronire INTO ard put n apprenticeship chcien
whose relatives parents shall not bring them in moral
ny cur law the rea sSs q ss 5ob aa ALONE re-
corded parent ara In the case under consaetao1 lne
a he has no claie TO the child which declared bas
ts The Legislature OF the State at its last session pre-
husband and wife should be taken legally married but in
this instance the mother has been dead several years ana inc
riatre father Of the boy cannot comply Win ths se anu
bose neither father nor be entitled to any benefits
under tais recent Jaw.
KgyTUoEY JUDGES pEcLARISG TIE ACTS OF CONGRESS U.s.
CONSTITUTIONAL.
letter from very prominent lawyer in Kentucky to
ligs Official at this place staes
u Court Of OF Appeals will ct denounee every set OF
Congress passed the Rebellion began rs unconstite
tona and the Legislature Will If necessary by force resent
ar cnfaY
Stats anG thrown upon Ohio Indiana and Illinois know
from otg experience upon the bench that scarcely yer
de Il rendered not prendiced BY Rebel sympahieS. The
Judicial Office the hands Of loyol man rot respected In
tie Appellate District man Is running for Jucge snd ke
be eeced who is stamping openly against the Corsu'
tonay the te Congress- and vows 20 use his intuenee
ecsinst Union men, whom he terms traitors.