The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1866-07-04
HEADQUARTERS, BUREAU OF REFuGEEs,
FREEDMEN, AND ABANDONED LANDS,
STATE Of Louisiana, Neao Orleans, T
October. 81. 1853: III

CIRCULAR NO, 20. fAf.iIitI
|. The following instructions, received at
this Office from Major General O.. o. How.
ard, the Commissioner of the Bureau Of
Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
will hereafter be pat in force and carried
out in this State
WAR DEPARTMENT., = !
BUREAU OF REFUGEES, FREEDMEN
AND ABANDONED LANDS, T
! Washington, D. c., October 4, 1866.
EXTRACT.
H. "A statute Of this State requires GER
tain civil officers to arrest persons accused
of being Migrants. And it is provided that
| if, upon examination, such persons are
found to come within the meaning of the
word vaerant, as defined in said statute.
| they shall then be imprisoned in the parish
iails for period of six months. This law
applies to the freedmen as well rs to the
white man. The complaint canrot be made
that it bears with unequal severity upon
those lately in slavery. for the law having
been made when they were under the pow
err and control of masters, did not then gov.
ern them, 1t was made to apply only to
whites and other free pers ms Good and
industrious freedmen will have nothing to
fear from the execution of such law, for
they can at all times obtain work and en-
| ployment only vagabonds and idlers will
suffer I i.gi
Whenever freedmen have been arrested
and convicted as Migrants, it shall be the
duty of the Provost Marsbals, or other
agents of'this Bureau, olrequest. the civil
authorities to transfer such persons to them,
either when. convicted of after.a short i'm
p'is6hment. ln case such transfers eare
made, they shall at once obtain for them
employment for the ensuing year. from good
and responsible persons. The usual forms
of contract will he made IN such cases.
BY ORDER OF BREyEf
.. MAJOR GEN. A. BAIRD,
Asst Com. Bureau of Refugees, :.
Freedmen aud abandoned Lands, State
of Louisiana: -,
D. g. FENNO,,
LIST Lieutenant and A. a. Il. G..
OFFICIAL @
S. WILLAUER,
BRT. MAJOR & Asst. SupT. &c.
Parishlof Rapides, La.
~eo~.o~o-so.->~oY
RESPECTABLE People MIxED.--The New
Orleans correspondent of The Mobile Reg
lister relates the confusion created by the
presence of respectable gentlemen in the
gambling saloon at the time Bob johnson
was killed ]: -
The affair caused a good deal Of excite
ment, and made revelations that are not
relished by some respectable (so-called)
people. In the room were quite number
of elderly gentlemen who have wives and
daughters at home, some sons ofgood fam
lilies and few fast young clerks who would
not for. the world have had their employers
know that they freqoented such places
When the first shot was fred the crowd
around the tables eomprehended the situa-
ton, and hastily grasping their stacks y
started for the door The police were too
quick for them. The house was surround
ed, and the stairway guarded. The whole
lot were held as witnesses in the case. Be
lieye me there were some rueful counten-s
ances in, that crowd, and some heavy hearts.
More than one present felt themselves dis
eraced by being mixed up With SO scandal
GUS an affair. @...-...,..s4,-