New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-01-16
nEissIssippI Intelligence

To BE ExECuTED-The President Of the United
States has approved the finding and sentence OF
n the military commission which tried James s.
n Roberts, Of Yazoo county, for the killing OF a
p colored soldier, on about the 18th of October
last and he is to be hung on Friday, Jan. g. Gen.
Osterhaus is charged with the execution of the
order.-[News and Mississippian
!. The Woodyille Republican knows Of gentle.
knan who is authorized to purchase in Mississippi
vhouses for two hundred Northern families.
The negro troops that have been for some time
sgarrsoning Hazehurst, Galatin and Brookhayen
tshave been removed, and it IL supposed no other
htroOps will be sent to fill their places.
There were $50 negroes apprentced during the
Islast session Of Carroll County Court.
II We occasionally hear fears expressed that the
1keedmens Bureau may perhaps interfere to rem
sder invalid the contracts by citizens Of this State
with freedmen; but General Wood, commanding
sthis department has lately issued an order in
(which he directs that mo rule regulation will
be issued by officers Of this Bureau with reference
Hf0 the freedmen contracting" etc, and s. that the
&larties who contract are left to regulate the con
@dtions, wages, ;" etc.-[ Carroll Conservative.
All WHITE LABoR.-A sufficient quantity of negro
Hlaborers cannot be had in this section, and com
Ssspanies are being formed throughout the North to
Furnish with white labor. Many planters in
s8diterent sections of this State have already Sc
srnred sufficient number OF white iab9rers to
cultivate their plantations. They can be hired on
better terms than you can hire the negro, and we
( believe they will perform double the labor.
XII Leran~on Republican.
~ The Gazette, at Raymond, furnishes the follow
ing item
E The bridge over Bakers creek, on the Raymond
and Bolton road, has been rebuilt.
I'LL Hiring of freedmen includes most of the bust
ness that has been done for the last few days
ssIhey are generally making contracts, though there
kare some who seem disposed to hold of. Fifteen
ASpllars month is about the average Of wages
yald. though in some instances as high as eighteen
collars per month has been given for good hands
There are a good many planters who are giving a
portion of the crop in lieu Of wages.
III There are some smart negroes who have quite
an eye to their interest in this matter, and drive a
heavy brokerage business in bringing parties tC
agreements.
In a few days all the negroes who are to be
hired will be, from present indications, and we
blink that the demand will exceed the supply fifty
Gsr cent. The fact is, the negroes are not in the
6ntry.-t I azoo Banner.
4 BRIDGES FINIsHED.-We learn from the Pamela
tar Of the 9Th inst that the railroad bridge acros:
le Tallahatchie river, on the Mississippi and Ten
,ssee Railroad, is completed and the trains pass
& over it, making the connection between Gre
fla and Memphis complete without change o
r. The bridge on the Mississippi Central Rail
ID over the Yalbusha river is finished and the
4 running over it. The travelling public vii
Dice to learn Of the completion of these bridges
change and the mud have been intolerable.
IN Holly Springs Reporter
RIDDEN DEATH.-We regret to learn that j. L
aig, a respectable andworthy young man, abou
fenty three years of age, was accidentally kllet
"a fall from his horse on Monday evening last
sCrag's parents reside near Tyro in this coun
and he was on his way home, and about on
le from this place, when the fatal accident oc
red. He was taken up after his fall and carret
the residence of Esq. Mckinney, where h
gered until after midnight. He was speeches
m the time of the fall until he died. An in
est was held over his body on Tuesday evening
the verdict of the jury was in accordance
tn the facts above stated
STILL MAKING CONTRACTs.--Quite a number 0
ntracts were entered into this week between
,edmen and the landed proprietors of Marshal
unity. If all the freedmen in the county wer
unemployed on the farms, not onc-half of tn
en- land could be cultivated. Thousands ofacre
land in the Empire county cannot be cultivate
spresent year for the want of labor, as severG
,usand of our best field hands left during tn
r.and but few have returned. We hope tina
Try land proprietor will make arrangements, b
,close of the present year. to procure labo
hcent to cultivate every acre of cleared land i
icounty and. State. Nature has given US
Gatry unsurpassed in fertility, and although des
on andrun are now spread broadcast over on
owed South, yet in a few years, by econom
Industry we may be again restored to pros
@s ity never dreamed of by the most sanguine
ION, although dethroned as king, is wealth, an
ave the soil and climate to successfully con
with the world, in its product; and if W
the cotton bales wealth will again flow to gu
fs.-TI Ibid,