New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-08-04
TIE REPORTED KIDNAPPING IN FLORIDA
The Advantages of the Southern Home.
stead Law.
Industry Ofthe Freedmen in KentuCky---Rebel
Violence.
speca Dispatch to The N Y. Tribune
WASHINGTON. Friday August g. 1896.
THR REPORTED KIDNAPPING.

THE REPORTED KIDNAPPING.
Secretary Wees has directed that a contradiction
be made ofhe capture Of any slaves on the coast OF Florida
He certainly best informed to what ep the Navy De-
partment have taken in the matter Mobile paper Of July
10 responsible for the following; sloop was oyernaued
in Mobile bay early Tuesday morning Juy H. by
the United States cutter having on board nifty negroes
about 10 10 Caba and sell into
slavery These negroes had been collected at different en-
promise Of $50 per month to work on plantation Inc
captain and crew OF the ship were oned and placed on board
the oop OF war Augustine for ssekeepng and will be for
warded TO Washington.
There for suspeetng that the steamer Virgin
tug George Williams and the schooner Snnnysde
ested this slave trade and that the schooner Charles Henry
that cleared at Noble the 9Th july for Fowl River with
cargo Of lumber and bOre take about l5o negroes
to or these facts and important the author
ties somewhere in Washington have been informed 1t may
not however be within the province of the Naval Office to
know Of these The representations Of welnfomed
parties from the South consulting with members OF Congress
at the last session upon these very affairs the prime
for Member ElOts resolution for the appointment OF
Conference Committee TO visit the South Investigate
affairs OF the Freedmen' Bureau 1t passed the House but
the Senate did reach it, The of slave trading is
however Of general gossip in The South and Government
officials to somebody responsible have closely watched and
well informed upon the subject The officers Of the cutters
Morris and Mccullough cruising in the Gulf report their iu
ability fad any for the belief that there any kid
mapping Of negroes.
INDUSTRIOUS FREEDMEN TAXING ADVANTAGE OF TIE
soCTHERN HOMESTEAD LAW.
letter received here from the very highest authority
states that large numbers OF the freedmen VII closing
their Iabcs fcr this year with their families to the
Homestead lands provided for by the Government in the new
bill The eenerpsng end Trustworthy portion the freed
men, the cls valuable TO tie planters among the
Determined They take this mode Of relief from
harsh treatment, and their becoming very rapidly
selfsupPO-;ing and sefreiant.
KENTUCKY.
Gen. John Ely Chief Superintendent OF the Freedmens
Bureau Kentucky is in Washington Official visit He
reports per Of the freedmen in Kentucky self
supporting aad employed at fair wages There Is more
land put in h crops this than ever before Wheat
and hay fair crop For hemp and tobacco
cspct for very rge yield The active producers
and wealthy landowners acknowledge that free labor sue
cess bey 0Rd their sanguHe expectations bitter preu
dice against the freedmen and white loyalsts among
many returned Rebel soldiers who style themselves
"Reguators and live by depreciation and robbery upon
these people The military authorities prompt 10 arrest
Ing s1audes and turning them to the L. s. Cir
cult Courts Tor trial under the Civil Rights bill 10 large
number OF cases. the action Of the Kentucky State Courts
where rights and life Of freedmen concerned is farce
and moekcrY upon Justice.