, 1866-08-10

"ete ~ eHhIFcs, GMI to Illustrate tue lndsc.
Reno. United States Army, Provost Marshal I;crl.
era. Of 'is BaEean for Louisiana, shows deaeit Of
New Orleans, WHICH deficit Colonel Reno "a sass * he l
+ Unable 10 explain In consequence Of the loose
manner IN which the books were kept. One OF
thG defaIlting othccss, Lieutenant Foster, who,
ooqPsl }P sfne. Sne bsess1 to M ERR
III hIs cash book With ltm. TSis oidecr. on
his own responsibility, levied an Incidental
tas, Which Colonel Eeno calls nn, invention OF lis
hundred dollars, went into Iii own pocket. Wv
We aEe Of op.ton 1,at at the close Of The war,
end for :! me Ting acr TIC cessation Of hostties,
Inc sou.l,. hayin: ii 1et NJ 1nih IN the ne.roes'
working under free labor system, were acstr0us
1 M aSf,da. a o. bfea and aud g!1 lie
AID inducing the people Of The sonth 10 resume
tGr Needmen pcoIe lie cltss oi iy5 fese "a
an cuttsc revolution in the ecntimcnts Of the pco-
PIE 81 the s9nth With regard 10 negro labor. !
.ion that h;s labor was desi1ahl. and probable.
Brreau thin ceased. Since then, while It has
been bctraeiai III come localities, It ha. been pro-
drc1ive in iEc aggregate Of nors harm than good.
long a. it czis1a, thon.n a1n,ini. ,..cd by tie
inrest and "i*est men ii the nat!on. The frecd-
Wod e I M tea t. ad M Se IT, ncaa aSy
consider It an n,putation npon their Integrity aud
faIIlrss, au espionage nIoi the oficill actoa Of
the p1iyo.e conduct ofthcir citizens Both races ar
thug suspicious aud bittc.hy2uagcac c. which, In tue
the contract; Investigation follows. resulting gen
to labor ASCENDING. TO their contract, and they
lres,rt reoIganfzcd condition Of civil government:
@ sos,eiy e t son,:i ~ Ill., s'e1 to
ton Tie freedman hae II, the south is :c T1luc OF
s labor n ,Ec market a:l II he Is 'cfl ftce to dis
.hacked ly cent? scta nadr for him by Bureau Of.
1ctrr NJ apprehension. nrrd be ftit o. hfs sai.ty
or tis enccrss: H the ircedmcn could at this mo:
tic pstduc1s Of 4e soash would Justify.
% %ne ,3, aol'a' ,,Er IT, dsy and boa5d would
il.cir labor. They are bound hy coatract, Gu.
Int:ucrcv o.: iir F:etlmcu's Eu:eaM. tic iaut!s
os, Tie i-.+eii liver steaialuats were not st.
G'.l.e.; 70 mnkc contracts. a,,l they ME g;.ting
!rsr Sacl'ns thEn that Of plantation negroes. The
| frcc'.n.n on fhe ogtcc',ce md savannah rivers
| t.eil dollMs per month undo: contracts
.zoye!i or &c s;:ozs's csstrn' III Nssoa sl ws!si'
mid Il half PEI, dug. soMe complaints wers E7is
to III by the planters tho asanral, Nicer that
:lcir 'ahosc!s were lfss ontcntca aud lid moi work
planter, a p:ic'ie;,i, litcralnn.iea n,an, *.
r1ainc,! tue cause Of discomfort /" BE- the low
warc. t .rl!is the negroes were hired. lIc said
anS ficu,, sS an '''I an, a1'!si pssny III 'aS
n,i iy ae<e 81" rsy h;fs ao,r I,:
make all he call out sf lii frodoi1, and i,c aa
right 10 10 +".' The enlightened policy al,o:
Ga9c viii n cs AID s"aai u' ro;saI e!dnI eeoa as
ny =" slctcHtc. by Tic contract system inaug.lr.
:,,c'! an fSnya !, iaso r,2rtjssi oysra,on by tls
e'atn TN 81: ": aa'a 'saasSi sd ~ :;
nut. MI, Will: in ,lc Eamc acld. doing Ii: SANE
getting one dollar n t.y nnl Eatians In iii nfttc
arsc '""E" % ttt Atssissfppl Valley, ,lurtn: tue
"n, I1s,,si o. N5y sx a, ad d1hf a,s's ss
M'dcr she sanction or the Government, given by
!ee otlicc:a md agents or s!,e Nu.eau.
eeutlucl for len dollars Per month ii .he freed
men arc left fr4: t, contract, tlc demand for thtls
@ iahor =, ara eossii"n n nnonG m snpoye:s will tc
will not contract will. men sElo treat thcm ha-sa1j
Of 1n!l 70 pay them. Us is ahEndantly proved b,
n'e ct ,nat lan'ss who ;Fea1ed !hsit for
men to worl. Tor fl,er,. md hare becn obliged ID
sell or leave their plantations. We are nnah!e ia
eoS,o .eajoas of aSor ana eapa
IL sea!ssEhy the Saiioaai 4; SoSssn@snt @ soad
Highest bi,lder in Ole section Of the country add m
appoint an a:cnt 10 .ell ii for him in another sec
tfon. II is undoubtedly true that If the freed pe0
| pie of tic South were not bound bs contracts
thrir wages would be at least 1t>y per cent higher
at tli+ time than they are, and there
soult lie 1gss dfscontent among the frcedmeI
than nnw exets. and lar less duty for tue agents
The bureau to perfu!M. Almost the only dissatfs
fncton existing At this timc among III: isectlMLcn
have been hired under tho i..l,cuce aud witl TIL
approval Of the agents OF the Bureau. This dis
content makes the freedmen unwilling 10 work
aid their Incidence pSovoscs the PLANTER
to enforce his contract, and 1his ,.,aEc
business for the officer who sanctioned
required 10 rc:nrn to the plantation. while tht
p1antei IL atmonished to curh bis ttm1c. II
somr cass of this nature, the contract fs deelant
away from Tie Bureau feeling Iliat dgcisio,1 ta
brsu made thai the frted1,eu ar not bound to fuI
nj tl,cir ac, eenltuts The fault ,le cl,,se ot III
difficulty, /. The contract which has been unu.ll,
forced upon the poor frcc3msn. 1t must not b
iy ,ln,,;c,s: By 10 means We icjicrc liz var,
best thin, they can do il 10 make contracts. cl:he
imer m :l,aTe ?! tls etop. or liberal w;Ess hat v
as<E1i1. Il, hirc them our, prescribing the tcyn,
| Of service and stimulating The wages to he pat,
! itcn,. They arc not FIRE 20 lnny III my s,cl co1
tsol is exercised o:es Them. nor ran tlsy yrrr r.
compelled TO lire within given lin
for a spccifcd term. ln Mis.issIl,pf an
other Statcs, freedmen wcrc coa,rcIlcl
Ey orders from officers Of the lEErtau to enter INT
Contracts within liH,ilett ltrinss, which enable
all " ho wanted hanIs 10 &C: them at low wages
while If Tie freedmen had rot hccIl intcrfercd vii
fces aas, semonsrs'1on ,nu Il Is srsa, cao1
| E.n.