The New York herald., 1866-08-28
NEW YORK HERALD TUESDAY AUGUST "a Ise0STKRLH

ting the. procsr.y o. !, .x.us,ou 6o,sns, xornu b.
DESTROYED was prsaent ~ that confederation. sne
not only sers the rssdms. . v"rs % s. o. ns sns
some we paid for thus labong 70 put ou ne nsmsA
THIS correspondent also states that osrain NJ socx
freedmen claimed to have been air adv engaged oy
= Mr. Conner. Of this parish, had oeen atre!ed
s oes"nr s,,ss rsSr"ss the Bureau on q
the nformaity of Mr. C,nner's contract having oeen
signed only BY the freedmen, and nnt ns nim om'ns M
knew OF anv contract exsine btween the parties yet
he fsiI victim to the two ins'ices or me8isvsses-
Messrs Green and Norman-who refused his bond for
personal secur tv offered by Northern man who had
purchased a plantation in this parish The magistrates
the snm OF 80 200 hene $500 for each case Of hiring
that the labor law Of Lnuis
ana X sh, .w 49, me m
coIored ahorers Hare the correspondent betravs his
Of that law. This iooks rather nueh, does Il
notf Rut let M give the other side Of the ques.
tion. Connw after learning that the freedmen were
working ON Iockwocd's plantation arpii~d 10 the ioca
ofcer of.h Freedmens bureau for redress rha, ocer
but did not nnd him At home. He asked Barlnqer his
parne-, recarding the hands and replied mn~rt.
work nnAer any Bnrsaa The oncsr returned 10 vAala
and made out repor of the General Raird unnn
render h asstance the matter ana n ,he civil conrts
DID not punish Lockwood renor the 10 him
for action Upon the reccirt II snch endorsement and
not prevoue'v-Connor sned ont the warrant for tho
arrest Of lockwood Tho preliminary examination took
place before the magistrates Green and Norman, the
charge b"ing me violation ~ the labor law They had
the law hefore hnm guide and accordingly required
tho $500 hall IN auch o hiring preconracfed 10
borer. Mr. l. fannd much disncny in srcurin the
tesnot that rersona' rlty refused bv the ins
ucea as stated bv tho corresponden personally
aware Of the nct that one OF the Justices Mr. Norman,
asked friend NJ min to !. = bond. In truth. II
~ coreded thet Justice Norman performed all In hin
TOW 20 aid Mr.. L. In obtain nc securi'v Even now
there is No, s'nv'e andho'der upor tho hnnd
Mr. Norman snd to recen,ly:-Had Mr. Lockwood
heen Southern must have made the bond 81 900
In each case sts 600 IN ALL u being more than
customary 10 exact d. BILE the amount of the Hne hui
hn from he North and knowing how the would
bc misrepresealed pu 1t down as low as the law per-
invited.
lockwood has sred on, warrant under the Civil
for srhiecfinr him dHernnt pcnatv that pro-
vidad tho lava o. the United States through nnEc.
md aforehought y Connor was also arrested
IN New Orleans br Mr. Lakewood for d,priving him Of
'hc hands which ne had received from the Freadmens
nureau The eases holds until tho November term
Of the Ened States District Court II is Thought how
that the matier win back the courts of this
rnrs the abos 'aw Of the makes M distinction
IN far'iee, ana does not mention tho word too
'ored According tha, law person can hire
white person aud keep h'rn bound 10 hts cr
And f'rhrr It onlr requires he q verha
contract or understand ng As Mr. Cornnr's CONTRACT
accc~'ng 20 fhs enat rieni merely reducing his
verbal agreement with the Freedmen 10 writing It
wor't seem that ihe omission II the rsra stsnp cn~d
MT afect fs validity, wae pained 10 hear Mr.. Lock-
wood testify In tho United States Court room New
Orleans thai 10 h ing Norfhe-ncr could oba,n M
men, who reside here fand csfecallv hase who have
faced danger during the late wall can almost unver-
sny TESTIFY that obtain ,ustice In the parish
courts of Conccrda, in the State Of Louisiana.