The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-01-08

strict intrusts "the security of life and 8
'operty," to judge. TO empower the local T
agistrates to arrest as Migrants all per T
ms without visible means Of support \
ould no doubt lead to acts of injustice n
ut the civil authorities, being recognized ]
nd intrusted with the execution OF the ]
vii law collection Of taxes and the care
f the poor, it would seem to be a necessa- !
? consequence that, as a protection to the
ommnnity, they should have authority to !
ompel all who are able to support them
elves, and thus prevent them from becom-
ng burden upon the community. 10 de-
v the civil authorities the exercise OF this '
ight is to place the freedmen above the
ecognized government of the State. 1i. !
Ills matter ct very grave doubt wheth-
r., in the present condition Of affairs, the
,ivil authorities unaided by the military,
Will be able to maintain order and execute
he law. Civil process can only be served
n the ordinary manner where offenders are
,he exception and the law Is sustained by
public opinion but in the present ruined
condition Of labor in the State thousands
are without labor and must subsist; conse-
quently, depreciation is the rule and hon
esty the exception, while,J on the other
hand, to treat as Migrants four-ffths OF the
community is simply impracticable. }h+
Itlwould seem from the hesitating tone
of Gen. Gillem's suggestion that the case,
in his view, is SO bad and so complicated
in its badness, as to admit Of no concep-
Of remedy. And, according to. the fol-
loving extract, which we take from the
editorial columns of the New York Her
aid, the gloomiest aspects of the matter, a.
described by Gen. Gillen, are confirmed by
Gen. Ord
/ We have been shown private letter
from Gen Ord, commander Of the fourth
military district, embracing the States OF
Mississippi and Arkansas, in which he says
THAT the condition Of affairs in the cotton
States calls for the immediate attention OF
Congress; that famine is already upon
the negroes that in many counties IN MS
district the planters ore removing their
families from fear; that the whites are
abandoning the cotton sections, where the
blacks are largely in the majority that
these blacks, having nothing, OF next 70
/ nothing Of their own, are living on the
nroperty of Others, and on what they can
! shoot in the woods or catch in the rivers
or creeks that he is daily in receipt OF pc
titions from towns and villages; that II
I, Mississippi it is not a question OF votes
hut bread; that if Congress will emplo.
these idle and destitute negroes and feet
them for their work on the river Ievees
broken and destroyed during the war, o
!. on, railroads, canals, anything-ra war 9
/ races may be prevented. He says, ID 81
! feet, that in the cotton districts, with tn
g failure of the staple as compensatlng pre-
: duct, there are more negroes than can .
5 sustained and that something must b
/ done for them Crescent. 81 Disas
!, o.~IssNs~.+~~~~~~~
u DISTRESS PRODUCED BY ,FAsHIoNt.TIh
/ old saving, "a What is sport to some !
P death to Others" is illustrated anew in I'll
e sad tale which reaches US from the gre'
7 centre Of the straw-plait trade, Luton.
! town which till recently has been in vel
+ fourishing condition, In1S5l it was @
! culated that the yearly returns OF the trats
!, were about 100000, and the persons ct
q ployed in 1t about 10000. For TWEEN
y miles round the women and children in Il
II cottages, as we'll as in a more organic
Of manner, have earned, il not q living, at al
N rate very material aid to it by the occup
9, ton Of Straw plating. Now the ladfi
N have. adopted q very ridiculous custom m
le ceasine to wear hats 81 decent size, a
e instead of them, show onsthe top OF tht
K heads q little ornamental patch Of gau:
IL or lace, or ribbons. Consequently in J.
II ton and the adjacent district. great distre
vel has fallen Many thousands Of hands I
es out Of employment, and are suffering !
ng EXTREMIST priyation. In Luton alone, {
Iofa population of upwards of 10000, mt
&C. than Aone-third have scarcely bread 10 e
IN and the poor's rate and the board Of liea
ct ratea at this time have risen to'Tlore tn
en- los. III the pound Thousands OF perst
o can scarcely earn d shilling week. " WIN
vn in GOOD seasons they could gain Is. to |
I'M for six days Ilaborsf Some iof the larg
manufacturers in Luton, Danstable, NJ
'as ket,I Bedford, and other parts, have c ~
llp- their warehouses Co where you WILL
in those places, may be encountered grown
OF women and children almost naked,
OF yery pictures Of wretchedness and "
ess We commend them to che kind eon nsl
rel ton Of the ladies, whose senselesS "
MS has created such widespread ydlstrss'
or, lTLoudona Christian Times, & .obaliia.I
of T, 80 = ~. p, i iooSs, INA T
art LINCOLN 9 :, To- " IF G y Fran,
lily is7ille journal speaks o, 9 sars that
red in the nlgaesst, 'eri,s , aar ! more not.
on1 was NOT ~ 'he 49, lasy "a elivalrici off
leir high toned honorape a',a eu,, ife
Pile He was tfuiy = oue, Iha.,,atisid
ses lofty applause upon ssv,y of va h;s ,;ls
OF which ne lougnt ~ a Ssu J, n onesti
ns ua1y r. a,ai ~ nrocoaasI "a saytkat tile
ne, Ma. ; a%V espressed By Gen. franklin and
suit brother officers as 70 the esedlo'sy S q
most Pope as shared y S,r IN w" abe war war Il
|, - lore s sae If illinois, he was aotoriou
ar i his mendaelty. None Of his aequaint'
hem in. tbat State would believe MIN on !