29 JULY 1865, Page 2

General Howard, U.S.A., has issued an admirable order, insisting that

the value of the freedmen's labour shall be measured by what their masters were willing to pay in hire for it before their eteaneire. tion, and not by what they are now willing to give. He directs his subordinates to see justice strictly done to these freedmen, and while anticipating so-ne severe suffering, says that this will be inevitable on every policy, while strict justice will much sooner heal the wounds than any compromising course.