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THE BLACKS.
Interview Between Governor Peirpoin
and Negro Labor Broker.

From the Richmond Whig, June IL
On Saturday man representing himself NJ agent OF a
firm in Baltimore. called upon Governor Perpoint, and
stated that his object obtain permission from his
Exceency carry OF the State OF Virginia several
hundred negroes 10 be used as eId hands in the STATE
OF Maryland that he offered to them the inducement Of
seven dollars a month and ratons.
The Governor asked him n he not that the
regular price paid TO negroes hired as field hands in
Maryland was ten dollars month and rations.
The man responded that he OF u
The Governor then asked him why he did not offer
them ten dollars a month
Finding himself thus foiled in his designs, no at.
tempted 70 prevarcate but the Governor cut him
short ~ the following emphatic manner:-
] want you and all parties employed on similar bust
ness TO understand that will not permit speculsons
the negros ignorance If the farmers OF Maryland or
any other state wish 10 employ negroes from Virginia.
let them themselves apply and pay them the usual rate
OF hire And rs for you broke that meanly profit by
the poor ncpros ignorance and employ him 70 labor
whole year for ss4 and takc $50 your wages Of int
quity give you TO understand that Virginia place
for youand this ends our interview.
The broker disappeared so quickly that had he not
been known TO be genuine flesh and blood one would
have supposed him 70 have vanished in air.
From the Alexandria journal, June i41
n fGovernor Pierponi can control this matter OF com
pensson 10 colorcd laborers why not put veto upon
the policy recently adopted by convcnton of the farm
o OF the int ror countesY They resolved not
pay coored 'aborcr over I'VE dollars per month aud
thcir own Doctors bts Suppose that this color
broker did make thruc dollars of each man employed,
would ttc enpoys not then realize two dollars per
month than ihe farmers OF Virginia propose 10 give him9
II these adhere 70 their resolution, we predict
that the consequence, will be a failure to secure
the necessary labor All able bodied negroes
will 20 where labor IL better rewarded; and tho
OF Goochand Louisa, Abemarle, Caroline, Orange.
Hanover and Fiuvanna Hcnrco, &c, will have 10 de.
pend upon the lame, the halt aud the Ind the old and
the infante TO I'll their fields The government will
not become party TO their sordd meannessn attempt
ing 10 the labor OF the freed negroes for less than they
gave their slaves They may assured OF that And
on tho contrary the course they pursuing will only
tend 10 strengthen the feeling In favor OF the proposition
10 give homestead 70 each slave upon the lands OF his
rebel master This plan OF 'pacncation and adjust
mted to ts enforcement and nothing could tend more
rocty to promote It's than the dcspcable mean.
exhibited by these planters
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New stores and Warehouses.
IErnm the Richmand Whin Iune II

report current the street yesterday that Mr.
A. T. Stewart, the wealthy merchant OF New York, had
determined 10 erect block Of substantial storehouses
Of the squares Of the burnt district Of this CITY, pro-
vded he can make satisfactory arrangements with the
OF the land Is said that he does not propose
TO purchase the Sites but 70 take len upon the and
retain control Of the ednccs when erected until he rem
bursos himself from the rental of the improved proper
ty. Several German architects and draughtsmcn have
arrived here from New York, learn, 70 survey the
property and 10 prepare the plans.
This 10 grand idea OF Mr. Stewards and trust IL
will bc carried into execution He can II he chooses
make good thing by the operation; and take II
for granted that he will not find andholders i'm
practicable 70 refuse to him than half way
need be, In the negotiations which precede the
adjustment Of terma The demand for stores will
high rent for the buildings and we doubt not
the owners OF the ground will concode liberal per
age OF the rental beside legal interest," until the prnc
pal Is repaid.
Apart from the pecuniasy benefit resulting from this
enterprise, Mr. Stewart will acquire distinction AMONG
the benefactors OF Richmond which any might
covet The ''Stewart block" would be lasting memo
rial 70 bis berality and public spirit well as Of his
enterprise and sagacity.
the scheme FOR paying or the national debt by sub
scription shall fall a. apprchend will let the eapi
talsts who have cvnced such q readiness 70 promote
that project turn their attention TO the burnt district Of
Richmond. Let them initiate the example Of Mr. Stew
art and before the end Of the year the desoate waste in
the heart Of our city may be covered with elegant and
spacious warehouses; known resp ,cvcly the "van-
derbilt square," James Gordon Bennett row." "ASor
place" &c
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T ( X A 8

PYocla nation by the President OF the
United states OF America.
whereas, the fourth section Of The fourth article Of
s constitution Of the United s.atos declares that the
Omitted States shall guarantee 70 every State In the Union
lrpublcan form Of government and shall protect each
Of them against invasion and domestic violence and
shseAs tbs President Of The United States h by ths
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NORTH CAROLINA.
The Forthcoming Convention I'm Nor

Carolina.
From the Raleigh Standard, juno 101
That there is soon TO be convention in North Carolina
10 nxed and certain fact that every citizen looks for
ward with pleasure 10 the benefits he s 70 drive from
its action II also certain But IL Is not at all certain
that any duly estimates the importance Of that
vention. h will unite finally and forever TO tho
United States government and when united 1t will make
the equal Of any other citizen OF the Union II will
declare that the black is freedman and for
ever, be and his children and his childrans children
These facts and there is controversy dis
union OF sentiment in relation 70 them.
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Letter from Joseph segar.
rHE VIRGINIA ELECTION.

To IHs EpIros CrporcfR:-
Among The numerous misapprehensions existing In re-
ference 10 tbe restored Of Virginia and
quring correction, IN the one-much advcrtcd to-tbat
S NE late election, disoyh men we're allowed 70 vote
and tbai their votss elected dsloya men
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Thr Ncxro Lnboring Chaerfullx.

From tho Macon lGa Telegraph, June
Having just returned from flying visit 70 Southwest
sru Georgia able 10 speak advscdly OF AFFAIRS In
that section We dnd that reports have been greatly
sgeted 70 the condition Of planters and The negroes
NJ sso's Al hchsl ssuaty. but ss negroes ls thsk
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Rsvrxus FRsuns IN fowA-Ths ds,illsry OF hsrsh
Rctbam OF Mount Pleasant Iowa. assesscd for SIS oOe
bs been seizcd for frauds the government The dis
tiery at oskaoosa lows, is In federal hands for the
same cause. Enormous frauds have been discoyeroa
smoax s.lls ~ ovss The stass -CA6ea0e RUueScaA
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Stringent Regulations Respecting the
Employment OF Neg

TV'II .nV TsItruIOHu IIHts, JuHUTUJ
meeting OF the citizens OF District No Of Amherst
county was held on Friday last take into deraton
the subject o. negro wages and adopt
by when uniformity OF action might be had relative 10
the relations between the negro and his former mas
ter The meeting was attended by q number Of the
leading and Influential citizens OF tho and
series OF resolutions adopted with entire unanmi
V One OF the resolutions Gxes the price 10 be paid for
an able bodied negro man At Ave dollars per MONTH he
TO clotbe himself, pay his doctor bills and taxes An
other resolution declares that no land will be rented 70
negroes under any consideration II was further deter.
mined that no negro would be employed who had voun
ty LETT bis former Dester without satisfactory
should be assigned therefor and not hon unless the no
gro should exhibit certificate OF recomn spdaion from
his late mastAs - W aharactss IA
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b. Session OF the virginia Legis
TIE FRANCHISE QUR0rIoN.

From tho Richmond Republic June 16.
An extra session OF the Virginia Legislature has been
called by the Governor, and number Of the members
had arrived in the city yesterday Both houses will meet
today In secret session. quorum Of the Senate II Is
believed, will be present. With regard TO the lower
house, the presence Of quorum Is not assured unless
other members In addition TO those known 70 be here
reached the city last night
Is believed that the special purpose for which the
Legislature has been convened 10 to remove modify
the Acknowledgement imposed by the new constitution
on the Of the people OF Virginia Other matters OF
Importance be called to their attention. but is not
thought the session will be OF more than few days
duration.
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This clear msaake a least Ar % my knowiedge
exsenda In the counties Of Elizabeth CITY, York War
wick James City, and the city Of Wiilamsbug elections
Tor county oces were held on the 5th instant, and no
one was allowed 70 vote who had net taken the oath OF
allegiance TO the United States and who did not at the
time he offered 70 VOTE take tho oath prescribed By the
amended constitution Of the 6tate.
That oath not only swean the party taking n the
supremacy Of the federal Union and its laws the
STATE constitution and laws but that he has not since the
l day Of January 1884 voluntarily given aid and COM
fort TO those In rebellion against the United States
This oath nos only taken In the counties already
named, but am informed, on the Eastern Shore, In
Norfolk Portsmouth, and Alexandria city and county In
Norfolk city the commissoner learn from one OF
the members direct from that city went still further,
and would not allow any to vote who had not taken the
oath Of allegiance 70 the United States before the Let Of
January, 1894.
Then, only loyal men voted cannot be that dis
loyal men elected unless Il be that loyal pre-
erred dsloya 70 loyal that those
that took the exacting oaths prescribed committed deb
crate perjury both Of which suppositlons wholly
irrational and inadmissbls
lfthers has been disloyL thus far elected, DO
not know him.
And 30 Of Governor Ferpoint's appointments He has
not only adopted high standard OF moral and intel.
lectuai ntness but all hts appointtees are, believe,
without exception pre-. .cminentiy loyal Mayor Mayo
not an original appointment Of HIS and II the Governor
be but allowed 70 60 quietly with the work Of organ
cation and reconstruction he has suspicousy begun
no loyal man need fear the result Very respectfully
your obedient servant JOS. SEGAR.
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Protest Against the Scale OF Wages
Adopted.

From the Washington Chronicle, June 91
We yesterday published a paragraph from the Rich
mond Republic giving account of the meeting VI the
farmers OF several interior Virginia. In which
II was agreed TO pay FIVE dollars per month for field
hands the negroes TO buy their clothing and pay their
Doctors bills out Of this pittance correspondent
who ~ familiar with farming operations IN these coun
ties sends us the following protest against the
procedure.-
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Work and Wages.

lr rom tne h.cDnOnQ Times, June IA
We regret TO observe that In spite OF the energetic
efforts OF the military authorities the problem Of how to
make the emancpated negro work. and what 70 pay him
for his labor IL still a vexed one not readily solved
We have made some progress, but difficulties still be-
set u.s.
The stern decrees Of the military authorities have
driven many thousand blacks from those cities into
which they swarmed for the first or three weeks
after the surrender OF General Lee The idle and
bond portion OF them have long since been driven on
and their dirty little stalls for the sale OF cold coffee hot
lemonade and half decayed fruit have also been swept
this eiiy ' '''' y '-' '-' 'e"''''''-''' ""'0' u
The military have ut last taught Curee that liberty
does not mean unlimited army ratons dlencss and vice
But the question OF his compensation Is the most
Troublesome one TO Usppe with. The military author.
ties have not deemed advisable to fix the price TO be
paid for the ncgro's labor would IT, imagine be
possible 10 do with any degree OF fairness or Justice 10
either party This would be a comparatively easy mat
ter II the supply and demand for labor wns uniform
throughout tho State and the condition OF the agricul
tural population the same In different sections
But this Is not the case. In sections Of Virginia
but few negroes remain, while In other portions OF the
State none have fed. In certain localities the people
have not felt the pressure OF the times and pros
porous a. they were before the war; In others nothing
but the neglected land remains Under such circun.
stances mposs bic establish any uniform rate
OF compensation Ten dollars per month"; which is the
maximum compensation proposed, would be too much
for the farmer who cuitivaes poor and
lands TO pay although such exravagant wages might be
paid by tho farmer living near city, who tills good
ground and sells his produce every morning ut two or
The great law Of supply and demand win eventually
no doubt control and regulate this whole natter but In
the meantime we apprchend much distress and annoy
ancc among our farmers, unless something Is done TO
remedy an evil to which have already directed the
attention Of the authoritiea We refer tho and
shameless dsrcgnrd Of his contracts by the
negro No one can rely for six consecutive hours upon
the hrclng doing tho work for which has been hired
No indulgence or Kindness OF treatment IL remedy
for this universal nckencss and uncertainty OF Mr.
Beechers IDEAL Of human peTectiblity. Farmers
mechanics and housekcepcrs all liable to be left
the lurcb without moments notice
This subject claims the speedy attention OF the Freed
mems Bureau. There DO rules for the enforcement
OF all contracts for labor and Ounce be taught that
when he has been hired for month"; and has been justly
dealt with, that he cannot at any moment jcopardze
the prosperity Of his employer by leaving him. We
recur 10 this subject because OF the very FIRST
importance, and should receive immediate attention
from the able officers In charge OF the Freedmens .
Bureau.
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The Work OF Conf sca ation.

u, TO" tIo HC'riHonu NopuuI1o, June TO- .
The officers Of the Federal Court in this city
preparing business for the term which will he held in
October next The policy to be to proceed against
the property real and personal OF all persons included
OF general amnesty by the late proclamation. The
business Of the officers Of the court is to identify
the property OF all such persons and to collect
proof OF tho participation OF its owners in the
war As il is the property Of such persons VIII ich
proceeded against and not the persons themselves
the owners Of do not necessarily know whether their
interests implicated in the proceed pgs wo
understand that nearly three hundred different proper
are already embraced in these proceedings and the
Der is OF course increasing very rapidly The tendency
OF this state Of things is of course very peudcal to tho
business Of the city, which In many departments Is
brought TO q stand still
It Is stated that seventy ve pieces Of property In
Richmond have been already lbelled for confscaton,
which is only beginning The proceeding is IN rem
that is to say against the property itsethe not
being made party TO the The term Of the fed
eral court at which the libels will be procesded and
acted upon will be held in the fall.
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TO rmr EDITOR or rHx cnRoSrcts.

sm-Wll no one put IN plea In behalf OF the unforu
this ampled evil war;
After their liberty seemed 70 have been achieved by the
late ftesdcnts proclamation and by their own bravery
appears from paragraph you repubsh In this mornings
issue that the coneentos rebels OF Virginia have
IN the wages OF Held hands i've dollars month, the
aborer 20 clothe himself aud pay DOCTORS bills To
allow hs would be rev riding treason instead OF punish
ING H.
know myself that In the very counties represented In
this ting field hands hired At from eighty hundred
and hfy collars per snnum the hrer finding clothing and
being Obliged pay FOR the though the servant might
die n one month Doctors bills paid BY the owner
We may add that last winter after the constitutional
amendment by which slavery was abolished Ind gone
into operation IN Maryland meetings Of the planters
were held IN the lower counties which agreement
made to pay just double the offered by thcse
VrgiDansj and yet we remember that the proposed
compensation was generally deemed too sns and if
are not mistaken, II was not adhered 70.
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frran tha Riehraand r.rnaa Iuna M

The members of the Legislature VIII ch held its sitngs
In Alexandria Virginia, in the city, and called
Governor Perpoin yesterday The visit Of friendly
rather than official character but matters OF vital into
rest to the State WILL doubtless form the subject Of
sultation
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General Z. Kirby Smith in Galveston.
From the Galveston News, May 3Ol
General Kirby Smith arrived In this city Satur~
day last, and Judge r W. Gray arrived yesterday.