Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-10-27
ghe Alexanar{a Gazette
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER q:

4 few days ago, We published some remarks
ahout the condition of the Freedmen 10 this
CITY, We find the following in the Washington
correspondence of the Baltimore Sun, IN re-
lation to the same class Of people IN the us
trict Of Columbia:
.uTbe executive committee of the National
Eroadnan's Relief Association, in soliciting
heln for that class Of people now located .s mere
reveal, through it's agent, Mrs, Urlmng' al
arrav of misery, w1etehedness and want afnosI
haf1;ng credibility, which it is apprehedno az
viii he heavily augmented by the rlgors OF the
coming winter. From q recent partial cen soo
Nv the War Department it's shown that 25'ooo
e ey mostly women and children, nave
AIDED hither since the proclamation OF eman7
a ;o.4 which, together with the Il, Guy
9ree colored then here, make all aggregate OF
near 40 600 OF that class OF people AZ Tue
heg;nning Of the past winter, the Government
nlaced at the disposal OF the ASSOCIATION l'ooo
cords wood, $500 blankets, ana commlssary
stores to subslst two thousand OF Them
Thousands of women and children were found
without change Of clothing, and many with
out any at all. Infants just born and without
garments persisted from cold OLD persons ane
children without shoes and stockings: we're oao'
" frOSteC4 anC nave neeh 1ie"f "-1
sy,n,,tations But few have any beds Or COOK
;no ,,tonsi|s and large numbers have died ana
n slr st;1l diving from privation and want. This
e1ass of neonle are still coming into the DIS
tr;ct from MARYLAND and Virginia IN the most
Jasf;t,,ta condition. and as labor is now more
5;H;ont 70 procure than last season, their con
d;t;nn IS vastly worse. AS many as eighty
coef;ns are issued daily by the Government to
those who are unable to pay Tor them. Inere
being no appropriation at the disposal OF IN. me
bureau to meet the present wants OF th1s
wretched people, a pressing appear IS now : maze
- tba benevolent public. And yet it is ln1pos-
SHE far families to be supplied with proper
and necessary servants both here and IN Bal
t;more Iftaken into houses, generally, they
will not stay to work any length OF time, ana
demand unreasonable privileges and pay, how
ever incompetent or unreliable.
LATER FROM. EURoPE.-The steamship
Africa brings dates to the l4th. Cotton
SLIGHTLY advanced. Breadstuffs quiet and
steady, There is panic in Madrid in conse-
mence Of the increase Of the cholera there
Deaths from cholera are reported at Epping
noar London The Adams and Russell cor
resnondence attracts great attention and much
editorial comment. The hope Is generally ex-
dressed that the question will come to an AMIGA
hlasolution. The Times has a semi official ex-
nlanation that the position taken by the Brltlsh
Government would preclude the losses by the
Confederate cruisers being referred to the pro-
nosed commission Fenlan arrests and COM
mitn,ents for trial continue IN ireland.
Mr. 3. johnson Barbour, Of this State, has
honn invited hv the Union Central COMMITTEE
f.Nev jersey, to speak in that state, previous
10 the ensuing election there, and has consent
Cd 70 DO SO. He is also expected to speak II
New York.
The MAYORS of New York, Brooklyn, jersey
fItv Sc, are about adopting precautionary
measures against the Introduction OF the
cholera. Precautionary measures ought to De
taken everywhere.
Henry Ward Beecher publishes card 10
the New York Tribune modifying the construc-
ton generally given to some liberal expressions
in his sermon last Sunday. n saying tna5 Che
laws and intents OF the Government ana OF
ourselves will prove Of no avail 1t they are
hostile and unpleasant to the white people OF
the South" he was speaking OF the best way
of nromoting the prosperity of the freedm en-,
uot IF the general policy of Government to-
ward disloyal citizens now reclaimed.
Mr. T D. sDeBow, the former statistical
CHAMPION Of slavery, has written letter ad-
yocating the "social, physical and political ad-
v vona Of the freedmen He also declares
hat the South ;smust throw her immense un-
s,lt;vated domain into the market at a low