New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-08
Our Fortress Monroe Correspondents.
FORTRESS MONROE. Aug. J. leo.

| FORTRESS MONROE Aug. J. leGo
| TIE LABOR QUESTION IN VIRGINIA.
Public interest is still widely felt aud expressed upoe
the subject Of negro labor the late rebel0ls Seafs
The letters OF various correspondents OF me hSes
from different sections OF the South WHOM tney nav
been and still ore trayersing to throw all the light Pc
sbIe upon this and other complicated issues srsta0
since the termination Of The war; very fnly set we
existing state Of facts evolved aud involve cd IN seu
the grand problem OF reconstruction have peee =,
some pains to acquaint yself with the condition Of
fairs In the counties adjacent here viz: Aooom@ -
Northampton Counties on the Eastern Shore. a.
Mathews County. JUST shove US.
IN THE FIRST TWO COUNTIES
many negroes formerly held slaves, now hires
by their former owners and are to receive from I've
ten dollars year compensation. The former SLAVE
hired at these small wages are given " undeSsssn
that this is the extent Of pay authorized By Govs.
ment They are further told that the full privileges
freedom are not yet allowed them. Ii will be -.
therefore that they are virtually as much Stare =
ever. In these Two counties, no encouragomem
given TO business enterprises anything lookingps
settlement by Northern people. Special opposltchS
made to prevent anything being done TO ocnpleo
the Air Line Railroad project, the charter OF wnes -
obtained before the war.
In Mathews County there is little or no Union sern'
ment. Former slaves are tod that they are Saves
and are used a. such. The negroes are told tney ny.
have their freedom BY and b. rs soon as Gos~r
ment issues orders To that effect which orders -"
| not yet been promulgated
AN EXAMPLE
have been tod Of one case where coiored n
hnt small hut and raised some crops for hiuset -
family He sent for his wife and children Ia anotoe
COUNTY and the man with whom they were living -
their iormcr owner gave the eoorsa maIas "ne =,
children 90 with ter. At the expiration OF the ss
days and contrary 10 the wishes OF her husband she
turned for her children, thinking that II she dlt nw
back they would be turned out Of doors By tner iorm
owner, or receive some severe punishment hef osn
refused TO let either her or the children 20 away b
the case stands. Old residents known TO be onWl
feel unsafe Soldiers of the late Rebel Army vse a
dislike upon such men with special aniu.si! 80.
stroy their crops and manning OF killing tneiI 49,
cows aud pigs A Union man who came Ie,e w. 80
times during the war for protection has haa MS sS~
robbed. a portion of his crops laid waste ana n
horse rendered useless by these anti oh'On and -
civil authority has been established here ye. s
state of society is anything but pleasant 10 que -
IN have opposed Secession or 10 venture D! "o'~
deed to show sympathy tor the Union cause.
EQUAL RIGHTS OF SUFFRAGE 10 ALL ~
The saIowing dommeut. which leave to espsisrx
self is being extensively circulated IN ths 49,
and also in Norfolk and Portsmouth, a A.ss -
OF leading and influential citizens nave s"e"''
scribed their names To the paper =, ,b,,e S~seeAe
The rsgned reQues, that convention OF -, h. ~
from each Congressional district OF the ontea rs -
for the PIrpo:e e a. right. Of .os
irre,pectivs OF sect creed birth or color. o..
This, mind you, is copied Uer'df" w =
that very issue of The Herald wherein tue ~.
Gals the Northern Abolitionists, aud HE A n
uSE. are editorially charged with CAUSING a
the trouble at the South, alike IN the P'''
in the present, By wanton, miSchleVouse ss
ton for Negro freedom and suffrage IT,
precluding Emancipation by the voiunl
t;on of the Shareholders Was ever oe"
gross calumny so signally refated 'rou' w.
terer's own columns 80