Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-10
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Our old friend and eountsyman, Mr. A. R.
Fraser, has written aletter, published in the
National Intelligencer, dated from his farm in
Alexandria county, giving a description Of
affairs in his neighborhood, in which, he says
that '..the country shows nothing but q barren
waste with here and therea lonely house, no
timber, no fences crops and stock al, taken
He says there will not be mare than one farm
in Eve even partially cultivated this year; and
he complains Of the freedmen who promenade
the farms with :iimpunity and pay no regard to
the rights Of the people" lie hopes when
there is another order for ratons here, they
will be furnished better suited to their taste, as
the neighboring poultry houses have suffered
seriously within the past two months. = Branch
Ing off little f ON this, he assets that the
negroes are maintained ia iiieneSs, and that
poor white men have to labor to support
them, and, warming With The subject, and
coming up to higher nationa( matters, Mr..
Fraser advices Congress to p4ssa law dividing
the colored population among all the States
and Territories in proporto 10 the hunter OF
whites contained therein, and tia: they 10 rot
cave their allotted home to live in any other
State without the consent Of the authorities
thereof Should any State CT States desire
more than their quota, for the executive Of
such States to say by proclamation how many
more they will receive and protect; and for the
several States and Territories to enact such
laws for their protection and welfare as they
may think proper
What all sensible people saw six months ago
is now fully realized, and admitted On al hands
land that is, that in the SoH'h generally and
especially in Virginia. the newspaper business
population, with ruined fortunes, with poverty
and depression, newspapers spruag up like
mushrooms even in the most rune portions
of the State. The consequence Is, that the re-
action has come, and it is found that many Of
these publications were premature, some of
them unnecessary, and most OF them, in size
and expense out of all proportion to the gains
or receipts. Prudently and properly therefore
we see some of the publishers consolidating their
establishments, others taking insa J, and lessen
ing their expenses, land others preparing if there
is not change, to close up !or the present.
In relation to the present >tagnation Of bus
mess in various portions CT Tie country, one
of our exchanges says We heat com giants
from all quarters about the i'A&Gal iullncss
and arrangement of business L. was gener
ally expected that with the beginning Of The
present month the usual spsiag trade would
commence with more than ordinary activity
Instead Of this, however, thus far the demand
has been slight, and the general tendency Of
many kinds of merchandise is downwards
There is but little disposition upon the part Of
country dealers, and merchants in the inland
cities to purchase, and even ihoSe who are in
the market have no desire to go beyond i'm
mediate wants Various rca ons are, of course,
assigned for this untavorale condition Of af-
fairs"
The Washington Chronicle says :-':Pres-
dent johnson has assured GaorgeT. Downing,
chairman of the colored deli CATION at present
in Washington, sent here by the colored people
of States North and South, that no sudden
change will take place affecting the occupancy
oftbe lands to which Gen. Sherman gave the
freedmen possessory title. The President
suggested that the freedmen continue to cul-
tivate said lands"
The Charlottesville Chronicle has this pity
paragraph:
''We advise people to whip their children
more"
We presume our friends mean to limit the
advice to those who dese1ve whipping. Even
in that case, it would include a very large num-
Der from babies up.
We continue to have themost contradictory
accounts from Mexico. Que day the news is
favorably to the Impetialists; the next dav to
the Liberals. 1t is now said that a mutipy has
broken out among the Belgian troops who
refuse to fight under one of the Imperial gene
rails. But, tor all we can see, Macmillan is
still firm in the saddle, supportedty foreign aid
80 r. E
The Washington Chronicle indignant at a
recent admirable letter from Mr. Bates, CT Mis-