Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-03
lYoIuME ! / 3 .; { LXV5I. TX:

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a@ OFFIC FICE-GAzETTE BUILDING, Prince
street. near e airfa1: 81 -s:@s ,44.
mz-TERMsr OF iSUBGRIPTIoN-Sixty cents
per month. orSix dollars PER ANNUM, payable
inSadvance. 49, s,szss55-tr sss5A s@s.
s LETTER FROM LoUDoUN COUNTY
TCorrespondenee Of the Alexandria Gazette
LEEsBURG !, j anuary3l, 1865. -Aliquis most
cordially greeissthe venerable editor sof the
alexandria Gazette, and wishes shim many
pisaaan6 and abie RET ilTns9of this
eious season. He cannot say, haEeV Verssahat
re likes tie term venerable as applied, because
,aoslong Though when he, first knew him;he,
IAliuuis; not the editor mind you, was quite a
small boy} that 1t seems to him rather sas rude
ahock. and reminds him that he toois getting
aFittle frosted, though by no means g IN tie
ssre and yellow leaf ''aa.'' All men thiuk all men
mortal but themselves, > and SO each man sees
his neighbor growing cid, while he IS as young
as he was3a sixteen. ..1..l = = .
-5Early,ir fhe morning of Christmas day some
Sjor 20 soldiers Of the company stationed here,
TONED here, followed by all the Leesburgo boys
up,ts Is years, commenced tossing the negro
men up IN blankets to the no great comfort Of
the negroes Nozone lnterfeFea TO prevent il,
and the negroes occasionally would rally, and
catch an unWaryiso soldier, who had pressed ahead
of hiss ompanions, and punlnelI him quite
sonndlv. sFI Ia the afternoon the medicine taken
at3the grog. shops which are numerous in our
town, began t5 operate quite freely, and there
Vas s general tree fight, In which soma aeightor
ten couples were engaged. The Mayor was out
sleigh riding, and twas with some difficulty
that the row was iquelled: No-one was hurt,
eycept. possibly, BY a black eyeor two. Itwas
,not. party ght, but one. Of those things that
will hanpen On such gala days as Christmas, in
anv town where unlicensed Whiskey drinking is
nermitted. No serious accident, or more dlsa-
sreeable incident, than those mentioned above,
has happened in our community up to this
time. 80 a. zz-.A ~. ,,I.1e-.
lahorers were in town. believe the highest
rates obtained were ST. month Tor negro men,
4hav 70 c|othe themselves, and about $6 month
. e. ar5;narv negro 5Women-some who: could
800 swash and iron. commanded So per month.
% th;nE the former class Of women used to bring
aha,,t s4O7io $50 per annum, and clothing and
saaa;aal attendance. and the latter from $oO,to
az. narro men, such as hired tor $l3 per
80 1enth nae1 .to command from $llO to- Sl50
alor vn orannnm and clothing and medical attendance.
DE- seems to be an indispo on the part
af,aSorers to hire except By t6e n1onth, at out
-, free to confess that the conduct Of he 1reeo
,nen S entitled toshigh praise they'are lneono-
,,arahlv more respectable than thetree negroes,
lncnding among the latter class ceftaln3 slaVes
+haf we're allowed to run at large. 80
On the whole the prospee5s ofsoul peoE'e I1. tle
1bansnafnl. and their temper and tone manly, out
NpI fhey are not slaves though somewhat
E1oynorad 1oya, "a thereprWileges as citizens OF the
gtad States, but they rely on tne good sense
Un1SslN UlhN lNorthern neople, which vail bclng back
goeu ~, nnly,note as items Of neWs.sth that The
oal CO.. tamnorary stay law is generally ,repuda-
pressens - nnWIse ug and uncaled for by our people
;alea anrohably SOME little mobilization q TIE
Malsf ~ P1ss5. (which allows. the Whole Qeb5 70
1ad 1aM toexeoution unless all the interest is
p;d M in ninety days atteI demana:1 De
pore p" ceptablesay one-tn1Te ~ n5ag,s' M uhs
,thlfa llo interest IN two hundred and serenity
cue =. 10 ha-a thes amount OF interest exceeds
dsys, Mi1 n,,r people unable to pay ~not-tAe
2oe.-@.o - peon!e, but the formerlarge slave
tormel PA PA End holders who were ln many IN
holders 1a.aa ana debtors recognize, because my
stances Iaiga aan the much more depIorable con
eyes natJ q the people Who live at the scene OF
dltion "a ~ further, that law cannot be made TO
s,,iit every man. - 1avb;cb ills said T love to
Aho.no g o,'nonl is tie fact that the hrst marriage
nWsn issued under the sss es, go
4 5h, 1865 and thaS up % % snaS '1us the
u been ssued N3et brao 80 nfA9 IS tbasa 80 foT
oDh et Pfsssb fse number ei licenses .susa for
the eyeaIId3otH the largest nunAses Tor any 1zaongn
year Q, aIa 1852, vas 8
of Decemp0e7al. p7a.naa settlement, or gotonla ae
In the gC fha Catocs!a. mountains, theEs IS 9
and west o1sehs = e Houses, than Was ever kneRn