Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-08-06
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Cou5Iles III a. htu 'uppJSset aloin VIiI nI
-ilp"e5s n,''. cA..iG'tTu ,J ~ s,la' p-oSto q"
ai9Is 'na' 'nes "oT!o i!I'c s!son nS U'ie'
nave always hEeu III !!2 otate. t. ! useG 70
oe20 everybody III ny utsUl'TS lot euC ieslIts.
'ute, ""t; ooi"iG >'' -, was q io'1.:''.t i:
oop0iaf 'ol'o"' c0'"">7 "@3 q" i''' ''Hs S
nan ana WefAG0 p!Ctt5 naio; soO 'ID""'
!,9OO votes 10 tue olStFict, ana 4 WAS Uea'en
GOout 5000 By secesSlonlst. The c0untF OF
Frederick did very well giving me, perhaps,
500 votes got toieTahly decent vote IN IN
-,oudoun county, 4yc' pe:haps' ano aoou5 400
n aieXanqr!a ira l. th!nk 'bat III Ihe county o.
1cuquler, Billy om'n c9H"fE, got o"ly ~
T,otes; that IS the i9outn oaEollna q ! irgh'a
-AeSe EeoPle "ou1d Ho' 'o'e ioT NC because l
vas Gnlon man OF course IN 1ney Woulo no!
'uey Coiu .ne opVnis Ct 'Io p'li2 ''ta' ''iTy c1~
:o' inGHI ~ sy.e ior ay ouuy otS mn1 T' onon
man mere are s3nle very sqou oni9n ln0n
~ No o'"V ~ .ueS H'tL lt ~ ,uoI ~ ha
me niaS>G1 81 inc peoH1 ?nseuS h;o>tiy t"lu, .
"oLH!!s illoD ileu' io i'.s'aIoo' al ,he '""n
o. V lnclSsee t;iSlG u's 'eis '1spIIGotV'
7.pS, G IA A1s . n.'',, mnU "nT ob JJ III | 49,
@iH YOU WIN n"u ,ia' l:JySs O., ~ jno
1ii'o 'no "to y. ~; i,'t'0TT a.. ITn;n ~ ~ W.
= ~ p ~ - Wv y 49, - ois
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"ou'u nave 1eil VnG oUa:e "ot'a Wv sS S''c ~
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otlns Isii' oa'hi ~ s'I! 80 ~a s1: .i,+ I's
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az Ut 10 v,'o ~ hoI Va
: ~ "oU nto" ""t 10 ~ j. H'u 10 =, rbt
1"t lleets's az ot,r
49, a'T We %eiE so't ~ oond;t;on a.
pIr na ,sbatbor roneress will barc tho now.
-. Aao" tho4 onJ S,,oso no pros;9ant Iy;
~ noSo5 IO InI'' - !; Thn rronos;r;on i nrottv
sd;a,p h. 10 a,l roo,,;rss rsGical cnra -
RE 6i}fcul,v about the provisional government
;c simnlv this. We j,.ya had evnerience of it
n Governor peirno;nr: th9r gentleman did as
~,oJI &C ba conld nnGpr thn circumstances #
.,oI, M q nroI.;sionaI covnrnor thnro tho same
.,oorle uba contrnl Covprnnr pe;rnoint that
~,aOtlo,oon d;d os UcIl ~ he con}d nnder the
S;yonn,sioncas Tf Won mt . provisional cover
.or there rhe same neon]e who control Cover
nor Pairnoint will have fhe control. You have
,.of "a commence at the foundation and bnjld M
ifrhis is nv oninion about it; il is the unani
:,,o,1r or;non o[ nrottv 1nu.h Ill he Union men
of aIaypndr;a and i ;s .oina 70 hn the onirion
~ rho I1nion mem ,h,ongho1t VIRGINIA
q How A tha rehe,s in the npirhhorhooa
foaT ,orards tba frce5m~n2
4 Tho Union whi,psrrea. then, remarkably
we'll. ,ba,r oro ,,avina theIn fair wages In 1860
and loei r rras Iarga merchant IN AleyandIia
Sb;nnn1 a verv jarre a,nDunt Of goods, and I
have had 70 do viii negroes al nv life. The
3rjce OF labor in VIRGINIA then for feld-hanas
was sIo0 to $3.50 q year, and $40 a year for q
woman, In addition to that the master who
hired them. furnished them with clothes pro-
visions, house, and fuel, and at Christmas the
,oooJ va. mid far his war,s That was after
Jhe nrice Of cotton had advanced, and when
the negroes had advanced in South Caroiaa to
a1 600 and 81. 500 Now, at the close of the
-ar emnlovers are only willing to nav these
.,eorIe from SIX to seven or eight dollars
month, or hundred dollars a YEAR. out OF which
t5.,a i.bar;rr ,,oonIo bs,-o 20 hnv thpir clothes
..nd tha; dnntprs, bs yb1e thc nrice Of
'oI %ioihiinr hin j. donbIe what r. was in 1860, en-,
HInynJ +hrec months 900 from eighty to q
5tUSGu' '"t', W nio.f,t' "2' 20 'aV rnrl ~ ,Hd
asve @ cot rot Il this side Of DrainesyiI!c. They came
r. st Nbristmas wIen 7 7a;3 them their wares,
= c;sa ~ them SEVENTY . i've CENTS cord for cutting
o;3e voad and snnrIy them with a months
2l1n %oro auu sapp' n.y. vi Iir.. yoi ooarll.
y ord ,.9 nIaasan+, Thav wpnt hack after Christi
- ~ S 9ISa, ban 10y SVIv .hr r'% aar .'sr' s;nna
'Tho??a Me-? W - M 6iffcn,~ abon+ the the frcedmen Work
;nr Srt thew work hetter for gentlemen who
treat them kindly than thcv work for rough