Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-04
The A1exaudr'ia Gazette
THURSDAY EVENING", JANUARY


THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY JAM a y. y
InJuly 1862, Senator Wiley, thenffom IRE re-
stored Virginia, in the course OF the DEBATE
upon the creation Of The new State OF west
Virginia, delivered speech, in which he ex-
pressed his surprise at the proposition 70 n
sclude any part Of the Valley in the new State.
He asserted that the people of Northwestern
Virginia had looked over the ground and well
considered theline Of demarcation, and insisted
that It should be fixed on the Alleghany noun
fains: that these mountains divided the indus
trial. commercial and social relations Of the old
State, and were the natural barriers between
the desire Of the people who wished to-form
the new State, and the desire Of those who were
opposed to being Included within it. he ire
ouently repeated these sentiments, ana towards
the close Of his speech uttered THIS sstrong
language = Spiritof Jet.
.fThe people Of Northwestern Virginia are
nrter}v and irreconc;lab]y opposed to any
connection come, with these people Of the Valley.
They are opposed toit because they have 20 COM
mereial relations with them; they have no
industrial interest in common; they are
disconnected by impossible mountain bar
riers. They have no close social relations
with them. They are different in interests,
different in social habits, different in feelings
different in desires In this respect; and | ven
ture the assertion that out OF the l4O, 600 IN
habitants proposed to be included in the new
State from the counties of the Valley, there are
not 5000 that desire any union with US. AS
was forcib]y remarked the other day by one OF
nv colleagues. In reference to this matter, II
we5were thus united in the same State organl-
zation, it would be like tying two cats by the
tai-we should be forever fighting each other.
They are utterly and irreconcilably hostile in
social relations, and hostile in feelings"
And yet, now, Mr.. Wiley reports bill in
the Senate, fol the annexation Of Jefferson and
Berkeley counties to the State Of West Virginia.
BANKS OF VIRGINIA-Ata meeting Of the
Board of Directors Of the Farmers Bank Of
i Virginia, held at their ef6ce, in Richmond, on
Saturday, December 20, 1865, it was resolved
that notice be given to the public that they
will redeem the notes Of the Farmers Bank at
the rates of thirty cents in coin, Or the equiva-
lent in currency, or advance twenty cents per
dollar in CON- or the equivalent in currency to
such holders;the parties to receive in additional
srateable proportion Of such amount as may be
realized and made available from the assets of
the bank for distribution when it's affairs can be
brought to close.
We never could understand, says the Fred
ericksburg Herald, Why the public has been
kept in the dark In regard to the financial
condition Of the old banks. The issues of the
Farmers Bank have@rated as low as twenty
cents currency, and now we have thirty cents
per dollar in gold! About twenty was also the
rate Of the notes Of the Bank Of Virginia, until
one one morning the public found It announced
twenty five cents per dollar in gold !-Rsch7
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