Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-01-06
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Oar readers wilIrecaIl thesarrang cement lnstl q,
tinted bv Cen Howard, whereby IN each locality
;nthe South one citizen should be designated
.bv.the white people, one by the eoored people,
and a third (their local AGENT by the 6ureau'
the three to constitute court Tor the aolJualca-
ton Of. controversies ITO which negroes were
parties. The Lynchburg Republican gives the
following amusing account Of the election
held BY the freedmen under this regulation: !
ssThe negroes are still enjoying the effect OF
their recent election It was their all absorbing
tonic Of conversation yesterday, and many
were the reioicipgs of the common daIkles
over the defeat of the upperten' Inc African II
ME seems to have been turned over like q nap,
lack. and the under crust gotten on TOP yh
the other side, the artist ocatlc party,com prlslPg
most Of the BARRIERS Of the place, complain tns5
"a lot Of common darkies what don I'VE I'VE, mere
comes in and manages our affairs: wv nat,
exclaimed one, eloquently declalmng On the
wrong he deplored, but could not help, sWnas
does desc here darkies know bout Wn1natfers
-dey's country niggers! The scene at ! the elec
ton ton was exceedingly rich-worthy OF rhe pen,
Gil of some modern Hogsrth, 1t IS charged
by one party that some OF the others voted
three or four times and we are tod that one ne
old fellow, after casting ms ballot, exclaimed, "
Lord i. dis riggers ready to go-he's done
voted
NORTHERN CLAIMS AGAINST SOUTHERN
CREprroRs. The special committee appointed
hy the New York Chamber of Commerce to
consider the propriety Of enforcing, by every
means afforded by the law, Northern claims
against Southern debtors, submitted the result
of their deliberations to that bod yon Thursday,
in the shape Of a memorial to Congress:
The committee set forth that at the COM
mencement of the late civil war citizens OF the
rebellious States were indebted to creditors 10
the North, for money loaned and goods sold, to
the amount of about $50, 100000, and that
only a small portion Of it has since been Nqul-
dated while on the other hand lsge proper
ton of the residue has been, or soon, Will be,
barred the State statutes OF limitation. In
order that these claims may be adjusted, there
fore, the memorlalists pray for the passage OF
a law exempting snitors IN the Federal courts
of the Southern States from the operations OF
statutes elimination passed by State leglsla,,
lures, for period long enough to afford legal
creditors an opportunity to enforce their ue-
mands.
After an animated discussion, the memorial
was unanimously adopted, together with
resolution calling upon Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress to use their most earnest
endea7o rs to procure the passage OF the desired
bill
:, THE ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE, That deser
yel)v nonular newspaper, the Alexandra Ga
zette entered upon It's 9th year on ne" ears
Day. It's editor having passed through the
fortune like most Virginia publishers, has
heretofore been publishing a small sized sheet,
which he proposes shortly to enlarge The
Gazette though small in slze, has more read