Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1867-05-07
SOUTHERN BELIEF

we are grained TO DC able to report that
there have been sent forward for the relief
OF the Southern people, two thousand seven
hundred and fifty bushels of corn, five thou
sand six hundred pounds of bacon. and EIGHT
. barrels of -four, from Jefferson county. In
addition to these articles of food, bale of
woollen goods contributed by c. c. Porter,
and Messrs Timberlake, Young g. Co., has
been transferred by the county executive COM
mlttee, to the managers of the Ladies' De-
pository of Baltimore, who have kindly un-
dertakcn to make up the cloth into suitable
garments and distribute them through the
reliable agents whom they have established
tor their charitable work in the South. The
above exhibit is highly creditable to the peo-
pie of the county, but We sincerely hope that
1t is not to show the sum total of their efforts
IN behalf of our perishing countrymen We
believe that the Gberality of the county is not
to be measured by results such as these. HIGHLY
praiseworthy though they be- We feel salts
lied that there are contributions AWAITING tho
committees who have been appointed to So
.lIclt them. we hope these latter will renew
Their efforts in this holy and pious work of
relief, and report their success promptlv to
the Executive Committee, who are ready to
extend to them every assistance in their power.
fHEhDMENs NETTING FIFTY IN MARTINS
On Wednesday night last, VIC attended
meeting of the freedmen in Nfartinsburg.
which was addressed by Gen. Charles II.
Howard oil II
these addresses were in the main. temperate
and sensible, and the advice given the freed
men, would, if followed, lead to good results
They were exhOrtcd to prove themselves wor-
thy Of the liberty bestowed upon them by
avoiding ideness, and by laboring to make
theselves selfsustaining and independent;
and they were plainly given to understand
that the measure Of respect and assistance
they would command, would be in exact pro-
portion to their own efforts to merit it. The
Improperly of their congregating in the towns
and cities was forcibly urged upon them, and
they were told to quit the haunts of vice and
temptation and go out into the country where
their labor was needed. Altogether, the
efforts of the bureau on this occasion were
creditable
Gen. Howard told those who we're without
work, with no probability of obtaining it, that
he was prepared to offer them employment,
at remunerative prices. In the course of his
remarks, in abiding to the avenues of labor
which we're opening up to the freedmen, he
cited the fact that he had received an order
for fire hundred to go to Michigan, where
they would have employment on the public
works of that State. This kind of work. he
said, had heretofore been in the hands of the
Irish and other foreigners, but now the freed
men, if they proved themselves worthy, would
take the place of these foreigners, and super
cede them in this kind of labor An impor-
tant item to that class of our population which
has contributed so materially to the success
of the republican party in the Northern States
Their places are to be filed with the former
slaves of the South. Did they contemplate
this when they fought for the liberation of
the negro? We doubt it,