Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-14
alexandria and Vicinity.
[From ths Correspondent of the norfolk Jour

From the CORRESPONDENT oil tne Noriolh Jour-
ALEXANDRIA, June Sth, 1867.
It is not often that you hear anything from
this part of the State, 90 | determined TINS
morning to send you few lines 10 rega:d 10
the people and prospects of AlezAudtla anu
parts adjacent.
One year ago the people were still PROSTATE
from he shock Of war and consequent poverty
and bereayment, but sharing the elasticity anu
energy oil The Anglo-SaSon mind, that have at
last become awakened tn the demands OF the
times Instead of charrel ruins and tcnrcles5
lands, new houses and churches are sprlnging
up in every direction, aud large fields Of corn
and wheat eladden The eye wherever there has
been the slightest opportuuity Tor tihnE tins
ground.
Snor the MANASSAS Gap Railroad has been
running most apprccIab!c difference has been
seen ia the amount Of freight brought into the
town, and the erOanlng barns OF Faii4ulrr ANA
the other counties bordering upon this outlet,
have been daily emptYIng their ABUNDANCE
Even the mnal dcspOudrnt seem to he rhtered
BY the INCREASING trade The stores a'c gener-
ally we'll patroniZcd and their owners have
more the ali OF worEeta and business. Inc" INA"
have ever seen before. .
attention paid to tn" education 0! poor chIId-
rem, OF better provision made Tor needy liant
lies IN one ,ali4l school, lli children have
been taught gratnitousIy ever since last lall,
and all neediul clothing has been supplied by
the benevolent ladies who give so much OF their
time TO the performance .! this labor OF love.
OF course there are other places Tor lhcIr H.
structon and moral improvement, hnt hlA one
instance will suffice to show the state OF pubic
sentiment touching what always lnlnS large
element OF any town.
IT. Is a notable fact, that in Alexandria there
IL church accommodation Tor more Than ono
third of It's people This can be SAID OF lew
other towns, and not Of any other in flr&lfil:I
The summer has fairly opened upon US
Our markets are fall, and prices iu y compen
safe the country folks who come IN in large
NUMBERS Unless; the weather prove very ull-
favorable in the next two weeks, The farmers
must make large crops OF oats and wheat.
Some efforts are making to repair the The
oInrical Seminary, but the trustees are much
crampc,l Tor lack OF funds They arc SO 900
behind hand, OWN" to The losses enailci by
piagc, ininry 10 the beautiful buildings and
grounds, not to speak nf the WorthlcSncSS OF
investments made prior to the war: an! tod
on good authority, that the Federal soldiers
carried away even the carpets anu store" when
they left the place. besides taking no less than
500 valuable volumes from It's large library,
Strange as it may appear Congress has refused
to make any rcparation Tor the injuries inflicted
| upon this struggling Institution, although re-
peatcd, earnest and influential application has
been made for its relief. '..
| Many Northern men have settled around us,
and their plots Of ground are models OF neat
ness. They arc very quiet and hard working
| ncople, and such VIC much need IN these days
| of poverty. .....
The freedmen have greatly improved Last
| year many OF them were lnSultGrablc: now
| they are industrious and respectful. often
| wonder at their hearing Ignorance and mex
rcricncc taken into account, their conduct Is
| very remarkable Large numbers OF them
have died during The past winter, although
| their wants have ever met prompt assistance rs
sson as made known. We and they are very
| fortunate in having such 4 man ~ Col. Lee Ill
| the heal OF the Frcedmcn's Bureau. He Is
| modest, generous and diliyent i'll attending 10
| the annoying duties oi his position An empty
sleeve bears witness tC his bravery IN way
| not to be mistaken By the most lhonyhIieai
| even of those who We're once his enemies. -
| There is such Il thing AZ sllent euquence.
can think OF nothing more 10 tell you al
present. Yours truly, l.