Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-28

sep,:stors d59n AMI il tbs imm :dia,c Lc;.h.
borhood have eI yed til? 5lcs:ini Of 1.jlv
mai.
Tia. cur People ere poor 40: hat much q
cur laod is utcu!tiri:cd /! trus. bu: the s,ra.
is tie case with every sc l0n OF tldaWa.e. VIZ.
gnis. ard is Gu, TO the destruc!i1n tf the il.
siltution Of slavery, and The entire sutversi3p
of our system OF labor a5d the colstqueu, Ia
poysrlSf m ct Of 81! classes. AID thcic loabllry
10 c0u m nd the cspl:a pCc- SLY tcT 20 lmprry.
ing sys.em CT cl'uvai0n.
His appeal 10 C1nsttS5 10 Go something ltr
the improvement CT &c bcnlrhcd soci.u.
wouli be good opc, i! &c would, q. tn. SAGE
time, txHcl;: hi. ia:'; entity acd poiot outa wa7
10 which i: Gu: b: i;ce, for e. Cons.c-, h.
hid much tn % " {: Cu1 rcTsr:c CT tyrtucr. il
cloud co what i! eau for tks;r restoIa,Icr.
w ! ar: =. or To. To. proud.
4 Correspondent Il the News says:
"a correspoL dent Of tie Alexandra Gsz-u,,
in receLt letter 10 that paper, makes w!t
,ta.emeLta respecting cur section and our peo.
plt--:tat. N eL.s wLIcn, i! believed sre we'll ca
culated to do US "a injury. l csbIot su9po:e
lhst i; was the purpose Of this corre:ponceG, -
| DO us IN Injury, Ind yet L c.nnIt douo. !aa.
tho lmpIe,siJn made upcn those who do Lo
know our couctry and or people, By such as-
| st;lions would be greatly - cur d-lr.Inou,. J!
| is true va lave no railroad traVersng cu7 cJur'
| try, but we have six steamers lunLlGe on iLe
| Potomac SAD RsppsbanLock rivers, one OF wti!a
touches d., y on our shores. md THIS con.!GU~.
| from the Il ct Of March, or before. OF each ye,:
Until the frst Of the succeeding January, leayia!
but six or eight wees OF src!u:!ol from "u-r
| fellow moa," instea1 ct three months. as tee
| writer asserts. These :leaners stford the Very
| best and cheapest means Of transportation tbs.
/ \
| purpose, that many Of Gu: people spond mo:eO.
their time upon ih.ir decks tn, they pro5,oiy
| ought 10 dc. Theae facilities our people AVA
| themselves Of for transportation, shipping ~.
Iu8lly large quantities or grain and fruits OF b.
| kinds, alter reservlng IN abundance for LoHe
| consunptl0n' II this s5H informed wri!@' va,
take the trouble 10 ex .mlhe Inc Statistics % IN"
iubiect l think he will iind tha! in ptopJf!oa :
area and population there arc few sec.ion! o: .ht
slate that export moro largely. Ia oi oL7
| farmers trampled out their wheat as IN Ihs Oh.
| en- times it is unknown to me- Every moh.G
make tie crcui. OF the four 10 Ve1 csunLlts Q! the
| Northern Neck, and in hll lhst circuit have
not met with, or heard Of, q single ins!ance OF
| rrampllng ou:.' Possibly some one or more PEI,
sons may have used that primitive mode G!
| lhre:hing, but If So. il Tas in some o.. 81 -
! way hole or corner, which few persons w041l
be likely TO lad Much Of the threshlpg n IL:
country has been done with steam lhfesutr5. l.
| which, possibly, a briliisn: mag an.ion m!2t
behold improved lsbor-esving machinery -
far from being country utterly forsssea, |
think any observsnt person Will mdMi! mat I'M
provement is gradually going On throughout t-c
| Neck and in some paris Of 1t. quit, rapl1Iy
Indeed, l think there i. no part OF the state
which hiss sirer prospects for the future thaa OK
own. doubt il taere il any country cOmmu"!-
" in the STATE, or out of Wnnre the people a''
| better inform or more Intelligent than tL'y
are in this section. which, III has bsen colrec.'
~ described by this correspondent o! the u ~
one would expect 10 fGd Inhabited by llsl!c=. al.
| indolent ssvages. However let Us turn every.
| thing II good The writer OF tue letter re ere!
to gives como HATS about which We may IA
terest ourselves He says we ought ID have i
daily msi, and he is right. lie. me ASK. !: W
had boen sufficiently Give snd energetic nt1-.
the MISTER, would We not have bal II! he
| United S.atas Government owes u3, think, u.
least that uch let u: take st!pstJ enforce pay
| meLt As tue matter now slsi di We AEc lot,o.'
ten By every department ofIhat government bU.
one. The Inter- - Revenue Bureau keep; ~ 1t
loving remembrance"