NP, CW 12/16/1861

From the Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N. C.)
 
December 16, 1861
  
Negro Hire
   The Newbern Progress has learned that negro men have been hired to work on the Raleigh & Gaston Railroad the ensuing year at $50 each. This is a great deal lower than usual, owing, no doubt, to the present unsettled state of the Country, and the high price of living.

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