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From Norfolk.
How the Yankees Treat "Contrabands" at rase Monroe — a Flag to be presented to the Petersburg City Guard--Col. De Legnal--promotion — the length of Laurs for the North, &c.
[special correspondence of the Dispatch.] Norfolk Jan. 2, 1862.
Intelligence recently received here relative to the treatment and condition of the colored people taken from their rightful owners by the Yankees, confirms the statement that their condition is deplorable and far worse than it was before they left the comfortable quarters at the homes of their masters.--Doubtless nine in ten of the unfortunate and deceived refugees from a state of comparative freedom to one of slavery that is really oppressive, would eagerly embrace an opportunity to return to those who have fed, clothed and protected them, requiring only a moderate share of labor in return.
At Fortress Monroe, for instance, where there are from 1,500 to 2,000 of them, negro men are paid at the rate of only $8