The Daily Dispatch: January 28, 1864., [Electronic resource]

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An Unabated nuisance.

--The crowds of negroes who continue to throng our streets in search of homes still remain undiminishable and doubtless will continue so as long as the agents and owners adhere to the exorbitant prices which are now asked for them.--Many of our citizens, who have heretofore thought it indispensable to hire one or two servants every year, have, from the short experience which they have already had, found out that their services can be dispensed with not only to their pecuniary advantage, but also to the great benefit of their health, and have therefore made up their minds act to hire under any circumstances. On the other hand, others whose health may compel them to obtain assistance, are determined not to do so till they can be had on reasonable terms. Already nearly a month has elapse of the present year, and we still find those who have servants of limited qualifications ing from $100 to $400, when, in fact, the best of them should consider themselves fortunate to obtain good homes for their board and clothes. If the high prices asked for negro labor will continue to be persisted by agents and owners, it is to be hoped steps will be taken to have their rendezvous removed beyond the city limits, and thereby relieve our citizens of the disagreeable nuisance of being jostled against at every corner of the street by them, which has been endured too long.