The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-12-04
Avomsp'.Loye ,or Oh. Ur,o,

OF genius, whose initials will at once be re-
cogniysd an those or one of orr sweetest poets
az well as one OF the most estmaDle women
Of America. The letter is addressed TO one oil
the nost charming and accomplished iaoles VI
this city, alike remarkable for her bright In
teilect, her patriotism, and her KIND ana &C.
NAL disposition. We make room FOR The let
ter aud poem that accompanies 1t with plea.
sure. The national devotion both breathe
must bs appreciated by all:
HARTFORD, CT. Nov. 10Th. 1860.
My Dsks MRS. -:
Has not the great Mount Vernon cause, AM
purchase. made sisters of Us all, 1t ought 10 DO
Yet have known ,ou before, through that nle
ieotua intercourse, which is sometimes better thar
the sight Of tho countenance or sound OF the
voice.
have hsen sending Thanksgiving presents tins
morn ing, FIR this is an old New England puritan
festivs and though you have no such observance
In the Ancient Dominion, take II upon me to speed
the gift of a book TO You, upon the wings ni the
Emp ess. You will perceive tina. such of Its po
ems as bear upon the in erests of our country
though written before our recent dscords, breathe
a spirt of harmony.
lam so grisved at our increasing disturbance:
anc dansers. | love Washington and his birth
place. ard all his children and was early taught
bs my father, who shared IN the wars OF the Rev
olutinn TO hold our Union sacred thing, like thf
Ark OF the Israslites.
pray you, is there nothing To be done: Moth
INK that we women csn do. without departing iron
our proper sphere Can we not throw hla"en''
of love. like The spider's hlmy thread, which the
God OF Peace may bless:
IeEc'ose a little extemporaneous poem, warn
from the heart, which entrust TO YOUR judgment
Please MAKE the best use of it you can for the
sake of one who loves her 1rh ole country, and IS
Your admiring friend, L. h D.
STARS OF MY CoUETRY's SKY.
Are ,e all there? Are you all there,
Stars of my country's sky;
AreyeG ~ there Are We all TIER,
In your shining homes on high
"Countus.' Count us :" was their answer
AS they dazZled en- my view,
In glorious perihellon,
Amid their fields of blue.
81 cannot count We rightly,
There's "a cloud with sable rim;
lcannot make your number out.
For my eyes with tears are dim.
o. bright and blessed Angel,
On white WING floating by,
Help me to count and not to miss
One star in my country s sky.
Then the Angel touch'd my eye lids.
And touoh'd the frowning cloud,
And it's sable rim departed,
And it FED with murky shroud.
There was no mis- sing PleIad,
Mid all that sister race;
The Southern C:oss shODe radiant forth,
And the Pole Star kept its place.
Then knew 1t was the Angel,
Who woke the ny inning strain;
That al our dear Redeemer's birth,
Flow'd out on Bethlehem's plain.
And still Its echoing key tone,
My listening country held,
For all her conEie!iated stars
ms diapason sgeiPd, l.. II. 6.
HARTFORD, CoEN'T.
Exhaustins the Soil.
The New Orleans Commercial BR!Isfta re-
marks that in no country has the exhaustion
of the soil been so rapid and so marked as in
this conn try, the exhaustion prevailing alike
in the Nor thern the Middle, and the Southern
STATES. The warning voice which HUMBOLDT
addressed TO England, and to point out to heI
the inevitable consequences of the exhaustion
OF her soil-where more is done, probably, to
replenish single county in that country than
tn replenish sny one of the States of this
UDion-misht be received with tenfoid EN-
phasis in a land from which the woods nave
scarcely yet been cleared away, which we are
ments Of vitality. In New England, says the
Bulletin, the product OF wheat 1eIl OH III len
vears from l84O, fifty per cent, from two mil
lion bushels to one million, and the decline
ha, haen going on since. II It is said that this
is owing TO the natural barrenness OF New
Englaud and the diversion of industry from
agricultural to manufacturing pursuits, what
shall be said OF Georgia, and the compare
lively new States OF kentucky, Tennessee, anC
Alabama, much OF whose soil is naturally
rich. but whose falling off il the pr0duc.
ton of wheat in the time mentioned, has
been still more striking. The yield fell CT
from twelve million bushels TO five in q gtf
decade The decrease in the great wheat pr
ducing State of \ eW y OIk has been equally
remarkable. In l-i5, the crop was more than
thirteen million bushels, while last year i
dwindled down 10 SIX. Even the great erth
west, whose extraordinary yield last zeal
has kept the price of -four from doublin g
is undergoing the same process of depie
ton, and will, ri no distant period, ex'
hiDit the same result OF diminished crops
Other crops might be mel tioned as illustra.
tons Of the same truth. The diminution is
not reterabe 10 a reduced quantity of land
s1wn, but to reduction OF yield per acre.
But for the quantity OF new lands every yeal
brought under cultivation, this decline o: ag
rIculfural products would be exhibited in 8
more startling light. This state of things tbs
Bnllstia Justly considers real cause for alarm
The process OF ruin is going on steadily, and
casting long, dark shadows on the future. Be
fore ii is the Garden of Eden behind it a des.
olate wilderness. When the general produc.
Of he is dpstr q iph n az
over every element of our national and indi-
yidual wealth, over commerce and manufac.
lures, over trade and mechanical industry
and threatens, indeed, our very exis tence.-
This impending ruin may, and ought 10 be
ayerted but il can only be by united, vigor.
Gus and prolonged effort. We must inaugu-
rate system of repienishment and compen-
sation, of internal regeneration and recupera.
ton, or the present exhaustive process of Gull
tivation will burn up the earth as if a scourge
of fire had passed over its surface.
MARINE DISASTERS FOR NoVEMBER-The
mum Der OF American ssa-going vessels report
ed a. totally lost and missing during the pas
month amounts to thirty seven, viz: One steam
er six ships four barks, one brig, and twenty
five schooners. OF these two are missing
twenty three wrecked, four burnt, Ave toua-
dered two sunk by collisions, and one capsiZed
The total value of the American craft (eXeiu-
sive of cargoes) is estimated IL S560,OU0.
SHoEs.-The shipments of boots and shoes
from Boston to domestic markets, outside OF
New England, during the week ending No
verb her - h, amounted according 10 the Shoe
ard Leathe Reporter, TO /, 74j cases. of which
l,5il went to the Middle States, BIAS 10 the
Southern States, and SOB 10 the Western
States.
ATrYMPTHp INsURRECrIos IN KENTUCKY
Fifteen Negroes and one Waite Man HnHg.-1n-
telIigence from Columbia. Kentucky, says 4
telegram, states tina. fifteen negroes and one
white man, their leader, had been hung by the
citizens of Burksville tor an attempted insur.
rsctiou. No further particulars.
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