The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-02

ginal copy Of the last business letter Gene
raj Washington ever wrote. Il Is flcd In the
archives Of Virginia at the Capitol, and this
Is the first time that IL has been published.
We also give another letter written by the
!" Father Of his Country, !" which shows that
the father OF. q country may show q little
temper when he thinks his children have
"gone back on him." These copies are
made from the original manuscripts, and
viii interest our readers who read them
on their 6 first appearance +" for 100 years: :
"MorsT VERNON, I'd December, 1899. =
"Sir,-I hare been duly fayoured with
your letter of the 18th ultimo, enclosing .
copy Of the Survey made for William Shep-
herd for four and three-quarter acres, and
the form Of caveat against the issuing
patent therefor.
81 cannot from the Survey discover with
precision where this land lays, and there-
fore shall give no further opposition to the
grant of it. fit be where / suspect 1t is.
within the bounds of Patent under which
l hold of more than sixty years standing
of course cannot effect 1t.
81 am sorry that have given You omuch
trouble in this business, at the same time,
that feel obliged by the prompt and ready
advice you have been SO kind as to give
me for the prosecution Of 1t. From what
had heard of Shepherds Survey, con-
ceived differently of its objects.
81 am, sir, your obedient, humble SER
want, -. &c. WASHINGTON.
"Wiuiam Price, Esq"
The following is a letter written some
time before his death, as will be seen from
the date. It is complaint in reference to
the same subject mentioned in the letter
published above: . .t ....
"DIFFIcuLT BRIDGE, WYLIE's TAVERN,
i ......ry "Sth November, 1899.
"Sir,-Since writing the enclosed have
discovered that Mr.. William Shepherd,
who was with me on the survey, and who
has acted very disingenu0us part upon
the occasion, either has made, or pretends
to have made, an Entry of the Vacancy (if
there be such), which l have therein re-
quested you to enter on my behalf, OF land
always reported and believed by the neigh
bors to be mine. 4-.
al therefore request to be informed If
the first is the case, whether he has COM
Piled with all the formalitics of the law !!
| forasmuch as I am resolved to contest
every point with him that justice and pro-
priety will warrant. i'f.
"Of course | request the Entry may be
made agreeably to the description with
which | have furnished you, adding (al-
tho do not know it is essential) the lines
now, or lately, Of the Rev. Mr.. Fairfax's
tract called Towleston Grange.
"With respect, l am, sir,
+ ! rw "Yom most obed. h'ble syt.,
.m.s .,-...t &C. WASHINGTON.
".P. S.-The Entry OF William Shep-
herd, us he gives out, was made year or
two ago. If so, has he complied with the
subsequent requisites Pr
We also have some letters authorizing
"Mr. Geo. Washington" to survey certain
tracts of land, signed by &c. W. Fair
fax" who WAS Lord Fairfax, Governor OF
the COLONY" of Virginia, dated l743.
THE CATTLE SCALEs.-The cattle scales
on Brook avenue present lively appear
ance just now. Yesterday the weighmas-
| ter was quite busy. For the last month
the retuu0s of animals weighed there show
the following figures: ..4.,.
Cattle. e.................. ...s.'s.54Z
/ Hogs. ......... ...................o
Il Slceps ,.s..s.s -. ..'''''soAo
| The animals are first driven into pen
and then the bargain and sale commences
| The butchers are on hand, and as fast as
| they select cattle they are selected from
the herd and driven into the scales FOL
weighing. The scale is q pen of itself, well
enclosed, so that refractory COWS and run
away sheep cannot escape from it. Here
| the doomed animals stand till their weight
| is found out, and after the careful weigh.
master has got them down "to dot" are
handed over TO the butcher, who drives
them Off to the shambles. Many COW
! that " meek-eyed saint of the barn-yard -
who has given up giving milk, gives mp all
hopes of life in this narrow pen, though
some of the saints, instead of giving up
kick up in most unbecoming manner
and frantically manifest their dislike "a
being thus measured for their coffins. Tln
sheep are more helpless, and command
more pity, huddled as they are in one cor,
ner of the platform, and bleating piteously
But they are very deceptive sort OF ami
NAL, and very large looking sheep goes
T in, but comes out rather small in the
weight, from which we presume originated
the idea of "the lamb lying down with the
lie-on.o -ka - /
The weighing ut the scales Is dont
promptly, and the butchers, after pokint
and stirring up herd of cattle to find
which is the tenderest, doesn't have Ions
to wait after he has made his choice fol
them to be weighed 2 i,1g la
...s. FIT 1.
/ ARRIVALS FOR THE PENITENTIARY.-Yes
terday the sheriff of Rockingham brought
down negro sentenced to two years i'm
prisonment in the penitentiary; and thu
following arrivals also occurred for tn
same institution: g323 .-
Beverly, negro, from Clarke county
seven years, for horse-stealing. agJas
Lendon L. Lovett, white, from LoudouI
1 county, fifteen years, for horse-stealing.
Edward S. Wright, white, from Lou
doup, ten years, fog jhsfse- stealing. y
George Campbell, white, from Londoun
I ten years, for horse stealing. iY Fl,
John Carroll, white, from LoudouD, tsl