The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-07
LETTER FROM THE COUNTRY.
In THE COUNTRY, June 5, Is

Most persons leave Richmond in pursuit
OF health, or for its preservation, in the
latter part of the summer or in the early
fail. In this, as in many other things, we
are wrong, though it may be very impu-
dent for anybody to say SCOUTING SIN
gle opinion against the annual, habItual,
time -honored action of great number OF
the first families. But Richmond is never
so sckly as it is in June, especially for
children, who are ordinarily considered as
holding the balance Of power in the family;
and, on the other hand, in August and Sep
TENDER, when the nights are beginning to
be cool, and when there are plenty OF ripe
fruits and vegetables in our markets, Rich
moud is, both for health and comfort, about
as desirable place as any.
But it is probably useless, at this day,
To advance new opinions on this subject.
Mercantile men don't like to think about
breaking up their establishments until the
lst of July, with its various settlements, is
passed; and as few, comparatively none,
have the money to pay for summer tour,
the question is not so important.
II any ofyOur readers is, like the writer,
permitted to take poor mans trip among
some of his hospitable friends in the coun-
ties contiguous to the city, ne will find the
change very pleasant and refreshing.
When we first come out of the city the air
is so delightful, the scenery so charming,
and the contrast in every way SO trans
porting, that the mind for little while
seems TO rest under sort of delusion, in
which it appears that we are now arrived
among favored beings, who are not subject
- h.. N frlnhlpS
We feel as if everybody is, or ought to be,
good and happy. The surface OF HE APP
bears so beautiful that we forget that the
same heart, with all its restless and unsatls-
fed aspirations, is underneath, and that
man in every cline is the same.
The farmers in this part of the country
are very much discouraged by the wetneSs
Of the season--especially those who are
cultivating their low grounds this year.
In many cases, corn already planted has
been so washed by freshets In the river
and the creeks that it will be necessary to
plant it again; bridges, and dykes, and
every continuance for keeping the water
in bounds, are washed away, and there
seems no end to trouble. | have heard
some of the saddest and most mournful
lamentations over the trials of the "poor
farmer" that ever listened TO. The fail
ure of the wheat crop is a very large item
in the catalogue Of his sorrows. The as
pect of the fields which were last fall
sowed in this grain is indeed very sorry.
Not few are ploughing up the ground on
which the scattered worthless stalks are
growing; and many more, who leave the
Iaeagre crop to ripen for the sickle, will
not gather more than the seed which they
strewed. 1t is not well 10 anticipate the
worst but if the corn should fail, We shall
he in very bad condition as respects
supply of bread next year. There is very
little Of last years corn left in this vici-
nity. Four-flfths Of the farmers will be
corn-buyers before the new corn comes in
fact which proves conclusively that the
yield of last year was very mnch over-esti-
mated. Another very grave question is,
where will the farmers obtain seed-wheat
next falls They will be compelled to buy,
and TO buy in distant parts OF the State or
country; and then whence will come the
money as their main reliance for reple-
nishing their exhausted purses is destroyed
10y the failure of the growing crop.
The oats look we'll; the highland corn
mas good stand, and is fourishing milk
ana butter are plentiful; and while there
Is little money and great deal Of distress,
present and prospective, there is still not o
little comfort. 10
To collect debts in the country is almost
impossible. The destruction of the negro
property, along with that Of ell the stocks
which went down with the Southern Con-
federacy, has made thousands of the most
citizens insolyent. A great
many suits are brought all over the land,
which cannot be executed because OF the
Stay Law but the object OF those who
bring them is to have the first share in the
spoils Of their unhappy debtors when the |
day Of execution comes; hence many who
have comfortable homes now, and broad
acres around them, expect In few years
o nave an avalanche Of debt sweep all !