The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-08
The Farming intcrcu-Nant OF Labor-The
Crops-The People Recovering from DeSpond-
ency->choois FOR Coiored Childrea-suaday
school Celebration. Ac.. &C..
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To the Editors Of the Richmond Dispatch:

Angus {, icoo'
To the Editors Of The Richmond Dispatch:
The agricultural interest in this section
Of the State has suffered far more than IN
the interior Of the country. There are
many large and fertile farms only Pdr'ta"y
cultivated. This arises from two causes:
First, a very large number OF negroes iel'
their owners during the war-the near APP
proximation of this county TO the feiih.
sula made il very easy for any dclndc"
colorcd man or m 10 go OIL and seek
,he;r f.r,rnes' among THEA. northern
friends AT the close of the war not u
,au nj ,bcm were ashamed to return, ana
large numbers remained way. SECOND,
Tho able bodied men who understand the
art a: catching oysters seemed very much
;rdi>posrd 10 make any engagement with n
farmer for a longer period than one month:
and a. no farmer conld depend upon labor
engaged only for a month, the result Of oil
this is the cultivation of comparatively q
small breadth Of country.
Very little wheat was seeded last fall,
and that was seriously injured by the frosts
of winter, %"rust,n and ely" Conse-
quently We have a very mcagrc supply OF
that staple. have never seen a finer oat
crop, and the corn is equal to that of any
previous year. Should the season continue
a few weeks longer, we may safely pre-
dict a full yield of the last-namcd crop.
The feeling of dependency and gloom
which soon after the close Of the war
seemed TO have taken possession of our
people in this part Of the State has, / am
happy to say, in 4 great measure, been dis
sipatcd. Yet WI are far worse oil than
our friends in other scctiouS-cspccially
in regard to ldtor.
We are informed il is the intention ol
the agent of the Freedmcn'S Bureau at
Hampton L. "scattcr" the freedmen.
This lie proposes TO accomplish by sending
those who have collected HG'e from al
parts Of tbs and other southern States 10
their rntir" States and counties. Such a
course would be of great benefit to many
on the Peninsula who are III a destitute
condition, and are only prevented from
starving by the monthly issue OF ratl"nS
10y the Government. Not a lew oil TINS
number can at least make their bread at
their former homtS, and some, il is proba-
bic, would, in addition to their r~ations,
receive pay enough to clotle them. More
over, this course OIL the part of the Bureau
would relieve the citizens OF that much
oppressed section Of our State, and ere
long it would flourish a. in days gone by.
Both the white and coiorcd man would be
much benefited by prompt action OF the
Bureau in this respect, and large districts
of country now uncullivatcd would, In Il
wear or two, bloom and blossom lis the
rose.
The civil authorities here have been in
formed that the county must bear a pro-
portion of the burden of feeding aud
II .. .,-,,l,,.r - a., ,,l,rart Of
that race now fed 10y the Government. ]
have heard no objection to this, provided
oar tritndS will send Us Il fair proportion
Of the dti"-bodicd along with the INDECENT.
There i, much less complaint now than
there was several months ago, or during
the time this district was under the charge
ci Il man known hy the name of Wilder.
We have every evidence OF his forming
c"-partucr,hips with negroes TO work up
the timber belonging 10 citizens OF the
Peninsula. We are glad he is out. 1t
would, however, have been a good thing
Tor the ~rcoplc-thc freedmen included
and for justice, il he had remained in Of
ice until Generals Stecdman and Fuller
ton arrived in this district. They would
soon, upon proper inquiry, have discovered
that Wilder was the ,q"at Of some Bureau
men with whom they met in North Caro-
lima.
There seems 10 be u growing desire on
the part OF many leading citizens to have
the negroes educated by southern White
men and women. These northern adven-
turcrs who come among the colored peo-
pie teach them many things calculated 10
do Mta no yood but, on the contrary, 4
vast amount of evil. In this connection,
We have only to call attention TO the mise
rablc black creature now III this county
pretending 10 "tcach the young idea
how to shoot" 1t is the impression OF all
thinking men that he is doing them more
harm ,Lan good, and in this opinion some
of the co!Dred persons concur.
1t was a pleasure 10 us to he present ut
the late meeting of the Rappahannock
Association. There was the largest gath
criug | have ever seen. Old Virginia
seemed herself again. Nice equipages,
elegantly dressed ladies, and fine collations
every day, caused us 10 forget that but a
year or two ago United States troops, under
a man named Sheridan, passed through the
Burlington neighborhood, committing such
depredations as we hear was their habit
in other but not rerY remote districts OF
country. The people are fast recovering
from such ills.
You have probably seen before this time
the mastery report on the "condition of
the colorcd people" made by Hon. X. l..
Montague. We hope the people of Viz
ginia will put themselves to some trouble
TO circulate this able paper, and read 1t to
the colored members Of the various
churches in the State.
The Sunday School enterprise is attract
;nv thn oftnnfinn nf all rl1SSpS in this
county. There is To be a celebration and
picnic of the school connected with the
Baptist Church here on Saturday before
the fourth Sunday in this month. Hon. r.
l.. Montague will be present, and has pro-
missed to deliver an address. We are an
iicipating Il rich treat.
The steamer EoluS runs regularly three
times every week from Miller's and Hicks's
wharves, in this county, to Norfolk. The
former wharf is only a mile and Il half from
the Courthouse. Persons wishing to visit
Gloucester or this county can easily do SO
by taking this boat at Norfolk on Tuesday,
Thursday, Or Saturday, i'll each week.
CHESAPEAKE.
from King George NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.