The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-06-06

she'has tried ,shi,s labor, and Is heartily
sick OFT but away she goes, with smile,
10 tho Kitchen or the cow-pen; and Hyou 90
her cuest. will entertain you In the mean
While by sending you to the spring for q
nail of water to let you see how II feels
inst for a Joke, and reward you for your
Toll by feastirg you afterwards on some of
her own handiwork. A colonel or captain
whom you may happen to visit apologies
to you at the table with assumed gravity,
and regrets that under the new order OF
things he is compelled to ask you to sit
down with the cook and the washerwo-
man; and these ladies in turn inform you
with a quick retort and hearty laugh, that
you are eating with the ostler and boot
black. If they bring you buttermilk in q
gourd instead Of q goblet, THAT was car
ricd off, we will not say whittier; for who
knows y or help you to ice cream with
wooden spoon; you are entertained with
lively chat, and not with the long, dolo.
rous strain Of "what the Yankees took
from u.s." Of which everybody is heartily
tired. Some persons fear that our women
will lose their delicacy, and our old Vir.
ginia homes will be less hospitable and
open to company but 1t is not easy TO de-
stroy peculiarities to which people cling
| with so much tenacity, and to which they
| find stronger reasons every day to be more
attached than ever. But before / leave
this suiect must tell you about the horse
carts. Did you ever ride in one? They
are inst better than one Of your four
| muled street wagons, which, with their
intolerable din, are among the greatest
nuisances of Richmond. The horse cart
a vehicle without springs-is the equlpagc,
Of Eastern Virginia; our carriages ana
buggies are not. And now, Messrs. Eal'
tors, when you travel into this county De
careful how you pass the people VINO rue
| in horse carts. A word to the wise is
sufficient. have seen fine carriages; out
comparisons are odious; only remember
the words Of Solomon 81 have seen ser
wants upon horses and princes walking as
servants upon the earth %; and again he
says, "The thing that hath been is that
which shall be-"
Last year there came down some Ger
man people to this county to cut timber to
make casks for lager-beer establishment
ia Washington. A leading man Of this
class has bought fine farm on the Will
liamsburg road, on which stands very
handsome residence, well known to those
who pass that way. Others are looking for
lands, and some have, l hear, made pur-
chases. The gentleman to whom l first
alluded, saws that where one German goes
others are sure to follow. He predicts a
considerable emigration of his people to
4 hn oft
favorably impressed with their political
views, and their general conduct, as to look
with considerable favor upon the move
ment. Everything connected with the
Improvement Of the country will be helped
forward by the opening of the York River
railroad, on which regular trains for freight
and passengers are soon to run 10 the
White House.
In respect to churches, this peninsula
suffered greatly during the war. Rev.
George W. Motley has devoted himself
this year with great energy and perse-
yerance to the collection of funds to re-
store several Methodist churches on his
circuit, and has met with considerable sue
cess in the cities which he has visited.
Emmaus, the Baptist church, escaped de-
struction. This congregation has for Its
pastor Rev. Mr.. Wallace, formerly Of Rich
mond, Jealous and laborious minister.
At old St. Peter's-the Episcopal church
near the White House, so famous as the
place where General Washington was mar
ried to the widow CustiS-there has not
been a sermon since the war. The build
ing, by the ravages Of war and relic-hunt-
ers. is reduced to mere shell, and the
congregation, greatly reduced by death
and removals, is without minister. 1t
will, however, be opened for divine service
on the fifth Sabbath in this month, when
sermon is to be preached by the Rev. DR..
Wade, of Charles City. A new church o!
the same denomination, some miles nearer
Richmond, and not far from Bottoms bridge,
is standing and in good repair, but most OF
the people who once worshipped there have
left the neighborhood, and several OF the
places where they once lived in peace and
plenty are indicated only by chimneys
standing silent aud desolate. Olivet, the
PRESBYTERIAN church; six or eight mile:
above New Kent Courthouse, is uninjured
The building is fresh and neat, the yard
handsomely laid off and planted with shade
trees, and well enclosed, with brick walk
from the gate of the yard to the door Of
the house. Within, it is well carpeted
and so furnished as to make it altogether
one of the most attractive country churches
anywhere to be found in the State. Its
preservation through the war was mar
vel, and, under Providence, due to the
earnest intercessionS of some persons liv'
ing near it, one of them highly respecta.
BILE colored man. 1t has lately had for its
minister Rev. p. Fletcher, whose removal
was deeply regretted and until it secures
another pastor is supplied by clergymen
from Richmond. The congregation is 9
good one, and increasing, and the Sabbath
school very regular at all seasons, and
useful. J. 3. j.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-We met a gen.
tleman to day seeking his wife, who, it seems
,ros l., tb;c ,Iaca whan last heard from