The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-28
a.orpanize their

prayer meetings, ard willre- organize their
Christian Association this week.
The base ball fever does not seem to be so
| high at the College and Institute this session.
The studen Is and cadets are, however. getting
up two boat clubs which will afford fine spoiL
and exercise. Politics are, perhaps, ns dun IN
| this community as In any other In : Distrlct
No. l." We have but little speechiiying, ana
seldom hear politics discussed on the streets.
CDR. Brown" made speech near the Natu-
raj. Bridge last week to few negroes, and 4
| still smaller gathering of whites II there Is
| Union League " in the county, your CORE
spondent has not heard Of it, We are fortu-
| nate in having ut the head of the freedmen g
Bureau here Captain Sharp, who seems dis
posed to deal out even-handed Justice; and
the freedmen generally have behaved very
I well.
This county, Bath, and Highland, are to
form an election district, and 1t is proposed to
| hold conservative convention at Millboro'
Bath county, on the LIST of October, for the pur-
pose of selecting two candidates for the State
Convention and consulting MS to the best
policy to be pursued. The Gazette and Banner
urges the people to vote against State Con-
vention; but it is doubted whether this is the
sentiment Of the county.
Judge Shelley is holding the fall term Of his
circuit court here 1t this time, and has dis
patched large amount of business. A case
winch elected considerable interest was . The
Town of Lexington rs. G. A. White" in
which the plaintiff laid damages at $4,000 for
spring. Colonel John b. Baldwin, of Staun-
ton, Major Mclaughlin, and Major Dorman
| represented the town, and Judge Broken
brough and Ex-Governor Letcher the defend
ant. The case has excited a good deal of feel
ing, and large crowds attended the argument,
| which was very able. The jury found for the
plaintiff, but gave only $3.50 and costs as
damages
The colored membership of the Lexington
Baptist church We're last Sunday organized
| into q separate Church-Revs. j. p. Corron
and ]. William Jones acting rs Presbytery on
the occasion. Mr.. Corron is q missionary to
the colored people in Roanoke, Botetourt, and
Rockbridge, and has obtained an unbounded
Church here was earnest and often eloquent,
and was full of such counsel as we could wish
| the freedmen everywhere to receive.
Among many other good things, he warned
| them against too sudden taking OF strangers
| to their confidence, and charged them that
| they must never, under any circumstances,
| permit politics TO be brought into their church,
| or receive preacher who would preach poll
| tics instead of Christ He said that it had
been charged that he was laboring among the
! colored people to secure their votes for some
political office, but he indignantly denied the
| charge-said that he had never talked politics
to the freedmen publicly or privately, and
| would not "come dorm from his posision rs
| an humble minister of Jesus to be President
| of the United States. From what your cor
respondent saw and heard of Mr. Corron, he
could heartily wish that we had many more
such missionaries to the freedmen.
| There have recently been very interesting
| reyiyals ut " Nerah " and Natural Bridge
| Baptist churches, in this county, resulting III
about thirty baptisms. The pastor, kev; )
| G.. Richardson, was assisted by Rev. j. VIII
| liam Jones, of Lexington.
| Preparations are being made to make the
approaching Agricultural Fair here success
| but I've already written too much, ana must
tell you of that in q future communication.
| LEXINGToS.