The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-07-06
LETTER FROM PETERSBURG.
corrspontanc. . ,ne r,chmona Disps.ea.
PsTEPsRCRG, Jui7 4, 1867.


Il must DO confessed that to-day ba'
been rather indiilcrcnIly observed IN 'hl>
CITY both by white and black. The store
are open as usual with very few cXcep,
,fons-a half dozen in all; and nothing
in the form Of a procession mas been e"l-
ten % further than the turn o.
ncwlv-organizcd secret society among I"e
freedmen. which made very hann,o'I,"
appearance. The printing Offices ere ciosG''
and ~ are the factories, which aforGs ny
opportouitv to number Of inG''."""''
to enjoy the holiday in q private "ay.
One or two very fine lots Of ne" VITA
have been brought to market tn. "Is q,
which were sold i; the handsome lfiCo - .
per bushcl. The Gnc weather hich ha> 7, :,
vailed for the last ten days mas
farmers to secure the crop IN 'h"1t ~
Ter condition than was cXpcclco. ~ t''s
,x-,;cpiar latitude il made tue hafro"c>1
t,aoa,,. ,,o.y;I,l,. from serious damage, Wh!i"
C,r,,i,.- ,,u,h il had already been mar
,,,..,.J and farther north it had not ma
trr.d I'm the country at large, there
c,ro ,hcrr i every reason TO conclude iaat
IN. rroduct has been bountltul beyond All
fo,n1rr experience, and that tho people
win ,on hc blrst with cheap bread.
Th.r ric. Of the carly deliveries Is OF
co,rs. no criterion Of whatit will DC "hcn
,he marke, comes to be well supplied. y"
person ouppos"s It vii! range above - pea
bu,hrl, aud the probability j. t""' 'n'
average price OF next winter VIII "oe 60
coed $l.5G. a., r,r,pc
Two or three days aSo two line '@r''ls
lvloy Immediately on james ilVeT' a'""'
twenty. four miles below TINS clt!' VIZ
sold al s7M per acre. LanHs - '' ,an
r.IJc located arc intrInsicaiiy VIZ"
,;,ts that sum indeed. 'Dc!o - -"
inv what they will not Ec worm Hi''eu -, =,
,r,.utv wears heocc. That 'heE S""',.
cnromand 40 more than seven OF c'-"'
dollars ro,c, and at long credits 'o"' S"o"1
,be utter depression VI lho "S' 1"''"'"'
interest in Virginia.
pnt.i, will not be long 20. II gentleman
or mi. city informs me that hc came up
viii large party OF northern men, ch'chy
Nc Workers.. on a tour Of exploration.
They stopped a few DAYS IN Nof;o'h al"
vicinity. and expressed themselves ue-
l;yb,cd with the Kind treatment thcT re-
ce,yrd. SO different from what lhcy ti@u
been led to expect. They represent th''
:b,rc ar,. many small farmers IN the ME
rior of New York who arr only prcTcntco
;rom emgra,iug to Virginia hy tear Of III
treatment from the "gebels.' they
ovcwcd tho intention of doing everything
!, ,',ir power 10 disabuse the people o.
this prejudice on their return nome.
From this and other indications II may
fairly bc concluded that the tide Of emf
grafton will gradually set in az no distant
day: and when once the movement has
be ,un, il will continue with increased mo
The accounts from the country represent
that the cotton aud corn crops are suiicr-
Ing very MUCH for work. Since rc@i>tfa-
iiuu has teen going on, the negroes have
become more dcmora!i1cd and unreliable
than ever. A very large proportion Of
them appear 10 have ban iitte respect for
;hrir contracts: and unless the race can
be educated 10 radca! reformation OF
their HABITS, a fearful state OF society Is
seriously 10 be apprchendcd. ).