The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-08-05

no1Ni - -. H. zas.-g -
,.u.,.tondsnoe OF the Richmond Dispatch.
p.onu.sruction-L b o r-LeesourS
ro1,,olics-ReaI E.state-Crops, etc
LoUpouS COUNTY, August l, 1867.
Reconstruction in this part OF Distric'
No. is progressing about as it is IN otnel
counties. The people arc very nearly
cnnally divided into Radicals and Con
scryatives. 2,796 whites and 992 biack:
have been registered. It is supposed thar
ahont $40 Radical whites will vote with
The negroes, and thus reduce the whlte
majority to 9s, a mere nominal NUMBER,
mh;cb NAV bo decreased so much as 10
Give the county to the Radicals by a cnange
few noli,ical trimmers who always
Iesire TO keen on the popular SIDE.
In looking over the list OF reglseereus
voters in one of the magisterial districts OF
Iondonn find the name OF Mr. Jonn
Janney amongst those VINO W. r.au, +het
iccted. The following extrac. lfo ,,,t. .h h"
document will show the reason WY ny
was not allowed to register
"John Janney, aged siXty-elgnt, attor-
,on 'ras;dentofthe State sixty EIGHT years,
~ district forty-oue, born in Virginia.
T ~ on the ground of having been
roon,her of the Virginia State Legisla-
TO and since having given aid and com
Govt IN the late rebellion-namely, Was
president of the State convention which
nassed the ordinance Of secession, and as
snch signed the ordinance after it passed
the convention, and afterwards voted tor
its ratification. Subscribed to the usual
OATH"
learn that Mr.. Janney claimed the
right to register, although he had signed
the ordinance Of secession, having zone
so, not simply because he was a member
of the convention, but that he was its pre-
sidinq officer, and therefore required to
sign it to give it the effect Of law. he
claimed that this fact did not disqualify
him, and could not be construed to come
under the offence of "giving aid and COM
fort" to the rebels. l append the SEN
tence of the registration board in one or
two other cases, which will show to what
extent the classes Of persons who have
been disiranchised by this board:
"E.T. Perkins, aged forty-three, minis
ter. resident of the State forty-three years,
of District !, born in Virginia. Challenged
nv his own request because some twenty
wears since, when student at the Viz
cnia Theological Seminary, he acted for
one or two weeks as sub-deputy postmas-
ter for the accommodation of fellow STU
dent, who was the deputy postmaster, and
wanted to take q little vacation, and he
does not remember taking any oath, but
fears he may have done SO. Admits having
given aid and comfort to the rebellion ex-
clusivcly in his capacity as minister OF
the gospel. No oath TAKEN"
"Willam Gross, physician. Rejected for
refusing to answer the questions of age,
residence in the State, where born, &C.,
denying the right of the Board to ask such
questions after he had taken the oath !;
Treating the officers of the Board con-
temptuously, and denying the power and
the authority of the Board, and also the
General commanding"
Three negroes were not allowed to re-
gister-t,co because they were non-resi-
dents, and one in consequence Of being
under age. Among the negroes who re-
gstered in this District l find one recorded
as q minister and one as teacher.
Two of the whites entered themselves
rs "gcntlcmen," and one as having "no -
occupation.
Before the war the number Of slaves
had been very much reduced in this Sec
ton ofthe State, and at it's close the whites
greatly predominatcd, as the result Of the
registration shows. In the printed list, tt
which allusion has been before made, there
are only some half.dozen negroes who
gave other States than Virginia as theil
t., 9th Nf 10 of
the result, think, will show quite large
States. Such will inevitably be the case
in the cities, where this class of new made
voters "most do congregate."
LABOR.
Help for the field as well as the house
is very scarce. in this county. Some
farmers fear that they will have to aban.
don their farms entirely unless they can
get labor in which they can place entire
confidence. Many hands have remained
until Just as harvest came on, and then
left, without word, to seek other homes
at higher wages. This is an evil which
may in time correct itself; but while the
transition is taking place, the farming in
terests are suffering. Help in the house
is even more unreliable than that OF the
field, and is frequently quite difficult II
obtain.
i.,-...-.aI u LEEsBURG
is quite pleasantly situated in rich ant
beautiful valley. 1t has population
about 1900, of all colors. There are ST
churches and one seminary. Two news
papers-thc Mirror (old Democrat) an
the Washinqtonian (old Whig)-divide tn
patronage of the county. The WaShtn5
toniaa seems to possess more vltahty an
public spirit than the Mirror, though bot
are conducted with energy and ability.
s4,rI50 4f.s CATHOLICS.
In regard to the labor question, befor
alluded to, many look with favor upon tn
effort of the Catholics to build up churc
in Leesburg. A reverend father Of tina
denomination has been working assidu
ously for several weeks, and has sue
ceeded in enlisting an interest there suffi
Client to warrant him in promising them
church edifice at no distant day. Should
this be accomplished, land Catholic priest
seem to know "no such word Us fail"
the question of "help" in the hous
within the circle of the church's inhu
ence will be solved.
REAL ESTATE
in this county maintains the high figure!
at which it was held before the war. A
farm near Leesburg sold few days since
for elghty-siX dollars per acre, and one in
the celebrated "Goose Creek" neighbor.
hood for eighty dollars; the latter had
however but few improvements IN n