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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
letter from Greensvikle.
RYLAND's DEPOT, August Is, 1865

RTLANDS DEfoi, huBust -, 1ooo'
The Concord Baptist Association met in
this neighborhood on yesterday at Fon-
taine's Creek Church. Rev. I. W. Sydnor,
of Nottoway, was elected moderator, and
Mr.. John G. Powell clerk. There are
twenty churches with about 5000 members
and twelve Sunday schools in the Associa-
ton, and only six ministers. The letters
from the churches showed that 345 mem
bers had been added to the churches by
baptism during the past twelve months.
A very large crowd assembled to-day to
witness the proceedings Of the body. The
report on education was presented by Rev.
A. F. Davidson, of Mecklenburg.
On motion to adopt the report, Professor
Harrison, of Richmond College, made an
able address. He was followed by Mr.. II.
X. Ellyson, corresponding secretary of the
General Association, and Rev. L. Hume,
Jr., of Danville.
The Association then adjourned to the
stand to hear sermon by Rev. Z. S. Tay-
lor, of Lunenburg. At the request of the
body, Mr.. Ellyson, at the close of the SER
mon, addressed the congregation on system
attic benevolence aud State evangelization.
The body is still in session as | write.
Tomorrow a Sunday-school mass meeting
will be held, and will be addressed by Rev.
Charles H. Ryland and others.
The next annual meeting will be held Mt
Meherrin church, on the Danyille railroad.
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
Crops in Loudoun SUNDAY Schools
and Old Schools ''-GOnfirmafiOn-
The Court-New Turnpike.

LoUpoUN COUNTY, August II, 1868.
The frequent and seasonable rains with
which we have been favored of late saved
our corn crops and pastures. Most of the
corn was planted late, and the tasseling and
shooting fortunately retarded by drouth,
SO the recent rains have brought it out, and
will give fair average crop.
The various religious societies take ad
vantage of the interval of leisure between
harvest and seeding time to hold their
meetings. Sunday school pic-nics are fire.
quent-a sort Of compromise between the
world and the Church. The iron-sides or
hard-shells, or as they style themselves
the I" Old School Baptists," are holding an
association at Mount Zion church, five miles
below Aide, which will be largely attended.
The new assistant bishop of Virginia
preached and held confirmation in Upper
Vile and Middleburg two weeks ago, max
ing most favorable impression by his sim
plicity and earnestness.
August court is now in session, and
though it has lost somewhat of its ante
bellum prestige, is still regarded as high
festival and attracts large crowds.
The turnpike road from Middleburg to
the Plains has been laid off, and reduces
the distance from ten to seven and half
miles. The expense of grading and ma
cademizing the road will be about 1000.
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PETERSBURG. August IS, 1868.


The staid and influential men of the Con
seryative party have as yet made no demon
stration in behalf Of the cause, 'ho'Sh
there are out-civings from time to time t u,
we are 70 have a ratification meeting. Inc
difficulty has probably been IN ge..ins
speakers. 1t ID known that the chaii n IL
Of our Executive Committee IS thoroughly
enlisted in support of the mountainous, M
great unanimity exists among the "h.e
population; 80 that no blame can atlacn ~
any one on the score OF luke"arhlne s-o.
Should nothing, therefore, be done oeioie
hand. our people will show their 1aith "hen
ever the time for voting comes on. :,
Rrt The warm blood Of the youtniui
,,oooos Is mt so easily quoted. Soon altef
the od iournment of the New York ConVen-
tion thew got up very credltaoie loren
l;ob+ nrocession, and last night another,
I'm more imposing. After being organized
nndar the direction of a chief marshal, an
eloonent speech was delivered by Samuel
D. Davies, Esq, a young and talented mem
ber of the Petersburg bar, which was re-
ceived with hearty applause by very nu-
merous auditory. Preceded then by nne
hand Of music, the procession marcheu
through most of the principal streets, cheeT,
mo loudly and letting off fireworks, but oil
under the strictest discipline. The only
untoward incident that occurred was IRON
the outside. At one point O. NUMBER u
brickbats were thrown into the line, s1riklng
two of the boys, and infictlng Palnfui
bruises, but doing no serious INJURY.
An effort is to be made tonight to or
o.on;za Conservative Club Of colored men.
There are several influential persons here
of that class who have the matter IN hand,
and they will doubtless meet with some
success but the Petersburg negroes have
20 strictly followed the lead Of the carpet
boorers that it is to be feared not much
imnression can be made upon them.
Though the demonstrating mania has had
M very recent illustration in this immcdl-
ote vicinity, vet it seems to be prevailing
in some other places to an alarming extent.
Within day or two as many as seven or
eight kilograms, from as many parties,
have been received by the captain OF po-
lice, notifying him of thefts, and asking
his assistance in recovering the stolen ami
mails. Until some of these thieves are
subjected to the utmost penalty Of the law
ali nroperty of this kind will be held by an
insecure tenure.
The trial of one of the parties who as
saulted DR.. Bayne at City Point some time
since has been going on to-day at Prince
George Court, but at the time of closing
this letter l have not learned the result.
The testimony is said to have been conclu-
sive on some Of the points charged in the
indictment, but not on all. ..
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"Mr. Burlingame declines trip down
the St. Lawrence in Difference to the Chi
nese idea of diplomatic etiquette, which
forbids putting foot on any but American
soil until the final departure, and to touch
British soil only when en- route to the British
capital"
Mr.. BuRLINGAME displays a far more
delicate sense of etiquette towards the Chi
nese than he did towards his own country in
faithlessly giving up his mission from the
United States to accept one from China.
But there he gets .iue times as much FOR
delioscy towards the Chinese as he did for
strictly observing propriety, not to say faith,
towards his own country! That settled the
question
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MOSQUITOES in England.

The appearance of mosquitoes in England
the present season has been the cause of
much surprise and more annoyance to the
English people. They have presented them
selves in immense swarmR in London, ana
with such persistence and bloody feroclty
that they are terror to Londoners. The
smooth and fresh skins for which they are
celebrated are peculiarly susceptible to IN
Jury from the bites of these sanguinary
insects, and there faces and hands present
sad proofs of the torments they have en-
dured.
It is a trait of our nature not only to be
very curious as to the cause OF any new
phenomenon, but if men can be satisfied as
to that cause, they endure more patiently
any suffering it may occasion. So JOHN
BULL looked into the mosquito question, and
foupd to his satisfaction that the progeni-
tors Of the swarms that worried him and
extracted his vital juices were brought
over from the West Indies in ships that
arrived from the West India ports after
summer had set in. If he is content with
this, he is easily satisfied. Now, vessels
have been trading between the English
ports and the West Indies almost ever since
| the discoveries of COLUMBUS, and up to this
summer there have been no mosquitoes In
| England So this won't do. Nor is it COR
| rect to suppose that England had immunity
from these pests because Of her high lati-
tude, or that they are are only found in
warm climates. They are perhaps more
terrible in the Arctic regions than anywhere
else While they are not found diffused
over the earth everywhere, still they are
inhabitants of particular localities of every
latitude from the tropics to the Arctic re-
gions.
Why they have not appeared in England
before has therefore been more matter of
surprise than their appearance there at this
time. Possibly the English have fallen
away from some virtues or pieties of their
ancestors, and providentially it is deemed
proper to puncture them in lively way
therefor. If this be so there could be no
better agent than the mosquitoes. Maybe
these tormentors are very appropriately
sent over from the late slavery dominions
of the British to punish the children for
the slavery sins of their fathers or for
British shortcomings in paying freedmen
only eight cents per day in St. Vincent's,
New Providence, SC. What says GREELEY
on this pointf
We pity England with her new misery
this invasion of prosecutors engendered in
the fens, and therefore new sort of fen
ians! Ireland may calmly contemplate her
sufferings from these subtle and destructive
foes which can neither be imprisoned nor
hung, and which care not for the suspension
of habeas corpuS. But England may derive
lesson in her extremity, in seeing that by
the same tactics she employs to protect her.
self from the mosquitoes she may put an
end to the assaults of the Fenians that is,
to fold herself within her own net-to
withdraw into her own territorial canopy
and shut out the Fenians The two enc
mics are alike difficult to put down by i'm
prisonment and the gibbet, and may be both
gotten rid of in this way!
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THE LATE FIRE.-since writing tim ~ the er ngsj
account of the late destructive ire on oros ~
street we have additional particulars as ~
insurance, and are enabled to make some 1r
Correction of errors aa to amounts WI
Wonntcastle was not insured as heavily ny hs
we stated. He was insured for sz,ouo on
his building and $1,000 on his goods ID ID
the Albemarle Insurance Company OF
which Mr.. John b. Montague Is agent;
Mr.. Wigand's insurance was correctly stated
in Yesterdays issue. Mr.. Briggs loss was
about 500, his store fixtures and stock hay
inc been saved. Professor kessnlch, the
popular musician, was heavy loser. His
fine violin, quantity of valuable music,
and piano belonging to him, were de-
stroyed. His friends propose to get up a
benefit for him, and with that view will
hold meeting at Davies's Musical Exchange
at I o'clock this evening. Mr.. '. Winfree
lost considerably in the way Of clothing and
furniture. A number of others suffered in
the same way. The roof of the building
occupied by Mr.. Louis Euker as liquor
store was somewhat damaged. 'o
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The Taxes Of the American People
The New York Herald, laying down the
proposition that the people Of the United
States are the heaviest taxed people IN the
world, thus sustains its assertion
"The income of the General Government
last year, reckoning from June 80, 1861 10
June 80, 1868, was over 460, 100000. This,
too, in time of peace, and three years aiter
the war was closed. If we take the bi1tish
Government, tho most expensive o, any ~
the world, and which has much larger
debt than any other, by way OF compaiisoni'
we shall see that our national revenue an,
taxesexceed those OF Great Britain. Ihe'ota'
revenue of Enrland from all sources rarely
reaches &c. 0o0. 900 sterling, or S4oo,ooo,ooo.
This is $50 .000, 600 less than ours, notWlth
standing the debt is about double the
euonnf Of the Understanding debt Of the
Trn;,ed States, and the English have be-
sides TO support costly royal establish
ment. an expensive array and navy, and
the vas. machinery Of government over
colonies and territories covering fifth OF
the habitable globe. We might make q
comparison with the other great nations and
empires of the world, and show q still
greater difference in the cost of government
between them and this country but Eng
land is the most costly, and more to the
point. Yes, our republican government
taxes the people $50, 600, 600 year more IN
time of peace than the monarchical ana
expensive government of Great Britain
does the British"
This view of the question IS not relieved
by the action of Congress. 1t promised
reduction, but only insulted the people by
reducing them on few manufacturers 10
increase their wealth, while the agr,cul-
turist and mechanic groan under their un-
diminished burthcns. The party machinery
in governing and controlling the political
complexion of the southern States Is kept
a, enormous expense, and the army is con-
tipued to absorb the means that should De
appropriated to the payment OF the pubic
debt. The only remedy; as the Hera'd
saws, is TO turn out the corrupt congress
men and put others in their places, that the
Government may be brought back to SIM
plicity and economy.
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The Enquirer is facctlous about inc 'if
rinia line of improvement connecting the
waters of the Chesapeake and the Missis-
sippi. Does the Enquirer advocate the
abandonment Of that enterprise, or Is IL
startled at the mire-mile tennel? If the
tunnel only staggers it, why there is the
original plan of crossing the Allegheny on
the higher level with a lift Of two hundred
and forty feet and the passage of forty-iour
locks, with loss Of seven hours time to
each boat, and besides the reservoirs with
their feeders and tunnels. 1t may advo-
cate that--and in that way yet support an
improvement which is more deeply interest
Ing to Virginia than any ever projected.
We cannot see how the Enquirer should,
in this day of bold engineering, be startled
at a tunnel through II mountain so tavora-
bic 10 it's construction that the most distin-
Cuished engineer in the Republic gives 1t
Us his opinion that it may be constructed
with the improved machinery of the day
in less than three gears. Should so great
work, the value Of which cannot be over
estimated, to be accomplished in such a
short time, startle any one, much less
citizen of Virginia? There are many works
now in progress in this country and else
where greatly more difficult, and few are so
important.
Is # assumed that Virginia has not the
moors2 We grant il But as there are
works in a State which are so valuable and
of such magnitude that their construc-
tion Of necessity dcyolycs unop the State,
SO there NAV be works of national import
ance that the yeDayaie States cannot build.
ora which i is therecore both tba dutv ond
.be ;r,erast If tho not;o, 70 construct In
.ho ,.,., .o, .ho c,o.o, u;.h.s o,:ou rre-
rn;,oI III. ,r,n,1 no. ho Torm;tted Brt
shoro ava statos r;rh4s nowg who rails, g
,,oa, n - onno.;t;nn - tho Government
oo,r;,,;ooaa.1 1oono - Pacific rail-
rnaas .,.n,;. norioo+;or SEP This Vir-
o;n;a worl &c second 70 none in dignity and
% 60 o,o;n. ,on tho not;ono, sunnort.
w. .a..ou o;.;aa h,ua been since the
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WELL CAyED lN-0SE Man KILLED
AND THREE BADLY ISJURED.-At The
Steam Staye Mills, three miles west o.
Pamplin's depot, on Tuesday, a fatal acc!'
dent occurred by which one man lost Dis
life and three others were fearfully injured
1t appears that four men--one white man
and three negroes-weree engaged in diggDS
a we'll, when the earth suddenly cayed ID
burying the men who were engaged at 'hs'E
work without any thought Of danger. 4nS
white man, whose name we learn was JoHa
Pugh, was instantly killed. The negroes
were rescued alive by the active exer'i0H'
Of the neighbors, but their injuries are y
serious that il is not believed they eau Es
cover. All four were dreadtully mutiLate'
by the falling earth and stones. Our ~
formant was not able to remember JUS
negroes names.-Lwchb1g Rep9o!!ca""
yesterday.
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The corn crop in this section has not been
more promising in the last fifteen years.
Tobacco looks well on some farms, but badly
on others. Late planted tobacco ia not
doing well.-Milton (N. c. Sentinel.
A tornado utterly devastated q portion Of
Lebanon, Conn.,, four miles in length and
quarter Of o mile in width, on Saturday.
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HOLDEN has nominated Colonel EDWARD
CANTwELL (ominous name) for Judge of the
special court established in Wilmington, N.
C. He is a native of South Carolina, and
is complimentsd by the Standard as being
thoroughly imbued with Radical principles.
He was in the war on the Federal side.
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LOCAL MATTERS.

CHAMBER OF COMMERCIAL o meeting
of the Board of Directors Of the Chamner
of Commerce on Wednesday evening the
resignation of Walter K. Martin, Esq
treasurer, was received and accepted. W. :
E. T. James was elected to fill the vacancy
The following correspondence was pi.
sented and referred to the Commi''e' 0A'
Outward Trade:
"R1cuMosp CHAMBER OF COMMERCE,
"August 4, 1868. }
"Captain George ". Allen, Har0or-"'a'
ter, &C.: -.
"Dear Sir.-I regret to see that the cry
dredge-boat is laid up for want OF aoili :,
on the part of the city to provide funds 10
work it. and fear this will prove VelJ
serious injury to the commerce OF 1he ppber
"For the information OF this Cham -
will YOU please advise US what Is neeuIu ~ ~
open and keep open good channei Id
such vessels as our trade demands ahu
what will be the effect of stopping the ~ork
of dredging. Mention as fully as you ean
the main points where the work is neeueu'
the character and extent OF H. WIN INC ,Pp;d-
bable accumulation if left for any coneiu
cradle time and in general please glTs 10
vour views of the course which should %
nursued to make and keep the present
Troublesome channel as open as 1t con DC
made by dredging. Very truly,
"DAvID |. BURR,
&c Pres,t Richmond Chamber Commerce"
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"HARBoR-MAsTER's OFFICE, }
s.4 = 1000

h1CHMOSD3 huEcoe - 1SoS'
&c David I. Burr, Esq, President Of Rich
n,ond Chamber Of Commerce.:
"Sir,-I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of your favor of the 4th, asking
for information with regard to the condi-
ton of the harbor, should the city dredge-
boat be laid up, sc.
"In reply, beg to report that if the
machine be laid up for any length of time
navigation will be rendered difficult, and in
fact vessels of heavy draught, which draw
eleven to twelve feet, will be unable to
reach this port.
"This condition of the river and harbor
is caused by the accumulation of sand car
ried down by freshets and other deposits
from the city. regard it as of first i'm
portance that the dredgeboat should be kept
constantly at work.
"The points requiring immediate atten-
ton are from the island up to the mouth Of
the ship-locks, as vessels of deep draught
cannot reach the wharf at this time, owing
to the above-named causes. 1t is my opin-
ion that if the machine is kept at work a
sufficient channel can be made to allow a
vessel drawing twelve feet to reach the port
on ordinary tides, The bar at Warwick is
gradually filing up, and will need atten-
ton; also at Trent'S Reach. By proper ap-
plication of the machine believe fourteen
feet of water can be made, and with this
channel vessels can take in cargoes here for
foreign ports.
" 1t will afford me pleasure from time to
time to present the condition of the harbor
and river to the Chamber if desired.
II am, sir, your obedient servant,
"GEoRGE W. ALLEN,
"Harbor- Port of Richmond"
Complaints were made as to the discrlml-
native action of the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad Company against the trade OF
Richmond.
A resolution providing for the striking off
of the names of delinquent members from
the lists was adopted.
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Prince Camille de Polignac, who was in the
Western Confederate army, and rose to be
a major general, has been reading scien-
tifc paper on algebra to the Mathemati-
cal Society Of London.
One of the Rothschilds is said to medi-
tate buying Jerusalem,
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LAND SALE.-The Fauquier Land Agency
has sold for Mr.. Arthur W. Smith his farm
on the railroad, and about two miles from
Warrenton, to Mr.. Charles II. Banks, of
Charleston, S. c., $3.50 acres,) at $40 per
WarrentOn Sentinel.
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..nd;nr committee report favorably upon y,
ssanains and the Association, by vote o.
t TINE sisI amp approve Of it, the person
KING II sna aar ~ of the sum Of ten dol
ton upon pn and subscription to the
lars ,,ss p snd regulations of the Association
r pess dnd however that nonresident mem n
~. sho1 not be entitled to vote or hola o.
&C. =, +be Association"
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VERY TRUE.-The New York Herald
mixes up with its vaccinations little
truth now and then. For instance:
"The southern people, exhausted by our
late civil contest, now ask with more earn
estness than ever only to be "let alone"
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Blair has seven children, all of whom
will have to be provided with Offices when
they grow up.-Neao York Commercial Ad-
vertiSer.
They will become the new awards of the
NATION - ..ae...-
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CoSv1cTs.-The following arrivals were
recorded at the penitentiary yesterday:
Martha Diggs (negress), sentenced from
Augusta county for three years for grano
larceny.
John Moore (negro), sentenced from
Alexandria for five years for grand larceny.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS evening about

RENCONTRE.-Y yesterday evening about 4
o'clock MIR. William D. Coleman, of the
Enquirer and Examiner, was attacked by
Mr.. Lemuel G. Bowden in the street near
the Exchange Hotel. The struggle was
brief, and the parties were separated. It's
understood that the attack was made on
account of paragraph in the local columns
of the Enquirer and Examiner styling Thos.
R. Bowden, brother of the assailant, as Il
" scalawag lawyer"
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II is said to be the intention of the Ohio
Democrats to run Mr.. Pendleton for Con-
9resS in the first district,
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BURGLARY.-The store of John Peay, on
Thirtieth street, was entered on Wednesday
night by burglars, who carried OFT over q
hundred dollars worth of groceries.
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"Rule Cd. That any person of good cha
racter, engaged in the sale or purchase of
tobacco, desiring to become member of
this Association, shall make written ap-
plication to that effect, which application
must be favorably endorsed by some mem
Der of the Association before being submit
ted to the standing committee. Should such
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PETERSBURG LETTER.
,o,ee Of the Richmond Dispatch.

The Youthful Classes Taking The Lead 4"
Political Demonstrdt'ons-CoIored con
seruattue Notwithstanding Mdnad-
Trial Of DR.. Bayne's AsSailantS.
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Ten glasses Of Congress water oeiV.t
breakfast were nearly fatal 70 dowaSeF "
Saratoga,