The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-11-22
LOUISA COURTHOUSE, Wax
NoynmhnY. 10 1860
AHEAD.


Fcy little VILLAGES in the State have i'm.
proved as much since the war rs LoniSa
Courthouse. 4 number Of new buildings
have been crccted-moSt of them very neat
dwclicrs in tho old houses have caught the
spirit Of Improvement, and the palnt-brush
has put an entirely new face on the dingy
little village of the oldcn time. The buSl.
ness Of the place has very much improved,
and one house actually has wholesale
tadc Of some importance.
But in few things is the improvement
more marked than in the hotel accommodate
lions. In the oldcn time it had the reputa-
ton Of having the poorest hotel in the Com
lnonwealth. Now, under the efficient man
apcmcut OF Colonel Moore, it has one OF
the very best hotels in the state, when i
daily increasing its reputation. Bl, thcre
have been other improvements sui more
gratifying. Louisa Courthouse used TO be
noted for It's dissipation. From all OF the
surrounding counties men would meet here
on court DAYS, not only to trade horses, but
10 drink and gamble and not unfrcquent!y
,yould STAY over two weeks, or meet TWO
weeks before the court day to carousc. AS Il
consequence Of this there were regular mails;
and 4 court-day at Louisa Courthouse with
uut number Of bloody noses would nave
been considered m anomaly indeed. y
noted pugiliSt from an adjacent county used
TO say. Louisa Courthouse is my Para
disc. If 20 10 some Of these other court
houses and get up small night I'll nave
after me Immediately six magistrates ana
half dozen conStablcS; but L can 60 over 10
Louisa Courthouse and fight all day long IN
acgce and qufct. and no one will disturb
me-" This was Il true picture, as the best
citizens had to confess.
R,lt now we learn all this is changed.
There is comparatively little drunkenness,
and Of course less fighting and gambling.
The three fourishing churches here have
Gained ground, the Masonic Lodge Is one
Of the largest and brightest in the state, they
have quite 4 prosperous Council OF FRIENDS
of Tcinperance. and the young men have
Il very tlouri>hing Literary Society. The
Masonic Hall here is Il very beautiful one,
and elegantly furnished, and they have re-
Gently added very much to its appearance
bv hanging around its walls large photo
graphs OF Ill its initiates $50 fur as thcycould
hc procured).
Louisa in the oldcn time was Il very Gil
hrulter Of Democracy Of the States rights
school. She stood by her principles when
the war came on. and ii is doubted whether
any county in the State gave more decided
uuoOr Of her loyalty to the southern cause,
or more freely sacrificed men and money IN
its defence. This has been remembered
againSt her since the close Of the war, and
her gallant people have had to submit TO Il
large share Of Radical spleen, and not few
insults from the negro mob which, under
the leadership Of Barney Mctrackcn
flyhoSc photograph your reporter took so
accurately when the Legislature was in ses
SION, has ruled the county.
1T course the heads Of I'LL of the petty
officers went OIL, and the IT. places were sup
I'tcG with the "troolr loil"--Somc of
l.,rt I,, 90 h.
r!ucr, until the war went against us.
This was 10 bc expected, and the people
would not have complained but that there
tt> been studied effort TO force upon them
the most obnoxious men That could bc
found. L. e.. a petition signed by almost
every respectable patron of the office was
sent to beg Mr. Crcswcll appoint Il gentle
man from New York postmaster at Louisa
Courthouse. CrcSwell admitted that his
testimonials were unimpcachablc, and that
iAo>c Of the other party were by no means
So. but coolly said :" / don't care fig oche-
tH,r you haze q competent postmaster or not
All / ash: as that he be a good Eadtcal."
Aud the New Yorker, though IL consistent
IMion man, was refused the appointment,
and Il native lOyaLiSt c.D put i'll.
But the people are hoping for better
things.
''Barncy" has recently failed in an effort
10 have himself appointed clerk. and al
though the old and honored Common
weaIlhS attorney DANES l.. Gordon, ESD
has recently been ousted from his place 10
make room for III unknown pcttilOgger,
they hope to right all this at the polls. At
the late election they reduced the negro
majority OF 600 to 100, and have every conf
dence that the next chance they get they
will rout " Barney" and his negro cohorts
horse, foot and dragons.
But enough for the present. NIAToR.