The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-07-23
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.
From Our Special Correspondent.
letter from King Wfllian--scenes
Along the ROute---Crops.--Mee %
tne poyer HaptSst Association.

/ Along Inc EkOude-ssSTcIsSSs~HAI -
the Dover Baptist Association.
| SHARON, KING WILLIAM, July u, '69.
| This is the season at which the how
landers begin to cry /" Ho for the noun
tain',: but your correspondent has re-
| versed .he order, and left the mountains to
spend season in the fats of King William,
King George, and King and Queen.
The trip from Lexington to Richmond by
Harman's stage line to Goshen, and the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad is las an Old
friend would phrase it) Gas pleasant as the
nature of the case Il. e., the heat end DUST
/ will admit The evidences of prosperity
along the route are very gratifying. The
wheat crop is one of the finest which has
been harvested for yenra, and the corn,
though suffering for rain. is quite promising
A few hours were spent very pleasantly
| in Ricbmond-especially visit to Zetelle s,
where "sheep's head" " deyilled crabs, ,,
corn, and tomatoes, &C., made one disposed
to say the low-lands forever" Five
o'clock Yesterday morning found your cor
respondent seated beside kind friend in
handsome buggy behind fast horse, and
in company with five other couples, bound
for the good old county of King William.
The route called up many familiar scenes,
and awakened many sad and some pleasing
memories.
We passed several points near Richmond
where we had camped or biyouacked when
following the "Stars and Bars ''-Mecha-
nicsville, where A. P. Hill beat up the
quarters of his old chum (McClellan) on
the evening of the 18th of June, 1862 !;
Ellis's Mill, where, on the same evening,
the enemy made gallant and successful
stand, and from which they were driven on
the morning of the 9th the road by which
Stoncwall jackson, fresh from his famous
exploits in the Valley, moved on Mcclellan
at Cold Harbor the battlefield of Bethesda
Church, where, in 1864, the old Fourth
Virginia brigade made one of the most GAL
liant fights of the war, losing very heavily
in both officers and men, such as Brigadier-
General J. E. B. Terrill, Colonel Willis OF
Georgia, Colonel Board, Colonel Watkins,
&c.; and other points of historic interest.
We passed near Cold Harbor and Gaines's
Mill, and not for from .Hawes's shop (the
scene of the great cavalry fight. In
word, we had wildly revived many Con-
fcderate memories, and are very sure that
if YOU want an old 'reb" well " recon
structed" you had better not allow him to
travel this road.
The corn crop along the route is n most
promising one despite the drought. The
people Of this section seem very much
elated OF the general results Of the cleo
ton, though King william will be repre-
scented in the House Of Delegates by ne
gro BENJAMIN Franklin Jones) and in the
Senate by "Scalaocag" (white Massey
rbo ,,oo fro,,, Louisa co,Ipt,- i11Gt ba-
fore the war to escape an indictment for
suitable Radical leader.
At ii o'clock we found ourselves at
Sharon church, King William, where the
Dover Baptist Association was convened in
it's eighty sixth annual session. This ven
cradle body is composed OF the Baptist
churches of Richmond city, Henrico, Han
over, King william, and the counties of the
Peninsula generally. The letters from the
churches this year indicate high degree
of general prosperity. They report $50
| baptisms during the year, show an increase
Of interest in the Sunday school work, and q
very decided increase in the contributions
of the churches to pastoral support and the
cause of general benevolence.
The principal (Rey. Dr. 7. &. jones' and
the alternate (Rev. II. D. D. Statore) being
both absent. Rev. DR.. ". F. Broaddus was
unanimously invited to preach the intro
ductory sermon; which he did to large
and attentive congregation from John xiii,
| "a, IS. Subject: "Thc cultivation OF
| Christian love both in ourselves and others"
The Association was organized by electing
the present incumbent, Rev. A. 8. Smith,
moderator; Rev. H. H. Harris, clerk: snd
j. F. Cottrell, treasurer.
Yesterday afternoon Rev. ]. William
Jones preached at the stand while the AsSo-
citation had its session in the house. This
morning the Association will be in session
until ~ o'clock, when it will adjourn for
preaching-Dr. J. L. Burrows occupying
the house, and DR.. J. 4. Haynes the stand
We close for the mail, and will send
another communication by next mail.
VIATOR.