The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-08-11

TIE ELECTION IN GRANVILLE.
1,ha election has resulted very disas-
.m..,.l, N The best Interests Of \ orth Caro-
,:,s "' 'rA;~ county (Granville), the third
~ ,lr. having nearly twenty-five thousand
.nr,.ni!an:s, gave n majority Of nearly eight
tI,nfrcd against the Convention. Five
lI,rircl white men voted with the negroes.
y..r nI losing their homestcads caused the
'l,,ucr: ana vet. not one in twenty has
homestead 10 lose. In Robeson county one
i,ndrrd and thirtv-nine homesteads were
80 10 sold on the 9Th instant for taxes for
.l.,, wear 1870. The poor white men Of the
>r.rr have taken the most certain steps pos
..,,1c to get rid Of their homes, for the heavy
>r. already lah, and 10 be levied, will
....a.n away the last one OF them.
WOLF STORY.
some three years ago the good people
r,.;r., between this place and the Virginia
>,.rr Inc, tut more immediately in the
rr;.nAorhood OF Sa>sgtras Fork, ten miles
n,TIn of us, were startled by the cry Of
..wnit, wolf. among the tlockS of sheep"
Tlr cry turned ont, unfort unately, to be
,,,,,. rry. and from that time until now
.,.,,,5iur wolf has been destroying the
Iur, and pigs throughout considerable
lion. Every effort possible has been
made 10 Kill it. but thus far without sue
ra.>. Attempts to shoot or entrap 1t have
,royod upapaiing, and the havoc among
H., nocks and in the pens continues. Four
teen ,rheips have been killed, and yet there
f. III; one wolf. She and the dogs OF the
r.,chhorhn0d appear 10 be on the most
friendly terms, and one Of our most re-
.rr,,,at,ic farmers assures me that she has
been seen hunting rabbits with the dogs.
e. has had Young three times. On one
Snl, in a IN
tree, when 4 trap WAS set TO catch her; but
,,r w.. too wary and cunning for the
hunters. She confines her depredations to
,.u. same section. rarely. if ever, extending
her irrur>ionS beyond certain known Inn
~ The estimated destruction by this
-:r,ucc vlsitant is between two and three
,hou-4nd dollars. No one can tell whence
she came. She has been seen many times,
nr,, she makes OF before persons can get in
rtn.e Of her with guns. IL is said she can
detect hv smell the approach of person
r.rn when II quarter OF mile OF.
VISITORS.
uur town is now favored by the presence
-. = number OF visitors from various parts
oi Carolina. who have come to spend the
heated term. Oxford is probably the hand
.ulnc>t tuHr in the State. and Is beautifully
.i,,gttrd among the hills. We have excel
lrat water. hracing air, fine society, excel
llf schools. male and female, and good
church iacilit cS, there being Baptist,
rr'hcli>t, Presbyterian, and Episcopal
r.ircEc>. People residing in the eastern
ui bower part of the state often seek sum
mr. resort among the hcalth-9lving hills,
ANA hence there are at this time some
twenty or more persons stopping IN our
fown. These are from Norfolk, Va, Will
nt no
took occasion IN former letter to refer
10 Granville county aS u
GREAT TOBACCO SECTION.
presume il would be readily assented to
ar .hc lsIt of hichmOnd buyers and sellers
I, we're to a>scrcratc that this county can
l.5 the continent in the culture of the
fms, GRADES OF tobacco. Before the war
uur farmers invariably got the highest
I!!rr, in the Petersburg and Richmond
unIhct.. Last year Granville for the first
i!lnr catered the Danylle market to COM
l,fc with Halifax and PlttsYlvania, in
yuur own State, and, with Caswell,
Rockingham, Person, and Orange, in this
state. ffhc result was precisely as we an
t!rIuaro,i--Several OF our farmers obtained
hi.hrr prices than all others. This year
not more than three weeks slnce-some
ri-hI or ten OF our farmers sold on the same
lN IN Richmond their crops for last year,
aud realized the highest prices, varying
cral other parties had previously sold, OBJ
tanning CORES ponding prices. Within a
lrH dayS Captain j. L. Lyon obtained as
htgh II &l1O. and Mr.. B. L. Hester 81, the
batter averaging $40 for his entire crop.
Mr. Frazier got SO, $50, and so, and MIR.
A-a Morris from Sll.Tj to 500. Last year
Mr.. Dennis 1ilcy sold eleven tierces i'll
your clty. for which he received over
$4,000. lis forrest sale was SG1, and he re-
allZcu on his highest the handsome sum Of
S3l per hundred. This year he received
Sll2 Tor his highest. There are fifty farmers
wno gel large prices. An extensive tobacco
manufacturer i'll Caswell told me years ago
that Granville tobacco was the best in the
world that il had more body than Caswell
tobacco, and therefore worked better. You
can buy good tobacco lands at from $40 to
- an acre. Let me assure you. Messrs.
Editors, that ! am not indulsing in an eX-
trayagant view when | tell you that we
have farmers in this county who make all OF
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO THE HAND.
Mr.. Ti!lcy, above referred to, Mr.. Wash
in.ton Currin, and others have done this. /
know gentleman living only some tour or
INc miles from town who sold bis TOBACCO
crop III Danyile last year for 81, 100. rms
crop WAS made by himself and one fourteen
year old boy. lie made, besides, an abund-
uIcc Il corn, wheat, and oats, and raised his
own bacon. Is it not singular that SO fine
Il lection Is hot filed up by good farm
crs: Is it not strange that large lmml-
grafton does not come to this line old
county: In some sections you can buy
land good wheat and tobacco lanD for from
I've to ten dollars, but the land that makes
the line golden leaf tobacco is worth from
fifteen to twenty five dollars per acre.
Up TO this time | do not think dozen
persons from The North, or from any other
part OF The world, have found Il home
samonS Us sinceihe war. We have
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF ACRES
sol land for sale at very moderate prices.
/ he health of Granville is nearly always
good. In every section OF the county de-
sliehlui water abounds. Not only Is the
I ulture OF tobacco profitable, but Granville
p an excellent wheat and corn county.
Sbats, clover, and the grasses flourish mere
GOO. Fruits OF nearly every sort peculiar
a. The south grow here well. We need aud
sordGly invite immigration. We have no
ShukluX--have had no riots or disturbances
8 ice the war-but peace and quletude
SlaSc rclgncd supreme. With between thlr-
lcen and fourteen thousand negroes in the
county, there has been no acts Of violence
snd no collisions among the races. With
he exception Of the burnin9s in and around
9lcndcr>on, our people have met with no
aaniul risItations. The criminal docket
a, been singularIy free since the war of
4 crimes except larceny. Recently some
4 cgrrcs have been arrested for child-mur-
e., Tor which they will be tried at our next
Superior Court.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
Rev. DR.. Peck, of the Union Theological
kcinnury, has paid us visit, and preached
9hrcc very acceptable sermons.
q Our corn crop was never better. To-