The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-21
From Williamsburg.


GALLATIS.
From Williamsburg.
correspondence Of The Richmond DISPATCH
WILLIAMSBURG, May Ii, 1872.
ihc circuit Court for James CITY county
ana W Williamsburg commenced its session
| mere on Saturday the 18th. Judge Garrison
presiding. | don't know whether or moi
It Is customary TO begin court like this ri,
saturday, but it looked little awkward :.
yet, after all, it may be IL very good plan. II
| reminds me OF an old farmer up the country
| who made 1t Il standing rule to commence
planting his corn crop Saturday evening
lie gave as his reason that it enabled
HIM to get everything in READINGS, for fair
| start Oh Monday morning. This may hc the
| Judges reason for opening his court at the
close of the week. He seems. when he takes
| his seat, TO mean business. and shows him.
self ready to give all p rites Il patient hear
| ing. His decisions have never failed, 50 fur
Is have known. to give satisfaction.
| There are 10 criminal cases on our docket
| This speaks we'll lur our community, but il
| is mol Il decided evidence that no crime i,
committed. There would be eases il crime.
committed could be fcrrcted out; but Tie
perpetrators are 30 skillil that they cluGc
| a..
| This fails out Very Well in some inatanc, :.
| SOME weeks ago there were several negroes
| ii had character in our jai for some petty
offence, from which they made their escape
! ny knocking down the TAILOR and rlmuii..
They have not been heard Of since 50 We
are clear of them without further expense
or trouble. But they ~. imposed upon
| solIc other community. and other. like them
are probably drifting into ours IN the same
| way. 50 ii goes all over the country.
| The weather l. very dry and warm. Our
| streets arc very dusty, which makes the usual
! promemading less pleasant, especially OH tic
part Of the ladies, as the trrccian bend is in
full blast lii these quarters and affords ilil
| location for the dust. WUr>,. han this, htN.
| ever, the farmers are complaining OF them
| crops, and. with good rr:ir"i,. seem alarmed
| 1T the prospect. \ lamh backing, weather
| wise Farmer. speaking Of the weather IT.,
other day. said that it would b. more THAI
two weeks Yet before We would have IN,
rain. and very knowingly rNprr$>cda lnll,
about il even then. II Iis prediction prove,
| correct we shall have 4 hard time anlung IT.
in this Section
- far H. / lave s,'rr at heard tir " heal
Is looking badly. There WAS but Il >ilr,l
crop seeded last i;.ll, ana owin" to the latcnrs
II the spring and hard winter bun small
crops have been pitched III any Kind. There
i, too, an inrrclsin" scarcity Of labor. \
great many hands have @oll. on to worl, oi
The railroads. bat the Elr"cr number OF tn,
mouths are left here to hc led.
| characterization from useful labor
| seemed to be understood rs the heritage h.
slowed hy Government upon most o.! "lii
prospective StlllaganS, il one may iud!st
rom the number of large boys, "lct lna"'
from school" playing UPON the &r"en al bal
and other sports, making good Use 1T Tit
same time OF their vocal powers. This seem:
TO be contagious, for white boys are entirel.
too much addicted to the same. On tin
other hand, the colorcd ladies are becoming
adopts in initiating llouri>lc> Of the Grccial
bend in their evening proneladcs. The imi
tation is getting - perfect that ut little dis
tancr il is hard otell which j. which. on who
The health Of the city j. very good, cNctp
some few cases from i!nlrtdcnt eating :nt
exposure. ii.
FIuEs.--Two weeks ago wr mentioned thu
destruction Of the dWcllm"-hollse OF DR.
William =. Robinson, supervisor of fapPI
hammock township, 10y fire. On Sunday
nirht Inst the residence of DR.. William l.
Smith. at the time occupied by his daughter
Mrs. Fisher, was burnt 10 the ground. Mrs
Fisher is the siSIcr-n-llw Of Mr.. r., and Tit
remnant of the Doctors furniture saved iron
the late fire had been removed to her holi>'
for safe-kecping. His corn had also been II.
moved TO the same building, and was de
stroved in this second visitation of the dc
yolring element. The furniture on TIN
lower floors belonging 10 Mrs. Fisher wa
saved. There was, we learn, no insurance OIL
the house or furniture. Both fires were TIN
work Of al inccndiary. - TuPpdhdnnoch IN
der.
The CONSTITUTIONAL AMEHDMEST.- -i,ld%'
Rail- decided this week that !; separate i,.to
must be used by those who vote against OF
for the constitutional amendment OH Thurs
day next, and that it could not be attached
TO ballots iur candidates. -Louionn Refnbts
can.
Cnops.- notwithstanding the unprece
dcntcd drought the wheat crop, wherever
fertilizers have been applied, is looking well
The earlier varieties are now in bloom, hu
fears arc entertained that it will not till we'll
owing to the dry weather. Corn and oat'
are very backward, and The stand of boll
bad An unusual amount OF oats has hccl
planted in AliddleSeX county, which are look
ing very fine between urhluta and Sallida.-
| Tdppdhannock Ldcr.
You also, no doubt, have had rain.
In the Shenandoah valley the wheat, oa<
and rye crops give splendid promise. II is
remarkable how, Notwithstanding the severe
winter, the wheat has rallied from It's lreez
ing and the dry weather, and is coming out
It is the general impression that wheat never
looked better at this season. The early frliil
crops also give promise OF an abundant
yield.-Loud0un Repnditcdn.
The rain, the blessed rain, came down de-
lightftlly all day Saturday and the night be-
fore Lynchburg Aces.
A fatal accident occurred Wednesday il
Connecticut to General Joseph K. Hawley
who was drowned in attempting TO cross
ferry.-Age.
Robert Collyer thinks we'll of husbands
He says If Adam had been with Eve SIT
would not haye eaten the apple. Probably
not. If like some of the husbands we happel
to have seen he would have devoured II him
| self-GoIden Age,