The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-29
a,a,,a - iorsheads chan ofehe rasssnt day.

stronger hogsheads than OF tine Edssene slaS,
n,nre securely hoped With snOug ana
stout headings. In the centre OF sasn neau
was driven IA iron staple, ana SIRIUS were
h;fched onto these iron staples, One morse,
sometimes more, was harnesseu 10 1iese
shafts. and the tobacco was theh ro1 1, ~,
ths NV to the Richmond market. The old
NM, world often send his son to market TO
sol, 4he crop. and the neighboring planters
could also send their crops along at the
=, mo ,imc. and at night. when encamped on
,hc road. there would be rolicksone set
having a Jolly time. In the fiat and smooth
ti,rrls of Fluvanna and Goochland counties
often sncamred dozen or more with their
| boosI,ads OF tobacco, and in the night some
Of enc ways would unhitch the shafts and
sjars them on the staples in the opposite
dfsssction to Richmond, and the unssls-
s,s~sing green ones would next morning pe
travelling homewards till they met others
on fbrir way coming to Richmond ere they
had discovered the joke that some OF their
associates had played upon them.
REco1LEcr1oSs OF THE oLDEs TINE.
The evils of drinking and gambling existed
then as we'll as now. One Of the Nelson
one-hos shead planters sent his son to mar
ket. He was enticed into one OF the " bells 4"
in lmond, played, drank, carollscd, Till all
the money received tor the tobacco ana his
fathers fine ridng.horsc had been lost. On
his return he told his father the horse had
died 4 few mornings after his sons return
home the horse was seen grazing in the
meadow. The father called his son to the
window and, pointing to the horse, SAID,
:. Son. YOU told me my horse was dchd. ana
there he stands" The prodigal replied,
Daddy, he is dead to YOU. \ few days
afterwards the person who had purchased
tbe.horsc from the youth came for him, and
the old gentleman rcpurcliased nm back
again.
THOMAS JErFERsoS's BAPTIST NOBEL FOR A
REpUBLIC.'
In 1867 Baptist church was Instituted
and held its worship on lands NOW owned
by Rev. John II. Randolph, adjaning the
University of Virginia. This WAS the church
that Thomas Jefferson is reported TO have
said vas Il model for Il republic. and histo-
rians taa9t called it Il congregation church.
All Baptist churches in their form nl worship
arc congregational, separate and independent
81 councils. svnodS, conferences, GLASSES, dc.
The records of this church are cXaa't. On
one occasion complaint was cntcrch a.''lilst
one of its members for rolling lis tobacco TO
market on Sunday. The cen5ge was Slls-
tanned, hut the offender did ntG acknowledge
his iaIlIt, and the Church cNcludeu INN from
their fellowship. Another mcnlhar arose ana
stated that he had also done the s5Hse thing ;
he did not know that it was wrong to Go so !;
hc regretted the wrong doing, and told his
brethren he would do 50 no more The
Clurch by vote torgave this offender and re-
tuiped him i'm their fellowship.
In no part OF the Old Dominion aIg' the
neo,,Ie more hospitable and kindly disposed
than along this old Carolina road and VlcahitF-
They are intelligent and communicative also,
and il is real pleasure and al lntciIcet.S
treat TO become acquainted and mln%lc III
sysuba conversation with them.
THE ANCIENT LANDOWNERS.
gentleman whose grandfather was bigh
rcritf of Nelson county III lS26 exhibited
tn YOUR correspondent the Textbook Tor tiat
ssar. The late Robert Rlves, ESQ, WAS
,.,ynd for upwards of three thousand acres OF
land, ~ d for these lands he was asscssc III
1s,c t;x, t seuenty,fo,u dollars. Now. SAID
nv, irtn,ru, nj the tax on these lands amoHnts
w. h,.on tb0u, AMI doNurS. while they are NOT
ne ,,.,Jl euItiva,> d and not as prodsHfNc as
thcv were In 49,. The tax paid on over
ono ,crcs assessed .'Gaillst the late ton. W.
e. Hives, in Nelson county, was oLN H'"c
dollars and u few Gems. This shows the
di,lrrpnrr brought about II forty -siH yc RS III
the way Of taxation.
RE-AsaEsSNEST Or THE LANDS.
This same gentleman said that Ill the re-
cont rri.sessn,put of lands in Nelson county
IN abatement of three-iourths had been made
ON some of them. He said that Lie conai-
lion of the industrious poor white man i;'u
been greatly improved and benefited IN the
change effected 10y the abolition "t sla,eIE.
Ne did not think this WAS tho case Will 'nc
crtor".l population. ~rr
TlMte Mas been splendid crop o. "hrat.
us to quality, made in Nelson county ,n,S
wear hut the average per acre would not tN-
coed seven bushsls. .,;
In politics thcvs is no enthusiasm e'thef ~
Nelson or hlbcmar'e. although the Sei'eia'
voice of the people = tor Inc election VI w. a.,
Greeley, Very few isapracticablcs are t" be
,',at v;th MONTICELLO.
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