The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-07
Letter from AanHck who vas Lately
AN Editor in Virginia, .lsy..t
TORONTO, CANADA, !

TORONTO, CANADA, August 81, 1874.
Dear DisDdtCh,-lt is now about two
months since L left Virginia, and during that
time / have endured the agony OF not seeing
a Dispatch. ui.a 80 :.
Ii occurred to me this morning that ]
would like to write to the Dispatch. 1t has
not vet occurred to me that the Dispatch is
affected inthe same manner. &J@l'tt
I have not much to write. [ do not in.
tend to write much. s,'
When l left Virginia, blackberries, were
just ripening; now they are just beginning
to be scarce here. I.
When l left Virginia, the temperature was
at thin.lInen heat; when | arrived here 1t
was at wollen.cloth and overcoat-at-night
heat. ~
Now it is more so.
The wheat crop in this vicinity will pro.
baby average about thirty-fve and the oat
crop about fifty bushels to the acre.
And net the farmers are not happy.f
We have Governor. General lodging
about on Vice-regal tour. who is probably
about bored to death with tcnth-ratc adj
dresses, which are read az him in unlimited
quantities every day.
There are some donkeys who are about
bringing to this city from England some 500
Iaborers. Their doing 80 is an outrage to
humanity. The cold weather will soon set
in, and there will be no work to do. The
Door Wretches will suffer terribly. Even
now there is hardly enough work to keep
busy the laborers that are already here.
There are quite number Of southerners
here. They all seem to be enjoying them
selves we'll. The following is from the To-
ronto Mail of a recent date:
/" Southern Generals.-We noticed few
DAYS since that General j. B. Hood, the
fighting man of the Confederacy, had ar
rived in town. General Hood is not a
stranger in Toronto, and Is known to many
of our citizens. For some time past Gene
raj Major, of New Orleans, an old West
Point man, who went out with his State,
has been staying at the Rossin House. He
Is a fine specimen of soldier and southern
gentleman. A few days since be was joined
by General Harry Heth, of Virginia, who
did good service for the South during the
war. All such visitors receive hearty wei
come in Toronto"
When was in old Virginia I used to say
much about the love felt for the people.
Some may have fancied was doing SO mere.
IL to become popular and to make money,
Now ! am living under the cross-barred ban.
ner Of England, and do NOT expect ever to
live in the Old Dominion again, and say
from the bottom of my heart that if God
ever made people that have reason to be
proud of themselves, that people are Viz.
ginians. I love them, and want to tell
them so. Wherever I live shall always
hold old Virginia in yeneration and love.
and be proud of the many friends l have
there. Not one of them is forgotten; not
one of them ever will be.
I have seen fools, and mean men, and
scoundrels in Virginia; but the greatest
fools, the meanest men, the most consummatt
scoundrels met there aoere not Virqtnians
The most upright, generous, hospitable
friendly people l ever lived among are Viz
ginians.
I am proud of having lived among them
and proud and happy to have won the friend
ship and respect of many Of them. 81
God bless them! God bless Virginia!
If had anything more to write would
write it; but as / have not will close.
Yours tremendously,
ss CHARLES AuGrsrrTs