The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-10-24

uumoeT5 OF clHasns3 III mat CITY, passed
through the counties of Dinwiddfe, Amelia,
Nottoway, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, and
Charlotte to this place, spending AZ night
with the folio wing gentlemen {farmers) Mr..
De Shaso, DR.. r. +. Taylor, DR.. j. NJ. Hurt,
Mr.. Charles May, Captain William Burton
| (who, by.the.bye, married Brunswick lady,
daughter OF w. II. Z. Merritf,) and Mr..
Parsep Russel during the past week, and find
that the people desire that the tickets for the
| election Of the farmers candidate for Con.
gress in this (Fourth) district be printed and
sent ont for distribution.
| Mr.. Russell is from the State Of New York,
| Cattaraugus county, Napoii township, aud
has n map Of his county hanging in the hall,
| from which / see there are thirLy-one town
ships il the county from which he came.
| He bought this plantation some two years
ago-upwardS of four hundred acres--for
| 5000, or $40 per acre. He is pleased with
Virginia. aud expects in short time to visit
Brunswick in company with Mr.. st. An
drew. MIR. Russell is one Of those solid
northern men that will help us to build
up our State; he is in harmony with the
principles Of the "farmerS' movement" (of
which the Changers constitute part). He
says that the greatest difficulty that north
ern settlers have to encounter is the "Soclal
clement | use his own word-.] That
there is 4 something, an unde6nable some
thing, in the manner aud action of many Of
our people thst leaves the impression on the
northern man that he is not entirely wei
come in Virginia society; and that fire.
quently lahorers are asked If they are not
tired Of working for the ID
Yankee" l tell him that it will take
time 10 remove the asperities eugendered by
the Reign of DiScord" which has held
| sway in the United States for more than hall
n century, and that the habits and customs
Of people cannot be changed in day or
even in Il year, and that the grand object of
the farmers movement is to appeal to the
nober principles OF our nature. and to call
into action those principles which must build
up the agricultural interests first, the other
material Interests as Il necessary consequence,
and i'll SO doing reform" the abuses in
Government and errors in society. Your
| correspondent also had occasion some time
since 20 visit Chesterfield, Manchester, and
Richmond. In Manchester found many new
buildings going up; in Petersburg found
that nearly all the carpenters were full Of
work, and healthful tone quietly peryading
business circles. During my visit to Chester
| field | rode over the farm called Drewry's
| Bluff, owed By Mr.. james B. Jones, and it
looked like old times TO see iine three-muic
| ploughS following, and to view field OF corn
| that will yield about eleven hundred barrels,
| or about eight barrels TO the acre. Mr.. Jones
| has the low-grounds dyked so as to protect
them entirely from water, except uery high
! JreShetS. This is very valuable plantation,
and do not suppose it could be bought for
100000. Mr.. Jones has high opinion OF
| the colored man as 4 laborer, and says they
can beat any other class When you come
down TO the hard work Of farm.
! Walking down to the river (the blutf) one
evening with some ladies, the remark was
made that the history of Drewry's Bluff was
| the grande>t commentary ever made upon
contention and strife. 1t was here that the
practical illustration was given where one
part OF our people spent much labor and
| money ill putting rocks in the river, and
| that they were now doing the same thing to
| take them out again; and one OF the ladies'
called it " the speech OF the rocks" aud said
when she got married she intended TO stop
! her husband from quarreling by repeating
| 10 him = the speech OF the rocks" Among
these ladies were two granddsughters Of
| Hon. John Winston Jones. who represented
the [. .nmond district in Congress and was
some time Speaker of the House OF Repre-
| SentaiiyeS, and also daughters of the late Go
vernon Townes, Of Georgia, who were on
visit TO their relatives in Virginia.
| There is to be another lady visitor to Vir-
giuia >oon from Eugland-a Hiss Bland, u
| lady OF literary taste and attachments, who,
it is said, is gathering material to write his
| tory OF the Bland family, Of which she is Il
member, that originally settled at Jordan'S
Point, in Prince George county, Va. She is
expected in Richmond and Petersburg; and
it is said that one member OF the family has
| bought splendid turnout to pay respect TO
| this lady.