The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-08-05

pn0Sfy uIteTapCeS VI sUiuc naEou lux Se"S
before; again, behind me would imagine
that heard the neigh OF my friends horses,
and would turn around md gee nothing,
and have to conclude that the noise came
| from some horse eating his nubhins in far
away stable. l had q good opportunity
TO observe the country and the crops ana TO
lament when T saw once fine mansions I'M
cared for and tumbing down fences going 70
rack and ruin; fields poorly cultivated, ana,
except in a small number of cases, despair
showing itself in tie no-care way the land
holders tended their homes and soil. The
war and the succession OF bad seasons have
done their worst IN this section, and there Is
little wonder that the people have been
almost without hope. There are magnificent
forests of pine and oak on the upper end OF
the Thrcc-chop road, but they he midway
between the canal and the FREDERICKSBURG
railroad. and too far from either, and cannot
be gotten 10 market. II there was any
meaps OF transportation they would bring
fortunes TO their owners and carry JOY to
homes now seldom gladdencd by the sight
OF grcenhacks.
As I passed Berea church / saw people
coming in from all the roads and paths cen
trng there. and was told that they were in
the midst of protraeted meeting, which
promises well Very shortly protracted
meeting will commence at Deep-Run church,
which is not so far from Richmond. This
seems TO be a season Of great religious meet
ingS, and the country ministers are all hard
st work. though | am yet to learn where
their efforts have been rewarded by COM
menShrate results.
l noticed that the Deep-Run Coal Com
pary have sunk new shaft near the Broad
street road. and the branch road from the
Fredericksburg railroad has been extended
down there. The coal they have raised APP
pears TO be quite fine, and l understand that
the vein they are working on promises an
abundInt yield,
On the road TO Richmond encountered a
heavy rain. If it lc! in as great quantities
AT the campin2.grouDds it must have Sus-
pended operations temporarily. il no! per-
manen,ly. The place of worship-lhe ar
boris cnly'a thin covering OF green bouShs
LAID upon framework, and while sufficient to
afford protection from the rays OF the sun,
would offer no security for new bonnet in
case OF rain. a.. -..-t. e-, $50
OF course the "campers," who have
formed agreeable circles of friends around
them, will be sorry when the meeting is
over but what will be their replnings to
those of the tradesmcn? Think OF the feel
ings Of my friends the reStdrateur, the
confcctioner, the ice-cream and Lemonade
keeper, the wa,ermelon-man, the livery Sta
bic keeper, and that most Seryiceable friend
OF the masculine sex the barber. They will
sorrow without hope, for, nnless~l am great
ly mistaken. they have been making much
money, aud will not soon have another like
opportunity.
10 conclude The Methodists are great
people. The indomitable spirit that built
up q church il SLOW old England in the face
Of persecution. and insult. and outrage; the
enter prise that made their clrcult.riderS fol-
low close behind the pioneers Of the West,
and endure all sorts OF privalions to plant
the standard Of Jehovah in those wllds,
abides in their people here. Their Gooch-
land camp-mecliDg may not prove grand
religious revolution in that county, but IL is
Il PR eminent success considering the char
acter OF the people present, the decorum and
order which prevail, and the splendid SER
mons delivered.
by going out and coming in was not as
smooth as it might have been. remember
the language OF that departed worthy, MIR.
Schad, of that Icetle'' German Band-the
German Rifles. He went TO New York by
steamer, and sea-sickness came upon him
with all Of its dread intensity. In one "lu
cid" interval he cried out TO his friend, in
tie anguish Of bis heart, Ode next time /
goes TO New York by der stbeamboat takes
der cars" With the same noble sentiment
auiuating my breast, declare That the next
time so to ca.np-meeting in a canal boat,
aud have TO return on foot, shall stay at
home DALLAS.