The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-08-26
xcu Jersey Editor makes a sisi' 20
Virginia.

,,u,f<ralure: 70.
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.cu Jersey Editor makes n sisit 20
Virginia.
.,.,, q, editorial IT. :he fassaio city Her"ia'I
THE NEGROES.
49,, ~ the nlantstion negro is still ex-
3, \ir,inia. We saw more genuine
A"' Norfolk, however, than in Peters
HtD|r,"5 EIchnond. The Norfolk negroes
p"' 49,. .n,qrtesi. pertcSt, wittiest, most mu'
S'' ,' .,,,. industrious, and most Intelligent.
Sr',.. Na,fo.k mig" don't know isn't
~ .,,a,D'." The reason OF this Is 'hat
w." -, more brain.food. CLAIMS and crabs
."; - ~ r.i cooked or raw. And three
,.,, -. It, they cat fish when they can get
ia. .,,I f.h i ever cheap at Norfolk. wei
-, - ,ysrry fine "spots e sort OF Hat perch
a.t.l or each std') selling for 12s cents
IA ,.,Iockj in the market; and tue later
,I.. d4y me cheaper they get. by the
'' r,a fj,h are sanded and stltf2ned With Il |
,:,t ,r.i fish not tiX"d off in this way are
..S'.J.h. for NOBODY in Norfolk will eat hsh
,i.,.'s,yr o,ru on ice, and if stiffened In sand
,T,rrrla>rf- conclude that they are Iresn,
~, i no, fresh, no worse than they seem
rr. negroes are DOW fattening, and all look
clock greasy. and shiny. Watermeion$,
,.,r.n.eoru. h,h. AID crabs. These comprise
ali uae,..d ,Or healthy. happy negro; ana
Xar;alH iu>1 now has surieit OF all, !or you
c.,il .., crab, hanging about The dock spiles
.,,ytrrt. quNiuusiy waiting TO be scooped
VI iur dinner
Tt,. Iirlr cart with a donkey in front. fast.
.rrt ui;o harness half string and ropes,
and the rr-' old Iealhern thongs. ana the plan-
,,,o,, nero free, sitting on the front Of We
b;.,, ,rrnt,mes made with a rack body, and
,jugy. covered with cotton cloth over hlcko-
rs v,nrs. and linked by green branch on
either >iu,. Of the cart, significant OF wealth
,f ,p4ou> ard yrrrn-corn inside, with pc.
crr,-c crr or ycll that we could not make out.
all.r.,Ird curious tcuS. and especially we're
wrgu,rI,ed with The darky and donkey.
AuiAg al Norfolk on sunday after
noon. The steamer had no sooner touched the
what .AaD about two hundred negroes
rtl,trI ,tn:Iru with dray>, and as 'longshore-
mon tumI"d out large WarehouSetul OF
tnI.H in t,<> than four bours. They worked
- wr never .aw men work beioIe-like very
Save. on TIE iuil run and in steady line IN
md ont with Immense uadS, two big g]gln.
he Black. >tanGing on either side of the gang.
WAY aud .ivl caca beayily-laden dray u
shove Up. NO>tCam apparatus III New Ork
could have Gore tie work bali rs quickly.
ON our rc'urn at Norfolk we had large
yI. Of negroes waiting several hours, ana
They got Ia dancing. singing genuine planta-
ton rnrlodies, ana finally we were greatly IN
t,r,.>irG in = di>cns>iun in whlch three or four
Catholic negro converts defended themselves.
On" Of them referred 10 the "gloSs and shine
wn. der Lord put on Noses face when dey
luG 10 yoyrr il wid wall 30 people could see
t..il | q o.
lc. handled the "A posiieS and their success
sion very >hrcwdly, and got the best OF the
argument: but The MethOdiSts and BaptlSts
ou,uumbcrcd him. and the ardor shown on
both ,i,i,> might sir up war that would en-
li> most >ucn devoted ignorant classes W 0lch
knoH !,g>t and have little Of any religion
whatever.
Bot aU the GalkicS are not piously in
rElc!. But all are ohliging. II you miss
yuur Nay or want 10 find out anything, 2
negro child eight or ten years old will tell
yru, whrIc White boy will know nothing
about Il, or At best seem muddled. AT Rich
mord, in Hollywood Cemetery, We asked
three white boys aged from nine TO thirteen
wncrc Mouroc'> monument was. They bad
alAay> lived in Richmond, but knew not
whrIe was one OF the principal objects Of ln-
rrc;ly afterwards We met Il negro; be told
Us at ouc.. So, in Norfolk, we asked for a
FrtncAglau'> iur>ery some What noted for
il m,guoinl>, Of which we had long heard.
W. ask,d several white fellows on the cor
nry>, aud had to ask some colored folks at
iI-;. They knew to Il dot, at once, every
llJir and corner Of Norfolk, Richmond, OF
Petersburg.
But uur lad lost his exalted opinion of the
negro population whilst Il shiDg on the wharf
al NoIlotk When waiting for the steamship
a. get lugbrd. He had taken the top par
italy 1T from b,g Dull-cam and had bait
q! h'> books and laid the clam carefully back
III the shade Of the spile behind him. And
then Ac >at with his legs dangling over the
toch 10y, Il coptid:pg and happy boy for The
tine ; but directly an of1icl0ns ard obliging
H.-!o came up, ard began to talk TO him
nhout f>hing-told him to keep steady
hand dr en- deG line and look TO der line all
Grg time dose spots bite mighty tender Ike:
han Ter keep YER eye on DER line all der
uu.c.' Addison kept bis eyes on the line
"fh >vads fnger ready TO jerk the hook
a lie least perturbation until crab hat
too3,d thc hooks. when he pulled up to re.
1l1l, and on picking up the clam from where
Z" had placed il, found that the negro (who
A-u lUst d!sapDcared) whilst telling him 10
- + his eye steady on the line, bad gone
through that clam and sucked it clear and
c't'H Of every particle OF meat. Such dis
%I"'"d TiCim Of misplaced confidence we
h,He: saw was that 'Soy when on bis way
- ..s. ket tor another'Ciixn he found his bait
MIR" also missing. lie came 10 The cGnclu-
ri"u 1. giye up his s. fsbiDg," saying be be-
s'.'vd'.1erc were more :G,h and not so many
L. erueS on Dundee Jake.
OUR DARBY RREER.
4 >kiug Z darky eoachman if be saw the
ict,fotG:k Isn', said he, mo, sab ses
tHrh n!aE,ts advice, and mheneber hears;
De slss j gums. neGer liked 10 stan Stihi
ANA iis-el te de soun ob dem guns.'
THE CROPS
II Meicia have changed greatly. Theresis
rs, OF tohAcco aud coltoI. although we saw
Vast h"ids, 4na more Of c0ru. potatoes, gel
"u>. etc. Especially are some of the farmers
hhd!ng ou! that they can raise hay very
t.z>Ity, and less and less is wanted dl0m the
~H'Itb, ahbougb che Whole deck Of our ship |
"a> laden witt II in bales, sent from New /
'"S 10 Richmond. Corn especially Is in |
. fasirs Us production every year, and all
tA' bd''om'lsEds grow it splendidly. The
p'!4!o,gruD had not troubled them much
!el. Eut our wonder was excited at the
great plethora Of melons. Our steamer
Di'osht them TO New York by thousands.
o1e o'1e PLANTER told Us he bad during the week
SSH'ipcd sSj 600 worth OF watermelons to
ne" York, Philadelphia, ana Boston. But
a. q general thing Virginia looks poor 10 her
'anu The high grounds seem to be worn out,
anu IL Is sorr0wful fact that plantations
Ha'e been soId In Virginia within the last
: feaf al 'rcm sl.25.to 80 per acre. including