The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-28

Your correspondent has just made tour
taruu.'t lhr r"Un,.c> Of Sullivan. Hawkins,
and lilrr,rk. Is. / nn">>cC, and lee, scott,
and Wu>nil.tua. III virginia. Making the
,,.,.,,,, Lur>r',arN lie has had ample oppor-
ll..l.- OF >tri;.- ihy crops. IN this moun-
;..u country tu" roads run aioD" the valleys,
,yA,.. the fine iun> are located. Judging
IRON. tt,,. area ~. land that WAS IN wheat, maj
rlni. LI'I>l !.JN, hv,n greater than 1t has been
for ulilN Var: but owing 10 the vast ana
continuous .uiu> at least Onc-hat OF The
wArl, i ruined. Very little OF the crop has
been housed %" pat mp III large stacks.
~4pn,-r nir.t,ru.tM cntlcths OF the wheat Is
>tiu In the I'LL, yut upin dozens, rs they III C
called: and I'll, bundles on the tops OF the
dozens and around the sides have pretty
.rnrla.ly ,roli' ed, and the little stacks are
-Irru from the sprouted wheat. Some OF
TIL wheat lia> ben >proutcd for two weeks
O. more. Many farmers say they Will have
L. r.. their Wheat TO the hogs.
Nua OF the oat crop is also destroyed. l
i.H" sen crop, .cag the road turned over
q tnr Mo@>.
The corn crop j the finest that has been
for uNy Year. tul even that IS somewhat
injured in cons, gucnce Of the rains coming
Oh before SON" ot'ihe farmers had finished
lioughng their corn. and the grass Is lDJu-
!ng such Very materially.
ll!a.nvd every DAY whilst was making the
tr!p, and | believe il has rained nearly every
day siucc the rnoiJuly. The people say it
viii rain forty days. Maybe it will. The rivers
have been very high, stopping ferry boats
from running, and ovcltlo wing the crops on
liz foreground, 10 considerable extent.
| passed over The backbone Of East Ten
rc>>ce-thc Ciinch mountain. l was ascend
Ing The mountain for six miles. thought
once ! had cone TO The top, especially as l
found myself descending and the streams
running IN the direction | was travelling !;
bu, suddenly the stream ran across the road
and through vast cave under mountain
nearly live hundred feet high. | asked 4
G!tZau where that stream came out, and was
told Il came on! one and half miles ahead
OF NE. asked how he knew that was the
sauc steam. and he SAID that cucumbers and
ether vegetables had been washed out OF
springs above, and found again where the
Stream leaves tie mountain. After winding
around valleys for about four and hall
lAi!c> ! came up against the side OF the nigh
e>t ridge. Ii seemed 10 stand up like wall.
tell i, Moses must have felt at the Red sea.
The road seemed 10 strike right against the
mountain. A citizen remarked, $50 Tor.
ward, Moses did, and the way would
OPEN" wen, up. up, up. Occasionally l
would stop and look down the way had
come, and there lay the road below me like
the hanioters Of Il winding stairway IN six.
slor! hotel. I'D.
On reaching Sneedville ] foand the Rev
i)f. hmbrough, agent Of Messy Creek Col
icgc, and Mr.. HOpwood,a Campbeite, en-
gagged in debating the peculiar points Of doc
irIl!aI differences that exist between the Bap'
Lists aud Complexities. mo offence is meant
III using this world Preached SpeedVille on
The hind day Of The discussion. 1t was ex.
pected TO last eight days. l only remained
one day. They spgnt that day 10 discussing
The following proposition: DR.. kimbrough
maintained thai regeneration was produced
by The direct application of the Holy Spirit
with The heart OF The sinner. Dir. Hopwood
denied the same. They spoke four hours,
dividing the time equally. The church was
crowded with interested spectators. We
viii hear Of the result hereafter. EN-.
+. ;. There was q meeting OF the citlzeDs
o' part Of Lee and Scott ut Pattonsyille
on Saturday last to consider the prophet,
o. forming ue@ county by taking :. parl
from Lee and part IRON Scott, EN-.