The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-06-05
A TRIp no 5DANylLLE.
!" sEvENTEEN.YEAR LoCUsTs "-CEMETERY
aNTfLoU1sA coURT-HousR- FEW WORDS
: ABOUT THE BAPTIST. GENERA .Asso CA
!; rsoS-DANyILLE HosPlTALETr-kB BEAU
TiFUf AND PROSPEROUS CITY. 4t.
rt;o r,. of the Richmond Di.pa,ch.l

H.. 2 -, ,,QS THE WING, June 4, 1877.
A trim from Richmond to .Danyille uio
Chesapeake and Ohio and Virginia Midland
route present many objects of interest.
The crops along the route are; GENERALLY
very finc, blu. they begin to suffer greatly
for rain. -. ,#r,' -:
The "seyenteen-year locusts'', are ex-
citing nc, little interest and attention. At
Louisa Courthouse and ut DanviIle saw
and heard thousand of them making the
woods ring like the Jingle o! hundreds OF
merry sleigh.belis. learned from gen.
tleman of Roanoke county that they made
their appearance in that region in 1876,
which was Just seventeen years from the
time Of their last visit. They do not seem
to iniure vegetation to any extent, and APP
pear very innocent Il let>aFone, though 1t
is said that they will sting II molested. and
that their sting is very poisonous. was
unable oStreteh my imagination sufficiently
Ito recognize tho So W" or, their wings; but
others were able to see it quite distinctly.
saw in the woods numbers of small holes
in the ground, out OF which the locusts are
supposed to come, and Into which, 1t Is said.
they will retire after completing their sum-
mer campaign; but OF that this deponent
saith not. ;i,s a.. n, -- a.. }~... = -. =:
Will notsorhe one of our,naturalists give
us tterdfionais OF the movements Of these
strange insects? Where do they come
from ?,Whv do they come only every seven
teen years? What are their habits? How
long will they stay, and will they really
GO back into their holes in the ground2 !.
:, I was Interested in visiting the cemetery
at Louisa Courthouse. and seeing how
beautifully the soldiers graves are kept by
the ladies who have charge OF them. Most
OF the soldiers buried there were killed at
the battle OF Trevillian's depot where
Hampton whipped Sheridan so badly that
not even his bald-faced, false. report to
Grant could fully deceive the northern
people. .n-g' Ct -
/ found DanYille full OF delegates and
visitors in attendance upon the Virginia
Baptist General Association. Your full re-
port By telegraph leaves me little to add. I
must say, however, that in n somewhat fire.
quent' attendance upon such meetings / have
rarely Witnessed such universal or such law
ish hospitality as was shown the Association
BIZ the people OF Danvile. The members
OF all OF the churches opened their hearts
and their homes, and We'd with each other
in the elegance OF the entertainment afford
ed all conlers.'r'! f',. ''''e T.. o.. 60
The sessions, of the body were, very gen
orally attended by large crowds, filling the
Opera-House to its utmost capacity, and yet
the good order and attention was SO mark
ed az to fully merit the compliment paid
the people by the president (Judge jones',
who said, in his closing remarks, that the
order was the best he had ever Witnessed
upon such an occasion.
The 1neetingwas very largely attended,
considering that it WAS on the extreme
oniItbaro border of fine hounds Of the -
ISOLATION. BesideSthree hundred delegates,
there We're large number OF twisting
brethren, "Aamong whom we noticed Rev.
DR.. T. H. Fritchard, Rev. Theo. Whitfield,
Rev. F. Ii. Jones, Rev. Professor Charles E.
TAYLOR Rev. Z. +: Bailey, Rev. W. S. Fon-
tame. and others, OF North Carolina Rev.
George w. Beale, OF Georgetown, d. 6. );
Rev. C.. c.. aIeador, OF Washington; Rev.
Dr.,J. =. Boyce, OF Louisville; Rev. DR.. G..
/ H. Toy and Rev. L. {. Dargan, OF South
Caroiina; Rev. A.. Is. Woodtin, Chaplain
elect OF the University OF Virginia, and
Rev. DR.. .McIntosh,;' Of Alabama: 80 .
I, T have ,yNrely seen such evidences Of thrift
AS are to DE seen On all sides in Danville.
They now claim q population OF nearly
10000, double what they had five years ago.
1t seems TO visitor that nearly every house
in DanYilIe is bran-new, While the beauti-
full yards and gardens, flowers, trees, and
fountains, all betoken taste and liberality
that one rarely meets in Virginia town.
Indeed, Danville is already one Of the pref
test cities in the country, while the enter
prise, business success, and high culture OF
the people give promise Of great improve
ment in the future. AL. - .j
But your readers will thank me to stop
now. p. ...., FIAToR.