The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-04-16
LOUISA COUNTY.

CoUSTY-COURT DAY GREAT CROWD-POlt-
TICS. HOUSEKEEPING. &C:-ToBACCO PRE-
Observation-Disclosures TO. THE PENl-
TEATIARY--PERSONAL.
1Correspoudence OF the Richmond Dispatch.1
LOUISA COURTHOUSE, April Is, 1879.
Yesterday was our County-Court day,
and. being holiday, the usual large crowd
which attends our courts was increased ny
MANY hundreds. County politics was the
chief topic, and were discussed by rich and
poor, high and low, white and coored. The
candidates-and their nameis lrgion-were
out in full force, and their" ieutenants,"
or working friends, did their duty, preSu-
mably. The crowd was very orderly,
however, and no rowdyism or drunkenness
marred the peace and order OF the day.
Three patent-medicine men, well gifted
with CAB" kept up a continuous chat
ter of would-be witty sayings to draw
the attention of the. people in order to in
duce them to buy tker "great remedies =" !;
and as this kind OF entertainment IS kind
of temporal heaven to many individuals, Il
crowd was kept around them the most OF
the day. The horse market. G., the pub
lie suuare-was centre OF great attraction.
judge John l.. Cochran presided In court
Judge Lane being still confined to sick
bcd) and dispatched business in his usual
vigorous style. The grand jury were
sworn in, and true bills were found against
William Talley, Albert Mitchell, and Eliza
Ann Jackson GALL colorcd), for murder and
arson; Easter Woodson (colorcD Tor ieo-
NOUS assault, and Napier White for same.
Easter Woodson was tried to-day and sem
fenced to one years Imprisonment in the
Napier WAS also tried, but
the Jury bung, and the case was continued
until the next term. Those indicted for
murder elect to be tried by the Circuit
Court.
In the evening great interest and excite
mcnt was manifested over horSe-race, and
at least six hundred persons, it was esti-
mated, went half mile below town to wit
ness the same. The crowd was so great
that MANY living on the suburbs monenta-
rIy thought it was mob, and that the
in Jail had been taken out OF the
hand of the law. And, in this connection,
permit me to say that however much en-
ragged our people may be over such an afro
cious and tiendish murder as that OF Mr..
Walton they are willing to permit the ac-
cuscd to await the action OF the law, know
ing full VOL that Justice will be done, and
fully recognizing the wrong OF lynch law.
A meeting was held here yesterday eve
ming to award certain tobacco prizes offered
through Mr.. George j. Sumner. Dir. Sum-
ner spoke for about half an hour in words
of encouragement to the tobacco-planiers
urging them to work for quality more than
quantity, to use as little fertilizer as they
possibly could-for the facility of which the
fertilizers had been put upon the market
md the neg lcct of homemade manure had
done great harm-to handle their crops
we'll, put them in the market at the proper
Tine, and assuring them OF good prices if
hey but carried out these things. Mr.. Sum-
ner quoted fine prices given for Louisa
crops OF tobacco, and concluded by award
ing the premiums. One premium was 500
in gold, awarded to Mr. L. L. Trice for
1000 pounds OF tobacco made with his
own hands, and which brought $50 per
l00..,
The next premium Offered to colorcd
men) was $50 IN gold, and was awarded to
W. =. Perkins, successful competitor,
whose crop weighed 81 pounds net, and
brought SO per hundred. In presenting
the premiums Mr.. Sumner made quite suit
able remarks.
Our most esteemed county Judge is still
quite i'll. His recovery, under the benef-
ccnce OF kind Providence, would be
hailed with great JOY.
Rev. Z. II. Prtchctt, OF the Methodist
church, is confined to his bed with sickness.
His many friends and brethren earnestly
hope for his early recovery. 3.