The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-08-21

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Your pro saoor (. b. Brown, Of Richmond
College. IN MAILING 4 speech the other Gay
A. Halifax Courthouse. gave the reason why
south Boston was called South Boston. IL
ass not because IL was expected tast that
c,tv would ever rival Hub Boston. III Was
named Boston Ly. Mr.. Cerrington, 10
whom the land then belonged, wnen ne
heard Of the bold stand the people OF Dos
| ton had taken against the oppressive mea-
sures of George the Ill. IL Is sometimes
aid that this Mr.. Darlington was ailer-
wards the Lieutenant Darlington VINO ois'
| tineuisbed bimself under General dreene,
and especially at Quinby Bridge; Dut
| think that Lieutenant Darlington was from
Charlotte county. The old people USED TO can
| him Captain Darlington. Al QulnDy bfloge'
IN south Carolina, the British had a DOWN.,
ger beyond The stream. cause"ay 'eu
down 10 the bridge across which the Amen'
cans had to pass, and fatigue party OIL the
onsmy we're throwing into The wafer tne
rIanks ~ the bridge, which had been pre-
yious,y loosened for this purpose. Wnen
Captain Armstrong, who led tbe hrst sec
tIon OF the American cavalry, saw tDe sHua'
| tion of things, he led his men Dolby over
The bridge upon the enemy; out tnal rusu
across :be bridge made the charge LOT
the second section much more difncut,
since others OF the panks which bad
h,en losseued were shaken of into lnc
water. When The second section came 10 Inc
nlsce. IL is said that Lieutenant CaTrington
halted. measured the chasm, and forced DIS
bors. "a lean over. Ii is matter OF history
th,t The third section faltered. This Lieu
tenant Darlington was, | think, the latner
~ large portion OF the Darlington family
but do not tDibk he was The man VINO
cave the name OF South Boston TO wnas
was then ferry.pIace ADD boat.lapd'ns on
Dan river. lie was also, think, The grand
father OF Mrs. John b. McPhail ana OF
Mrs. Hugh Blair Grigsby.
There was on old story 10 Haiiiax
county which said that when Cornwallis
had driven Greene out OF North Carolina
into Virginia large portion OF Greenes
army crossed at South Boston, and that the
whole army afterwards encampee on lne
range Of hills which lies on the norm sue
of the Bsnister. 1t was about dark when
the cayalrymen OF Lees legion forced tneir
horses into the water OF the Dan and walked
into the ferry-bOats. The next morning
two OF the Americans went down 10 lbe
river TO see what could be seen and AZ Inc
same time two British soldiers came down
on the other side. The story goes that each
of the Americans singled out bis man, nred,
and killed him.
A few miles from the Halifax line, up in
Person county, is = celebrated hsbIng-plsce
called Bsrnetl's pond. This pond, formed
by dam where creek runs between Two
hills, covers about two bundred-some say
three bundred-acres OF land. Club are
caught here in abundance, and perch OF
several varieties. But the fish commonly
called pond roach is there in almost SUI
perabundanee. Some OF the people tell me
that they have caught them at the raie OF
one in every two minutes. IDS pohu
roach, however, is pot the three-lnch nsn
you may be thinking OF; they are often
caught more than six inches long. Some OF
Iz,ak Wauon's disciples 20 down to this
pond every year and spend week on lis
banks.
In nv travels during the last ten days /
have taken pains to inquire what people
were thinking about as to political matters.
The impression seems to be becoming Fixed
that Colonel Cameron is relying mostly
upon the colored people for support, and
that therefore the white people must stand
off from him and stand up for Daniel. Peo-
pie seem to be shrinking from entrustiDg
the State government into the hands OF a
coalition party, and TO be coming over to
the belief that only the Daniel party can
settle the debt question and restore peace in