The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-08
gitlmond 1ispatth.
my OCTOBER 8, 1881.
prTERsBuRG.

,sr no the TOBACCO ny FROST
eSAA' PROSPECTS oF THE FARMERS
eS ~ REuBRS CLEMENTS, THE LAST
phn .1,.oa OF THE PETERSBURG voiUErRERs
,,s WAR OF lsl2--NTERSsrrNe RELIC
. ,re sArTr.R OF YORKTOWN.
81 '"@ Aeoce Of The Richmond Dipatch.l
iC"' OCTOBER Z, 1881.
90. renorts from the surrounding coun-
i% ra,,,,,Sent that the cold weather OF
nrs.ssdsy night and severe frost OF yes
hgS morning did great damage to the
ieibs srop. Owing 10 the drought OF
iosV .,',,,,,,eT. and In many instances the
te sS A. nlaniiug. the crop was generally
ceN :" 6,lly one half OF II, il + believed,
h'e' s 81. 4, The fields. This has in large
rem, -, ruined by the frost. In the
P' - ~ MccAlcnburg, Brunswick, and
celn.55sio. large tobacco-growing see
UNIV 49, damage l. great, and the pros
uV.N III The planters ARE exceedingly
~, In the lower counties much in-
goo'SS ,lso reported 10 the peanut vines.
Wii. p9uhcn Clements, The last survivor
" ~ p,,ershurg volunteers in the war OF
O. or, y, J;e5 last night in the nincty-firSt year
III, ere lie was born in Dinwiddic
o. ~. s. 1871, removed to Petersburg
,'b,n Young man, had ilVed here for
W.. .etcntv years, and for over forty
80. Va, successful merchant. lie was
$50 that glorious band OF 1908 men who,
OK oist of October, 1912, left this city,
49, command Of Captain Richard Nc
~. an their long and tedious march 10
49, ~ fight the battles of their country
- var against Great Britain. Their
y. - anal conspicuous gallantry in the bat
II Tor. MeigS. on the 9Th of May, 1913,
.t,.f For them the special commentator
sIksnl> Of General William Henry llar-
.,,,1 ,bc general in command Of the army,
IA won from the lips OF President
,I..r.on ihe proud title bestowed upon
r.,.r.hrrr. because OF their s0ldieT-like
i,eln,, aud gallantry, q "the Cockade
~, Thomas Bell Bigger, OF Richmond,
III, lately died, was member Of this
,,c.,,I. CORPS. Mr.. Clements was a man OF
49, triete,t honor and integrity, and of
,smark3llc strength OF mind and constitu-
Inn Tptoaboui a year ago, when he was
E.,bled bv n fall, he was as active in his
b,bt, q. many men of half his years. To
ibi. fall 4. ascribed the disease which termi-
refpi ,u nl> Qcat1. Ills Suitti ilSS ldtttill
wgre very great, and lac prayed for death
s.qvelcome friend. He felt, too, that his
I,,. ol usefulness were ended, and wanted
toiest rest. lie leaves married children
IN MI. civ and Richmond. The father OF
NJ Clements WAS a soldier IN the RcNolu-
forsrv army, and wa, present at the siege
,nd surrender OF Yorktown.
4 gentleman OF this city has in his pos
.e.,ioa relic Of interest-a heavy gold
ospdapf Of an old-iashioned fob, which
M. found at Yorktown on the 10Th
of October. 1871. just under the stone in
which Il i, sci is a small piece Of paper, on
one side 81 which Is written: "Col. Lee,
Lirht.Hor>e Harry. Va, 1880, December
lab" on the other side l. written:
aFouud oct. ~, ISL, on the battlefield
II Yorktown. Oh. FAINT Mr.. Miller OBJ
timed mi, relic in 1865 at Winchesterfrom
aUnion soldier. the son Of the man who is
alleged 10 have found it, and who pawncd
uf5ra consideration, hut never redeemed
ROBIN ADAR.