The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-01-17
AFTER THE REVOLUTION.
r,ecfyIA.s UNnAPPY CONDITION.
,-,ae.irability of the sherif's Onice--N.r-
cinia in i;Se-Hcr losses In sl"ves-Ihe
Hope Of the Continental Agmy.


OF AlA| AAN'''H
In our last article describing The condition
- tho people Of Virginia Immediately after
clio war of 1916. we LETT the high sheris en-
numbered with difficulties in collecting tho
t,vo, and Che property holders utterly un-
ado tomeet the demands of the State govern
,,ortin this respect Hence 10 was that for
,h.nt seven years the latter 10 eeived little OF
u, revenue from this source. Matters had at
ies.,h reached such pass that it was with
5ncui,y that proper men could be prevailed
mon to act as sherihs. They rcsortcd 90
orerv honorable means 70 avoid the RESPONSE
hates of thc Office they either pretended or
c.r.d mo-. give the required security. plea
not % be q sregardcd nv tie Executive. who
lal the power o. appoint wherever the once
was lett vacant by tsignation, death or any
other cause so successful had tbs pea
ia.l That - became necessary 20 make
special enactment Furnishing bs mes "nN
Otherwise any app 'intee Who could oe con
voted OF not having made proper enoIis 10
give security or of resorting O. any "nioi
means of avoiding tho Office.
VIRGINIA is 1882 AND 1865.
Those who survived the disasters OF the late
War between the STATES have some ldea o.
what were the reiu. c0nsa lences OF ul"
struggle They believe their losses ana su
feul-s exceeded those ~ any otueI IcoPio
heretofore iuy0 we'd in Ae ciicuin ''auv'7'
bat they are mist ken. livery HlHh oo0,'ne-
ir his own ewes the Zero OBJ hi- own pe'u.A~
t-.,ffes and t,o rrfi.. ei and dcspoied Con
fe3erates oyerwhc,mei Ny un enemy VINO
soatnpd 10 d.loht moro Iu plunder than in
patriotism. very naturally ih"-iHeu '"S"o
tie worst case tlat la0 ever occurred III
modern warfare. Zoe IS,i." Ga 100 ven ven
rnde- the smiles " approaching peace, was
f.r ~-aafer er rr.r ban Was ever DISTRICT NO.
Chen o.crt ca by Tie troops o. hex M
vad.rg Df course there are Two SIDES 10 Jnls
oniui0u which m gnt De lnOenniley uiscusstd,
..3 rorI .f. ia me end with unsatisfactory
result, o. both displtants. 10 Us only proposed
,I.rafo-a t1 eve here q short account Oi
tfeaetuIl con liti0n of the country lmmedi-
efalv after the wa. Before hOstihtleo had
Leeun between the colonies and the mother
country the former had since their settlement
been almost altogether dependent upon tho
latter for everything except the food upon
vU.cl tie pe pie lived. They had no ma u-
frt0ries Every article Of domestic use
vas imported from England from
flce pan 90 saddle. IL had even been the
No.cg of tine mother government % discJur-
a. the manufacturing OF anything that
-lt diminish the traffic 50 profitable 90
Ira.h tradesmen. SO IL was tlat when tho
war ended so completely had been the dc
trlction of personal property OF all kinds
farming lmplcmc O. and household
Oh ever NIAAaAbs AANANrAf tAtAN
entered into the composition Ut on
ordinary household. that in many parts OF tue
State the inhabitants were obliged 90 1--we ID
absolute want or m the most primitive way
The depredations of the enemy had exceeded
other worst guucipatlons of the people. Dur
ilg the entire Wa the shores OF the Che-a-
peake and ats tributaries which penetrated
TIE most densely populated part of the state
and therefore the seat of the greatest plenty
and wealth. were LETT d3tenseless against the
swaIms OF the enemy armed ten iers aud
other hostile water craft Of Torres, deserters
and maraudng bands who from time 10
time landed and literally ravished the homes
o. sich and pJOr. hign and low. No article
az l0oi lr furniture. not even the family Bible
or playcr-l 90A, escaped the vigilance ana
cupidi.y of these merciiess invaders Livery
species of clothing was either destroyed or
carried OH.
LOSSES IS sLAvrs.
70 appears impossible to estimate the ex-
tent " the loss in slaves. Virginia at AT
t.me held more property Of this kind than
ANY of the other colonies ana. therefore
cred most. Some idea o. her sses may
b. estimated from tho fact that az the close
ol the war aud when New i.ra was eyae-
uatod by the British, they carried o. from that
city alone about three thousand negro
slaves $40 one time. best les those stolen dur
ing tlo seven ye.rs OF active hO-tltles lt
may therefore be inferred how IN INV more
must have been taken from lrglnia during
tie same period. ln addition 90 losses in TINS
way. vast numbers OK slaves died of small
p0x on the plantations This terrible nlec-
ton Was actually INTRO Ia ed into the eastern
counties 1y the enemy for the purpose
Of their destruction. There was 10 prOtec-
ton against its r4yages. Vaccination
was then unknown. In ITS place luOcula-
ti0n was resOltCI tO. but only bv the better
class %. whites who could bear the expense
Ci the personal isolation re lulred while they
were undergoing this radical treatment
sUIfFmNG TOR FOOD.
Few of our people of the present day know
of the amount of suffering our toretatheT5
endured tor the want of the c0mmone Z arti-
c.es O. food. The feeding o. the state troops
and those az the Continental line together
with the loss oil horses n.ules and stock of
every kind bad we'll nigh exhausted the re-
sources of tie state before the cessation of
L0slhles. So great was the stress upon the
entire country that We find the Continental
Duarterma-t ter general sening the most ur-
gent appeals 20 the Virginia auth rites Tor
food and clothing Tor the army until 40 last
he was or ed admit al one period of the
war that his last and only dependence WIS
upon Virginia ami that un ess she could
come 20 the rescue the troops must be
allowed 70 seek relief from the suffering as
they could.
UGINIA TIE HOPE or THE COUNTRY.
ID sucu cout n9enc}. dlluoug On greatly
Impoverished herself. the State in no instance
over failed respond iayOraolr 10 these APP
lea.s. Scarcely had Size furnished the su 1ples
demanded under one o. these app locations
than "a new and unexpected draft was made
upou her resources Burgoyne had Just sur
rendered nearly TX thousand men at aratOga.
and II was determined that most O. these
prisoners of war were to be supported by
Virginia. Acc rdlngly they We're soon quar-
tered upon her terri Dry. Guards were 10 be
provided aud house, to be erected Tor their
occupation. They were sent % dlIerent parts
OF the State but the greater part % the nei h-
b0rh0od ~ Charlottesville and Manchester.
while many We're quartered IN Chesterfield
AVID other neiehbOung cOuntes. In order
o. show what was tue expense of
maintaining this peaceful standing army
m Airgiula We give tie reado;
single spec men of the reluisitiOus
made for tleir mantaince. VIZ for one-ha.f a
months supply 3. 400 pounds OF beef 80 900
pounds Of flour. a prop rti nate supply O,
um. salt peas and other vegeta les Ac-
c.mpanNng them was TIE candid statement
maleby the United States Second Qurtermas-
trr General that the Government had no other
means Of support ng them. To show how
fat the States resOUr es were being eX-
A.u.trd it seem proper n tins connection %
ra.l attention % nther a. disIeputaO.9 fact.
There were specula tOrs IN these trying times
d. .It.4rt