Patriotism among the farmers.
--Messrs. Smith and Wigfall are doing much service in their public appeals in behalf of the cause and their arguments for the reduction of prices and the liberal distribution of the necessaries of life. Five of the largest counties in the State have in public meeting of their citizens adopted resolutions honorable to their humanity and their patriotism. Their examples should be followed universally. Old Augusta especially takes strong ground. The citizens taking part in the meeting resolved to pay in their tenth to the Government and to sell their surplus produce at the prices fixed by the Government assessors; and they further resolved to report all farmers who refused to do this to the Government officers, in order that their surplus might be impressed. Albemarle, Buckingham, Louisa, Augusta and Monroe lead the way in these honorable resolutions. If some other counties which send their produce to this city would imitate their example, the prospect here would wear a more cheerfully.
