The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-05-25
Correspondencs Of ,hs pi.p.teh

correspondence of the Dispatch
THE wkALTH AND PROSPERITY OF prrrULvAsrA
uNIa-THk THRIFT or THE PRuP1 1E-IxPRovr.
mkNTs At THE COURT HOUSE, AND THE MAT
COUNTY. AA
PirrsrLvANrAC. H., May H. 1854
Attending Court on yesterday AT hi. Mac :,
may not be uninteresting to your nunero.. s.h.cr,
bers who appear to be scattered eperanrbsr. 70
hear something of this rising County heins now.
owing to the enterprise intelligence and bersltv of
Its citizens, emphaiically the empire County of
Virginia With population Of 3000o inhabitants:
territory of forty by fifty miles of fertile coil and
people pretty clear of debt, the ECounty lacks
nothing but facilities to market to push still further
on this, what the lamented Tunstall used to eai
his great and glorious County of Pittsylvania" !"
with the noble Dan ON the South, Staunton on the
North, and Bannister running through its centre all
anording fertile fields and rich Forest what would
oe the growth of this County IL she had
Railroad running through her midst to send off
nerimmense productions already making and
which might be made The advantages to her
self and Virginia would be.incalcnlable If
any people on earth deserves the fostering care
of the Legislature to aid them in sending their
full cultivation her immense lille, but rich. IN.
cultivated lands, these are the people, 1t may
be said that large appropriations have been made
to the Richmond and Danville Railroad 4he last
named place in this county, but when we consider
this Improvement is more valuable to any County
on Its line than to this the road only runs some
dozen miles through its extreme Southern bounda.
ry, affording but little aid to County so large the
nearest depot to this place being 20 miles, and the
Inconvenience increasing you go farther North
into the County then the appropriations should be
set down to the debt of these Counties and not to
this although.from her great disnterestedness the
people here subscribed individually about $4,000
and then taxed themselves bya County subscrip-
ton of $50, 900 more to complete road more from
County pride than the hope of pecuniary reward.
This contrasts awfuly with the spirit of Halifax,
which pays almost nothing, and has the benefit OF
the road through her entire length and breadth
Mark what say, these people will forca an i'm
provement either intersecting the DanviIle or
Lynchburg roads
Many Eastern farmers have visited the County
looking out homes and with the proceeds OF their
worn out farms sold at home purchased virgin and
beautiful tracts of land in this Comfy; and in fact
some Western farmers anxious to turn planters,
have found it to their interest to purchase and lo
cate here Influenced from the cheapness and fer
tiiity OF the lands and the high character of the
population. II man wishes TO gain an insight of
their County pride, he will be furnished with an
index in looking at their County seat, beautiful
and enterprising village, the houses generally new,
aud of the model cottage order. Every thing looks
refreshing about the place. There are four
Churches, one hourishing Female Academy and
two Male Schools, the Store-houses built and ar
ranged in city style, aordng assortments to salts.
{v<h Tc,
ing and well kept, indeed Simmons HOTEL would
be an ornamentto to any City, two stories, fronting
Main and cross Streets 40 feet. doubt If there
s another village of the size Oths that hasso large
Hotel The new Court House is one of great
beauty, finished off and furnished with great ele-
gance and taste, with basement room of spacious
dimensions intended for Elections and other Coun-
ty Meetings. The Clerks offices under the
same root The yard is now being graded sewn in
green sward and to be set out with ornamental
shade trees and enclosed with iron railing. The
JAIL is large two story brick building, with apart
ments for the keeper this building would put to the
blush many of the Court Houses in this State.
Nor are all the improvements confined to the Vii.
age take any of the public roads which leads from
the County seat, all OF which are in good repair and
amply furnished UiM fnderes, and you are met at
every two or tn rec miles, with highly improved
farms, with noble and elegant mansions which
clearly shew that hey are specimens of modern
architecture, sweetly reposing amid clusters of
shade trees, which cause the traveller to exclaim
" If there is peace to be found in the world, the
heart that is contented may find it here" This
County is celebrated for the tine manufacturing
quality of tobacco it raises and is fortunate being
remote from market that has many factories in
it-and those planters who sell at the Court House
readily obtain from $40 to H. round for their crope
including the lugs; but the County needs Banking
Capital. Commensurate with its trade, although
they have wemanaged Savings Bank at the
Court House, which accommodates to the amount
of over 100000 per annum, it is very inadequate
to the wants of the trading community and the peo-
pie feeling the want, petitioned the Legislature at
the last session TO grant charter for Branch
Bank here-Which petition slept through the ses-
sion. Such an institution here would be both safe
and profitable to the Stockholders. Small change
is exceedingly scarce here-and whilst il is mpo-
itic tor Legislature to pass law Gas they did last
Session) which tempts people to disregard it, and
which by repitition may familarize them to doing SO
yet understand 1t is the intention here to disre.
gard the Small Note Law.
saw some long faces yesterday. The WOrships,
and it speaks we'll tor the morals of the County,
refused the liquor license to all applicants, who
were not regular and orderly Hotel Keepers. The
evils growing out the indiscrimnate issue of them
to Tom, Dick and Harry, who had ten foot dog
gery store on the side of the road was ap-
parent that the Court determined to clear their
skirts OF the blame, and observed they were sus-
tanned generally by the community. HARRY.
MUSICAL TREAr.-On the night of the 9th OF
May, MARIO, LABLAcKE and BosIo appeared at the
Royal Opera In London, in ''the Barber of Seville
The Queen and Prince Albert were present, and
the Loadon Times extols the performance with
great spirit II says that far as the principals
were concerned, it was little short of perfect
THE STANDARDS TAKEN AT THE SURRENDER OF
YeRKrows, were ON Thursday last presented to
President PIERCE and through him to the Govern.
ment and people Of the United States by the vener.
able Mr.. CusTIs, the only surviving executor OF
WASHINGTON. They were for the present deposit.
ed In the office of the Secretary of War
PAID FIRE DEPARTMENTS are becoming more
popular. They are now adopted by several cities