The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-10-18


Correspondence of the Dispaschx
PrrrsrIvANrA-Irs LANDS, rfIxrR PAcoucruy.
MESS, rrTsKss TO PRODUCER wxKAr-CrSrHAM-
prrs-EDucArros, &c.
Mr. Editor-lE ever 1t 10 your good fotune to
make trip on the r. & D. r. r. to DsnvAe, ycu
must procure conveyance and travel Eyer tne
rich and populous county of pbtsyivania- s'en'
of her rich and undeveopcd resources, andthe hos.
pitality Of her people, will amply repay you i0'
your trouble and expense
The lands of this county are rich and mes
of untold awealth lie concealed beneath ne sur
faee la distance from market, and the want Of
convevances, has hitherto prevented the s1tvelor.
,nsnt of liz resources but through the vering
efforts of her gifted and lamented son. let has
been obtained, and now. by the exertion OF ,aptain
wi,cher. the :" Iron Horse is 'creepingx upon
her borders, and will soon be ready to convey her
produce to distant market and bring tet an
equivalent return.
Her chief product Is tobacco, and that tbs, finest
and best 10 the Union, and demands the highest
price, Very little grain is raised, and we were sur
prised one day to hear an old planter say, my
land won't produce wheatf 1t Is the very soil for
grain, but the light crest must first be turred IN
der, and the subsoii turned up and properly ma
INJURED; there must be strength and rmn ess to pro-
duce grain; it win not like tobacco, grow in light
ashy SOIL
Chatham, the county seat, Is on the stage road
leading from Danville to Lynchburg, twenty miles
from the former, and live from the latterplace.
Its neat little village containing about 2oUinhsb.
itants three churches, the Episcopal Presbyterian
and Methodist, and has the finest courthouse In the
State-it possesses three stores, and all doing a
good business.
The citizens are kind, polite, and hospitab,e, and
never has any one sojourned there any tinf9 that
did not leave it with regret
The ladies are the " farest OF the fair" refined,
intelligent and sociabe.
Particular attention is paid to female educ alton.
There is established here Female School, ander
the care of the Rev William Neil and Lady-expe-
rienced teachers-wko have had charge ofNarge
seminaries both in this State and Florida. There
is also Male School here, under the care of Accom-
peten instructor. And the citizens, with theft well
known liberality, have purchased the old SQUIRT
house, and design converting 1t into Femals Sem
inary-for women to be the solace OF mani, allie
viate bis perplextiss-to add to his enjoyme1t-to
strew his path OF life with flowers instead Oft Worms
must be educated.
And, Mr.. Editor, if you would like to have little
of the "best weed you ever saw just cyl on
Ragsdale 8, Blair, at Pittsylvania C. H.. anS you
will be satisfied that Pittsyivania is hard" to
beat" or, II you wish to spend few days n the
country to refresh your system, call at the Hotel
de Simmons" and you will find his bar full o1eood
liquors, and his table supplied with the beA the
country can produce; Or if you please, call IT the
"sign of the Eagle" on our friend Carter, more
familiarity known as " Jonney."
knowing that have already trespassed too ouch
upon your columns must bid you adieu fdf the
present. Your well wisher,
GREENsyILLE, Va, Oct. Is, 1854. M. JIM.