The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-10-01
rur sTATE OF PATRICK.

THE STATE OF PATRICK
r.s !. . county in Virginia, which, from
:. ;.o,.,ion and the very limited commerce
vhlch is carried on between it ana o'he'
oourt,es Of this Commonwealth, is known
- the state Of Patrick. There is also ~.
other county in Virginia Fluvanna-" a.sa
ID commonly spoken of - STATE
st.ta az Flu" II differs very consideraO.s'
ho~.ver from the State of Patrick IN Ms
...a.a,;on.-tbe State of Flu being princi'
n.IIy known in the commercial "ofio " 10
x.st persimmon crop. which is 30 Sup
s,und,nt that even the dogs, we are inioflh'
Adj .ubsist upon it, and in poor pe's'"non
:a..on beeome much emaciated, mere shad-
oNs in fact of their former selves anu %e
connected to lean against the fences 70 palh'
The State of Patrick, however, IS men IL :
vast variety of agricultural ana m ,ha
treasures. Her tobacco is the best IN INC
world. If King James had ever t'cAiea mo
tovsl palate with the tobacco OF fa1rich, nc
xould never have written his Counter blast
AGAINST Tobacco, and would no doubt nave
hean /. much better monarch and man. Fat
rick produces immense crops OF corn anu !.
wheat, and abounds in copper ore OF a ni'''
superior quality. 1t is large county IN Ter.
fftorial extent, and its inhabitants may travei
i long distance without losing sight OF tne
smoke of their own chimneys, or oeing re.
minded by the smoke of other chimneyS' 'nA'
there Is any other county in Virginia
Yet. will it be believed, that so des'i'u'e
NJ means of social and commercial como'u'
n;c.tion with the East is this extraordinary
oorn.v that II is the common custom tnere
to convey manufactured tobacco oy wagons
from Patrick TO South Carolina, Georgia. anu
.van A,.bama7 South Carolina money Is
the currency of Patrick. What s'a'o u
ISOLATION from Virginia But better era 10
dsvninp. The Danville Railroad IS Drawing
near to Patrick. 1t will soon be at DanViiie'
and soon. we trust, may traverse the inter-
vening county of Henry, and open tne ga'e'
of this Eden of Virginia. Recently, TWO
prominent and estimable merchants OF rat
rick Mr.. J.B. Payne and MIR. A. A. Moir'
made their first commercial visit to our CITY
nv WAY of the Danville Railroad, and mace
their purchases here. The arrival OF THESE
worthy gentlemen in our city may be con-
sidered an era in the prosperity of the road
and the beginning of a trade which cannot
fail of adding vastly to the commerce o
Richmond.
Tns facilities for communication between
Richmond and Patrick have been increased
of late by a line of stages which runs regu
larly twice q week between the terminus Of
the Danville Railroad and Patrick Court
House. BY the aid of this well conducted
line, the passenger leaving Richmond by the
Danville Railroad, at A. NJ, on Tuesdays
and Fridays, will be landed at Patrick Court
House on Thursdays and Sundays. The fare
through is eleven dollars; distance two hun
dred and twenty miles. A night is passed al
Danville and one at Henry Court House
Some day we shall be brought nearer to the
State of Patrick, and be able 20 traverse the
intervening distance between sunrise and
shutdown.
A friend, who is also great traveller, has
lately written US letter from the State of
Patrick, boiling over with enthusiastic eulo-
gy. He is of opinion that Patrick is the gar
den spot of the Universe that there is no
such State in the Union, and no such region
of country in this or any other planet as the
State of Patrick. He speaks in the most
fervid praise of its elegant tobacco, its splen-
did corn crops, (which will be on sale in any
quantity at about So per barrel,) its super
abundant wheat, which he says will keep
sweet to the end of time in the hottest eli
mate; the entire exemption of its crops from
the chinch bug, joint worm, and other in
sects, whose ravages have been elsewhere
80 destructive; its pure water, delightful at
mosphere, and glorious mountain scenery.
There are good health and good cheer too in
the State of Patrick board at the best pub
Nc houses being only six dollars per month,
including fire, lights, &c. Think of that, we
miserable multitudes, who live outside the
State of Patrick.
We rejoice to hear that Patrick is rapidly
filing up with an enterp-ising and worthy
population. May iron bonds soon unite it to
the heart of Virginia.
HON. ARCHIBALD STUART.
The Superior Court of Patrick, which was