New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-11-28

n. Tres hon their yefpaon is too early. NoT my
d.ir Sir, yon know many things; bat DOUBT wne,hsI
,ou bnew before that when you buy map'e orcnetu
IN Wesi.rp New. York, and wheat iarm oy tue sac
nf II ibe weather in March and April which shall be
favor.be TO y.ur sugar crop Will be uhta' oraoie 20
your wheat crop; you see you daiy grow wiser oy
ny eabora c1nespondence. Ana toee Is an'. ~
hing which do not believe you cen make mnce ot
o, ess about and that ia the amount or quSulty o.
msple ,ugar made annually In the onited States; l
supI os. il may be Thirty or forty mil'ous OF pounds
say tbiIfy-tiye millions. Ii sells frequently perhaps
u.uslly Tor ten ceps per pound At tna rate, mere
an ileI, OF income from the wooded and mouataln re-
ei n Of s3jOO,CCO. Did y,u expect that Ihe e'ti-
maize is low. -,
Bur have wandered lar from your carry el'er, anu
from cod mOrDif gs. 80.
Mr.. Ed ard Curtis left Ms last evening. we feel ms
loss heavily He il one Of the sensible and tue agree
able menbe of the human roce.
ray nWiipg OF politics, for have nothipg 10 say
rie'"e' "E Vonrs.yer Wv" DAN'L WEBSTER.
p. S.-ShalI you be here by the mode oi next
week There is such thing as a Wild turkey and a
spng-ta duck.
MR. WEBSTER VIRGINIA.
TO MRS
STEAMBOAT CURTIS PECK, JAMES RIVER,
fcIty miles below Richmond Z
April 81 1872 o'clock a. m.
DEAR MRS. PAIGE: We left Washington yesterday
moinpg ion bone, commencing our journey by Iittle
tip tbItugh the lower part OF Virginia But we nave
constantly regretted that had not postponed our de-
psr ure til S,riDg We find Winter travelling IN these
tarts very disag reeable The IS clear and bright
10 day but the weather quite cold, aud all the stoves
reno; ed from the saloon Of the boat becaus, ought
to be warm weather. Mr. Seaton and MIR. William a
b. sdley accompany u.s. and Mary Scott came as far as
Rein Ond.
Jan es River is q fine stream for steamboats, have
1eyer b. en- on il before Ii is crooked, like all ether
ri, es v bch creep through meadows and level coun
i,es, ard the aIuvia lands on is banks arc ILch.
Fmtttr down, they grow thinner and poorer. fefe
were HE ancient ari.tocratic families planted from
which CO mes the say ing still in USE and now always
laughed at, Flint Families IN Virginia, or r.. r.
W Thee great estates were br Ken up oy me aoo
ton Of The right of prmogenure, which took place
soon after The Reyouti n. The great houses remain
MAJ y of them but half de.erted and desolate, the
estates divided or Sold hose-racing and ox.hun'ing
done asay with. or fatn into vulgar hands and the
ancieLt and sfluent hOp itaty o Virginia kGown no
more. :.
In tie mean time the perverse practice of tobacco
planning has worn out and impoverished the lands
and they Only Low recovering under the better
husbsndiy of wheat growing: Al the moment OF
witt, tins the boat is passing the bandsome house
Al large estate of Mr. Hill Carter. was the seat OF
the npcieDi family of that name, so distinguished In
Virginia. The original proprietor. it Is said, was ps-
stsed of fifty thousand acres VI rich land in one body
So much bas been retained that the present owner Is
INDEPENDENT spd aIllueni. he is good farmer, or
gent eubn," and withal one of the best Wings in the
Sisie. The place is called Shirley" Mr. Carter
las ten cbldIen go that Shirley" one of the last
great landed noferties must ere long, probably, be
!
The lew Of primogepiture never prevailed fully in
the Northern col, Mes Yet there were some rosein-
ba, cts tf it, In Of the States, he Oldest son
wss entitled to d double portion OF the esta'e LIE
last sfap lemen Der Of this, Yves Mr. Jaoez smith,
whom Mr. Paige r. members, and who had double
share il the high and handsome bih larn TWO miles
ftm Fins Farm and which hiii lou passed oyer
wien we dio, up 10 the South Road" to give Ms.
Worcester alias Pe'tlpgale, the pleasure Vi tece
Sweet William" once more. "a,
Novealb, but wealth in lard, can be transmitted
fro ID gt perat, to generation for any length oi ne
Al that speoies of wealth cannot be 20 transmitted,
ia ey icept in country where estates are divided qal
" auopg children, both sons and daug1ers' nave
- tn one effect very oby ious and prominent resulting
from the former state OF things in Virginia. anu which
is It'll quite dpctinible. 1t is an Uncommon ara eager
81 Petite Tor ymeDt in the army aud navy Every
WONG man povioed for saves sDotber SUBDIVISION
Of the pauimoLia properly and as youns men IN uli'
region are not bred business go generally as win u.s.
this Gems 10 be o. the Chief resources Tor ma-
.ipipg tie cadet Of old and decayng families Vir-
sLia has aw avs had, and has now, vastly more thaa
Ter iust proportion of officers in the army and navy
md as she has bad through great port OF Tue Las!
fifty years. the Executive Government IN her hands,
.be hos tax. good Of heref In this as well a. In
ether respects.
Wbie writing this we pass Berkeley the seat Of
the Harrison family. Ben amin Harrison, one OF the
sgueIs of tie Declaration Of Independence, lived here
end lore Piesioent Harrison was born Henry iiar-
rs,p cescepdant. lives in the fanny ma nson.
lady, who sits in the saloon nth u.s. and who showed
tie house, obferveo that great many pieces OF the
Go Csltlc nlQ Dttu rlIu
TIE fret teitieTs Of Virginia were cavaliers sdven-
tuTes abroad for fortunes They cared little for trade
OF c. mmgce; their objects were immense grants OF
land, and large plantations Their beau ideal Of hu.
nan happiness vas q landed sIistocfacy, though il
all untitled aristccracy. Mechanic art aud EN-.
lo1 menis they utterly despised. The nature of the
labor employ I'll their estates led to this, well
TO other traits in their character. Their workshops
nCre in Engl,nc and Mr.. Jefferson in one of his
earlier pEbcat lie, exhoIts his cOuntrymen TO "let
their wOiksha ps Ienain in Europe"
livery gentle maLs wardrobe was supplied by tie
ftIni.ebnua arrivals of ships from England. We even
fbd General Washington Lot unfreqdently writing 10
give Tor blue Coats buff Wastcoats, and aeer
skin bIteclos.'
Something Of this sort of pride has been tran mtted
Cm fsber 10 son, when there is no longer houses
lands 10 traI emit with it, And here let my dsquisltion
Oh Virgin stop.
We pass Wesiover the residence of the Bird" fam
lily, lately sold TO pay debts, add which brought nearly
OF quite OF hundred thousand dollars. Five minutes
later We step at "Canots,' a landing. place from
which br. y er's house Is TWO miles off, good house
and fsr estate lately pure lased nty FIVE minutes
slitr ten o'clock, ten mils below "City Point" 70
Which and higher large ships come from the sea-
IL is at tie mouth Of the Appomat,1.
If io-norrow were not Sunday We shonld land and
go 10 MIR. 1!ltrs and pass ;he day. With 10 more
alpfotaion ii Lis public cobouct in the latter part of
bis administration than other Wings have Yet softer
personal feelings toward him. He always showed me
great hnoIes and especially. shall not jorget the
psnpiilde with which be came to Washing TON add
put down efeetual, Mr.. G. j. Ingersons attempt a,
d.smaIon- Nor shell cease to remember his con-
caIeIee IN the Tarf Of 1872 or hs steady and really