The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-09-20
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.

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The rattle Of the trains on our York
River railroads. little thing now, but a
great one by and-by-is quite in contrast
with the dcsolation Of many of those land
scapes trodden over so heavily by the iron
heel of war. But the hand of the diligent
is at work. The wilderness is interSpersed
with fruitful fields, which have responded
generously this year to the efforts of the
farmer and the whistle Of the engine, or
locomotive, and steamer, admonishes Us
that we are brought nigh to great cities,
ready to receive the numerous fruits and
vegetable products, as we'll as the great
staples of the earth and the living things
of the water, that are in andsaround this,
the garden spot Of old Virginia.
A visit to the York River depot in your
city on a Monday or Friday morning will
give you hint of what may be expected
in the way Of freights from Baltimore by
this route when the railroad is finished to
West Point, and will afford to your Che
sapeake and Ohio seer prophetical vision
Of time to come which will fill his heart
with Joy and enable him to add some
thing, perhaps, TO what he has already
given the public on this interesting and
important subject. The many hogsheads
and boxes and barrels which, leaving Bal
timore on a Wednesday afternoon, are
here on Thursday afternoon or evening,
and some Of which may actually be de-
livered to their consignees by sunset, come
by a crooked river all the way to the
White House to be landed, and then un-
dergo the necessary delay Of transhipment
from the boat to the cars. When the road
is completed to West Point there will be,
probably, train every afternoon for
fereight and passengers, arriving in Balti.
more at an early hour next day. What
this will grow into, and how many tracks
this road will require when the great
Western improvement begins to bring its
vast contributions to the city of Richmond,
is very good theme for reasonable specu-
lation.
This country is admirably adapted to
the cultivation of many things required
in the adjacent cities, with which it is now
about to be brought into easy and rapid
communication. The tables of the peo-
pie at this season give abundant proof Of
this; and the immense waste in gardens and
orchards, for the want of mouths to consume
the articles that cannot be kept for winter
use, shows how generous yet is the ex-
hausted soil when the season is favorable.
These facts are becoming known, and emf
grants are coming in. A change is going
on which will improve the fare Of the
country as we'll as its healthfulness.
Swamps and forests will disappear, and the
ague and fever will follow them. Situated
between two rivers, with innumerable
creeks penetrating it, and intersected by
one or more railroads, this peninsula will be
spriukled with towns and villages, and will
swarm with a busy population, among
whom will still be fondly cherished many
traces of Old Virginia life. And as Rich
mond grows, and its merchants seek resi-
dences in the country, to which they may
retire every evening after the business OF
the day is over, there will spring up along
the line of the York River railroad many
handsome villa with all the appointments
Of an elegant country home.
A remarkable compliment has lately
been rendered to the value Of the swamp
lands of this country, which are put down
on the assessors books at fifty cents per
acre. A certain party brought suit
against another at a recent term Of one OF
the county courts, in which were involved
three hundred acres of this land. After l
know not how much time spent in taking
testimony, the lawyers commenced speak
ing one evening, there being five on one
side and three on the other. The speak
ing lasted all night long and until noon
next day, with an intermission for break
fast. The case was given to the jury, and
the jury was hung, and another trial is to
take place.
The capture Of young deer and the
shooting of old ones is becoming quite an
ordinary affair. Venison Of the most deli
cate flavor is not unfrequently found on
the tables of the people, and fawns are be-
coming much more common as pets for the
children. YORK RIVER.