The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-08

.neriod will be m enterprising and popu-
Ions settlement. Let our people continue 10
nroffer every irducement for them TO come
The lands nre susceptible of improvement,
and can be made to bloom again. They wiz
be thoroughly titled, and the whole coun .,
will present more cheerful aepec'-"as.o
places will be reclaimed and made 70 Pao-
duce rich cereals. The soil is hne lot n:i
ticultural purposes, and one skilled IN iais
ing vegetables and fruit can soon reanhe d
nrincely fortune. There are 1ac'i,'iee
for their transportation to Richmond VI
northern markets. 1t is passing straneS "
us. while lands are selling 80 very lo"' tna'
more CAPITALISTS do not seek these refhuns
rot;ve fields for investment. Farms arc
disnosed of daily far below their lntr1h ~,
value, owing to the owners being necessarily
compelled to have money. u;ro-
Since the introduction of steam navie":
tion upon the Pamunkey and Ma1.aPoni
r;vers the fisheries upon these streams nave
GREATLY depreciated in value. Some nave
been totally abandoned on account OF Ine
scarcity of fish. Shad and herring taken
from Virginia waters, when properly
sailed. are superior to any fish OF 'ne AinL
wa ever Jaw. We can remember, thousn
we have the blush of youth upon US, " .hat
+ was imnossible to find sale for all 'ha'
were caupbt. We have known wagon-loaas
n he hauled out on lands adjacent 10 the
rivers, and used as fertlllzer' oufins WV
fishing season. 4,a r;vers
The immense marshes upon the liss,I
are filled with sora, and many den1zens III :I.,
of the sport of hunting are engageo 49, 49,
10 killing them. They are carried IN iar sd
numbers to Baltimore and yonr clty' ald
sold at q high figure. This delicious n1peu
ia q short soiourner, for it leaves suddenly
IN the first advent of killing frost' anu
does not return until the next summer:
There has lately taken place at west
Point a aale of an immense tract or lana,
connrising ak thousand acres, belonging 70
tho eatate of William P. Taylor, Esq. IL
was purchased for 100000 by north
e,n canitalists, who are now engaged IN
having the whole of it surveyed and di-
vided into small farms and lots.
West Point is increasing in population,
and will soon be known as a place of con-
siderable commerce. A ship-yard at this
point would pay handsomely-it is accessi-
BILE to some of the finest ship timber in
America. There the largest size ships can
be built and launched with less cost than
in New England. Building material would
cost but little in its transportation to West
Point.
A rich heritage (amounting in the aggre-
gate to over t15,0O0,0O0) to the Ellyson
family is creating no little talk and excite
ment in New Kent From intelligence
recently received from England it appears
that the family here will heir large por-
ton of it. They have an agent in London,
who has been investigating the claim, and
who has written some very hattering letters
relative to its recovery. We also hear that
Mr.. H. K. Ellvson, one Of the proprietors
of the Dispatch, is descendant of the same
family, and will get part Of this immense
windfall. The Sansum families Of Phila-
delphia and Virginia are said to be heirs.
RoMNEY.