The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-03-20
VIRGINIA NEWS.
az wight County.

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.'.' su,Tnrlmr, March 10. 1871.
..... ,,:,,urcsquc litto town looks very very,
ayr 49,, twenty years ago, save some
,' rs !. '''.-,.,>.,,g age. lis location IS Al
... q. i, ,... ...a,i~,f,on Of Pagan creek, I'VE
,n,s river. about fifteen miles
.- ,,rnrt News. 1t has nopulallon
..'' ,hnus,ntl, and is delightful
".:' trnrorarv scjourn its lnhapl-
...' .I,::'l. ,tnrc i no place like 1t. :.
~ '"'' w. ,"> who once represented the
v.'N 80, - - ~ me on my first coming here,
.. 49,, >niiaGcia. it's perfect Ely
-, II Is ,crtsiay 4 pretty town.
'..,.', ..,',.,,;.gA,r. polite population. There
"'' . '' .,;lrnra> Of Increasing thrift. n
" .., ami excellent steamer makes
'.,''..,',., inns 10 Norfolk. The steamer
...1 mere, Besides this, there are
,..,,, ~ Norfolk, Richmond. and
" >m.th.irld oysters havca repu-
49,. often SurpaSsed-dcScrredly,
'.. writer hereof can testify. The
..,, sweet potatoes. apples. &c., yield
1,,,u,,e to the people. while in the
i've ny.,cT trade is rcmuncratire. |
>rfrrll families have come here
\,u dorsey and settled. and they arc
... III, >rphru ot rs orderly, indus
49,. ,.,jzou>. Many more such would be
,..awnd. ,.,-
81. .,.,jio meet the Hon. A. Atkinson,
a.. n.-f-T Iqy- q the republic repre-
.'..,. If The Isl district OF Virginia III
..,.rr>> IL The United States, enjoy
..A.Er old are. He is on the verge OF
..,.,., wears. vet i erect and active
,.r interesting aud anlblc gentleman
.~,...,..1;,uy>. ,.lcuugsc he feels sadly the
$500. 4 inns. h;i he !Schecrlul and prose-
.., ri, business with a hearty good will,
= ....y ,ngM, 10 shame the iaiut-heartedness
.. ...uv Younger men.
IA. Town Talk Of to-day. is the marriage
,.f1.n occurred II noon-oi Col. Emmett
y. Morrison. thc gallant commander OF the
In Virginia regiment durngthe last years
-. ,.,. wag->uccrrGiug TO that command
..... -. ,r.rr,,lrrmeut OF Col. August. He led
.., liar The accomplished Miss ). Au-
81. Wilson. q; this place, and they lett this
.guIyrayi>i: OF few days to friends
r.. redmond.
ind vegetation advancing here very
-.. Il. Tire beach bloom is most OF 1t
:. +. .itu. Tie weather is very warm,
..I .car> are entertained that the fruit will
.n,,. Il would hc n sad calamity, as the
-.Mar3S are often Very profitable. Much
g. r.. attention is paid TO fruit cultivation
r. ,a4u il most sections.
,,mu- down The river noticed that the
s...t locked pretty well, though it did
seem - IN" that there was Very much
... appropriated 10 its cultivation. The
#..rl,> on The river seemed 10 he in un.
!0uuly good condtion-looking new
....t ..rou@-wMch seemed 70 me IN excel.
...t indication. The drcdginc-machinos
n,.e busy 1t Dutch Gap. Some predict
,... tn, clin:t 10 open it for navigation per
...l.Hlly viii prove failure, but the race
.. "a. r.hrr> VIII never die out.
encountered on the steamer m old geI-
:. .g.u who said he was from central Texas
If w. ON hi way home viz Norfolk
~ here hr Intended 10 stop and buy some
property. IL h" WAS sure that in from three
: il" wears Norfolk would rival New York,
aaI that the Texas people were going to
Ga j, :" 1t were 10 he wished that some
r., ~ lr9uLG do II. l could not make out
whether the old gentleman was a little de.
SCENTED OF slightly inehriatcd. He told
,,a.u Clifford that he dill not expect to
,.y awning for travelling with him.
i. IL rru1n the captain very emphatically
>,.., here could be no doubt that he was &
.Ua...ir. W.