The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-07-13

Latter from Matthews County.

f,,,rr..ro,.!ercc OF tho Richmond D!sratch.l
uIchs', WHARF. MATTHEWS Co.. NA"} Vs.
july 10th, 1871.
notice now and then an article in your
.o,,,r from different counties rs TO sale OF
nnds. crop<, improvements, DC. oiu MAJ
, t'" rs Is known, suffered largely by the
t,'or csnecially in her marine, as many YES
.Js were owned here, all OF which were de-
.,rcvcd. but are fast being replaced. cap
ts;r, Gabriel and Emerson Miller nave. IN
I'm, la>t few months. built each uae iittte
schooner CAPTAIN SomcrS. one at inc best
:, The bay Captain Bu,lelgh another Cap
Jams low!cl. and tlaineS. each one; others
ar, builainr: several have t,ecn purch aSed
"i.cwhrrc. or owned by settlers who have
h,ucht land in the county; so that we
have fair prospect of soon having quite
r,>nectahlc fleet. In the last few months
Mai. ". 7. Taliaierre hiss sold his farm la'o
a,rt>l toa gentleman frOul New 1ork lot
$1,000. cash Mrs. Geo. Tahh sold several
btnIrrI acres OF her farm to 4 gentleman
tram Minnesota also. McsSrS. Brown anu
I,,,rLr = norton OF their estates, unim-
moved the last three to gentlemen from n.
York and Pennsylvania, ut prices ranging
from Sli 10 Sd per acre. All nave put UP
very handsome improvements. II. IL. ros-
TER. Esq has sold his farm to gentleman
from baltimore mt SO per acre, who mas
made extensive improvements. Mrs. Out
ton has sold her farm Oakland " TO u gen.
ybnan from Powhatan for SIS per acre
Mrs. Eaincs a portion OF her estate TO
CuN. Word. of New Jersey, who has
r.rrtcd the finest cottage-houSe IN the
county. Many others have sold portions
o, her lands in larger or smaller tracts.
A. 10 crops Wheat. not much raised,
lint crops much better than expected
C,rn looks remarkably well, and generally
Eul hv. now needing rain. Fruit: those
thai have trees (ycry few haHc), pretty fulI
crops, except pears, Which Is neatly d
failure. Several from small orchard nave
sold several hundred dollars, worth OF
apple, this year already. Matthews seems
wrlladaidctl 10 raising lrultS-apptes, pears
grapes. &c: and being so convenient tC
u!yIgaD!c water-no tarm in the county
being over three miles from boat naylga
tlon-will be, no doubt. 4 prominent busl-
ness. We have not much danger of starya'
ton il the smokc-hou$c gets empty. We
have the rivers and bays to fall back upon,
which never refuse draft on their banks
ior oysters, clans, fish, nc.
SPEAKING OF FISH,
The writer spends n portion of the fall
months usually in the Valley of the Poto
mae. A gentleman put into the Potomac
At Cumberland, say fifteen years since,
frw black bass from some of the western
rivers. Tens of thousands have since beer
caught. many weighing three to five or siA
pounds. and H. fine fish rs one coull
wish. The james river is almost coun
lr"rart to the Potomac. \ few hundred
pI llI->aH ut the mouth OF the Cow
l'a<llre river, above Balcony falls. III
>rott>ville, aud above the tails ut Rich
mpnd-would in q few years afford rare
sport aud tons of excellent food. Last tai
While | was at Harpei's Ferry company
from Pennsylvania we've buying live fish tt
~,pck the Delaware river and branches,
arH were paving twenty-five cents each FOL
LARGE or small bass. They htd 4 tank OH 9
rIlruaU ear for transportation. those fi>t
:t,r very tenacious of lie. auI could bt
taken without trouble to Richmond or be.
lnnd. | would suppose there would be lie
difficulty in raising Il lew hundred dollars
Tor The purpose OF stocking the James will
50 tine IiSn amongst the anglers and pub
ltc->piritcd men OF Richmond. Hit would
be III object, would attend to the business
in september or October without any com
,rn>ition further than actual expenses
SAY iUl board. IA. MATTHEWS.