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An Intelligent correspondent of the Southerner,
published at Richmond, Virginia, writing from
El.nton in this State, speaks as follows of the
EAsries in the vicinity Of that place. The in-


krnltion is of an interesting character, and fIom


IHurce that is entirely reliable: .-.' - ..-....


The fisheries contiguous to this place are q
miller OF considerable interest," and quite worthy a
hief notice in my letter. For The very brief season
they exist they. are decidedly the most important
interest known to the people of this State. There
E. on the Albematle Sound alone, some 2S hshe-
res which work seines varying from 1,6OO to
5000 yards long. using each about 100 hands and
IS or 20 horses. Some of these Seines have been
inown 10 catch rs many as 100000 heTrIngs and
IS many as Ia, 900 shad Al one haul! The amount
deapital invested in the different fisheries in the
Albemarle district, is three hundred thousand dol
Lrs, giving employment for TWO months in the
year 10 about FIVE thousand hands and two hundred
V.sscls consuming annually about one hundred
housa nd bushels of salt, aud putting up annually
ninety thousand barrels of herrings. or the fish


aughi, about Ihree-twentIeths may De allowed for
Itd. A few years since one haul was made on
hsRoanoke river containing forty five tons OF rock


kd! This, I know, will sound to you like =" fish


hy;" but receive my Information from one OF


ds most respectable AID intelligent citizens of
8enton, and am willing 10 stand BY il. The
zine happened to encounter q regular shoal OF
rocks"


"In the above account of the fisheries, I have
Ony given you those in the Albemarle district
embracing the Sound, the Chowan and Roanoke
rivers From Psmlico Sound have no accounts


aud cannot tell what proportion their fisheries will
bear to these. The present year has not been con-
ndered so good as the past for these fisheries.
They perhaps have not caught much more than
half many 6sh but the increased price obtain ed
for them will reduce the discrepancy to about one
third less than usual. - ..f-.. L .-.--


"For most of the statistical information contained
IN this letter, | am indebted TO the courtesy Of
Doctors William and Thomas D. Warren 18th Of
whom propose to render me any assistance in their
power in procuring information, &c." s.. 4, -