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correspondence of the Richmond Dispatchthe oil region — Polics --Fine country — Need of enterprise, &c., &c., Parkersburg, Va. March 21, 1861. I wrote you, some days ago, from "Three Forks," in Roane county; gave you some account of the "Oil Wells," the improvement in the country since my visit, three years ago, and some information in regard to the political sentiments of the people. Since then, I have ridden about 200 miles, throughout Wirt, Roane, Wood, Ritchie and Jackson counties, and have not failed, I think, in any instance, when occasion offered, to follow up these investigations. Almost every stranger in the country is regarded as an "oil man," "prospecting," as they call it; and when I tell you that I, too, have taken a "lease," and might have been seen, more than once, examining the banks of creeks, and discussing, from house to house the "oil fever," you might think the charge a true one; yet, that was not the object of my visit altogether.