PETERSBURGH, in America, is a sea-port town in Virginia, 25 miles southward of Richmond, seated on both sides of the Appamatox river, about 12 miles above its junction with James river, and contained 3668 inhabitants in 1810. There is no regularity, and very little elegance in Petersburg. It is merely a place of business. The Free Masons have a hall tolerably elegant; and the seat of the Bowling family is pleasant and well built. It is rather unhealthy. Like Richmond, Williamsburgh, Alexandria, and Norfolk, it is a corporation; and what is singular, Petersburg city comprehends part of three counties. The celebrated Indian queen, Pocahontas, from whom descended the Randolph and Bowling families, formerly resided at this place. It is a place of considerable trade. Tobacco is the staple produce, of which above 20,000 hogsheads are annually received at the warehouses.