New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-11-05
NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
western Virginia.

Virginia, West Of the Allegheny Mountains IS a
spacious region. has the climate and very nearly
the soil Of Southern Ohio, IS healthy mainly Ter
tile. and well wa,ered with facilities for reaching
Markets which every year IS improving 4es ,ne
population is very scanty, and nineten'hs Of 'he
country remains covered wiki the primitive wider
ness Land Is extremely cheap there lar e'e1i'e'
than in the New States, for Free La00f a'oi' n
ginia On the presumption thai II IS S'issep WIN
s,,ve- which is trae bat TO very limited extent
Of Western Virginia
lis bat natural that the current Of Emigration
.hould st some time set toward this region. FL
forts have recently been made 70 attract tither the
better class Of Emigrants from the Old " orld, and
we learn that Thirty Thousand Welsh and Scotch
Farming settlers will come ont early next Spring
having already purchased small tracts IN western
Virginia. The following letter from friend re
Gently reached
wooD COUNTY, Virginia oct. IT, 1916.
DyAa SIR. Western virginia region OF country
thar YOU particularly wished me 10 reconDoteT IN ny
scekiny through Illinois. Indiana ONO Kentucky and
nsy,s NJ Wisconsin and Michigan for desirable tract
Of land wherein myself and numbers Of my Eastern
friends desire 10 locate and now after ten weeks Jour
peyiny through thosc States you viii perceive
by this letter in Western Virginia and for myself and
friends accept my thanks for your directions
Practical knowledge have found 10 be the cncher oil
all theory theoretically the Western Stntes excepting
this of Western Virginia have often been bazOned 70
myself and friends but practical observation annihi!aes
ali others and cepterssor myself ond friends our iocs
ron here.
observed tina, the Western strsnins every
nerve TO web Themselves with Railroads and Canals and
for where why the New York and Boston markets and
arc the of those markets idle View the dstend
ed connecting links OF their gigantic WORKS tie Western
ard Eastern Railroads &c each grasp;ns Tor their octy
of the trade Of the great and growing West we should
travel from home to appreciate the UNITY , o. c, not h
Northcrncrs packhorses, for virtually all oil the I'M
proyemen,s eIanalc from, and are made 70 centre IN
and for those Eorthen markets Amid the cih and mar
Icaping OF these N0rtherhers " anu 'ulouSn uosc
What has this State Of Virginia done and what do
inr toward carrying out Washington's remarks, OF
making Virginia tho central state III the Union the
ire trade and truc for all OF the Western
States the Ohio and Mississippi waefsf She mould
ering amid the unsurpassed wealth OF her position,
soil climate and mineral resources.
In Hunts Merchants Magazine Of April last he Gays
If nature has deal, hcr riches with stint 10 other
part of Virginia she has dispensed them here most pro
fusey. Western Virginia is like the Great West with
which she Is connected geographically and in political
dealing ia almost superabundanuy supplied with all he
elements OF national wealth shall not di.rcss 10 notice
the fertility Of the soil the mild and salu6rous Climate
with which this regions SO cmineny blessed by VIII IN
general terms notice the extent Of her possessions IN
Coal and Iron ores which forms the basis oil Englands
manufacturing wealth il not her national grandeur =
Having JUS, tTavcfsed this Western region OF Virginia.
fully i'll the abUye remarks for inner soil and
climate and splendid timber, have not observed
in any of the through which have Travelled the
lands orc proiuscly meRndercd with pure and bountul
streams of water face OF the country rolling the
coil throughout for unanmty OF excellence cannot be
.urpaascd Turnpikcs and other roads are excellent
Western Virginia embraces about 400 miles on the
Ohio river giving thereby through the varied rivers that
traverse her country, commanding outlets Westward
while her Eastern outlets now being increased by
railroads from Guyandote To Richmond and from
Paikorsburg to tho South branch oil the Potomac
there ntercepting the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and
also the Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal. This Parkers
burg route from ali that can CLEAN will soon be car
RED into effect indeed, is ii looked upon
that al Cincinnati was informed that continued Rail
road from Cincinnati 10 Parkcrsburg has been al
ready surveyed The completion OF this route viii
tend control the entire trade OF the Ohio and ass
sppi waters, md also lay open the mineral resources
oil this Western Virginia. would had Stenior lungs
10 arouse Virginia from her suicidal ethagy 10 this
auirement Her forests would then Teen with our
hardy Northerncrs while the European migration
sm coniden, would seek for other Westward than
that of tho Old Dominion. Indeed. met quite mum
Der oi English and German families, good practical
farmers who had Just arrived and were settling in this
region They told me that there were great many OF
their countryncn coming out to settle In Western Viz
slnn.
The crops are superb and abundant consisting OF
wheat corn rye oats &c &C. and fruits and culinary
vegetables OF all kinds There Is nothing that our
Northern aud Southern States produce, but what
grows here profusely They however want more OF
Northern enterprise 10 develop The vas, resources
OF this truly rich region OF country. will write you
more anon Yours truly T.R
HORACE GREELEY Esq Nec York