New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-05-28
Emigration 20 Virginia,
Wa take the following remarks upon the su

yv.tske the following remarks upon the subject
:, ne emigration from Great Britain to Virginia
s-,,, the National Intslligencer:
s. Colon ration Herald contained in February last
a.. fo1osing article
r.,ax.TfoN Prom GREAT BRfTArN TO VIRGINIA We
=. me pspsrs notice Of the arrival In England of
~ mons. Rawlings, late Editor of the Countrymsn
"a rrnisrsnts Friend In Nsw-York. Mr.. Rswlins.'s
s,,su, IN the of emigration are likely TO be re-
,ssed TO FAR beyond his original calculations. Mr..
nsnss has been addressing public meetings In vari-
=. paris Of the United Kingdom particularly In Wales
"A Scotland He IL represented to confne himself to
n. state OF virginia the part Of the United States
~ presents, just now, great inducements TO the
,S.s,rioas emigrsnt. Mr.. Rawlings contemplstes
,.,sne permanently an agency in Liverpool for the
- oi land in America and then return 10 New-fork
% ssPeFintend It's management on that side oi the
vskr
r,rs.h paper. Already English emgrants have
.ogr.sing examples before them, In the choice aud
ereps Of large tracts of land in Fairfax county Viz.
80. by New York farmers and Germans, who find one
- isd0cement for the change In the chespness of
"a which. although not sc fertile as in some Of the
u.,,n states make good returns 10 thrifty husbandry
"a hss withs, the advantage OF being the best
,s,s on the sesbosrd. The pleasures of social inter.
u,,e and the ability TO send their children to good
,,ools arc ssO important considerations.
Ia O,d or Lower Virginia the emigration of many of
M paners cad the transportation OF the negroes 10 the
souih md West have left much land 10 be occupied by
migrants at moderate cost and that marl 10 pro
snrsbe readily In almost every district where Ia
,sed.d these latter have the once of giving
srtll,v 90 out soil and by the adoption of bet
4, .ys,eu Of farming ia rotation of crops &c ensuring
r themselves fair return in genial climate for their
oatlsy OF labor aud money.
In the valley Of Virginia, between the Allegheny and
he Blue Ridge, the emgrant who has some money at
h, eommsnd procure land at fair price with i'm
provemens and the peedful appliances for profitable
h,ming He will find himself also surrounded by PEG.
ve whose habits and opinions congenial with his
own and who. although they live in slave State, have
ks nsny Of them no slaves nor have they any sympa
y for slave institutions but look forward to the time
when constitutional change will take place formally
securing the abolition Of slavery within the boundaries
Of the Old Dominion The elements now in process
determination toward the formation of this great work
which let II be understood will be carried solely
urder Virginia counsel and deliberations.
Toe region bordering the Allegheny and declining to
the South aud West 10 Kentucky and Tennessee, has
tine eimsts and land admirably adapted 10 the culture
Of grsin and 10 pasture. Some Of the counties are
among the finest in the Union for the raising OF sheep
And we find Ia our extracts from London papers Of
the 18th Of April the following paragraph on the same
subjects
ExlGRATroN TO WESTERN VIEGrNIA--We perceive
our freud Mr. ThOmss Rawlings, has arrived per the
HbeIua, for the purpose Of experimenting his plans
which he started last year We glad TO learn that
Of The land under his control and what Is desra-
BE, he purehasers principally men of means. We
unserttspd that Mr. Rawlings has submitted his plans
to several large capitalists who think fAvoraby Of them
ana mere IS every probability Of their forming them
selves iatO a COMPANY