Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1847-03-12

loned, rank and luxuriant growth of pines, and |
,ther evergreens, and shrubs of various descrip
ions, has usurped the place of tillage. In the
mean time, a similar process has been slowly
,ut constantly going on with the adjacent lands,
until their proprietors have found no other alter
native than emigration or return totheir worm
out lands. The latter presents formidable en-
erprise to the planter who has hitherto only found
it necessary to follow the established routine OF
putting in his crops at the accustomed season.
to realize at the end of the agricultural year. an
even though a regularly diminishing
harvest, and who when the results of this species
of culture. carried on by the agency of slave la
Dor rendered it no longer practicable to rely
upon one set of fields had only to resort to others
adjacent, and to continue the same process, re-
CARELESS of Interior consequences. The former.
accordingly, is unhestatingly adopted; and vast
quantities of land are thrown into market at no.
minal prices, which. in the hands of northern
farmers, accustomed to rely upon their own labor,
and to make the most Of every acre, by husband
ing its resources. and by systematic and judi
cous modes of culture, in few years resumes
its original fertility, and andy compensates the
expenditure. as well Of -capitn as of labor, be-
slowed upon it. The vicinity of the Washington
markct--at all seasons one of the best and most
constant to be found in the United Statcs--and
accessible by the best Of roads--the mdness Of
the climc-thc uniformity of the temperature
the carly period at which the labor of the hus-
bandman may commence, and the length of the
season which is before him. and which is never
contracted. as at the north. by unexpected frosts
and early winters-thc wonderful luXuriancc
which attends the growth ofevery species OF vc-
gctable, grain. and grass--the consequent fire.
and abundance nj crOns--thpSn uuvnp
tages, together with the general hcalthfulness
of the surrounding country--and the adaptation
o(the soil to most of the purposes required in an
enlightened system Of farm husbandry--prescnt
strong inducements to all in a less favored eli
mate. whose circumstances or inclination point
to change of domicil, rather to avail themselves
OF the certain blessings attendant upon the adj
vanccd and settled state of civilization. such as
is unqncstonably to be found here, than to brave
the pcrils and suffer the privaions and dcpri-
raiiOns of an incipcnt state of social advance
mont in the far west.
To those whose physical constitutions have been
un 'ermined by TIE rude and inccssant attacks of
harsh climate, and by the rapid alienation OF
heat and cold which is so CommolLin the north
crn and eastern sections of the Union,and which
it is 50 impossible ctlhctually to guard against,
there can be little doubt of the permanent advan-
llHfS WHICH IL W tt liili. ttlldJlt. ilill
at the same time inyigorating braezes Of the
sunny south secures and which, lam con-
ii1cnt. neither a continual northern" cXposure'
nor the much vauned " sea breczes" of that la
titude can so eiitctuallv command. Nv own
experience and that of others, similarly sijla-
ted in this respect. can abundantlv voucl' the al
most instantaneous efficacy Of Tie remedy here
pointed ont, in the renovation of health and
strength. the elasticity of spirits, and the COM
plete invigoration of the entire physical system.
70 that large and constantly increasing class
OF our young men who are rushing into the al
ready crowded avenues of the various profess
sious, where, in a few short ytTeu Mt f,rtheSt.
the greater portion of them must be hnpclesSlv
stranded in the vortex Of that ruinous competition
which must necessarily cnsue from the vast dis
parity between the demand for their services
and the SUPPLYING less than to the struggling
victims to this disastrous and injudicious choice
the cultivation of the soil opens most inviting
and profitable field of honorable cntcrprisc-and
know of no more advantageous investments in
this field than are presented by the inducements
held ont to cmigrants and purchasers of land in
eastern or tide water sections of Virginia. This
territory is, yet sparsely settled it- divisions
instead of being meted ont by villages and
towns. are subdividcd only into counties-'he
occupants of its soil are widely separated from
each other ;and such is the tendency to scgre-
CATION. that YOU may, in some instances, travel
the most froqucnted highways for twenty. thirty
and forty miles, without becoming aware except
occasionally. OF the proximity ola single dwell
ling-thc mansions of the proprietor being
thrown back for nearlya mile, and approached
by circuitous and wooded lanes. This state of
things grows out o! the great extent Of their do
mains, and the consequent advantage Of a CEN
tr,l 90, it.
From five hundred to thousand and two thou
sand acres, are regarded as but an ordinary farm.
The period has now arrived, when, for the rea-
sons to which have above advertcd, large por-
tons of these lands are thrown upon the market:
and from the sales which have seen effected
during my short residence here, and the vast
quantities Of fertile and productive land every
day olieredat prices which are much below the
prevailing standard at the north for lands of the
same quality, am well satisfied that capital SIS
and laborcrS, with but limited means, might, to
say the least" 90 farther and fare worse"
| have only to add, that so far as my personal
observation and means of information extend, the
Soceiy in this, as well as in every portion of this
ancient commonwealth, is of the highest order.
Churches. schools, and all the varied nsttu.
lions which indicate an advanced civilizations
abound IN every quarter. Slavery, it is true,
anu pity us lis true, eNl>ls.i Dut nave yet
been able to discover none of those more fragrant
enormties with which the fertile Imagination OF
some OF our northern friends has invested its al
ready sufficiently repulsive features. The slaves
in this vicinity, are, without solitary exccp
ton, well treated and carefully provided for
The entire gallery of the church is set aside TO
their use on Sundays and they uniformly at
tend, and, doubt not, profit by the lessons they
receive. But have already trespassed too al
upon your valuable paper and will defer what
have to say further to another number. $. s. X.
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