Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1856-12-13


that lands ha' e beea purchased at medium
prices on time .he p9rahaacs paying. tpfeo
per cent, interest annually--aad taa5 the
first yese' essrNp more than paid the entire
cost Of tie ard add expenses, offWning Ii
is regarded that ploughing ere Fourth aid
fencing one half of the land add 100 per
cent, to its salNe. The demand for labor,
exceeds tn @aplJ whi3h is the cause Of 50
high an estimate being placed on improve
ments. The average yield of corn is fpem
65 TO IS bushels per acre; wheat % to 10 !;
and oats SO @ 50. Prices are very little
less than wit, us and are always cash.
The fever and ague bad hitherto baea 8
great .terros to emigrasrts, ard prevented
many rom geeting mere. It is now. rarely
heard &c, zaa for. The cultivation Of
- ZOOS 16'ie md :. to eou;iteraat IS r.
fuepce. Avoiding. ahe morning logs, keep
/ ing n.eain sleeping npastsneats during damp
:,Reatler and using water (not from the sur
! face as was the custom formerly but from
wells that extend to sand stone strata about
twenty feet deep, very sure preventive
against the shaking disease
I have heard Il estimatesl' that more per-
Fsons Lave grewn rich from .iiling the soil in
illinois IL five years, than have in Virginia
in twenty-five.
Illinois, that twenty-five years ago was =
no place, where no person lived, aud 81
'Ehieh no :perso = thought Or cared, ;iioY-coh-
tains about ore and la lalf lailliors popula-
: ton, and promises 1T 40 distant day, to be-
come one Of the first, T hetthe first State
in the Orion. Wisconsin, Iowa. Minnesata
anl Nebraska almost as desirable ihe5
are being r}ifIfly improved end as rapi..iy
populated By the countless thoasandssof inn
migrants who are daily ard hourly rushing
to their borders to change the recent home
Of the Indian warrior into the garden of A.
iiierlca. "Westward the Star of the Empire
takes its way" ana they are following in its
Fight. Rapidly is the trail OF that warrior,
Jet fresh with his foots prints, disappearing
before tie onward mash ef civilization
School .houses and churches arc sapersedine
/ BATH grounds and cultivated fields thai
have richly rewarded the hus0andman
"smile ike the morning rose.
Indiana is less desirable It is more
swaaey and unhealthy But, notwithstand-
ing these Objectionable features, she, too, i.
rapidly growing into greatness, wealth aid
honor.
listed cur finer eouatrymea 4. 7
Smith, Fsq. whe iiltertiedahe that ten year,
ago he isfo Harrison eernir with twelve
hundred dollars IN cash, and about three
hundred dollars worth Of other property
Ills lands are now worth and will command
twenty i've thousand dollars. He is out o.
debt, Is gi4 rs qhilirca celiagiata ed
lca5.on, ana is s5rsoaade1 b. ali tie COM
i fc8s OF life.
/. had tlnes forgotten to e9.vs that va,
iisor,s "a. '5..sg..ysf esectio1 .''he ut;nos
excitement prevailed The Democracy
headed by the bold aud gallant Douglas
i with fed confidence in the justice Of then
course, engaged in the good work manfully
The Ereeden,4eiirielters ard Fremont.
screarers fought desperately, bit fell in
glogioHssy when the canvass issue Fas pre-
scented to eandid and intelligent people,
they found chat flat.9eees and woolley heads.
together With tie horrors Of Bleeding iSa'lsas.
! had not sufficient istqation to sustain their
treasonable and tottafing cause. Che ELL
more party had no show or chance. In this
State they wayes|ilse the poor boy at the fro-
/ ic who had been made fool Of and knew
is. Thus you viii see that Illinois is GER
taiuly, mquestiou'.bly, and ineantrogcrta-
! lily one Of the glorious Democratic States OF
the Union.
! Hoping that scr may be able &c deelphes
wh;st,l have thus hastily Written,
an, most truly and respectfully.
{, Your obt serv't..
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