Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1857-08-21
Emigration to Virginia.

country purchased IN Virginia iOl 'no
purpose of the Homestead Aid Company:
at is located in Wayne county, in
the south western part of the State, near
the southern point of Ohio, "a portion
formed by a great bend in the Ohio river,
and on both sides of the Twelve Pole
river, a stream which empties into the
Ohio, and which affords ample water
/ power). The company has now 9ooo
acres at this point. Wayne county Is
separated from Kentucky by the Sandy
river on the west and south west, and
is bounded around by Logan and Cabell
counties. Burlington, in Ohio, is direct
| ly across the river, and is reached by a
ferry boat.
There is a line of railroads from Nor
folk to within a short distance from this
) point, and the connection will be COM
pleted to the Ohio river at this settlement
as soon as practicable. The roads run
, through the richestportions of OF eastern
Virginia, and when finished here will
connect by rail and water with almost
=. every portion Of the continent. Down
:, ward to the Mississippi and to New Or
0 leans up thu Mississippi and Missouri,
y and the reader knows how much further !;
/ direct to Cincinnati, Columbus, Pittsburg,
: and the rods on the lake shores, making
y a point TO- shipment of farm produce and
manufactures unequaled by any sparsely
, settled ection in the States. The county
ot seat is some dozen miles distant, and
n will. according to the assurances Of a
$ gentlem4n of influence there, be immedi-
ately removed to the new city. The
y population of the county is now about
+ 5000, including about $50 colored men
J. women and children.
IS The land purchased by the company
IL is peculiarly adapted to wheat CROWNS
&c and stock raising, but will produce corn
10 rye, sweet potatoes, every description o
IN garden vegetables in luxuriant abundance
y and for fruit it is not probably surpasse'
~ by any soil in the United States. Peach
II es, pears, grapes, blackberries, &c, gro'
us in great abundance, and most kinds
81 fruit can be raised in what seems
% northerners marvellous quantities. A Ii
" tie yankee enterprise on the farming lane
=" will make the country rich in produC
and profitable to the cultivator. Ma
- kets surround him, and are accessible b
:; river and rail in every direction-to No
folk for shipment across the ocean;
J. intermediate cities and towns to supp
m the thrifless population in middle al
NO eastern Virginia to the Northern con
mt er, where the demand VIII now very rapi
llv ly increase. The climate, too, is me
ro- beautiful. Italy is no better. The st
we tistics show a condition of health me
IN astonishing, when We consider the cha
of acter of the native population, their d
he regard of the laws of health, and utt
DR.. want Of care or bodily comfort. The St
'ial is thoroughly drained by the numero
vas rivers, and the hills and valleys ha
on alike a clear, mild and healthy atmt
,m- phere. Excessive cold is comparative
md unknown. The summer seasons are 10
ice and healthy.
the The resources of the land purchased
any the Homestead Aid Company are abu
the dant. The hills are filed with iron a
uch coal, the fats have clay enough to ma
on bricks for thousand cities, and the ii
use. Der is some of the finest in the world.
her All that is needed to develop these
she sources is the energy of Northern bu
erv ness men, mechanics and farmers
-, INTERESTING FROM TExAs.-Wa
ington, Aug. IA. New Orleans pap
of the 9Th inst. are to hand.
Lieut.. Hood of the I'd cavalry, W
e seventeen men, had desperate encoun
br+ with band of fifty-fve Lipans and
ond maches on the goth of July at the hi
Miro of Devil River. The fight was a hs
..o. to hand one. Nine Indians were xii
4bo and ten wounded. Lieut.. Hood had
-. man killed and one missing, and he &
Ii. three of his men are wounded. The
-oLo dams enticed him into an ambush by
,aIa flag of truce.
A.. The death of Gen. Rusk produced
the profound sensation in Texas. The
tbe weston, Houston and Indaniola par
GEN. were dressed in mourning on his accol
> in The Galveston Nea0s complains
mails drouth, saying the like has never b
bo,+ known before.
The health of the towns on the coas
Mrs Texas was universally good.
, ar The Victoria Advocate says the pl
ots q ers On the river were exulting at
Ill prospect of a laroe cotton croD.