Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-11-24
Homes ForAu

Il VIE AMERICAN EAIIGUANT AND HOMESTEAD
i COMPANY, having It's headquarters in the City
o! New York, has been organized for the sole and def
mite purpose of collecting information from all parts Of
the country wherein desirable nnlls may he had ut
low prices and commenting those lands to the attc-
hon AMI favor OF all who may be induced to purchase
or Improve them. 1t las been silently perfGctin: its
rt;l%emSnts ami correspondence for more tmn ycIr
PEST "l IL Is now really BOILER to settlers range
ior S"lection embracing than One Million Acres
OF cheap wild lands, with some improved Etrs. mainly
N the states 0t Virginia. PENNSYLVANIA Tennessee and
Mis- sOuri and it will extend its operations into
other States.
To emigrlnts from Europe to the energetic Young
men OF our c"mpacty settled States anil sections to
the hives Of mechanics and labnrrr. who thrng our
cities and live in constant and reasonable dread thar
panic or peStiCncc war, rcvulsiOn some alteration
i'll the channels Of trade, may any moment deprive
them OF employment and their families of bread, we
such perils are unknown.
We mean to sell lands well negotiate for pur-
ctSers with those who have large tracts for Sc in
every part of the Union; but our attention is more
especially directed to the nCElbOrinS Statr-Hirginin
kentucky. Tennessee, and Missouri. VIRGINIA espe-
cal pr"fers at this time remarkable Inducements
immigrants Her climate is temperate AMI genial
the Peach the Apple, the Pear. the Grape alike thrive
IN lit Is far better and more desITiby Timhcred
Than almost my new State; its nuvigabr rivers and
innumcrallc available streams watcr-powcr and rru-
fusion Of the valuable mucr0ls-t'nal Iron Salt
Copper &cIrc unsurpassed; the State has cxucn!,
Ic sums in cnnSt rICtin CInal6 and Railroads across
its entire breadth. which place almost every county
wthn few hours ride. either Of its sGapOrtS of the
great inland cities of Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling
Louisville &C.; yet fertile, inviting an:l whether I'M
states, than 1t is in Minnesota or Oregon. No where
else Oh earth ans filled with accessible Coal or
iron Ore covered with choice Timber, and excellent
aIike Tor Grain AMI Grass Fruit and Roots, be GGIaued
sochcaplya as in Old Virginia.; while TO men of corr
siderable means we can sell go0l flrms almost within
sst OF Washington City for less than the fair cost of
the improvements.
The TABLE LANDS of EAST TENNESSEE present
some of the inviting fields for industry nn ctrr
prise ON this Continent The climate is salubrios and
heaithtul The soil is adapted all agricultural pur-
suits. Its unimproved Islnds are covered viii, uIcfI
nat tFsn1n
producing nutritious Grass The fnrHIer can have h4
products on sllipboarl in 30 hours and can buy his
"[oCeFiSs Dry Goods, etc, at home as cheap any
one in New England Yet we can sell lliu good Lands
with perfect titles at from three dollars per acre
a word as to the single objection which las kept
these an'is SO long uncnltivaG,I and which now keeps
them i'll the market at bare fraction Of their intrinsic
I na1eMIhat OF slavery This Company has only
dll win amy Institution rs substituting fact over
whose existence character it has no CONTROL But
we say in all confidence to intending settlers Slavery
IN nlrEihm need not and should not serve longer
hindrlncc to settlement your part. That grand
discovery of our CoNCENTRNT pr7,c
ttcally dispOse of it far YOU are concerned Let
hca'ts If families including farmers mechanics mil
"I &C. take counsel together and resolve t seek new
anu moro eligible homes in company. Let them. club
Ding their means, send two Of their number look at
such lands a. prepared to sell them Let these
delegates after sufficient EcTuny, buy from five to
twenty Thousand acres i'll body, embracing all the
oO points they require, then let them survey tho
whole into farms an lots of Convenient size and nut
these up at auction to thc highest bidder whether
l1eIhDer OF the company or not. Each member will,
81 course be entitled TO return in land or money OF
thc sum previously contributed by linn to the comma
ny funds and to his proportion of any profit realized
from the transaction Thus the Company will FnrIu n
sort Of spontaneous township with its roads ibrgcs
stores schools church, &C. substantially after the New
England Pattern. Such location may easily Ike mnIy
such already in fact, exists in every county of Vir
Elnln above tid6lTntcr; and into such one Slavery
Will have neither preteXt desire to enter. The city
oil Wheeling, the Quaker portion Of LOudon COUNTY
not to speak of experiments, fairly cxcmplify
the law We here indicate. Thus before steady and
copiou5 influx of Frce-LabOr immigration, Slavery
Quietly and gradually disappears without covulson or
heart burning and the settlers will find their property
Iuadrtlped by the single act of settlement.
Young men of the Free Statcs u glorious career
opens before yOu We prefer you cheap land ample
timber, heaithfnl climate. absolute Immunity from
even the dread Of savage ncursOn and depreciation
adaptation to all the grains grasses and fruits of the
temperate zone, with rauy to ample and relnu-
neIIttvc markets at all eeAsons This day more than
half the nrlbe land in Virginia las never been turned
by pillow. willie much of the gOOl lands once gcnrr
ously productive, is bnt ncaGcrly So Cool trent
nent will readily and chcapIy restore them to their
pristine fertility. No stronger Inducements to indus
try, no nobler theatre for exerton is preferred any,
where earth. '
Call md see orr maps, descriptions, surveys ETC.
or write to ns enclosing postage stamps of cuursej
and your inquiries shall be answered as far az pr,,cti
cable. f'l
Please address FRANCIS W. TAPpAN. President.
or JOHN c. UNDERWOOD, General Agent Am Ep,i,
grant Aid and Homestead Company, No. 70 broadway
New 1ork. je25-'59 ly