Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-02
Homes For All

TINIIE AMERICAN EAIIGRAST AND HOMESTEAD
y COMPANY, having its headquarters in the City
OF New YORK has been organized for the sole and def
mite purpose of collecting information from ali parts Of
the country wherein desrnblc lands may BE- hutI Mt
low prices, and commencing those lands to the attcn-
ton and favor OF all who may be induced to purchase
or improve them. 1t Inns been silently perfSctn2 It's
and correspondence for than ypAr
past nhth II Is now ready toOtcr to settlers rnge
Tor selection. embracing more than One Million Acres
OF cheap wild lands with sOnoimproVed FARMS mainly
lnthP StnteS OF Virginia, Pennsylvania Tennessee and
Mis- souri,; and it will extend its operations into
other States. II '>'''' ''''N
To cnigrants from Europc to the energetic vounp
mon OF our cOmactly settled States and sections to
the hives of mechanics and laOrers who throng our
cities and live in constant and reasonable dread that
pane or pcstilenCe war, revusion, or some alteration
in the channels of trade. may. ut any moment deprive
them OF employment and their families of bread, We
such pcrils are unknown -.
We mean to sell lands, well us negotiate for pur-
c'sefs with those who have large trCts for sale, in
every pnrt OF the Union; but attention is more
especially directed to the ncigboring States-Nrgina
kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri. VIRGISIA csrc-
ciulH lrOifers at this time To
immigrants; Her climate is temperate and genial
the Peach the Apple the Pear the Grape alike thrive
IN hit is far bctternnd more de5irRbly TInbcred
THAN utmost any new States its nRvGablc rivers and
nnumerablc, available streams, wateruowcr and pro-
fusion Of the most valuable rninGrnls- Iron Suit,
Copper &c-are Unsurpassed: the State has expended
10 lGe snlS III constructing Canals and Rnilrosacr9ss
lts entire BREADTH which place almost every county
WITHIN lew hours ride either of its scapors of tho
great miami cities OF Cincinnati, Pittsburgh Wheeling,
Louisville &C.; yet fertile inviting land whether i'm
proved or new is lrchelper this day in the Mother of
states than 1t IL III Minnesota Oregon. No where
else On earth can nnlls llel with accessible Coal or
Iron Ore covered with choice Timber and excellent
alike for Grnin and Gnls Fruit and Roots lie ObtinCl
)? cheaplyas in Old Virginia; while to of COLI
Siderable means sell gOOd farms almost within
sght OF Washington City for less than tho fair of
the improvements.
The TABLE LANDS of EAST TENNESSEE present
some of the most inviting fields for industry AMI enter
prise OH this Continent The climate IL SaIubriOus and
ieltul. Tho soil is adapted to all agricultural pur-
suits. Its unimprOved Lands covered with useful
limber, or present natural openings and Meadows
prn1uclnS nutritious GrSJ. Tho farmer lave his
products on sliphOar1 i'll 30 hours and C3n buy his
Groceriss Dry Goods, etc, at home cheap rs any
one i'll Now England Yet We can sell him Eu4I Lands
with perfect titles Mt from three dollars per acre
word rs to the single objection which las kent
these lands so long uncnltivatei. and which keeps
them IN the nrketn bare fraction Of their intrinsic
yalue-Ihat of Slavery. This Company has only to
deal with any institution n substituting fact over
~lOse existence or character i h2F no cRqtgqu ,g
m virginia need not and shUmld serve longer us n
nintt1Incc to settlement Your part. That grand
discovery OF ourWge MNGR ATIoS prac-
tcay disroSes OF it so far you COncerue,l Let
heads "t families, including farmers, mechanics, mil
le Sc, take counsel together and resolve To seek new
and more eligible homes in company Let them club
bling their means send two of their number to look at
such lands rs we prepared to sell them Let these
uccGlteS after sufficient scrutiny, buy from five to
WcntS thousand acres i'll body, embracing all tho
GJo points they EeQIre, then let them survey tho
whole into farms and lots of convenient size and nut
these mp at auction to the highest bidder, whether n
hseMDer OF the company or not. Each member WILL
OF course be entitled tOu return, IN land or money of
tue sum previously contributed Icy him to the CoIIa-
ny funds, nnd to his proportion Of any profit realized
from the transaction. Thus, the Company will form
sort oil spontaneous township. with its roads riI-cs
stores schools church. &C. substantially after the New
England Pattern. Such location may easily be made
such already. in fact exists in every county of Yir-
emi above tidc-water; and into such one, Slavery
Will have neither preeNt desire to enter The city
oil Wheeling, the Quaker portion of Inudon County
MOI TO speak of new experiments, fairly cxcmpfy
the law we here Indicate. Thus, before steady ami
coiouS tntinx of Free Labor immigration. Slavery
quietly and gradually disappears without c0vulsion or
and the settlers will find their property
qradrnplcd by the single act of settlement
Young men of the Free Statcsl glorious career
opens before you. We pruffer You cheap hand ample
TIMBER n hchthful climate, absolute immunity frim
even the dread of savage incursiUn and depreciation
adaptation to all the grains, Cruises and fruits of the
temperate zone with ready to ample and rct-
lucrative markets at all seasons. This IlRy more than
half the Rrblc Rnd in Virginia has never been turncl
by pillow. while much of the good lands once Eccr-
ousy protuctive Is but mcagcrly Good treat
ment will readily and chcapy restore them to their
pristine fertility. No stronger Inducements to indus
try NO nnDcr theatre for cNertiOn. il proflcreI any,
where on rlrtlI
Call ami see our napE, descriptions srlrveys etc
or write to Ws (enclo5in postage stamps. of coursc
cable.
Please address FRANCIS w. TAPPAN, President,
or JOHN C. UNDERWOOD GcncrnI A gent Am Emi,
grant Ailard Homestead Company No. l4G IlroaIwny
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