Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1859-12-17
Homes For All

VIE AMERICAN AIIGRANT AND HOMESTEAD
1919 1, having Its Headquarters in the City
OF New York nus been organized for the sole AMI def
mite purpose of collecting information from all uurts of
the country wherein desirable lands may be had ut
low prices anu commenting those lands the nttcn-
tion and favor of all who may be induced to nurcnse
or improve them. 1t has been silently pcrfectn its
and correspondence for more than wear
tSI' until IL Is now ready to offer to settlers range
Tor selection, embracing more than Ono Million Acres
OF cheapWd lands, with some improved farms, mainly
IN the states Of Virginia, Pennsylvania Tennessee and
MS souri,; and it will extend operations into
other States.
To emigrants from Europe, to tho energetic Young
men OF our compactly settled States and sections to
INC hives OF mechanics and lnbOrers who tlironV our
cities and live in constant and reasonable dread that
h1ic OF pestilencc, war rGvuSiOn, alteration
III the channels of trade may ut any moment Ienryo
them OF employment and their families of bread. wo
such perils are unknown.
We mean to sell lands. well as negotiate for pur-
chaserS with those who have largo tracts for sale in
every Part Of the Unions but our attention Is
especially directed to the neighbOring States-Yfrgn
kentucky, Tennessee, aud Missouri. VIRGINIA cspe-
caly FToHeFs ~ THIS time remarkable Inducements to
Immigrants. Her climate is temperate and genial
inc Peach the Apple, the Pear the Grape alike thrive
IN tit is far better and more lcsiriIlIy Timbcrcd
than almost any new State; it's lnYgnble rivers and
lnnuncr1tlc. available st rcRnis, wncrpowcr and PRO-
fusion of the most valuable minrrals-Cnn Iron Salt
copper &c'-nre unsurpassed; the State has expended
e sums in constructing Canals and Railroads across
IT'S entire breadth, which place almost every county
WITHIN few hours ride either of its seaports of tho
great inland cities Of Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling
louisville &c yet fertile inviting land, whether i'm
Ibht new Is this tho Mother
o1teS IMAM IL !" III AiinnesOta nr Oregon M where
else Oh earth lands filed with accessible Coal ur
IRON ore. covered with clpCe Timber and excellent
alike IOr HFun and GTtss Fruit and Roots be obtained
so cheapy i'll Old Virginia: while to men Of con-
siderable means sell good farms almost within
SIGHT 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 ndusryunI enter
prise on this Continent. Tho climate is saIubri0us and
hcatltnl. Tho soil is adapted to all agricultural nur-
SUNS Its uniInprnvc Lands are rOvrrcd with useful
1F
producing nutritious Grass. Tie farmer can have Ills
PRODUCTS on shipbOard in so hours and can buy Ills
druceres, Dry Goods, etc. at home, cheap rs my
one IN New England Yet We can sell him good LAMBS
with perfect titles. at from three dollars per acre
y word us to the single objection which las kept
these lands so long Uncnltvucd. mud which now kCcs
them in the market at bare tract lion of their intrinsic
Enln"-That Of Slavery. This Company has only To
deal with any institution substituting fact over
whose existence character it has no control But
We say III all confidence TO intending settlers Slavery
in Virginia need not and should NOT seryC. ln,mrr nc
hinlTance to settlement on your part. That grand
discovery of our age CONTEMPLATED MMIGHA prc-
lcly Isioses of 1t so fur MS you concerned. Let
ite's ol IAnilles including farmers mechanics mil
ler &c take counsel together and resolve 10 seek ucv
and more eligible homes in company. Let them club
Ding their means send two Of their number look Mt
snTh ANUS rs we arc prepared to sell them. Let these
delegates, after sufficient scrutiny buy from five 10
twenty Thousand acres in body, embracing NIL the
good points they require. then let them survey tho
whole into farms and lots Of convenient size ami nut
these mp ut auction to the highest bidder whether
member of the company or not. Each lnrmhar will
OF course, he entitled return in land or money of
til. sum previously contributed by him to tho Conpa-
ny funds, anti to his proportion Of any profit realized
from the transaction. Thus the Company will form n
sort OF spontaneous township with its roas bridges
stores schools church, &C. substantial the New
England Pattrrn Such location may easily bc made
snch already. in fact exists III every county Of Vr-
Slma above tidc-watGr; and into such II one Slavery
VIII nave neither preteNt desire to enter. The citv
81 wheeling. the Quaker portion of London COUNTY
not to speak Of new experiments flirly cxcmplifv
Inc law we here Indicate. Thus, before steady and
corlaus influx of Frcc-LabOr immigration. Slavery
quietly and gradually disappears. without covusiOn or
hcart-burning and tho settlers will find their DrOncrty
qualruplcd by the single act of settlement.
Young men of the Free States! II glorious career
opens Defor" yon. We prOiTer you cheap land ample
TIMBER henlthful climate absolute Immunity from
even the dread of savage incuTSiom and icnrcntiou
adaptation to Ill the grains grasses and fruits of the
temperate conc with ready to ample and rcnl-
nertYe nnrketS Mt al seasons. This dry. more than
half the arabic land in Virginia has never been turned
by piow while much of the good lands once gcnpr-
ously productive is now but ncagcrly co. Good treat
ment Will readily and Cheaply restore them to their
pristine fertility. No stronger inducements to indus
try no nober theatre for exertion is profTercd any
where earth. ''
Call and see maps, descriptions SURVEYS. etc
or write to us enclosing postage stamps of course
and Your inquiries shall be answered as far as pract
Please address FRANCIS W, TApPAN. Pres;,Irpt
| or JOHN c. UNDERWO0D General Agent Am Emil
grant Aidan Homestead Company, No. l46 Broadway
New York. io95i50 /,