Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-21
For All.

TIIHE AMERICAN ENIGRANT AND HOMESTEAD
COMPANY. having its headquarters in the city
of New York l4 been organized iOr the sole aud dei-
mite purp collecting information tro all parts cI
tho country wherein desirable Lands may DC hal AZ
low prices and commenting those anis to the 1ttrii-
tiun of all who may bS Induced to ltrcit-S
improve tLonI. 1t has been silently peTlsts is
arrangements and correspondence for more ;iian year
past; until it il ready offer to settlers range
for selection, embracing more than One Million acres
Of cheap wild lands with some improved farms mainly
in the States Of Virginia, Pennsylvania Tennessee and
Mis- souri,; and it will s0on extend its operations INT"
other States.
To emigrants from Europe. to the energetic young
men Of our c1npactly settled States and sections, u
the hives of mechanics AMI laborers who tiironS our
cities and live in constant anI reasonable dread that
panic pesti!encr, reVu5ion, or some alteration
in the channels Of trade may at any moment deprive
them of employment and their families of brca we
say. resolve now while You may, to seek home where
such perils arc unknown
We mean to sell lands as well as negotiate for pur
Chascrs with those who have large trcts for sale, in
every part Of tho Union; but attention is more
especially directed to the neighbcrinS States-Nrginn-
Kentucky. Tennessee and Missouri. NIRGININ cspe-
ciay prOiers this time remarkable Inducements To
immigrants. Her climate is temperate ami genial
the Peach the Apple the Pear the Grape. alike thrive
in tit is far better and more desiTnbly Tiinbercd
than almost any State its navisable rivers and
nnumeTnblc, available streams waterpOwer. and pro
fusion of the most valuable nlineTHlsCn1 iron salt
Copper &c.-are unsurpassed; the State has expended
large sums in constructing Canals and Railroads across
its entire bFe1th which place almost every county
within few hours ride either of its sepOrts or othe
great inland cities OF Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeling,
Louisville &c-; yet fertile inviting land whether il-
proved is far cheaper this day in the Mother Of
States, than il is in Minnesota Oregon No where
else ON earth can lands filed with accessible Coal
Iron Ore covered with choice Timber and excellent
alike for Grain and GT, Fruit and Roots b1 obtained
30 cheanly rs in Old virginia: while TO men Of con-
siderable means sell gnol farms almost within
sight Of Washington City for less than the fair cost OF
the improvements. -
of tho inviting fields for Industry AMI enter
prise this Continent. The clHtet is saiuDTiors and
healthfu The soil is adapted to all agricultural pur-
suits. Its unimProvei Lands covered with useful
Timber, present natural openings, and Meadows
producing nutritious Grass. The farmer can have his
products un shipb0ard ia 30 hours and can buy his
Groceries, Dry Goosls, etc at home. cheap any
one in New England Yet we can sell him good Lands
with perfect titles at from to three dollars per
A word to the single objection which has kept
these lands long uucmltivate and which keeps
them ia the market at bare traction OF their intrinsic
valuc-That Of Slavery. This Company has only to
deal with any institution substituting fact, over
whose existence or character it has control But
We say in all confidence intending settlers Slavery
in Virginia need and should not serve longer
hind,7l.lce to settlement on your part. TIal grand
discovery of age. CONCENTRATED IMMIGRATION. prc
tcay diSposes of it so far yOu concerned Let
heals of families, including farmers nschanics mil
ers &C. take counsel together AMI resolve To seek new
and eligible homes in company. Let them, club
bling their send two Uf their number to Look at
such nnls prepared to sell them. Let these
delegates Rftcr sufficient scrutiny, buy from five to
twenty Thousand in body. embracing all the
good points they require then let them survey the
whole into farms and lots OF convenient size AID put
these up at auction tn the highest bidder whether
member of the company or not. Each member will,
Df cOursc he cntite1t TO return IN la or money OF
the previously contributed by him to the COnpa
ny funds and to his proportion of any profit realized
from the transaction. Thus the Company will form
of spontaneous township with its roads bridges.
stores schools, church, &C. substantially after the New
England Pattern. Such location may easily be mn,e
such already, in fct, exists in every county Of Nir-
Ginia above tde-wRter; and into such one, Slavery
will have neither preteXt desire to enter. The city
of Wheeling the Quaker portion of LOudOn County.
not to speak of experiments fairly eNemPlify
the law we hero indicate. Thus. before steady and
cOpious influx of Frec-LabnT immigration. Slavery
quietly and gradually disappears, without cOyUlsiun
burning and the settlers will find their property
quadrupIed 10y the single act If settlement.
Young of the Free States! glorious career
opens before You. We prUiIer you cheap land ample
timber. healthful climate absolute immunity from
the dread of savage tncursion and dePredation
adaptation to all the grains grasses and fruits of the
temperate zone with ready access to ample and renu
lucrative markets all This day than
half tie arabic land in Virginia has been turned
by pillow. while much of the good lands -encr-
ou=ly productive is now hut meascrly Good treat
mcnt will readily and cheaPy restore them to their
pristine fertility. No stronger inducements to indus
try. nobcr theatre for exertiuu Is prOfered any
where earth.
Call and maps, descriptions. surveys, etc,
write to tcnclo-inZ postage stamps Of course
and your inquiries shall be answered far pract
cable.
please address FRANCIS VI. TAPPAN, President.
or JOHN c. UNDERWOOD, General Agent Am. Emil
grant Aid and Homestead Company, No 146 rnalway,
New York ie:95-'ig "