Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-01-31
Homes For All

yTIIIE AMERICAN RSIIGRANT AND HOMESTEAD
il COMPANY, having Its headquarters In the CITY
Of New York has been organized for the sole and deil-
mite purpose Of collecting information tu all parts OF
the country wherein desirable lands may be hnu NJ
low price, ana ~ 1 s ~ ,IIs ~ nrI-o
or improve them 1t has been silently perectlng its
arrangements and for more than year
past; until II e ready to Oer to settlers range
for sslectfOn embracing than One Million Acres
Of cheap wild lands with some improved farms, mainly
in the States of Virginia Pennsylvania Tennessee aud
MIS- souri,: and it win soon extend its operations into
To emierants from Europe to the energetic young
men Of our compaety settled States and sections, to
the hives of mechanics and labOFOFs who thrOng our
cities and 1.-Two in constant and reasonable dread tnat
panic pestenee war, reVul5On, or some alteration
in the channels Of trade may, At any moment deprive
them Of employment and their families OF bread We
say, resolve now, while you may, to seek home where
such periIs are unknown.
We mean to sell lands, well as negotiate for pur-
chasers with those who have large tracts for sale IN
every part of the Union; but our attention = more
especially directed to States-Srgtnn
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. NIRsIEn eSpe-
cRIIy prOers at this time Inducements to
immigrants. Her climate Is temperate and genial
the Peach the Apple the Pear the Grape alike thrive
In tit Is far better and more desiFabIy Timbered
IMAM almost any now State; its navgable rivers and
fnnumeFable, available streams, water ann pro-
fusion of the most valuable Iron Sait
Copper &c-are unsurpassed; the State has expended
large in constructing Canals AMI RailFOafs across
Its entire BREADTH which place almost every county
within few hours ride either Of its sePorts or Of the
great inland cities Of Cincinnati Pittsburgh, Wheeling,
Louisville &c; yet FERTILE inviting land whether inn
cheaper ttllS tu0 Ot
States, than it Is in Minnesota or OregOn No where
else on earth lands filed with accessible Coal or
Iron Ore, covered with choice Timber and excellent
alike for Grain and Grass Fruit and Roots be obtained
cheaply in Old Virginia; while 70 men OF con-
siderable means soil gOOt farms almost within
sight Of Washington City for less than the fair cost OF
The TABLE LANDS of EAST TENNESSEE present
of the most inviting fields for ministry and enter
prise this Continent. The climates and
heaIthfuI. The soil Il adapted TO all agricultural puT-
suits Its unimpFOyed Lands covered with useful
producing nutritious Grlss The farmer have his
products shipbOard in so hours and can buy his
Groceries, Dry Goods, etc. At home, rs cheap rs any
one in Now England Yet, we can sell him good Lands
with perfect titles at from one to three dollars per acre
word as to the single objection which has Kept
these lands long uncultiVHted, and which now keeps
them in the market at bare fraction Of their intrinsic
yalue-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 to intending settlers slavery
in Virginia need not and should not longer
hindrance to settlement on your part. That grand
discovery ofOuF le, CONCENTRATED IMMIGRATION, PTc-
tically dispOses Of It far you are concerned Let
heads of families including farmers, mechanics, mil
ler &c take counsel together and resolve TO seek new
and more eligible homes in company. Let then, club
such lands are prepared to sell them. Let these
delegates after sufficient scrutiny, buy from five to
twenty thousand acres in body, embracing all the
good points they require, then let them survey the
whole into farms and lots OF convenient size and put
these up ut auction to the hghest bidder, WhetheF
member OF the company or not. Each member VIII,
of course, be entitled to return, In land or money, OF
the previously contributed by him to the cOpa-
nys funds and to his proportion Of any profit realized
from the transaction. Thus, the Company will form
sort of spontaneous township. with Its roads bridges
stores schools church, &C. substantially after the New
England Pattern. Such location may easily be made
such already, in ct, exists in every county of Nir
gnia above tide-water; 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 exemplify
the Law We hero indicate. Thus, before steady anil
copious influx Of Free-LabOr immigration, Slavery
quietly and gradually disappeaTs without cOTulsOn
heaFbuFnng, and the settlers will md their property
quSdrupled by the single act of settlement.
Young men Of the Free Statesl = glorious career
opens before you. We prefer You cheap lRnd. ample
timber, healthfHl climate, absolute immunity frum
the dread Of savage incuFsiOn and depreciation,
adaptation to all the grains grasses and fruits Of the
temperate with ready access to ample and remu
neFHtiye markets at all seasons. This day, than
lfto aFabIs land in Virginia has never been turned
by pillow, while much of the gOOd lands once gener-
ousy productive is now hut meagerly Good treat
ment will readily and cheapy restore them to their
pristine fertility No stronger inducements to indus
try, n0ber theatre for exertIOn, Is preferred any
where on earth. l1f-+l
Call and maps, descriptions, surveys, ETC.,
write to US (enelOsing postage stanp Of e0uFBe)
and your inquiries shall be answered far pract
cable ...-
please address FRANCIS W. TAPPAN, President,
or JOHN C. UNDERWOOD, General Agent Am. Emil
grant Aid and Homestead Company, No. 1i6 Broadway,
New York. jessie "