Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-02-22
Homes For All.

TINHE AMERICAN EMt6RANT AND HON t.'iEAD
! COMPANY. having its headquarters ia the city
of New York ha been organized for tle sole and deii-
mite purpose collecting Information Iruin All pas / Oi
the country wherein desirable Ianls may lie had At
low nrires and commenting those lands to the atten-
ton and favor of all who may be nd'icel 10 luFcha'S
improve them. 1t has been silently pcriectng ITS
ARRANGEMENTS and correspondence for more than year
past until it is now really to oeT 60 settlers range
for selection, embracing more tiIan One Million Acres
OF cheap wild lands with some improved farms mainly
in the States Virginia. Pennsylvania. Tennessee and
Mis- zouri; and it will extend its operations INFO
To emigrants from Europe, to the energetic young
men of complctly settled States and sections 10
the hives of mechanics AMI aborcTs who tl'r"nS our
cities and live in constant and reasonable dread that
panic pestence, wlr. rcvsion- or some niteratiOn
in the channels of trade. may ut any moment deprive
them Of employment AMI Their ttihIs5 % oreA'; We
say, resolve while you may, to seek home where
such peTils unknown.
We mean to sell lands, we'll negotiate for pur-
Chscrs with those who have large tracts for sale IN
every part of the Union; but our attention Is more
cspeSially directed to the hboring States-Yirgnl,
Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri. H1EGI&LA esie-
cialiy procrs mt this time remarkable Inducements To
immigrants. Her climate is temperate and soniai-
the Peach the Apple the Pear, the Grape, alike thrive
in tit is far better and desirably TimbeTed
than almost State; its naViSabie rivers aud
innUmerib!e available streams WteE-oWer AMI pro
fusion of the most valuable mDeTalS-CIa Iron salt,
Copper &c.-aTe unsurpassed; the state has expended
large sums in constructing Canals and Railroads across
its entire breadth which place almost every county
within few hours ride, either of its seapOrs or OF the
great inland cities Of Cincinnati Pittsburgh ieelng'
Louisville, &C.; yet FERTILE inviting Iahi WhSthSr M
proved is cheaper this day ia the Mother of
States, than it is in Minnesota OF Oregon No where
else earth lands illed with accessible Cnl or
Iron Ore covered with choice Timber and excellent
alike train and Grass. Fruit and Roots bo obtained
che0ply in Old Virginia; while to men Of con-
siderable means we can sell fsOl farms almost within
sight of Washington City for Ss than the ihir cost oil
The TABLE LANDS of EAST TENNESSEE present
of the inviting fields for industry and cater
prise this Continent. The climates saluhrtons and
healthfll The soil is adapted to all agricultural pur-
suits. Its unimproVed Lands covered with Hsefn!
Timber, or present natural openinGs and Meadows
producing nutritious Grass. The farmer can have las
products on shipboHrl in so hours and can buy his
Groceries, Dry Goods, etc. at home, rs cheapas any
one in New England Yet we sell him good Lands
with perfect titles Mt from one TO three dollars per acre
word to the single objection which has kept
these lands long urcDitiTatei and which now keeps
them in the marSetat bare traction OF their
value-That of Slavery. This Company has only TO
deal with any institution as substituting fact oyeE
whose existence character 1t has no control But
say in all confidence to intending settlers Slavery
in Virginia need and should not serve longer
hindrancc to settlement your part. That grand
Iiscnvery of orr ,r ArED sNIGE ALTON pr-
tiCay disposes of it 50 far Won are concerned Let
heads of families including farmers mechanics. mil
ler &C. take counsel together and resolve 10 seek new
and more eligible homes in company. Let them club
bling their send two Of their number TO ioG At
such lands are prepared to sell them Let these
delegates after sufficient scrutiny, buy from i've 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 ana put
these up at auction to the highest bidder whether
member of the company not Each member will.
of course be entitled to return IN land or money OF
the previously contributed by him to the Compa-
funds and to OF
from the transaction. Thus the Company viii form
sort Of spontaneous township with its roads bridges,
stores schools church, 6c substantially after the New
England Pattern. Such location may easily he made
such already in fact, exists in every county of Viz
ginia above tilewater; 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 eSenlptify
the law here indicate. Thus, before steady and
copious influx of FTec-LabOT immigration, Slavery
quietly and gradually disappears, without covusiOn
heart-burniug and the settlers will find their property
qualrupIed 10y the single act Of settlement
Young men of the Free States! a glorious career
opens before YOU We protier You cheap land ample
timber. healthful climate, absolute immunity from
even the dread of savage ncursun and depreciation,
adaptation to all the grains and fruits of the
temperate with ready access to ample and renu-
lucrative markets ut all seasons This day. more than
half the arabic land in Virginia has been turned
by pillow. while much of the good lands once geuer-
ously productive. is hut meaeTy Good treat
ment will readily and cheaply restore them to their
pristine fertility No stronger inducements TO indus
try, nobler theatre for eXerion, is pTOfered any
where earth.
Call and see our maps, descriptions, surveys etc.
write tn enclosing postage stamps Of coJIrse)
and your inquiries shall be answered aS far as pract
caI'e.
please address FRANCIS W. TAPPAN, President,
or JOHN c. UNDERWOOD, General Agent Am. EIni-
grant Aid and Homestead Company, No. &c I!rgiway-
New York. ie:li-59 "