Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1860-03-01
Homes Tor All.

TIME AMERICAN ESlGIAST AND HOMESTEAD
i COMPANY. having its headquarters in tho City
Of New York has boon Organized for the sole AMI def
mite purpose of collecting information from oil OF
tho country wherein desirable lands may be had at
low prices and commencing those lands to the alton
ton and favor Of all wO may bs induced To purchase
improve them. 1t has been silently periecting ats
and correspondence for more than year
past until II is ready to Oer to settlers range
for selection embracing more than One Million Acres
of cholp wild lands with improved farms, mainly
in the States of Virginia Pennsylvania Tennessee and
Nils sour and it will soon extend its operations into
| other States.
| To enigranta from Europe to the energetic young
men of our compacty settled States and sections to
the hives of mechanics and laborers who throng our
cities and live and reasonable dread that
panic pestence, revulsOn, or some alteration
in the channels If trade at moment, deprive
them of employment and their families OF Drcah we
say resolve now, while you may to seek home where
such perils are unknown.
We mean ts sell lands we'll negotiate for pur-
chasers with those who have large tracts for SALE in
every part of the Union; but attention is more
especially to the States-Tirginia
Kentucky. Tennessee, and Missouri. fIRoISIA espe-
cally proers at this time remarkable Inducements TO
immigrants. Her climate is temperate and genial
the Peach the Apple the Pear, tile Grape, alike thrive
in it-it is far better and more desrnbly Timbered
than almost any State; its navigablc rivers and
fnnumerable available streams waterpOwer. and pro
fusion Of the most valuable mneras-COal, Iron. Salt
Copper &c-9rc unsurpassed; the State has expended
iaIBe sums IN cSn'tFuL'inS CSillAiS sI ~ =
its entire breadth, which place almost every county
within few hours ride, either Of its seaports or Of tho
great inland cities of Cincinnati Pittsburgh Wheeiing
Louisville, &C.; yet fertile, inviting land whether I'M
proved is far cheaper this day ia the Mother Of
States, than it is in Minnesota or Oregon No where
else earth can lands filled with accessible Coal or
Iron Ore covered with choice Timber, and excellent
alike for Grain and Grass Fruit and Roots be obainr
so cheaply in Old Virginia; while to men of CON
siderable means we can sell good farms almost within
sight Of Washington City for less than the lair cost Of
The IA LE LANDS Of EAST TENNESSEE present
of tho most inviting fields for industry and enter
prise this Continent The climate Is saubrious AMI
healthl. The soil is adapted to all agricultural pur
suits. Its unmproyed Lands covered with useful
Timber present natural openings, and Meadows
products on shipboard in 30 hours and buy his
Groceries, Dry Goods etc, at home, as cheap a. any
in New England. Yet, We can sell him good LAMBS
with perfect titles from to three dollars per
word to the single objection which has kept
these lands so long incnitiVateu ana now hi
them in the market at bare traction OF their intrinsic
value-That of Slavery. This Company has only to
deal with any institution substituting fact, over
whose existence character 1t has no control But
in all confidence to intending settlers, Slavery
in Virginia need not and should not serve longer ~
hindrancc to settlement on your part That grand
discovery of age CoNCENTR lNNIGRATIoS Prac
tically dspOses of il far concerned Let
heads of families including farmers mechanics, mil
Iers &c. take counsel together and resolve to seek
and more eligible homes in company. Let them club
bn their means send two of their number to look at
such lands prepared to sell them. Let these
delegates, after sufficient scrutiny buy from fve 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 at auction to the highest bidder, whether
member of the company or not. Each member will.
of course be entitled to return in land money of
tho sum previously contributed by him to the COmp1
ny tun5s ana 10 his pfOpOFtOnoI any pFont TelLeu
from the transaction. Thus, the Company will form
sort of spontaneous township with its roads bridges
stores schools church, &C. substantially ater the New
England Pattern Such location may easily be made
such already in fact exists in every county of Yir
gnia above tde-water; and into such one, Slavery
will have neither preteSt desire to enter The city
of Wheeling, tho Quaker portion Of LOudOn County,
not to speak Of new experiments fairly exemplify
the law here indicate. Thus, before steady and
copous influx of Pree-Lnbor immigration, Slavery
quietly and gradually disappears without coVulsiOn
heart burning and the settlers will find their property
quadrupled by the single act of settlement.
Young men of the Free Statesl glorious career
opens before you. We proffer you cheap land, ample
timber, healthful climate absolute immunity from
the dread Of savage incurson and depreciation,
adaptation to all the grains grasses and fruits of the
temperate with ready access to ample and renu
neTatiya markets at all This day, than
half the arabic land in Virginia has been turned
by pillow. while much of the good lands once gener-
ousy productive is now but meagerly Good treat
ment Will readily and cheaply restore them to their
pristine fertility. No stronger Inducements to indus
try, nober theatre for exertion, Is prOffered any
where earth.
Call and see our maps, descriptions surveys, etc,
write to enclosing postage stamps. of cOurse)
and your inquiries shall DO answered far prRcti
cable.
Please address FRANCIS W. TAPPAN, President,
or JOHN c. UNDERWOOD General Agent Am. Emil
grant Aid and Homestead Company No. 145 Broadway,
New York. ienj15Q v