Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-09-01
RESOURCES or THE SOUTH.
HINTS TO EnIGRANrs.
DELAWARE,


We have received copy of crcular CON
cerning Northern Emigration TO Delaware
from which we learn that the people Of that
State are alive to the desirableness OF adding
TO their population, and seek industrious and
Intelligent freemen, as most likely to increase
the prosperity of their State. The 4" Delaware
Improvement Association, which issues this
circular, is IA society composed Of most of the
best and most prominent men in the State. Its
president is William Cannon, the Governor of
the State, and among its officers we End the
names of Harrington, Dn Pont, Snithers lIeald
Reybold, and others, well known to all VINO
are familiar with Delaware.
The Association desires TO call the attention
of farmers market- t-gardencrs, and mechanics
in different branches, to the Tact that in Della
ware they can find cheap lands, delightful
and healthful climate, great opportunities for
the exercise OF the thrift and management for
which the people of the Northern States are
noted, and hearty welcome among popula-
tiOn which has made up its mind that irecmen
add more to the general wealth and prosperi-
ty than slaves. The circular before us asserts
that none but loyal settlers are desired that
" northern men with southern principles have
been the most unprincipled scapegruces tuAt
have cursed the south = and thnt persons
coming from Yankee State are expected to
bring their principles with them and t. MAIN
tain them and remain faithful 10 them
The pre-eminent advantages oi Delaware to
those who are seeking new home are evident
TO any one who will iook ut the map The
whole of that State and the eastern shore OF
Maryland is plainly intended Ms u inarket-g gar
den for the three great cities Ut the northern
coast. The situation the ready means of
communication, by water and by railroad the
nature. OF the soil and climate the nenrness
to the centres where irec labor is abouudant
aud at all times obtainablc; these and many
other circumstances point to the destiny OF
Delaware and eastern or peninsulnr Maryland
to be great market garden for the growth ot
vegetables and fruits for New York, Boston
and Philadelphia. The country is saubriuus,
and for those suffering from pulmonary dis
eases its climate is grateful and beneficial, -
Good water nbounds. The winters are so
mild that the farmer can use his plough in ul-
most every month in the year. The springs
are SO early that the tenderer vegetables aud
fruits can be sent to market from all parts of
the State from ten days to two weeks earlier
than they ripen in New Jersey, or farther
north this is an immense advantage to mar
ket-gardeners and those who are called "truck-
farmers" There is little danger from trUsts
and the season is long enough To allow all
crops to mature, and to permit OF the growth
OF two or three consecutive crops OF certain
vegetables.
As iruit-growing region Delaware is al
ready famous. Its peach orchards have made
| fortunes for their pOssOssOrs Major Anthony
tCybOld has made from fifteen 10 twenty thou
sand dollars per year from peaches alone
others have grown wealthy from crops of sweet
potatoes, melons, etc. The peach tree is not
injured by the blight, which makes this crop
So precarious in most northern States.
glance Mt the map will show that every
body in Delaware lives of necessity, Mt but
little distance from the railroad, which tray
erses the entire State from south TO north
and the railroad company is pledged to do all
1t can to favor the market and fruit gardening
Already daily evening market train is run
Land is cheap. Farms, with house and
outhouses, and fruit trees within three or four
mies OF railroad station, with land of fair
quality, and in fair condition US regards fenc-
ing and cultivation, may be obtained for from
twenty to thirty dollars per acre" Laud of
inferior quality can be purchased for from ten
TO twenty dollars per acre.
For mechanics SUFFICIENT Inducements are
held out, in growing country, cheap village
lots, cheap food and mild climate which per-
mits out-of- door labor all the year round
There are numerous mill seats, and for certain
trades the State offers peculiar advantages in
the possession of abundant and cheap timber
and lumber. We notice blocks of hickory are
now sawed out in Delaware, sent to Connecti-
sue " no ilaue llto AAt-HclFeSi ana tnen sent
buck to Delaware. Sash and blind factories
are wanted.
All these advantages have been open to
northern worlimen and farmers for years, but
have not hitherto tempted many to use them
Whyf Undoubtedly the existence of slavery
in the State has repealed the Industry and en-
terprse Of the free States. Intelligent free
labor is enterprising, but it will not submit to
the degradation of competition with slave la
Dor. HaUuilV fhiH 0bstaCle IL ao naarltr po
moved in Delaware, that the addition of a few
hundred votes would secure emancipation in
the State. 1t has now only seventeen hum
dred slaves left-so few that many wealthy
merchant of New York could afford to pur-
chase, Mt the highest market price, and free
the eutire slave population, and scarcely feel
the loss. The anti-slayery ven of the Stale