The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-09-09

and practice Of labor aud capable Of retnunera-
ting the tiller with a readiness almost to be COM
pared with the days of the first settlement of
Australia and California.
A striking characteristic OF the soil and eli
mate of Maryland in particular is the variety of
her productions. The New Highlander who goes
there may select farm on the eastern shore,
where peaches can he raised for market at prof
1t OF $l75 per acre the crop to be transported
cheaply aud safely by water, the arms and trib-
utaries OF the Chesapeake furnishing highway
from almost every orchard to the common mar
ket at Baltimore. Or he may cultivate melons,
nowhere found in greater petecton, the choicest
native grapes, or sweet potatoes, sold in New
lork at the same price as the best productions of
the Carolnas. He may devote portion Of his
land to strawberries, rpening in the sandy soil
ten days before they are seen in the gardens of
Delaware or Pennsylvania. Wheat and corn
may be made profitable staples Neither his
capital nor his labor need lie idle in the winter
months, for the bay is an unlimited storehouse of
oysters and fish of the quality for which the CT
ties wllpay any price and its surface is constant
| ly spotted with wild ducks to be had for the
killing, furnishing the dantiest food for the far
mers own family, and constantly in demand for
| the banquets of the rich throughout the nation
| Land in the regions thus full Of precious resour-
ces may now be bought at from $40 to $50 an
| acre.
OF course the emigrant will have some faults
| to find with his paradise. The roads, though in
a region where they may be built with remarka-
BILE ease and cheapness, are frequently impassa-
BILE from the lack of bridges, which the iahab-
tants have not had enterprise enough to build.
| The swine roam about the forests aud swamps
| so wild that it is more economical TO buy bacon
than to attempt to catch it there are Of course
ne pens for the provision OF manure; the nipple
ments of labor are those brought over by the
early colonists, or patterned after them with
Chinese exactness and the dwellings and barns
are of the most inconyenient and primitive con-
structon. Difficulties such these, the last REL
les of the era of slavery, will be very promptly
overcome by the energy and common sense of
Yankee innovatcrs, and are indeed hardly worth
noticing as obstacles to emigration
The western part Of Maryland is more like
New England in the beauty of its scenery and
the character Of its products and people. Fruits
and vegetables Of all kinds, cereals and live
stock are raised to advantage. Tie price Of
farms is higher, averaging $50 per acre. The
people are more generally devoted 10 manufac-
lures and the abundance Of excellent water pow
er furnishes good opening for enterprise which
has capital to supportit The soil, too is rich In
copper and iron ores and there are large NUN
Der Of quarries of the finest marble. sslt 5000
Those who are examining the maps OF the
South to choose the most desirable quarter for
emigration will not fail to remember while weigh
ing her material advantages, that Maryland new
err soiled her record by joining the rebellion
that she was the first State to emancpae her
slaves by the voluntary act of her own people
that the national capital lies close to her borders
and that her Legislature has already enacted q
system of free public instruction which in thu
rest Of the Southern States is still an end to bt
striven for.