Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-15
DAILY SENTINEL
rsfrRspAY MORNING. JUNE IS

FrSn The RichnoDd Inns.


Htnss snd >uggestisas.
FRA the Richmond Tines
The Indications are unuistak cable that Vir-
ginis and TEXAS are the tfst to feel the benth-
ciaI effects OF the introduction Of White labor and
Northern capital To the people Of the North.
Who seek The advantages Of rich soil, healthy
climate and refined society, Virginia offers IN
fnisely greater advantages than Texas. There
10 no portion OF the State where the white man
canDot labor in the open hed in perfect safety
through the heated term" of midsummer, as
veil as through the most inclemeut weather Of
winter: n.vigable rivers aud extended lines OF
railroad place q market At the door Of nearly
every farmer. aud there IL scarcely fruit, YES
etable or grain known 20 agriculture or horticul
tuse which cannot be successfully and probably
cultivated 10 that State Our climate, unlike
that Of Texas, Il mild. temperate and uniform.
and cattle grazing in Virginia. although il can
never become the gigantic business which u II
in Texas. has nevertheless Tor years been ex-
cesdinely profitable. and has enriched many
thousands Our mineral resources, and the IA
cilisies which our streams afford manufactures,
are so extraordinary a. 10 defy competition But
IN Texas there Is much rich land 10 be bought
for q very little money, and the people there
have the good sense TO tempt men Of email capt.
tai by advantageous offers Of cheap, good lands.
Here we are not acting so wisely.
Ia Virginia. the recent lessons OF adversely
have not vet brought our farmers much worldly
wisdom We regret TO announce this unpleasant
fact. but /. will not harm them 20 know Of il.
Go where you please in much the largest ADD
fertile counties OF Virgins, you sure 10 fiod
fences burned. fields crossing up 10 young pines.
persimmons and broom straw. This picture is
rendered sill more gloomy by the absence OF all
indications OF comfort and prosperity Horses,
sheep, hogs and horned cattle are rarely seen.
and a solitary condemned horse driven (by
some rheumatic negro rho Is too old to be iugs
eioas) to a piow which cuts a furrog about three
inches deep, is the sole reliance for crop OF
many q farmer Who owns q thousand acres Of
good arabic land The owner resides probably
in dIIapidsied house. unconscious OF paint. the
roof and chimney Of which have been ventilated
in q curious but not becoming manner by stray
cannon balls aud spherical shell he il not an
ideal OF cheerful contented prosperity. The
paiIings OF bis yard and gsr>en have long since
fed the brigh, camp fires OF not over scrupulous
Federal or Codfederate soldiers, and q solitary
Gov. and a dozen predacious hens, regard all
attempts at gardening as benevolent contrIbu-
tons TO their personal comfort.
This neglected and useless land. these trouble
some domestic fowls. together with the COW.
living skeleton Of pig, hungry, wolhsh look
ing dog. few pounds of meat and few bushels
OF meal. make up the worldly wealth of hun
dreds and thousands Of cur once prosperous
farmers. The sons Of these gentlemen. in too
many instances, sleep beneath the sod OF some
bloody battlefield. where gallant lives we're lost
10 a useless aud unhappy struggle, and delicately
pGrtured females perform mental and unaccus-
toned labors for their aged and heart broken
parents
The farmers Of this class suffer -lI the pains
and annoyances OF al ject poverty Yes in real
ity they have the means Of making themselves
as comfortable AS when they cultivated their
great farms An opportunity IL now offered 20
them which may never again occur. We say TO
them cut up yosr idle and Improbable plsnts-
tons into neat. comfortable little farms of fifty
or one hundred acres, and reserve yourselves
enough OF the .'paternal acres TO enable you TO
live and die. ii you choose. where Jour forefsth-
ers lived and died, and where your children lie
buried. Sell OFF the as quickly a possible,
and invest the proceeds in work horses. good
cattle, improved breeds OF fosls. and the best
agricultural implements and fertilizers; ft up
good. substantial ieaces; use shItewash aud paint
ugon your houses: get plain. comfortable furni-
ture; hire two or three honest, hard working la
borefs, and see that they work Jour gardens,
orchards and fields thoroughly. and fight good
fight With the grass-thst toe which Cuffee has
rarely subdued. ID mt We beg you, drive away
purchasers by asking absurd aud ,I'ravagantly
high prices, bat take he market value. ana then
invest the proceeds quickly aud judicously Do
this. and there are men of three score among
you who will live 70 regard the change in your
system OF labor a. blessing although preciou
fes OF you think Gentlemen.
treat you TO up and be doing. and beware that
Texas does not get all the emigrants whom you
frighten from the ''racred soil"
Sell your lands 10 any man who has the money
10 pay far them, for whether be Is e" Y snkee .
DutchmsD." he will teach YOU many a
clever, useful wrinkle in farming which you
never dreamed of Do not persevere in the mad
folly OF driving away fortune by asking too much
for your lands.
II the tide of emigration flows by and you sell
not your lands, tsxaton will speedily devour
what little the war has LETT, and when those vile
pine and persimmon interlopers that have seized
upon your neglected fields get feS years more
pith and stamina IN them some insusplcious day
the internal tax collector will hang q borrd red
flag over the remains Of your front gate, and
then. alas. for the psternsl acres" and that
dear old graveyard where repOse tie honOred
dust of ysur houest ioreialhers. and the bones of
many noble soldier boy aud lovely daughter.