Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-01-28

the State, and suppOrtedresidspt aywell as
ana ltlnerant pastors, on scale commen
surste with the worldly circumstances o.
their respective congregations.
Under the head of
FINANCES,
we wish only to say, that since We have Sc,
up for ourselves we have, under a reduced
ta1stion, realized some notable economies:
and, as to the future, immigrants from Ger.
tam other States may derive comfort from
the following section of the Consultation /:
80. No debt shall be contracted by this
State, except to meet casual deficits in the
revenue, to redeem a previous liability of
the State, to suppress insurrectiou, repel
or defend the State in time of war;
With the exception of such tracts as NAV
hereafter be affected by the laws of forfei.
ture, escheat or confscation, the State of
West Virginia has no
LANDS FOR SALE;
her entire area having been long ago aus
propriated under the former laws of the
mother State. Purchasers are, therefore.
referred exclusively to private holders, in
whose hands may be found tracts Of every
size, and of an aggregate extent sufficient
for the demand of many years to come.
Before the depreciation ofpsper currency
large surveys could be had in the midile
and southern counties, at from 81 so to So.
per acre. Smallertracts of farming sizes
at from So, to $40, according to surround
ing improvements aud conveuiences.
Farms of one hundred to three hundred
acres, with twenty to thirty acres improv-
ed, and primitive buildings sufficient for
the wants of the beginners, are contsantIy
offered by the original settlers at from $5.
TO Sl5 per acre, aud are preferably rec,
commended to new. corners not familiar
With the axe and the hardships of pioneer
enterprise. Highly improved farms on the
Ohio, river, with gooi residences and every
desirable convenience, are rated from $50
70 500 per acre. Gu the Great Kauawha,
Mouougahela aud the improved sections
at $40, to $50 per acre.
Most usual terms: one-fourth or one third
cash, balance in annual payments to spit
the abilities Of thepurchaser.
Exclusively mineral lands ars, ofcourse.
held at higher rates, governed altogether
oy prospects and availability.
Until the final pacifcatou of the couu-
try, the purchase aud successful coloniza.
ton OF lands 10 the southern half of the
State offers some difficulties, besides occa-
sional guerrilla raids, to which We advise
agricultural immigrants not to expose
themselves, unless combined in formidable
and well directed colonies, aud after mature
consideration. In the meantime, the resi-.
due of the State offers ampls facilities and
Inducements With much greater security.
Families possessing strong laboring
force, but not the ready means TO purchase
q home for themselves, will fiud profitable
employment as tenants on cultivated farms,
or on woodland, the improvement of which
will be taken for rent Mechanics, farm
hands sud laborers are in general demand
at unprecedented wages, as we'll as domes.
tic help of both sexes; aud their annual
economies in our frugal country, will ma4
terialy exceed those of their fellows, who.
IN mora populated centres, arc exposed 10
the temptations of extravagance, aud to the
periodical returns of stagnation and dearth,
10 the large cities and manufacturing
centres, North and East, are crowded 10.
gether thousands of artizans with their FAM
lilies, hopelessly suffering from vicissitudes
alluded to. Many ofthess would material
" improve their circumstances without
diminishing their chances of employment,
oy removing to our valleys. where pure
air Is abundant, and unadulteratei food
can be raised by moderate indulgence in
recreatiVe out. door exercise. This propo-
sttion. applies more especially to jewelers.,
Watchmakers, carvers, pictorial aud topo.
graphical engravers, manufacturers of op-
tical, mathematical and musical instru \
mentsr of toys and thefiner articles of the
fancy trade, requiring long aud tedious la.
Dor, on valuable materials of small volume
and easy. transportation to and from the
sources of employment. .rs.. .t
THR POIITIoAn ADVANTAGES 'ow
which our State offers to the foreign i'm
migrant, are, III all respects, equal 10 those
belonging TO the native so soon as he is
admitted citizen of the United States
Although in the meantime he is epioying
social privileges and the fullest protection
OF the law, nothing but his share of tax Is
expected iu relIru. The warnings of the
European prsss against military recruiting
schemes, masked by official emigration
agencies, do not apply to West Virginia,
who has ennobled herself by invariably
exceeding her quota of the national calls,
aud wants hands to cultivate the arts Of
peace and not of war.
We trust the uuprsjudiced reader is al
ready convinced that our humble efforts to
recommend our infant State, conceal no
other motives but those we openly avoE
To all pilgrims who, from either side of
the Atlantic, may feel induced to share our
destioies with au honest heart, an active
mind, frugal tastes aud willing hand,
nerved by the love of freedom and pro.
gress, we say "Welcome to West Virgin
Ia: this is your home, and we are your