The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1865-06-03
virginia Land.

keilam Tennessee, Land Agents. who
have established an Office at Eastville, North
ampton ccnnty, We. aud whose card will be
found in to'oay's Wig, speak as follows, OF
the land in that region:
'.Tne soil of this land is light loan, with
good clay bottom and is susceptible of q
high state Of improvement. There is any
quantity of muck and shells, (which can be
converted into lme) convenient, out of
which permanent manure can be made
The land will produce grain, hay, cotton,
tobacco, fruit, and any other article that
can be raised upon land of the same latitude.
There has been an objection with some
persons to purchasing land in Maryland or
Virginia, and that objection was that slave
labor was brought into competition with free
| labor. and such persons as were inclined to
purchase land in these States would not do
so for this reason. Since slavery has been
abolished in Maryland many persons from the
States of New York, New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, have purchased farms there, and
particularly upon the Eastern Shore of Ma
ryland.
If slavery has been an objection to Vir-
ginia, that objection no longer exists, espe-
cally upon the Eastern Shore of Virginia,
as the slaves were all declared free by Major
General Butler about January LIST, 1864, and
in March, 1864, by the action of the State
| Convention.
Land of the same quality, and situated
upon the salt water, las these lands are) in
Maryland caunot be purchased for less than
/ $50 per acre, vet we can sell land upon an
average for less than two-thirds OF that
amount in fee, with good buildings and wood
upon it, (Which in a number of cases will pay
| Al, l., ~ ~, Al
be thed-the country being very level and
without rocks.
The people, generally, who have never
visited the Peninsula have very unfavera-
BILE opinion of the Eastern Shore of Vir-
ginia, and the principal object of this circu-
lar is to induce those Who wish to purchase
! ""a.ieap and desirable land, situated upon the
salt water--at Is hours travel by water from
the city of Baltimore, Md, to visit the
shore. One reason why the land sells so
cheap is because it has been regarded as a
place remote from any market. Get your
map and look at the situation of the Eastern
Shore of Virginia. neck of land averaging
about six miles in width, intersected by
creeks on each side, at about eight miles
apart-it is impossible to have a farm very
far from navigable water yet the mosquitoes
are not Troublesome, and the country is
re1y healthy.
There is a steamer running tri-weekly to
Cherrystone Creek, near Eastville, and to
Chesconnessex Creek, near Drummondtown
from Fortress Monroe, Va, and a weekly
steamer direct from Baltimore, Nd, tc
Onancock, about five miles from Drummond
town. Also any number of sailing vessels
trading between the shore and Baltimore
from the Bay side, and to Philadelphia and
New York. from the Sea sde,) therefore
there is no scarcity of transportation by
water.
If the proposed Railroad from Salisbury
Md, to Cherrystone Creek. opposite For
tress Monroe (110 miles, is completed, i
will greatly shorten the route between the
North and South (see map.) Vegetables
can be raised for the Philadelphia marke
too ,cceks earlier than they can be raised neal
the city. As the transportation now is, il
would pay, well, to raise early vegetables
corn, potatoes, tomatoes, NC, (such as
would not wither in "a hours.) for the Balti
more market. The fruit is also very early il
ripcnng. The climate is well suited to rails
ing winter corn for table use, while green
raising early marketing, and are contentet
to live on in the usual easy way
The best fish, oysters, clans, &C., can b,
procured at all times, and within 400 yard
lin the majority of cases. of the dwelling.
Wild fowl, swan, geese, ducks, &c, are yer,
numerous in season. Upon the whole, w
cannot conceive of country where a liveli
hood can be procured more easily than upol
the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
We think that if good farmer was to Sc,
the farmers here till the land, and see tn,
large crops that are raised, he would, in con
sderation of the small amount of manure
applied, and the manner Of tilling the land
conclude that it must be, naturally. of al
excellent quality. The land which we offer
unlike the land upon the Western Shore o
Virginia, is of good title, as the records
landmarks, &C., have not been destroyed
since the war began"