New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-12
FROM RICHMOND.
Plan Tor the Begcncration of Virginin-
OiHieutties in the Way OF it's Execution
-CIemency TO RebeIs-Abuse OF the
Pardoning Power--Convocatiou OF
Rebel Leadcrs-The Notorious mosby
Among the Disanccted.

From pur Special Correspondents
RICHMOND, Va. Aug. O. is6J.
At the meeting Of the Legislature in this city,
last June scheme was defeated wherein was set forth
the advantages discerning TO Virginia The tide of emf
grafton setting in from the North toward uDcutra.od
sections Of the Southern states.
PLAN FOR EEGESERATiSG VIRGINIA.
Til. scheme was founded under the auspices ofmany
Of our most prominent and patriotic Northern citizens,
and had for ts object The colonization Of certain dis
tTicts with Northern ermers and in the reesiablsh'
ing the workings Of the Civil Government secure
sufficient element to control the influence o. bitter bad
and radical politicians
The intimston that there an opportunity to in.
crease tie revenue Of the State by the sale Of its pub
lie lands stimulated the over scnsiyencss OF these
Solons to breach OF the call that assembled them to-
gether and they elected Of their number Registrar
of the Land Once. Here the effort rests. Where the
lands are 10 be found; how reached; the soil; the
facilities FOR cultivation; IN fact any single question
Intending elicit information desired by the settler.
are 10 the Registrar his associates matters OF
supreme ignorance. Not chart Of the State, much
less county nap is 10 be- found in this Office. desg'
mated rs the Land apartment and any Of our soldiers
intending TO locate In this State, unless purchasing of
private parties will be obliged 10 trust 10 luck and sin
months patience in indingany unoccupied land.
II proyerbal fact that haf the roads of Viz.
GINA are COW patches, and III the south western coun
ties these dwindie in.o trails.
person desiring purchase any Of The public lands
fuds tract be supposes Wild, advises the Land De
partnent ai Richmond Of his desre to buy, who in
notify the nearest surveyor to take the bearings OF
the plot forward hs diagram 10 the Department, with
assessment OF It's value which i'll he the liked Tate
and six months thereafter the intended purchaser is In
formed whether his choice be preGmpted or mott aud
where there many hundreds Of owning each
1000, 2ocOo OF 50C00 acres. the chances aIe Ge
EeTdant sratt1r las ntrCdcd upon titled property.
and has lis expense end experience TO try lis luck
again
These discouFasng facts will explain Why emigration
i so rapidly flowing into North Carolina, Tennessee
and Alabama, and until the officials Of Virginia shall
besr Themselves in the matter Of giving information
and facilitating purchasers will there continue IL is
waste Of arabic land.
Very many OF the largest andhoders are going North
10 mike arrangements fog TaFcen: out aud selling of
tracts.
TBE OBSTACLES u THE WAY
Tie emancipation OF immense numbers Of slave,
places the autocrais Of tic .o in staiteDcd oircu,n
stances II is said % william Allen when the Eche,
TNleit lcflcu on Did NUMBER
Notifications that he demonstrated because he Rad
been ief with but sQt hugdre6 field hands He il said
10 have owned over a. OO eniaied down from genera
ton 10 generation the cost of keeping whom was bat
uife comparatively. The hire of labor 20 till their
posse ssions requires larger capital than one man
usually holds; hence the necessity of reducing their
estates and the seeking 70 bring around them persons
Of industrious and temperate habits. 1T associates in
political and social power.
Good farms can be had az s25 an acre. but lumber
being present very high houses barns cannot be
built short Of an outlay Of s. o)0 The climate is
ccent and soil in most any section very good. The
want Of sUbsoii plows. cuivaiors moving machines,
and the MANY varied apIurcunnccs with which n
thrifty farmer is surrounded has prevented these Vir
GINA lands from yielding mp onc-luarter their sub
stance. There Is not agricultural store in Rich
nond; farming implements OF the most meager descrp
ton are mixed III with hardware crockery. groceries.
and the usual assortment Of O country corner
The use OF manure and other fertilizers is OF littlc
moment IL the preparations for crop. Flowing con-
ss in scratching over the land about three and four
inches deep Potatoes are planted in Ike manner
peas ana corn dropped kernel to hill a distance
OF five feet Wheat and oats are moved not Graded.
and the threshng done in various parts of the field
where they gather up the straw and bring 1t by the
armfu 10 the place selected for stacking The market
wagons are the most diapidstod fmsy. tumbledto-
eether two wheeled clamsy concerns human ingenuity
ever contrived few boards laid upon the axle with
lnaYY1R nd he Ia. spAa nd