The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-01-24
nteresting Virginia Stats tics.

The Fincastle Herdld gives some interesting
facts respecting the attractions OF Botetourl
county for immigrants. The Blue Ridge
forms the eastern boundary OF the county, ana
the James river runs through the northern
part The number of improved acres, In
farms in 1862 was 1906, and unimproved,
l45,os2. the whole cash value of which was
estimated ut IS, 49, 40j, averaging nearly So"
per acre The State Auditors report for 1850
and 1861 shows an average Of 2ol,Ooo, at the
average assessment of $40. % per acre. In 1850
there were only three farms i'll Botetourt
having less than ten acres; ten containing
from ten 10 twenty acres: sixty from twenty
to fifty acres: one hundred and forty-one
from fifty 10 one hundred acres; two hundred
and eighty two from one hundred 10 five nun
dred sixteen from five hundred to one thou
sand. and two containing over one thousand
The M.aM gives the products of the county,
in round numbers, rs follows: 10000 bushels
of wheat, l75, 900 bushels of rye and oats, 400,
600 bushels of corn, 10000 bushels OIL potatoes
:, 600 tons of hay, 800 bushels of clover and
other grass seeds, 100000 pounds OF tobacco,
~ 600 hounds of flaXseed 81, 900 pounds Of wool,
2oo, 900 pounds of butter. The county subslsts
10 600 meat cattle, 10000 sheep, 2joo0 hogs, and
5000 horses and mules. The total population
in 1850 was ll.5lG, or about Il inhabitants 10
the square mile. The total white population
in 1850 was SAL of whom only Il were foreign
ers.
The facilities for manufacturing in Bot"-
tourt are very great. There are SIX blasilhS
furnaces in successful operation, which have
an inexhaustble supply of ore of the very best
quality One of these furnaces made elght
hundred tons of metal in one year during the
war There are also two foundrieS at Bucha-
nm There are massive beds OF cotis Ill TIC
mountains, extending TO unknown depths the
seams of which are eight 10 ten feet III width
Botetourt supports more than twenty lhef'
chant mills and two WOODEN factories. Inc
climate is as healthy us any Ill The country
The comfy seat lies one hundred and seventy
miles west of Richmond The county has
facilities OF transportation 10 Richmond by the
James River canal and by railroad. water
power is abundant throughout the length ana
breadth of Botetourt, and suitable to ma
chinery of any capacity desired Inc He'""
speaks but the naked truth when II says thai
Botetourt offers superior inducements 10 capl
talists, in whatever form they may wish te
inyest-rch farms, excellent grazing LANDS, q
healthy climate, comfortable homes, wool &c
manufacture, unrivalled water power, mex
haustible minerals, and one of the most indus
trous and orderly populations that can bt
found.
! Botetourt is n valley county: but 10 those
who prefer the Piedmont country the follow
ing facts of one of our finest eastern coun
ties will be of interest. We refer 10 the
comfy of Albemarle. Its county seat is moi
more than six hours journey from Richmond
nv rail Albemarle is one of our most fertile
and beautiful counties. 1t produces more
corn than any county in the State, except Lou
doun and Augusta The corn product OF 1850
was nearly 500, 900 bushels the wheat crop
3o2, 307 bushels tobacco, j,429,39j pounds
value of orchard products, Sl6,6S6. This last
must be an under estimate, for Albemarle Is
famous for its fruits, especially its fine pip
pins. 1t is also celebrated for its mutton
According to the census of 1860, the number
of sheep was IL ,9o4, and the value OF the live
stock about 5000, 600. Total population in 1860
%, 625 of which Il, los We're white. The area
of the county is 6S2 square miles, containing
2i5,272 acres of improved farms, and 1884
acres unimproved, the whole cash value OF
which averaged about $50 Is per acre. There
was only one farm in the county containing
less than ten acres five hundred ana seventy
six from one hundred to five hundred acres,
and twenty three containing over one thou
sand acres. 1t is a beautiful county-a county
of mountains, rivers, hills and plains-inhabi-
ted by one of the most refined and intelligent
communities in the State. 1t is connected
with the markets of the State by water lines
and two railroads. It's water power, for man
ufacturng purposes, is very great. The county
seat, Charlottesville, is only eighty-fve miles
from Richmond, and is the seat of the great
University OF the South. There is no county
in the State which presents greater facilities
for education than Albemarle
IL the journals published III the various
counties Of the Commonwealth will give the
public all particulars concerning their coun.
ties which will be of interest 10 those who
contemplate removing TO the State, they will
render valuable public service, and cannot
fail to demonstrate that there Is no land
which offers such inducements to immigra.
ton as Virginia.
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