Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-06-22
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STATE IMMIGRATION BoARD-The State
immigration Board met in Richmond yester-
day, and adopted The following proposition,
made by Nessrs Imboden and Page :
lst. That the Board shall appoint General
G. Tochman it's general agent m Europe 10
promote immigration 70 Virginia: ana that
under the eoltrol of the Board there shall be ap-
pointed domestic agents in Virginia. -, -:
"a. That such agency shall not authorize
the making OF any contract or the performance
of auy act by any OF: the agents to create any
pecuniary liability on theapart OF the State OF
Virginia orzofsthe Board:
3D. That all publications made By any of
said agents. through the public press, or BY Cir
culars or otherwise, shall be first submitted to
and approved. BY the Board. y +.
4th.s That the funds necessary to. carry On
the business Of the, agencies hereby created
shall be raised in: such q manner aa said agents
may adopt. Eyai
5th. That the sales Of lands to immigrants
shall be the subject of private contract between
said agents, the owners Of the lands and the
immigrants, upon such terms as the parties
may agree upon, and in all cases it shall be
provided that the purchaser shall have the
privilege OF inspecting the land, in person or
by an attorney. before his contract Of purchase
shall become binding upon him. .s
6th All transactions OF said agents With
Immigrants shall be recorded by them and be
subject to inspection by the Board, and if dis
approved, the agency hereby created may be
revoked and set aside at any time by order of
the Board and we agree semi. annually, TO
maketo the Board y full report Of our trans
actions here and in Europe. st'5,{
7tb. 1t is further agreed that said agents in
Virginia shall have the appointment OF other
agents to induce emigration from ;abroad-such
appointments to be ratified by the Board of
immigration.
A GREAT MIsTAKE.-It isa great mistake
to suppose there exists in the South any pre-
iudiee against Northern men per. Sc. There
are thousands Of New Englanders we could
take to our ANS There are men on the hills
of Vermont on the mountain sides OF New
Hampshire, IN Boston, VINO '9se rnn mpet'S anI as
Patrick Henry, dwelling on the banks OF the
James and the Potomac at the present day.
This. day, among some of the Purltans on
Boston Bay. whose English blood and hearts
beat il sympathy with Virginia and Carolina,
there are mourrners for the lost art-Reputhcan
Government. Such men as Pierce, Seymour,
and hundreds of others whom we could name,
adding lustre to the history OF any. people,
not shifters on the scenes of national tragedy,
nor varying with the strongest slde-Wll yet
command the country's respect.
To such the South, standing by the ancient
landmarks, can offer open arms. here IN Ola
Virginia where first the sword was drawn
against oppression, dismantled and dlslnen~
bered as she is, we can say to them, come,
we will welcome you if we cannot give you
offar q
tile soil, and people who, like you, love the
liberty thstis denied them y South. Opinion.
MANS HEAD SHAvED-The Richmond
Examiner says, United States Deputy Marshal
Duncan, last week, in obedience to the mandate
Of Judge Underwood, of the District Court OF
the United States. who acted on an Indictment
found by the grand iury), proceeded to the
countv ] % Of MecEenburg and levied on distil-
lery there for an alleged violation OF law
After doing so in due form, the Deputy Mar
sbal lett an attendant In charge, with strict Or
dars TO let nobody come near the place, and to
keen it under lock and key till he came again.
He had not been gone more than twenty-tour
hours before some unknown persons introduced
themselves, and, producing 4 dull razor and
some turpentne soap, persuaded the guard 10
mart with all of his hair, after which they lett,
leaving, however, an injunction that he make
himself scarce with all due expedition, which
he did with speed, arriving in this city SUNDAY
night, The operators in this case are unknown,
consequently no suit has been instituted against
the perpetrators Of this vile outrage, ,-Lynch.
Parganad1e:
DIFFRREEcEs IN THE SHAPE OF FEET. The
New York Hide and Leather Journal notices a
few Of the differences in the shape Of the pedal
extremities of people in various sections OF the
country. q
Shoes made Tor one locality are not adapted
for all For instance, broad shoe, wide IN
the shank is best adapted to to the Eastern
trade, narrow sole meeting with but little
favor. 3, Rhode Island, though the smallest
State in the Union, can boast OF having some
of the biggest feet that ever trod sole-leather;;
The Middle States require simmer SHOES ana
higher in the instep than the East. The IN
step grows, higher. as We progresa southwark,
commencing with Virginia, and the foot shorter,
and moro nIump. Rarely, at the North, does
a fn|l crown man wear less than No. 8, run
ming un in the scale of sizes to No.rll but, at
the South: many a. full sized man wears tours
and fves, and seldom over nines
GRAIN From CALIFORNIA. -Ca)fornia ex-
poets to compete hereafter with the Eastern
States in Supplying the grain markets OF Eu-
rope The Alta California saws '"Ths year
the greatest want has been sufficient shipping
to carry away the surplus crop to foreign mar
kets Hereafter We shall not be troubled Oh
that account, as the shippers and grain dealers
of the Eastern States and Europe now under
stand that ne have a large trade upon which
they can rely. With o lively competition in
shipping, San Francisco, even by way Of Cape
Horn, can always reach the markets OF Europe
with her. grain little cheaper than Chicago,
SO that our farmers will have the advantage Of
those of Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and
Iowa in.price, and double or treble the advan-
tage Id production to the area planted.