The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-03-19

Il "a ise les,sr . The JogaNn- would
have Tire saers. Is make him tbs focal
point - nnmergus epis.olary iasorsirom 4
shaae nadisaiing emigration from sssds- (.
rs different points where your Paper
reaches Il might hase worlcl sad
paragraph with more care 80 i Is
thatquite number letters have come, .
and al tlono. know Bow many more may +
come asking Tor further information. -
10 the resources. prospects and cifeun-
stances attending this part Of the world
and as these inquiries are. ~ substance,
,he same from tie different parties
isel constrained 70 ask the use q your
columns through which toreaeh g many
cases a. may be seeking light on TINS
subject, to avoid the necessity Of writ
ing the same letter to perhaps humid
rel interested inquirers- perhaps
eet quantity Of circulars struck, tell
inc what have to say about the mat
ter II affords me pleasure that this
necessity Is presented me, and would
not have those q your readers Who bayc
written me, think that am less cis-
posed than before, TO do what can to
induce Immigration hiiherward and TO
oblipe those who thus favor me with
thor confidence only | seek an eco-
aomical method Of fulfilling the contract
undertook, when voluntarily assum-
"a position as a glide-board set up in
the highway Of the nations stately
march.
The land IN South East Missouri is
q, heavily timberod with oak, hickory, ma
pie, elm, ash, black walnut, pine and
= cotton wood, besides a good many 9th
Z or varieties that are less common than
Q those mentioned. The soil is various
!. also, but mostly susceptible of high
0 degree Of cultivation. 1t is clayey in
e the main, with occasional sand, a strong
y deep soil, but not as rich on an ayeraSt
q perhaps, as the prairies Of Illinois,
q the corn crop be the test, but POSSESSING
8 an adaptabihty to every vegetable tina
y the climate can produce. Wheat y
= raised here, that challenges comparison
n with that Of any part Of the country
! In fact it was -four ground by Cap
5. Girardeau mill that took the FIRST prem
a. ium at the Worlds Exhibition at Lon
don in 1851. suppose that eghteel
- bushels to the acre is an average crol
III throughout this region, for wheat SOW
er ed broadcast, and perhaps twenty 10
y that sown with drill, though the com
mon estimate is rather higher than this
n Vegetables are abundant and easil
X raised here, though the Irish potato
G. does not do as well as farther north
y Fruit Of the finest quality is raised her
i with the greatest ease, and the wood
~ are full Of the varieties that grow vii
a in their season. 1t is commonly re
%, marked here that stock and fruit rai'
We ing are the best kinds of business
~ which to embark ! need not say,
as presume, that the agriculture that hd
p obtained here is of kind that CORES
ponds to the other sorts Of enterpris
no that languished under the scmi-cNihzi
he ton Of the age that already passes ava
;. The country is well watered IN even
part-sometime too much SO, on the'
= rich alluyial bottoms, of which a GOO
~ share of the tillable land is composed
ire but more than half century has give
ais opportunity TO learn all about what
~, , expect in ordinary times and to guar
N. against the rush of water that com
/ a down to meet the birds and flowers
ed spring. The surface of South Ea
'rd Missouri seems quite rough and uney'
=" to the prairie dwellers of Illinois al
nst Iowa, but not too much SO to suit t
ste mountain-born children of New In
OF land | am sure, if indeed they would n
lty prefer more hills and ravines to ma
~, mp landscape more nearly resembh
bly the homes they leave. Water prlyllee
ub- are numerous, and in many places p'
nj : ial inducements are offered to such
on will improve them. Almost all kinds
MI manufactures can be prosecuted to
Mr.. vantage here. Wooden and cotton goo
to lumber. wooden ware, everything Il
led is transported at great expense from
sne far East win find here waiting oppor
by mites to enrich the enterprise that y
our establish their Manufacture. The IN
wells kets for this region are the towns on
V Mississippi River, the stations on
cor Iron Mountain Rail Road, and
sem places that are to go up on the hn'
avid its extension from Pilot Know to q
me Girardeau and Belmont, opposite I
lumbus, Ky The work is 70 begin n
81 month on this route The price Of "a
-ect Ht.l.,e ,his s,,rinfg Il from ten to tive