New-York tribune., 1868-12-26

a., az On bis shoulder and few dollars IN his
nockct intent on making himself a home, must
work and save and endure privatlons Tor years,
in the reasonable hope of enjoying Thereafter
tho fruits of his exertions and transmitting
those fruits in good part to his children. Inc
industrious pioneer works four days per week for
the future. only two for the present. He clears
and breaks up. fences, builds, makes roads,
&c, with a full knowledge that the benefits
of his exertions must largely be realized years
hence. The foresight and thrift herein required
ovcrtax the virtue of too many, who want to
realize each Saturday night all they may nave
earned during this week and spend 1t before
the close of the next Hence, men rush to the
cities, where the opportunities abound Tor OBJ
tanning and spending wages so fast as they are
earned, and where they fancy that n spice oil
chance or gambling gives zest to effort. Thus
are the cities oyercrowded, while the fields are
but half titled and not one new settlers CABIN
sends up n smoke where twenty should do so.
What can be done to change all this for the
bettcrY
Instantly, very little. The number who prefer
keeping an apple-stand on strcet-corner to
hocing corn on a prairie is scarcely diminished
by the notorious fact that the former pursuit
leads inevitably through life of squalor to
pauper's grave, while the latter is the plain
high road to modest comfort and independence
Men ,ciH cling to the citieS-nay, they VIII
rush hither in broader, more impetuous cur
rents, despite all remOnstrance and entreaty'
Nothing can be done with the thriftless-they
will not be coaxed nor driven from the pave
ments and they would be worth little on the
frontier of civilization if they could be. The
Aims House and POtter's Field have mortgage
on them, which must he foreclOsed IN due
season. Give them the price of loaf OF bread
when any of them badly need and you can
spare it, but leave them to go their way to the
inevitable end.
But there is very large class III this and
every other great city who might improve their
prospects by migration, and who ought to
make the attempt We alude to the great
body of our mechanics, retail traders, clerks,
bOOkkcepcrs. &c. who have some means ahead
but who find il difficult TO add thereto by
strict economy because their families have
grown so large that rent, food and clothing.
absorb all they can earn. There are tens OF
thousands of thcsc-hcadS of families, who
could leave the City next Spring with Sl,WO
to So 900 cacl--yet who cling tn the pavemcnts
because they can see no way to do better. To
caly You can do better Let us briefly show
how:
One hundred such might combine their means
and send one or more OF their number TO Sc
lcct and buy land, whether III the West or the
SOuth-we will suppose the latter. Ten thou
sand acres of land lying IN q body. and con-
ssting Of one to five OF six old slave planta-
tions, may bc bought for $4,000 To Sl0O.OOO-
the dearest probably, but not necessarily, the
cheapest BE sure that the tract Is healthy,
81 N-utpr,I-thHt IN.
cudes at least one good watcr-pOwcr. and adj
IONS railroad or uayiguble stream. lake
along the cash to pay for it all down, and bc
very certain tlat the title IA unqncsllOn-
able Survey the entire purchase INTO lois
after selecting the best slc Tor n
village. and fix day when each lot viii be
sold at auction 10 the highest cash bidder. no
matter whether "A member ot the company or
not. Allow each member who shall have con
tributcd to the purchase money len per cent
premium for his advance. aud let certlheatea
for tho money thus advanced he received as
cash IN payment for any lots purchased
whether 10y members or others. Reserve such
tracts as may be needed for public uses, and
sell all the rest for cash only, taking care that
timber and tillacc are so divided that whoever
will may buy either or both.
We are confident that suc n company. buying
and dividing tract on this plan. aud making
one contract for the passage ot their families
and the conveyance OF their goods, mlght ne
located next March or Apnl on "rsteads that
would be wort; 6, least do. ie their coot, with
fair prospect OF IA steady increase in value.
Every member who - !, carnenter; mason. cab
matchmaker, painter, &c. Would find ample Si-
| poymcut at his trade in building and furnish
! ing the houses that would be needed while
| hundreds of choppers, sawycrs. diggers, plOw-
/ men, gardeners, Nc., &c, would DO wanted,
; with grorcrs, general merchants, Il lawyer,
docior teachers, aud hupdIeI.. more Of workers
in various capacities He mist be a poor sticl,
who could not find some paying employment
in such colony; and. While wages would be
lower than here, rent, food. and fuel would
not cost hall so much. There would of course
be some droncs, gtumblers, aud good-for- moth
ings; but these would soon drift away, leaving
the settlement the better for their absence.
There are fifty thousand places in the South
to say nothing here of the West--wlere such
settlements might be made to advantage; aud
there are at least one hundred thousand families
within twenty miles of us who might improve
their circumstances 10y helping to make them.
And any company might agree on u treasurer
in whose hands their money would be perfectly
safe until required TO pay for their purchases.
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