Evening star., 1869-08-24

ZOE THE ACCOMMODATIONS OF PERSONS
leaving the city during the summer months
they can have TH. STAR mailed TO their
aodress, by ordering the same at the ONCE, for
i-s cents per week, for one week or more.
EMIGRATION FROM ENGLAND.
In publishing not long since some imizra-
ton stat stics we called attention TO the fact
that the emigration from England to this couu-
try was largely Oh the increase. Within a few
Gays pest DIR. Oliver, Of Durham, ana Mr..
Brown, OF Northumberland, England. haye
been prospecting Monroe county, West yir.
ginia, with q view to purchase unimproved
LANDS and colonize them with English and
Scotch farmers. Both gentlemen are members
OF an influential emigration agency In 0reat
Britain- These agencies are, we are Rlad To
say, bringing over every year thousands of in
teiligent laboring men, thus benentnx both
countries. An International Land and Labor
Agency" has been formed at Birmingham
England, 70 facilitate the settlement in the
United States Of English farmers, mechanics
and laborers Of all occupations. A circular
ey the association sets forth that there ara
thousands of farmers sons trained to the best
systems of English agric ulture. but who cannot
nnd farms in England on which to apply their
skiiied industry, though preferring the occu.
pation 70 which they Were born and bred
Inese VIII constitute a class Of purchasers who
will do much to improve American agriculture
IN the New England States as well as in the
West and South. Then there are tnoussnds OF
merchants, manufacturers and welI.to-do
cacesmen who cannot divide their businesses
with their sons. nor set them mp in their I'm
line Of occupation. These will form another
class OF purchasers In America, If put in the
right way to that end. And nothing perhaps
would more encourage and induce them TO do
90 than some plan which would enable than to
make purchases without ineurring the risk of
being victimized or deceived by land specula
tors This agency. therefore, IS opened up
expressly 10 facilitate such purchases, by buy
ing direct from the owner, at the small charge
of ore per cent to be pa i'd by each party. By
advertising in American papers, and BY SPECIAL
agents, lists OF farms for sale, on the proposed
terms, VIII be obtained in most of the different
States. The second undertaking Of the agency
is to supply orcers for English Iaborers of ali
occupations, in ciucing skilled mechanics of
every trade, iarm laborers, gardeners, srooms.
shepherds, &c; also, governesses, female
Clerks, housemaids, dairymaids anc domestic
servants Of all kinds. There is NO doubt of he
fact that New Er rgIaDd, the West and the South
need laborers Of intelligence, and there is also
70 doubt that England Is syerstecke by lust
that class of people. g
FEMALE EDUCAIION.-Af the Educational
convention, very r. emily in session at Tren-
ton. D. J., a paper ives read by Miss Catharine
L Eeeeher, on the su 6ject of Woman's Rights,
not 70 vote. but to live and be useful At,sr a
graphic delineatson, as derived from statistics.
OF the 81 d, pipohed. srd even destitute condi-
ton OF thousands of her rcountrywomen, arising
out OF their want of prsctical training and
culture, and of the paucity of avenues for hon.
orabie eemploymenropen to them Miss Beecher
advocated the prolec: of the "AmerIcan Wo-
man . Educational Association, )" Of establish.
ing institutions, supported by endowments, in
which highly educ-tsd women may train their
own sex for the prsctical duties OF the familyand
the State and also to some business that will &C.
cure 70 tAs m An independent home and income
such an institution would contain: 1. A Lit
erary Department, for mental development p
Domestic Department. 3. A Health Depart.
nent- 4. A Normal Department, for the train
ing of t"schers. S. A Department of Fine
Arts and 6. An Industrial Department, to
train women ior out door avocations, such IS
the raIsirg Of huits and flowers. the cuItiya-
uon OF silk and cotton, &c. Miss Bescher pro-
poses hrst 70 establish one such institution in
ks
produced all over the land. should this b.
done, she believes that all the wrorss of wo-
man would be redress ed, and that the ballot
ier woman, with all its risks and responsibiIi-
ues, would be no longer sought. The family
stale would thus rise to Its high and houorsd
position, s~d woman, as its chief mipistsr,
would feel hat no earthly honors or Once,
could compare in value with her own.
AN IMPORTANT RAILRoAD Oo1srcrroN.-
There Is talk ir railroad circles about the COM
piet'on Of the Alexandria aud Fredericksburg
haiIroad' and II Is said that the prospects are
very promising for direct Communication by
rail between Richmond and Washington,
through connection with the proposed roat
and the fredericksburg and Potomac line.
winch VIII place US within i've hours of the
cspital OF NirgirIa. The road bed OF the thew
was constructed to within seven
MILES Of Alexandria before the war The Rich
mond Journal Of last evening, from which we
get this Information, adds:
"The Frs derieksburg and Potomac Compauy
row propose 10 complete the road, and then TO
CorEect with II, thereby making a continuous
lire from Wash ID gton 10 Newberne In MAXIM
ihls change they Will have TO sacrifice that VAL
uaole portion of their roed from Fredericks-
burg . the Potomac, which terminates at
Aqua Creek and connects with the Washing
ton siesuiers: but that will be a very small loss
compared TO the immense advantages that will
be Gained by direct and uninterrupted railroad
com nun lcatIon. Besides, they might still con-
IN Ue their Potomac road as the cheapest line
for freight carriage We trust that this rumor
VIII speedily take the form OF a certainty for
ve know of no other movement that would do
more 10 increase Southern travel"
TIE CsPRKCKDENTID DROUGHT AND Ira
EFFECTS ON THE sCRoPs.-Rsports Of damages
TO the corn and tobacco crops by the dry weath-
sr continue 70 come in from Virginia and parts
Of Maryland. In the former State the drought
has been general for about eighty days and the
weather very hot. Ia the past three days the
thermometer stood in Richmond at los, in Nor.
fold 100, in Danyille %, IN Lynchburg I0l, and
IN the mountains At 80. Rain fell in all these
sections IN the past three days, bat not heavy
or general enough To alter the result- All re-
ports agree that the corn crop 10 reduced bv
or half and the tobacco crop reduced by one
third. The corn Is beyond saving. but q con-
tinued rain might alter the result In tobacco.
In parts Of Georgia and South Carolina thu
corn Is cut abort and cotton h prematurelv
opened by rust. In Southern Georgia and In
Florida the erops are good. The cotton thsre
- too lar advanced TO be injured much bv
droughf or worms. eking has commenced
in South Carolina The Sea Island crop m
saId to be looking very fine, but IL IN reportsd
that tho eassrpIlars are ss WORK upon il.