Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1869-08-13


NORTH, unless he made himself conspicu-
ousIy disagreeahlr, would be annoyed 9TH
erwire than by being let alone. Even the
natural distrust of aud reserve toward
strangers would soon give way II the set
tier obviously sought TO make himself agree
able aud useful Hence Il is no apprehen-
zion that any ono Eeed fear i'll usage that
leads me To- reitcrate my advice that those
who from the North would make homes In
the South should take their future neigh
hors along with them for tho ways Of this
people are 70 different from euis their
ways of thinking as we'll as acting-thst we
caunot At once become good nsighbors. IL
were absurd TO expect II. We could not
cobbe harness, and work farm with one
poor worn-uut pluw, as they will; we must
have the blacksmith, the harness maker,
the wagon maker, al hand we want IN )re
tools for fifty acres than suffice Virgin
ian with five hunlred ami we could not
live among nnbridged mountain streams,
which days rain swvlls TO raging torrents,
imprisOning each farmer ON a narrow 18th
mus until ihu no)ds see fit TO suhside. Com
ing down from the mountains to Wolf creek,
orr party struck the clearing OF pioneer
who had probably lived here fftetn to
twenty wears, had cleared twenty to thirty
acres, and had most of 1t in grain; yet who
had no outlet but a bridle-path-no sign of
cart, sled or wagon. trsck-to the road half
mile distant aud perhal three hundred
feet below him through forest OF superb
Oak, where q good weeks work would
have made very passable cartway. No
Yankee could live so; and II were idle to
fancy that modes of life SO coltrasted as
ours and theirs will ever assimilate.
Northern enterprise and settlement In
| Virginia will mainly concentrate around
mines of Iron, Coal. Copper, Lead, Gyp-
sum, &c., SC aud here alone can fortunes
be rapidly accumulated. / venture to say
| that there are Mineral properties now to be
bought in Virginia for prices which will be
| qu-drupled In ten years thongf nothing be
| meantime done TO doselop tn, m; while, II
| they be opened and worked with the requis-
tie knowledge and capital. the value of
| some will be increased a hundred fold. II
the Gyp,um bed whereof have spoken be
such as il is represented, O1e Million Dol
lars invested 10 buying, developing and
building a railroad 70 IL, ought TO yield
a profit of at lepst Halt a Million per an
bum for the next hundred years. An aver
age Of 81 per tun for the Gypsum deliver.
cd at tie intersection of the Tennessee
Railroad would insure this to a party who
knew how to advertise and sell. And this
But, wh-re nothing is 10 be done with
Mining or Minerals, this is the only plan o.
emigration that / recommend
Let a company be formed Of not less thar
one hundred heads OF families, of whom
each will contribute $500 or over TO be 10.
vested in lRnds. G llect the money, anc
send two or three of the best men TO trave
widely, pok deliberately, and purchase II
body for cash only, taking care that th,
title is uuquestionable. Now survey thu
whole tract into farms, village lots, SC.
with the proper reservations for churches
schools, q wooden park, &c., Sc, open roads
and, after due notice, put the whole up a
; auction, allowing every one to bid and buy
. whether member of the company or moi
| but allowing any one who ch, .oses to pa,
In the stock Of the company. Now sett
up every account and wind up the Com
; paDy, dividing tn. profits TO the sharehold
ers pro raid on their Investment. l conii
denly believe that 800, 900 thus judicious
: W invested would pay prot. OF fifty ps
cent aud return the capital within n year
, while enabling each stakeholder to obtai
at cost Just such q tract as suited him-th
, mechanic buying a village plat Of at less
/, | an acre, an out-lot OF forty acres OF t.m5cl
the farmer choosing tract suited for graf
, or stock as he should prefer; and each be
. xissasf ( their SS.ss life with Old friends a
arouni him the mechanic sure Of wor
/ and pay from the start. and The farmer find
: ing In the growing llage homo markt
for timber and fuel that he must other Sis
: destroy &C a heavy cost. Such settl'
{, | ment wouidsbe an assured success from Oh
Z outset, aud would find, in the pure al
: sparkling streams, mild climate, bonntsol
! timber and fruitful sol Of Virginia, b,
!. inefficient escape from the sharpness Of Nortl
: ern winds aud tho harshness OF NortheI
= Winters. III. G.