The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-10-11
Tho Advantages offered by west VIr
RInIA 10 New EnrInudepa

From The Springfield (AoSi.) Republican.
Rev. David Ii. Coyner, OF Grant
county, West Virginia, is spending =
few days in Springfield, and takes tbe
opportunity OF calling the attention of
our citizens 10 the advantages that SIaIa
otiers 10 the emigrant. Mr.. Coyner mas
been a resident OF Virginia all his lIfe
was chaplain In the Union army dnr.
Ing the war, having felt rebel bullets In
his own person, and has no speculative
or other ends to accomplish. He aim
ply desires TO see his State built mn.
and TO show persons who may contem,
plate removing from New England
what they may find there In the way Of
cheap lands, good climate, water power
lor manufacturing purposes, &c. To
this end he has prepared the following
6riet statement, which, we have no
doubt, can be fully relied upon:
While passing through the States OF
New Hampshire and Massachusetts, l
observed large tracts Of country, once
under tillaRe, abandoned to the growth
OF wood, and am informed, that owing
to the unprOducIiveness and unremu.
nerative character Of the land In these
two States, many Of the resident fani.
AaSe SAS A0"NtAh bGhEC0
OF better land in the far West, In view
OF these facts, ask the liberty, through
your extensively circulating paper, 10
call the attention OF emigrants from the
northern States, 10 West Virginia as a
country that has many advantages not
TO be had in the West.
1t Is In many respects comparative.
ly new and unsettled country, owing
10 the bad policy ofthe former iegIsla.
ton OF Old Virginia, Of which West
Virginia, until recently, was a portion,
Land Is therefore cheap and fresh, I'm.
proved property may be had through
out the Stale, from five to fifteen dol
lars per acre. It Is perhaps the best
climate In the United States, The sun
does not shine upon healthier ooun-
try. Tho soil Is varied and durable,
and under proper culture Is prod uctIye.
and, OF course, remuneratiYe. The bot.
tom lands grows very abundant crops
ot corn, while the up (rolllng) land, 70
great portion OF which is strong LINES
Stone is wonderfully adapted TO grass,
and should make 1t 4 great dairy coun.
try. For the cheap growth OF live
stock, such aR cattle, horses, sheep and
hogs, West Virginia, perhaps, cannot
be excelled. The winters being mild
and short, the feeding season Is, there.
fore, necessarily short. Fuel, now a
great object In the North and West
must for many years to come, be yerv
cheap. as the supply OF wood and coal
ID ineXhaustible.
II is a State OF mountain and valleys.
The latter have rich alluylal soil,
while the former have large tracts OF
limestone regions as fertile as the She
nandoah. In the State there are also
thousands OF acres covered with the
most valuable timbers such as white
pine, oak, sugar maple, beech, black
walnut and poplar, which must some.
time be valuable for lumber purposes,
Fruit, such as apples and peaches.
rarely fall, and may be raised, in great
abundance with very little labor and
care.
But II is the manufacturing facilities
OF West Virginia that should arrest line
attention OF New England emiRrants,
Rapids, rips, falls and cataracts follow
one another In quick succession on all
the many streams that feed the James.
the Ohio and Potomac rivers, 1 give
1t, as my candid opinion, that n single
county in that State can furnish water
pSWpA " hhEh 6N6EI "u6Gl
In New England. Northern men, fami.
liar with the numbering business,
would find It fine field. The dairy
business could be followed with the
greatest success, and for several months
longer than In the North. West VIr-
ginia wants men who will engage In
the nursery business, there not being a
nursery, at this time, In the State. The
growth OF the grape has proved 10 be a
complete success. All kinds OF active
and industrious people, particularly
mechanic les, are greatly needed to
develop the the almost unlimited
amount Of latent and undeveloped
wealth In that State. A population OF
the right kind and sufficiently large,
pursuing the varied interests to which
the country Is slngularly adapted,
would make 1t, In a reasonable length
OF time, In many respects the finest and
the most desirable portion Of our coun.
try, for certainly no State In the Union
has greater elements Of wealth,