The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-04-21

Report Of the Committee Of tie JefersoR
County Immigration Society.
from the Farette Clro

rum AAC LAtC ALIO4ANAC-
/ Mississippi presents TO the Immigrants, of
whatever nationality, an attractive field.
OF the soil we can safely saw it is unsur-
passed in fertility while untold deposits and
artificial fertilizers, easily accessible, viii
resusitate and reiuyigorate those lands ex-
+ hausted BY unwise cultivation.
With regard to climate, this State Is I'M
surpassed in mildness. Winter does not
linger in the lap of Spring. Refreshing
4 breezes. ladened with moisture from the
I Gulf OF Mexico, tempers our Sumner suns.
/ distilllng gentle dews and fragrant showers.
I thereby developing the varied agricultural
| and horticultural wealth of the State. and
enabling the thrifty and Industrious labor
ers 10 grow every species of crop success
I fully and probably White men of almost
every nation are now and have been, since
/ the earliest settlement of the State, working
/ beneath our Summer suns tilling the soil
I although exposed to all the Vicisitudes OF
1 season and cline. live to green old age.
/ with umimpaired constitutions and robust
I health. Prudence during the period of ac-
climation viii triumph over malarial disea-
Ses.
/ our climate and soil are peculiarly adap-
I ted TO the growth of the cotton plant in its
greatest perfection. Mississippi is in the
centre of the cotton zone; ATTITUDES. seasons.
soil, periodic showers and refreshing dews
assert their Empire over this gold bearing
plant, which grows to greater perfection
here than in any other region on the face OF
the globe.
In vain may other nations look elsewhere
| than in this cotton grove for successful COM
petition in the culture of cotton, corn. wheat.
rice. and the whole cereal family flourish
| here in the rich abundance and yield reward
to skillfull culture. The horticulturist will
| find here a theatre where he can achieve the
most signal triumphs.
These are a few of the splendid attractions
Mississippi presents 10 the emigrant world
and these the Invitations she extends to the
thrifty and restless agricul wrists of every
nation.
Attractive, however, as the agricultural
inducements of Mississippi, there are other
industrial pursuits that offer TO the emgrant
a field of equal promise.
Manufactures of various kinds are SPRING
ing up in all sections of our State and are
creating a demand for workingmen and
work women, Offering the highest reward.
The exemption laws of Mississippi are
more liberal than any State in North Amer
lea. These laws secure TO the over exempt
from seizure and sale under e Xecution two
hundred and forty acres of land, including
the homestead, four horses or mules, twenty
head of cattle, fifty head of hogs, one wagon
and cart, all wearing apparel, implements OF
husbandry for farming operations. furni-
ture to the value of five hundred dollars,
the tools of a mechanic, De, thereby saving
to the unfortunate home and the means of
living.
At this time labor is controlling capital,
showing the demand for labor.
Lands can be purchased or leased on rea-
sOnable terms. Laborers can easily find
employment either by the month or year.
can contract for Il portion of the crop.
Immigrants desiring to locate in this sec
ton OF our State, coming by the way of
New Orleans, will be furnished with intor-
nation and on reaching the city of New
Orleans and those coming down the Mis-
Sissippi river, will find all necessary arrange
ments made to receive them at the town of
Rodney on the Mississippi river, three hun
dred miles above that city, where they will
receive such accommodations as they may
require, until they can be conveyed TO the /
home of their employer.
We have endeaYored to be as concise as |
possible, stringing our facts together in the /
shape of an address for those who are inter |
ested in finding homes for themselves and |
families, and we, therefore, respectful sub |
NIT the same.
THos. REED,
n. l.. GUICE,
GEO. TORREY.
Committee.