The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-02-04

steady labor and small farmers than this
Therefore, we take pleasure in placing be-
fore the public the following interesting
document:
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LANGHAM PLACE, w. LONDON, ENGLAND,
January 8, 1871.
Hon. n. H. d. Bryant, Grand Junction,
Tennessee, u. s.:
SIR-By request of Mr. Theodore Bourne,
late of New York, but now of l. ondon whose
address is the same as above, beg TO in
form you that / have been appointed Gen
eral Agent of the North Carolina Land Com
pany, of Raleigh, for the sale Of ground in
that State and in Virginia, and the prospect
OF inducing emigrants from this country to
go to those two States, as we'll as to Ken
lucky and Tennessee, Is very good, / think,
to commence in February next, and contin-
ue through the spring and summer from the
Islands, as well as from Germany, Denmark,
Norway, Sweden, and other countries and
that it will be greater than ever has been
from Europe. Mr.. Bourne has encouraged
me to write to you for the purpose of get
tiHgyou TO tell me what are the prospects of
procuring land near your locality, the Grand
Junction, Tennessee. Will you be pleased
to inform me what kind of lands are to be
sold, at what price, and on what terms
Could land be bought on deposit Of 20 or
% per cent OF its value, and give a mott
gage for the remainder, payable in Install
ments of g. 4, or years, including 6 per
cent. interest per annum? l consider it a
matter of great importance to invite the PEG
pie Of this kingdom to the good lands of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia and North
Carolina, that can be had at low prices and
on accommodating terms, in preference to
the lands of Minnesota, Kansas, Colorado,
Nevada California, and the other distant
parts of the United States, whose climate
and advantages for British settlers are not
comparable to the lands of the four States
named above, which are so much nearer to
England, and so much more easy of access
for the produc, to be sent to the markets
of Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York and Liverpool. Mr. Bourne begs me
particularly to tell you the impol lance of
naming the class of emigrants most wanted;
whether carpenters, stone masons, brick
layers, mechanical engineers, taylOrs, farm
ers farmers labOrers, small (e5O to 9l5O)
and larger capitalists of $500 to $4,000
among men, and among women what de-
scription will be most useful, and most reads
lily get employment. The wages of labOreIs
and artisans, both male and female, it will
be most desirable for you to tell me. Is
there any prospect of getting the Govern.
ment of your State, or Of immigration Com
panies to assist emigrants to find their way
to Tennessee, who, having bought land, will
be wi lling to return the advance as soon as
practicable from the result of their Industry
Thousands of male and female emigrants,
who, in time, will be invaluable as citizens
of your State, can be found eager to visit
your country, if they can only get prelimi-
nary expenses paid, to be returned after an
interval of Is, IS, or "a months.
We have pages of large folio-paper filed
with the names of persons desiring to emf"
CRATE, who will pay their passages out if they
can find employment when they reach your
vicinity. Will you make this known in any
way possible, by the country papers espec-
tally, and say that we can send out all kinds
of artisans and laborers, as we'll as small
and large capitalists, if responsible persons
will send US their names and residences
through you, or separately-postage paid
who ne ed laborers and mechanics? Do this
at once, and we will begin to send them to
you Immediately.
Mr.. Bourne can produce perfect furOre
for the South here, and recommend his ap-
pointment as Commissioner ,Cf Emigration
in London, for Tennessee, by your Legisla-
ture, forthwith, with an appropriation to
make known the advantages of your State
1OF SIlRTbuLS HUH NEOdJ DTIGdlH
am, with great respect and consideration,
Your obt humble serv't,
= GERARD RALSTON,
I Genl Agt N. Carolina Land Company.
I The above is matter for serious consid-
Grafton. Thousands upon thousands of
acres of land in this section are going to
waste from sheer neglect. Our labor sys-
tenn is rotten to the core, and is becoming
more unreliable every day. Strong arms
and willing hearts are needed. Here is On
opportunity TO better our condition. Let
our people look to it with that keenness of
sense becoming an enlightened, but sorely
oppressed community.
We suggest meeting of citizens gener-
ally at the Court Room on next Monday,
9th inst, at u oclock, for the purpose of
interchanging views on the highly import
ant subjects of reclamation and immigra-
ton. Wake up wake up to the big truths
\ that are staring you in the face.
HATCHIE RIvER.-Through the energy
and perseverance of our Representatives,
and by the assistance of the friends of ip.
ternal improvement, the Legislature has
passed bill declaring Big Hatchie river a
navigable stream from its junction with the