Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-09-14
Northern Neck.

| 10 July last number of leading citizens of
the lower Northern Neck counties of Westmore-
land, Richmond, Lancaster, and Northumber-
land, organized an AGRICULTURAL and Immigrant
Society," with view of testing what could be
done by combined energy and influence to slim
uiatc the influx ofcapital and population to that
section. \ letter from the President Of the
Society, Col. Johu NJ Brockenbrough, of
Richmond cSunty, to friend 10 this city, gives
and interesting and very hopeful account of its
plans and operations. -Richmond Wing.
He says -"Populating our rural districts to
the extent of territorial capacity seems the only
path to progress and development, and presents
the sole chance of substantial relief to our i'm
poverished people, Our LEGISLATURE having
failed to interest themselves in this direction,
nothing can be done save through local organi-
cation.
."Wc sincerely hope that the prospects are
encouraging for increasing the population of
this section in the only way in which it is pos
sihle to affect the current Of immigration now
| flowing to the Northwestern States. The i'm
meuse exertlons made to populate the new
States, the extraordinary announcements and
fattering inducements held out to settlers, the
cooperation of State authorities, railroad cor
poratlons agents, spectators. aod Others COM
| bne to fix an irresistible nfatuation upon our
Western frontiers, and the dclusive cry Of West
ward no, carries every emigrant who lands
upon our shores to that imaginary I'll Dorado.
! We have, therefore, been compelled to start
where Northern Immigration schemes end. We
have gone to the far West, Invited gentlemen
Of intelligence, capital position, and influence
to visit this section of our State and compare
its advantages with those offered by the Vest
The inducements and attractions of the country
have given them entire satisfaction. We have
made large and important purchases, and we
| have now every assurance that many persons
Of character and substance from the States OF
Iowa Wisconsin and Minnesota will move down
prominent and intelligent gentlemen after
every tie and association there formed. in order
to avail themselves of the superior advantages
! Of this section. These constitute an influential
nucleus around which We confidently hope, 10 a
few years. to gather an energetic and thrifty
population of skilled farmers, mechanics and
| ahorerS fully adequate to our territorial wants.
MAKING TRADE When man establishes
business, he necessarily must depend largely
on total strangers for patronage: for however
large his previous acquaintance, it cannot be
sufficient to ensure an amount OF business to
satisfy his wants. Now there is marked diff
| ference in business firms. the same as in indlvld-
uals as the facility. of acquiring friends: land
keeping them. too Let w. see if we can discern
| the secret which makes men successful in this
particular 1t cannot be altogether in this
superorlty.n the amount if their merchandise,
for We have often seen two concerns equally we'll
situated, as to location. and it was not, perhaps
the one with the fullest stock that could show
the largest amount of sales and profits. Some
thing there is in certain men calculated to at
tract or repcl 10 their daily contact with their
| fellows, and we venture to assert that when a
man in degree possessing this sort of magnet
ism which euabled him TO out-stri others in o
race for business prosperity, its primary cause
can be found in either natural or acquired kind
illness and disposition to accommodate and
please, coupled with habitual dignity and ad
hcrcuce to principles of integrity.
LOYAL CLAIMANTS the list Of Loyal
Claimants against the United States for prop
erty alleged to have been taken or furnished
the Federal forces during the war are the fol-
lowing from Culpeper county:
Jane T. Allen, Hiram i. Amiss, james Bow