The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-15
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/ y H. our beiief that capitalists who an
seeking new avenues Of Investment eau find
40 safer and more promising opportunities
a.an are offered by The lands In the sontheri,
Atiantio States, which are now so abnndantly
~ the market. The changes wrought by thu
war, with the oyertulning0f. the old system,
iaDoF, nave ca,ised such n pressure upon
sae people That but few can diseernany mode
| nl escape from the necessities Of their eondi-
ION save by the sale Of portions, at least, OF
formerly worked with ease and success by n
system of enforced labor, are now offered fol
safe in consequence Of the inability OF the
owners to cultivate them.
Amongst these lands are included some OF
ne very finest tracts in sections possessed Of
! very advantage Of soil and climate, llnslIr.
PASSED in all the requisites for the ENJOYMENT
OF iile. and needing only the diffusion of the
| capital, found IN excess elsewhere, to render
tnein equal to any other portion of the globe
.ntch OF this land is now to be had ut figures
when, III few years, can scarcely fail to
realize many hundred per cent. on the invest
;neht. PFineely estates can now be bought,
" really insignificant prices, i'm localities rem
dered famous by scenes of national interest
ana identified with the history and glory OF
| the country from its original settlement to the
Hose OF the recent war, the residences OF
| men distinguished in its annals as farmers.
statesmen, and warriors.
! lnere are many sections within few
hours travel of the capital of the countr,
where lands can be bought ut prices moi
much higher than those in the remote West,
ma we have no he>itancy in directing to
them the attention not only of capitalists. bu,
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| former they offer opportunities Of invest
| ineht ana sure returns such rs we believe
are scarcely anywhere eqllalled; TO the latter
| they offer homes within The pale Of ciyiiza-
| hon, contiguous to 1.-THE seaboard cities, with.
| in easy reach Of the best markets, readily
improved, of genial climate, and certain OF
| approaching in value. 49,
Never In this country We're such bargains
| offered as are now to be had in these lands
and If any from the North hesitate to enter
into negotiations looking TO migration to
them, from an apprehension that their pres.
enee would he dlstasteful to the old resi-
dents, we can with the fullest confidence
| assure them that there is no part Of the whole
| country more orderly and more inviting in
| all respects to settlers who lave the Instincts
and habits of civilization, and are disposed
to obey the golden rule of "doings unto
others az they would have Others DO unto
| them." For men of limited me;Is-practi-
cal farmers-llndoubted better prospects
| are opened in the South than arc offered in
| the West. Climate, soil, churches, schools,
mills, settled peighborhoods, easy access 10
market all speak in favor Of the Atlantic
slope. The records of the General Land
! Once bear testimony that onc.haf of the
| homestead entries made in the West are
| abandoned and the land entered by Others,
| this sometimes taking place three or four
| times before a person takes it who holds it
permanently. This fact is of itself a striking
| illustration Of how poor are the chances of
success in those far-Otf regions, where deep
soil is the only compensation for the want OF
! the facilities for education, public worship,
market for productions, and, in many eases,
| the lack not only OF society, but Of bare
companionship
1t will give us great pleasure to facilitate
| buyers and sellers in their operations, and
| any descriptions Of lands, giving their sitlE,-
| ton, improvements, means Of access, and
| other particulars which may he furnished us,
will lie kept on file for examination by those
who may wish 10 locate in the South.
| As illustrative of the suhject-to which, as
opportunity offers and space allows, we will
again rctlTn--We annex some extracts from
L letter o! j correspondent in one OF the tide
water counties of Virginia, which presents
some Of the attractive features Of that Sec
| ton:
1--WE cultivate under many difficulties, for
want Of sufficient floating capital; but it Is
greatly preferable TO any other plan we can
adopt. | am anxious to sell about two thou
sand acres in this county, AMI another tract
| of near six hundred acres in Hanover county,
| on the Pamunky, near the residence of Ed
mund Rufln. These lands, from location and
| other circumstances, are OF very great value,
but l have been unable to sell them; eight
| hundred and sixty acres are Immediately on
the Potomac, having more than Il mile of
river-front, and beautiful beach, and the
soil il fine for fruit, vegetables. grain, DC.
| Why should not the shores of the Potomac
be i'm demand like those of The Hudson, and
the Rhine, for villas? There is not more
beautiful region in the world, and any spot
from MOrcman'S creek to Wycomico is aSso-
ciated with some legend that, illustrated by
the genius of an Irving, would be far more
interesting than the romantic incidents that
lie so gracefully describes. Here in this
quiet nook the honest and judicious Monroe
first saw the light. There, on that sequeS-
tered spot, the foremost man Of all the
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the SHADY groves Of Clpntilly the
Cicero of the revolution reposed him
self in the intervals Of public business. In
this grand old mansion OF massive struc-
tl,re, Lighthouse Harry, crowned with the
laurels of his southern campaign in which
his cleaning sabre had flashed defiance into
the very eyes of Tarlton and CORVALLIS, in
the intervals of war met the divine Matilda
Here was born the brilliant biographer of
Napoleon, and that great captain of recent
| times, the equal of Napoleon in military
achievements, his superior in all that consti-
tutes true greatness of soul. Here, near this
majestic oak, lived Richard Lee. of Lee Hall,
the Kings revenue othccr-mrmber of the
first Virginia Convention, f,ther of the House
of Delegates of Virginia. Ard amidst these
majestic poplays stood the palace Of Carter,
one of the Kings council. Here, at Mt.
Pleasant, was buried Richard Lee, the first of
his name in Virginia, a man of great learning
and accomplishments. might fill pages with
illusions to the memorable places in this re-
nowned county; and may say, with truth,
that there is now no spot of equal size and
population that contains greater number of
refined, cultivated, and estimable people"
ABOUT "SoAP MINES "--FuLLER's EARTH,
Relative to the discovery ola so-called ''soap
| minen near Pueblo, Col, q correspondent OF