The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-11-12
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WEDNESDAY. ...NONEMBER II, 1873
West Virginia.

,,> corSrY--E AIGRANTS FROM VIRGINIA TO
nrsr ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF LANp-RrY'
rys-rHE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES POLITICS, ETC
r,,,rrcsponGcncc OF the Richmond Dispatch.]
,u.H;EsToS, w. VA. November 4, 1873.
s,ocr writing my last ] have had quite
mi lover the hills and far away and
',s,c returned more and more impressed
Mn the incrhaust'b'htyaot the minerals OF
~, wonderful section. Lincoln county, the
,,,,rt 10 which my footsteps have been d''
..,,1. would seem to Be rather strange
,,.,;nation for good old rebel y; but this
',,,-y would hc wronSed il judged by Its
.,,,,c' |: was organized during the Radical
,.,,,,f in this state. being cut out ct Cahell.
r,,n,- and kanawha counties. 1t Is given
-... tina, this change was effected in order to
~, some consolation to the Republicans.
,5o were constantly reproved in their mad
-s-rrr hv The good old State-rightS names
,,..r>~ed Ny many Of the counties Of West
l,r-,uis. Ia complete the job, its court
t,.r., WAS tl!led ilamlin, after the first Vice
T~,>jdcnt under Lincoln. BY this same pro-
-..> VI reconstruction West Virginia bushes
lawn tha: She has a county named after
.s.,. .rumacuiltc Grant.
WAS murA surprised in finding upon my
.~.fy..l in Lincoln county that n large num-
1..r,r N;g..nian> have cmi2ratcd there since
~. MT. ump'caSantnc>s.' They seemed
,'r,,,,.;,,ar, - have come from Halifax.
W,r,Ii2li.r.. and other adjoining counties.
nav Mi "u;rar IL he tlourishing, and are
-, Introducing Virginia habits into these
49,; ,ackw Gods My attention WAS particu-
.,-,, .t'rac.cd 10 an innovation which dates
nj. .acir arrival in the crops OF that county,
.,: " aicll i destined nj some future time
-. ..4Ac The country wealthy and popuious
.a.yao J. being raised in very large guam.
.,... and >uyh success has been met with
=, ru.;Er" that the natives and other
.,,,r> aye following the example Of
,f. \ir-lUar> and clearing their hill
,tl,. win ! view 10 raising it. Up TO
, .,y,,: he arrival of these emigrants
,r,,,, IN. n.. state its culture rs crop was
,..suwu Upon inQuilIng how the to-
f..., WAS gotten TO market over the almost
;.,..a.>lblc mountains. and how they could
AR! 70 haul twenty and twenty-five miles,
-.,rv >hip. and compete IN the tooacco mar
i.,> with producers more adfantaSeously
located. was rather surprised 10 learn tnat
~.,rri, ci manufacturers ana Speculatois
som both the East aud the west came
.~pl,nI every wear and bought the toOaeco
$ soon Is il wSS housed thus saving the
,rotucer the expense OF prlzing ana maui
iu,. They assured me that. Notwithstanding
their disadvantages, their crop was yer!
profitable one, and Is an evidence OF lne eA-
t.n, :, which tobacco was being raised was
shown on one farm ten large toOacco-houseS,
an flied with this >oaclng weed.
.Thr county is a. full of coal rs any other
:, ,Ir Sts,c-I was told authenticity Of the
,ary finest seams of camel and bituminous
-. To believe
.,", -. various attractions of Lincoln Will
inJrr, branch line of railroad to be con-
..-,rrt,d IN that appropriately named river,
..ha Mud" when these lands will be
brought into market.
Thrre i one strong impeachment to the
~ If mineral lands in Lincoln, which
.y;.rs 10 q greater or less degree in almost
,ys-y comfy in the State-TiZ., that 1t Is
o,mns, impo>>ible to get clear title to your
Trn,4rry. Land legislation has been such
ths; i i hard to say wherein clear title
cy,.,. and PATENTS from -'his Majesty the
KIM keen the owner of tract in per-
nn.,Igl fear Of being diSpoSses>ed. The
farmers Of Lincoln have been good
d-.j worried in this way. They had
zone into what they supposed to be
7nunclaimed wilderness. and by putting up
with hard>hips and standing the exposure 10
f.,,h winter and summer, succeeded at last
IN raising small homcsteads and clearing lit
-, patches of land. In many instances they
had mid for their lands, and had their deeds
,.,ordri For wears they were lulled by
IN. I,lj>sful deuson that the property they
Mad laid fer. improved, and lived upon was
iI,ir own: when To-. some heir OF patcn-
tr. l,h,s down upon them with the Voracity
a., hgwk ,,pon 4 brood of chickens, and
.n..y are threatened with lawsuits and dis
no..e.>ion. unti in many instances, in sheer
ta-,air. tncv buv their property again, ire
ourntlv, too. when, had they known 1t, a
bon, in ,h, forum OF justice would have re-
suited in their favor. However, 1t does
moi alway> turn out so well for the
L,it-claimani, and in more than one instance
~. heir OF some old anti-revolutlonary
l.uli-rralhrr has come down in our midst
With Golden visions OF the princely estates
h. ,ya> inherited, and has returned saddel
;v... wiser man. An Illustration Will show
the difficulties that beSet such person OF
III, 4.,.I, when he undertakes to diSpossess
lt. ,auattcrs upon his property. AT
Old man told me that about year age
M ..jrh5or> were a good deal troubled
!yv one OF these men, who claimed
tn. 10 about 4 third OF the county. tie
however. was in somewhat OF. a dilemma
when. failing to secure compromises, he un
dcrtook 10 bring suits. The notices had tc
b. served and the sheriff anu his deputies
refused TO undertake the dangerous Job as
not only periious TO their political but also
10 their phv steal existence. No one III the
county could be persuaded TO so rash a step
IL sheer despair he undertook to serve the
notices himself. He armed himself an(
started on his circuit. At the first house hi
was fortunate enough TO find the owner no
q home, and he served the notice by leaving
acopv. He had not proceeded far, however
before he met the absent landlord JUS
returning from squirrel expedition will
hi, rifle on hi, shoulder. The process-serve
deemed il a good occasion to test the trouble
hc va, likely TO encounter, and pleasant.
ana mildly stated that he had left the notlc'
AZ bis house that 1t was mere matter o
form. &C. No sooner, however, had the IL
tai word ".noticc" been pronounced thar
the rifle was brought to present, ana Tn
uIinicn OF Tie law was told in mountain jar
e0n:
,rocrrd olnv house aud ut that thar paper
you may t..ne my gun and call me Il borl
idiot if thu here amt your last act OF mean
Nr.- upon earth" \,
And, covered with humiliation and th
.iLn, Of the ride, the sct-made sheriff re
turned to the house. pockctcd the summons
ana departed for parts unknown.
The Legislature has been in session 10
nearly iv0 weeks now. Nothing, however
OF much importance has TRANSFERRED since /
met. II L;.s been mainly occupied in loGl
legislation. This being an otf-ycar in poll
tics in this state, there are no important pc
Of IaSf