The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-01

lS DetteE9sSue Wtuk6fy~afs'N.' = =, E.t.n ,axs
can be lEspceedeG ith ilearlg MI Isss se =,
round !; the stock during W,n!ef ooeS ,a nue
-neeS an much attention and foed fuel, logs
sna In aSher are abundant; produce OF BIZ
dasargnsisns sellsJ @6sigf rabty liHIgher;
ohsfcSss and sch6ois Ire already erected;
rnaTss,rssdy~uasde fesd~ haney sfe% 90
o,sn,sr and miserably repa,redl; and ely The
Wv alSIs orts Ii Sd Settled Suite amongst
tss rnn.f ,hosDlltapis people 10 America: am
~ $3.50 ma West bas,t be I'D vantage ia having
s ns,,sg land. but iets grows three times 9oe1
grs nt;tY n nrodpce they only get one tbtrd
sns nrica 80 fhetls ID M adgSntags jn, That.
,,5s If corn faoge so low there BONE times
,haf Il Il The cheapest fuel 10 burn. Spns
means should be devised q, cause The faW OIL
,nnnigfat.r,n here, and See no plaq pr seee.
c,,rine H. but 81 the Stale, through The Llsegts
ia.ure. t,nderiakibg the tsss There are
II non ,sads 81 acrss Of land sotd fd9r ing stsh1
~ Year On e,urt.days,, tn lssone conptiea, t[or7
sb as dolf,i Der are. ia. newspaper tes
nsy sayss: ait Is no 10 usual thing 70 see lang
which fifteen years ago commanded ten i do y
lars i6 gold Al lung for the ptlifpl sumof sey.!
anty, Eve cents per acre" There, are thon-4
sands more which. it would bea benefit to
The, owners It sold at the same price. SeVe-1
cal have remas ked, to me, =. haze too m9cb
,'IsndS I ean opIs 'w6rk small portion. ,aud'
the taxes ON 1t are ruining me. 81 cannot,
sseII 4. and hate to give 1t away, but sbonta'
be bstier OF Ii / did, The plan, Of relief 1
would suggest would BE-, By the Legs
atnre appofntipg commissioners to Collect
statistics joi how much could be secured.
on reasonable terms. ,Cpur's should make
refsrns, With descriptions Of farms they, have
Ia hand to tae tcommlsii oners, and owners
sesd particulars and 1descript ions Of portions
which, tnes. are. Wiling 10 sell on the follow
Inc! terms: II be offered the State at certain
d ice. to remain ID, force for two. years, eXs
Cent the owner bone Jile, SELL, it, before tbe
State has disposeI Of and accepted IL. The
amount of its value to be paid in preference
binds beiring interest and redeemable 10
Ave OF len FEARS. pre- sunie thac q. list of
hundreds sfstbousands Of acres would belre
corded .1Descriptionssh ofsld then be printed,
and a;deputationI appointed TO go TO England
siand circulate information, Show the adYan-
,taeessaf Virginia, and make known amongst
aericuturists and intending immigrants that
q grant of fifty acres or 'thereabont would
he given to every one who q sett I'd
on tie land! Tue result would be that
fmn1igrapts would soon be amethyst ua and
activity prevail telling trees, erecting build
ings. breaking up the soil, and BUSINESS made
lively. 2 The financial result would be fhat
the State would purchase land at about fifty
dollars per tract, give it away, and receive
the am0n Dc of purchase back 10 the shspe of
exits taxes In less thaHi FIVE years. bes ides
causing pros peritytO Others, ensbfiDg them
to incieise their taxes. 3 L looking at II from
another point,N the American" Government
estimates every immigrant who lands In
eAmerica to be worth TO the nation twelve
Hundrfd dollars If so, INtbink the STAR Of
7Virsfnia, ought to5put the ga me or greater
'yahie of, settlers here; wticn makes the! &C.
counts srapd thuS:a Cost Of land given.
tisty' doliars;i value received back, twelve
hundred rdolltrsA showing "a net gain
1of nearly eieven hundred and fifty do"
lars. siAnotherS benefit would" betthats other
I'm migrants would cbme and purchase larm>.
Toe present pressure beiug removed from
the land, market prices would considerably
/ advance, SO That Ia less than ten years the
Yalueot The property of the State would be
three times as great as at present.. Then
taxes could be reduced, aud n'erest on the
debt regularly PAID. 1.-THE Legislature take
the MISTER up which the people should press
them 10 do) the land: OWNERS should In duty
az well as for their own Interest assist the
Sta,e i'd libetal way, as IL Is uipossib lie Of
accom- plisbmtnt without both pullatogether.
The benefit TO tie land owners would be That
|; foeing renewed OF their surplus lsBd) their
taxesf would be reduced, money In the shape
fof boiids paid them, and land would ad
vince: SO that If they even sacrificed a
1ltlIe on the half sold the balance left
would soon be of three times the value;
20 they would make considers BILE By the
operatiou.a One principal source of wealth
10 the North and West has been The Increase
in the valueo of land caused BY the influx OF
immigrautsi; and i5 Is desirable that soui bern
iaud. o wnt rs should be benefited in the same
Way : and there is no doubttbat those couD-
t,es who obtain the most settlers will be the
vreatest benefited. There fis at present 8
better opportunity Of obtaining Immigrants
than has been offered for years: Jlmmigra.
ton 10 uhe Vast has toia great extent ceased,
principally because the ravages otthe locnsts,
erassheppprs,, and serious .udrougnts have
ruined So msny farmers. Tnrougnthe g. eat
advance TN 4ages, scarcity Of agricultural
I,uor,i the .Ghigha rents, and oppressive
aane.Iaws pfevailingip England more PEI
Tple are deslrousoof ammtgratiDg now than
heretofore; ard If the advantages Of Virgins
were only shown them, LhOusa DDS W. gu O
gladly avail themselves Of the offer. Apd l
!tbjnk: that this State has q chance now OF
rising ito be;aeain one OF The first States IN
the Union, ~ hich If the opportunityDbe ne.
,glected 1t may prove ruin 10 thousands more
of her sons, and "a disgrace TOT Virginia, In
having TO repudisse her debts. know the
State IL against Reputation, but If she cage
not pay, wbatls the difference? .9l.-l np
,y.J,; yonrs itruIyi Il XaE 10 -. IT. w. WOOD.
Sixth street, Eovember 26, 1876. !.
70 I'VE give our correspondents plan for
promoting immigration. We. fear it IS too
much like the one ALREADY on the statute.
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Z. 90 Hot-Atr Furnaces, Again" .2&
~ Editors = Dispatch: ln, your issue OF No
ven oer .22d y on quote with appreciation the
G ,mparison instil uted, by; Kaickegbocker,,'
10 the New, York, Tribune, between hot.air
furnaces, and open fires; aud you even dis