New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-09-04
HOMES IN VIRGINIA..
EFFORT TO INDUCE SOUTHERN IMMIGRA-
TION

EFFORT TO INDUCE SOUTHERN IMMICRA-
TON.
CONFERENCE or REPRESENTATIVES FROM TIE SOUTH
WITH NORTHERN RESIDENTS - ADDRESSES BY
GEN. FITZuUGH LEE, ADDISON B0Rsr, Ex-Goy.
PARKER, AND oTHFRs.
The conference TO promote immigration tn
Virginia held at Banun's Hotel, az Twenteth-st'
and Broadway. at IL a. III. yesterday. large number
OF gentlemen from the South present, among whom
woro Gen Titzugh Lee, Col. Imboden Col. Truck, the
Hon John L. MagTe, Addison BOIst Major j. ii. Kelly,
Col s. A. Swami, and the official representatives o. tue
City OF Fredericksburg IT, :. Daggett John 1 Hukainp'
aud joseph W. Sencr Several ladies in tine room
and occupied front seats On the left OF the Presidents
table stood basket OF flowers five feet high surmounteo
by white dove, with the inscription. ITO Gen. fltZhuRh
Lee with the compliments of the ladies OF Barnum's
Hotel" Col Lin lsey called the assembly 10 order ana
proposed Chairman o. the meeting Gen tzbuSn Lee
Cen Lee on assuming the chair welcO'" ID the audi
assembled and thanked them for the interest taken
in the tha' he rcprescntcd He ST.; >" hht al Tue
close of the war the people Virginia found themselves
in possession OF ~ land and they did not know
what to DO with them, There had been heretofore two
kinds OF emrn Mt thcrcoie class C'ty.n; that forty
acres and mule awaiting ter aTival-tat they
cold enter the State, settle down there in state OF ~
cra, and let the lands take care OF 'honseFes; '"o
other was the carpctba element. Both tesc classes OF
emgrants did not help the State while in Distress they
only promoted the rctIOgrade movement since theh inc
one absorbing thought with all Vsinians had been 10
come North meet gentle and capitalists face 7" race,
and ask them to take charge OF these lands He thahheu
God that of the two elements alluded TO existed
to-day in the section of Virginia reprcs nted oy tine gen
emcn present at the meeting. The voice OF Boston, tho
thunder from Bunker Hill had been heaI hrouSho I mo
land and it the deatEol Of carpctbLggers "' ven
as oilers There was another class OF elgrantS, WHO
had como tcre for the purpose of making money ias'
investing all they possessed in land, and reserVns no
working clpita These too had left the Old Domnioi'
The property-holdcrs of that section had therefore
come to the North Cen Lee continued to invite capital
ias tleir ana in'est money in their laid''
Labor was not required. Il plenty tlere ana cheap
But money they wanted to enable them TO work the re-
mandrr Of their lands AMI nj tGe same time benet the
purchaser oil their proptery fredericksburg was the
center Of this cment, and hal easy access 10 te e
ins markets of the Union Virginia was today ENJOYING
a. Io acefl condition any other State OF the Union
He lncy that there had been considerable msappfehch-
sion In regard The condition of the South bat he coud
a,sr. his hearers reconciliation had at last taken
the place OF iec0mGIIuctiOn.
INDVCEMENrS TO SETTLERS.
Addison Bor>t 5 cIctary Of the Potomac and Kappa
hammock Emigration Society, then explained the induce
mcnis ofcr,i by that portion Of Virginia bordering on
tbc HaDrahanuock and Potomac Rivers They had two
fold urpc. IN view They desired good pcce to settle
in their midst the peoples benefit as Wei as 'he'r
own live. tInents in these lands guaranteed to the
skilled farmer unuel returns rarely cNcccd'u III dsr
culture Tie Ian could he purchased in parcels of f.om
80 TO 500 acres from - TO $50 per acre. win TWO
hands at fro s. 80 per month, and two horses Their
farmers coIld cultivate from 80 70 10 acres III corn
Grain can b delivered In marho at cost per hsAei OF
four 10 Fruits of many varieties, grapes c"i'
and tobacco can cultivated with success. Zach estate
has linding Oh it, and faIn products can lie
shipped from these Landings t. the markets OF the WOld
by steamers connecting with other lines.
Col Swarm was nroddccd by the President as an eX-
Colonel OF Rebel cavalry and member of the present
Legislature Of Virginia Tie Colonel stated that II lac ad
served III the Rebel cavalry 1t was under th' command
OF their worthy Chairman. They came to the North
TO ask the people to look tat that olive branch which the
ladies' of the hotel had appropriately rendered 10 their
President. [Applausc.l They wanted the people Of tie
North o come and visit these Southern Rebels, ana II the
concentrations made here to-day false then they
were responsible. They would oil b received kindly II
they came to Virginia. good deal had been said about
virginia repuGatng her debt. and this was matter of
some consequence, especially TO people in NewYork but
he could Gls hearers that 10 tanpeTns with that
question was any longer permitted and the last Gcleia!
Assembly had forever settled II.
L. g. White, President of the Fredericksburg Water
Power Company, explained that the water power OF
Fredericksburg is equal to that Of L6ycl, Mas TIE
WORK cost about $2JO0Jo III gold: Tue Gam Is con.
sirctcd across the RrpaannOck kiIer ~ lie ean al
aIout pI All hah mics in length leads from Tho
beautiful plateau to the edge O1 thr cry, tct-
bank atlor ling many ,nic, nj niitCs. TIE power
now used ~ ar;e wooden NIL, three fCur mi
one pancr mil plaster mil. Freedom from loo
and IIcsheis peculiar features OF tb. great water
pOvcr 1ne cost Of living cheap. ara tbs climate Is
excellent which render Fredericksburg, Va, peculiarly
ada. ted for a great manufacturing city,.
EXLioy Parker Of NeW-Jri;ey said he hat come 10
learn about that particular section % virginia repre-,
scented by the Chairman aud BIS colaborcls ne trstei
frat the enterprise would succe-sfl He had also
come there them the part OF the North mat
anmostics mad been buried that he Interests Of ts
great country required the burial of all these issues of II
nas lie said there too many hi 'oric elements ~
iuer section Virginia thai the Northern hellt could
la 10 lie attracted t.ercto II was Important that more
frequent intercourse should take p-ee between
the two sections Of tho RepIbc, ana he
b.!ieyei that next years Centennial at Ph,-
dclplia would the reconciliation complete IL
;,arcd Ia hn that Providence had ordered the coming
together OF the two sections in that ear, aud he could
moi Int regard Lncoln words ia is first Inaugural as
prophetic when ne sId: Tie mystic cora OF memory,
~ ri ching from battlefield aud patriot gric 10
every living heart and hrartstOnc al over 's broad
land. will yet swell tho chorus OF IniOl when again
touched surely they VIII be, by lAe bctief angels vi
huffman ndtdrc."
Al he conclusion u Gov. Parkcrs remarks the meet
IN. adjourned A large number OF the virginia dc1.a-
n excursion Ia Long BiTncn TINS morn
fttrutf f,pir lam an f.Ju6