Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-08
VIRGINIA ADVERTISER
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ED%A1 SNowDEN.
GAZETTE BUILDING, NO. 70 PRINCE STREET
Virginia Jottinxs.
RlDIN ON THE RAIL.

facts. solid plain facts, with not bit of ro
nance. sen,ment or fancy, in it; and if they
,loa through TO the bottom they will feel like
me charity boy when he got to the end of tht
,Iohabet-"rhat it was serious question
wha,her it was worth while to 60 through Sc
,,n,h to learn so little" am sorry for the
softer sex that have 10 choice morsel of gos
s;r tor them. Congreve makes his heroine
LADY, Betty, say, Scandal. love it, and
,rnuI rather have uica dish served up than
=, "V" ".r a six gown With limited experience
Son't thlnk the ladies much inclined tha,
w,y-'hat is, until they get over the age OF
tor.y ljye-and then, after all, the young
widow. and the old girls are the ones to put
II ir heads together in dumb pautomlme,
which Hogarth has shown up with his magic
pencil, aud hlch some ooe's good name, or
,t,ju the fair fame Of some unfortunate friend.
| have been much Interested lately
IN IMMIGRATION.
There is no one so blind as not to recognize
the fact thar Virginias wealth, power and
prosperity depend upon the money and the
muscle that settles on her borders. The de,
yclopments Of her water power, the opening OF
highways, the extraction of her rich mineral
ores the erection of mills and factories, all de-
pend upon foreign capital. The State has no
funds OF spare cash to indulge in speculation or
lovest in great enterprises of aoy kind. What
little money is saved over and above the costs
0. living goes into the tax collector and iusur-
arce agents pocket, with little margin left
over for the bar keeper. This being the case,
every immigrant or settler that comes IN the
Commonwealth is positive benefit; and q
sturdy, hard listed farmer, occupying plat of
waste land, and making 10 few years that de-
sr.ed spot bloom like rose, is more to our
good advantage than mass meeting or torch
liz procession.
Were the Governor of this Commonwealth
which, 10 her present condition, thauk my
stars L u not--I would present medal to Mr..
Freeman for his being puolc bsnetactor, and
Tor dung more for the cause of immigration
than any score OF men In the State.
Any one travelling along the route OF the v.
NJ. L L. aud contrasting the present agrcu-
turaI outlook with that Of q decade OF years ago,
will be astonished at the great change for
the better. The solitary stations are now thrlv
lug villages the once abandoned commons are
pow fertile we'll titled fields, and many dreary
looking place of broom sedge meadow and scrub
oak cearngs are cosy, snug, we'll enclosed farms
To the far sighted policy of President Barbour
much OF this is due, and the Inauguration OF
his liberal ideas is slowly, but surely bearing its
fruits. The Inducements TO immigrants to settle
along the road are so great that a steady stream
lows 10, thereby increasing the wealth OF the
StaCc aud adding materially to the revenues OF
the road. There has been no man who has
d. Ie more to accomplish this result than MIR.
Freeman, who is an agent OF Green u Wise.
tie is man of clear head, sound judgment and
activity, and understands all the
details of land selling, which is science of
itself During the last eight years he has sold
land to the amount OF 5000 0O0 The purohas-
ers were nearly all Northern men and practical
far ners, who yearly. increase the wealth and
attractycness of this section. The good they
do is incacuabe aud still increasing. The old
ideas and systems of agriculture have under
gone radical change since the war. The plant
crs have learned that large estates careessly ly
cultivated arc not as productive as small ones
thoroughly titled, aud they have learned, too,
that the teDautry system Is simply ruin. and
that Gov. Wise's famous saying, is undenlaby
true That the landlord skins the tenants, the
tenants skin the land, and they all grow poor
togcther." Aud SO fully one half OF the land
is in the market, and considering the SOIL the
many aivantag, OF accessibility, society, health,
price, &C., there Is a greater lnducement to
purchase is this region than anywhere else l
know of. The sales Of real estate by Mr.. Free
man show the advantages OF personal atten-
dance upon the buyers, when looking for land.
Tie travels upon the train with as much regu
larlty as the conductor, and Knows every rod
aud section Of ground along the road. During
the last month his real estate sales foot up thus
Mr.. Bridges farm 10 Loudoun county, 6SS
acres. sold to Mr. Hamilton, Of Pennsylvania,
for $751; 100; Hcnry Wsggoner's farm, pear
NoAc>vIlc sta.iou, l45 acres, with improve.
meutS, stock &c., sold to MIR. Ardel!, OF Penn
>yIvanla, for 81, 500; barren common at Brls-
toe station of 24O acres was sold to MIR. God
dari, of Massachusetts,, tor S2,SSO; small
farm Of 50 acres was sold to MIR. Br'Wn, OF
New Jersey for 81 POO, making in all $25, $50
ali paid by DOrthcrn mcn who have made their
homcs with US.
There arc mauy visitors from the Centennial
travelling over the road, examining the country,
aud the result will doubtless be an Increased
Immigration In the coming year.
As regards to the sale OF real estate around
wARRENTON
the exhibit is not very gratifying. Durlng the
iour succeeding years after tue war there was a
brisk activity III this particular branch of busl-
ness aud somc of the finest estates IN the coun
Try changed hands, the purchasers generally
b'lnS Southeruers and Euglish gentlemen. In
1862 the firm of Hugh Garden Il Go. disposed
OF Sl5O,OOO worth of real estate. Since then
there have been but very few sales to outside
parties Much land is now offered for sale,
aud the price asked is enc half the figure which
It was held az five years ago. To give an incl
dent of this fact, last Saturday the farm OF Mr..
Bergman, few miles from Warrenton, OF Pts
acres was sold tor 81. 900, the same place brlug
iuE $4,000 seven years ago.
For the farmer of limited means the region
bordering the railroad is, think. the best
place to locate Land is cheaper aud the mar
kets more accessible For the rich amateur
ssrlculturst or the citizen who desires ooun
try scat the section around Warrenton Is the
best ln the Uuion. Daily mails, telegraph
wires, fine educational advantages, churches o
all denominations, beautiful scenery, healthy
lnvlgoratug air, cheapness of living, ine roads