The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-10-12
The Emigration Movement ~
pittsburgh.

There seems to be decided disposition
among large number Of working people
at Pittsburgh to emigra!e to different
parts Of the country. The original as
sOciation formed up there has been divid.
ed into two or more branches, because it
was found that part Of those desiring to
emigrate preferred Michigan and part
Arkansas. a committee has been sent to
the latter State, to the region Of Pine
Bluff, to sec wha! sort OF coun,ryi it il,
and to bring back word to those iIspos
ed 10 make that State their future
home. We judge by letter from an old
settler in Arkansas TO the Dispatch that
the committee will fad that the old say.
ing is still true that "iar or field. look
green" and tnlt i.isslilla a human frailty
toimlsine, like RiocIIr, that there are
happier places than the Happy Valley"
In this connection il seems appropri-
ate 10 refer 10 a letter which we find in
the Richmond DiFatcI OF Tuesday from
Texas. It has bearing on all emigrl
tion movements a! this time, and We e.pac.
tally commend to those hereabou.s who
have the Texas fever. The letter i. dated
Dallas, Texas, 0st. 81, and is rs ioloys:
"In answer to daily inquiries from nv
friends in Virginia and elsewhere as to
the prospects Of obtaining employment
and bsttering their condition in this
State, / will say that would advise any
Young man who intends coming not to do
so unless he has a place already prorii.i for
him There are more people, for the size
OF the towns, in this State out OF employ.
ment and loafng than in the cities Of
Virginia. ClerkshIps are scarce, and re.
quire an acquaintance with the farmers.
Salaries are as email as in Virginia, fifty
dollars being the amount for good clerks
and book keepers. Every day hear Of
young men having money Pent them and
returning home. The gilded tales Of
Texas belong to past ycars, and it il as
hard to get along in this State a. any.
where else. II a young man at home
shows the willingness and does The same
amount Of york "A he would be compelled
TO do here in any position, he can make
more money, and there would be as much
chance Of rising. The outlook this fall
isquite good, though the season il late
commencing.
We have always c1n.ended for Just
what this writer Sta.eI, viz, that il peo.
pie who leave thi' region to bstteir their
condition would remain and work =, hard
and make as many sacrifices as they GEN
orally make in a new country, either
Voluntarily or otherwise, they would
bs Il, we'll of at the end OF the same
number Of year. We are sorry to see
that at the various meetings Of the Pitts.
bnrgh Emigration Association no one
h, at any time been present 10 speak
. for West Virginia. We think Il quite
probable that good number Of desirable
families might have been recured for the
interior And they might be even yet.
We have time and again brought the mat.
Irr 10 the attention Of tue large land bold.
e" Of l.swis, Upshur, Braxton, Gilmer,
Calhoun, NiChola', Clay and Webster;
hut somehow they evincc very little inter.
"l 10 'uch enterprises. Like their old
time lethargic predecessors they arc wait.
Ing for somebody 10 come along and dis
cover the country.