Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-08-18
Emigration south.

A writer in the Cincinnati Enqui-
rer presents twelve convincing rea-
sons why thoseseeking homes should
emigrate from the North and West
to the South. These reasons are so
clearly expressed that we append
them herewith
l. The soil, quickened and en-
riched by an abundant annual rain
fall, is generally of the most fertile
character, and capable of growing
the most exuberant crops Gotten two
in one season., with less labor and
greater certainty than elsewhere.
?. The climate, except in low ma
larial districts, is pleasant, salubrious.
and healthy, the weather being tenn
pered at all times by gulf, lake, river
or mountain breezes. The heat in
Cincinnati and Central Ohio, though
less continuous, is more oppressive
than the heat of Memphis, Mobile,
or New Orleans.
3. Excepting a few isolated por-
lions of the country, good well or
spring water for drinking purposes
is abundant.
4. While there is no necessity to
feed stock of any kind longer than
one month, the winters being mild
and grasses ever sweet and Succulent,
it is necessary in the more rigorous
| North to feed from five to seven
months. This is highly important
to stock growers. fs
). On account Of the numerous
naVigable streams and lines of rail-
road, whatever is produced can be
easily and cheaply transported, and
as consequence, the markets are
excellent.
6. Asa general rule, although the
average Southern people do not APP
preciate the fact, the cost of living
| is less than in the North.
I. Families removing South, I'M
like those who formerly emigrated
to the extreme West, can locate in
good neighborhOods; where there
are churches, schools, good society,
| court houses, where all the machin-
cry of law and good order arein sue
cessful operation. .|.e
/ 8. The families that NAV settle in
/ the South will be at all times, by
railway or steamer, within cheap,
speedy and cOnvenientreach of their
| Northern friends-much nearer than
in Nebraska or Colorado.
8. While farms in the North rate
in value from $50 to $50 per acre,
according location, Improvements,
buildings, etc, the very best South
ern farms can be bought at prices
ranging from So to $15 per acre. Any
farmer who understands the value
of money will appreciate this differ
| ence.
10. The Northern tradesman, with
| his superior industry and sagacity,
J seldom fails to achieve a fortune in
| Southern cities, where opportunities
are so great and manifold, and COM
! petition so small.
/ IL. The manufacturer can find in
| the South iron, coal, and limestone,
for making the best qualities of iron
and steel, cotton, wool, wheat and
cane, where they are grown, for run
/ ming his SpindleS, looms, burrs, and
refining apparatus, together with
the finest water power for prOpelling
engines and machinery, making this
what God intended it to be, one of
the finest and best paying manufac-
turing districts on this continent.
u. Summing up the case in asim-
pie paragraph, the Enquirer's cor
respondent says it is his deliberate
conviction that there is 20 territory
of equal proportions to that Of the
"Sunny South that is blessed with
so many natural advantages and
that has such possibilities of material
( prosperity.