New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-03
OFFERING MONIES IN VIRG1NLA,
SENATOR JoHNsToN's EXPOSITION OF THE WORK OF
THE IMMIGRATION SOCIETY.

THE IMMIGRATION SOCIETY.
John w. Johnston, United States Senator
from Virginia. has returned to the city after snort Visit
to West Point His mission there was to encourage DIS
son. who underwent the ordeal OF examination Tor ad
mission to the Military Academy. This son is name
sake of his uncle General Joseph f. Johnston ana a'
bilious OF military career Senator Johnston who Is now
at the NewYork Hotel visits NewYork in the interest OF
the virginia immigration Society Of which he Is preS
dent The secretary, Addison BOrst, accompanies hh'
He is trying to interest capitalists In several virginia
enterprises notably in the development OF the newly
discovered anthracite cOaheds With reference 70 tue
work Of the Immigration Society Senator Johnston SAID
yesterday:
owe began work year ago on plan which I sug-
eested and which so far has been productive OF GOOD
results. Virginia wants settlers who VIII engage III
farming. To aequaint the people OF tho country Win
the advantages Virginia offer TO industrious se'tes'
myself and General Fitzhugh Lee aud perhaps one OF
two others OF the society will deliver addresses honE
ourselves responsible truthful and temperate state
mcnt OF the condition Of affairs in the Old Do
minion State Last October l delivered TWO
addresses in Pennsylvania; one at YORK De-
fore a thousand people, and the other AZ
Harrisburg before audience OF 1000 Inc "oih
would have been continued IL public duties had not
called me TO Washington General Lee and myself are
about beginning tour through Pennsylvania WHO'RE
our efforts will be confined during the present year
1--WE have selected Pennsylvania" Senator Johnston
continued "beoause the people OF the better farming
parts OF Pennsylvania allied TO tne natives Oh INC
Shenandoah and Rockingham Valleys Ia origin ana DaD-
its both coming largely OF the old Duch Stock anu DC
cause there is similarity in thu natural features of these
different sections except that think wo have better
climate Our fertile valleys extend up into PenusyVa-
MIA Unfortunately State Is backward in material
Developments owing to peculiar condition Of affairs be
fore the outbreak Of the The eastern or dewater
parts Of Virginia had excellent water channels DY when
10 reach the Eastern and European markets. ana u WIS
in these parts that slaves were mainly owned inc
northern valleys and Southwest Virginia were lsoaIeu
and had few slaves comparatively. Every effort on
their part to procure better Of transport TO the
capital of the state and to the rivers as well as TO DC
yeOp their natural resources was opposed ny lne east
pare Of the state on the ground lu9 Tue cost Oh ~
State improvements would TAIL NANNY on lhat
part It necessary for resident OF NorthWeslsrn
Virginia TO 20 nOrtD 10 tne ONO pIooeeuu up , e
stream and cross 10 Cumberland ana follow down
me Potomac Washington, and so on, 70 rcach the
capital OF his state Toe se1uesered character OF dni
northern part OF the STATE ana the ieehg NAT It's Ios
dents had not the sympathy IN material progress 81
fheIr eastern brethren led TO the separation OF west
Virginia. II the CAeSapeake anu OHIo h'IlW H , La
then been built believe this separation "Oulu never
have happened. Tne two states can never bo united
again IL is a loss TO the Old Dominion, because west
Virginia Is rich IN mineral deposits
"Tho STATE about the Same population as nc
fore the war aud tho division OF the territory con
tnued Senator johnson. improvements IN cue mole
of cultivation have rendered greater DIVISION OF tue lana
possible. The old plan was to plant tobacco worry X
haustIug CROP field until the son was Impoverished
hack into ats natural state and recover strength In
prmeyal fashion. Now use fertilizers and rotation
of crops After tobacco the Held - sOwn 10 era n
and at the time seeded down. So after gram
crop the field Is left year 10 grass aud pasture, ana
rady the third for another u Crup OF Tobacco IN
the western and southwestern portions OI ilio Slte
stock raising Is very profitable, our Due grass re'h
heinz as thrifty for horses and cattle rs tLa OF heL
Ky Land purchased for from - 10 $50 an acre
The blue grass being the most valuable We are no"
shipping cattle England, Dy way OF NOfiok III ass
OF returning lie the Old Dominion That tho Clty or
Ichnond has had a moro rapid growth prupurtiOnatey
IN the last eght years than any other Atlantic T IN
$50 the population 81 900 In 1870 II was JlOOO
ana IN 1878 II had Increased 30 per crnt-tO ABOUT
rs 600 We nave had settlers from ONO, Indiana
and Illinois, and a good many English families nave
SETTLED In Prince Edward, Dinwiddie Albefmarie'
Augusta and Charlotte Counties They form nucleus.
To winch snail endeayOr 70 aud by yisit 10 England
next June, wuon sha make addresses 10 the people IN
the rural districts Of England as in PonnsyYania fir-
gina Ia as large all England, ana can comfortably
give homes To u million more people