The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-03-13
Nor,hern Settlers.

Why should there be any ques'lo" III '"o
mind OF any northern man a. 10 the nature
Of the reception with which he would meet
should he come TO Virginia! There are
already thousands Of northern men settled
in Virginia. Nobody has ever heard a
complaint. 40 far ~ we know, that they are
not cordially welcomed 10 Virgins, treated
a. mon ~ the same class would be treated
10 they were TO come TO us from a southern
State, or II they moved from one part OF
virginia TO another. We have one OF
the best climates in the United States. We
have any quantity Of lands for sale which
can be bought for less than the value OF
the improvements upon them. We have
lands at all prices, from the lowest to The
highest. and OF all degrees Of fertility.
We luye uplauds and botlom-lands. In
nearly every ncighborhood in Virginia,
churches, schools, health, good water, ana
fuel abound. The poorest Of our lands are
susceptible Of improvement to almost any
extent. What more need we sayY Ihcse
remarks have been called forth by the ioi-
lowing letter:
SEMl-WEEEIY AsiITABCLA SENTINEL,
JEFFERSON, o., March Q, 1888.
Editor Uispafch: Sri have Just re-
turned from your city and vicinity. was
greatly pleased with The appearance OF the
country, aud regret did not see more OF
thc Dc0Dic. Those ! met very iaforabIy
impressed me.
a this time there j. good deal OF in
tcrest felt 10y our farmers about virginia
wnd | think there would be large enigra-
lion from here if the people could be made
to believe they would be welcomed.
II Won think il worth while, j should be
Glad for you, either in personal letier 10
me. or in an article in your paper, TO say rs
,o tIle state of sentiment Of the Older resi-
dents OH this subject.
have been in The printing business here
for thirty years, and am inclined to get out.
NV son wants to go into sheep ana stock
or dairy business, and wesare both inclined
toward the upper Jamcs-riycr country, but
we. naturally enough, want to go 10 q
placc where we could feel we were not
alicus.
If YOUR time and inclination allows YOU
ia read nv long letter, shall be pleased to
hear from YOU. Yours truly.
j. W. llOWElIS.
"The older residents" are the very ones
who have for sale the lands spoken Of. and
are, we suppose, the most mscll;shly and
layi>hlv hospitable people in The world
The venerable GEORGE W. THOMPSON, OF
Wheeling, eX-cOngrcSsman, cX-iud9e, &c,
made remark e. Us many years ago which
still holds good, though it is next to impo,-
siblc for the NirglnianS OF to-day to emu
late The opcn-handcdnCsS Of the Nirginians
of other days. The remark was ~ to the
difference between the "terlns OF hospital
ity" in Virginia and elsewhere. Much Of
this hospitality sill survives. The rural
population seem to be unable to be other
wise than hospitablc.
"W. II. s." q northern man who was
Union soldier during the war, and who has
resided in Virginia since is close, writes
to the Alexandra Goze'te As follows:
81 have here to say Of Virginia soil Chat
IT is naturally good. ! do not believe that
any other can be found in our whole coun-
try which will more readily respond to
well-aGaptcd fertilizers, or VIII more boun-
tifully OF more certainly repay proper, judi
cious cultivation. / have to say oi Vir-
rinia climate that il is healthiul-not too
lot i'm summer nor too cold in winter for
wide diversity of agricultural productions,
and | believe if there could be an ample
utilization Of the capabilities Of the great
varieties of soil throughout our State, and
proper development OF the vast mineral
resources underlying a great portion OF If,
i'm connection with an economical appli-
ancc of the numberleSS streams Of water
now running to waste, the 'Old Do
minion would ere long stand one of the
very foremost among the wcalthiest and
most prosperous States in the Union
These resources are now undergoing
rapid development.