Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-02

10. Hithseto W have nsvsr sought thsir
aid - Ne sAsuld have sou9At It n hey
viii asslst W great good ean b dsns;
but 70 Gst tAsir assistance We must IN
vits Il. We must welcome them into our
eeunssls and hear their afvice.
40 The maasas In Great Britain Virginia
IL wsil.nish unknown. There are many
psrsoas thsrs who ere not sure whether
virgiAh 10 1 btsts. or . county Ia State
Nor az these vtry ignorant o. very
stupid people, They are simply uniform
ed; their attention has not dwelt on Viz
gtaiA, and what they have read about
It has passed out OF mind.
First We must enlist the attention Of
foreigners: then. II they are thinking OF
smigrs tin6 10 must convince them that
yiyainis 10 Z desirable place to 50 to.
while Il would DO well for virginia to
have IN sSent y London and another In
Berlin, they would not BE- able to do tho
roughly elective work unless cordially
supported by letters and testimonials
from now settlers who are now doing well
in this State. Such testimonials are all
the moro important now since persons
interested In harmlng the South have
inaugwated the Ida Wells crusade and
have already prejudiced the minds OF
some OF the people Of Europe against
US. Read what follows:
LONDON. August q, 1854.
II quite agree with you that Virginia
IN n better country for the English peo-
ME 10 settle in than Texas. from what
knew OF the country fifteen years ago,
and I wish that was working for the
settlement of Virginia instead Of Texas;
but being interested In large body OF
land there, / must continue my efforts
In that direction till close 1t up, which
am doing rapidly. ] sent TO Texas last
week % settlers. and have on my book
over 100 who will go out this year; but
I am prepared to assist In bringing to
the notice of the English 'people the adj
vantage to be gained by settling In Vir-
sinia, and the great number OF LETT
ters and applications for information
about Texas shows me there Ia a great
desire of the English people to emigrate
10 some new country. When we see that
over 5000 acres OF the best wheat land In
one county here ESSEX has gone out OF
cultivation in the last three years II shows
that the farmers OF tue Couhty uio citiich
becoming bankrupt or leaving the coun-
try. 49,
II am sure that q good man In this
country representing Virginia. with means
10 meet expenses Of advertising. &C., and
with plenty OF good printed matter with
letters In 1t from English settlers, would
be able to get a great number to settle
in Virginia. This much must tell you,
virginia is hardly known in this country
as a place suitable for English settlers.
To see how much information could be
obtained In London about Virginia,
made the round Of the shipping Offices
to-day lover 6O), and not one OF them
had printed matter as large as a nickel.
/ applied to the American Consulate for
some printed matter on Virginia, and
was told they did not keep any on Vir-
ginla. and they did not want anybody In
Virginia. 1t is different with Texas and
California. II people want to know
anything about these States. they can get
plenty OF printed matter from the ship
ping Offices, maps, pamphlets. &C. This
is because the Southern Pacific railroad
has its Offices In this country, and uneil
the railway companies or the State OF
virginia has a representative here work.
ing for the State. you will not be able TO
get many English settlers"