Year: 1868

the and consequently forced 10 se or abandon
the property altogether Improved plantations that sold
for t0 god per acre. before the war; bought at
the present day for 6 and lands this have
been sold by the sheriff as q per acre Unimproyed


lands to be had in abundance at u per acre. and he
knows OF property that be bought now for g that
will eventually be worth $500 per acre. on account Of
mineral deposits OF kaOne used In the manufacture OF
porcelain silica In glassware. alumnous limestone for
hydraulic cement, ochre for paint, and
clay for fire brick all within seven miles
Of another convenient to river and railroad carriage
and situated In Mississippi according to the census OF
1850 the heathest State In the Union There are thou
sands Of acres OF improved land dn parcels Of and
acres ready TO be given away families who will per-
manenty settle and locate them There is no better
land for the culture Of grapes and every other description
Of fruit and the North might be supplied from this State
with early fruit and vegetables The country Is well
adapted for raising stock and there abundant range
OF pasture for sheep and cattle during Summer and VIM
ter. few millions OF dollars invested here by Northern
capitalists, would not only pay them hundredfold but
improve the natural Of the country and relieve
untold suerings In this land Of desttution Georgia
paper says that at last the people are awakening
from the 1ethargy under which they have
been existing during the past two years.
beginning find out that they get along without
slavery and cutting up Of their large piahta-
tons and forming farms, which progressing rapuy
Immigration though slow at the start. Is gradually on


the increase and things In general bearing brighter
aspect We learn from Memphis journal OF the settle
ment Of smedye Dickinson Co., Tennessee by thirty
families Of Pennsylvania farmers, each having farm
and going to work with his own hands. Ten more fam


lies are about TO start for the place. The old ct


zens Of the country only glad to have them come
as these farmers have brought with them an intelligent
regard for law and order knowledge of the improved
methods of industry and supply or ready money Ihey
have not only made substantial Improvements when VIII
enhance the value Of all property but they thaVe'


in purchasing their lands and outfit, mules, wagons


nlows and other supplies thrown thousands Of dollars


into circulation This plan that might be carried out
to the mutual benefit OF many people. and with eventual
success in many Of the present impoverished Southern
states "A Richmond paper In speaking of the present
gut the land market calls the attention Of andhoders
advertisement appearing In The Journal Of Ag'
culture. published at St Louis, which says win give
40 land every immigrant who will settle upon
1t and It, putting either In orchards or farm
etc Such is the competition among tho landholders
that real estate goes begging. The meaning Of
all this is that there is universal craving for
population, capital and settlement as the necessary
Of physical development. Landowners IN every
part of this young and growing country are beginning to
appreciate act upon the policy long since naugurated
by the Government Of selling at moderate prce IN fact
almost giving away alternate sections the means OF
enhancing the value OF the adjoining land Virginia land
holders must delay in this important point and take


immediate action 80 TO offer land at such price VIII


give them in the general struggle for settlement
that is now going The great pressing want thus felt


IN that state is white population the capital they will
bring and the development II Viii give rise to-