The recorder, or, Lady's and gentleman's miscellany. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1801-1802, 1802-06-23

much more TO Puriue agriculture IN new
tettlenents, than TO labour in nanufaGto-
rles in 1he old towns. This difpoGtion
is likely 20 continue; and it is encouraged
by the late improvements in cuiclvating
new lands with leiS labour and more pro-
ut than formerly, and the more rapid
incteaie OF tocicry in new lecrled towns. =
Before the revolution, new town was
often longer time in pcopling to the
number of an hundred perlons, than the
itafe OF kentucky has been fettled, whica
no" contains more than two huad,cd
and thirty rhouand.
In the weitera part OF Peanf,lvania.
a new town was begun iome Tine after
Iehc peace, and in three years it contained
more than one hundred dwelling hoafes
and church. Many iimilsr initances OF
RAPID tc1demenrs mighc be mention
Even the interior iot5lcmencc on the
Ohio, which were begun few years ago,
now contain upwards of forty tx thod-
iand perlons, and Congrefs has admitted
them into the Union as new Stare.
ne infant tetrIcment on the MiGifippi,
contains upwards of 5000 people, and
iuch IS the fertility of the foil, and other
favorable circumstances, thar their ex-
ports OF produce in cotton, indigo, and
other articles, 1he Taft year, exceeded the
ium OF Tx hundred thouiand dollars and
more than million was entered ar the
cuitom houfe---ir is highly probable the
population Of this diftrid viii in FIVE or
Tx years require IT'S being formed into
Stare.
The above facts may fuggef 70 our
Legislators the propriety of. holding the
public lands until a valuable confldera-
tlon can be Obtained for them, and alf,
60 icrve as . VALUABLE hinr co t1c lefs
Informed ciizehs Whole property is in
new lands, NOT 100 readily TO ii!ten 20 The
tales of La@d jo65ey5, and deiigniug per-
tons, who rcprelcnt them as being of lit
Gle value.
A late fenGbIe and well informed
writer obterves (pubhlaed in ENGLAND,
The attonilhlnS low prices Of lands in
America have heretofore been location
cd oy the want OF capital TO invef in
chem. The great increaie of capita. in
America, together with rhe invetfnrnts
OF Europeans, will probably raifc their
value far above, The rate Il which il has
incaeaied at any forme. pc, iod.
:" The p-ice OF any commodity nav
oe ra4}ca 70 c'Yo ,aYs, either by iini7-
lining the quantity for la.e, or by in
Icreaiin9 the den4na The e4r,r.ioa Of
Iiet1lcments, and the increa.e Of wealth
land population, opcrare at once in both
Itheie ways, to rajie cAc yajue Of Amer
car lands.
This w'i-er further remarks, &c that
II we calculate upon the prelenr fcale Of
PFogreiiion, and the probabilities arifinc
from the fatc Of Europe and America,
conilderlng the low price Congr1ls fells
lands, Tor (rwo dou4rs per acre. By the
year 1884, all the new lands ii che JIM
ted States, [lPp.G4g Ri tgs Lud,au cJai0gs
10 6s pHrc5gJsa, will be raken up.---But
rs it is not 70 be expected that the great
Ter nations Of Indians northerIy and weC-
terly ofrhe river Ohio viii difDole Of one
half OF their lands for fcveral ages. VIZ
may calculate Lhac all the new Iandsgow
Tor faie, and luch as may be, will be diff
.Poied OF and lattled long before the year
SCI This Gfeal and highly intefef..
ing iubject merits the attention ofche m.
ers and people of the United Stare
The time cannot be very ditsnr, when
every acre Of land will be in demand
Ills therefore witdom to look forwsrd -
Il his country is forming nation upoo
atcale tar iurpading the hiltory ofalI for
mer ages, and the vaf combination ne
circumstances tending to IT'S riff, With IFS