Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-01-02
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bly, be derived for the enfuing 5 years,
from thofe fales, are fhe quantity Of land
at the tiiPofal Of government, compared
with the !. obable annual demand; and
the actual iaIes, which have taken place
Gnce the !eyeral land Offices haze been
opened.
The precife quantity cannot be aicer-
tained, all the farveys not being yet COM
pleted, and the wefern boundary line OF
the Virginia relerva,ion, from the head
ipring of the Little Miami, northward,
being neither furyeyed, nor even the Prin-
ciple on which its courie matt depend,
determined by the terms of ceaion, &C
copied by Consrefs.
The Ultimate IN may, however, be
con6dered 70 tar correct as 10 render II
certain, that the quantity Of public lands
north welt of the Ohio, within the In.
dian boundary line, and no, yet d!ipoieo'
OF, amounts to very near nine millions
OF acres.-A general map of thoie lands,
including Virginia referya,ioa, and the
grants to the Ohio company, am
to John c. Synmes, (which has been Com
piled tr IN the fsrvey OF the Indian
boundary hue, and from the draughss re
turned TO The Treafury Department, viii
bc tranlmi,,cd to Corgreis, and vii.
more clearly explain their relative iitaa
TIN than Could be done By any wristcn
deilription.
The ta,ement (Ol fhow the actual
falcs which have taken place in the leve-
raj land Off e,, to the gil day of Otto-
Der aa. b. this it appears that 3os, $40
acres have been fold, fer Ss4,SS7 DOL
lars of which fun z4S, +6I dollars have
been paid, and $50, remain due =
beng payable under the law in initial
nrn,s, bearing inseref from the date Of
fale., and which will become due in the
year lSoz-ISo5, IN the proportions ex-
hibited In the itatemens.
The quantity OF lani fold either at the
public iales OF the three land Offices, of
Marietta, Chilico,he and Cincinnati, or
at privaie fall at Steubrnville, when the
land office was frit opened, cannot afford
anv jaR data, on which to predicate an
Ultimate of the probable annual iales,
as thefe may be fuppoied to have been
greater when the lands were 6rt offered
Tor iale than a, faDieqa.nt periods.
Rejecting therefore the refult of the
whole of the public fales, and that OF
the Grf TWO months private faies at
Steaoenville it appears that there have
been ioli at privste fale Ia2,67s acres
at Steunenville during peri,d of -
months, ending the 3It day of October
lat i; 64,zo5 acres at Chillcothe during
a period OF FIVE months, ending on the
fame day 1855 acres at Cincinnati
dur,og period of fix months, ending
on the lame day !; and 1874 acres at
Marietta, during period OF fxteen
months, ending on the iaae day which
eive, in the whole reiulr of $4,000
acres. annual fales, in all the lana Offices.
The refervasions in the grants to the
Ohio Company, and to J.. c. Symmes,
and in the townlhips formerly fold at
New York the furpIus OF the tratt ap-
pro,riated FIR military boanties, after
the fame fhall have been fa,isfed !: and
= tra,i of near one million Of acres, lying
north Of Symmes's patent, and conta ned
between the Great Miami and the Viz
giuia Reiervation, are not embraced In
this general reiul,. The reiervatiens and
the military tract are not yet dhfoiabie
b. any exiting laws /; and the tract lying
between the Great Miami and the Virgl-
MIA lands, has been eoly partially Offer
ed for iaie, under the act Of Congreis CIV
ing a right of -emption to SceS'ain
punhsfrs under John c. Synmes. The
refllt. of the operation Oh this act has
Pot vet been .aicertained; il IS however
known, ina, under it numner OF. tracts
have seen fold, and fome Pay ments AREA
dy made. The remainder OF the tract
y, Ii! afterwards a,cording to law, be fur
viewed ss,i offered for f.,e on the fame
terms as other lands.
Taking in confederation the probable
fa,e, la thole ieverai traits, the to,al "a
,,,.,,e az anna3i Gales E,;ohs fairly be