Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-01-18

CHS. "a peaf.,rm .he usual cobon'os,'
.fs sor eqaisy, whl@h prsyalis 10
| $50 ,s,S'g,v tribunals Of the Uaiied states
aid. s, is supposed, p1escfibe = soph'-
NATION Of titles commenced ulue ausn
/ circumstances and your me mem; MOI 'aN '','
hone tba, some provision VIII DC male' ~
mhich claimants under. Spanish titles, dated
since the first day of October, 1900 shaA
be. confirmed In their rights
Year memorlalists deem It sacred du-
~ wh,cn they owe to themselves and TO
their constituen,s,t TO apprlse your honoraDle
body. tina. ia consequence OF Eepea.eia' ~. Ca. :
sualties by FIRE, aud owing to the loss o.
napers and records, consequent upon me
frequent political changes, 10 Wnlcn .H''
/ country has been subjected, the title pa.
pers Of humorous claims have been lost OK
entirely destroyed. II is some consolation
nnder this misfortune, tina, the cia'man's
VINO have suffered most IN the, loss OF pa
pears, are generally those who have re.
/ NAMED long in peaseable possession ana
who will be able TO prove an acknowieoSea J.
right not disputed Tor succession OF
years. Equity, however, and a Just re-
gard for the peculiar situation o. those VINO " l,
have been thus deprived OF the evieencs OF
then rights, world seem TO require mat.
some specific provision should be made Tor
their relief.
From rejecting on the extent OF the dis
tr,cts, of tae difiul,y OF travelling through
them, and recoiecting that the Same andi.
vlduals NAV necessarily have business, as
parties or witnesses ateach Of .hr boards,
Your mtinorialisss are induced 10 bes1eve
that the fine allowed az present Tor regis.
tering, will be TOO short, and taere!ore
pray thar it may be extended. @
In many paris OF This territory, but particular.
" in the large and popoieus coeaies otsot'aeap .'
and Cprlonsss, the inhabitants have generally
setslci~upoa bsyoas or r.yets, where the soil IS
extremely fertile, bat where there IS not iutil.
cheney of timber for the purpotcs ct ttci, and
AGRICULTURAL convenieuces. Immediately behind
the(e lands the ,prai!ies or na,uralmeadows com.
mcgee. and continue to different extents OF from
I TO twenty, and even thirty miles, lhefe prairies
are deaitute OF timber, and terminate in marshes,
or cyprels lrnps. The timber growing en- their
rnafhes, has been the only fource from which the
settlers have fupplied themielves, and the Spa
nhl authorities here convinced OF the Importance
OF reserring them, is g common tor the use OF
the NH Abi5ants, reiuied TO grant them TO indvi.
duals Trefe swamps at this moment belong to
the .Uai,ed States, and severe penalties are an
nexrd 20 the offence of cutting timber apon them
Without continuance OF the indnlgent pernif.
on to.ufe the timber on thefe fwamPs, tie inhA-
bieant, htaased near the prairies will be compei-
LED TO abandon their habtations. Your memo
riaies therefore pray, tha: the citizens OF this
territory Gtua,ed as atorelaid, may be allowed
the uGe of the ncarea cypFeis iwamps with us To-.
curing the penalties OF the law (; and that legal
proylsi MAY be made, securing trem in the
tight of common in fuch lands.
An,ther iubieet Of -inca!snlable i<aportance TO
the m Ct uteful cu1ivators il this territory, thele
who ref c on the two berdess of the river, be
low The Chafa,aye. and Ibervile, forces itfvli
upon The attention of your mcmoriahts, ant
seems to deserve the tender conGdcfa ion OF YOU:
honorable body. The lands alluded &c, are di.
vided into snaIi tracts, which are entirely clear
ed on their 'front.', ard have aeen long under cu
tiya,ion. The grantees of these lands, at the
moment Of acquiring them, were at tibertyfto
take gfa,uitoully either Jingle coaceiiion, BY
whith.they acquired depth ifom the river OF
/ forty acres, OF a double conceaion, by which
they acquitted all the land between the river and
/ the lakes, or morsG-s, which approach its bor
d-ts on both & les. A tew of the eariy grantees
acaepcd double conceG ms, Whit the great mum |
Der, knowing TIA, the land, between them and
the LAKES, would any time he conceded to them
upon their Application, ard being Ignorant OF
the fusIre dtttinies of the cun:rJ, conten'e5-
the,nle,ves With Eage concelliens. 1hrlc settlers
ftIs ste icE ssx:ous 70 extend theirg ants, when
/; they rsa cted ti,at the mo,aG.s and isalnps prh
fe III every where behind their aods, so cloie as
/ to allow IN few inltaaces more than thirty, and
many LET'S than twenty aeres in depth fit tor cul
/ fnre The land hehind these cnnceli ms. were