Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-04-25

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tinucs 30 an unparalleled extent When
larrived here hast March, our nearest
white neighbours were 100 miles below MS
on the river: the distance now is not half
SO great TO the verge of settlement of
whites, aDdl believe some families have
already advanced within fifteen or twenty
mics ct us. AS soon DIS ihe Sprung o.
pens, several families will be as high as,
or higher than this post. Neither are the
cmigrants OF the poorest class, bat res
pectable farmers, and strong handed,
bringing with them their stock, teams,
money. &c. DC. This is probably the
easiest unsettled country in the world to
commence farming in. The emigrant
has only To locate himself on the edge of
prairie, and he has the one half of his
farm heavy forest, and the other half
fertile plain or meadow, covered with
thick sward of fine grass lie has then on
ly to fence in his ground and put in his
crop. The country abounds with salines
and salt works sufficient to supply the in
labitants with good salt; Il navigation al
most TO every man : door, which will give
him market for all his surplus produce.
and bring to him all the necessary articles
of merchandise. The soil and climate are
favourable to the growth of Indian corn,
wheat, rye, oats, cotton, tobacco, hemp,
fax, and almost all kinds of vegetables
which grow III the United States. Take
the country for all in all, | believe there
is no section in the u. States which has
ever opened such great and advantage
Gus field for enterprise, either for the in
dustrlous labouving man, or for the stea-
dy professional character. The States of
Georgia. North and South Carolina, Vir-
%inr, PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, and particu-
larry Kentucky and Tennessee, ii APP
pears, have found out ITS advantages
Literary men, too, of talents and fortune,
arc flockng tothis country.
!" Would not the European emigrants
who crowd your cities DO well to locate
themselves III this territory, whence they
could soon become independent and wor-
thy citizens Ihiak kcy could not do bet
ter.
The Indians generally remain friend
~ and well disposed. except the Sacs and
Ia'cnys east of us who continue o-casion-
ally To steal horses. Some murders and
robberes bave been committed on the
hunters and traders on the Arkansaw riv
er, south of US, by the Indians in that
country. We have as vet had no news
this Spring from the north or the north
west"
EXTRACT Of another letter 10 the Editor, from a
gsnna7 at SAINT Geaeveire, dsied FEB. 4.
1917.
The tide of emigration is setting We
~ strongly towards this country. The
number of families who came the last
year is surprising. Some parts of our
territory are more resorted to than 9th
ers yet, emigrants have moved to all
parts.
There are some disadvantages which
LA ~ n
ing. The chief difficulty is thew of
land Offices. This, however. i'm MANY
parts of The territory, will be measurabIy
reEledied this year; the government have
now III requisItion every surveyor the
country can conveniently afford. Much
excrtlon will be made TO bring lands into
market soon. Yet this inc Convenience is
not lnsnperable. There are a great MANY
pirate CLAIMS which can be purchas d
and there are many persons who settle OF
public lands, awaiting the opening of
land offices.
" II is 10 be hoped and expccted, with
much reason, that Congress will open sew
eral land offices in different parts of the
territory, which will not only enable emf
grants to purchase land, but to do so with
case to themselves"
Governor ClaiDorile, OF Louisiana, eX-
peuded considerable sum last wear out
of contingent fund" in endeavours to
stop the crevasse which caused an alarm
ing inundation of a part Of New Orleans,
Sc. The Senate of that State have re-
fused to recognize the expenditure.
s. Patriot.
Lexington. 4dpru 4.
THE ATE FRESHE'r
For many years, the waters oftle Wes-