Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1819-06-05
FROM THE ST. LOUIS ENQUIRER.

| fHOM IHE ST. LOUIS ENQUIRER,
The Observation-Disclosures
Red River. We have been permit
ted to take from the correspondence OF
the surveyor general, some extracts
shelving the quantities of public land
prepared for market in the above places.
These parcels are wholly exclusive OF
the lands heretofore offered for sale, ma
ny millions of acres of which remain to
be taken up at two dollars an acre.
sD@On the Arkansas and Red River no
lands have yet been put in market by the
federal government.
E9tracts from the CORRESPONDENCE of
Gen. Rector zOith Mr.. Meigs, COM
missioner Qfthe General Land Office.
| you will herewith receive sketch
of the surveys which have been made, and
are nowmaking, in the Arkansas territory.
They comprise different and detached
parcels, In conformity with my instruc-
tons to include the principal settlements
and the largest bodies of rich land and
lay partly Oh the arkansas and partly on
the Red riper. There is however on
the Red river and its waters much rich
land which is not included in these sur
veys; part of it river bottom, exceeding
| ly fertile and free from inundation. Con-
sidering the capacity of these lands to
produce cotton, and the number of emf
grants which are moving in that direc-
ton, and ! am of opinion that land of
flee Tin addition to one at Arkansas
should be opened on the waters OF Red
river and suggest the Mount Prairie
as suitable place.
on will also receive herewith a
sketch of the surveys which have been
made, and are now making, in the state
of Illinois, laying partly in the Edwards
vile and partly in the Shawanee-town
district. The largest portion of rich
land will be found in the former, on the
Sangdmon river, a southern branch of
the Illinois-(placed by mistake, and
with a wrong spelt name, on the north
side of the Illinois, in Mr.. Melish's map
of the United States.) The lands of
Sangamon, from their geographical po-
sition, fine quality, and abundance of
excellent water, will no doubt sell rea-
Oily and for good price.
+" You will likewise receive herewith
sketches of surveys in the Missouri
territory. Forty eight townships Cup
wards of million of acres) are, or will
be, ready by the first of June, lying along
the Usage boundary line; and from the
report of the deputy surveyors, comprise
ground of very superior quality, in a
desirable part of the country, and calcu-
lated to sell Immediately for good
price. Also, two millions of acres are
surveying towards the Mississippi, in
Guiding the old settlements. These
surveys will be ready this fall, and will
present much good land, although the
country has in some degree been picked
by settlement rights, and Spanish con-
cessions made before the cession of
Louisiana.
"From the foregoing you will per-
ceive that many large bodies of land are
now, or soon will be ready for sale, ex-
elusive Of all that which has been al
ready put in market. These tracts are
situated, TO 7vit -
o' and md Red adA rivsr about 100000 Acres.
In the state of Illinois, about $4,000
In the Missouriterrito about 100000
Total, 8,730,000 Here's
GA quantity large in itself, and from
its different situations, fine quality, and
peculiar advantages, well adapted to
tempt the enterprise of every description
Of emigrants who may wish to seek their
fortunes in new countries. The slave
holder who loves warm climate and
wishes to plant cotton, may find every
thing to his taste on the Arkansas and
Red river: The STAKEHOLDER who pre-
fers dry and keener atmosphere, and
who wishes to raise wheat, hemp, tobac-
CO, fruits, and to rear the most valuable
of the domestic animals, will be able to
suit himself in the air and soil of Missou-
ri: And the anti-slave-holder, and he
that has no slaves, will find a soil and eli
mate, and civil institutions, to please