Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-07-28

value 30 acres az deer .0p3i, with title
coMplUie, higher than 100 acres. one
fourth pad for. without title, and snbiec {
TO forfeiture and all the vlcissiiutlrs of The
times. The industrious and economical
man With so acres. will soon find means
To increase his farm without trouble 10
his government, ar embarrassment TO
himself. The gfea, object OF AN emf
grant. sure and permanent house, is
placed more completely within The reach
of the northern and eastern poor iian il
was before. Hence emigration will not
be checked, bui rather promoted.
[hstuchy Argns.
TIE PmbHc Lands.-i'he change made
by the Congress, AT their late session, il,
the mode oi dispensing, by sale, Of ,be
public domain, will, il is believed, Ope-
rate fayorab!y on the agricultural inter.
esis al The west. A reduction in price,
prompt payments and a subdivision oil
tile quarter section TO suit the conven-
fence OF The settler, appear 10 be 40 clear
~ AN improvement III national policy aud
were SO unanmc usIy adopted, that il
seems surprising The old mode has con-
inued SO long. There are two classes
OF citizens more immediately affected by
this change-!he Specializing part of The
comnunliy, who irailics on The public
lands as on articles oil merc!andize, aud
buy township or lay oil u city as they
would cargo OF dry goods the actual
settlers, who transpian, their hopes aud
industry to new country and virgin soil
lie frs! have already had the picking of
the bes, tracts of land III different parts
OF the union, and will have an advantage
IN their long credits, over their brethren
who must III future, pay down Tic cash
As itis class OF people, then, will In ono
police less land, the farmer has the BET
ter chance of making good selection. II
he purchases of the Spectator, he has,
OF course, 10 pay him his advanced arotii.
| hai two dollars as The minimum price OF
public land was too high, ana, liza, the
credit system has been productive ornu-
merouS evils IN the west and south, can
now hardly be doubted. Ii will be re-
collected thaitao or three years ago, Mr..
Monroe, ailer tour through the Ohio
country, recommended an enquiry into
The eXpedirncy of raising lie minimum
price OF public lands Congress, however,
were convinced by All able committee on
that subject, that the price ought rather
TO be reduced. They proved that in lie
Oldest states in the union, land hardly
averaged The price manded for il i'll The
western forests aud prairies. Uuder the
new system there will, probably, be less
land bought but ii viii be bought BY The
men who know lis ra!ne and have tbs
money in hand 10 pay for il. Men of
superior craft aud address can hardly
figure without iiie rpasiy, al The iand sales.
III can hardly be supposed tina, the poor
man will suffer by a change few are so
lIpSiItEin nj L.. al,
procure as much land as they can cult
vate. The all grasping spirit of many
land purchasers has nearly ruined them
selves and shaken the stability of The
union. Session after session, men are
sent io Congress 10 keep The hands Of
The treasury department off their consii.
tueniS ; a refusal To extend further credits
might almost breed all insurreclion in
the west. Besides, the sale of public
land a price moi less than S | % and
for cash, IS more advantageous 10 The
nalIoh. The government is poor enough
IN all conscience, and cash down, in these
hard times, IS much more gratifying than
long and forever 10 be renewed credit Ii
The Congress would now go step further,
and give certain lands 10 the poor of our
own, aud other nations that flock TO our
shores from Europe, on condition Of ac-
iual settlement, lands which will no, e
valuable IN a century, might produce to
support the nation. hardy and induslri-
Gus population. st. Charles MiSsomiau.
John A. CmhLert and Joel Crawford have
declined being con, idered as candidates
Tor reelection, as Representatives of the
state OF Georgia III Congress. Henry
.Shaw has publicly declined reelection
TO Congress, from the Berkshire district,
in Massachusetts.
The GAINESVILLE Messenger informs us,
that the contractor for Carrying the mail
from that place, has refused 10 let his
drivers carry The Messenger, as here
toiore, because il contained, The preced-
ing week. an article, headed accident. q"
relating 10 the upsctfing of the Stage 1!
HIS Is one way Of muzzing press.
The beautiful Steam Boat Engineer.
under the charge OF Major Long, passed
~ Charles. Missouri. ON Ter reinrn from