Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1835-05-18
SOMEBODY BIT.
Sale Of Vtre ina Lands IN London.

Sale 0f Vtre tntG LANDS IN L0tdoH.
py tho suhioined extract Fl ON the London Cou-
,;or If The 2slh Of NJ rch, it will be seen that very
oy,eo.iyc sales If Western Virginia L,nds have
heen made in that city. We hope that some OF The
Inlis may no, have been In by the hears, tfo use
stock iobbns phraseology, which, IN thus mater, is
,o,b,y apple able in this TRANSACTION We rather
appr,hcnd, however that there has been heavy
t,,l n,nc,iscJ. Judging from tho prices obtained.
W.,rc personally unacqu,in'ed with he character
Of ,,e particular Lands sold, but we doubt wcther
in the rsy,ou in which they lie the pick Of the
,ry could command such prices. Certain it is that
vast bodies of them are utterly sterile and worthless,
and we much doubt whether good Land, even in
,hat section of the State, would have been permit
ted 10 serk a purchaser across tho Atlantic We
should be glad if,hc papers in the neighborhood of
these lands would give the public some information
Iclatyc to them:
From The London Courier, N1rch Is.
An important salc of freehold American lands IN
tho state Of Virginia took place on Wednesday,, in
the Auction Mart, which WIS crowded 10 excess
with highly respectable company. Mr.. George
Robins, in an able and elaborate statement detailed
the n opcrty, which was illustrated by maps and
trawinss 1t comprchcnds portion of 80 600 a
crrs of carefully selected lands, purchased some
Years since, under advantageous circumstances,
oat Of | 800 600 acres. The land is tlmos, ex.
tm,t ftop taxes, and the State of Virginia unen-
eumberd by any public deb. The Legislature OF
Virginia has recently passed an Act for rail road
passing through the lands in question. The selec
ted lands were divided into portions ofvarious sizes
from SO 10 100 and 200 ares, each of which pos
sesscs the best timber suitable for the building OF
houses, fences, etc. The yearly average produce
Of an acre Of land giving from GO to - bushels of
Indian corn, is net in cash from H. IS. 10 II IS.
anil, varying in quality from 40 to so bushels, from
lGs to lis. Cd. The tobacco crops are very pro-
ductve, The country abounds' in iron, lead, and
coal mines, aud Mr.. Robins urged the important
ben fits to be derived from purchasing largely in
Ills ",hc Land of Promise" The tihc and poor
rites were unknown in Vngn,a; wages were com.
raratvely nothing. Upon farm OF 600 acres the
taxes did no, exceed six shngs. The fee simple
ofone hundred acres Of the best quality of land,
which in this country would consume 5OOOl or
GOO0l might at this sale be obtained for less than
3oOl The lands were submitted In 81 lo's--,he
. first division, 1865 acres in the county of l. gan;
tho second, 81 acres the waters Of the Spruce
Fork Of Little Cole River. The parcel containing
500 acres Of land the yearly average of taxes upon
which is nbuut SIS. year was knocked down for
l60 suineas. Tho above lot may serve rs cri.
IMon fer the whole Of the AZ tina, were submitted.
1,SSc lots unsold Mr.. Robins sid were open to pr
contract, amounting to about five thousand
''tes in various farms, from SO acres to 500 each,
and will be sold by auction in London, on 18th A
pn' in case any ofthem remain unsolJ.
II The PHILADELPHIA. Gazette states though
Seknow not on what author,y.-that the gold
inning fever has abated in Visginia-,hat most of
Ne works are abandoned, after the expenditure of
o'ndreds Of thousands of dollars and that those
'ach are worked produce in The aggregate but
heasre profit.
q We have rece, ed the 9Th No. (for May) Of