The Hawk-eye and Iowa patriot. (Burlington, Iowa) 1839-1843, 1840-03-12
LAND SALES.

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presented lively appearance. Hundreds
Of actual settlers have been in attendance,
anxiously intent upon securing their
homes for themselves and families. he
best order has prevailed among them thus
far and for the credit of our rising Terri
tory we hope and trus, it will continue.
Although no postponement has been made
of any of the sales, it is nevertheless al
most certain that something tantamount
thereto will be inevitable, i'll consequence
.of the limited time allowed to effect them
and the slow rate at which they progress.
We understand that during the three days
in which the sales have been going on
but one township a day has been sold
This is probably owing to the great num-
Der Of purchasers and SO much time being
necessarily occupiediin counting and prov
ing the specie handed in for payment
This will operate very injnriously on
many of the settlers who have come pre-
pared from great distance to pay for their
land, and who are lily able to incur the
expenses incident to disappointment.
By the present arrangement, if no more
is sold per day than has been thus far, not
one half the land advertised to be sold
during the present fortnight can be dis
posed of. This should not be so. We
do not blame the Land Officers, as we
take for granted that they do all they can
to expedite the sales. We however think
that longer time should have been given
for each sale, or that the settlers should
have been notified in season of the order
of the sale and the probable amount that
would be sold on each day. In this way
a great number of our most worthy set
tiers might have been saved the expense
of a trip to Burlington.
In order to give 10 the settlers all the
information in our possession in relation
to the order Of the sales. we copy from
our last paper what we then published,
and in addition publish that part of last
years proclamation, which embraces all
the land advertised for the second sale.
FIRST SALE-9th MAR H.
l. IF r,rro e 1,,oct
g II Of range 5 west
g 70 and 70 of range west
9. rs and II Of range 5 west.
Fr Township 81, and township 60 of
range west.
Township 6S, "A and IS, of range west
:. SO, n, rs and 76, of range 6
west.
g rs of range west.
Fir. Township 81 and Township SO and
IS, range west.
!" g 81 and township SO, Of range
8 west
Township 6S, of range 10 west.
Fir Township 81, and Township So of
range IL west.
g g 81 of range west,
9. 6 81 OF range 6 west.
Townships II and "A, Of range west.
g 10, of range 5 west.
g 70, of range 6 west.
SECOND SALE-G3d MARcH.
North Of the base line and east of the
fifth principal meridian,
Fir. Township II, of ranges 1. Q, and 8.
North Of the base line and west of the
fifth principal meridian,
The fir. section 6, in fr. township 70,
fir. townships II. 70, IS, and the Fl. sec
ton 81, in Fl. township "a, of range 4.
Fir. townships SO, SO aud 70, town
ships II and rs. and fr. townships "A,
rs and IS, of range Q.
FIR. township 6S, townships 70, II, 70,
10. n, rs and 49, of range 3.
Fr. township 81, and townships SO,
20, II, "a, rs, rs and II, Of range 4.
sE In small part of our edition an
important error occurred, by repeating a
portion of the first sale, instead of insert
ing the second.
NNOTE--Slncc tnctaDoSc was IN type we learn
that inste d OF but one, two townships were
sold on yesterday.
As number of our subscribers will
be in town during the land sales, we hope
all those who have not yet paid for their
paper, will embrace the present opportu.
nifty andpay up as we are i'll need of mo.
Eney at the present time.
For THE HAwK-EYE.
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Mr. EDwARDs:-E migrants, seeking
homes i'll Iowa, arrive at our landing pla
ces on the Mississippi, having no partic
Eular location previously selected, and nc
knowledge eflhe country, to enable them
10 select judiciGusly. It is true, one car
scarcely 60 amiss; still a very little infor
nation might save the emigrant mucl
anxiety and expense. As you have hith
erto laudabIy endeavored to contribute Il
to this end hy nmhlish;nr sIlch inforn,,