The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-06-17


How strange thisseunds. How remarkable
the Proclamation.f .'Come one, come all, come
freemeiy EngIishynep, Irishmen, Scotchmen,
Germans, Frehcbmen. and honest men," says
Arkansas; como along. take our land without
money ind price, and be one of u.s.
Is thu land good7 Rich as may be. Is II ac-
cessibl'i Qnite so. May the owner calculate
upon certain return, If he till it properly
Without doubt. Aye, all these things are so,
that is Hear. "IIow happens il, then, that Ar
kansas Is so liberallp inquiries one. ave hear
of no o.her State doing likewise. Iowa, Wis
eonsin, Michigan, Illinois, &c., filling up
rapidly, and settlers are paying government
price foriands, and feel glad often of the privi-
lege Of ding it.. Besides, these States are away
up North-we don't understand it," Not un-
derstand IL. These States are free; Arkansas is
cursedwith slavery. That tells the whole sto-
ry.
See the actual state of things.
Arkansas owns half million of acres Of land.
Thee are situated in every part of the Stata.-
The' embrace river bottoms, prairie, uplands Of
ever, soil. Settlers or purchasers can have their
choise. And we learn it is almost impossible,
so fa' as fertility is concerned, to go amiss.
Tbs body of lands, Arkansas proposes to dis
pose IF on the following terms;
"by purchase.--Any person, resident Of the
State or nonresident, by application to the
Audi'or, personally or through an egent, may
purchase from the State any nuusber of tracts
which have been forfeited as above stated. on
| paysaent Of the arrearages Of taxes and costs
due, aad the Auditors fee for drawing the deed
/ The amount of taxes and costs due, vary OF
course, according to the number of years fol
which thetaxes remain unpaid; but the average
cost Of purchasing tract Of 100 acres, may be
set down at about fifteen dollars. When thus
paid for, the purchaser isH0treqairedt to BaakedRJ
Improvement. All the title of the State to u tract
or tracts purchased, pass immediately, diyestes
Of all contingencies, to the grantee, by a dees
which the laws declare shall vest in him, hi
heirs, or assigns, good and valid title, both ia
law and equity, and shall be received in dl th'
| courts Of the State, as evidence Of a good ans
valid title in such grantee, his hein and assigns
and shall be evidence that all things required BY
law to be done, TO make good and valid sale
were done both by the Collector and the Audi
tor.
Bg Donation Donations of these lands ar
l " AoV aStcs W an ouo poinou- m.
person Wishing TO obtain a donation Of AM
tract OF tracts, which together do not exceed il
quality go acres, may apply personally, or b.
agent, TO the Auditor, designating the particula
tract or tracts for which title is desired, who
upon payment of his fee of one dollar and TWEEN
ty-hve cents for drawing the deed, will execut
| a conveyance Of the right TO the lands described
which title is rendered indefeasible in the donee
by compliance with the acquisitions Of the law
which To- substance are as follows: The done
20 file in the office Of the Auditor, within eigh
teen months from the date Of his deed the ceriili
cate of Justice OF the Peace, OF Constable g
the township in which the land is situated, set
ting forth thai noe acres Of the land donated 4
him have been cleared, fenced, and placed il
readiness for cultivation. When this certiheat
has been filed, the deed vests In the donee it'll
of the same force ana effect as that acquired By
purchase, as mentioned above
This is fair enough in all conscience. Sucl
an invitation from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, o
any Of the free States, would be accepted, not b.
thousands, but by hundreds Of thousands. VIII
IL be so with Arkansas Not at all. Man,
from the South may avail themselves Of the OF
POrtunityi few may 90 from the free States.-
Bat not enough, in our opinion, from either sec
ton, or any quarter, will accept the terms, 4
make any material advance in the growth o
Arkansas.