New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-28

State into Virginia expecting to find bis land ss It hsi
been represented TO him, all desgnaed by metes sn1
bounds. ready Tor his reception On arriving IN Tue
State he does not at fEt understand the LOOK ot IN
crtGulty which he upon the cOuntenance OF every
ore 70 whom be- shoTs Lis warrant" and tells what
be paid for IT, He thinks i very strange that no one
can satisfactorily answer bis question, Where can
" fnd this land "
A few weeks since 4 gentleman FROM Western New
York came to this place. Desiring some legal advice,
be directed TO my Office Iii. business was in re-
lston to q land warrant of II beleve) FIVE hundred
acres which, according his statement. be purchased
Of one Dir. ;. Of Pembroke, Genesee Co., y. L., CIV
ing therefor house and lot, farming implements
in fact, almost everything that he possessed.
fba never forget that countensnce when be learned
that the full value cost Of MS warrant did not "x
ceed Sl2. He doubted whether he could recover MS
property, not being able TO stand the expense OF law
suit. He informed ne that Mr. 5. was extensively
engaged in this business and had become very veal
thy. do pretend to vOuch for the veracity Of this
lentlemans statements, but from the number of let
ters addressed 10 Ine from various parts OF the Union
asking information upon this subject have no reason
to doubt that in other States swndng OF the most ex
tensre and sgrant character is practced in the sale
OF Virginia land warrants
Inquiries have recently been addressed to me upon
this subject bya party residing in Indiana, who sold
cut his possessions in that STATE with the view OF To-
eating in ths ard received in payment for bis proper
" Virginia Land Office Treasury Warrants, at the
IhIt OF 81 70 per acre, 10 lHc niHpuut VI -DVv''
This case is undergoing legal investigation, am in
foImed and so, the disclosures made By it may be
profitable 10 the community If the above facts are
correct il will be that the purchaser of said war
rants paid $1,000 for paper that cost only S5, and
not worth that
In this connection it may not be improper to ex-
plain the method of locating land warrant in this
State, hundreds OF persons AZ distance have writ
ten here for information on that subject. The holder
o land warrant such as is described above lodges
Al Al l,.hs OF srA
of any County. He then points out to the surveyor
tie lands lie wishes to obtain. This Is generally done
by giysg to the Surveyor written description OF the
land its locality &C. which description the surveyor
records and this record is called an entry The entry
may be surveyed any time within two years, and
during that tire no one else s permitted to make an
entry of the land; is the surveyor allowed to
make entry at ALL unless is accompanied with the
WARRANT After the survey is made the surveyor
makes out plot and certificate OF the same, and, al
ter recording them, delivers the to the party isr
whom the survey wts made. This pot and certificate
is then forwarded to the Land Office, where It tremans
six months at the expiration OF which period patent
Issues TO the party, conveying TO the Patentee suh
Tich and ttie rested m the Commonwealth. ii 1t
afterwaId turns out that at the time of the making
the survey tie title in other person. and not
in the Commonwealth such other person will OF
course hold the land. The Commonwealth does not
warrant the title to the land conveyed. Ii is for the
party himself to find lands that are really waste and
unappropriaed on which to locate his warrant; II he
nit error in doing be does so at his own risk
All that he could recover back from the Common
wealth would be another land warrant for the same
amount to be again located other lands with per-
haps no better success.
1t the hight of folly for resident of another State
to buy Land Office Treasury Warrant, even at what
it costs because if there any waste and unappro-
prated lands in the State worth locating II Is known
to persons living n the vicinity of them, who would
take the steps necessary TO their requirement long be-
fore stranger could ascertain their locality.
GEORGE LOOMS.