Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-08-19
8ithmoll0 Enquirer.
PRaDAY MORNING. AUGUST Is, 1859.
RAPID APPRECIATION OF LANDS z. AccolGAC
AID NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.
BY RiICHIE, DUNNAvASr, TyLg9 WISE.

Til. Lands Q. these TWO peninsular couUleS
have, within the la,t isw years exhibited /.
rapidi,v O! ircrcasa in price almost unprece-
dertcd in the Stat. 'fhc;a lands were always
| admirably s,iaptel 10 the !arrains, ss ,ontra-
distinguished from the planting Interest. ron'
tiouous to the ti.rc. warkctS o.! Baltimore,
| Philndelphia and New YoIit. light 'oii. re
quiring comparatively lit'!e expense ior rnli:
vaton, and yet supplied with suos"I' whie
renders the highest degree Of Improvement 81
silly attainable-a soil and clmets especially
adapted TO ths growth liswcet potatoes peach,
cs. and cine. fruit; anil vegetables, Thich :in1
gnic, saies and high price. il .ha ei.y .narkels
/ tho Eastern s.o.c :.-nd; h@yc Seen notorious e
| Golsands 70 po5.' tenants--a verr' small i9rc'
sullicin:; :dr thci. cultivation and rh". iruc:
| patch.. alone, Of = 500 acre farm, being &c
| ouent,y aa.Gc;ent 10 iiquidato rile rent. fc;
many gears Indian c1r;i iias been III: great st*
| ple product, insor;t,ch ti!at It's cultivation il
better understood in thesc counties than shy
! where else in our country. Un:il withn t't
las. ten years, inicsd maize nigh! be regarded
as the only staple in which these lands wou!1
compete With the plating interest o! ;he state
But since the introduction cf gla::c, the cult.
va,ion Of wheat has hrcn 40 ucce:s;ciiy- pur
sucd that the wheat land; Of tie Eastern shor:
| lnay ncY be said 70 rival thcsc OF Jsiac: river
| in prodrct;veness.
Surcre.!del to these advantages. it wil! %
remembered, Is II, ".:eedosn G: :hc sea-.
commanding all unlimited supply OF oyster:
and other sh.li-fisi., scale fish d! every variety,
and a prcf,sion and Ysrie,y ct Wild fowls, sHi'
fcien, 90 attest the accuracy Of Beverley 10
script;ons CT the Chesapeake country, rs twas
century 3Gd hail ago.
VIC -:gs.d the prtscn! increase Of price, ioE
landa OF tie i.ac,ern shore, aa only indicative
of situro appreciation Of value in m increased
ratio. :ieanwhila ;hcy are selling at tolcF"blc
rate:. a lurg. nuuioer o! sales have hcer ei'
f,c'.,. lately. Accurate accounts ofE.irc' have
reached u, only il. a few INSTANCES. The fol-
lowi:is specimens. will scr'e to i"lcs;': the up
ward ycn.ivrcy III ,ise valuc Of lands. Among
H.. ja.d sales IN ..cc.3.rnc within the last few
weeks, are:
"Wuodborrne isjo:'s;a.. 10 Charles Is
Dutficld, Esq, OF Norfolk: situated withio ilsh'
of Acconac c. H.. sold TO Geo. D. Wise. ESQ
65 acres, $3.50, more char so per acre
Z Il ii f'.,I,-
belonging 10 the estate o. Mrs. La"ina Is;
ford. sold e. i5.o--&st per acrc
4 small firm on Hunting Cress:, hsl"nGin2
20 the heirs o. John X. Lewis, - a'reF t%ita
all old dwelling house diiapiia.e1 AID :.ea-:y
vorthless) sold .; $s,]9o-inc.rtl than .:o' ne
acre
"Mour: Prospect hs!onsiu;s TO DIR. l.. :
Joynes, OF this .:.y, situated .2csr onanc6''
Creek, adjacent to the village o! enancoek
| JnS acres. sold 20 Gel. j. y. i'aSwc'. !"
So, ,000-neariy so III acre
4 snail farm belonging 10 Ccl. baa''ri; a'H'
adjacent TO the village Of nnsrcocN' - a;rS-'
,or th.reabou;s., sold TO severn scr.ie1acn o
the Baptist denomination, As 2 site f'i the -:
lan,ic Female Seminary. 1t -, ,5oc-;n9r2 '''s'
5000 per ccre.
Among the n: sales in Northampton eoHh
tv. is that Of '':h. lehc.' sold by C'''m;ssl'''
crs appointed ny ne COUNT court' - 'V'hu
Turner and Laban Bc,ca,e, icr s26.6op-n'r
than $24 per acr".
Other sales, incz:i; at i.;sf prices 'i'Ts o''''
lately effected Gu sc 1ssteFn shore; tn" e&'e
particulars, howcye.' haze not faach"d "
As land sales ,hrouF.iout the :'iatc %-e &c
coming mater Of increased 'n'ere*' t" 'A'
.ncrs and capitalist y home "Nd abroad ~
will bc mech obliged 70 &C anissionerS az
others. wno vii, send u: regular aud 'ptclh
accounts of auc, sale; fr"a cTery per' OF tn
STATE We viii make ]: cur taSl:, so Tar a
possible, 70 CLASSIFY ani ccm2arr them III
manner which nay bc beneficial 10 = !"rs
clas. oc r,adcrs.