, 1869-07-15
HRMPSTEAD PLAINS.
Projects for the Purchase OF II Noa
runntlc SwAmp-A HDc1crt to be
Made ElAd',-A Wilderness to
fIloAxon1 ns the Hosc.t

4fk
lIioSxom Ms the Hosc.''
From Tie .,t,c FORK 1tmes, Juiy12
Two gentlemen, Is the readers Of the Times are
awarc, have very recently offered 10 purchase the
LSs Island tnoHn % - III the u Mempssead T riaina u
One Of these Is our felloW-clt!Ze1, Alexander T.
Stewart, IF, Esq,, ths other, NJ Harvey. Of Ta75-
IL per acre; but Nj. sIeTnrf subsequently,
nxowcd hls Willingness to give .35 per acre for
al The lind that the town Of Hampstead
already been entered Into bet eeen III. Harvey
the Ilaius. and that gentleman has deposited with
surn Of rs 900, AZ m evidence Of his Willingness
to become the purchaser on the terms be proposed
The question Of lnrl5tng the eontract made With
lrrehpllers u Hampstead at election 10 Le held
IN thsi town on Saturday. nea1, July T. A. Nj.
stesd ioTn eIiheqaer by eLoat as7,:5, mote ihaa
would the ratification Of the contract made with
NJ. Harvey. t = highly profile TINT the yoters IL
ers, and instruct those eeallemea To close
with NJ; steranb proposition. The general feel
jni!cJ. The residents OF Aempste.d ere not Alto
Eether EAtlSded 10 make the proposed sale to Nj.
As by s70 q shs r.. IT thu, ths5 are
list tnAs d. Intended aesouns he TlaIns exeia-
trsn fern ng them into q vast uarketIuck pro-
duG:rg reSon- Subsequently, however It was
sa.d that tncJ would be osea as cemetery and
tnis idea DID not Mt MI eut the reWa Of the towus
people, who could no. secin tho near proximity 10
then homes OF yas, Ac!ty Of the aead" any,
thing sascnlated to appreciate their laada. ".
on thin point noScyer. SO ias "a hIs
ntcnticn & c 7neernea, by lis letter 10 Ahe
editor Of ne Hsmpstead sen.i.x. whesela he
qulre there lands Is to dctotc them to the nsual
purposes for which such lands, located, should
ext. I've public roaus; laying out tie Land In paf-
GELS lor sale % aet1al settlers, aud erecting at
sa,tSn1 poni5 as,iast!se nnediDss ad r. res.asnssz
n.,snbors, taxpayers and cit,xens." Nj sseEaTt
ee so anon5 N ,n tos ~ akag s1s
of tl,e nurshase MONEY IN east3 5 on tae dsiiyerv
W a " 11 is Ia et haI a Il Fea, an hond a9d
nortcace
WHERE IND WHIT THESE L4soS ARE
The Plains in qne.tion comprise aoont 7,5e9
The original tract, Q! which they form part. was
about u ooo acres n extent, aud the nElghoo:tng
ess + IL fo5 s9
,ine, nade sic q tses Portions g that icy aie S
hag, g. nany 5esFs pasi, been paI.y = neap
ns,gno5s i thls respest but unt 1,sI the5s
faror of anthnrziu1 tt,e sss A H. tnNn err. -
ton IN tnat ycar Tie "sa,e men e1ected II
neEotlauons With MI Harvey were tae r.
suit The ptoAucH3eness of these lands
is unquetuoued. Although they have never been
titled export !srners declare that they are ur-
eGtallcd IN point of richness Of soil and are capa-
bic Of producing crops Of my ktnd known TO this
climate The soil is OF o buck loany character.
c1teEding from four 10 sir feet Ia depth. There
arc yery slight undulattons In some portlonH OF
The tract: Gut. for the most mart ii NAV be aaId
10 be- one vast level p,atn-such a region us one
f1tNuentjy sees In ihe Western pratTle conut1y.
In trnyrrst,ty il In fact ui:.e iciarnat:ye erort
Il required Ior one to concuiye h,t1scY carecTtng
over the broad p,aires OF IlIluota As far nearly
o. the eye rcaches, ne behods Wide aal capa-
cious plain, almost free from trees and
bushes, open and hncult!vated. Tine nu-
ntfous netdd OF ca:ue ENzla8 unoa ITS
fresh ant reEuant 6ur7acct &c may
almost lN1nctne, In assimI'atihg the sceac, to be
the budaloes o. the Tar West Tae rc7dnFc and
freshness pf the 2russ luterCllnEet with While
clover. which uantjes the ea1,n Is one OF the pe-
cular and beautiful features OF these plaluA They
nrn er1nunded IN eynry eide and fto1ncnfiv nan
eI rtat ir ni1hlv 1,v,nroyed MN fyYfyc fnI1 frhn