The Weekly Washington telegraph. (Washington, Ark.) 1871-18??, 1872-04-10

purchasers. We have such a variety
of soil, ard the ideas and tie circum>
stances of holders are so various, that
we find it difficult TO answer these
questions. Almost any kind of soil
desired can be found in Hampstead
county-river bottom, creek and
branch bottom, black land, sandy
land, clay land, grayelly land and in
fact the distinctions and the shades Of
difference, both in appearance and
IbToductiseness, are entirely too numer-
Gus ior US TO attempt anything like a
description of each. Then again the
condition in which improved lands arc
found has a great deal to do with the
price. a good farm, well improved,
in the hands OF man who knows the
value Of productive soil and genial
climate, and who has faith in the eerly
development Of the great resources Of
the country by internal improvements,
Is not easily purchased for a song. y
short while ago, the situation was very
different. One could then select al
most any property, improved or unim-
proved, and take it at his own figures
But the spirit Of railroad enterprise
that has recently overspread the coun>
Try like an epidemic, and the bright
prospects Of the carly construction Of
the Cairo and Fulton Railroad through
the state, have so awakened tie pao,
pie to a knowledge Of TIE now dormant
wealth and undeveloped resources o.
the country, as already to very mate
rally affect the price Of lands. Not
withstanding all which, however We
believe It to be truth that land il
cheaper in this county than any oihel
we know Of where the same or similar
advantages present themselves TO tn,
purchaser. Even now, first rate IN
improved lands may be bought at tw'
dollars and half an acre, and from
that down 10 almost nothing, according
' 10 quality and location. Improved
farms vary from FIVE to twenty dollar
: an acre according to location and th'
ideas of present holders. Many very
G good farms can be bought for les
e money than the actual cost OF i'm
e provments. As we said above, al
f, most any kind Of soil can hero b
e found. and at almost any price
: The terms Of payment required by
: proprietors may be said to be as vari
a GUS as the kinds Of soil and the price
at which it is held. In most cases
however, one-third cash and the bal
n ance in one and two years, would b
b accepted. We know of some instance
where the proprie,ors would be Willing
i to accept one filth every year unit
r the payment is completed. ANY pur
n chaser who is able to furnish his nee
essary stock, and provisions for on
: year, can buy number one land on sucl
o terms rs to enable him easily to pa,
!, for it out of the products OF the sol
itself. In fact about terms, unless il
D exceptional cases, no difficulty will b
{ in the way of men who wish to bu,
). land TO work it. We need thousand
of new citizens, and no odds wher
, they come from, or what the color 0
e. their political proclivitics, if they COM
! to work and to build themselves up b,
y building up the country, instead o
erecting their fortunes upon its ruins
they will be cordially welcomed, an'
they can get as much and as good lan'
as they want. There are yet thousand
of acres of vacant land in the county
better than that upon which fortune
have been made in the older and NOR
.densely populated States. There ar
thousands Of acres of railroad land
upon which any one may settle, with
the certainty of being able to get j
when the railIoad is completed at
fair valuation, less the value of what
ever improvements he may make on it
Some Of this is very desirable land
and all of il within convenient distance
of the railroad. More than twenty-five
thousand acres of so,called swamp land
Il Io,,, ooye rp,oI ,,,l 3.