| From the The Attakapas Register (Franklin, La.) |
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| October 24, 1861 |
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| Miscellaneous |
| New Orleans, Opelousas & G. W. Railroad
Company |
| Land Department |
| New Orleans, June 1st, 1861 |
| The New Orleans, Opelousas &
Great Western Rail Road Company, by and in virtue of an Act of the
United States Congress of the 3rd June, 1856, and an act of our State
Legislature of the 16th of March, 1857, have become the owners of
705,000 acres of land free from all incumbrances of mortgages. |
| These lands are included
within a strip of 30 miles in width, or 15 miles on each side of the
railway line, extending from Algiers, opposite New Orleans, to the
Sabine River, or the Eastern boundary of Texas, a distance of 258 miles.
In the contemplated continuation of this road into Texas, it will
traverse the most fertile grain region of that State. |
| The lands lying opposite the
first 125 miles of the company's road, are in the rich and heavily
timbered alluvial valley of the Mississippi River, on Bayou Lafourche,
Grand Lake, and elsewhere. Between the 125th and 190th miles, we have a
very large amount of fertile and valuable lands in the Attakapas
prairies, a region nowhere excelled for beauty, healthfulness, and
fertility of soil. |
| Between the 190th mile and the
Sabine River, the road traverses the moderately hilly and heavily
timbered pine woodlands, varied occasionally by the rich vallies of the
streams. Good water, game, clear water brooks abounding in fish, are
common to this entire locality. The pine woods, in quantity and quality,
are unsurpassed, and it is believed that the lands will raise cotton
profitably. |
| Maps and plats can be seen and
examined, all information as to the character and price of land
obtained, applications made, and terms of sale finally agreed upon, at
the Office of the company's Land Agent, at Brashear City, Parish of St.
Mary, Louisiana. |
| Acts of sale to be passed in
New Orleans, at the expense of the purchaser. |
| In the absence of the
purchaser, a written power of attorney, authorizing the agent to sign
the act, and the notes given in payment, and to grant a mortgage to
secure the notes, will be required. |
| The terms of sale are:
One-third cash, remainder in notes at one and two years, payable at a
bank in New Orleans, with eight per cent per annum interest after
maturity with mortgage until final payment, and in default, the purchase
to pay five per cent for attorney's fees. |
| The company's lands are now
being examined. As fast as reports are made, the price per acre will be
fixed on each tract applied for, and the applicant duly notified of the
same, and he will be required to accept the land, at the price
designated, within a reasonable time, or in default, the land will be
offered for sale to others. The Company reserves to itself the right of
changing the prices and terms from time to time. |
| The company desire to
encourage actual settlers, and will grant priority of application to
persons who are now in actual occupation and cultivation of land; but
only a reasonable time will be granted them to apply for and purchase,
after which it will be sold to any other applicant. |
| N. B. -- Public notice is
hereby given, that the lands in the parishes of St. Mary, St. Martin,
Vermillion, Lafayette and St. Landry, now offered for sale, are included
in and are opposite to the following three divisions, or sections of
"twenty continuous miles: each, on the line of the railroad, viz:
"twenty continuous miles," extending from Brashear, or the 80th mile, to
a point near the town of Franklin, or the 100th mile; "twenty continuous
miles," extending from a point just below the town of New Iberia, or
about the 124th mile, to a point just about the town of Vermillionville,
or about the 144th mile; and "twenty continuous miles," extending from
the end of the last described section, to a point near the town of
Opelousas, or about the 164th mile. |
| These sections include the
Railroad Lands in the lower half of ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 east, of
township 6 south; and all in ranges 1, 2, 3, 4 5 and 6 east, of township
7 south; and all in ranges 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 east, of township 8
south; and all in ranges 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 east, of township 9 south;
and all in ranges 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 east, of township 10 south; and
all in ranges 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and part of 8 east of township 11 south;
and all in ranges 3, 4, 5, and 6 east, of township 12 south; and all in
ranges 4 and 5 east, of township 13 south; and all in ranges 10 east, of
township 14 south; and all in ranges 10, 11 and 12 east, of township 15
south; and all in ranges 12 east, of township 16 south; and all in
ranges 9 and 10 east, of township 17 south, and all being in the
South-Western Land District. |
| Maps of these sections,
showing the lands for sale, can be seen on application to the Land Agent
at Brashear, or at the Office of the Company in New Orleans. |
| Applications an be made by
letter, or through any reliable person. The tracts applied for, and the
name and post-Office address of the applicant, must be clearly described
and legibly written. |
| There is no limit to the
number of applicants for the same tract; each party applying will be
duly notified by letter, when the company are ready to conclude the sale
of any tract applied for. |
| William G. Hewes, President |
| G. W. R. Bayley, Land Agent |
| {first published
August 8} |
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