Rocky Mountains. 



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On the 7th, after taking in wood at Herculaneum, we 

 moved up the river ; but had scarcely passed the mouth of 

 the Merameg, when we found ourselves unable to stem the 

 heavy current of the Mississippi, on account of the great 

 quantities of muJ, that had accumulated in the boilers, and 

 preverted our raising the requisite pressure of steam. 

 While we were lying at anchor, to afford the steam engineer 

 an opportunity to clean the boilers, some gentlemen of the 

 party, returned along shore, to the Merameg, a beautiful 

 river, whose limpid and transparent waters present a strik- 

 ing contrast to the yellow and turbid Mississippi. They 

 were fortunate in meeting with many interesting objects, 



and theD returning from left to right to the E. boundary of the township, 

 and so on. 



The act of Febuary 22, 1817, authorizes the sale, in half quarter sec- 

 tions, (or 80 acres) of the sections 2, 5, 20, 23, 30, 33, of each township. 

 The subdivision of the quarter section is made by true meridians. 



The section No. 16 in every township, is, by law, reserved for the sup- 

 port of schools, the S. E. corner of that section, is the centre of each town- 

 ship. — More than 60 million acres of United States' land, have already 

 been surveyed — 1-36 part of 60 million is 1,666,666 acres, reserved by 

 law for the support of schools. The section No. 16 will unquestionably 

 be reserved in all future surveys and disposals of public lands. 



For Colleges and Seminaries of a higher grade thirteen whole townships 

 have already been granted by the United States to Michigan, Ohio, 

 Indiana, &c. Thirteen townships are equal to 299,520 acres. 



By section 2 of the act of April 18, 1 806, relative to Tennessee, 200,000 

 acres are, in that state, reserved for colleges and academies. 



The reservations for schools, collages, &c. are — 



Section No. 16 - - - - 1,666,666 

 13 townships .... 299,520 



Reservation in Tennessee - - 200,000 



2,166,186 acres, 

 which, at the minimum price established previous to the year 1820, of two 

 dollars per acre, is §4,332,372. 



The area of the whole state of Ohio, (the eldest of the states N. of the 

 Ohio,) is about 25 million of acres, of this about 14,400,000 had been sur- 

 veyed anterior to the late cessions, which embrace the N. W. part of that 

 state, 1-36 part of 14,400,000 is 400,000. 



The free spirit of Ohio, united with signal industry and economy, has 

 already givm to section 16, in the surveyed portion of the state, a value 

 of at least 4,1 dlars per acre, or of 1 ,600,000 dollars. There are instances, 

 in which section 16, in Ohio is worth from 20 to 30 dollars per acre. 



National Intelligencer of November 10, 1819. 



