Price Of Land North And South
-Amg illusirution of the effect of tlavery on tbé financial condition of our country may be seéri in Ihc comparative prices of land in the two sections. Aronnd Washington, land is begging for o markel from three to ten dollars per acre. Capital farms may be bought at these cheap rates in the immediate neighborhood of the capÃtol. Now compare ttiis with the country in the viciniiy of Rochester, where farms command fn k pi ices, notwithstandÃng the pressure of the times and the great scarcity of money. The Rochestsr Democrat says Messrs. Sibley and Scrantou sold at auction Jast Wednesday, 1. Farm lot 3 1-2 miles from the city, orà the Lyel road, coniainintr 81 acres (all wood but 12 acres,) sold at $53 per acre. L. Fcrty acrps on cfoss road, 3 anlea frorn the city, between Lyel road and JRidgo (all wood) $40 per acre. 3. Seventeen lots outside the city line, Irï Ints coHtainingfrom one-half to anacre, at aur, average of $103 per acre each. The whotó sale amountcd to $7,283.
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