North Carolina Newspapers

3 ' . Published weekly by Allmjxd Hail., at Three Dollars yiAR, ' - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6,1803, 'IN..-.: ' , V-v v-'"'" -1 ' .'" 'v' CONGRESS. House of Representatives, Monday, Oct'. 24. LOUISIANA TREATY.' r . ' Call fjr Papers. XContinued from our last. Hi toT,. r i Vu i V y K'11' - i r :A tr'I; . i v , T l ..u u. uciu.i .q4. tloncd t;ie ground which they had ta- ken soms years a-o. Ho was rcj need t'utthey-werenowwd hnto aco vl- ea-e, wnat incynaa nerewwrc " rciiuuiy ut.iiw, uuu. u,3 u iuri 01 - RrentaMv had a t coaMii.ut.ynl n?ht, tot on y to call for papers, hut to use their discretion in carrying any treaty into clfjct. TUat this miU: novbe their impressioi w evtdnt, or tluircnuJ-.Kt wh surely uaaccounN able. Why else do'tli-y - call fa,- pa - pars, why enquire into our title to the, province, ui ij iiiiiiaiu ; 11 uio ti'ji;-! trine of a form:r day was still to b::J Iflhered to, why ure th s enquiry ? If q-entlemsn are consistjntwith them-: selves, if thev have not fo.-t the les . sons which thev inculcated-upon tliv ratification of tho Uitidi trcity, this House h.fs in ri ?t t call fjr pipers,; no ri ?htto miV; .lquii-y, no ri jht to; deliberate, butnvis c '.rry th'v trotyl iutrt cffcW h'iit 0d or had ; nvist, vote Tor all the" ncessa-y mjas-iivs T"prcSs recoj,,,;, oa tjC p-ivt nf Spain,l,f Spvn, t hat it had w I e-i Fitncc pos- i whether they are clu! -i-A to promote tut Fri.nco ha"! i.;,-frnetl nil the -ctiu-'Bsed it, and such ai itmichi n be tin mtercsfs of tlv; United Stales or noJT!u d jctrines.of old times', h )'.vr' eveiv are .Ji i y g i vfrivu.;r-ih --nd -Torrnsrly taken i?, )mdoncd. 'Ye sh ill u3, linger hjir fiat th:. E:i.:i tivs is ora lipoten, an I ib at th- K--pressntatives of thi" p :o')le ar? b'Sinl to vote, blindfol le I, for" cavrv-nr i.ito eff.-ct all treaties which ths IVosi-hnt' an i tne sen-its may lum proper xo make and ratuv . thanked the. ' gentlemen f.r the admitsion, and ho-p-.-d lh it the couiMry would p.M.'lt by it hereafter. , , "a . I le was happy to say thai- Una was. of himself and Tus friends.. Theyj her..partw mid be idle and extravagant, mesnt.to deliberate, tljey meant to iisejlWcmht avwc!" n5k, jj-helhtr the Iheir discretion in voting .away the! VH.i. k .a ,.,;, tn, r,i,.,:-. treisui-c of the nation., lie agree;! ;(;f J at-d.-iin, rf rtu: i, or evvn with gentlcnvm, thit if. a mijority ofj the DC; nf A!.;i.',,s hhclf, for they the House entertain; 1 my doubt a-, to j.: ui, iS ,, -. d r;. ,t to interpose the 'validity of the tjlle ws.havc .ar..;;Hg S min ha I. -either of thfin baring q iiml.they ouht to call for ap-irs,; and he ha ! noiloubt, if there was any. dissatisfaction they wouV call.. Uo,'poin'ed t the objwV' i he had hk;; ion- himself should haw. no objection to,,, ,e s!ioul 1 hav- no objection,, but vote for the resolution if U v is con- 'ie n';.-ver would t .;iis.n. to cull ;ou lined to nrotvr obiects. tvst iiid;cd to. satisfy .himself, Tor h4 wsh aire ;rly fub; V.reol;Ii! itiin, vr any .other nation was ly satisfied, but to sa'isfy other gen-j tifl Xvitli a treaty made .between 'Moment to satisfy the American peo-,;the United Sutcs and Ihe Fruch jo- pk', that the. insinuations thrown out ihout the title, are totally without foundation. The resolution in itspr;-' cnt shape, however, was highly im proper it looked to extrinsic oreum, stances, and contemplated an 'inquiry, into subjects toul'y unconnected with' the treaty with France. Wlut, said Mr. N. has Spain to do in this b isi- ness? tlmtlemen ask if she has ac-. quiesccd in'our purchase, and call for ber cnrrc)on lence with o ir govern ment. Whu the acquiescence of Snin to as? Iftiie House is satisfied f.vm the inftrinuioi laidon the tub! hat Snain h-.d ceded Louisiana toi Fran:? and 'hat France had since ce ded it to the United States, what more d's they require ? .Are we not an in !t pendent nation? llivr,sc nit a right, to make treaties lor ourselves mtnoui asking leave of Spain ? What is it to tu whether she acquiesces or not r she is no party to the treaty of rcssbn, she Ua nn claim the ceded territory, Are we to pause till Spain thinks pro per to consent, or arc we to euquirc,':thatsuiveyshave never been made up. m ascending, is live lca,;uc cr !ay, whether like a cross child, she has on so extensive a acile as to afford the, The rapidity of the cummin the iprirs thrown awiy her rattle, and etics br -means of Uyinj down tl.c various re;.tason especially, shtn the enters of it sfierwardsl i'tfions of a country, which. In some of! H the rivers arc tiirb, faciliUfs the The trrsty itrclfi be ssiJ, and the ronvciitions ttachea to it, lurnishcd til llii necessary l.normauon. , iy rc frrtnr.c to the treaty it wculd be found, that lui-.itna is ceded to the Vtiited Slates with the same boundaiies that it had hcfi f e brim ceded ssith by Spain to franfc ; awl that Trance had obli- ' fre?l liTM'.f t cnd a commissary to Nirw.tilrftnstorcceivethepocion f-im Sp-i n S m trsnsfcr il to, us. for tin, lh: Unitr4 Slates wire to pay, fificcti mdlniSf.fd.Mljrstot'.e 1 rtnili tarmtuit. Hut Immv an(rwhfnf .'...t imtiirduttlt j nottiU we hadactu- 'f actpiirri th possesion. And if f'anre shU fil to joi us into sctusl p.rWion, tle United States ire not b m1 topiy a slir,le dHsr. Kothst t'f r 11 f.r pprr can be ef n poisi - V usv'. Supse these papers shoul J she that Spain had not acquiesced,' hat is thii to us ? Is hep pleasure to be a law to the United States f . v With resprd to the treaty, of St. Iidefonso, Mr. N. baid", he sh uld have no objection to its beint laid before the House, if it was in the possession of the Executive. In -all probability, "uwevcr, uu was ini mc case, as u u . was known to b; a secret treaty oh :Ptbr subjects of fcfe.it importance b tween France and Spain. As. to the dul fiat' understm l what was meant, frhc illix.raSt it was not expected a formal ' deed of bargain and sale had been ?X3Cuted between two civilized nuv;ons; wll0 neociated by means of am'sstidors. If tlre were any other feu could Rive gciulcmcn more infAntio, v. m no objec "tion eith.-r, that these shonld be taid e.r. . rn.. ... atUfactiott, but fr that of.those who! ;w ;re not a:readysalisii(I,if thore werei anv ot tliat (' irnptisn.:- t)ue very important paper he knew from hiijh .authority, was: curla'uily in ejfi'stencc'j0 an lpossi ily miffht he in itr. power of , 'y ghl be m tii.'! power ot;,y the LeCiUivf. This was a lb rami or-io der.under the roy d signature of ?,pin,j'.8ix mp.nths after the full and miro I, cnim-indi'i the Spanish otTKcrS jn'jtxccjltion'pf the conditions and .ipi! - j(j,ieans ir, deliver the province 'to ihe.!,-'ifm'-; there'nV contained, rein Fmich jj'vcfet- which he co.nsiderel''tli'!ukeof lV.rma, " tla-.fol 'equal,..oeliaps sujiericr, to any'.kle'cdpwrinCr'or Uuiiartd4 wi'Ir t Uf r.ioi iJjelt waa.aual to.a:i . v-i'ciiei.tlhiititctu-dlv in the hnnds-l .litinnq ri.r,.rrod r. in the ii ntv rf it. hifltir the tri'iticH kubs(lcmntlv.ontm4 , r . ....... ...... j v . , .v., , - - , . , ...... V .1 Illifo'iso. It vv is an acknow1edgc-l'1l, between Spain Otbcl-stf-t." "hlt'SptiV Ilijfurthef-claims'jTIiis treaty 'was conuvined and enfor-, '.' upon f.iiii-i.iu., and would shew th:t( ced hy that of M'rid, rn the 21t , anf interfw 'enc J D.n hcuk part ought to March, IfO!. From IVane ;t -.kt d : lmv i n- influMce on the Americr.n go- 10 Us by the treaty of the 3 Lh of A pi il j vfinment. " , ! Ift'jt, with a reference to the ubn.ve ' ! Th: r ill f-.rfh.'! r.-rre-.nftndencft-H.i ton the vermncnt of Spain and that of the United St .tes, if tlwre whs miy siirh, h iou'4 nqt, assi.-iit tn, as;l if could lj of n-i 'poiiih:j importance. The acquiescence-or the r-jfusal rf acquiescence" or the r-jlusaj n Snain, f.ouli have no weight t the on .stian, whether w should Uike pos- Auv intcftTi'iiro f jj m .:0od a li'le thr.se ti'irts of I'v lo t.niisi.ma. To io r.'vlu''on wnirn the Esrcutive to sm. whrther Si,in. vernment. WASIUNCIUN" -CITY, NV. 11 grtti h P vi-JNi if t LrMrrJ Slutet, . . . : ACO B LOUIS! t or A N He'n'? alis'.ract of UVm Oni t (U the Hep a t and ohlic Trs'tsu-r. iinvhts in'le cuts of Si uC , S.t?? ir to - if $1 ft of the fitrr'ii? .)tf th' iifr,r,,'.4i rdvitin? I'l f-::!U r L'-'o.Mi, fjr. ntthfd u t.'i Kxitut-ve fa several ;. dnw.'f umjilie iest informed i. onthit iu'j,-ii. , OK the luwince of Ixiiisiana'no 1 1.. Iceniral map.su.Ticii nUy correct to be depended upon. Ins b.cn published, nor has anv vet been procured from a - ' private source. It is indeed probable, its parts, appear lo have been but im- 'pcrlcttly esiJortu The premiss boundaries of Louisis- na, wcstwsrdly of Ihe Missisippi,tho' rtry extensive, art at preseht involved in some obwurty. 1)U ate tonally Iwantinj; to assign vitb precision it northern extent, from (he source of the Mississippi, U Is bunded essi-J wsrdly by the miJdle of ihe rlumnl of that river ta Ihe 3 lt decree fd Jali tmV $ Thence, ills asserted upon c r strong grounds, Ihst accordinj? Ii itslimit, whin formerly possessed Li Franfe.it strticVes to Ihr tssf, as fr. at Us'., asthe. river Fer litjo, skid runainto ll ebsy of Mexico, can wan ; nfthc tivtr Mobillf. j It tnif be ccnsisteht,U!i the tk 1 of these notes in. rema'rk,'that Louisi ana, including tti IobilIe settlements, was discovered and pcfplcd by the French, whose monarchs made seve ral grants of its trade, in particular to Mr. Grosat,rjn 17l5s and some years afterwardsj-wiifeJiis acquiescepept' to the well k.novvn company projected by Mr. Law. This company'. was relin quished in the year i 73 1 . By a secret convention on the 3d November, 1763, the French governaient ceded somnch of the province a,s lies beyond the Mis sissippi, as well as the hjand pf,New Orfcans, to Spain, and, by the treaty of peace "which followed in 1763,. the whole territory tif France' ahd Spain eastward of the middle 6f the Misi' sipp't to the Ihcrville, th en ceytli rough the middle of that river, and the lakes of Maurcpas and Ppnchartain to the sna, was ceded to Greotrnritain. Spain. having conquered the Flcridas fiom Great-Ilrity.n duiin'g our revolution ry.war, theV were. confirmed to her ' by the treaty of peace of .1783. Ry tj bf.Octoljtr, 1S0O, his CailmlicMaics- ! -V1 p- F-omiv.v's and cmjTp;es en his part C'ido 'bacV to tls: Ircnth '.republic, i ".ivo to i colony or t o same 1 c'ause. us descriptive Ol the l.tniii r. dcd. - .1 Ths vt .eluding in? incc as '.eld bv Sj vi'ioing apart oi w jt-: :.:it!;, i.t ul'( t!. 1o.Ijw: pitiicip.d c'.iv s'ons i Mol.ille, from-U?li,se to the ft- tv. Ncw-OrlcAit.s at;d il'e foonlrv on both sidrs of lak-lMS:1urirasn, Vst I' ivni! e'i GcrmayoaM Cat npy, l-oitrrh, Vt!ic7rclj, lhrj-s f ''-.!- ;",.-n, f...fi.:(:i' . o-htc- J - Covpi r, Atacar, .v,v:rusit, (I'd- chit ,Avo elks, lvapi.!c.;.iiii.!iii)Liies, : Arkansas, and l.o lilin.ir. - - - In the l!!iuoi theie arc command, m ants, ut New Madrid, S' (.'tiiicvr,- New llouibor., St. CInr'cs, and St. Andrews, ll subordinate to the co;ri- i r.iandar.t general. , . j liaton I'.otige bavin? hrrn maiV.a Kr''trnncnt. mbseqsicistly lo tic tre. ; f limits, &c. with .in, the p-sts j f M-huc and i liompi na Cretk, j or F.vJ'-:ir.nu, vcre adb'cd.toit . j Ch-ipUeahs j.s son.eiimcsbern rt i ganhd as a pcp rr.tc rrrm-ii d, bnt W ! now i' ''u Jed within ti e jvtiWirtion 1 :lh'ir l he ."'r p.Micf the ii- verhnsl kti isc had rM"i;Mo' t!ly asc-' prat rci.irtiflat- . ' Mioy tf !!m present i tu' i'uhmetits tro np.'i-ted from tath.oil'ir by iniivc and traik';s i'cirts, buv.'-jj no coiiimniiicit':oii"withe;".ch oth r hv i l.v-.d, except ow and tl n a iohtary II. si see of its bfi;, ktlrmjid !y ! crs wholjavs tot.wi.n rivers, ex hnnlcrs poso llti niselvts to t ie inclemency ef i! he weather, and citry their provisos., on their backs for a time, proportion d in ins ic'i,?wi rn tutir journey, mis I p.utictdurly the case on the vrvrt of the Miss'usippl, where the communi. cation Is kept up only by watar, be tween thccapiul and ihe rlist.-nt set. tlements three months bring rcqui red to convey intcllijrenre fmm 'he one to the other by the Mississippi. The tut distance accomplished by a boat descent, so that. the same toya!; br 'water, sshich require three er fuur 'months to pc:furta from the crpV.aJ, !may be made to it In from twelve to .sixteen days. The princips! settle 'isfnti in 1i'jiii.uia tre on the Missis. isippi, wUicb bi;lns Im be cultivated , s'njiit twenty Jcin-s from Ihe sea, tthtrt the plantaiions ire ft! thm, and iwncd by the xnir! people. Arcnd , m? yf e thci.t improve eith side, till you reach the city, ssbith m situated on the ct krk,M t tni of he liver, 3J Laues from the its. CkcfutmUh fn end ttttrj Cirmn JSftXiJt,, , , The tail and rnost improved arc bote Ihe 4 city, . aud i mj retthi s list is tl ere known ky the 1'aroii; dc Chopitoulas, Premier md second I Cote des Allcmanda, and extend 16: -leagues .. , 'v 3i-Above this begins the parish of Ca tahanose, or first Acadian settlement, extending eight leagues tn the river Adjoining it and still ascending is Hie Second Acadian settlement or parish of the Fourche, which extends about &ix leagues. Tjlie parish of Iberville then commences, and is bounded pn the east side by the river of the same name, which thoiigh'dry a great part of the year, yet, when the Misslsfipi vTs rahed, it cpmmunicatcs. with the lakes Maurepas-and Poncharlraini and thr'ou?,;h them with the scaj an,d thus forms what is , called tne iUand of JTew ! Orleans. . Except on the point-just be low the Iberville, the country from Ne w-Oilcans is settled the whole way along the river, and presents a scene of uninterrupted plantations in sight of each othetf, whose fronts to the Mis sissippi arc nil cleared," and occupy on j that river from S to 25. acres with j depth' of 40 ; so that a plantativin of 5 t acres m front contains 200." A few sugar plantations are formed in th j pa ris!i of Cahanosc, but the remainder is devoted to cotton and provisions, and the av'oIc is an excellent .soil incapable of being exhausted.. Thv plantations are hut one deep on the island cl Nfew- Orlcans, and on the opposite side of' tiie river as tar as the-moiith tl the Iberville, which is 35 leagues above Nvw-Oi'leatis. ' v V ' Bajr.i lie La T.rdrch?-m.iucais ani ' r- Q'!flitsat . About 25 leagues from the l.nt men tioned place on the west side of the Mississippi, thcrntek.or Bayou of the Fourchc, railed in- eld maps La -U:- i 'ktc del t'.hitainaches, Hows from the .Mississippi, and eonununicatt.. w'th uth-: sea to tlie. -jest of thc 13. iiscv.Xbe. pchtranec of th: Mississippi ix nrtviya. b'.e-oidy nt h:':"Mi mer, hut vill .then j admit of craft of from 6i to "0 tons' burthen. On both banks of this creek j are scttlcmcju.s, one plantation de", firne.ir 13 lc.cus. aiiil'thev-:ir? klivi. I dc:l into two jniihcs. '1 he settlers at ci in.nieioiV,, thoul. poor.And ihei:u- liVie is' m vcrstjy cotton, On -ll". itccxs - . 5nu;is;iroin le Misiisitippi. the so'l is l!)3 same t the bank of the riv-:r, and tV- bord.r is the highest pivt of it( from vh' iice it descends yi'l iUull'.' to the swa.nn. Thisrrctk iilbuds one f the eonunun'.caiions to the two populous and rich bctllcment'; , of A'acrpns utul Opelousa formed on , and nearrthc hmall rivers 'I relic and1 Vcrinilli;n wbirb Jlow into thc.bay of' Mcsici. Hut -the principal and' sw'.li- j est coiwrnuuka' inn is hi the llavoir or j i re A ri I'll pi'emin'i-s', whose entrance , mto the Missisippi is st-ven Ica-j'tes ler ti,i on the same mde, and 31 above Ntf Orleans. Thes; settle-! mit'ts a'u'un I in r.aM.e and horses, .h iv: a l.tr.; .quantity oi cpd laud m trVn- viriaitv, a rl. may be made of ..I'e-'i in!'"' m:v. A purl rf their pra-', du:.e is sent bv scT w NcT-Oe'rans, but tht "i;i':r p t it carried in bat- tcsu i by the creeks khove tpentionrd. Raton vjvj? md itt drjienJitci'tt. . ' IinTtcttiaUV above the IbTi',l",and , o.t btth sides of the Mississippi lic tha parish of M in"h ic, wh'uli extends fuur lea px on th; river, and is well cul'i-1 , v f.cd. Ah we it ein'mcnees ti seu ' t n :r". of flaton Rour, ejtendinm : about 9 le.",ne;s. It is remarkable as ( btiivg the f.r,t jd ice, where the hip,h 'land i e'rmti-tuuin to the river, six! 1 here U forms a bluJ from .1 lo 41 feet 1 . . m . uiiTC t!ic grealesi rufiil ihe rivrr. Here the settlements es'rnd a romi derable wy back nn the east side j an I this p uisli has tliit of rbompou's creek and Ilsyou Sira subordinate to iu The mouth or the frst of these creek is alout A'J leata front Nesv Orleans, and that oflhe latter 2 i,rjl lesucs higher up. They run from n nth-east M aoolh-wct, and their head'Wa'.ersaire t.orth oflh .list do grce of latitude. Their b.-.tiks hv the best mil, ami the tmatc .t ntimber el quod cotton phnuiionsnf ;iy part' cf Lounun and arc siiuwed to be Uie garden oft. . . rMtt CuUt at Fjvtie Zevltre, Above Haton Hiue. at the distance nf Slle-tpes fffot New .Orleans, ahd on the west s'ldc of U'i Missii.sippi.is 1'oinie Oiupi c a p4u1ous tvl r'.th SctiUiTvfM estendij 1 le ics l'.ri the rier , l;s pribk 8 is cotton. lie bin 1 it, J an oil bed of the rifr,now a Lkei slose outlets arc tlocd up. Is ; the MfJ;mni of Y austVRivkrc,which , . ........ i .. i IS wrn tniu.aicu. $ . l"it,iei?i''-e ocr'':er.bedfrornU i (sea as high as and iWduding' lbe last mentioned setttemenU Is conttinetl three-foiJrths pf the "populatl6n,- and seven eighths ot the riches of Lotiist "uia.v . .:. -tyjt :-j.';.v.AvV'-, : ; From the settlement of t omtevoU pee on the.Mississippt to Cape Girar dcait. above the mouth, of the Ohio, thereis no land on the west side, that is not overflowed in the spring to the distant of "S or IQ leagues ooi tha river with from 2 to 12 feet ofsvater except a small spot nca'f New-Madrid,, ' so that in the whole extent there Is no' possibility :f .forming a considerable, settlement contiguous to the river Ml that side. ;The;-.eate.r.bmfc Jja In this respect a decided advantage ovet the western, as; there are on it many situations which effectually command . the river.. ' ! ' . :i . , , ' .Red River end its Sttthmtnts, . i " ' . :';' ...V." -V!.; J ; ! " On the'west side of the Mississippi , 70 leagues from Kew-Orleans, is the, mouth-of the Heit river, ortwbose bainka and vicinity arc the settlements of Jla, pide, Avoyelles and Natchitoches, all -of them thriving and populous. A The latter Is atuate 75 leagues up the jled river, OutheUtth sid;e'of thejleil river a few leagues froftt its junction with the Mississipt Is the Ulack river, on opt of whose branches, a considers- lle way up, isthe tnfJtif secernent of OuachilsV which from the'rkhhess of the soil, may be made a place of im portance. ' Cotton is the chief pro- . ditee of these settlements, but thejr havi likewise a considerable Indian trades The Rivef.Uojige, or Red Ri ver, is used to communicate with the. frontiers of New-Mexico. . , Cor.cordArhanstiiSt. tlttrUs ar.J . "Vt 'St., AndteWf ifc j There isnp olhev settlement on. the Miv-isippj except the' small one cslU crt Concord, optMsitc rp the Natches. till you come. to the Atkansas rivcr whose mouth is 150 leagues above Ne -Orleans.;' ' ' ,:(if Here there are but a fw! fam0ie3' -who arc more attached to the Indium trade (by which chielly they lite) tlisn to cultivation.. TKcre isno settlement the river you come to Cup'e Cirardcsu, St. (iciicvicvo and St. Louis, where, though the inhabitant arc numerous, " they ruise, little for exportation, and , tonlent themselves .with trading with the' Inuiatit'wnd working a Tew leHd mines. TUs country is very fertile, espcriully on the b.nkof the MissouJ rl, wlttrc thwrc hive been formed two ctU?:ncnts, called St. ChirlcVand S Andrew, mostly by emigrants from Kentucky. The peltry procured in th Illinois is the best &f nt to the At lantic market pnd the c,usntity is ve ry-considerable,' Led is to be liad Vi 'K'.i case, tnd in such quantities as to supply all Luropci if the population were sufikietit to work the numi -rout mines lo be found within two or thre feet fratn the surface in various parts jjrif the to sn'ry,- The setilynent sbout jthc illiivjit were first nudoby lneCa Indians, and their inhabitants still re semble thenvin thtlr atrion to U hour, Mut love of ssandeHnj; life,? I h,y. contain but few nrnrs, com psrcdto the number of the whites: snd .Uiy lietakfn for a exocal rule, that y in prop)rtion to the diitaiicv fnmt iho1 " capital, the number ol Maeks fiin.inish belov.' that of the whites; the formef fdnuudii.tr motion the rich plantation Ut its vii'uiity, , , . - General Dir't'.l'-j ffV;ptr J,ctit'nni, When compared with the Indian territory, ihe face of the ' country lit Upper lmisia:u is rather more bro- , ken. though the soil is eqtiilly fertile. ' ll if h fact not to be tot jested, thtt the west side ef if)e river "possesses somst' , dsnujcs, not generally incident to lh is regions. It 'ii elevated anl; hetdthy, ard well watered with, a virU ety of large rapid ttresms, calcutstcil for mills and otlur water w4 rks. From Cape Gimrdcau, aVove ihe tnomh if the Ohio, to the Missouri, the land om the cast aide of the Mit'.tsippi is low4 and fltl, and occasionally pocd lo. inundations ; that on the Louiiisnx' side, rootlijuoui to ihe river, it cnev rally much higher, and in many pU . crs very rocky on the shore. Some ..fit. t.!kl. tt'.l., lurtsqe. They rie to a height of at leas yfoct, farfd with pcrpen!;ci hr imt unJ f.-te-iitm, tmcd into v r'ie s?iipcs and figures ly h I.acd of fiaiurr, and sHuts the spjrarsnco of a multitude of antique lowers. Frort te fops of these elevtiiont, the LJ. eijgradiui;y ,1 pests V frojatlj iiv:rf : ! V -.'' i." f