The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-29
CONCLUDED.

Dntar, Of tbe Nute5ss communicated Iy RE Hnbo,
Mesr6er yfbs Sstity; through tie Prsfdtat
coNcLuDED.
There are many other inets along the coaN of the
Delta which flow with frelh water during the nunCla-
tion and admit the OF the at other fea-
ions thoie have all got their bars, and are before
oberved, miniatures of the Miiliipri; iina tide Of
about three feet perpendicular facilitates the pailage
Of thoe bars for fnal craft iome of them are ieen a.
bove while the tide is out the remedy for the
removal of thoe bars has already been noticed our
poterity will fee thoie inets Bayous converted by
the hand of nduitry into exenve canals penetrating in
all directions this tract of inexhautibe fertility, which
will become the garden of the United States.
Sugar having become of late itaple commodity OF
the lower country it be unintereiting ell
quire how far, in its preient te it is fuceptble of
that culture The following fhort itatement is deriv
cd from the practical experience of the planters. 1t is
admitted that the iugar cane does arrive IRE
gularly) to full maturity beyond rs miles above New
Orleans, following the nuoities of the river and
tins Corresponds with line drawn welerly along the
iea coat of Pennacola and Mobile, crolling the IL
land OF New Orleans below the city the lands decline
10 rapidly that, beyond IS miles, the foil 70 much
mbFued in the waters of the Miiippi, be total
y unfit for the culture of the cane within thoe Ii
mits the mott experienced planters admit that one
quarter OF the cultivated lands of any comfortable
plantation may be planted in cane quarter left for
fa!tlTe and the remaining half employed for proyi-
ons, &c. and reierve for change of crops One Pari-
Ian arpent, or $50 feet fquare may be expected to
produce, on an average hid. (l2 cwt) of fugar, &
ili;y gallons OF rum. From the above date, admit
ting that both des of the river are planted for ninety
miles IN extent, and about quarters of mile in
depth, IT will refult that the annual product may a.
mount, IN round numbers, TO twenty five thoufand
hhds. OF fugar, with twelve thouiand puncheons of
rum Enterpriiing young planters fay, that one
thrd or even one halt OF the arabic land might be
planted III cane tmay alto BE- remarked, that re-
guar iuppy OF proviilons from above, moderate
price, would enable the planter give his attention TO
greater body OF land cultivated in cane ieveral of
the departing branches of the Millipp furnh arips
OF land along their margins within the iugar latitude
there Is ALTO portion of the Aacapas parallel TO
the lea coat favorable for this culture every crcum
haIee being therefore taken into view we may admit
that the exiting fate of the lower country double the
quantities OF fugar and aforementioned may be
produced, although hitherto the annual product has
been only 5000 hhds. of fugar.
When the irnmenie regions watered by the trbuta-
~ itreams OF the Miipp particularly thoie extend
ing to the iources of the Miouri mall be opened I'D
and cultivated by the perievering labor of man, our
winters will be enchanted in the NORTH and a mlder
Climate will extend itief over the whole of the Delta
and as 1t lies under the fame parallels of latitude 70
will its productions be milr thoie of the Delta of
Egypt: aud ii we extend views to future peri
cd, when the waters of this great river ihall be COM
Peteiy under the power of man, by regular fyftem
OF canals and embarlnents, fuch as probably exifed in
Egypt III its belt days under its antent kings fome
idea may be formed of the inetniabe value OF coun-
try, which mot happily for itief and for the United
States cow continues very precious portion of the
union.
1t has already been faid that the tides on the coat
rife about three feet perpendicular but they are not
lunar tides; another cauie mutt be fought the bay
o. Mexico being fpeces of Mediterranean fea fur
rounded by the continent and coie chain of lands is
rot tenbly ufcePtble of the grvitating power of the
fun end moon the tides take place only once iii TWEEN
~ four hours, and nearly the fame hours in the
morning they depend altogether upon the winds,
which, during the regular fummer feaion blow in up
on the land all day and in the night, it is either calm
or there Is a imall returning land breeze the Tea
breeze commences in the morning about nine or ten
O'Clock, and ceaes in the evening about fun fet the
waters having acquired momentum from the at9ios
OF the wind continue to rife until about day break
when 1t is high water tide depending upon fuoh
cauie mutt be tubect to frequent anomalies In the
WINTER as may be expected from this theory the tides
are extremely irregular, being governed BY the varia-
bic winds OF that uncertain ieaion.
This inlal tide produces an effect upon the MifiC-
hpp i; have noted at New Orleans during the alb
fence OF the inundation) rife of fourteen inches, a.
boGt fun rife and at Manchac from to inches =;
this aicen OF the of the NIiIipp is produced
merely by iweil or Wave; the current at Tin. fame
time continually fiuing from the channeln the o.
CSdhj TINS tide requires Coniderabe time to make It's
pfog1es upwards aganit the current; thoe who have
peruied Condanines account of his VOYAGE down the
Maragnon are acquainted with every thing that can
be fad upon this curious fuhjea. The great Newton
has obierved that the d-s which take place nearly at
the lame time at bridge, and the mouth of
the Thames, the fame but that at the BRIDGE
IS the fame which happened twelve hours before at
the More.
1t is probable that any tide coming up to New
Orleans IS the fame which arrived three DAYS before
at the mouth OF the river conequently the difance
Irom New-Oreans to the mouth of the river is divided
by the tides into three parts d. e) one tide at each
extremity, and two others making their progref up
wards This itatement is only coneGSural founded
upon probable circumstances having been unable TO
procure uiticent number of accurate obieryations
to be made at different points
When the river is very low, the velocity of the
iiream is iearcely mile per hour at Natchez, and
much flower at New Orleans, probably not above
halt mile but during the time of the inundation
from to tive mles.lt is alerted that the current
iwifter during the night than the day this perhaps
H's, DC accounted Tor by laying, that there pc
morally breeze by day blowing up the river, which
opPoies the current and dams UP the water to GER
ta degree and that the night being generally fill
the water defends with accelerated velocity but ann
ther fae is not 70 ea6y accounted for viz that fayy
mills, which arc confrutted upon canals leading from
the Mdhltppi, perform more work (crters paribusl
II the night thar in the day the number Of rokes of
the law being found greater in given time-The
increae Of the lpeeifc gravity Of water by the cold