Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1826-07-07
EXECUTIVE DEpARrmENr,
JVilledgeui!e, l7th J,.ne. 1896.

''cation OF thc'4ih inst. accompanied by letter
"irsssed TO the Governor OF Alabama, in
6lch The President has been pleased 10 express
grat!hcatlon that measure so desirable IL,
20 States as that oi fixing their boundary NAV be-
rriedinto effect without objection or difficulty at
last on the part OF the u. States" 1t is not ap-
/ rehended that any serious difficulty will occur
eiween the two States, and the expression of this
'entiment by the President favorable to the re-
uoval OF one embarrassment will prove, as il il
oped, the precursor of the removal of ali theun
happy differences which have occurred between
he General Government and this on other subjects
onnecied with IT,
Accept my thanks for the politeness which
dictated your communication and with them tho
issurance Of my respectful consideration.
q. NJ. TROUP.
lion. JAMES BARRoUR,
Secretary Of H'ar- WcsAingion.
Routes TO The Pacific - Mr. A. L. Tarascpn
iNntes from Kentucky, under date of the 18th ms,
nat he has just returned back from an EXPLORING
journey on Tie Mississippi, as far up as steam
boats can navigate on that most beautiful River
lis principal object was researches as to the most
.r"cticable way OF agricultural extension TO the
Pacific and OF military support, and commercial
INLAND intercourse between Ihs Bay Of Coumbj,
and our Eastern ports. On this subject, he writes
Us follows
" ! do not think am mistaken, and my opinion
,s' 'h't 'le MHj 10 marked by nature From the
sails OF tie Ohio, by steam boat, YOU reach the
Houth OF the river ST. Peters in twelve TO fftern
iiays BY tie Hudson, the New York Canal
Lake EIie, Green Bay, Fox River, OuIsconsing
ilssissilPi, you arrive with goods from New
York to the same point in 27 10 so DAYS. By the
Isl. Peters you reach Lake TrsveIs from thence.
now III Carriage or wagon, but in time all the way
10y water, you cross 10 the mouth Chayenne Won
ascend said river you take the Big Horn Won
te at the Southern Gag of the Rocky Mountains,
,n AZ; you descend either Lewis river or the hiult
.aoinah, or cross the country you in the Bay.
4 VIII IT be miracle if, ten years from now, we
h'ye line Of Mats along that way Bot, viii it
ne miracle. #, in ten years from now, the Amer
can fay. from the Bay of Columbia, has the full
Command Of the Pacific aud the Indian sess?''
LotieTicS.- 4 Boston paper says; In sixteen OF
jthe states there are now in operation tbirty-,wo
90 ieries. Wihn eleven months there has been
sl 100000 drawn in one lottery in the state Of
ew York; Tor which $3.50, 900 has been paid into
state treasury, Tor the benefit of the literary
i'n@titutons. This contract j. continued for the
3isrm oil ten years, and will probably produce for
me same purpose, not less than S 100 600 annually
j Rhode Island. upwards Of a million of dollars
ave also blen drawn within year in lotteries
Granted for the benefit OF various institutions
\ Probably half OF this SUN is drawn from the
slate Of MossaC huseits
The above facts, with many Others Of similar
! hracier, worth the consideration Of tie lesis-
4 atuTe.
y Accounts from New Orleans are to Che 4th in
Esiant inclusive. The alarm respecting On over
8now Of Tic river was subsding, ~ it was learnt By
= he steam boats which arrived on the I'd and 30,
ithst the Ohio aud Mississippi were falling fast. On
sthe 9th inst. at MI Lacoste's plantation, two
Smles below the town, the Ieyee gave way, and the
4watGs rushed through into torrent one hundred
eet wide--Mr Lebreton's Levee, four miles above
the town, gave way on the 9th, but both breaches
q al been repaired. Il reported tina, creuasses
bad been formed At place 80 niles above New
lOneaas; ana another fifteen miles above Baton
aRouge
a H,nry Bainbridge Cox had been convicted OF
y ol5Ins the Mail IN January lasl, anl sen,eRced .
y zen years imprisonment