Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-23

tevaRrss.--At our last dntFs. The Senate
was engaged eh i resolution u Mr. Walker,
t, resetad The Land bill, II wa5 warmly ad2e.
acted ~ stnis or he ahirs' ytna'ofs, The oh
fest ia, 10 avoid a high tariff fy granting the
eavernmsnt The proceeds Of thb sales Of pub.
he lands. In sho House, The most important
move VIC have lately seen, wfs n bill Of Mr..
wise, authorizing The construction Of an iron
steamer for the defence Of thsf Atlantic coast.
Tbs bill was passed.
A rorH-We we're about 10 nay a " col
iccttn- tour" but this would BIZ a sad lnispo.
rnrr, Tor our success in tbs stttlc Jaint We
mode The other day to Bayou Sara, was not
wha. bose acquainted with dur bland tnat.
rnr Of /" popping the question (abou, money!
mtght suppose. In fact, it wa any thing but
a rrIreifg tfiPA-it was decidedly n nun-col.
lcctinr trip, 40 far as Bayou Sara and ".
FfanrIerille were concerned However, this
fact ies,ee no et,ue IN "as; COINCIDENCE, We
asked for our duee, aud what more was 10 be
douel But Let this pats, We have a word
70 say respecting tbs epIYHits eide OF The RI
yer, where, 1t serme, people lave BEEN rather
more cautious, and are consequently better
of Indeed, how people COLD be otherwise
than easy, living in such an Eden ap tho pa
r,h of Fointe Couple, il d tlatter W cannot
conceive. The man whtN proprietor. or even
worker, of those splendid !auds, could find
hHntelf embarrassed. under 4 common course
g a~tfitrp. LIQUID voluntarily and speedily COM
nut rpirtac he thunld sttartEle htmeclfof.i It'll
an o,er-drauEht Of cvlnpoini concentrated
shame, .-
Hut, reriouetr, the lands aid plantations in
that parish are tnrfe valuable than mines Of
nllvar or gold There Is aoiaothiug emo
bling, h~allcwing. in thor tifsf asrett Them
eelvee n garden fortssd by nsture, al the gen.
ttcet e'rokee # srt they tnprnhd 10 every call
If want n imagination, WIFI Il ptcmp,itade
and luxur,snce that bring u mind the rich
Yabloe of ''onchantca felds."s Though onn If
the oldest, II Is no paradox e say, That Fointe
Coupe If also enc Of the nfwost P~atlslscs IN
'ls-, State, Until reruntly, &c tide tf iiatai.
grafton hap iran sluggish; bat now 1T hae TT.
~ose1 a fresh impulse. and 4 wholesome 'na*
ma, If we may so sreaf, for Che acquisition oI
The splendid landt that lie ~fetwcen the Mis-.
e,sairpt and TIE Atchsfaiaya4 has seized upon
The planters Of Mississippi, aid Louisiana, and
other Staten. Within the last three tBanthr.
more than rcventv families have heated on
the back ccncct sionf, on THO -AtciRfalaya. and
tho numerous bayons which ~tfavorse the cout-
tty. Under these hardy agriculturalists the
Forest il rapid. changing TO the cultivated
foid, and no u~tequa' stretch Of fancy Is re-
ahircj 70 %fnrsrre for that ,rartta a high and
truly enyiable destiny
4 favorable accident. Wlt'e logging along
The baats Of the Mteoissippl induced US 10
call Mt the residence Of the venerable Col
Morgan We say a Jdrotabie acetdcnt, and VIC
hope to be- able, ere long, TO convince our
readers that any accident, short Of q broken
neck, which PUTS : t1BR III The way of 30 much
valuable Information, ought 10 te crpsidered
favorable. In every thing that concerns he
carly history Of Louisiana, We found Col. M. !
e be- the best informed gentleman we have
Vet encountered. A retitpsN of the State fnr
more than forty years~-tl4rough nearly his
whole life connected with matters uron which
the commonwealth depend%d--a r,aa of close
observation, great i~ndustfs, and enterprise,
ana uniting with all these qualifications d
powerful memory, his miAd has become a
complete atore. hc,tsr Of e@ontg. 10 which the
Young and old, the lcarnedf az we'll az the un.
lrafnod, may resort for editIfation and improve
'nont, Having generously offered MS tho use
Of his library and papers. and what is better
ttli, given us ccrtc blanche TO draw upon MIN
for any amount Of his rich anecdotic fund, our
readers, in the course Of tie sketches of Lou
sej&aa now IN preparation for this paper, may
things mot found in books Col.
slorgan's anecdotes are replete with facts Of
the most interesting character.
We have before mentioned that the A,cha-
falaya was open for boats. Steamers now
take the products Of the plantations on that
river from the docrs Of the planters nj a reduc-
ten Of some two hundred per cent. on former
rates. This is a great consideration, and will
lend vastly to enhance tho value of the pro-
perry and produce of that region. There is
also a paSSahle road along the banks of the
givcr Town to its junction with Grand River,
and the distance from Col. Morgan's by this
route 10 P~laqucminc is but about twenty-five
or thirty miles-not over half the distance on
the banks Of the Mississippi, The day is not
not far of when that route will become the
grand th~oroughfarc for travellers as well rs
'or tlre transportation ofproducc.
But we are spinning OUT yarn too long, and
hough VIC gathered mane other interesting
acts in our brief tour, We must "lav them on
he table far a second rGadin-."
The CANAL BANks-neubts have become /
'r~cvalent in the coran,fnity respecting the j
Of the New Orleans Canal Bank. {
)lr information being limited on the subject, |
ea have, Of course, little TO say. and that lit
e 1s-kecp no more paper on hana than is =
positively required by yout individual circum- q,
tances. You are all-uri nearly ali-in debt: =,
s last as you collect, pay Up 7and when you +
ave nothing to pay, buy good land, good stock, ~
r good negroes. The Canal Bank, uevertbe-
css, is probably qaite is solvent as some =
thers now in good reputs. q
BACKED ocr.-The aiStiag,t,shca editor of |
he Native Anericanpansf, in New Orleans,
rs been distinguishing liimse!fa as 4 p~eltroon.