Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-03-02

AjNaF#fiVn frnBta 81 B01BFH1eI
rf witch the %loeaiiDn is unknown ~ tn1s onlsa
draa ana ai.ty.ntnp acres, far particulars uT
,.hinb saa nAhar nAFEHH ~ Vi q. st, !ptes
mas On file / fhd original Geftlheaies ana
ariars Of survey ff eighty three tratis q W.
Armed claims. ~ HhiFh tbs l0fation ~ 1H.
known, embracing 1f calling for tnfty'hEe
ihauaapH and t~UentYthFea AfrHs. HF d'tailhd
In dnrvt1sni "a No 4, st. lislara," Many
asaus NJ pnafiftiors nfftif, and TRANSFORMED
claims. wtjet. with the orders and certificates
sbaya fAfifnd, Fann6i bA finally disposed q
| withavf TAX ~ testimony thsrEF9r II sum my
"a may he Declined bg the department prattl-
cable and hest f0r the PURPOSES 70 ne ATTAINED
Thh raiisn Of great portion pf the l7regoifE
dntaiinh difficulties aud nfr1fH, hs well as1ihefs
fund 10 pxiat IN this district. seem ~ be org
| ieal with the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES br1efs
liz survey and certificates fnr The sattia tracts
In different names, and tFf'i6eates agalll i'r
Tie same iFartH, or parts IT tie slime, 70 oi5ef
din rent parties, and generally y yaEuenhss
IN the descriptions If tracts, ard INSTRUCTIONS
ftr THAR location, expanded and increased ny
Tho ianafsnes, negligence, nf wilfnl fraud OF
ilp,aa wshn executed, a. should ita' . HSHtnfeH'
iha nFieinal snfvpys ofths Inns ri htlt1lr iattds
and BFiyatr claims, under the direction uf The
principal deputy surveyor and their ortletss
The several atis If Congress confirming tets
tata claims hi the various reports from thlF
d~iattipt. without hnal tisDnsitiun Of The tnrhti
| Hffnad elaine. laasa them 70 stnhatFHss The
aetinn n tha pnbtir %6fTiAets, fetaftl correction,
create iiairasi wtihthasH WhD are laFirn'is ut
innrBVi1t their settlements aud ~ prevent n
fnetinuanrr If smigra'ibi 10 The pasfsrn part
NJ thts district. Many If these claims have
bape snryrynd ara located Nv tie parties In.
efasfrd. without returns ~ this nfiifs, ard
/ hay ARE not ilirrrfnfa represented ~ the
faWnahip bla's, and Legislative artini Il ahsha
tutatv aaresaafy f,f thar DISPOSAL Under
/ lie law NOW IN T re, and HE ht1yisinns o.
sueli an ael ne tvas proposed tsb tePfs 7thrr
Nv HE Commissioner " the J6Httatal Land vi
dfs. and MT acted unnn hy Congress, II seems
IA me- that lhasp troubles might be quiet witlis
an eFa4tinp excitement III the tBnihthity, Or
causing an inafdihate exbetdi' IRE 81 public
money 1T anV rats, hht mare Than would be
fstirnet apaih with large i~a'afnst to The
HrFsasuFv The hatHp has hHsn tiadr, but
nsitstjy sa ~ hateive that the rieh's NJ he
tafua and respectable body offitiBans IF he
Graenshur4 Hjatriet have hphh neglected and
triasd with by The executive and Legislative
h]ranrtea Of the General IhvrfitnHnt, for the
faasot that they are rnhheFera Hf Daut coil,
,batipt nn rifh returns far tha national Treas
gtp that they are "a be tatriirrd, upon The
! hliaajbhs plea that they. their vines and fias,
make IA revenue. A thiR report has gained
satua ersdenfe with the bf6bis Interested in
The correction If THE district, and ia order v
poasftlr 10 draw towards thrhkthe fayarable
consideration 10 which thew are pre-. rhinen'ly
entitled, | give AZ briefly ~ possible The fol-
lowing iaets The ST. Helena district, the
name tibst commonly given 'ni ~ Llhialtt1h,
ia nut the most fertile portion Of the State but
the eastern parishes, covering all the pour 81 II
Il laE, are admirably adapted 10 stock growers
lhmhertfR, and small planters, and have al
ready i fair population, and would soon I'll
with 4 hardy, lnduaffiaus, and intelligent peo.
ME, with HE guarantee Of The Government for
The security n titles 10 their property " will
inevitably he the resting place of aud Furnish
hnmas for thousands Br valuable citizens 10 the
State, who earn their bread fY BefsohBl toll,
for whom II il better calculated than other
mare fertile SOLE, where The same natural ad.
| vantates do net obtain, go SOM ~ The difficult.
tian which impede the settlements can he Oh
| Waited by corrections. Game is abundant, and
the rivers and lakes are filled with the finest
Aah III The world, The lands are heavily Tin
| brFed within reach Of wafer navigation, ford.
inp direct conveyance. without The necessity
at tfanhhipneht, TO the beet m1fketa IN The
United States md te !, We ,nt.l ll9 !, .gl f,,,s
annually from the Amite fiverand other points
| nf thte part Of the district, 70 IlHgfe and other
20 IL Of France and hundreds Of eargass Of
| pine lumber for New Ofleant, Mobile, Hav
ana, and other island ports and this '~,eHFtern
barren" IL not without lie cotton fields aud
ether culture, necessary for tha comfort and
prosperity Of the hlsbsndnan
To western part Of lIc district, composed
Of The parishes 81 Baton Rouge and the Fell.
atanas, covering az rich a sail as the wants nI
man can ever require, are filled; aud dehseiy
flled, with a population that will advantage
ously compare with any Uhtr community in
The land, Of relative numerical strength, III in.
telllgence, industry, high toned moral worth,
virtue, and, as a consequence Of all, wealth,
and eurpaseing all others in the patient endur-
anes Of evils which ARE almost patented to
them, an long have they sStsted, e~Yincing a
confidence III the iHal justice Of the Govern.
mcnt. which am certain they cannot he dia-
appointed in, when their condition is properly
brought fl the notice Of the administrative do.
partment. II will be seen that all the means
II revenue resulting from the sales Of lands OF
human industry are here attaihable, and that
fault lies anywhere, il is not Justly charged.
Bile 20 the Peep e W. the soil,
MrSMERtsM DR.. Coombs the Mesmeriser,
seems 10 ave astontehed even his disciples.
would seem that If there were Something