The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-10-25

immediate interest. we may take more particular
notice Of the Rio Grande This river is Represented
as deriving its extreme source, In mountainous
region, at N. lat 81 deg. 30 min, and lon. LOG w
Of London Its course thence is souihwardy to nea
NJ. Lat. 30 deg, where large curve sweeps rouns
to eastward, and thence the river assumes south
eastern course TO its efux into the Gulf Of Mexic,
at N. lat % deg. Indeed, the whole course of th
river, and those in all the adjacent regions, if ait
down, appear to correspond 80 well with the mos
recent observations az 10 prove that previous to
these countries had been explored by men of M
mean talents as observers. The ATTITUDES appeal
generally coect and the longitudes, rather Too fla
eastward, accord amongst themselves.
The sources Of the Rio Grande, as laid down by
Senex, as far as regards latitude longitude and I'd
jacent objects, accord much better with Capt Ere
monrs report, than they do with any other authority
have consulted. II Senex and Fremont are correct
land they agree in every general respect the sources
OF the Arkansas and Colorado flow from the noun
famous region, from whence, in most maps, those
Rio Grande derived On Senex's map, witt
mountains intervening, and about lat. 80 deg. n,
river is laid down, called st. Francisco, and will
to northwest of those of Rio Grande course
eastward upwards of two hundred miles, and com
petely overwhelming the Rio Grande. The ST. Fran
cisco Of Senex is no doubt the extreme source o.
the Arkansas.
The most remarkable feature represented on this
map is an inland sea, or very extensive lake, an
swerinS IN Posiuon 70 tnat OF Napta'I emoh.' ",
oenexs map inns iake Is iaid gown between a'. -
ana 40 DEG. ~, ana between iongitudes llS aho
1851 deg. w. of London. The large lake Tim
panogos, Of Tanners map of North America, II
placed in nearly the same position.
nave been mus particular, IN order 70 SHOW Una.
aoosea century past, mucn more was known tha'
Is now supposed OF the interior OF NORM Anne
RIGA. Geography has, however, always been or
ADVANCING anu reuos raeinS soie"se' :" '"o oali,
ages OF spanish power IN worm America, an acuve
brave, ana inqulring spirit prevaheu, ana eNPeai
IONS OF discovery were maae, ueg'n"s WIN
Sor,es hi,nse!, wh'ch, haa u re'ainea loree, h'
acme sue VI u'e conlel ~cu,u "o. naso Deon =
exPiore 'owarus inc Iiuoie Vi ,hc hine'eeh'n cen
Jury. as yet ohiy proven 'nat mere aoes exis
such region west OF the ROCKY mountains as
cen'ra' pss'h without an oceanic dlscnarge' oapaiI
Fremont has been the nrst 10 pass round II; put
survey the internal features decide It's extent ane
add me whoie as known data 20 science, Is YET tt
De achieved. The nation possesses the man TO com
pete his own work, and neither tune nor money
ought 10 DC spared 70 give MN the means.
we now return 70 our proper oo)ec, ol inquiry
AS far as the accredied geography OF inc times car
De received IN evidence, we nave seen rom tns
Enghsn map OF oenex, 'na' one nunalsd any
thirty-nVe years ago, he hortheasterh pounuary o.
spanish power IN North America was the NC
Sirande, LOT about Tour hundred miles ABOVE its
mouth.
Inc French colony which hrst estaphshea 'ht
power OF that nation on the lower MISSISSIPPI ana
on the Sulf OF Mexico, arrived ana was hrst nxeo
April I'm, l65S, on biloxi pay, on the so9,nerf
shore OF the now state OF Mlssssppi. when
Senex's map was published, New orleans mad no.
been founded; ana nope 10 snow, that q! the orr
glnal settlement OF Louisiana no other civilized es
adjustment existed east OF the mo rnnde 10 rensa
cola; nor had the name OF Florida been superseded
by that OF Louisiana when Senex pubished MS
map.
ultimate colonization OF the great central zone o.
North America by the Anglo-Saxon race would be
prevented ny stipuiasions on parchment rolls or &C.
celebrated to any great amount by temporary causes
have, from the time that circumstances forced re-
Elections on the subject, regarded lhe consnmmation
power to repeal or counterfeit After having COM
Pieted my survey OF the SABINE river ~ 1914 tnree
years proceeded to the city OF fhadephia
where, IN 1916, was punished my map ana statistical
account OF me state OF LOUISIANA 10 the ststsuca
volume prehxed chapter, entilled FIRST DiscoV'
aaY AsD LIMITS no. 2, de .ste :. -
named, but OF Louisiana as It was claimed ana hed
by France from l699 to 1903, when ceded TO SPAN.
As the treatise itself IS IN few hands, and the ques-
on OF limits sun made SUBJECT OF Keen discussion,
you will probably be the means OF throwing some
light ON the history OF those limits, by publishing
~ your paper the matter Of the introductory chapter
alluded TO, ana winch snail transcrioe, win such
additional notes as may serve stu further 70 decide
what Louisiana ana Texas were under France
Louisiana, when used IN what follows, is intended
to embrace the term IN erie''so.
At the time was preparing the matter Tor the
press, two maps were placed IN my handsome, pub
lished IN London, i7ls, dedicated to William Law,
esq, OF Laureston, having Louisiana as the centre
but reaching westward from Chesapeake bay, 50
degrees Of Longitude and having the lower part OIL
the Rio Grande, del Norte included IN the western
limit. The other was published as LATIN map, ny
Holman, at Nuremberg, in Germany, about 17l2
and entitled "Regni Mexlcani, Move Hispanlis, Lu-
dovciane, N. Anglia, Carolina, virginia, ct Penn
sylvanI9, sed non lnsularlum Archipelago Mexican'
in America Septentrionali, accurate abula, exhib-
ita a job. Baptista Holman, Norberg@"
have seen another map by Homan OF Nurem-
berg, which bore for its title "Amplissm@ Keglones
Mississippi sive provlncl@ Ludoylcianie, r. Z
Hennepin. Fran. Miss. ammo 1857; edita p. }. Z,
Holman, Geograph. Norberga." Ihe two maps
by ftoman accord as TO Louisiana. Inc later was
coored, and the routes of La Sale were very per-
spicuously traced, as were also those Of M Cayal
lier in 1857; as were again those OF De Soto, 1913
H. ea,hsr orb v,trnI ar N m