Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1845-09-13


edged military talents, will render his servi-
ces doubly valuable to the government in
the event of any movement towards New
Mexico OF California being determined up
on.-St Louis Republican.
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY LINE.
1t may be remembered that the legislatures
both Of Missouri and Arkansas, in s42, sew
orally passed laws for the survey Of the
boundary between the States. We under.
stand that the party which has been engag-
ed throughout the summer, in completing
the survey Of this line, has returned, having
accomplished the object of the expedition.
| Mr.. GoRDoN, the surveyor, informs US that
the boundary line as traced and marked bv
him, varies but little from the old line, run
by Mr.. JAS. c. BRowN, in 1884. On
that portion Of the line which lies on the
parallel Of So deg. north latitude, the varia.
ton is in favor OF the State Of Arkansas
the new line being from five to eight hun
dred yards north OF the old. From the point
where the parallel Of So deg. intersects the
river St. Francois, the river itself is the line
through the space Of half dozon oflattudes;
and the boundary being sufficiently marked
by nature, 1t was not thought advisable TO
incur the expense of tracing it. AT the in.
tersecton OF the parallel OF Sc deg. 80 min
utes, with the 81. Francoius, there is a re-
narkabe coincidence between the old and
new lines, the latter being Jut twenty or
thirty yards north Of the former. In the
space Of three or four miles, the new line
crosses the old, and proceeds, with gradu-
ally divergence, until the distance between
the two is seven hundred yards, which is
the average distance for more than hun
dred miles; and, towards the western ter
mlnaton, the distance is gradually reduced,
so that the new corner is but one hundred
yards south OF browns corner stone"
That portion Of the line which lies east Of
Little Black river, passes through the Great
Swamp, low fiat region nterseCted by nu-
merous lakes, marshes, bayous, and streams,
which offer lmpediments 10 the surveyor
almost insurmountable. The dense cane
brakes, tangled thickets, and glades of ma.
jestic cypress, evince the exuberant fertii-
ty OF the soil: and, bidding defiance TO the
hand Of improvement, are tenanted only by
the savage denzens Of the forest. The bear,
the elk, and the buffalo, driven from the
more accessible regions Of the State, here
roam in comparative security; and the few
hunters, sufficiently hardy TO pursue them
|
as yet scarcely made an impression on their
numbers. 1t is believed, however, that the
region will, at no distant day, be drained;
and, when this shall be effected, the bound
less fertility of the deep aluvial soil, and the
miIdness Of the climate, ensure its becoming
the garden OF the west.
From Little Black river westward, the
general character OF the country through
lUbi li0a l., hot { tha
surface beng generally composed almost
exclusively OF flint pebbles. The ground is
broken, and the barren ridges rise in some
places TO the height OF mouutln grandeur.
In the neighboIhooJ of White river especi-
ally, which the line crosses several times, the
bold conca peaks, and perpendicular cliffs
OF dizzy height, give TO the landscape all the
wiIdness OF A pine scenery, and caused the
Iabors Of the surveyor 10 be unusually toll.
some. There are occasional tracts OF limit
ed extent, which have invited the industry
Of the farmer; but these are 50 few, that not
more than twenty or thirty individuals have
been changed in their citize nship, III conse-
Iquence ct the change IN the line.
! From the character of the gentlemen
composing the Board Of Commissioners, and
| the care that was taken TO verify the line,
| by frequent astronomical observations, il is
believed that the Legislatures OF the two
states will be satisfied as to its correctness,
and that the new line will accordingly be
ratIfed.-Jsf; Inquirer.
On the 27lh and 29Ih OF June, at the
South Pass, the dragons had ice in their
basins in the morning, while the theImome.
ter at meridian rose to 96 deg. yet without
| producing perspiratIon under the ordinary
military exercises.
1t is fact remarkably Illustrating the Pu-
rily Of the atmosphere in the Rocky Noun
lains, that pork and bread packed IN ls43, "a
supply of which was furnished the dragons
at Benl's Fort, was found TO be in most ex-
cellent order, the bread as sweet as il made
yesterday.
The horses Of the dragons just returned
from the Mountains had not a single ear OF
corn during the whole trip, nothing bat pra-
igie grass; they were brought back in tolera-
BILE condition, another evidence Of the fac-
ity with which mounted troops can be
marched against the savages OF the prairie
wilderness .-Ptatte Argus.
A RIcH CoNcERN. The Paris Presse, in a
recent number Of that paper, Announces that
it is not able for the present to receive any
more new subscribers, although they always
pay in advance. The reason given for this
is, that in order to give the latest intelligence