Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-09-20
From the Jyil'cr,"n Inquirer.
SOl' TuERN BOl NDARl LINE.

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/ 1t may be remembered that the Legislature
both Of Ms>our and Arkansas. IN lSl2. several.
. ~ passed laws for the Sarycv Of the boundary
between the TWO States. We understand that thr
party which has teen engaged throughout the
summer, IN completing the survey Of this line.
mas returned, hpvlng accomplished tho object OF
tue expedition.
Mr. Gordon, the surveyor, informs us that the
boundary line us traced and marked bv him. va.
rcs but little from the Old line. r.rn hy Mr.. James
O {. Blown. in lS23-'i. On that portion Of the
'!"e which lies On III" paral"! Of 36 north .atr'
tuie, tine variation in fayor of the State of Ar.
kansas; the new line being from five to eight
hunrcd yards north Of the cid. From tho pojn,
where the parallel of 36 lntcr>ecS The river s..
Francois. the river Itself IS hc line through the
space Of half dozen Of ATTITUDES; aud the bDunI.
ary beng sufficiently narnrI by nature, 1t was
not thought adv i>ab'c II iucur tic expense ofrar
ln% 1t. At the intersection of the parallel of 36
30. with tie ST. Francois. there IS a remarkable
concId,ncc hctwcnn the old aud new Inrs.-Ihr
EATER hriug but twenty or thirty yards north Of
tie former. In the space Of three or iOur ml'cS,
the new line crosses tda ~, and p o'trd3. with
gradual divergence. uUui tie distance between the
Two Is seven hundred ynrls which is the average
distance for more than II hundred miles: aud. Ia.
wards the western termination. the distance Is
gradually reduced, that tho new corner is ba,
ono num!rcd Yards soJ>h Of " Browns corner
stone"
That portion of the Inc which iI"s cas- of Lit.
tic Black river, passes through tho Great Swamp,
Il low liot rrgIoa, utrr,r,icd by mu.u.lo> I,h'>.
marshes. bay"u- and s"!o,! streams. wil Il "ti'.r
mpcdmruls to TIA" saryryOr almost lnsurmrun.-
able. The dense canchrrnhs. mn4oA ,hrkctS,
and %Iadcs Of maj 'stlc cypress, rvnro the rXu5''
ran, fertility of tn; s) an !. bi Ing d'I me t.
Tie land OF lmp.ovcm 1t, are lrunnt"d only by
III" ~n"age d"n'HrnS Of the forest. Tie bear! In"
,..i sad the IuI..'o. driven from the mrr. ;r'..:.
<ia!c regions If The Sat-. u..c r,lln IL ron2lr1.
tive .ccuri;y and the i,w huulnrs S4lii',JIIv
Hany 10 pue. thcnI into their Hln's, IN r'.tra
H,,. i.aias=cs. have a< vet >rarce'v made an ini.
preston Oh their nnmb"rs. 1t is beloved, now
ever. that The region viii. II; no distant day, br
drained; AMI. wtrn tins shall BE- cIf'clcl. In
boundIrSs fertility of the deep auvih sol, AMI
the nSncss Of the climate, ensure It's 'ronin.
the grrIcn Of the West.
From Lilic Black River westward. thn g7ncr-
al character of the country tlro ga which ;He
inc passes is TINT Of stcriity.-,ie surface being
generally comp,>cI aims: exclusively Of fiat
rjrrs rise in some places to the height Of moan.
tam grandeur. In til" nrintborho,I of White
river especially, witch the In, crosses several
times. the lo. ro.0crI ,',n<. mi p-rpcn hc0nr
cnlls Of dilly iIni-n.. @i,c 10 tic landscape al
the whdnrss Of Al pine scenery, and caused the
hrborS Of the Surveyor to be unusually io>omn.-I
There i occasionally tracts Of fIimiodrXlcn! which,
have invited the industry of the farmer, but lHcs1
t.,f NJ tillD ~ .I,,y
ntlvilnriS have bcru chan.cl in lhcir citizenship,
in consequence Of the rhquge in the lmc.
From the character of the gentlemen conpos-
ing tho Board of Commissioners, and the care
that was taken to verify the line. by frequent as
ronomicaI observations. il is believed hat tho L..
gis!aturcs OF the !wo $;a:rS will b, satisfied to
is correctness. and that TIC new line will be ac,
cordingiy ratified.
The Union" publishes the copy Of sier"o.
typed circular. which has been sent to the app.l.
cans for military appointment, aud which We AZ.
pend, for the benefit Of volunteers III this REGION:
"WAR DEPARTNGNT,f
-lSiJ
SIR: Your letter Of tie has been received.
The Executive is empowered 10 call out the mill.
tia most convenient 70 tao place OF danger, IN the
event Of Invasion. ~: Imminent danger thereof.
and ~ cases OF luSurT ."iIun. W Zen such ra,i Is
m.dc. the appointment OF mitia otIl"crs is resnrr,
cd to the States, respectively. by The constitution.
The hrcyet uCu.rnantS. Amounting ut TINS tine to
moro than one hundrCi, are emitted. uni'r exist
ing laws to the vacancies Of that grade happen
inL in the line Of tho army: and vacancies of
higher grade are Got by promotion.
Tho President and this department fully ap.
preciatc the patriotic motives which prompt yonr
offer. and your name viii BE- entered on the IIsl
Of canddatcs Tor military sgrycC.'
The "Unlon" speaks of the movements of Gen.
Worth. as being marked with tic greatest promp.
ituGe aud honor:
Gen. Wcrth scarcely received his orders, when
his troops werr cmb rrhcd; anI they have scarce,
v received at Washington the news Of his emhrrk-
alton, he fore his troops may have landed II iran,
sas Bay -No. Rrpub.
Np- Rain GdgUe.-Iuc BU~tOn po>:says: "On
Saturday there WIS II muster Of cionnds all roInd
the horrzon and hey rlprchcd and count"rmarch.
ed 10 tho music Of thun!rr. bu. the sun shonc
through il all, and the ram tntt f,I would not
have weta musiarh". Sunday we had more thun
der. more sunshine. and rain enough to We. a pair
of large whtsicrS."
Tie Io'c fer G2rerHor.--Wc see fromtb, NASH