Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1849-08-15

a,,y. cash IN this fund, and if there h.: :.
already appropriated by law. o ne; IT'S
were mo the case, the Board If thIs
improvement is an incorporated bodv y'' ina,
be rs not probable that they will 90 50 ' e.
nlao .as their authority as to loan mooa,
p.assu IN their hands for a d;fF.rar
Is to be b os'ter, therefore, if this expense
nn ~ 0e DoIne' to raise. it by taxatiou .,
G G"'e nul'n will be said, tha, ifborrowe'
said land will repay it, M, ,h h sa,es o
the 1'1-3hat says .ihatshe proceed. aI' ~ ~
sa'6 'a"d shall be appira exe1a~;.Ey
Us jar as necessary, to the construction ~
eAe terees and drains aforesaid" g.
you see that the costs are to come from the
pockets of the whole people. and ,hs
proceeds applied to the benefit S
naeond. I find l was not mistaken !,
s1ppes'ng that land Spectators womb
derive the principal, if not exclusive
benefit of tAis bill. My speech ressrred
to- shows upwards of two hundred and
twenty thousand acres ofthis land covered
10y Choctaw floats, located within the las,
feW:years-and three and a half mil,;ons
ofsthe same claims still behind. A laro,
quantity ofsoIdiers claims are now in the
hands OF spectators, and ready to be
located so soon as they find the State will
reclaim those lands-and SPECTATORS in
lands with, and without floats or soldiers
are already taking up the land
subject to the provisions ofthis bill. JUS
in proportion to their belief that the State
will catch at the bait thrown out by the
gentleman,v SO are the spectators
eager to enter the lands referred to, or
cover them by floats: And why not? II
can now obtain lands at private
entry, at ten bits per acre, or by soldiers
claims at fifty cents per acre; and p%ursuads
he State to levy and drain those lands,
making them worth, as estimated by the
gentleman, ten or twenty dollars pc,
,cre-the speculation is certainly an
one-the consequence unfortuna.
ely, however, is, that by the time tile
State is ready to receive the c~ession,
every acre surveyed and worth,
even when drained, will have
'assed into the hands Of specuIators.-
anticipating the acceptance and draining
" the State, the speculation has already
commenced; and would you believe it:
Wy honorable competitor IS engaged in
hat speculation. Yes, he himself, who
oasis of the mighty work he has wrought
the State in the passage of this bill,
as set the example which if followed by
Tiers will mulck the State iDtoan expense
ccording to his own showing, of five
billions of dollars for their benefit
Whatever may be the worth Of the land
hen drained, whatever profit is antici.
ated by the friends of the bill, to accrue
the State by the donation-if realized at
i, seem likely to be realized by Mr..
|armansonand his compeers in specula.
That gentIeman's extreme sensi-
geness at being classed with spectators
aused me to suspect that he might be
|volved, and to ask him al Port Hudson
'e other day the question direct. The
certificate will show the re-
III:
Popr HUDSON, August End, 1s49.
We the undersigned hereby certify, that
the date above written, we were present
a political meeting held at Port Hud-
m, at which a discussion took place be-
the Hon. John H. Harmanson and
oil. Richard A. Stewart; the latter in his
eech called upon MIR. Harmanson to
ate whether or not he had entered one
ousand acres of swamp land, within the
of what is generally termed Mr..
armanson's Swamp Bill, and also whe-.
er or not he had entered such land
ice the passage of said bill, to all of
,ich Mr.. Harmanson replied in the
hrmative.
, Il. D. BREWER.
J. HUNTER COLLINS.
tie HI. C. STANARD. a
R. N. DOUNALLEY.
r. T. YOUNG.
So, you see that Mr.. H., who has call.