Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1850-09-07

The expense OF making these improvements e nresSy
realized from the munsssns grant sds BY Congress aid
In this object however literally that grant may %
The balance must Ss rsssd y tsauS s and whose
have been serieusly impaired y ~ ~ rat
past and present CosTes oud f
ser erssnd he grant Tor purpose, % a. g genas aa nc
pubic nds ne Stale vich - sss', q az 3e
IT, & Il seems to me- has resolved itself into
the Alternative hat relief be speedily extended or he
Low lands Of Louisiana abandonsd ass s0t s.anss o
nurshasng and improving those lands reducing the
the annual crop Of sugar ana cotton n our m
mend for the thus caused foreign countries and
prove serousy great number OF our
These statements and recommendations Of the report
tu,.v susres the following considerations among others
lst That the important object Of preventing these over
os cannot be accomplished without further grant, in add
zion to that already made though the most liberal con-
structios BE- placed on that grant.
That grant 1.-THE Of lS49) thought adequate to the
STATE Of things that then existed But since that time two Of
the greatest oveows that have occurred have taken
place. The whole state Of the question has been changed
has been found that the evil much greater and will require
much larger prevent it, than was then contemplated
Besides the nature these evils such TO render that
grant necessarily unavailable for long time indeed, until
the work is completed which is now so necessary.
# you would assist US then in our present msoItnne you
confne your grants the lands TO be reclaimed but
give something that may be made available. TO
give US these and nothing else under the
would be like sending other petitioners for relief from the
Government to dive and search the bottom Of the sea LOT o
pery lost 10 the Missouri other national
wrecked vessels. -..s..ys Il. W.
The grant, them made by the ACT Of lS4s ought not to be
urged and feel will not be urged as an argument
against the relief now sought So the proper department Of
the Executive branch Of the Government considered IL and
50 r hope will Congress consider it. 8s ,s3ss. e
The repo shows how much nation at large is interest
ed In this question: because if these oyerows continue the
production Of the great staples Of sugar and cotton will be
reduced and the price enhanced to the consumers The
writer might have added other considerations this point
It low estimate suppose that the sugar crop OF
for the present was diminished by the overflow
hogshead worth S. $780, O00 and that the cotton crop
diminished lOO bales, worth "a 900 and that the
injury to plantations and stock and the expenses to rebuild
the broken evees will be- So, 600 This would
make the loss So OOO OOO and if add half the amount
for the year previous, which low, have loss Of
$500 900 of dollars in little than How great
must be ha injury Of such loss this 70 our foreign CON-
erce and consequently TO revenue from customs our
navigation and our exchanges. How great must dmn
sh the sales Of our manufactures to the planters thus in
jured, and internal navigation and commerce How
greatly must the destruction Of SO much capital dePrecate
the value Of all property all over the Union leave others
make these estimates but doubt the loss to all
would be- great and that it would not be confined to
Louisiana, though she might feel it first and most.
But this all these injuries relate to the country but
there another which relates to the city Of New Orleans in
which the nation and the people Of the whole Mississippi
valley interested. Though in Louisiana New Or
leans in the city Of the great West and Southwest all
these interested in alike 1t is much the city Of the
inhabitants Of Kentucky Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mississippi
Tennessee Missouri and Arkansas of Louisiana Il
one-hid Of oveAowel in ls49 and perhaps the overflow
of the whole of in 1850 was prevented only BY fortunate
accdent-the great Bonnie Care crevase Who can cacu-
late the destruction of property that such calamity would
produce Consider sir that the river
feet above the level Of the city, and this increases
back that in addition to all the millions worth Of cotton
sugar. tobacco provisions &C. always in store at the season
of year when these overows occur her thousands Of
warehouses; nearly all Of it belonging to the people of other
Statesthe wharves this being literally covered by
whole Of these articles and with much Of mer
chandse that has been brought in BY her consider say
that all be swept in one night or IN one hour and
then you may form idea of what would be the
quences Of overflow of New Orleans. And think too of
the thousand Of capitalists interested her real estate and
her hundreds Of steamers and ships and Of the thousands OF
individuals dependant for daily support the great COM
merca wants Of that emporium Of the West and you may
them and till them form inadequate idea of the de-
strucon that would be caused by the subeon Of New
Orleans cannot descripc and ito would not coase
for years. .,
So much for the overflow and the damage caused by
shall proceed to examine the extent and value Of the
land proposed be ceded by the BILL The Commissioner of
the General Land Office in his report to the Secretary the
Interior recently made on this subject says:
aofhe land: which will remain the property Of the Gov
after the and h lands granted
State, it is Estimated
That 4.7ooo 900 have been in market 70 years.
q 100000 SO
This s exclusive of the Greensburg district The
reason for excluding these lands from this that
they cannot classified with the other public lands the whole
of the surveys having been reported fraudulent and
of lands and the refndng of the money order
which had been sold by the act Of goth August
1913"
The ,72l 100 Of private land claims unadusted in
the State and at granted by the Of ls4 yet
INDICATED might be offset against the unapprorated land in
Greensburg district if sufficient to say that the
resurvey would be worth more than what remains un
appropriated. :.
coast in Louisiana 1850 miles, where the sea marsh is
than average Of mile wide, which perfectly worth
Hess and examine the map which accompanies the report
showing the extent of the swamp lsnds and reflect that a
except the more vaueess and were long since brought into
Market il NAV fairly be assumed that the quantity mentioned
ia this extract n Alb scres the whole amount Of the
cession embraced by the bill that any value all Of which
has been n market than ten years, and much Of 1t for
more than thirty.
OF these snds the Commissioner in his report gives this
description
ecpeal character of those lands from examination
of to be scarcely averaging second
and third quality The timber chiefly pne some good
lands srae reported the water and
proschng the samarsh which the timber oak hickory
od covered by private claims and it is believed that
the unsold lands may be characterized pine ands from
second quality down to very poor"
And in another statement, worthy Of full confidence we
are told y
The expenditures that will be required by the Govern
plete unnished surveys and settle the land titles will
probably than will be received the sales OF the
lands future The overlooked lands having been granted to
the State those that remain are chiefly poor pine lands 1cch
probably housand acres mil be sold in ten years
the experience of the past 10 to be Inferred as
will have be