New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1857-08-21
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Washington News ..t
WAsHTEsros, Augusss, z6.- The General Land
Office has decided adverse to the pre-emption claim
of colored man in Wisconsin, Gsr T.
The Department. takes the same ground that Judge
Taney did in the Dred Scott case-i e., negro can
not be citizen of the United States. q. q s.s
Domestic Markets.
NEW YORK, August 29.-The sales Of cotton to-
day amount to $500 bales. The sales for the last
three days are 1900 bales. The market closed rm.
Flour dull. Red Wheat, 81 81 to 81 56; White.
81 10 to 81 Is. Corn firm. Provisions firm. Mess
Pork, $25 so. Muscoyado Sugar, 81 to 9Ac. IA ..5s
CINCINNATI, August 20.-Flour, $5 Is to $5 so.
Red Wheat, 81 90; White, 81 20. Whisky, 24c. ~
River and Weather.
LOUISVILLE, August 20 The river is still rising.
The weather is clear and cool. Mercury 49,
The Fountain Head Of Corruption.
/. Bog" A sss - >>---- Hs
~ EFrom The BATON Rouge Gazette, 10th inst1 w.!
Since the bequest was made the State of Louisiana,
in company with Arkansas and one or two other
States, OF the Swamp and overflowed Land for
the purpose OF draining and reclaiming the same it
has been the grand lever in the General Assembly of
the State the pivot upon which every new scheme
of public plunder has hinged. The history of legs-
lation from that day to this IS marked in every page
with the tread of money lenders and unprincipIed
spectators, who, placed in authority eesen the
interest of the people, have used their places 70 cor
rupt and defraud the people; to build up for them
selves gigantic fortunes out of this rich source Of
Inf If
to every citizen who pretends to any kuoNledge Of
passing events) in the late Legislature motion pre-
vailed to erect tablet to the memory Of the late Mr..
Harmanson, who was chiefly instrumental in getting
the grant, whilst representing the State in the Ma
tiona Legislature pitiful evidence this, of the
unbushng effrontery of modern politicians. It would
sound well, however, to the car OF the dear people,
that tablet to be erected to the memory Of one
of her servants who simply done his duty and the
generosity of the Legislature in whose hands the fund
is placed in trust to spare enough to have honest
citizens name cut on brick and placed ina niche Of
the walls Of the Senate that the chief priests OF
they mainly indebted for their wealth. and conse-
| quently their political power e ,.t
Sufficient has been said about the iIlegality Of the
Board of Swamp Land Commissioners, as organized
by Democratic Legislature for the vantage Of that
magnanimous party The people are generally aware
of the fact that the grant having been obtained before
the present constitution Of the State was formed
| that the trainers of that instrument fresh with
authority from the people pointed out the plan of
| organization of the Board. 1t is well known that
the very first article in the constitution on the sub
ject says, in clear and emphatic language. that:
The shall be divided four districts containing
sione shall be each dis1c, by legal thereof
for the term Of four years. ,..s.- f--s Its n
It is also equally well known that selfstyled
Democratic Legislature has added this to Erecu
ttre patronage and the commissioners engineers, as
sistants, crews, fremen, ct quo hoe, all appoint
| ments kept within the control of the Democratic
family, and is the principal cement whereby they are
| united. $50 IL 4s-.a
| As to the manner in which the hundreds of thou
| sands of the peoples money was disposed Of up tt
| the year 1855, every man in the State should be
posted, by getting copy OF the report of the joint
committee of the Legislature of that year. appointed
to examine the accounts OF the Swamp Land Com
| Democracy, ELECTED. no doubt because one-half o
the party thought that the other half was getting
more than the lions share. M s
| OF our own district, let us say word. We are en-
titled to one-fonrth of the entire fund arising from
the sale of swamp and overfioWed lands. Where il
it? What has been done with the money 2-is th'
| question. In 1854 the Commissioner expended on
" Cat Island" above the Bayou Sara, the sum d
OF 35, while there was but $65 ,625 coming To u
at that time. Subsequently twice as much has beeI
expended on that remarkable place, and now d kini
of steamboat boiler water-works are being made fher
to off the rain water of the swamp, the whole e.
tabishment having been fenced in from the river b
levee.
For whose benefit is all this wastefuI expenditure
public money? Certainly not for the thirty five DE
mocratic " voters the Island who oicn it. No on
supposes anything so ridiculous The reason is sub
stantially because there is small margin over an
above the absolute cost of the material for cor
tractors and Others to operate on. &
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