The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-30
ACRES OF LOGS.
THE sEwELL-CARTER WAR-THE MAP
OF CALCAsIEU PARISH.
Patents, Homestead Entries and swamp
Lands-Calcasieu In a Nutshell.

Pa TENTS Homestead Entries and swamp
Lands-Calcasieu in a Nut-shell.
Tho investigation Of the charges against
Special Agent Carter was resumed yesterday
morning.
Louis Palms sworn-Is chief clerk in the Sur
veyor Generals office. Is well acquainted with
the records Of the Office Made an estimate OF
the number Of townships in the timber belt In
the parish of Calcasteu. The number is sixty
eight and the contents &c., 100 acres OF govern
ment land. Think the amount Of entered lands
and tho titles thereon. amount to about 25'''os
acres entered. etc. under
THE HOMESTEAD Law.
and otherwise acquired in other words, about
Is per cent Of the total Is supposed to be private
lands and the remaining S. per centgoVern-
ment lands, The evidence is all official. but not
all from records Of our office.
| There are about 331 ,212 acres in the sixty
| eight townships for which there arc no patents
or homestead entries or titles outside OF inc
| government and about 235. 500 acres for when
natents. homestead entries and other titles
from the government have been issued. About
IS per cent of the lands still belong to the gov
eminent and the remaining Is per cent In
cudes all other patent entries, Rio Hondo'
| a1ims and all other claims.
private entries Of the 2g5 5 acres nrY o. me
within the timber belt
Gen. George w. Badly sworp-Ts rscejyer of
United States Consolidated Land Office Have
made an exam tnatton Of The receipts Of patents
of land issued by the United States govern nent,
and received 10y this office, OF lands In the
PARISH OF CALCAsrEU.
Cannot swear to the exact entire number but
can approximate the number; think | can
come within 800 acres one way the other.
The estimated number OF patents is about 129,
and the number Of acres comprised is about
1000. Ab vt three 6tths Of those patents com
from the centre east and some Of the remainder
In the southern portion OF the parish: they run
| from north to south Have been in the eastern
portion of the patish, and that is all prairie that
TO Mr. Chamberlain-Canno answer posi-
lively that the records of the land office show
every patent but they show all the entered lands
10 tho parish. The records have been kept in
SUCH condition that it is impossible for me 10
| tell exactly. The records contain the amount
| of State swamp land In Calcaseu parish
j. T. Parsons sworn-1s deputy United States
Carter. and Sewe.l; surveyed the parish OF
! Calcasleu In
HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY:
Nearly all Of his surveying for seven years
had been in that parish. Had maps Of the on
tire parish. Maps he made Of the timber region
s cad entries. Col Carter was furnished with
hood Z" bayou Serpent are 'ns
patents In the timber portion at least 80 per
cent OF the timber lands are not patented In
| the whole par-h think at least 20 or IS per cent
o. the lands are not patented and belong to the
| United States. The timber on the State lands is
cypress. gum and some pine, and On the gov
srrnment, land are pine. oak, hickory. ash. etc.
The mills saw cypress and pine. The pine
| timber or logs from which sawed comes from
| the high land. In making surveys discovered
| that timber was cut off public lands Saw old
| and new stumps, and
SOMETIMES SAW THE TREE
! fall myself. Nearly all the timber within a
mile of the streams has been cut off-that is
| where | have been
| Have been In company with Gen. Sewell and
/ with the log men in this city on several occa-
| sions, aud think was introduced to some Of
| these log men, and on that occasion we went to
a saloon and had 8 me beer. There were pres
ent Mr. Perkins, Mr.. Gainey. Mr.. Gill, Mr. Has
kell. Con. Swell and myself: took drinks sew
expense OF the log men or at our expense.
Adjourned until 10 a. m. to- day whom It is OK
pscted that the witness Gainey will once more
take tbs stand