Statistics of the West: At the Close of the Year 1836J. A. James & Company, 1836 - 272 sider |
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... less than four hundred feet , to its mouth , —a distance , by its meanders , of eleven hundred miles ; and that from the sources of the Mississippi to the same point , the descent is only about seven hundred feet . The surface of the ...
... less than four hundred feet , to its mouth , —a distance , by its meanders , of eleven hundred miles ; and that from the sources of the Mississippi to the same point , the descent is only about seven hundred feet . The surface of the ...
Side 18
... are apt to magnify those usual occurrences , which might have passed unobserved under other circum- stances , when less personal inconvenience or danger would have resulted from them . The diversities of tem- 18 CHARACTER OF FORMATION .
... are apt to magnify those usual occurrences , which might have passed unobserved under other circum- stances , when less personal inconvenience or danger would have resulted from them . The diversities of tem- 18 CHARACTER OF FORMATION .
Side 24
... less elevated . The bottom lands begin to spread out from the margin of the water . Heavy forests cover the banks , and limit the prospect . But the woodland is arrayed in a splendor of beauty , which renders it the chief object of ...
... less elevated . The bottom lands begin to spread out from the margin of the water . Heavy forests cover the banks , and limit the prospect . But the woodland is arrayed in a splendor of beauty , which renders it the chief object of ...
Side 25
... less frequently presented to the traveler's eye than might be supposed . We continually pass villages , great or small , and farm houses are scattered along the shore ; but we often float for miles without discovering any indication of ...
... less frequently presented to the traveler's eye than might be supposed . We continually pass villages , great or small , and farm houses are scattered along the shore ; but we often float for miles without discovering any indication of ...
Side 26
... less powerful streams , sweeps round in graceful bends . The word bend is very significantly applied , in the popular phraseology of this region , to express these curvatures of the river . The beautiful islands , which are numerous ...
... less powerful streams , sweeps round in graceful bends . The word bend is very significantly applied , in the popular phraseology of this region , to express these curvatures of the river . The beautiful islands , which are numerous ...
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Side 156 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.
Side 155 - The legislatures of those districts or new states shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the United States in Congress assembled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Side 163 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Side 155 - Ohio into distinct republican states not more than five nor less than three as the situation or that country and future circumstances may require : which states shall hereafter become members of the federal union and have the same rights of sovereignty, freedom and independence as the original in conformity with the resolution of Congress of the 10th of October, 1780.
Side 155 - St. Vincents, and the neighboring villages, who have professed themselves citizens of Virginia, shall have their possessions and titles confirmed to them, and be protected in the enjoyment of their rights and liberties.
Side 73 - ... rising from behind a distant swell of the plain, and glittering upon the dew-drops, no scene can be more lovely to the eye. The deer is seen grazing quietly upon the plain ; the bee is on the wing ; the wolf, with his tail...
Side 74 - The gayety of the prairie, its embellishments, and the absence of the gloom and savage wildness of the forest, all contribute to dispel the feeling of lonesomeness which usually creeps over the mind of the solitary traveller in the wilderness. Though he may not see a house, nor a human being, and is conscious that he is far from the habitations...
Side 187 - It may well deserve consideration, therefore, whether at a period demanding the amicable and permanent adjustment of the various subjects which now agitate the public mind, these may not be advantageously disposed of, in common with the others, and upon principles just and satisfactory to all parts of the Union. "It must be admitted that the public lands were ceded by the states, or subsequently acquired by the United States, for the common benefit; and that each state has an interest in their proceeds,...
Side 155 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance...
Side 228 - The day will come when some more powerful man will get fame and riches from my invention, but nobody will believe that poor John Fitch can do anything worthy of attention.
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Transportation and Industrial Development in the Middle West William Franklin Gephart Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1909 |