The South-west, Nide 1Harper & brothers, 1835 |
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Sivu 55 - ... should make use of its leaves apparently for a similar purpose. From the centre of this group of stomachs depends a little cord, never exceeding the fourth of an inch in thickness, and often forty times as long as the body. The size of the Portuguese man-of-war varies from half an inch to six inches in length. When it is in motion, the sail is accommodated to the force of the breeze, and the elongated neck is curved upward, giving to the animal a form strongly resembling the little glass swans...
Sivu 272 - For five hours, (continues the narrative of this officer,) the enemy plied us with grape and round shot ; some of the wounded, lying in the mud or on the wet grass, managed to crawl away, but every now and then some unfortunate man was lifted off the ground by round shot, and lay killed or mangled. During the tedious hours we remained in front, it was necessary to lie on the ground to cover ourselves from the projectiles.
Sivu 264 - It makes a misdemeanor on his part towards his master a very different offence, from a wanton abuse of power towards the servant. But at the same time, it defines crimes, that the master can commit, in relation to the slave, and prescribes the mode of trial, and the kind and degree of punishment. It constitutes unnecessary correction, maiming, and murder, punishable offences in a master. It is very minute in prescribing the number of hours, which the master may lawfully exact to be employed in labor,...
Sivu 265 - A curious instance of the strange mixture of magnanimity and ferocity often found among the demi-savages of the borders was afforded by the Louisianian Lafitte. This desperado had placed himself at the head of a band of outlaws from all nations under heaven, and fixed his abode upon the top of an impregnable rock, to the southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi. Under the...
Sivu 209 - Trollope, upon the tables, were reading stray papers, and at the farther extremity of the hall, standing around a lofty desk, were ranks of merchants similarly engaged. My northern friend, with whom I had planned a visit to the cathedral, met me at the door of the hotel, around which, upon the side-walk, was gathered a knot of fashionably dressed, cane-wearing young men, talking, all together, of a duel that had taken place, or was about to " come off," we could not ascertain exactly which, from...
Sivu 261 - ... District, hold, in each parish, two sessions during the year, to try causes originally instituted before them, and appeals from the Parish Courts. The Parish Courts hold their regular sessions in each parish on the first Monday in each month. The courts in the First District, composed of the District, Parish, and Criminal Courts, and Courts of Probate, are in session during the whole year, excepting the months of July, August, September, and October, in which they hold special courts when necessary.
Sivu 268 - ... in such a zigzag way, that we all looked up to see whether it was coming down upon our heads. The troops simultaneously halted, but all smiled at some sailors dragging a two-wheeled car a hundred yards to our left, which had brought up ammunition to the battery, who, by common consent, as it were, let go the shaft, and left it the instant the rocket was let off.
Sivu 267 - He was a fine young officer of twenty years of age, and had fought in many bloody encounters in Spain and France, but this was to be his last, as well as that of many more brave men. The mist was slowly clearing off...
Sivu 268 - All eyes seemed anxious to dive through the mist ; and all ears attentive to the coming moment, as it was impossible to tell whether the blazing would begin from the troops who were supposed to have already crossed the river, or from the great battery of the Americans on the right bank of the Mississippi, or from the main lines. From all these points we were equidistant, and within point-blank range ; and were left, besides, totally without orders, and without knowing how to act or where to find...
Sivu 262 - Salic, and named Louisiana, in honor of Louis XIV; in 1699, a French settlement was begun at Iberville; and in 1717, New Orleans was founded. The country now forming the state of Louisiana, was separated from the rest in 1804, and called the Territory of Orleans ; and in 1812, it was admitted into the Union as an independent state, by the name of Louisiana. GOVERNORS. Under the Territorial Government. William CC Claiborne, appointed 1804. Under the Constitution. Wm. CC Claiborne, elected 1812 James...