A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, Or the Mississippi Valley, Volume 2 |
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Page 202 - He must be thirty years of age, a citizen of the United States, and must . have resided in the state two years, and in the district one.
Page 348 - The members of both branches are elected by counties, or by districts composed of counties, according to population. The representatives are chosen for one year; and for eligibility, a man must...
Page 169 - With respect to the resources of this cave, 1 will venture to say, that every competent judge must pronounce it inexhaustible. The worst earth that has been tried, will yield four pounds of salt to the bushel; and the best, from twenty to twenty-five pounds. 'The next production is the nitrate of lime, or salt-petre earth. There are vast quantities of this earth, and equal in strength to any that I have ever seen.
Page 429 - ... thought and feeling, forced in an instant upon it. There is hardly sufficient coolness for distinct impressions; much less for calculations. We witness the white and terrific sheets — for an island, on the very verge of the cataract, divides the fall — descending more than 170 feet into the abyss below.
Page 200 - It is to him the home of plenty, beauty, greatness and every thing that he desires, or respects. This nationality never deserts him. No country will bear a comparison with his country ; no people with his people. The English are said to go into battle with a song about roast beef in their mouths. When the Kentuckian encounters dangers of battle, or any kind, when he is even on board a foundering ship, his last exclamation is,
Page 433 - Ouisconsin, which rises in the northern interior of the country, and interlocks with the Montreal of lake Superior. It has a course of between three and four hundred miles, has a shallow and rapid current, which is, however.
Page 167 - After entering the cave by an aperture of twelve or fifteen feet wide, and in height, in one place, three or four feet, you descend with easy and gradual steps into a large and spacious room, which continues about a quarter of a mile, pretty nearly the same in appearance, varying in height from eight to thirty feet, and in breadth from ten to twenty.
Page 104 - This state adopted her constitution,and was admitted into the union in 1820. In its general features it resembles those of the other states. The senators are elected for four years, and the representatives for two. The governor is elected for four years. The judiciary is vested in a supreme court, a chancellor's court, and circuit, and other subordinate courts, the judges of which hold their offices, during.
Page 3 - Wilson, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author and proprietor, in the words following...
Page 167 - In this distance the roof is, in some places, arched ; in others a plane, and in one place, particularly, it resembles an inside view of the roof of a house. At the distance above named the cave forks ; but the right hand fork soon terminates, while the left rises by a flight of rocky stairs, nearly ten feet high, into another story, and pursues a course, at this place, nearly south-east.