Notebook No.134, 21 February 1846 - 28 February 1846

p. 1 X Mobile Gas of Tuscaloosa coal
p. 1 X Cause of Anti English feeling. Literary attacks
p. 1 ? Americans read books against themselves
p. 2 X Childrens want of respect for parents
p. 2 X Americans care for English not Continental abuse
p. 2 X We pay taxes to indulge in abuse
p. 2 ? Do you belong to any church?
p. 3 ? Clergy influence elections
p. 3 G. Hales Prairie Bluff nautilus
p. 4 X Hales address & Bookseller at Mobile
p. 4 G. Stigmaria in Alabama
p. 4 G. Claiborne lignite
p. 4 X All cotton & no science in Al[abama]
p. 5 ? Americans read no works favouring them
p. 5 ? National character
p. 5 X James K. Polk
p. 6 ? Negro women, how indulged. month allowed
p. 6 X Magnetic telegraph
p. 7 ? American papers very literary, few crime cons[?cious].
p. 7 ? State legislators often abused
p. 7 X In Europe the many, here the few oppressed
p. 8 G. Geology of Macon creta[ceous] or tertiary
p. 8 ? Emigrants going to California
p. 8 X Texas annexation to keep out England
p. 9 X Calhoun against war
p. 9 X No great men will be President again
p. 10 X Inappreciable distinctness between coloured & white men
p. 10 X Night guard to prevent negroes going out
p. 10 X Personal safety as great as in Europe why
p. 11 X No Ashburton treaty could have stopped this war feeling
p. 11 ? Flounce fixings story L[ord]'s opposed to N.Y.s settlers fashions
p. 11 X Compare Mexico with worst U.S. backwoods
p. 12 ? Texas settlers speak of Mexico barbarism
p. 12 ? Dinners in U.S. less uniform than England
p. 12 X Negroes in Presbyterian church
p. 13 X Southern ['States'] houses in winter, windows open
p. 13 X 2 Q[uerys] for Dr. Nott on Whites & Blacks
p. 14 G. Hale's Prairie Bluff cretaceous specimens
p. 14 G. Limits of Eocene - Claiborne shells
p. 15 X Convention for Sabbath observance
p. 15 ? Tucker's life of Jefferson
p. 15 X Intellect intermediate of Negro & White hybrid
p. 16 X Emancipation & abolitionism with Dr. Nott
p. 16 X Mulattoes how far superior
p. 17 Longevity of mulattoes Dr Nott
p. 17 X Negroes never have Yellow Fever
p. 18 ? Good black preacher
p. 19 X Mr. Hale of Mobile's New York address
p. 19 X Rich men have to fight their way in Al[abama]
p. 19 X The South against war with England
[February 23rd 1846]
p. 19 X Abolitionist abuse of Mr. Hamilton
p. 19 X Hamilton in favor of law for marriage of negroes
p. 20 Separation of Man & Wife
p. 20 X Temperance Movement has done good
p. 20 X Roughing it in Alabama
p. 22 X Musquitoes added to this in summer
p. 22 Church going has increased in Mobile
p. 22 X Low morality of negroes fresh from Africa
p. 22 X Leaders in St. Domingo of mixed race
p. 24 X Musquito in winter
p. 24 X Land to sell in Alabama
p. 24 X Mobile Harbour. Springs forwarder
p. 27 & 24 X James L. Day steamer. draught & length
p. 24 X Voyage to New Orleans
p. 24 G. [illegible deleted word] Iron sand tubes at Mobile
p. 27 X Negroes free from care
p. 27 X False pride of Whites in the south
p. 27 X Alabama comforts
p. 27 X Spoilt children in southern States
p. 27 ? Hale of no particular church
p. 28 X Route fr[om]. Lake Pont Chartrain [sic Pontchartrain] to N[ew]. Orleans
p. 28 X N[ew]. Orleans. French aspect carnival steamers no passports
p. 29 X Emigrants to Texas eaten out of A[abama] by negroes
p. 29 X Railway on piles, starlight night
p. 30 Dr. Franklin’s opinion of vox populi in J. Sparks
p. 32 X N[ew]. Orleans wharfs, river, shipping fares of steamer
p. 32 Carnival flour flung - masks
p. 33 X Slavery it costs dear to buy a man out & out
p. 33 X Pioneer emigrants wear out soil, their successors renovate it
p. 33 X Mississippi river encroaching - depth of 300 f[ee]t?
p. 34 X Slavery a great leveller - equality of whites
p. 34 X Negroes regarded as mere animals
p. 34 X South Hadley institution cheap by saving servants
p. 35 X Carnival N[ew]. Orleans - gaiety
p. 35 X Texas emigrants going without fixed plans
p. 35 X St, Charles's hotel - increase of population
p. 36 X Carnival flour & fun
p. 36 G Dr. Carpenter fossil Tapir & Horse
p. 36 G Limits of Eocene & of Zeuglodon in L[ouisiana] Fossil shells
[February 25th 1846]
p. 49 & 37 X N[ew]. Orleans when empty has 100,0000 inhab[itants]
p. 37 X System of emigration in Southern Atlantic States
p. 37 X N[ew]. Orleans no printing - Yellow Fever. French & Anglo Americans
p. 37 X Malaria & Yellow Fever - Animalcule theory
p. 41 & 38 X Dr. Hawkes
p. 38 X Tennessee giant - Dr. Carpenter
p. 39 & 38 ? Excavation for gas works - buried Cypress
p. 39 Anti American prejudice, leas
t in highest ranks in Eng[land]
p. 39 X Creole ladies - beauty of
p. 39 X N[ew]. Orleans cathedral
p. 39 X Civil law & code Napoleon
p. 39 Fossil bones from Texas
p. 40 G Proportion of sediment in Mississippi
p. 40 X Depth of river at N[ew]. Orleans 175 feet
p. 76 & 40 X Crescent city, origin of name
p. 41 ? Post office people badly paid no revenue
p. 41 X French social democracy greater than American
p. 41 ? Chinese servants in N[ew]. York packet
p. 41 X Mr. Wilde feared his negroes might catch yellow fever
p. 42 G? No shells in Mississippi mud
p. 42 G Miss[issippi] water quantity of sediment in
p. 42 G Dunbar on delta of Mississippi
p. 44 G Col[onel] Wailes on Dickerson
p. 46 G Texas fossil bones list of
p. 46 Cypress on floating island - Carpenter
p. 48 X Legislature two languages
p. 48 X New Constitution of L[ouisiana]
p. 48 X Removal of chambers fr[om]. N[ew]. Orleans
p. 49 X Talk of War, but no outlay by U.S.
p. 49 X Miss[issippi] water drunk though turbid
p. 49 X N[ew]. Orleans - why dear - seven months only musquitoes
p. 49 X Removal of Legislature
p. 50 X Senate closed doors - Washingtons portrait
p. 50 Post office change of clerks - inconvenience of
p. 52 G Gnathodon at Baton Rouge
p. 52 X Bringier - Luzenberg
p. 54 X Salt water driven into Lake Pont Chartrain
p. 54 X Excursion to Bayou St. Johns - Gnathodon
p. 54 ? Small Patella & plants
p. 56 With Wilde, popular election of Judges
p. 56 X Shell road made of Gnathodons
p. 56 X Swamp palmetto & red maple Drummond
[February 27, 1846]
p. 58 Swamp n[ear] N[ew]. Orleans Tillandsia
p. 58 X Cypress knees a hundred feet round
p. 58 X Wax myrtle very tall
p. 60 ? Gnathanodon near Baton Rouge
p. 60 Miss[issipppi]. may flow into Red River
p. 62 X Healthiness of N[ew]. Orleans over Boston
p. 62 X Sombre colour of Woods, hung with moss
p. 64 X Live oaks near Shell road
p. 64 X Naturally raised banks of [illegible word deleted] Bayou Metairie
p. 64 X Vessels with sails in the canal
p. 66 X Swamp willow, apple green leaves
p. 66 X Plants n[ea]r N[ew]. Orleans
p. 66 X The Democrat canal boat
p. 66 ? Deserted Railway
p. 68 & 66 Banks of Gnathodon
p. 68 Lake Pont Chartrain ground swell in Gnathodons
p. 70 ? Largest slave holding cities
p. 70 X Shell banks & roads made of them
p. 70 G Tapir fossil in Opelusas [sic Opelousas] Carpenter
p. 72 Same found 40 miles fr[om]. Port Hudson
p. 72 X Beetles called Bugs
p. 72 ? Americans least touchy who have not been in England
p. 72 ? Drysene Lake Pont Chartrain
p. 72 X Assassinations only in tavern broils
p. 72 X Cotton pressed at N[ew]. Orleans
p. 72 X New tower at N[ew]. Orleans
p. 74 Education at N[ew]. Orleans
p. 74 X High wages at N[ew]. Orleans, but prices high & doctors bills
p. 74 X Creoles scarcely suffer fr[om]. Yellow Fever
p. 74 X Judge Blackstone on independence of Judges
p. 76 Ellicott’s survey in 1797
p. 76 X Batture at N[ew]. Orleans
p. 78 X Buildings at N[ew]. Orleans
p. 78 G Stratified mud of Miss[issippi]. size of river
p. 80 G Ballast of vessels cast up at mouths of river
p. 82 G Pile driving in soft mud
p. 82 G Voyage to Balize, running on logs
p. 82 G Cypress swamps - anchors rising up
p. 84 X Pilots evidence of increase of delta
p. 84 X Tide at the Balize
p. 86 X Levees below N[ew]. Orleans, flat boats slow rise of inundation
p. 88 X Speculations as to rising of ballast etc
p. 88 X Battleground - Sugarcane - Red river
p. 88 X X Anti French feelings
p. 88 ? English moderation on Oregon praise etc
p. 90 Eastward deflection of rivers cause of
p. 90 X Charlevoix, Mississippi R[iver]. like Alabama
p. 90 X A Quadroon at table coloured messmate
p. 96 & 90 X Whale fossil found in Battledore island
p. 92 X Hurricaine [sic Hurricane] at South Point lighthouse & gain of soil
p. 94 X Pilots evidence of gain & loss of land
p. 96 X Rise of Mississippi at Natchez & below
p. 96 X New Orleans advantage of its site
p. 98 Plants in flower on banks of river 28th Feb[ruary]. 1846
p. 100 X White Clover. Indigious plants not European
p. 100 ? Northerners more severe to Slaves
p. 100 X French language - high pressure steamer plants
p. 102 X French do not educate against Railways & Yankees
p. 104 X French old ploughs - balls on Sundays
p. 108 Fog on Mississippi
p. 108 Democratic party, false votes, impeachment of Judge
p. 110 X Cry of foreign influence, political capital
p. 110 X Influence of cities & wealth
p. 110 X Prairies below N[ew]. Orleans cause of no wood
p. 110 Cause of prairies