All the western states and territories . he Mississippi separates into several branchesor outlets, which, diverging from each other, ^owly wend their way into theGulf of Mexico, and divide the southwestern portion of the state into climate in the vicinity of New Orleans is similar to that of Charleston,S. C, although two degrees further south. The great agi*icultural produc-tions of the state are sugar, Indian corn, rice and cotton. Louisiana is di-vided into two districts, the eastern and westeun; the eastern contains 21,the western 26 parishes. Improved lands, 1,590,025 acres; un
All the western states and territories . he Mississippi separates into several branchesor outlets, which, diverging from each other, ^owly wend their way into theGulf of Mexico, and divide the southwestern portion of the state into climate in the vicinity of New Orleans is similar to that of Charleston,S. C, although two degrees further south. The great agi*icultural produc-tions of the state are sugar, Indian corn, rice and cotton. Louisiana is di-vided into two districts, the eastern and westeun; the eastern contains 21,the western 26 parishes. Improved lands, 1,590,025 acres; unimproved,3,939,018. Population, in 1810,76,556; in 1820,153,407 ; in 1850, 511,974jin 1860, 666,431, of whom 312,186 were slaves. 602 LOUISIANA. New Orleans, the great commercial emporium of the south and west,and the <ireatest cotton mart on the globe, is situated on the E. or left bankof the Mississippi, 105 miles above its :: outh, 1,438 from Washington, from N. York, 2,025 miles from Pittsburgh, vta Ohio and Mississippi. Smith-Eastern vicio vf Jackson Square, New Orleans. The Cathedriil, with its spiivs, appears in the central part, the Statue of Gen. Jackson within thesquare in front. Tlie Court buiUiings on eitlier siile. Rivers, and 2,000 from St. Anthonys Falls, in Lat. 29° 57 30 N., Loa. 90°W. IVom Greenwich. The city is built around the river, which here formsa curve somewhat in the form of a crescent, from which circumstance it is
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