American Slavery As It Is page 85 " I will now mention the case of cruelty before referred to. In 1820 or 21, while the public works were going forward on Dauphin Island, Mobile Bay, a contractor, engaged on the works, beat one of his slaves so severely that the poor creature had no longer power to writhe under his    suffering : he then took out his knife, and began to cut his flesh in strips, from his hips down. At this moment, the gentleman referred to, who was also a contractor, shocked at such inhumanity, stepped forward, between the wretch and his victim, and exclaimed, ' If you touch that slave again you do it at the peril of your life." The slaveholder raved at him for interfering between him and his slave ; but he was obliged to drop his victim, fearing the arm of my friend — whose stature and physical powers were extraordinary."

DeBow's Review 1848 pages 383-384  THE COAST SURVEY The report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, reached us a few weeks ago, and it gives us much pleasure to notice in our number, the rapid progress which this great national work, is making under the direc tion of the present indefatigable and distinguished superintendent, Pro fessor Alexander Dallas Bache. This gentleman visited our city last spring for the purpose of arson ally superintending the operations and survey of the eighth an ninth sections of this great work extending from Dauphin Island to Galveston Ba . ave had then ample opportunity of witnessing the zeal with which he pushed the work in this important section of the Coast Survey, until the summer heat compelled him to go north, where he was engaged the remainder of the year on the eastern section. The coast of the United States is divided into nine sections of nearly equal extent of shore line : N o. 1. From Passamaquoddy ‘bay to Point Judeth. From Point Judeth to Cape Henlopen. From Cape Henlopen to Cape Henry. From Cape Henry to Cape ear. From Cape Fear to St. Mary’s River. From St. Mary’s to St. Joseph’s Bay. From St. Joseph's Ba to Mobile Buy. From Mobile Bay to ermillion Bay. 9. From Vermillion Bay to the boundary of Texas. Up to 1844, the operations of the Coast Survey had only been extended to nine States, while now it embraces eighteen States, including three on the Gulf of Mexico. In every section the methods are the same, so that the results brought to Washington are published in detached parts to meet the ur nt demand for information, which the accurate system and frequent ‘scovories of the Coast Survey create. The number of sheet maps and charts now published is sixteen; and in the course of this year at least live more will be added.Although the most valuable results of the Coast Survey are the furnish ing of accurate maps and charts, at first cost, the superior execution of which reflects great credit upon the gentlemen employed in this department by the government, yet these are not the only results obtained from year to year, which attest the importance of fostering this branch of public ser vice in a commercial point of view. The discoveries of Gidney’s channel into New York harbor; of Blake’s channel in Delaware Bay, the new shoal near the island of Nantucket, and a new channel of twenty feet at the entrance of Mobile bay, are among those not the least important that have saved to the commerce of the United States more than a thousand times the expense of making the Coast Survey. We regret we have not space to bring to the notice of our readers all that has been accomplished in the eighteen States, we shall therefore be obliged to close this article by stating what has been done during the past year in the Mississippi sound. In this section a base line has been meas sured on Dauphin Island; the rimary triangulation has been continued by filling up at stations not alrea y occupied; the secondary triangulation has been carried westward to Cat Island and the subjacent shores. The to pography of the entrance to Mobile bay, and part of the Island chain from Mobile bay to Lake Borgne, has been executed; the hydrography of the entrance to‘Mobile bay is being nearly completed, and that of Mississippi sound north of the base is in progress. A survey of Cat island harbor for the accommodation of shipping and the British mail lime of steamers in connexion with the Mexican Gulf railway has been comple: ted, operations too have recently commenced in Galveston bay and harbor. These taken together with the new channel round Dauphin island the still more important discovery of a deeper channel into Mobile bay, the establishment of a harbor at Cat islan , are but the beginnings of more brilliant prospects for the local and general commerce in the Gulf.