The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-06-02
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endangering thousands of lives, those in authority
begin to think of some means of preventing a re
currence of the disaster. What should have beer
foreseen and provided against has been overlooked
or wilfully disregarded. What might have beer
remeded by prompt and energetic action, has beer
permitted to acquire such force as to leave us M
hope of relief except by the ordinary operations o.
nature. The river must fall, and then the watel
will cease to flow in upon ", but not till then
But those to whose remissness we are indebted fol
the evils of the present, seem at last awakened te
the necessity of providing safety for the future
While they are in the vein we are disposed to help
them as much as it may be in our power. The
city must be protected from over1ows hereafter
the legislature of the State must provide by law
for the work-experience has shown that it will not
do to entrust the matter to the little great men OF
some five or six different and rival corporations
They are inadequate to any exigency beyond the
mere routine of running in debt and imposing taxes
At the very next session of the General Assembly
the work must be ordered, and it must be speedily
completed. But in order that the legislature may
have something definite before it-something to act
| upon-and not be distracted by as many different
and absurd propositions there have been plans
| for stopping the crevasse-surveys, and recommen-
dations and estimates must be laid before it by men
| competent to understand and speak undersandingIy
| upon The subject By whom shall this be done !!
| We do moi think thai il be well done under the
direction Of the corporations Of the three Munich
| paties, Lafayette, Free Port, and Canollion We
have had enough OF their pint exeriions to be per-
| fectfy satisfied in all time to come Ii should be
done by the Slate itself. And happily, there is in
the statute book joint resolution under which we
think the work can be properly accomplished. AT
page IS of the acts of 1915, we find
Whereas, the city of New Orleans is annually exposed
10 nund aton from The precaiOus stale OF the lsyees
neghbong panh. which The local AUTHORITIES OF said
city have no jurisdiction and. whereas the whole
Interested IN preventing such calamity. which would be
source OF ruin and distress 10 large class of citizens
Be resotred 5v the Senate and House of Representa-
tires Of tc State Of Lo.tsiaHa Gemeraf 4ssemy
New Orleans, the Parish Judge of The Parish of Jefferson
and three person to be appointed by the Governor shall
enquire into the most efcua mean. be adopted
TO protect the city CT New OH from nunda
such surveys 10 be made for that purpose they
sldeI necessary and TO report at the next session OF Legs
attain The Object n visw with the estimate of the cost Of
such woIks as they may recommend"
This resolution, approved March 10, 1915, has
never been acted upon at least we cannot find
after enquring at The Governors Office and search.
ing the executive records that the three persons "
who are TO form the active members of the board
have ever been appointed. We are certain that no
report has ever been made. Ii may be that Gov
Mouton, whose term was about TO EXPIRE over
looked the resolution in the business Of preparing
tor the new order OF things under the new cOnstiit-
ton or II may be that no pay having been formally
attached to the duty, he could get no patriotic
and pub!ic-spirited individuals TO serve But the
resolution was passed for the purpose of being
carried into effect, and if the report was not made
at the session of the Legislature of 1876 that is no
good reason why it should not be made at ALL
Gov johnson ought, we think, to appoint the Com
missioners, under the resolution and although the
precise words of the law might be taken to limit
the appointment to particular time, yet its spirit
and design will justify him in appointing them now |
by pursuing such a course, he will confer great
advantages upon the city, and he will be thanked |
instead of mourning the criticism or censure of the
Legislature. He will, We apprehend find no diff
Guilty in finding competent persons to serve now,
and there is not the most remote danger of the Leg
isature refusing to ray the expenses of the commits.
sion. Prompt appropriations viii be made to the |
full amount of the value of the work. The whole |
people of the State have great and direct interest
in its completion. and they will be eager to do all
that may be needful to save the city from future
overfows. We hope that the criticisms which have
recently appeared in our paper on one of the Gov
'rnor's appointments will be no objection to his
giving this, our recommendation, full considera-
ion, and that he will COM lee the Board of Com
and cause it to begin Immediately its
work. The State Engineer, is himself to be
member of it, and We wish that in the labors that
ne may perform, and in the recommendations that
lie may make relative to this al-important subject
NIL rJt-u 81, /
Justification or commentator of his appointment.
We shall refer to this subject again in the mean
ime, we ask for the preceding the serious consdera
ion OF those In authority, and particularly that of
he Governor, on whom the whole will rest-the
raise or blame of having done his best or done
othing.
Since the above was written we have had con- |
ersation with Gov. Johnson upon the subject. and
We are happy 10 say that he comedies with us in |
he opinion that the joint resolution may yet be
roperly put in force, and that he will appoint the
hree Commissioners which requires to act in con-
motion with the State Engineer, the Mayor and {
ie Judge of Jefferson. Good. There is prospect
nat something will be begun at last-and finished, |
re hope, in q short time.
WASHINGTON, May %, ls49.-7he British Nap.
ration Lams.-Our minister to England, says the
. Y. Herald, has been instructed to discontinue
II correspondence with the British Government on
lie subject of change in the English navigation I
VS.. The cabinet does not intend to do anything $
the mattor until the arrival of the new British 8
mister, Sir Henry Bulwer, who, it is understood,
IS consented to accept the mission, and will be i
IRE during the summer '
~ lhe steamships Crescent City and Cherokee
1t New York together, at 4 o'clock P NJ. on the
tn ult large concourse of people were present il
their departure They both went down the bay y
gether, in fine style. The Cherokee, being in
inter Trim than the Crescent City, lowing to her
It having so much coal on board when off omar. d
tine took the lead and kcpt until they passed n
i of sight. Forty-ive passengers went out in the B
escent City for Chagres. One of her passengers
rs left behind, the ship being about the length of
fself from the wharf when he arrived. b.
II- Mr.. Asa Hail, well-known merchant Of III