The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-08-04

1AAuU hUuF, Parish Of 81. Landry,
~. July IS, 1919.
Editors eqeeil know not how you have Jared in the
veniy Of Sew Jeant dang the month Of JAY but Ger.
tam Is that L has Tained IN thi, seon s,, da IN Inc
month up to this date and black clond 4 now above
me trees threatening to throw cold water upop what little
nope the desporng planters have sh The lands Of Bayou
% from ashngton, in this PARISH TO Alex
andna) form the important agricultural district in
Louisiana Soon after entering the mouth tbs Bmuf going
up vast NEEDS Of sugar open ohe night and e and
me iahef up you so the deeper are the ed until Won
ny Senuhuo1a ned OF the same noh staple several miles
IN Wdth through which flows the red waters Of the Buf
an narrow natural canal This grand prairie Of cane
wider az you approach the Red River until The eve s to
span ita extent. ~
a number Of planters in the upper part of tho Bout dis
ct make over 1000 hogsheads Of sugar each majority
make over 300 hogsheads EACH and very few
less than 800 hogsheads
Nearly aAof this produce with considerable cotton finds
US way 10 me market through Bayou Beuf and il is sngu
iar that with such ample means at their -
niue aDo and expense to be shared among them and the
almost bonndlsss advantages that would accrue tn tbsb
pah9s o bayou h9ut should not have united yeas ago
ana rendered that stream navgable for barges The labor Of
cleaning oil tOwpah and extracting the lops and snrns
'front.' bed stthe bayou would be nnd
scarcely felt by the planters they would all ont their hands
instead Of this, however they have oOntened
themselves with calling year upon the Legislature
iof ad and the Lsgislatureaways bsra in promises Of
internal impsOyements-has promised Bayou Bauf great
many hne things but that fine bayou is still full Of logs and
It's toW-path not completed
The planters Of Avoyeles St. Landry and Rsn;5ss b.l5
convention Of delegates at bonneville on the 10th inst
which was well attended. but nothing think win be AZ
eo@psaed BY he proceedings committee was appointed
to ateertan if the State boat now il the
could be taken into the Beuf and if this ooud not a
ca 70 write to the State Engineer and request him to send
boat suitable for the purpose. The new boat Jea YaE
ser Is 10 feet long and 80 feet wide at her shafts In low
water the b@ut is in many places not over We fa
wide aud very crooked. The Gen WakerJi oanpot
therefore, operate in the Bout and it is probable thai no
oOs In me state service small enough to work hsre low
water which the only time during which the bed of the
team can be properly cleaned The only force that can
operate eheoualy here land force with the aid at times
Of fiat and crane All the heavy purchases for he exrao
ton Of logs etc. must be rugged land and the use of oxen
would facilitate the work very much If the planters on the
bayou would unite after laying by their crops and make
dead set at the work, could be completed in ten DAYS
whilst they trust the State for its completion they may
have TO wait twenty yean
The fact is the State Engineer Department owns but 40
hands and forty of these nearly worthless glance at
the work marked out BY the Legislature for these 100 effective
hands ought to convince the people of Bouf district that
they stand slim chance. do not believe that forty years
would suffice, with these hands, to complete the work
perempOy ordered for the different sections Of The State by
the Legislature. This very consolng for the rich
planters the rich district Of Bayou Bout but there is more
truth than poetry in my statements The heavy rains have
kept the BWuf and Cortabeau very much sResd prevent
ing the State hands who have improve the streams
from sectng much at present. The superintendent doing
al IN hh power however to avail himself Of every oppouu
nifty to push on the good work and if the planters will only
lend him hand, now that he here with his rigging they
VIII show as much good the eamssf did when stall
led to stop praying to Jupiter and appy his own shoulder to
the wheels Of his cart
You ought to come here dear Crescent and rustoae
OF rather rub off some of the printers ink from your amab
countenanoes among the hOspiable planters Of the Buf
Shoot fish de eat fresh eggs and fresh butter dance At
tend church. Temperance societies. baF3acues in short make
yopnslf at home with our people. When you reach Wash
inEton, Cvugarly called Nggarvis , the Conabeau
you must stop and enquire for Big Tom and Little
rom = the Doctor" and number Of other kindred
spirits, and shake hands with them You will find branch
Of the Sons of Temperance Warrington met several
OF the membe the other evening up the mouth Of the
b9uf They are very jealous, but by means bigoled
though they 60 their death against all intoxicating
drinks After becoming acquainted with the curostiss and
institutions Of Washington, take the " Opelodsas
Packet four wheeled vehicle, and visit the pleasant town
Of OpsoOEss eight meB distant and then wend your way
up the Bauf have heard Of but very little sickness in this
Iegon Notwithstanding the weather tho crops have
suffered severely. Yours tuIy