Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-08-31

find n long md ably written me,sesial, al
dressed 70 Goy Walker, from the Police
Jury 81 The Parish Of Toinie Coapee. oall
ing upon him 10 convene the Legislature
nj MI early day, ~ that "tl,e collected wis
dom Of The State may take under eon
sidefation stteh general levee laws us vii
protect the lowlHntia from annual ihunla
ton.
After retiiing the destruction ~ proper
ty and The af~eatdisttess oeeasiotied by tin
overflow, III that Parish. the meinofla
proceeds 10 state ;--
"NoF, as his already been remarked
This Parish ,is not hlone affected by over,
flows, When n meyasses Of sgine ditnen
siohs tukes place here. the high vatei.
visit fiol The less roughly The Parishes u
81. Martin, st Mary, West Baton Rouge
1betville, Assumption, LHfunrche ~fnteriof
Terrebonne, Lafayette, and St tattdfy
The people Of the hbove Parishes have
learned, biit too well, that their safety ii
a great measure depends Upon The 4nbstan'
| tial levees crested IN tliia Parish"
The following paragraph explain. the
| views ot the members Of the Jury. as wei
as their hopes, ne connected with the asked
fot extrh session Of the Legislature:
1.-The great hope Of assistance TO be or.
t,etted from the State is based utrn The
enactment ~ good laws, md the little re.
euniafy assistance il tan afford. State
laws, ii may surely be stid. there are none
IN force 10 meet The emergency Of the times.
Whatever good regulations II Police Jury
inby hiiaet, experience has taught hint
they have neither the force, NJ can pre-
dute tile effect Of the State laws, lie.
sides, viewing that each Patisl, IL depend.
ant upon it's heighbofs fot safety, n general
levee law should he enacted" %
The subioined resolutions were also
adopted by the Jury:
BE- IL ,rsbipe1, That His Ereellency,
Joseph Walker, Governor Of this State, be,
and is respectfully requested 10 take into
consideration the propriety, and the urgent
necessity Of converting together the Iegisa
lhture Of this State, for the purpose Of en-.
acting leyee laws, and aflordibg siol,other
protection to the people Of this State
against innndatiof, TIN. may h within
the power ri said body.
Resoi,ed further. That the President
Of the Police Jury, request The Police tut
ties OF ouf sister Parishes, and particularly
those mentioned in the above memorial,
TO unite with this Parish in pntitioHing
His Excellency in The call Of MI Extra.
Session, and that a copy Of the above be
transmitted also
Tint great distress exists in the over.
flowed districts. there is, we regret to cay,
10 question. Poinie Coup6e. and the
Parishes mentioned, below it, ars not the
only sufferers. Concordin, Tensas, Madi-
son and Carroll, have also suffered i'm.
mrnsely. A few weeks since, when ONT
visit to Mississippi. we bad the pleasure
Of eonversing with one Of The most intel.
ligent gentlemen in that section Of tonns
try, and d representative III The lust legisla-
tufe. lie informed It's that he had raMnts
ly travelled over two or three Of tho IA.
rishes mentioned, and that the scenes Of
inipovefisbment and utter ruin which, met
his eye almost everywhere, were distress
sing to behold. lie snid that the people.
In many sections, Ind los. everything
crops. stock, %frnses, hone. Nil !-ti,at It
would be utterly impossible for them to
fuy their tates--and that the only way
the State could collect taxes would be to
upon what little the devastating
flood had spared to these unfortunate peo-
pie.
His picture IL painfully correct, and If
taxes due the State by the overlooked
could be RENTED, this year. ii
seems 10 us that All net Of justice and libsr.
nifty would be d~one-worthy \ great
State and a generous people. .