The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-16

n millions Of acreA or more than ono fbitJ
n ne re state 10 give an idea Of the destruction oil
these overlows, will quote descriptions Of tben,
| ny competent public officers, Who saw them and
made reports upon the subject And first from
the state engineer Of Louisiana in bis last ANN,
report, speaking Of the overflow OF 1919 tba, a,
looO not having then occurred. He saws
,r between the mouth Of Red river and the Baze nine
arBs clyhses occurred above that point Tire whole re
wa & anssL M %ale Rel riyerspread destruction fro@Is an
& & tons @ dollars eoA # Do6 rtg lis asirsyea @ 2 aa gf
ana inc lower coast had not these crevases occnr
He might have added, indeed. that ali ,be ever
IONS OF the CITY authorities and the expenditure oi
some SlOOOOO could not prevent the overao,O n,
dbout one thrd OF the city for more than a month
b naye heIe an interesting map Of the inundated
distrlet at the time IN the city and vicinity taken
from surveys Of an able engineer, Professor Fo,
Shey, and engraved for and published in the DeIt,
o., st OF july 1S49 showing elesrlv tho ~,
"a danger ofSS y city. Extensive embankn,snt,
were, after the overflow OF that year had subside
thrown up; yet all this, it is thought ,vouta ~,
! have saved The city in the last great overaa,v :,
1880 If the great Bonne Care creyasse. rnore rban
one thousand yards wide and five or SIX feet 5eer
had not taken of SO much of the water above *
city to prevent it ''s
So much for the overflow of 1s49. That of the
present year, which has now lust subside5 one,
still more extensive and destructive I preesr I,
thls instance as IN the other to adopt the angnsce
OF another public officer, highly competent TO indie
Of such matter and not citizen OF the STATE g. |
ject. 80 '''-
John Wilson, Esq, the able and experienced |
head Of The surveying department of The General |
Land Office, who was sent to Louisiana faat sprine
ny MS department, to put in operation the svsie,o
ot selections OF the swamp lands ceded TO the Sac
ny the act of the % Of March, lS4g being in tbsi
country when the overflow was at its highest mia,
nus describes it in his report sent in by the Seer
arv OF the Interior, on the call made in the Sena,e
recently:
The river having broken through the embankuen,s o
ieNtes was washing the country with The force of
9ent carrying ruin and destruction in its course tYbe,e
tne eyees were sufficiently high and strong 10 resi- tho
or e water the rear lands INUNDATED by fe rve,
the efeHasses or creeks until the whoe
was oveTDowed. " '' "eA' ue le'ees' |
great number of plantations and settlements were en-
- suuhGfgeu and the only mode of or ere,s loft
~ e hhaDa9s was by boats paif rms erected where
to- f M on frames above the surrounding waters This
NJ " Ulhgs was not limited the country SONG of tbs
OF towns along the river were in like condition tL
= Dtlg wholly under The enhabants were inns
ol every opportunity of engaging In any isdu1a
. AZ conseeueny OF The of earning subsistence
s 80 , onld not be cnivted and in many cases there
o that navgaethe river The cattle had taien
Tnss G On ne most eevaeG sros and seeking seantv
rom The leavs of bushes the tops OF the youn
anu frequently 9ing into deep water were carred
b by & tse i9rce OF IF current and drowned. nses
the eTTe or @ many mules thus pressne was
or ali tbe sncrnr III n - sAe.sDT principle hnmanD Z
es Nef6sT . ~ ean be extended 10 the nremi.
urel ~ 10 y u fastNJ IN it character, for was as
elo ~ LII nng ha ap Jv as bad las year and te wear
Il The evil snss gs, III o. The abo"e if any. abatement