Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-04-27

Communicated
10 OUR FELLOW CITIZENS or TIE
pAptsu or WrsT BAToy Ratat

PARISH or WEsT BARON RauaE
The Importance. or rather absolute
necessity Of providing Some measure
for the future security Of onr parish
against ruinets casualty to which Il
In now subject, and from which it suf
fers ut every floods Of the river, must
be apparent to every one.-Yet out
wise and patriotic Police Jury, do mol
deem 1t to be within the sphere oi
their duties to provide such n mea.
sure.
Under these circumstances 1t has
occurred to d few Of those Interested
to see what could be accomplished by
individual enterprise. And with this
view have determined TO invite. and
hereby do invite. NIL those who feel
mn interest In tho safety. aud welfare
ofthe parish. to assemble at The Court
house on Saturday the 4th day Of May
next. to consult and determine upon
such steps ms may be deemed proper
and espedient for preventing tho nm.
naal inundation Of 50 large a portion
Of this parish.
An examination Of the existing
e%revnsscs has recently been made.
and the sum Of Sixty Thousand dol
lars. properly applied is deemed amp.
ly sufficient to render every thing
secure for many years. Twenty five
arpents Of Levee being all that 1t IL
necessary to rebuild.
West D. Rouge. April. 9od, 1850.
VA DuHt TN Paosprer "A Washington
letter, Of the 18th, IN the Pennsylvafi Il
saysl
A nm IN dh. I may write YOU, that all
over Washington II is being said, that Mr..
Rrverdy johnson, having demanded VI The
editors u the Union The name o ftbe writer
Of certain articles In their paper, they
were saverallv nv ,wrd by n military gen.
tlemaB, well known here aud in Philadel~
pbia, and that in consequence oftbis nvow.
A.. 4 duel IL OH fpet between HIN and Mr..
Andersen, Mr.. Ctawhrd's chief clerk.
Vt.lrINa II BosruN MEDICAL Cot.
LHaH.-@1he Boston Traveller. Of the 13l,
insts nj saysi
The Medical college, In North Grove
has now been open for public ss-
ht A,ttiuH, two wet It, during y which time,
,nn Of The officers In attendance estimates
hat. more than 30, 900 persons have pass.
ID through the rooms which were oreu=
H. Ivy Dr.. Webster. Tn some days ~
many ~ 1900 per hour were counted. as
hey passed down the stairs.
THH Bower Cams Casv.sss.-The
Register. IN al article on the
Sonnet Care crevas $50 and liz effects, re-
m rtsi
Some Of the effects Of thi. ereva $50 are
Il a singular character. The Aood Of
re.h water pouring from the river into
AXE Pontcha ftrain. and thence into the
has so trcshened The water In tho
Of sbeildsboro' and Pass Christian
g 10 have destroyed the oysters In its
curse and driven away or destroyed the
ish. Then ,hsro are ~various opinpn., we
sara, as 10 the effect which The A,w Of
into the lake may have on that body.
~ some Il Ia supposed. that tho dep~sit
nm the river will gradually fiji up the lake,
} hers think The current IL gu strong that
will keep Il open, as the turl,id waters If
hr great river itself. never allow it's depth
D b. lessensd. A Theses are but e%onjec.
,re.. we vii ofar ours. And It IL this
hat The crevasse will create for itself and
eep up a deep channel, wherever the
nain body or current Of water passes
tho lake. aud on either side Of this
hannsl. deposit's will be formed, a, every
by the eddics, and wherever there
!, dead water. These deposit,es will be
each year by aceretions, ill the
Is filled up. leaving the deep channel
/. before mentioned, with the regular out.
mes Of a river with low banks, such ms
baraeterise the Mississippi itself. The
epth of water In tho main channel Of the
va sse where II has broken through The
wee il now eight f.ef, aud Il will no doubt
e deeper. W. have not henrd Of steam.
oa,s ascending II and passing into the
yer bu. We would suppose II very p%rnctic.
BILE.