Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1850-10-12
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we devote h lafHe portion Of tile first
page 81 this tapar to tie elaborate and
ingenious essay uf Mr.. BtatAMta Bits.
sov, oil Tie important question rs 10 toN
Louisiana eaii be lest protected from the
feetrfeilee Of disastrous ovetaews and
etevasses, Tile vital Importance If the
subject eann5t bs over4estlmataI-and for
sottie time the first scientific talent Of the
State has been engaged III eudea voring IL
devise sUttle practical mode NJ preventing
the terrible ovetil0ws Which lave brought
blight aitl ftiin upon the tlte faltest tor
lions OF HE stale.
The last Legislature appointed n com.
inlttee 10 Investigate thoroughly the tats.
es Ut the overflow, and to recommend the
best plan OF safety they could devise.
We are happy to hnow that tie commit.
tee have been engaged tetseveringly in
lie good work, and that the result Of their
labofs will bss 10 threw a vast auot,n, a
reliable Information before the %ru,t,jie
Mr.. BUtssop wa attached to ibis eytp4
ttilttee, bit his production may he Look Cd
upon as the result IF his own scientific
research and personal observation. Not.
withdrawing its length il great, and tie
type small, we hope notte Of our readers
viii fail 10 give II Il careful consideration
IL Is forelbly written, md emtedies d vast
amount Of valuable Information III 1feat
iiotriett to the people ut large.
we shall lot pretend 10 rive ai ol,ins
loi, III regard 10 the propositions argued
against, Md The one lie takes stropp
grounds III favor Of We do not possess
sufficient knowledge Of lie suhjeetante
too uiiseientiie=stv give n valuable o%1,itipri
aud. therefore, will venture none nj nil
Or renders will arrive 1T their ~ con.
illusions, Ivy the perusal of tllis trnly able
production.
Mr.. BUtssoN finally arrives nj The con-
%elusioti, REMARKS The " o. Bee. that Tie
safest. st,eeaiest ind stifsst means IF rs.
liei, consists III making ininnera1le small
along tile rivers banks, and thus
off the excess Of water. md
maintaining the river Ut h level some tf,res
leet below The highest ID has heretofore
attained. In short he is entirely commit.
ed to the plan submitted to The last leejs.
atttfe Ivy JoHH MeDoNouat, Esd. and
proposed the passage Of nm aet rs.
Itiiting the planters OH the river, 10 din
renehes Of specified depth and breadth.
Vt fixed Intervals, beginning 1T the levee
mi running lack to tile limits of their
Under eultnre. In the absolute s,,e.
Of Ills project Mr.. B6tssoa enter.
aims tie highest confidence. It Is Ger.
tiiily recommended by simplicity and
eonomy, and the experiment is therefore
imply worth n trial If 1t should prove
practicable and certain mode Of av6idinu
lt'ndatlen, d remedy will have been found
asy Of application, and undoubtedly The
'Hst expensive Of any that has been de-
ised. /,
Mr.. ButssoN believes that the ti,r,.
OF small outlets thus made 10 The
,wlatids and uninhabitable swamps would {
, fifty years" 70 elevate them that they
'0nld be "rendefed fit for cultivation"
nj that. III the same time, "tbe river /
limitations would become tile lewlapds Of {
10 State We'll, utter tha swnmps IRE
J elevated BY The sediment deposited ,
pom tlism by means OF these innnmer. |
ne lateral canals Dr. outlets, and the !
become The Mghl0u1s and the :
vor plantations the l6vkauas, what Is !
be done thdn? When the lowlauds :
I'd swamps shall have become hieher /
tie river lands, Of course the outlets Il
Ill eease to be Of any use--the SURPLUS =
'hter cannot be carried off, and the river /
iids viii be left in rs bad u position az d
ey ars now, and have been for two |,
1t seems to ns thut this idea il o
prthy of consideration. =