New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-03-17
DAILY CRESCENT.
Baton Rouge correspendsnce.
csrrtspenn,ns. OF tbs Sust.nt.


B.res RoueE, March " 1853.
The act to reclaim and drain the swamp and overowed
lands donated to the State taken in the
yesterday md passed without much trouble The ohjeet
Of the bill ia good beyond all question, but has
very Objectionable features and they will be modified ia
the Senate The State Is divided into three levee and
draining districts a that part Of the State south Of the
3st degree Of north latitude and east Of the Mississippi
river making ths rst district all that part south d
3t degree Of north Latitude and west Of the Mississippi
river constituting the second district and all that part
Of the State north Of the 3lst degree Of north latitude
and west Of the Mississippi river constituting the third
district The third section provides that the Governor
shall appoint Commissioner for each district. Each
Commissioner shall be resident of the district in which
be is appointed The three Commissioners shall copsti
tute and be called by the of 6The swamp Land
Commissioners" The Commissioners shall hold their
Office for the term Of two years and until their
shall have been qualified.
There mauy objections this section It will be
remarked that the appointment the Commissioners is
left entirely with the Governor When it Up for dis
cusson Mr. Douglass Of Caddo Zone of the active
and intelligent smbers in the House, moved to amsnd
by making the terms Of office of the Commissoners
first to be appointed under this act expire the FIRST
Monday of November in the year 1854 and that from and
after that time they should be elected by the qualified
electors Of their respective districts Mr. Parham moved
small majority.
This the second time this session that the democrats
have refused to allow the people to choose their
when the famous Census bill discussed In
Senate and again when this Swamp bill was before the
House. They may reconcile this mode of proceeding to
themselves but whether they do it to their constu
ents (of whom they have such ghosy horror is ano-
ther matter Their proceedings earnest commen-
tay upon their loud mouhed appeals to the people urg-
iuot hem n ali
them asking Office they vocferous in reminding
them Of the naenable right they have elect every
fee incumbent When they in office the dear people
are forgotten amid the luxuries Of their per diem
Wfss f: dee devil f:'. AIN; MT; would .,ss be;
"fss In sssd .ss fs,. : ..Ss e. W.. -sns s..
The patronage which this section Of the bill would Civ.
to the Governor adopted would be very great He ha
the appointment Of Commissioners who have salaries
fifteen hundred dollars and they hold their oce for tw
years. The Commissioners have the appointment Of hre
Engineers with salaries Of three hundred dollars escf
holding their places for two year also Being dspenden
upon the Governor for contnuancs in ONCE the Commit
soners would necessarily be almost entirely under b
CONTROL and acting through them mediums he coul
have the management Of the Engineers pretty much
his own hands At all events he could he chose secu
the appointment Of Engineer 10 whomsosver he took
fancy Independent Of this there two very good
sons why the Governor should not have this appont
,
. power.
The first is that It will make the Board Of Commisso
| ers mere party concern, the members whereof will
dependent entirely upon the Of their respect
parties for their continuance n appointment to- th
once No whs could be expected to get the place from
democrat could 1t be expected that ocrat coul
get 1t from whig The consequence wound be that tn
Board of Commissioners would be directed almost ent
the serving Of party ends and purposes This wou
be lamsntable state Of things.
The second, and most important s that these Commi
sioners should be selected account of their knowed
of the country which they will have preside Ar
there need Of any argument to show that the
Of any Of the districts better able to Judge Of
qualifications of the candidates residing among thei
than the Governor who could not possibly know any
except what he would gather from the petito
| which each applicant would present to him.
Besides all which, what be assigned for Ia
ing these officers of the general rule and allow the
to be appointed by the instead Of being
by the people Are the democrats leading the In Il
retrograde movement Is their great palladium maxi
them sick that they to get rid oft Or do they KIN
what they about? Perhaps they do not although
Parham rertany should be able to lead his party strag
But he we'll his friends gets strange freaks
his head and cuts good many strange capers Let the
60 ahead. They are doing as much harm to themselv
their strongest enemies could WISH and if let aor
will have the pleasure Of seeing themselves high
: dry.
There quorum in either House this morning al
this is another Of the humbugs which constantly be
practced. When motion is made to adjourn from +
day to Monday, the ayes and are called, and t
motion lost. When Saturday quorum is presel
What's the of this sort Of trifing Those dear
stituents frghtsn them into show Of propriety viii
they throw of they out of their reach
getting altogether that hypocrisy is contemplate
actual refusal to perform duties We have had
era indications of spring lately but winter is hanging
with strong gpe to give up the ghe
The crops in the neghborhood are beginning to
and the trees getting another foliage, and the FRI
trees in beautiful blossom. Unless the signs chan
materially will have frost which will do much har
negro committed suicide this morning by C,
ting his threat. This is the second suicide we have h
| here within the last three weeks.
proposition has been made to adjourn the Legslatu
the first Monday of April but it has not yet been act
upon. No doubt all the business could be done by tn
time. but the members in hurry and have no o
ections to remaining however much they have fouI
fault at the beginning About the first of May will S
them preparing for their homsward flight They
ing about only to give their constituents oppo
tunity to get their wrath occosoned by the idea
their returning before they make start. CEDRIC.
Baron RouGE, March IA, 1858.
| Both Houses managed to get quorum present Il
morning. and went to work, l noticed several membs
from the city who have been absent several doys in
| places again.
The Senate had under consideration the Judiciary
for the country. From all appearances, 1t will prove