Thibodaux minerva., 1855-03-24
Closing of the Lafourche,

-NesSrs. Editors-Terrebonne is half way
man; Neghbor ocose fellow NJ has read not observed
and has forgotten much Of what he has Dr. Kttredge
and Engineer Bayey logcians and of talent when
speaking of the existing notorious evil the Lafourche as an
outlet of the Mississippi.
Let one and all take the level from Donalsonvie to the
Guf of Mexico meanderng the Lafourche let them take
the declvity both sides of the bayou from banks to the
cypress swaps and priries and deduct that decyy from
te Inference OF level between the two first mentioned
Places and let crerice be made the other side of the
bayou the waters poured in, will necessity, up
siderable distance, all things they now but let the
obstruction below Thbodux and below Lockport be left
increasing by letting the Mississippi waters into the BAYOU
Lourche for succession of years. Then the ridges of the
Vachere of Joseph Tucker of Bayou Sec etc. on the e
bank of bayou Lafourche the numberess embankments
made by crevices between Thbodaux and Lockport the
bayou Leau Bene the Terrebonne the Guon Ridges ect
on the right bank will successivey disappear as the little
Coeau, the Grand Coeau and all other beautiful ridges Of
high and rich and that the abode of frogs and
aligators.
Col. Bador engineer of Old Times; but truth and
reason are still older than him; well, what did he
say about river oserhowng: that all rivers that can he
conveniently turned into it will remedy the evil yes and
why? Because that will accelerate the current deepen
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rivers incased by hills. But laugh when read in
romances, history, and elsewhere Of the VALLEY OF THE
MISSISSIPPI whereas that old fellow roosts as it were
from Baton Rouge down. hill of a varying number of
fees slant from its own borders. Bleed it where you
please will submerge the underhll neighbor sacken
the velocity Of its current more to the weight of its
waters than to the slope Of its long bed toward the Gulf OF
Mexico, and retard its encroachments upon that Gulf;
its
broad enough to lead cavalry pistol range Of the
(by all the acoyzlD Coueted Island of cuba steamship,
necessary only for crossing the Bahama Channel.
But let speak Of old times future near or far from rs
at any time and at all times Bayou Lafourche the Indian
Chetimachas, to the Meschascebes, as was Bayou
Terrebonne to said Bayou Lafourche Human attempts and
temptation made for while Of Bayou Terrebonne an outlet
of Bayou Lafourche What ensued, Mr.. Terrebonne il
you please? the closing of the connectinq canal It's
unnecessary to ask why Men opened ditch at Donaldson
vile to pass their to explore Bayou Laourche that's
an ncontroverble fact If men have a right to open
door, have they not also the right shut it? And besides
General Jackson damned Bayou Iafourche of his own
martial authority, providenaly for fear British invasion
to show to the present generation that it must again be
damned up would cite to them the certainty invasion
by old Meschacebee, which is denied by nobody?
memorial to Congress drafted some years ago and
considerable number of signatures affixed to very
point in question to-day What haI become OF God only
knows Oh while think of it, any mother washing the
garments Of her children auor any poor ter of the
soil shouderng spade during high water would they
heartily sink into the bayou of those boasted
oodsS peane rape~r throwing their avoirs mile
OH the public road and breaking loose the dirt they had
cautiously piled up during three months Of the year to
guard their crops from inundatonp NJ.