Pointe Coupee Democrat. [volume] (False River [i.e. New Roads], Parish of Pointe Coupee [La.]) 1858-1862, 1858-06-05

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tfN1EUnLARD as a candidate for the othc
81 ofParih Constable. IS sSzf ~ @@~ '@"
aaas7 Election by the Police J ary, gu tie first Non
saay IN June 1861 81 tad3 .tH& .@
y zsa - 80 B
'* OUR PARISH.
~Ass3-gE E@i az eco t@56@sE &H5 s3a
90 It win be seen BY tn. correspondence,
(which We Publish in another column
s'thst ourfci1ow pariislhliioarers on the Atcha
faIaya arc suffering greatly. fro1a tht
sapprresscnt high water. .~@
+ That they have been too rcniss. il
"@tlleir preparations 10 avert this .calaimii
'aetss we have no doubt, as .ous correspon
aa tent We'll remarks, The settlers on the
'"atchafalaya are mostly from the hills.
~ and were not fully aware Of the necessi
t&ty Of taking timely and ample precau,
hftiors To guard a~airet III disaster
ea"!hcftaha a now ovcrtakcn them. ;
But we do not think the blame attaches
1fo them exclusively; there has been
great rnismanagcment on the part Of the
State ss fa@a@ @# @@t@ @9@ ""
I'M ssez, asss% .eass,.s 5sA nrs 100
Fhe work Of protecting and draining
q thelands OH the Atchafalava las. heenin
hards Of The State officers for Or. several
years. Tic planters in lie neighbor-
hood had no control nor voice in the
matter TIE work. haas. been and still is
sniitfdcara tie e exclusive charge .t 8: the. swamp
fIfsr1sscco IN mssifdhicfs. sA large an amount
Of money has been appropriated by the
.s5tatoaotIisS affect; sufficient, We believe.
hadithe7wotk cen properly u mmenced.
+arnl carfiedons, to have completed the.
tavsclsworH, and AFFORDED. entire ,i1ttii e prrootec-
taiese tesftle whole of the Atchafalava
43aTsss in3this Parish. iaass1 e <ae
est Under theaimpressionn' frat tih the work ,rk
swduld' sesvigorotsslyy prosecuted BY The.
state, the planters have not felt them
lseleesacalled upon to interfere. They
1sTsre hlllea into security BY the repres-
asntatens Of the swamp Land Commits
as'b aesaaahd engineers, and We We're only
awakened to The danger witch IT threat.
s~snedssheh whenit was as ooiate to avoid
lit. The lesson IS i sever, t one, but It
viii beaof great benefit Is hem
1hey vii hereafter exercise their un.
questionable right Of taking care of
themselves: whether they viii / be able
e. Cen sffsc ! s any change in II tie q policy. Of
our Swamp Land Commissioners so as to
y~aaHseaass money which ii SO literally
appropriated BY the State to our dis
rrfctt,, to Be applied : tossuorks which
vii eaFry out ,tAeydesired object. to Wit.
the drainiagroff the atchafaFaya. lands
and Protecting them from inul.dation
VI do not know y they are Mt all events
entitled to be heard and their opinions
should have great weight. Il a'.'l n
- D ile matter will not be per.
mse'ea to drop,sthat our sAtchafalaya
ifasnaseNil hives tigate the e aus, which
ave slcato tie present 81 state of things.
Us Us eff p winch q have been Committed,
ana the mode efasoiaingthensi future
haalsey villoniy act Win a,opt
and energy, We hAssessesverly r reason 10 be
1eye thatsthis viii IL II III an l..
s aasas isssnchr,disaa
trous oaesErehcesFas have
ll's' year. .TX1A "a
yflgH n----z-a-Asvsru ell
sase W q q tahd ftaatt ! nun MAJ IL
saotsrre" "a fred al" iifht /, tie ths HOUSE of Mr..
~. YVES 5 Levy ey % HAaarsdaK night, the a7sh
lasas byssead pefsonsa unknown some
fauforalve shots we're fred and f seven
0 .s j DULLES Sr ih slp s buck 1 shot were
'olnd Id TIE moraihnggalto hare perforatedl
tie side off fhejansrSdx q, ,a,s;, II IN .-aa .ta