Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1858-04-17
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S&|Ig@T&IO SOEsAS ALSD& G~~A c@sSt
By reference to our advertising c~olurans il
| will be seen bhab, our efficient 2nd Swamp
| Land Commissioner LAFAYETTE CALDWELL,
Esq, advertises for proposals to build z levee
across. Point Manor. We are aaare that
| considerable difference Of opinion exists DIS
to the propriety or ne6Hss:ty Of immediately
| building this leyee; but whatever objections
| may be Urged against it we trust will be
Withdrawn. IF the leYee il not al present
| required, there is no telling how long it may
BE- so, and one thlng certain as the sun shines,
a great many years will not eIapse before it
will be necessary. For our own part we
| think the work should he gone on with in1-
| mediately and give the levee ample time to
| settle and strengthen before It's services are
called into requisition-
In the Annual Report Of the Boafl of
Swamp Land Commissioners 70 the Legisia-
stare Of 1858 we find Il following sugges-
Hons Of Mr.. CALDWELL in reference to Point
| Manor:
i ttf We GiIE Il ! iiats q SHs = AH2 IA
made for the protection Ievee at point Ma
| l.oir, in the parish. CT West Baton Rouge.
| which accom- paniss this report. The position
OF this levee renders i q matter OF great lm-
p~ortance to the State, as Il large territory OF
public lands, as well as a rich planting de-
main, are protected by II while 1T the i'm
mediate neighborheod. there are no persons
able to keep up 4 ieqee Of such magnitude,
aod the uncertain nature OF paTcchtai ~a-tlor;
render it more important that the State
should erect here q work Of proportions and
in a suitable position 10 serve as , solid and
lasting defence.
Again i'll the Report OF the Engineer 2ad
Swamp Land District, Mr.. J. Van pELl-
reference is also made as 10 tbs: necessity Of
strengthening the Point Nanoir ~levees,
The swamp between Bayou Crosse Tcta
and the Mississippi River, has been parti rliy
sslrve yed BY MIR. ]. P, skoIlield, and the >ur~
veY is now being continued by Mr.. S. W.
Hill, 4 ssistaut Engineer. This swamp en-
braces many rich ant Yatupble lands, render
ed the more marketable BY the Baton Rouge
and Crosse Tete Railroad enterprise, The
key Of It's protection is the Point Mano.r
ievee, and It's naln drain IS the Bayou Choe-
law. ANY improvements would have re!er-
eDce the strengthening Of the former and the
clearing out of the latter.
The VerE--The vote ot the u. 5. House
Of Representatives on the Kansas bill with
the CFittendau amendment, politically, was
as follows: Against the amendment, lo4
Democrats, s Knox Nothings; for the amend
ment, % Black Republicans, 90 Democrats
and 6 Knew Notbings. TIE only Southern
men voting with the Black Republicans were
Messss. Davis and Harris, Of Marr|snd. and
Gilmer, o. North Caroliua. The National
{~rtsliigencsr, III re marking upon the action OF
the House on the Kansas matter, states a tact
which viii be very gratifying to those who
have been too often offended with reports OF
disorderly and .discre1itabie scenes in The
popular bfaoch OF Congress It says:
We rather wish 10 call public attention to |
tnc dignity and d~ecorur} which marked the
whole Of Yesterdays proceedings ia the
House OF Representatives. notwithstanding !
the exciting nature Of The question which
was about to receive j solution.
Without any resort 10 the strategy Of par
tactics, the able leader Of those
~ tS IA ttt+@tf<tHi va kt3E DEiid+E piii I
iaterposed no isapedlztleaes In the way OF
such opponents Of that MEASURE as sought 10 |
presents substitutes foE the same aud thus
the will Of a majority Of the House Was fully
and fairly tested. under circumstances which
not only do credit 10 the good order of the
House itself, but which serve 10 ILLUSTRATE
and adoru the workings Of our civil system.
may be the ultimate fate q the
in consequence OF the disagrceing votes
wishes ofthe Senate and House Of Res
fesentativcs, this example Of parliamentary
Hlopriety i'll opproaching and effect the de-
cis'oH Of an important question Tor ore 50
hy beth pa~rties) will none the
less remain as a single distinction in the lis
tory Of the Ihirty-fftl Congress.
STEAMBOAT ExPLosrox.-Seren Liues Lest. |
Falls City, Capt. Scudder. left orr
last evening for St. Louis. She. had moi
got farther up than Jefferson City, when her
exploded, with disastrous results.
The boat was filed win s%ca!ii1g steam.
besides the explosion, contributed to
the fatality. Though the cabin. passengers
unhaz1ned. the following lives were
lost:
Nm. Weirck, son Of K: J. Weirck, clerk