The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-11-12
CROSS LAKE NAVIGATION


Il. W. LoVsnsny, Esq
NJ, attention has been called 10 M article IA
yoar paper Of tise 10Th u.timo, beaded " ross
Lake Navigation which contains the following :
since writing the foregoing we have been
Informed that the draining project has iai'rd
the intention TO destroy the Lake na'lga'l"n,
however !. none ,hc l,ss manifest. titinns o.
shreveport who 90 abroad make 10 bones 81
acknowledging H. ADD A. We understand, his
very ,,sly and uurs.grYody about i At home
pr' criIth. writing from Nacn9dochos TO a
friend in JeAtn,on, sys
.,pr George. ct Shreveport was herr the
other ,lav and from his conversation ihew S'its
a. l.. .omc probability that TIE draining system
II f.ou -iana viii cut your water supply on ''''-
ing Jel f.an igh aud dy above sieamboa' IA
yieatiou
In the above paragraph yoa do ne great ~
iu.iice hv cuiavuring go CREATE The impression
That while In \aepgiechcs ! made no bone
IN ackuaN lalesg that il Wa the faie,i'on o. the
rit,zens If shreveport Go l'siroy the Lake ua'i.
ration and l,ste tie town Of Jefferson bieh aud
,lry made 30 such aeknoa leigmtnls ha't no
afauniniance vita DR. Griffith. and bad no con
yeratiun with him upon auy SUBJECT rteo.
l,ei conversation when n Nacogdochts Win
Mr CLARK ou the .ubfc' at The draining -is-
Iem Of lynuisana sul possibly III Hrihih may
have heard vt 10 but ! am randdeul that both
Dr L.uNth aud Yourself have placed wrong
construction 400 my laugua- and y"u especially
on tAt intention, ~ aHs po-'lln ui TIE eiiNi-
Ut ~huteprt go d'siuE tho Lake navigation.
The ciiil b. nf Shreveport ars generally l pre-
sums. m favor OF rcalmias o0r swamp anl
o,ef8oNol hads and arr also Iu favor OF heP-
ing op5u navigation with upPr Rod River and
tire removal Of thg great mn shat the accom-
plishmrnt nf rhU-, things will dp IN eihctng
LAKE navigation for veal uf woc, is a matter ct
speculation.
Permit ia, 10 suggest ,ha, yoa are giving 10 a
irihine and insignificant matter an Importance
which It do,> uDi merit
Non mas rest assured that the cii2cu- oi
shreveport hsyr uu ategfIau af dfafs % destroy
lhr Lake navigation, and that they have t"o
much gnoI ..u-, ~ attempt such pr'llrct by
retaining from overflow a shallow pool ol wa
tag through which steamboat bias never !ri
passed ,n raHtr' 10 lei r-on
Very respectfully
". ". GEORGE.
Shreveport Ia Nov. All i7js.
We publish the foregoing letter with pleasure
w would assure the writer that W. have no
disposition To DO hun or any other gentleman IN
justice. Believing Us We did, that he used the
language in Nacogdochcs attributed 10 hun We
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mate ana proper
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OF tH''l i've ''' 'o"'' ''''' u" INNS '''''' IT,
ana Is eon''''i WIN 'n'" icy " o'f'0' IL j. ''''
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Of walter m's1' oe d'""h "u py dfa''''Ns russ
l@h'' 10 seriously impair ~ h'' 70 '"'l'E "e
Sfoy' INC Lake navigation \ R''" h"'E ''H
-ih' p''p' Thought &c., ana '"fo @a' 'u' CONT
dena' OF the ''o'ernor Of Texas 10 'hef J''s-
men'' u'a' h' addressed b''ef '' re"'ops'i"''''
10 '' '"''''''f '' ''"''''''" 20 "'''S' WV "'' n