Shreveport daily news., 1861-11-01

Should YOU deem it proper. yon
can give publicity to the following
| IN regard to the closing OF Bayou
plaol1emine, as it will not serve Us
10 keep "a light urder a bushel,' es-
lpecially as we are threatened oy
some of our neigEbors with reopen
ing that stream.
We first assume that the closing
of Bayou Plaquemine was matter
Of the first necessity TO the prosperi-
tv of all the interior part Of our par
isa. situated on the west side OF the
Mississippi river-I say Of the hrst
necessity-I will 90 further, and
saw it left as no choice (since the
clsse of all public works by the State
Government, aid the sale of All the
machinery used III cleannS the IN
terror streams OF drift, etc.,) between
ruin or that great law ot nature, self
preservation and our Police Jury,
seeing 10 other remedy, wisely adop-
! ted resolutions ordering the closing
], of this Bayou, in 50 tar As that 10
drift should be permitted to enter
. 1.-The Police jury was and is acting
the part OF what ever individual Is
pernitted, that is, to take care of the
Il territory and property OF its inhabl-
h tan. This body did not presume
to array itself in opposition to the
State Legislature or anybody over
: it-nor did It presume to order works
that would be M curious to its neigh
bors; for il has nevr yet been pro
ven that the closing OF Bayou Plaque
mine would be All actual injury te
any part Of the State. although 1t has
been asserted that il would raise the
water level Il few inches below. ct
as there are as many engineer
afainst this opinion as there are a:
many engineers against this cplnol
"' as there are in favor of ii, we may "A
or least infer that the case Is not mad
he out, and therefore contend that thu
81 work should be permitted to stand
. for some years at least, until it /
- fully proven one way AZ the other.
tle The State at large vii! beimmens,
lv benefited by having this bayo1
elk left closed, and the parishes OF =
Martin and ST. Mary in particula
having been taken in some one I
in these parishes TO force an openn
=, through the works lately erecte'
'ei we cannot believe that anything :
rious is intended, as those parish'
would be- the greatest gainers-e
pecially as they have nov sever
h, Other ways Of got ing to mark
F with their productions. As III II
'''i' navigation Of Bayou Plaquelninc b
'es- inc of any real benefit, all Who kno
the state OF the lower streams c;
in well affirm that now there are !
l.. hands or machinery OF. the State
keen them clear of the Immense b
dies OF drift that annually flow in
d them through Bayou Plaquemine a,
.po- thus they must eventually be clos
by this means, and not only st
..oa navigation in that direction, but {
'e' tirely ruin one OF the finest sectio
of our parish by backing up the "
en- ter and cansiug the levees to ov
pa- flow. Therefore, | again say ii
the Police jury OF the Parish
;, Iberville acted in this matter as Il
ma and watchful guardians of the int
lgly exits confded to its care. 1t did
and more than what was demanded
ace it, as there was no choice left.
o,.l Therefore we would ask OF all
terested to give the works allut
to fair trial Of some years,
lter- if then they should prove of d
rs Of tructiye character, why then. rem
nent them, but not before.