New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1861-10-28
Bayou PinquenEfIie.
The Iberyille Gazette publishes tie following

The Iberville Gazette publishes the following
communication: 7s's-7-
Should you deem it proper, you can give publicity
to the following in regard to the closing Of Bayou
Plaquemne, as 1t will not serve us to keep "a
light under bushe, especially as we are threat
ened by some of our neghbors with rsopening
that stream.
We first assume that the closing OF Bayou Plaque
mine was a matter of the first necessity to TIE
prosperity Of all the interior part Of our parish,
situated on the west side of the Mississippi river
| say of the first necessity will go farther, and
say it left US no choice (since the close OF all public
works by the State Government, and the sale OF all
the machinery used in clearing the interior streams
of drift etc.. between ruin or that great law OF
ture, self preservation; and our Police Jury, seeing
no other remedy. wisely adopted resolutions order
ing the closing of this Bayou, in so far aa that no
drift should be permitted to enter The Police
Jury and is acting the part OF what every indi
vidual is permitted, that is to take care OF the ter
ritory and property of its inhabitants. This body
did not presume to array itself in opposition to the.
State Legislature or anybody oyeritnor did it pre-
sumo to order works that would be Injurious to its
neghbors; for it has never yet been proven that
the closing of Bayou Plaquemine would be an
actual injury to any part of the State although it
has been asserted that itWould raise the water level
q few inches below. Yet, as there are as many en-
gineers against this opinion there IN favor OF
it, may at least infer that the case is not made
out, and therefore contend that this work should
be permitted to stand for some yesrs at least until
it is fully proven one way Or the other.
The state atlarge will be Immensely b aedtted by
having this bayop left closed and the parishes Of ST.
Martin and st. Mary in particular. Although we
| hear of some action having been taken in some one
| of these parishes to force an opening through the
works lately erected, we cannot believe hat any
thing serious is intended, those parishes would
be the greatest gainers-espeeially as they have
| now several other ways of getting to market with
| their productions. AS to the navis1tIon.o OF 6Gyou
| Plaqnemine being of any real benefit, all who
know the state of the lower stfeg&ns cap we'll
| affirm that ROW there are no hands or machinery
of the State to keep them clear OF the immense
bodies of drift that annually flow into them through
Bayou Paquemine and thus they must eventually be
closed by this means, and not only stop navigation
in that direction, but entirely ruin Of the 6nes
sections Of our parish by backing up the water
and causing the levees to overflow. Therefore, I
again say that the Police Jury ai the Parish Of
Ibervle acted IN this matter aa true and watehinl
guardians of the interests eonfdsd to itB care. 1t
did no more than what was demanded OF it, as
| there was no choice left.
! Therefore we woud ask Of all :ctareSsed to give
the works alluded to a fair trial OF some years
and if then they should prove Of d destrnetve
/ character, why then remoye thcu1 oot not before