Smyrna times., 1865-10-11
LeVeetng the mississinni

Inc leVees whereby the waters of .Lo NJ.
siSsippi' Wnen IN Hood are restrained e.,
undatlng the adjacent country, have IRON rom III
y neglected for the last four v,.,ry ''li man
having suffered great damage from bslf;%aS4ues ;EoSues
operations. Either side cut them wLnnoc,'"eW
temporary advantage might thereby be ,s; ,,si. d
ed 80 that the War left them in a st,fo r.
general diapdation and ruin. g"
"A lew slight and partial repairs have s;ro.
tT Ieen nade but they are still in such condiGon
ChsC vast tracts of the richest lands cannot ~
safely cultivated, while some cannot be ems N
tea at all. And there is danger that a mar,
recOhStructlon may aggravate the evils and n,r
lis now Imminent For the channel oftbe kw
er mississippi is inadequate to the conyeyaOco
OF all the water poured into it when in A0nJ
30 that regulated outfowS through the Atchs-
1alaya' Lake Pontchartrain, &C., are essential
70 protect several of the lower parishes Of
Louisiana from disastrous inundatOn
There Is urgent need, therefore, of sciepee
and system in leveeing, so that no locality shall
protect itself at the cost of others. And, a,
.hree or four States are interested, it seclns
essential that the surveys and plans should De
uiTGcted and controlled by a common authOrisy
!, 10 await the action of Congress is to brave
Cne Penls OF a destructive, desolating fuoI
mex! spring, which will derange the industry
~ a! the Misslssippl lowlands for years and in
nlcI i untold misery on their cuitivators. We
coIid Wish, therefore, that the President might
Coast Survey and of the Engineer Corps of the
Army to make the requisite surveys aud plans
Iortn"tn, IN anticipation of the action of Con-
gress. we have no doubt that either an ap-
preparation tor leveeing will be made next Win.
ter, to be repaid by assessment OH the lamlS
thereby benefited, or the States more e$peciaiy
interested will be called on to do the work
accordance with the plans thus devised ami r..
commended. And it seems to us that Con.
gress should and will order the work dona
forthwith, and indicate the mode of equit.ih
assessment whereby its cost shall be rcinlJurscl
10 the 1reasury.-N. T. TriGuRc.
New BLOOD FOR THE SOUTH.-Tt WAS Al.
ways the policy of the fire eating party in tEe
South to reprcss immigration to the Southern
states from free countries. They feared III,
effect OF this population upon their Tenure ng
power, and upon their sacred institution, Now
each State seems more anxious than the Other
to secure free Immigration They appreciae
Its effect upon the young States of the West
and comprehend that it is the source Of great.
ness and wealth: Virginia and North CAROL.
ma have both taken action in the matter and
now the Governor of South Carolina has nr,.
Iected measures for the benefit of that STATE
IL Is proposed to appoint State Commission.
ser, with power to ascertain and advertise all
lands TOR saIe to open information Offices. TO
distribute broadcast descriptive pamphlets,
and to station a emigration agents in the chief
ports OF OF Europe. The plan is an excellent one
ana an VIII IL be in time to prove effective. MANY
u U tnG estern States have agents in Europe,
VINO keep the people informed as to the sd.
vantages of the States they represent, and TIM.
turn tens of thousands of excellent settIers to
those States. '''' "