The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1871-03-11

871. NO. TO-
Of the charge made against me by II
Senator from ST.. Landry Mr.. Andersonl
leave the question to the decision of til
S. nate:
Mr.. Sypher :: As stated before, hav
run steamboats, over, and many times D
that bar, and | know great deal abou
that bayou. At no time Of the year ar
there less than four feet of water in tha
bayou for thirty-fve or thirty-six mile
above: its mouth, with the exception O
the bar there aS Little Devil" Tha
bar becomes completely dry at times.
have seen boats on THAT bar of the custom
house measurement of six hundred tons
The boats that run ap there regularly fo
four or FIVE months in the year raeasur,
II ON two h'Hndred to two hundred ant
fifty tons. Those are not small boats b,
any means they would at least requr,
more than three inches of Water to float in
Mr.. RagaT' There has been great dea
said in refefeace to this measure. but very
little touching its real merits renew my
motion to- print the bill in he journal, ant
make it the special order of the day for to.
morrow. pn support of that motion viii
state that it has been the custom recently
to have measures which involve the pecu.
mary interest Of the State thoroughly un.
derstood by the Senate before they arc
acted upon; and see no reason why an
exception should be made in favor oi
this measure, which asks for sixty thou
sand of the pubiic money.
Mr.. Lynch moved to refer the bill to
special colHrnittee to be composed Of Sena-
tore Anderson and Harris.
Mr.. Anderson moved to amend the motion
by including Senator Kelso
Amendment accepted.
Pending that motion the Senate went in
to executive session, and afterward ad-
journed.
THURSDAY, February Is, Fs71.-.The
Senate having under consideration Che bill
providing for the Improvement of Bayou
Courtableau, and milking an appropriation
hr. Anderson said: am willing that
the commissioners to be appointed to SUI
perintend this work shall be required to
furnish any bond the Senate may think
proper to demand. IF any amendment
should be offered which will give additional
security to the Senate, shall certainly
accepti it. ] am willing that the commiss
sioners shall be appointed either by the
Governor or by the Senate / want no:h-
ing but what is right and just. Iam
willing that provision shall be inserted
in the bill that the money shall not be
paid except on the certificate of the ens
gineer that the work has been done, and
then only upon the warrant of the Gov
ernor.
Mr.. Harris moved to amend by striking
out the names of the parties mentioned In
the bill, and inserting instead that the three
commissioners should be appointed by the
Governor.
The amendment was accepted by Mr. An
derson. and adopted.
Mr.. Harris moved to further amend the
bill by providing that the commissioners
shall furnish a bond in the sum of sixty thou
sand dollars said bond TO be approved by
the Governor.
Amendment accepted and adopted.
The bill was then considered as engrossed
Mr.. O'Hara l would call the attention of
the Senate to the fact that the parishes of Cal
casieu, Terrcbonue, Lafourche, St. Mary, In
fact, nearly every one of the parishes ia the
State, are cut up with little bayous similar to
this bayou Courtableau. The navigation OF
all of then, needs improvement, and I hope
some Senator will introduce a bill of gene
raj character. providing for the opening Of all
the bayotls in the State.
The bill finally passed.
HOUSE, Friday, Feby. "a, ls71.-Mr. Cha
chere, of st. Landry. called up the Senate
bill No. 81, for the improvement of Bayou
Conrtabeau.
Mr.. Stamps, of Jefferson: arfi decidedly
opposed to bills to improve so many canals
and bayots as have been passed through this
House. l am Under the impression this ia
another Bayou Rapides Navigation Company
bill and until know these bills are for the
interest of the State will not vote for any of
them. interruptions. l would say; MI
Speaker, that members of this House ought
TO he careful how they vote away the public
money of the State voting on these canals
and bayous, without knowing whether the
work is wanted or not so / am opposed to
This BILL: We voted $4,000 Of the State
money for the, Bayou Rapides Navigation
Company, and believe the people up there
lon'. want it ; don't need 1t; and until the
people say they want these things; / intend
10 vote against them.
MIR Blunt, of Natchitoches / object to
his bill on these grounds The bill does not
show to iis that it is actually benehting the
State. and calling for the amount Of sixty
honsand dollars, certainly oppose it.
hope every member will oppose it until they
how /. is benz fit.
Mr. Bentley of ST. Mary have some pei
,onal knowledge Of this work that is pro- |
1osed to be done, and hope that nota sin.
gle member of this floor will vote against it, |
It is one OF the few good bills that have been |
PRESENTED for our consideration this session. |
There is an appropriation for making Bayou |
navigable. For several months |
II the year steamboats, stick ON the bar in |
his bayou. 1t is necessary for these people |
o have ready access to the New Orleans
market; as they must have provisions in win
er and ship their produce in the falh
On motion the bill was finally passed.
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iuskiux Outrages In Upper south Carolina.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 14.-Much excitement
Prevails in Columbus owing to the outra~
res of the Knklua in the upper counties.
body of 800 masked horse,nen surround.
d the Jail Of Union county on Sunday |
light, tied the .iailor, and took out ten ne
ro prisoners who were confined on the
harges of murder and arson.
Six of these wsre shot, two hung, and |
wo are missing. The pfetext for the
rime was that the prisoners were about
D remove to Columbia on writ Of habeas
orpus. Much indignation prevails among
he people without regard to party.
Statistics of immigration.
1t appears by official data that the num-
er of foreign immigrants who arrived in