The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-03-02

JAMES W. QUINN.
1Ir. Harry Lott, of Rapides, moved
that consideration of the report OF the
committee be postponed until tomorrow
Il. one o'clock.
Mr. Quinn, OF Orleans, moved to lay
that motion on the table, upon which the
ycasand nays were demanded b. Barrett,
Of, Orleans, and H. Lott, of Rapi0es'
which resulted rs follows:
Yeas : Antoine. Barker, Barrett, Bar
row, Belot, Bickham, Brewster, Brous-
sard, Brown, Bryan, Buckingham, Rurch,
Cutler, Chachree, Cochran, Darby, Davis,
Demas, Durio, Ellis, Floyd, FonteGeu,
tiaddis, Gardner, W. Harper, Huston,
Hyams, Johnson, kearson, Kenner,
Killen, Laurent, Llambias, Mahoney,
Marie. { Matthews, McCarty, Meadows,
Moncurc, Morris, Murray, Nelson, Otto,
Overton, Pond. Quinn, Raby, Sartain,
Schumacher, Stanton, Tatman. Thomp-
son, Tounir, Verret., Wands; Waters,
Whcyland, +. Williams So.
Nays: Adolphe, Bentley, Blunt, Bowen,
Buchanan, Carr, Crawford, Devices, Fanlk-
ner, Garstkamp, p Harper, Kinsella, H.
Lott, j. B. Lott, -Norphy, Riley, Ringgold,
Smer Stamps, Washington, of Concordin,
II. Williams. Wilson, Worrall, Younc-24
Al @,, fo1,l
vailed.
Mr. Yorke, of Carroll, offered the follow
i,g motion, which wa. read and adopted by
"a rising vote of 80 yeas to 10 nays:
That the report be recommittcd to the
Committee on Elections and Qualifications.
and that they be instructed to take further
testimony. and report on Monday next, at
one o'clock, and that their report be printed
with the evidence.
The Speaker resumed the chair.
The Committee on Internal Improve
mants, through its chairman, submitted the
following report, which was read and r. :
ceivcd:
COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS,
New Orleans, january 81, 1871.
To the Honorable Speaker and Members OF the
House of Representatives:
Your committee to whom was referred a
bill entitled an act to amend an act entitled
IAN act to incorporate the Bayou Rspides
Navigation Company" approved February
II, 1850, and to grant State aid to said COM
rany, having mat;:rcly considered the who'll.
subject. beg leave to submit the following
report:
The bill proposes to improve the naviga-
ton Of R.d river, the main channel of com
,nnnication with New Orleans from all that
extensive aud fertile region OF territory com
posed of Eastern Texas and the parishes
Cadio, Bossier, Claiborne. Bienvilie, Union
Do Soto, Natchitoches, Grant, Winn, and
Rapid,s. together with all that portion OF
the State Of Arkansas lying upon and con
tiguous to the said river.
The Importance to the State of Louisiana
End to the city of New Orleans. of the easy
navigation of the Rcd river viii be at once
appreciated when We can show that the
yearly shipments of cotton amount to 300,
600 bales, which, with the amount Of sup
plies sent in return, would swell the con
,uerce Of That stream to GOO, 900 tons, r,
guiring steamboat tonnage Of about 2o,OOU
tons to transport, and that the valne of this
uroluce is about fifty millions of dollars
And further consideration presented to the
minds of the committee is the fact that the
reshipment of all this cotton at this port,
and The forwarding to this port OF the sup
plies for the Red river trade, fully double
the amount of business, and makes the blilk
of the whole trade by the Red river outlet
fully one hundred millions annually, or verN
nearly one fourth Of the entire commerce OF
tae city of New Orleans.
II il well known that the distractions at
,xnndria, caused by tie Falls. have on
s,r,;-.i occasions before baen tie subject Of