New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-19

taken, and that the Senator bad right te
withdraw the resolution.
Senator White called up the following
motion:
That all Senate bills of the regular or ex
ira session now in the hands of the commit
tees of the last session, be turned over Il
the committees as presently organized.
Senator Sypher moved to amend by in
sertlng land House bills"
Senator Detiege made the point Of order
that, under rule fifty five, the Secretary ii
bound to turn over all bills to the new com
Rittees which have been appointed.
The President ruled the point of order
ing over from one session to the othel
should be referred to their appropriate
committees, except if such session be of q
new Legislature.
Senator Robertson called for an executive
session.
Executive session having been raised, on
the call of the roll the following Senators
| answered to their names:
| Present-Messrs. Alexander, Anderson,
Allan, Blunt. Brewster, Bnrch. Chadbourn,
Cage, Dum0nt, Goode Ola, Greene, Har-
per, Herwig, kelso, Kelly. Ogden, Pol
lard. Robertson, Stamps, Steven, Sypher,
Twitchell, Weber, Wharton, White, Whit
ney, Young-28.
Ansent-Messrs. Blackburn, Breaux, De-
teige, Eustis, George. Grover, Landry, MASH
COTS.
Senator Wharton asked and obtained
nm 10 u,mona cnpsapf 70 prococ% @ba f,lIo,r;,o
memorial:
To the Honorable Senate and Members of the
House OF Representatives OF the State OF Louis
Your memorialiets, residents or land.
holders upon the Bayou Crosse Tete, Mar
agOruins and FOrdoche, in the parishes of
POinte COupee and Iberville, respectfully
request that that section of said parishes
lying west Of the Bayous Fordoche and
Crosse Tete, and extending from the upper
line of the Robert Dunbar plantation to the
lower line of the Gay & Daigre plantation,
be created q special levee district for the
following reasons.
First-Said district lies just below the
MOrganzs crevasse. and in the direct path
of it's waters, and is liable to foundation
from any break in the levee from Morganza
to Hickey.
Second-It contains about 10000 acres
cultivable lands, nearly &C, 0G0 of which val
ued, without movables, at over Is, 600 900,
we're in q high state of cultivation until the
crevases of 1862, and the subsequent raw
sges of war devastated q large portion of it.
Third-It was before that date partially
protected by levees built by private indi-
viduals, and can, by comparatively small
outlay properly applied, be perfectly pro-
tected.
And now your memorialists aek aid in
completing these levees-such aid as is only |
justly their due, which they have q right to |
ask, and which it is your duty to render. |
Its value makes it worthy of protection,
and lite location makes it practicable.
Before the war our rapid increase of pop
ulation and wealth rivaled the most pros.
porous Western State.
After the memorable food of 1867 the
State, being impoverished and unable to
the levees of the lower parishes
lett MOrganza and Grand levees
open as . safety valve, sacrificing few for
the good OF the many. We, thus sacrificed,
evees, and saved most of our lands through
S68 and 1869. In the fall of 1869 the &c
,revasses we're closed. Soon after rapid
immigration set in again. The combined
revasses of POinte Coupe and West Baton
Rouge ovelfowed four-ffths of our lands in
s74. Again was the State, through her
poverty, forced to sacrifice us for the good
# the lower parishes, and again were we
Q our poverty forced to protec: ourselves.
We were assured by those in authority that
We could only save ourselves in 1875. Nor.
ANA would be closed before 1876 1876 is
ow at hand. the State lie still unable to close
lorganza and probably will be for several
ears. We have just expended over SO, 900,
self protection, have saved our crops and
ut of these crops thus saved by our own
forts have paid the com bined taxes due
! 1874 and 1875. A portion of these taxes
re drawn from us for the very levees for ,
le sarety Of which We are sacrificed. Also ,
ur assessments tor taxes due IN 1876, have
cen raised in Ibervlle on our self-proteoted
lnds fifty two and half per cent and our g
italy unprotected lands lol y per cent, etc.
his taxation, though q great evil is com
aratively, but minor one. Capitalists
nd immigrants say that one section has
een abandoned by the State to the waters, Z
nd are frightened away. Our prosperity s
gone and many of our fields are waste.
vice in 1875, when the river below Nor
ANA was wholly within its banks, except
/ very low places, has the water been =
yainst our levees and over our unprotected :
'nds; twice have our main outlets the
atom Rouge and Red River Valley rail. | +
laquemines been overlooked, badly torn !
p and their bridges washed away.
Now in view Of the natural value of our
,ction, of its capability Of protection, of q
9 prosperity when protected, of the dam Z
yes done us by being sacrificed for the
Ifety of other sections, Of the injustice in
king q section thus sacrificed for the
rther good of those sections for which we a
ave already been sacrificed, we ask your
vorsble consideration of our case. and
at you will extend such relief as can
Isily be applied, and such as will at least
We us come justice. r
We further recommend that Marx Mayer,
S. Matthews. L. G. Sparks, S. T. McCAr-
e and H. r. Shark, who represent the va :
Gus interests of our district, be appointed
mmissioners to carry out the provisions
such bills for our relief as you may deem
st to pass. Z
The memorial was read and lies over.
The Chief Clerk of the House was an 4
'unced with the following message to the e
mate: q
HsusR OF RRPRHsRNrArlvEs,l =
New Orleans, January II, 1876. ) |
the Honorable President and Members Of the
Senate: y
/ am directed by the House of Represen-
tives to ask the concurrence of yonr hon
able body in House bill No. 3. entitled an '
t to repeal act No. IS, approved March %,
"a. etc.
Also, joint resolution No. 8, to appropriate
o 900 in currency for the relief Of the In t
ne Asylum, etc.
PETER j. IRRELEVANT,
Chief Clerk. Q
Senator Weber asked and obtained unani-
Gus consent to. call up House bill No. 8,
titled joint resolution to appropriate
$1,000 in currency for the immediate relief 9
the Insane Asylum of the State of Louisi- :
"a and directing payment of the same