The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-09-03
u VII. NATCHITOCHES, la" SEPTEMBER 8, 1851.

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persistent of the tribe are those who infest |
newspaper Offices.
Under the head Of . ''Startling State |
meut," the New Orleans States makes these |
comments:
Major Benysurd gives local paper the
startling information that the Mississippi
IL rapidly cutting itself ! channel into tie |
Atchafalaya and expresses the belief that
the latter stream will shortly become tho |
main bed Of the former leaving New Or
leans standing on very shallow stresn.
Major Benyaurd il reported by the paper
To - having said in substance that
little leas than = year ego when the gauge
read nineteen feet, be had made ooundings
at the mouth Of Red River, and found
bar, and on his visit there few days ago,
be again made soundinks, and with the
gauge reading eight and . half feet, be
iound sixteen fret At water where the bar
he'd been, and various depths, hut none
less than sixteen feet in the channel Of
Red River clear to the Atehafassys,
between seven and eight miles from the
mouth Of the Red. 800
II the change noted above continues to
developc M rapidly ~ Indicated, aud it
is more apt to increase, then indeed are
there strong grounds to bel eve that Maj.
Bsnyanrtl's observations and snr'nises are
correct. II ia undoubtedly the fact that
tue channel Of the Atchsfalsys il incress-
ing in depth At an astonishingly rapid rate.
With the mouth Of Red River virtually
closed lV huge bsr aud the volume Of
water increasing a. the Atchafalaya deep
ems aud wilens, then we'll may he grave
fsan that New rleans will become an in
land city and the mighty Mississippi, with
its vast volume Of water, will find new
outlet down the Atchsfslsya into Grand
Lake and thence through Atchafalsya
10y to the Gulf Of Mexico. What would
the people Of New Orleans think OF such
freak Of natures manifestations!
The Shreveport 7i@ss farniales the fol.
lowing description Of an exhamei relic Of
"auld lang syne": n..r
A WONDERFUL REuC.-Major Devoe
Yesterday showed us an article which Il
q decided novelty in it, way. II was %
enormous iron or steel spur that wonld
put to shame anything OF the kind now In
uss By the Texas cowboy OF Mexican
xresser. Il was found three feet below
The surface on thu line Of the New Otleanl
Pacific rsilroad about opposite Natchito'
ches, The shank il sbOut five inches IN
length, and the spur Of the rOwel about
four inches in length and 40 large - thu
little finger. They were evidently longer
but the oorroding touch Of time had cur
tailed thar fair proportions. In the open
inn In tho shank for the rowel to work in
there 10 embedded piece Of root over q
inch in diameter. The "wespon" vii
weigh probably over pound soA half
II Il IL wonderful relic 10 . email way
4 aud carries the imagination back 20 th'
times Of DeSoto, though "ftom ought thu
ever We could read in tale or history," d
zach spur wss ever seem of the burlesqu
. stsgo. Il 10 impossible TO conjecture hoy
masy years have passed since II gfaced ID
heel OF some doughty cavalier Of Spain, Q
some dirty Mexican, - the ease may hay
been. a,..s a.,.s s....l, .gu s,,,a
A similar relic. was described, b
} the writer hereof, in the vlNDicArOI
!. having been plowsd up in The field Of NJ
. Smith near rsrt Jessap. The spar - cel
tainly . link conneetins this section wit
! the Ca Antonio Trace Of . century and
half ago when pack mnles laden vii
on. aud various goods traysrsed this ROM
. between Natehiteehss I'D Tie CITY
q NAxico. Those were tho dsys ola Sall
|. L. Motto, Bienville, st. Denis and 9th
) sxphrsrs into tho region in aq n arqaI
d Natehitoches. s.-.j ~. .aa
III. The Claiborne Gsssdiss Of August 9O'
!. contains. como most excellent Though
Y under The heading Of ''rhe New Will
J. viii pay for their. lperssal. and scoinei
: With the visvs w. sxpessasd lsst Ne
?. under the oaptisn Of tsAsss Labor
\ Wanted Hsrs they Ars:: 9i,'s
v Along beside The old, beaten, dusty biz
!. vey.. On which our fathers plodded
ltheir OK carts and Wagons which NOV
p at Glow poce, The Young generation \
y laid down the iron track and erected {
o. teleelsph lima. The new oedef q thin
. are ppon %, No must iall into line. .
- move with the world or b run over q
q len behind. The cor u peoereas which
r. paooine eur deoe win not ihut Of tstel
e and stop 70 listel 70 any discuesioa ~
{. msfits Of The Ola highyey along VIII
we have pl dded III our Nves. The ord
~ Of the eneiueer ~ 70 put On 'seeen !
1t mske rspia speea. Il We are going
4. take Massage W must l0ee no time In 6
i ting aboard OF the train VIM b gone.
= il ~ lats, perhaps, for those who Nj
~ grown nm and been educated In The I
III sntivusied Nes Of The spAeols u. the p
% adspt themselves "a. tho changed Of
e aAAra. but what We want IL to b
u, Ilthe present Genefation educated II
Il. ~ win il9litaAe their adoption TO 3
" practical progressive tin'es IN which =
=: II; Tie o,d methods Il sgicSlturs u ns
hvI lscture win not suit tho present ~.
M. vant nov methonDe( eduealaoa - d
n. youths foe ths new lie that 10 opsuing
~ loee them, and not 70 pEejudics them
~ fAyor oftke "a rute IN whieh thsiI fatl
u Eneved. The Cd nethcae have Or
h thcir aEs, hut they ~ no nets a u. n
X. ~ tanS1than N OK cart 10 to carry