The Arkansas advocate., 1833-02-20

- being commenced. This work, which was formerly viewed as afi experiment, lis now reduced to a practical certainty The hars throughout the whole exteh1 tof the Ohio river can bc removed in sneh q manner IS to produce a=as:. and
 uniform navigation aa its lowest stage of
 water with steamboais drawing fpuffee( ] of water. Those i've bars iilat haxe been operated Oh, were b1 far the nost
 difficult and shoalest in the Ohio from the mouth of t6e Scioto to the Missisr sippir river. By tllat system ofimpfove ment, tho chaunels over the bars ara Inade permanent: no shifting can poar Isibly take place by the drifting of tho sand, but the channel must remain in the same track from year to year; ecnz Iscqnently, the navigation of the rivee viii be much better undeFstoa3 than if; 5
 now is. In tue natural situation of th6 sand bars in the Ohio, they are liuble io have channels washed through them i1 different places, it the yariousstaRess l Inc river. When the water EaIIs, ma becomes scarce, the pilots are verY much al loss 10 find the best pass oxer l inc hars. Thia difficulty is aIlti irelg IL
 moved by the wing dams, as the chap- { nel will forever remaiii in the same lilie. without possibility Of q change, Hlfll at least double tbe depth, ,at ezl water mark, that is to De found on tks
 stoalrst bars in their original lorms.
 sTsvIisas tt!.::ss Ills ...es!: A;::a
 ced. many persons objected to tIic plan,
 fearing injury from tie wing dams, ata medium stage of water. This obiec~ l ton is now removed from lthe mind Fl
 every man who has witnessed the effect,
 and seen the dams, since they have been constructed.
 On the Nississippiriver there hava
 been five steamboats sunk within fha
 last rear, viz. the Favorilc. Atnazof,.
 New. fork, Lady of the Lake, and Laus
 isFille. The circumstauces oflhe loesdo ot these boats, are as follows: the Fa..
 yorite. was sunk by sinking T log orrqot l in . shallow pass, known by the nanio of Bordeaux chute, when ilat rit6l i. W Wx6
 evidently too low for tlle boat fo I,aYe
 passed through the chute. If She l,a3
 not have bcen stove, sbe must have tt1rylv cd back, and taken the main channel oI the river. This boat filled with wal2
 settled on bar in about feet wslfcys h this situation the captain and creN,
 except the mate and one rnans leff tlso
 wreck. h few day, fbe hss;i4 itsee= fe l dry by the fall of water. Ihe damaxe to the hull was but tri1ing, being ffats < ture in plank on the starboard hnw. and no timbers or frames krokcn. l6 this situation, the cltixefs from tlle op. poste shore of the river attacked fI11 boat, drove the mate aud man into (baz
 woods, broke open the hatcheo took ont and carried awaX the most YsIoable Z lpart of her cargo. &nd eel fire to Inc ,; boai, and burned her witt, the remnant
 of cargo they had left on boart|, Ihe l,New- York struck a tpe tl,at liesorI nm
 bottom of the river af Riddles poii3f- @ miles below the mouth of the 0hi6 river, which stove in tI3e bottom. ma
 she sunk iu a few minutes inabou(5 5 ieet water. ! Fms accid idenl took pI6ce in fhe winter, when the Ohio, Uppes 1E| ie5f1z if15 sipPi, Missouri, aud III (heif iribola- Iries, were frozen. COnse4uenfJv TIT Mississippi was extremely loN and uIi l safe to navigate. The sfeanshaa4 York WIS built ofoak, and was rof c6s1 |sidcred a safe boat, A { the iiiTe el,d was loet, che was maIxine thc lasf trI1 sbe probably would have made, 6s tlsS5s owners were preparing new hull fo take the engine. The Ainaxols W sy s R
 boatthat had been to the AsI.axor river
 several years, attMoBiie Seytfal more.
 and was very fraiI. She HIT m on r
 s1ag or log that lay within lii ite eIl p1
 twenty fectof the banf ol ffc rfS<r | TT k much cioser to shore than any boa fSr
 ever he run in the Mia1iasippf riscr < @
 my degree ofsafety, IT tli6 .hofss mn
 lorever be lined Tith lon of0m11 AIT
 and etl1er dapgeroBs ok1lruct ion rSI
 he foreels on its kenIio I,Aye b6611 @<1
 tirely clearod aways Fhe LdIdy 1T (l
 Lake was sunk il iIsust Ias 6y Irl|
 ing 50 slightly that fhe Shoc Il1 no
 perceivabIe by many peFson5 orl bsSfi
 This boat was yeaIs k md spn6
 have been rotten and nm of{l3S ol fT| sit. The l0nisviile 11iIS TIT ff lbA fI I4
 per Mississippi. IF Sas \ substaplIs
 good toaly nm Wilx deacendi3se ihe rivs er 1afietl vifh Iead Frosv, sf,,nc ;x,< ,ax