Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-22

Vailed in IaNdUns haReVstf ~ ~ Z
stated III quite the other way aila 'nae w
nults pf Wallingtor'a receipts ief lhfetihs
t,,a tr;sb ty force tAd toutld The greatest mum
her III at,nis trteFa in the cabinet ieaflnE zee
ana liz moderate party IN the minority.
me latest tae- from Spain, shows hiatt vi
ap,bartaaztnents Of tie republic are ihefe9s
inr Nearly the whole Of Catalonia - IN arms
ana a considerable p~nrtiort o. the tfeoP'
cent tn auell the revolt have aoa,i'1 ~
,ha ea,,as aud sided with the movement ! He
,haIa of Tho garrison at Dafcplona las aeotatt
ngatns, Esparterc, aud the same me-, W. sh''
ri the garrison NJ Taragona. In Nalnllb3a' w
uovert,nr was killed in an affray and his b9h}
irappaa through, the streets and the constr
tuted authorities are hors du combat
M.gsisgippi Rtter.-It Is n question jre-
~u,lently asked, and never satisfactorily all
evpret1, "what goes with The Wathtf" 1T Is
known that The difference between high and
low water mark as high up as the mouth OF
White river IL about 40 feet, and the current
at high. water mark runs near z miles to the
hour. and opposite TO New Orleans, the differ
ener between high end low water il only II
feet and the current little over three miles to
the l.ot,r, the width ani depth Of The river
heinr The same. FROM which we can caitn-
late that near six times 81 much water pasFes
~ tia mouth Of White river as by New Or
leans. What goes With the excess The
ONLY solution | have heard offered ID, that it
escapes BY the bayuus pIaqueuitne, ltaEourch
and fberville, And when we calculate The
widtf, and depth; and the current OF these
bayous, they fall vastly short Of atlorJlng a
sufficient cscapement. The true explanation
can, | think, be given, AT low water, through
out the whole extent, we sec a sand structure
sxposed underlying the bank, Or that the allu.
vial e,ruet,,le On which, our plantations are, ia
n stratum Of derosite made by the river above
la low water mark, which opposite the mouth
Of White river il 81 feet thick; ond as you
descend the river diminisheB in thickness as
tba A Inference between hirlt aud low water
sin.iniahaH. and nearly corresponds 10 It. And
whenever the bcttorfi III exposed, i shows
throughout The whole extent that the fnttotn
Is pure coarse gand, showing at many places
the ocean ehiugfu.
Through The superirhpusod ~blliiYial struc-
t,tte miycd Will, fne eand the water petccl-
ates with stttll facility and rapldtr, that The
water lii a well dug at q considerable distance
from the river bank tlsns and talis with the
risa and fell In the river, not varying an inch,
and through the eoarBs sand and elltilgle oil
the bottom, It passes as rapidly a. through q
common seiru. by the accurate surveys ol
several engineers, II is ascertalned that The
fall Of the Mississippi river Ia four inches to
the mile. The distance from Natrhez 70 Nc"
UrIeanH, Of 300 mileH, will give loo inches.
o. 100 fee. The depth Of the river is below 90
feet at high water. The river debouehes into
the ocean from a promoniorY itself has made.
The surface of the ocean. Ia, by measurement,
below the bottom OF the fiter above New Or
leans. and corresponding with the low water
mark below New Orleans. Therefore the
river ID pouring through iR own bottom into
the ocea, , the auperitnposed weight giving la
teral pressure Il hurry the Eubterfanean cur
rent. If the reader has ever etood upon u
Mississippi sand-ha In q hard rain, or seen
water poured from a bucket Oh the sand bar,
he has seen that neither can be done in stuff.
ctent quantity to produce any current or aeGu-
mutation OF The surface.
The river il, therefore from The time II
tones below the limestone strata Of Missouri
and Kentucky, wasting itself Though tts own
bottom. If the Mississippi river had TO pnr-
sue lie course. like the Ohio, over 4 rock Btra
walled in BY rock and ainpefvioas clay
hanks. the high water mark at New Orleans
world reach one hundred feet above Ito pres
limit. But running over coarse sand.
walled IN BY a ~daposito made Of sand. ancient
detritus, and vegetable mould. no
more water reaches the ocean than the excess
over the amount that can permeate the sur
rounding structure, and pass eff, ia tho pro-
cess Of percolation or Transportation, IN the
suhterranean descent TO the ocean. The rip~
without any restraint from rock or clay in
the bottom or bank, IL left free TO the govern
ment Of no other law than the laws of hydro
The washing OF wasting otthe
banks cannot be prevented, through the sea.
wing or "tiiding OF large portions atone time
may be easily guarded against. There are
many proofs Of the validity Of the foregoing the.
ory derived from other rivers,
The Arkansas, west of that State, receives
several large tributaries, and is itself, above
,hn i~nnptinn, as large as the c~ongfeTated rIr-
ers after their junction within the State.
the State, il has no more tributaries
reaching the Mississippi rivera dis
lance of zoo mlles~whieh lies within the
sand district. As a consequence, a rise oil tf-
teon or twenty feet sometimes enters the stein
of the main river without producing any rise
the mouth, unless the supply is maintain.
ed for a considerable time, And the iar.ta-
med Niger river OF Africa, whose mouth has
never been found, may be lost and wasted
in the great sand plains Of the desert Of sa-
ara. aud its subterranean flood may be again
collected on the surface of a suhtefrsnean
stratum oi rock, and projected Oh the surface
Of the earth, and thus sustain the opinion of
plinv-that the Niger is d wcsrern and main
tributary Of the Nile. Ticksbrg Wing,
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