The Arkansas banner., 1849-06-19

0a"A"hk wln IeVythE II Nns in that way that tths low Sands In Hollaua were reclaimed spd SO |, will bs with this eounsy. Psr,isl levin, ,, cer-
 ,aln pcists will benefit those points. bu, ,n;ure otisers ih the same rssIo; whilst general system of levyiug.i think has been demonstrated, would ruin all do not thiak that much of ar, ia rsopirea in
 the coupling of the two systems, foE. Cod, in hts kisd Psetidesee, has given suYieiency of nat
 nral esnsls fl we will has avail ourselves of them
 tbe country is full, snd but little labor is necessary to the keeping of them free from choking with drift
 Then very slight embankmeats ia froni are oulv
 necessary, The bayops may occasionally need slight enbankment along them. There are two or three great canals provided for us by nature, which
 with but little labor, would of themselves reclaim the eouatry on both sides, from Helena to the month of Red river. I sllude, on the eastern side, to the Yazoo Pass, This Pass leAves ihe Misss- sippi few miles below Helena and is in fact the head of the YazoO rivsr. From my recollection of that Pass, ten years ago, it could not have been wider than twenty steps with cypress timber grow ing in it's bed It has now wdeued, and so good is the navigation that hat-boais frequently take that route A littIe labor could widen it to double its Ntutls IL seems 10 require nothing be- 1 yond the deadening Of tho timber. Had not the Horse Shoe cutoff. immediately below taken place just when it did, the pass was giving evidence that
 it would soon make itself large enough for all use- fui purposes Some even thought the river might go that way In addition to the pass, in the one hun dref and fifty miles below, there are many large bayOus leading of directly from the river and form ing tributaries to the fazoo These could be made i to carry of one-hslf more water than they now do l by little cleaning out of drift-wood. These u- creased volumes of water, forming the Yazoo, and not returning to the '' father of waters V until just 1 above Ficksburg, cannot do other than have very perceptible influence in decreasing the volume of water in the Mississippi from Helena to vicksburU
 The great canal alluded to on the western side Is bayou Bartholomew. By reference to the map it will be that it takes its rise near the Arkansas river, above Pine Bluffs, and parallel with the river handred miles, when it tarns south and runs parallel to the Mississippi some three hundred miles, where it empties itself into the Wasbita. 1t is thought by many that it furnishes evidences con elusive thai it was once the bed of tho Arkansas river itself, Somewhere near Pine Bluffs, by bend of both bayou and river, they come within no great distance of each other At that point, am iu- formed few years since the river broke over its banks and cut out canal of some width and depth to the Bartholomew Fearing that in another freshet it would become of such width and depth as to be of serious neighborhood inconvenience, to prevent which they clubbed together and stopped it. Such the evidences it gave of rapidly cutting, that some fears were entertained that the whole river might go there, which. as l understand. was an ad- ditOnal reason for stopping the cut Now, whilst think 1t entirely practicable twthoat any personal knowledge of tue point) 10 turn a very great volume of wuter through the Bartholomew, perhaps the one-thrd of the river iB extreme frrshels, look on it as entirely imPracticabie te turn the whole river there; for the same causes which re- removed it from the bayou Bartholomew 10 it's pre- sent site will operate keep il there. That cause found in the shorness of the distance to it's pre- sent mouth, compared to it's mouth when Bartholo- mcw was it's channel The fall being greater, must always keep the site of the river where it now is. Now, if one third of the Arkansas river can be turned through Bartholomew al this point, never to return to the Mississippi until it returus at the mouth of Red river, would not all that portion of , country on the Arkansas, from Pine Bluffs 10 the mooth. be perfectly relieved of udalions as we'll as the entire country from the mouth of the Ar kansas to Vicksbnrg by the combined operations of the BartholoTe9 and Yazoo Pass1 It seems to me it would, and that il is perfectly practicable though limited Knowledge of the country about Pine Bluffs prevents my speaking with certainty. should baye much more co afideDce in the views of practical gentlemen living in the neighhorhood, than my own; such us Gen. Bird, Gen Yell, Coi. Farrelly, Col. Clay, Col Smith, Gen. Mtchel, Judge Mason, and old Mir. Wstson and assure your readers this article was written more with the view of calling public attention to the subject, and eiiciting the views of only those gentlemen but others scattered throughout this great region pro- posed to benefited than with the hope of doing much myself.
 1 The question presents itseIf--whst would bs the probable effects to the fazoo and Bartholomew lands, when such increased quantities of water thrown through theml As 10 the fazoo country, { know too little to speak with certainty. Slight leyees might be nec'ssary to their protection and if so, they would be than compensated for this trouble m the increased avigation--amonBt- ing, lsuppose, to some two hundred miles of splen- did country, where theguek vibrations of the pass
 ing steamer have yet to be heard for the first time. or the bayou Bartholomew country can speak with more certainty. They higher and drisr than any bottom lands have ever seen. do not think if all the waters of the Arka nsas could be turned through it, it could make levee necessary. In fact all that couhsry needs to be of the first countries in the world, Is 10 give 1t navigation. His scheme fer great portion of the year, would confer that blessing; 80 that the great scheme submitted has the excellence of combining ia. eslcuiabie advantages without accompanying dis advantages. lpr6mised, In the commencement, to give my thougas in regard to retaining the lover part of the river also, This article, however. has [ been DrOiuirtsa atraadg fa ts