The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-04-09
Fhs lIississippi vailey ana R.v.~.

TO ne Edifers Of EGe Ns.s Orksans crese<at.
would beg through the cotamns Of yonr vnIuab, puh
Note Riyer-' The Grest MisisziDpi Ills wonderful ~.
tefla influence, the fureaBce OF M reantiI. ansrr.
and prosperty throughout the is vast eonnasr
Hs ydrauilcs Typographical and 0solox
cal the dangers 70 be apprehende. inusiT Of a.
Leses sSstsm constituted and carried out: s
syss eertAz result ultimately IRON the naoOt,oa of the
essetidv tteOEsieGt design Of Arci. Hydraulic saetv
Valves the deepeums of u IL fe-lIs
bayOus Laiosschs Paqasmias and Aasnaalsyal ior bs
cOnveyace Of the surplus OF the A.spu N n.
resting place in tie Gulf INTO Lake Ponte6ssIan .ud
the nlches which e ineyisahis consequences Of Cut
of the ARTIFICIAL szIshisnn< bsnds of sny riuz
but pariculary the Mississippi the geological orna-
ton OF Whose eea ESSENTIALLY htu7ai, and cans.aueudy
more exposd TO deEloa and ths eas1x is natural
banss, at ls bends whse the coucasaoa Of ts
current powerful and eddyinx. iasinx expose. In.
failaey and nuthy Of The Lsses and ydranie s.fsf
Valve" sysenss and the danger which viii upend shsuid
the haarat beds Of t BaJoas aieady mentioned b tam
peed with, lanai endeayos place besors the pubc .ys
which have completely successful in Other lzsa
Cn India and Ausrala), which, my opinion i hap
ply hated to the OF Creva@ up0n the banks
Of the aislssppas the preservation OF ths plantz
nOns tsbssks permanent nigroversnf Of 10.
navigation from the Baze 10 The fasa nssgape point
IN le lnieuU Of this coanuy.
am aware that the peatiOn nasnd oesapy and main
tain is difficult and pastisn somc of is bear
ass may am Lheorsfic1f SUCH boweyer not
the cse Ny Oplnons derived attention. 70 ;is
sabt investigation OF causes and effects cocuning
leuueu OF
also regret that serOasy dsenr nom ths
ylewb ol gentlemen Of hlsh reEaEy azinnenm ans sne
neef1ng character and Tepuizt0a, yez cain ezre
tut All un6iAe reading consideration Of ms stassueuts
and am sansuhe that eghsens psaecAi reader
VIII subscribe " tie teiabhay my ssunas rrnss mar
ge pardonethe dSEslo. and rsss neoa yos space and
the pAnsnes VI your readers; bat subleet Gs mo
vital DpoEiance ts Ultsd StzGes 0i Arneea. IL do.
merely involve question of the pFosTeritg Of
aaOa< but the prosperity Of iutnrs connsc OF Inc vast
Western prao Of iihneiss Of Wisconsin, Of Arkansas, OF
States in embryoyss, OF California tsii. eonvarsd
ha ere long Aaslcan euleEprSes will luHing the M.ppi
Ink and railroad Inc oter,) connect the PzeiHc
and Atlantic oceans (hy the raubs Mi1isippi) and
titus effect speedy transit for goods and pss.snEss
all OF the Un0n (eopesly under her own con-
trol, to the North American 'E Dorzdoso Eks SEafss
BANK OF natures own deposit
evidence upon this subject Gin common with many
other engneers) beofe JONI both Houss az
BatOn Rouge during the laie the Laguanre
Of this State still ee would be well that people gen.
orally should be uy OF er danger msans Of
1t IA that the now falling and that
no immediate max to be apprehended from crsvnws
but il is at the Of low that means should BE-
taken to prevent the or ey oil dssrs OF ruin
has oeczed, assrey viii occur axsiu Al
high water, unless safciehs eecve as tnkaa
to guard against such Calamity.
Should my pruduce careful and general
lion Of this amporant subject, shat proad Of being
The Instrument of such desirable result even shsai nv pro-
positions not be considered przedssb. with ths
opinion OF the majority. open COZ Vietion and
proceed TO be viii the ground oncs to the
purpose OF better and effective system But until
then am fully prepared To maintain my position. and 10
prove it to be correct one. ,ss9 I--
The subject which first claims our attention. in counscoa
with the consideration Of the properties Of the Father Of Wa
the wonderful Grferiat influence which exrciss and
viii and continue exercise the ex1aFon sf
mercantile enterprise and property ths eentsr of
the ns continent II yehicIe an easy and
economical vehicle Of Transit, to al articles pFoducs and
manufacture ned It's banks the different markets
where each commodity most valuable and likely yield
for the labor OF grower Or auac
tuFer We'll the Great River be coaasred the arey OF
the Western States through its fundamentally eeeed uto
the great emporium New Orleans. the produce industry
OF States and lis buon horns back
es lRxures. comforts whiehs had been agency
the dweers in the tar West might sigh tor but could not
possess consequences expense Of transit Did even de
enterprise Of man attempt substitute, csnsl raoad
how infinitely below the grand and great reality ho ipo-
tent the imitationi THos. LIZ FAKELLE, M. c. E.
Nesc Orleans. .4prii 5. ls5o RIO be Coutinusd1