The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-08-07
sdequaonnae Of snch dmin atioa save The ners ased
svspoTa consequent from the exposure OF the lands

sdequaeMae Of snch dimn aioa. save The iners ased
svapOSnoE c0psequsnt from the exposure of the lands
By cleaning and cultivstioD
This increasing quantity of sedimsnary matter subse
10 deposit. makes Iser navigation somewhat
certain. from the more extensive formation and hucic-
ang transfers OF bars and middle gtounds caused by The
Getting OF this solid matter ON its descent to The ocean
and on which ne safe calculations be made from
one year TO another Those channels which shortest
ana sAisst Tor steamers during the several s,axes OF water
one year. may not be equally so the nex, But over
some part Of the river bed the viii always nave
power 10 wash out for themselves chsnnei .ni1usn
which 10 descend 10 the ocean and IN SO DOING VIII III
SURE depth sufficient during the greatest dvp,es
sion oil the waters. for the passage o. s'Tde's Whsn
tne nyer bed wde and the waters sleaa
IN which TO make the passage out hese spread waters
subsde they concentrate IN the most OF
their bed thereby acquiring sufficient force from the
mutation 10 wash for themselves passage through which
steamers can always make lheir way;
The lower The river periodically falls. The deeper does
il reduce this low wafer bed. thereby making
in channel for the passage OF the rising waters the
ensuing spring which. again, when al their highest
sagss less h up these low passages with
sand and other solid matter before thus alternately
obsrucDg and removing distractions by urging this i'm
pedng mater onward to where the force Of the current
Such 10 The general rule OF this river lar affects
navigation from Its uncture with the Ohio 10 The bar al
its mouth
Although the ncreasiD quantity OF solid matter 10 be
transported 10 the opposes serious obstacle TO
RIVER navigation, necessarily increases the difficulty
its mouth for at hehwaier stages when the force OF the
WAttie N ubsBk 20 NuCu oi thetI FOIu along,
there must be extensive deposit in the most depressed
portion Of the bar channel, because the still OF
the gull impede the oree OF the current by which the
detrta matter is agaled and carried forward thus sha
lowing the channel through which ships conducted
and rendering difficult The egress to and from the
lhis will al times amount 10 serious obstacle to the
Tree commercial intercourse between the Gull and the
city OF New Orleans, against which there Is no certain
remedy for SO long the waters Of the river are
charged with the transport OF SO much solid matter, so
surely will they let such amount OF fall the bar
will al times seriously block up the free passage for
large ships
This evil s progressively increasing with the changes
taking place above, against which the almost continual
sgilaioh Of the AMI mud by The and ships
IN making the passage oil The channel the bar is not
Al all C0unieacve OF the disposition 10 deposit But The
evident effects this particular sufficient indicate
the aei'ang processesthe eBectual, and, we may
say only practical remedy for relieving The bar channel
from this obstruction BY aeatng the the solid
matter would be kept in suspension m passed forward
into deep water Therefore, il the usual operations
the bar at any time insufficient Tor the removal OF
any excess OF deposlir practical means OF such char
acer, constructed for the purpose, may be benehcal
applied al no considerable expense.
Ii may be well remark here, that ia former report
portaon and deposi,e by the Mississippi river of the
quantity OF required Tor the formation OF the della
our calculations were founded strictly the quantity oil
sediment collected from the al the period OF OBJ
scrvaiOn and We have above seen, that The quantity
OF solid mater now transported Is much increased over
that OF early periods. may be that the time requisite for
the formation OF the delta may have been considerably
longer than that calculation demands.
Two or three other papers worthy OF notice in
yesterdays and .odsys proceedings Enough for this
time NJ