Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-11-02

Humphrey, of Missouri, is tho au-
thor of the following grand project
ed enterprise:
Let the nation be made great
workshop for its laborers, which
would not only revive tho prosperi-
ty of the South but tho whole coun-
try, enabling the people to pay and
bear the burden of taxation.
We propose by government as
siStancc to unite the waters Of tho
Missouri river with the waters Of
the Gulf of Mexito, through q new
aud sasb channel. beginning with Q
canal ut Kansas city, on the Missou-
ri river, running to branch Of tho
Usage, connecting by canal with the
Ncosho river ut the falls, running
two hundred and fifty miles or more
to Fort Gibson, on the Arkansas
river, then running down the river
to Fort Smith, passing around the
base of the SAN Hoies montain, thro'
n small branch of the Arkansas
river, into n branch of Red river by
canal, the running down Red river
some distance to n branch of Red
river, connecting by canal through
Gaines creek, with q branch by ca.
nal to Sabine river, running three
hundred miles into Sabine hay
The fall of this great Sabine and
Ncosho canal or Sabineosho river
will be two thousand feet, making
the canal most feasible and practic-
able. 4; 4; \ X
There will hardly be one hundred
and fifty miles Of canal but the
great benefit will be in the chang
ing tho courses of these great rivers
in high water, so as to save lands in
the lower Mississippi and Arkansas
from overflow, rec!aiming thousands
of acres of the best lands of the fin-
est part of our country. The land
in Kansas and Indian Territory
and Texas will increse in value mil
lions Of dollars, and support a more
dense population than can live in
the Mississippi bottoms under tho
present lcvee system. The great
canal saving all the lands on the
Mississippi river, and Arkansas and
Red rivers, doing away with the
lcvecs entirely, can be completed at
a cost of twenty-five millions of
dollars, and it will last for all time.
The great river or canal, running
through a country vast in extent,
can be completed in three years, at
co OF nine millions Of dollars
Creating cut-ofs In the river, and
Strengthening the channel of the
river, can not prevent the filing
of the channel. But making
new and opening gid outcuts
and changing the course of the vol
ume of the water in the Mississippi,
Arkansas, and Rcd Rivers, and
throwing the large volume of water
by the Sabine or Neosho canal, OF
Sabineosho river on the west, into
the gulf at Sabine bay, and on the
cast throwing the waters of the
Yazoo river and the Big Black into
Pearl river; thence into the gulf,
and the upper waters of the Ten
ncssee through Wills valley to the
Coosa River, thence into the Ala
bama to Mobile bay, thence to the
gulf, is the only way to control the
Father of Waters, and render Q
lasting blessing to mankind.
This great river being the outlet
of an immense valley, apd tho great
travelling and commercial thorough
fare of this vast country, whatever
effects the pcrmanecy of its channel
or general character as a navagable
stream mpst excite an interest in
the minds of the people of the I'm
ion, but more especially those that
scsido in the immediate valley.