, 1869-11-21
The sfaastssiPpf-r he vase rtes OF IL
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F'-rrn f1t Mtm,his .1;-t1neh,
A ccntlesIan weN cnartrsact E,.h TIC esn,&e.
te1ts!ics or sur 0Fraf river caI-nu+e tha. Il moves
Tn Aaoofant cent ol suu one E1ss eyery Sour.
u 70: dsss.tonteit'er vas: area, wo1.I raye Ihe
Scst astonishing r4ecs IN tho ennrse ot lew
q is length it r. nowc7er. conunassr ssk,na ',s nn
sDt leposttipc. The heavier specie.s Of ulr, Il
ca1:ted alonS nus 1aoEs dlsLascs when * - again
rent ia the nvef s,rtSe- th= bank there .s al ex-
renEve excavation Ee!p0 On. The water laps
up sae ioS4s , 10Y, sTEJ soeoess.ss vave bearing
q ID hnor !. Hno.t tine Within 4 rersoi
isons. :, tne ess-sn.sins sss osel % Two 1aa o2 S2
tnns OF sc.l, Most o. wa:ch pas no7cI males
srs{ ga e aa nef e, one sS
suaissa ,.ra: 4 +. sts*is 6sas. VIII vs ss Coz.
ite = Just taea Of me navsnE ecra - /: m ma5 ee
at Memphis u neirR done By sns r1y.r, there viii
a!to be \ sort Of compen&alin2 4 Routnent going
Is aways deposirnF spiST On st tse ota.r ,itss st
We zee right opposite oar city that the bars' On
@ @sA5ssrsas snotss.s making stesdv prnrres%,a IN
rawn from un1er cur feet, Tats peculiar 1nores
Eent may be understood By considering IN. tug-
1ags; Away Aocve tne CITY me stresm s.r,te, ~.
AIAAnsas shore, N which polut it Hcoopinr out
vim great rap!t!ty. II rebounds from thl, shoru
The ch!ekasaw htu6., All about tie mssUih Of
W0u hlxef, and for hi1 or seven hundred
{,s nsi ,s:ae ssle. s.oss ssas ps.t .. ae
and the foot Of Monroe street Il tneu reho,uds
osain, an.1 Travelling aceaniiae 10 the laws mas
I'll It ttrkes the .Al1ansas shore again. II ali
'hoee patnia OF contact there IS nc excavation
soirK o.. and At the points oppos,.e tneSe i. .ie
Possl1nR RotnR ou- by reason OF the yerv isrecu.
AZ oatifnc Of the E1vsfs eaaks, Of course ,se c1r
teht ooteres many vsRzrea that are no, eastv
sGSoan,ea 7 ioE IA At ones, nnt little tuvestsaloa
paJ1ieat lawk The PREDOMINANT featurn Of the
MISSISSIPPI throoRnoa. it, whole IeDsso, whsretae
continual change In many cases fae cn aage ia
psI1od'ess- The river having tan ia a cefss1n
9ou.ss ior , nnmoer of yeaH curing sad ealing
too GssAf Wss agAta decided to repair the ian
sEe u had nade. Moveu.nts Of fhst sou haTn
yea1.. Nampers or oid sseamhear men 1srni'. ~
the time when COTTON haies were lpxcrrd doSn
Bon: @ o@ e '"a. yef s.sf Ts NJ
nhous - years ago Tue rirer at that time h1d
s ssRs .nu III It i sos s.uS9 9es.a avs,
noyeme1t Il VII oe readily aeen taai : change
shove tue CITY, would have material efsct ppop
Its cur7ens ne1r. 10 that then = change once c.
o. down 70 tls Mouth, though the effect may nos
he %rible INN ed,ateiy. Atots th.rty-nve ear
$50 the HVet neean 70 frcsue lFnlu The hiud,
tury, leaving immense deposits OF ea.ta
vi eIe tic channel nsd ,,een over . hundred fset
our. Ths forc- Of the curFent III tie spring itoae
carries away N i*'And or I sand bar; IS eooQ ~
such eiAnd or aard nar IL removed. tho coarse II
pott te!ow, Whast there Was sacs water, there Ia
= t1uhloE current, and whese the current was
ed with tts load Of sand, begins to Ieposit
u the artt s'ackwatef !: comes 10 In this way,
IN few dsys. N ,mmenae heap Of sand
me st1ram CARED evrsysh,os hefsre i.
few days back. Round the sann bank there
viii Then he slack water, aud the deposlun9 Of
as sW ,ns asy saa &
ihe Astsstppl flied ont four hunire-t PARTS IN
iFent q Asnphisin IN the course Of quarter ofa
Century. About ten ear1 $50 tho periodical
change commenced and the current began eating
a-A5 thu bank NJ the rate OF tnittJ seet yeat.
The icoopina % out oos process vent cot On: vssehouses
the loot Of Na,ket 5tzees beszeen three
nrer worked nlorR tho bang IN frpuS
of sas s,sy IN ne ,oae .saee oi
rifset below nlch po'nt there Ia now deposit-
Inc going a. The excavation + going On with un-
atafed sigor, AMI no ono can iet wneru II vilt
The snltInz1k. % which tie soil Is depoAled, u
81 sana Il
away with fearful EspIdhy, snd whsa the river
ass naas 5ee2 CT ss9s .Is ~ r. saa sopef0
The question which e1esr'ses the ingenuity or
en- tatneers and fp1saa the tnrs OF the citizens.
1,ssr before il is.wF.Ia:.le damage Is aoas'" Tnera
IL no lack OF snsxt-::."ns tsun every source. TITO
great usretr,o le ~. rehsrdtd o. iron pesEa.
fyeu 4 etesmboat, w'tn series OF shadows and
saEdba.s in front of Us 1hat would e1-csoaIlJ de-
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