, 1870-08-08
Improvement OF the Mouth OF tho
Mississippi


Mississippi.
Some weeks since wc informed on. .cs1ers ,aa,
GonEreaA aad Nattt fresh appropriation ut $a01-
wv Ior me improvement Of The bars 1t the month
q q The Ass!*-'pri RisrE. The t..oniug article,
good i ftInE dong Win th1s last appropriation
and what benefit may be expected frbm the ex-
pen,iIixnse Of tnc pEssent apprnrnat,os- It Will he
the motley bur that, IN erect excry uallar OF Ii
Il thrown into The I'VE: and l3s;:
-, F"f ne past fhfet 'ears tur commerce has been
snnefinR lrGm an insuclc!en. depth OF xAfer at
tie mouth Of the river. Ne hare scen a. uue tine
sao0ootO worth Of merchandise Ietalyti IN South
west Pass bar, an,s large vessels wholly prevented
eress hss appropriated *il0.oo0 for the work OF
,ilesiginx What has beru tone With the money .
| The E*sa!ons has s'een wofk!ng systematically
on rass.a-sousre bat. ana. Notwithstanding ali the
rrnnats l1ae, the fsct still remains tha herc il
net single inch tunrr watern that bar than when
ms vessel commenced wsrk Southwest r1ss
Las nut te en- tohched, sod get nea II all nur COM
lntrce seeks an Inlet mud outlet through 1lat eh an
| Lei Alter So Lsng An experiment, r,. afc f,7rel
to tie conclusion thst the Es-ason. IL tot Il tAl-
uTe; aad We are furthermore fully warranted Ia
asserting that the T. ,1ef.rtTr nos outv III con.
stTc'f"p, hut that the principle up>n Wn.ca sac
"t1ka will never give q the desired rel,rL 1t
nrar sctnsthc thet'r.rs forever re: tat n,ttcan-
tile e.r's!hutIfy rf New Orleans ali Ut he West
arr already we'll satisfied that this - pet Project
{" great ttmhuc. ant. tha. AZ l9r |; i tcistl
IRON tie government the bors will tpmst.s Iust
as fhrE are teEtAy.
0n: c.mn4eree Ia reeei!!nS heavy tIoas every
cay 1Lat Int bars fctl.otn In thcy Present conJi-
f..r, and We clunEt afortl to sit down ana wait
t1n tnese ose!-ccnfient officials have expe,iment-
20 away ole or two million dollars. We have
tight to expect immediate results a;,tl We have al
tenfJ been TOO patient under the numerous fall
nr's OF the EssaEnns. Promises without en,l have
Ieen male hut never fultlle.L Scccess + atways
Ment appropriations going. hut the 1ars DO not
MI1anlsh one slnEle inch: $50. eco we're expended
70 build thts !" wnt deEful dreIge boat G,J some
E@oxetnment @ savorite, 1t Is to be suppo*tt,, aud
800 'o0 pr annum to opernse IT, and yet she has
1ct removed Wheclha1ruw lua.i Of mnd from the
fer.
7lese are facts. and they are fae:a c, grras
moment TO this city, sud to the whole West. We
present them nnt as our MN Views. but As those
q the manner ~ Commerce, and OF shr Whole
SUBJECT
Ttt. the i" experimenting is no, TO cease for an
psoprtate<i The sum Of tso0,oeS ~ imp1,riag the
A,oush Of the Mississippi. Hog DOES the Engineer
Department propose y +Ienss this sum. T~o Or
three tftne5e ent parties. nen Of pfarttcal D0Hf-
ecre, well known In s$s city, and en1,rser! br the
Chxmoer Of c"nnerce. aaert,i 70 do the *ors for
leen accepted, bus Ills humpue Essagons il to be
repaired. nrr nacEtnt1y improved, aud anotaer
ss4Ael fntlt Of ne SANG q. *c.p," IN o,ssF
uE,- It an expense Of 10000, and no work
t:cne.
t.! failure IT ther pas: Efforts In ttFo way4 They
ere E,,iEg to charge The machinery Of thc Essay-
ona which demonstrates that she Is now defective:
and 1hcy ate gutng to work On Southwest Pass,
af.er asserting for two years thar the deepest Wa-
al could be maintained IT Passsa-IOasre. What
50 these changes n2utfy: We must necessarily
Infer that the officers Of the E.sayons are unx
convinced that they lave been wos k1nc for one
year tn tce wrunE place, anil with the wrong ms
ehtnetE. TEty tAe1sly atiullt having sopandercI
the public funds to caET out their vtewa aud vet
they arc confident enough that nuY frture ef;nrts
tEey make will b sueeesEful-
Intee 1e3fs OF experiments. 4. and three 5rafs OF
tota1 faure, convince The people Of this CIR tnat
toe -RnFernment lob viii rot afInfl them any
relief whatever. and they now appeal TO the West
70 Join them 10 thtle efforts to femose the OBJ
knuctCns Ut the mouth Of the river Ther feel
confident that any annual appropriation viii be
wasted By g scientific etllcaIS." AMI call upon the
penre OF tue whole Valley Of the Mississippi 10
demand Of Congress an appropriation OF The nec-
eaRaJ sum TO build ehlp canat below Fbrt st
Philip
II &s well known that any work on the har mnst
lie continuous The waters are deposlttnR setii.
ment night and day. and this sediment must be
Instantly removed The annual expenditure OF
Goe, eco represents, At per cent interest, cap
ltal OF 8, 1A, o00 This l1tEer sum wll be annie
to construct Ine proposed canal, which would af-
fotd iMmetlate and permanent RELIEF By 1ank1n9
the bars -