New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-05-08

can possibly do. He is equal to the Unite
States in point OF pecuniary responsible.
3. Let your canal bill 60, and We will fu.
nish o better mode to get to sea-" So "
gave up the canal, released the Unite
States and accepted a jetty and the guarar
tee Of an individual. We have accepte
this in good faith and stand determine
to assure to the jetty contractor the fulles
and fairest trial of himself and his theory
But in her character Of administrator
of the late city Of New Orleans, St. Loui
the most perfect knowledge of all that re
lates to the concerns Of the decedent
Some of her agents in administration tele
graphed her that a mud lump has ap
peared in n Of her outlet passes, which
has accrued to her as part Of our assets
This island is eight acres in area and two
feet above the water The general orde,
reminds the public
That the liability to these sudden ND
heavals, in any Of the passes or any part OF
the adjacent region, has been one of the
most serious obstacles to navigation, anG
perhaps the gravest Of all difficulties to be
taken into consideration in any plan for the
permanent improvement OF the mouth O.
the river.
1t is explained that such an upheaval
might destroy a cana, and even damage
the %jetties, thus.
/ nno cuoh -nhaavoI x,,uJt x. "
night the most costly canal that could be
constructed. or render it necessary 70 re-
build some part OF any ~jetties.
The effect upon the canal would take
place in one night: that upon the .jetty
would, we infer, occupy a longer period.
1t could be more easily repaired and would
be an affair Of small importance.
In case Of the canal, however, the inter
ference would destroy works and block cd
navigation for a long time, while a similar
interference with either of the proposed
%jetties would not block up the channel. nor
probably involve very great expense, if any
OF the mud Jumps can be readily removed,
as some were in 1858, by piercing the shell
and suffering the imprisoned gas to escape.
What authority the st. Louis DemocrG.
has for saying that the interference Of a
mud island would not block MP the
channel we can not say. New Orleans,
being a city not only distracted but dead,
can not Of course have even the privilege
Of inquiry into the secret intentions of
nature, and communicated confidentially
to the city OF the future. The specula-
tons of these post mortem Swans upon
the nature Of these mud masses are SO in
genious, so original, and so free from any
knowledge Of those facts which have been
SO long and so well known here, that we
would republish the essay if we had the
space. Airport Of Hon. J. u. Robertson
upon these formations and eruptions fur
nishes the accepted explanation Of their
causes. They appear any where within
that part Of the delta; a ship at anchor at
night has been found aground in the morn
ing. An eruption has brought to the sur
brick, afterward used in building
.himaeys, and now, like the testimonial
OF the clown in Shakespeare, alive
this day to bear witness to the fact"
Mud Jumps may rise in a canal as well
IS in a channel. IN the n case they
could readily be cut or dredged through.
the other they would possibly improve
he ~Jetties by forming IN artificial embank-
nent. The action of the current, if it act,
IS is expected, would soon cut out the
'hannel with the aid of a dredgeboat.
We suppose the Democrat article is
written to favor subscription to the joint
took jetty company, which it seems is a
necessary preliminary to the work. We
lope it may have that effect, and so testify
hat q mud eruption in the line either of
anal or a channel would not permanently
impede either. So the solicitors of stock
0 the Jetty can go ahead without appre-
from this cause. We wish them
ntire and speedy success. 1t so happens,
owever, that while our patron and pro.
is caring for our affairs she has per-
her own 10 fall somewhat in disor.
er. The same protector who is to con-
.ruct the j~etties had just completed a
ridge Of size across the Mississippi. t
cost a very large sum, which :
G omit to state for fear OF max 7
g a mistake. The cost was. how {
we believe, nearly what the United
,ates paid for the whole Of Louisiana. {
ON which Missouri and twelve CT thir- c
en- other States lave been constructed. $
seems those memorable sharks and
who have loaned their money /
pom the first mortgage Of this completed p
'1dge have sold It out under the ham, r
er. 1t has thus passe@1rom the control n
the builders and the engineer, and we O
arm that that class Of shares verv well .
lown in the market as D. H. has ceased :,
have any quotable value. 4
We may anticipate, therefore, an abate. @
of that commentator of this great Il
'rk which has filed the st. Louis iouy. n
Is and inspired the choral correspond N
is from Washington. We naturally L
npathize with our disinteressed friends W
this calamity. There is, however, far b
rse. This bridge has passed into the ps
az We learn. of the railroads 70