The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-07-22
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TIE Mississippi Increases a. ths E0zE
progrssses- Ths blisf eIDIzuzsz01 he
gives Of MS system, which Ne ind n
ths EeE Orisa1s RsTlsEs presents The
natter n 3 clearer light than re have
hitherto seen L presented IEz leading
points VII vel EEpsT eLzz1zEztIloz-
The mouths q ths MIszzssipp1 axe
now tarzss ouf about sixty niles into
the Calf, and TIER progress confines
N eo1sauusrcs Of certain laws which
Cart Ea5s declares 70 prevail He
oFsrEurns The sheory q sous tEzs TIE
chief portion Of the ss1IueUEaEy EzEttsr
trzns1oEsed by the riTsE 4 p1shsd along
the bostOn- and uzsIrszi1s that The ssEd
and earthly mater Of tie TIFsE are car
risd n z1spens5o1- and that TIE uzguI-
tuds Of the burden thus carried Il PRO
poxSioues5 20 the velocity Of the ssEeau-
A euD Of the water dIppsd from the
surEses. he clzims, i s1EcisDE pEoot q
this fact, Gnz 50 long as L moves IL
Ezzd Il holds this natter n s1sps1sl01-
and lust As the c1grsEh : slzeEsEsd VII
Il drop The hszVisr particles. conveying
The lighter oCes s1Ill farther Aec1dE1szl
CASES nay show that the water Is sons
tines charged with & less O greassE
CuaztiFy OF sedIrzezs than = GEs 80 a
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apparent exception 10 the law that al
zII1vial ssrea-zs eagrv thsir ssdIEsus N
exact propoESIo1 90 thslr velocity, nod
lied by the depsh Of the stEzau1- ear Be
easily rsco1cIIsd. he says With the
law Il Is this law Ehieh gives
the stream the power 20 regulate
The size o. rs chAU1el 70 suit rs
oEu wants Were L = ssu zoo
snail foE she food the cuErsu+ l. seesI-
Grated, Il SCOTS I'D a bigger b1E1s1
there, and soon makes the requisite
ru-5zzz To- ElssIr- II the c1zEEsL Al
another place Is too large, the Current
Load u dropped until the ehsuEel x
diminished and the e1rreus restored
When The chEnnEI Is large enough shs
seour eeases. WEeu L Is suE-isnsIy
reduced n SIZE the dsposIting sez5oa
cezsss- Ils bend caves II because the
{ river CHANEL above Il too large The
slack clEFeEs has n the -Ez1ELEs been
{ dsposItIng rs eTeess Of load, forming
sznd5zEs n Aood-tIn In the bend
the channel e too Contracted and the
curreus = there u1ads too rapid for Isz
reduced Load and Il thersfCrs SCOUTS up
{ the defc5sreT cut Of the bottom and
[ SIDE Ct the bend- this action being -
! VErssd II low water Tie EI[e-zhoal
/ places then constitute dams, oTeE Ehish
L the rsd1ced stream flows with increased
/ eWreUt, cz1z5nz channels TO Be ezt
down through the bars and the matter
I secured cut FROM then Il deposited II
I the enlarged bends below. He applies
/ this l4E 10 the sdT1nes Of sas south
west bar.
On ths bar the Ea5es Is On an average
/ fifteen feet deem, and tbr0uzhous tAs
/ pass not less than sixty feet ard the
I bottom Il tbsFsfoEa forty five feet Eizh=r
/ OF ths bar than i i at the foos q the
/ pass EhFEe nature haz completed heE
I IsEszt :, between which the river flows n
/ 4 uzEuIEcsus channel Of almost Uniform
/ width and great depth TIE hIII forty
I i've feet high begins 50 rLss lust where
/ shs banks OF the pass begin TO widen
| OuE 30 the sea and between these tzo
/ points the river builds It's isttiss- The
| hill sgzfnss which the river 3 beating
I checks the velocity OF the streaE which
I Il flowing down with the load Of se6i-
usEs due TO ia speed Checking t1e
I velocity means dropping The eLssss Of
| load The cuEsUt On the sides = UCrs
l sl1Egizh than II the eentEzI eEaEzsI-
I and ne1ee they are zra61IIy built ID 90
I the surface, and the co1EEuHaI dropping
[ Of sediment On their EzzrzIus grsdualIy
/ narToEs then n uEzII they become 50
I steep that Id more deposit vii rest Epo1
I then When EE1s narrowed n they 4Es
I completed and ara Of the width OF the
I chAu1sI above
S0s let Il note the effect upoz the
| bar OF this b1IldErg I'd and r4Er0ELEz
I N Of these LueEutz1h banEs TEs bar Z
I today about seven and Oue-thlEd niles
| iron where the mouth q ths uass BE-
[ gins TO widen Wien TaIcos surveyed
Z II 1s5sS-shIEEy- ssveu years agile
/ bGr vas seven and u1e-tUiri lilies from
! the uarroW part Of the pass. but the
[ pass has ~ this uEEr0wICg, II prCce IS
I Of tine been gradually coGeeusEzsL1g 4
I more rapid eurre1a against the bar, and
[ this increased securing power has cut
+ out the hill OF the upper side ard ErsEs-
I ported The material over Its crest and
I drDppsd u OF Ire seward SIDE o. II
L IN pEoof OF the narrowing n q this
unfinished part Of the pass, h refers 60
the fact that I've niles above the 5Er OF
{ TzIcos, the pass Is nov only about /, go
feet vide, whereas Il Vas ?, 500 fest
vide when TaIcos surveyed IT, CoIolEl
1 Longs nap Of 1857 shows the width 10
[ have been three eiEnEbS Of 4 UIls gEsateE
I AZ Plot Town about siE niles above
Z the bar, than Il = to-dsF- L l. evident
I that the river u buLld1g AZ The south
vest pass parallel iss1lss shout !, 800
/ feet Guart, and that u preserves = depth
between thsu OF a. least SKY feet OF
water. Is II not evident that the hill O.
bar Is Al absolute necessity II this
natural lefty WOEE. without which the
7 river could not throw down It's sedIUs1s
[ On It's two UGpieLs IsEEEs Al the
rate ths rTver Il building at this pass, Il
wO1Id take rs years 70 build Isz IsstIss
I where they axe completed OF 20 the
crest Of the bar II uzn were 80 eItsnd
two artificial isstias Ozt s11denIy seven
and oce-third niles between the present
[ uGErUE terminus Of the finished TsssIss
and the crest OF the bar, and sf tbs
sane width, SAY J. so feet, Z = evident
I this sudden co1tractIo1 OF the present
10000 feet Of width over the bar would
I raise the water N the DaEs EoEsEtaELiF,
{ and greatly increase the C1rTE1t, gITLEg
Z alsO q greatly increased carrying Or
/ or securing power which would rapidly
cut down The hiIl between the aEE1zIaI
isstiss ard thus lover the water above,
{ diminish this suddenly increased Cur
rent, and GEaily, Wien the Hi EEs eut
thrUugh- and sixty feet Of dsush seO1red
cut, We should have At the end Of the
lstslss 3 eGErsnt almost IS great zs that
nov running seven and 8 half niles
above the bar, which current Is about
thirty per cent more rapid than that at
/ the bar The permanent elevation o.
I TIE Hood lIEs a. The upper end Of the
| Isttiss would By this transformation
| scarcely E-ouut 70 two inches after the
hill OF bar E01ld De cut away. AZ The
| uoss rapid rate that nan could bglild The
I iestlss, Il would be impossible 20 raLzs
the water ~ their upper ends sUEcIsztIy
70 eGuss any backing up OF the water n
I the pass BY which is would flow into
{ the Other passes As sou1s have Supposed
By this process It Wo1ld seen that the
bar EO1ld reform n the coarse Of tine,
after The lsstiss Gzs bait fzrsksr o1E II
the gulf, but Capt. Eads meets this
/ point aLso- We al, SAYS he, know thas
u nov keeps the respectful distance OF
seven and oEe third niles from where
TIE natural IsszIss are so feet wisis
and the ehAnnsl sixty fest deep. VII
any ozs PcesUEs 10 say that tEs bar VII
reform EsArer than that distance from
( Al outlet q the sane EIdsh.sE15 5eush
and 3lsehargTng the sane vOIzEs Of