The Osceola times., 1876-05-13

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ties for such depletion exist. Mr..
Eads, in challenging statement No.
2, does not say whether nature has
~ has not forestallcd such trial,
but contends that ultimately, by
the law q. precedent the channel
or ped below the waste necessarily
hllsup in proportion 10 the waste
For n,c 10 endorse either party on
tins point would be death for It's
on this rock ] bui,d mine own
house, rs you well know ; and If it
is true that "by the mouths oi
many witnesses a fact is cstab-
Iished." then the praciicability of
wastes in this valley is no longer
questionable #; moreover. il there is
now, or over has been, an island IN
the Mississippi river so shaped that
the river passed smootl'y doAn|
b. ia sides of it without necessarily
aud filing up, are we
not compelled to a'imit that "wuat
has bcen done, may bc done agalnY
And ~, 10 the commissions regret
their stumbling bhrck--wliat more
could we ask OF nature than dead
level Holland No. 2, on a vast
.calr, with a soil fny per cent.
aore susceptible to excavation than
almost any upon tho globe. But
.unnot undertake details on this
laesliun now but hold myself in
q ,dncss WHOM ] think It may
wall.
81. "That cut offs will pcrma-
,cntlv raise the food lisc below
hem" With my limited knowl-
'jge Of he subject, l can find no
,roard on which I can controvert
his proposition on The contrary,
very attempt at research soems TO
stablish aud sustain il. BY the
owes, reliable estimate that | have
cen or heard, eleven twcllths of
II the waters aud tributaries that
% to make up the Mississippi is
ost by evaporation and rcrcola'
ion before reaching the gulf. Then
docs seem clear to my mind that
r by d,nt OF cu- ifs you make it
My forty miles from Osceola TO
iemphis Instead of eighty, as IL
ow is, will it not get there in half
hc Time aud with half the waste
hat il now does, aud oi necessity
aore Of ily and what result can
ollow but rlsc belowy
No. reads "rhat tho river |
rater is always undercharged with |
eilmen;." On this point am not !
prepared to give an opinion, and
will have TO pass upon Il as sym
athletic branch of the malady, hep |
ng it may share the benefits ofthc
General romedy.
Ne. s. That no relation exists be- |
ween current velocity and guam
ity OF sodimen suspended. Many
'ages are covered by the commits
ion in supper; OF this statement
many also by Capt Eads, erJaJ.
'ut as you are near the river, you
an demonstrate II IN half the time
" getting a bucketiul OF the run
ing water aud letting 1t stand a
ew Lours, you will find that hav-
ne lost its motion, the power to
uspend sediment will also have
cen lost, and in consequence, tue
eiiment falls 10 the bottom for
upport.
What ! have said of No. 2, will
pply equally TO No. o,
No. Z. "rhat the bed of the river
annot yield" If the valley Of the
lissis>ippi river is really tho gin
I the river, then would say, ale
hat creates can destroy"
AS to no. $ Capt. Eads has been
n the bottom OF the rivor often,
nd his opinion on that point suits
le.
Excuse me. my estecmed friend,
ar this hurried manner OF dispos- /
ng of ,his matter, because u thor |
ugh aud satisfactory solulion of
his sGhject just now would break |
ne gp. More anos.