The Louisiana cotton-boll. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], Attakapas, La.) 1872-1883, 1878-03-06
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southern News.


~ ,.as's4 .,,., Hsnpton's fret veto was
eiS,ssSI sovs.Is , a.ac bill, and the house Su'-
IgiIss;. y o9I'n bin By los to1o.
!. = ! !ess Io...tbi,d interest in the Kimball
e spIpsi psi''. Atlanta was sold to Gen, Robert
:. iisitaa !. Tneslay last for $8l, 900. The
W., nom Owned by three gentlemen
iigssss ss. /. valued at sl'oooo' l' cost
49, a0oo
4. American says: The population
g..tvIIle and EdgefeId, by absolute
ss.s s@s i ls77, shows 4O.3I0--in which
asls ,bousands Of suburbans are Lot
Td dsss iudsd.
81 H. \, Orleans Times As an induce
i ootton growers in tue southern
ss a 4. s.,t Of this city to ship that staple
~ rs,op, via New Orleans, the cotton
( ss,ss sl.s s,,ocistien propose on the lst OF
&. .nbsr next to reduce the price Of
eHsisA sorssing to forty cents BALE This,
confidently believed, will bring to
nv An immense feet of foreign
.n The certainty OF almost any
slp5 depth Of water upon the bnr,
3 ass IA ready admission of the largest
sas asn coupled with reduced railway
qNs .ssad marked Eeduntion in the
Sss ss.ss abandling, II u Thought, sFiii give
,,.,sls leaving New Orleans almost 9
s's .,.oooly Of the carrying trade, and will,
sase ssIsS oausq, greatly increase the business OF
wa toss who deal in fuel and ship sup.
.sssa'si ..s's la
taplain Eads has given his view to TIE
1gUH. .,,rbspts Of New Orleans regarding The
.otscllon Of the Louisiana alluvia
6a. from overflow In the course o
|, pmayks he said And inasmuch as
III sye been charged in recent oficia
y NJ, published by the chairman Of th,
Il Il n Paul convention, with hostility Il
n 4 b engineer corps of the army, 1t i
X snaer thst should warn you agains
M penistent efforts Of the friends Of tht
mlqs theory to induce the public Il
sg Isve that am making war upon tn,
as United States engineer corps simply be
" aue oppose with all my might SOM
alhe dangerous errors which were ad
nuced by Messrs Humphreys and Abbo
~ sgenleen years ago in the delta survey
nd which have been adopted by
# nriion q The corps, and which from th
la ssis upon which the majority ON th
ss 81 Philip canal rests, and chat also O
5i Che United States levee commission
This Is simply ruse to make the publ
believe that The theories and conclu
V, sion Of the Humphreys school Of eng
"a nctB are those OF the entre corp;
# d Is grossly unjust 10 class |
y AAs school such englneerH as Barnard
ls Wight, Alexander, Comstoek, Merri
n iud others OF the corps who never oI
posed the aystem which has given
,oar commerce deep passage to th
: 5enn. and who have never adopted th
= hsory that alluvial channels viii nc
4 Become smaller and sleeper by reducin
he water flowing IN them, ana tnt
aeyasses and outlets viii permanent
i over the the food line OF the river, an
ihas the river is not flowing through
bedof It's own deposits. On thecontrar
Gen. Barnard was the sole member WI
dlaented from the views Of the Fort S
Philip canal board, Of which he WI
PRESIDENT, and who declared the jett
system practical, using, in 1874, IL
memorable words; "The time will con
when the peoples cry for navigation ul
impeded by locks--an open river mout
--will be- heard" And even, rs early !
1852, t4eu. Barnard, with Gems. Beaur
gard land Chase, all members fine corp
recommended the trial Of jetties ut d
mouth Of the river.
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