, 1879-05-16
JET1'Y BOrTOM-EACTS.

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JETTY BOTTOM.FACTS.
Relating to How Vesanis End tho bot TOM.
Srvcrai Nuts for Cnrt. Estta tn t.rnrk.
NRw ORLEANS, April 90 lSi9.-Edi,or linn
rhis Ard'anehc: ! have sfen copy Of lc'.er
contributed to the AWxa; seued ". j. .lath.
cws, who informs tx .com'annity that ne Is the
tplcpran},-auon.t.r 'in New OrlGanl" for the
Port Eats .tAJtgraph line. He Is like many
utt,cr Of he ictty employees, "only able II
snsczc p,len Eatls takes snnil." Now, cure
not who Ia the operator who ssnt tho dispatches
that 4 quoted and made comments on.
orly know that every ono Of them
was clipped from the dat!y ucwspa-
prys Of tits city, nnd sent iron, Port
E..ls according 10 teir. date In MY
Communication Of April .. So sanc man In
sem, from Port Ends were iaeks, especially
those giving tie t'raughts uf water, TINT taave
bee1l sent broadcast over the country reynrdlcss
Of eonsrqucnscs. Ills answer to my cun.muut-
from tl,e city papcrs, IN hopes tint III ctploys's
statement Is to be believed la preference tu
i,lIeoniraiirted facts. Suw, hnyc been resi-
dent Of this city nearly forty-tivc years, and
Mr. stnt!,swst also know tlsat Alr. Matthew'S
catlilut nanc any o1u shiE fllat drew twenty
twu feet III wates to 70 from New Orleans to
rca Without touching sanll. defy him To name
Une,-,lot se*crul, but one.
| Eaye fnets mil comnents. Mr.. Matthew'S
Ruwcrs By tissue Ut Misrepresentation, with
u,lt ai,y lruols, gave facts lit reference 10 tllc
Western Elnrlse n,sl Wyoming. III ASSERTS
things tlut only exist ut Il desired hUlss. Had
hc hccn il. th!s part Of tile country then lIe
wsutl h,.vo known, us every ono ditl. tllAt both
vert tn sen from Pilot Town In less tl,nu olle
llour and thirty minutes without stopping, With
tbs nid U! twu towbuats each, and III aDore,-
Mr. Mathews hurn usserlion to the contrary, or
any otlicr tHnu. Yours, ECuo.
NEW ORLEANS. May !, 187N:-Editor 4lra-
lahths: ncA!n takc pcn 70 give Mr.: Mathews q
few 1norc 'bottonrfacts," as the New Orlcnns
which, Tile City Vi Limerick 20. into tho tct-
tics somehow, with disabled machinery;
wns supposed tn hnvc bccu nt
anehor utter she got slcTo: lll1t, when
uaui plerao,, lsad been ut work On l'cr f4r 4 day
or twu, without Judging her, IL wnB Il "boltena.
factn that shu wns aground. anu tie tuwboat
ltuchcster went TO their asStttancc, worked SIX
lid succeed hi Hunting uso Limerick. AMI clear.
Ing the et,anncl lint stse was obatruct!lE. a'Hl
towing her to Port Euds,, where ths endalocls
wat plucu1 under hes. I!sc mac!,lncry Was
liked, nml. after dctentlqn Of ttrt,..lres
tow0d u st,tp through Southwest Pass, Mir.
Mn,hews 70 tho contrary s,otwitllsi sntllng, utl
Mr. Mathews says, "Attcr thu tlocKf fSuS IN posi-
lo" tAs rspatrs %nly 'ereai "a fs 1o1Irs ; as
mi tl,e irtttcs thtrty-thruc dnyh!
Tllu )uytd sialluiilsun thunped hcrsclf OH tho
lar created By Eads' i!ineracka, al4l not my
dykes III lltrh She tG still herc,-Alareh l 10
May i,-Bfxfy.u!la days.
ll,p M.kntln was Detained thlrty.scyen days
betwccn Trad Ut passcs AIll nca. DtAught VI
water only twunty. oNe feet stx Inches.
The Australian loft ts, c!ty March s, VA
aground on tho bnr-llrad Ut South Pass thu Oth
n,nl part u tfc 10th, when sl.o weut to sca.
Towbon.s would llays taken tha ships to sea
from u.c llEal of pAsscs, II pilots wohtt haru
unlv snd Il WINS sntc.
When Capl. Ea.la commercial his work ot,
The head Ut tho passce to thu cn1ratcu pf FISs
d Luutre bar; slice 1lMn It Inns tll|eI NJ, Il, less
than twenty iuet. lie nov has chanacl uf
TWENTY-FIVE feot !las II Is sais TO- 90 through.
Aided hin. Whit will Ills channel ba wl,cn W.
hare Low waturt It hetyei him tn sa,uc way
two years a!,tt, nrst ttrn ilud M. Viii It do W
a*a'af VII history repeat itso't' Us it so'ue.
send yuu full Port Eads ,lisnatct,os, as I
clipEel 1ilu, from thu city papers Ut ilir fa,lle
date, tMt you lnay 1eu hcw reliably New
Orleans operator can writo uf facts tslnt exist
llU miles from W!ltru liz Ii 6tnl1ulleu.
Liquor Is t0rhldAen to bu lisru vt Port EAls.-
yol cHnnot yet 1t Mt my price; Atul, fru,H lilat
o1,ctnsur's xsntcncnla wF F!tten 10 thu dWsts!,
Mn forctA tu iha conclusion llat The ntsaIlsuF
City pf il,eanYle IL not under tho control VI
Capt. EN!s..
IN to slr. Mntllcws' opin!on Of the Willingness
Of "t'nrt. Kalas tu give Consroakmcn and Vest
Ir,i Mrn every fAr!ltty to .xnnlne hIs works Ut
l'urt EnLh, ttc., should tEy vialt ti!eru,h ! Ut,
Ut oplnis,,l llt would. II no could get iheln 10
tukc his "Ju!!o" md hls selected man 10
throw ihe lead mud II tho laal should bu IIilctn
10 ciytcun liclns lonG nli Law u,s its .lat On tu
bptiufn, aul Hut lttcrn Or eighteen Inches
could cu,snt, ''Dl.l then IT. would he joyful.
jnytul," etc, Hut the next delegation tint
y!hlia thai plar0 will llnye u fuW 1ulcs; they do
not liz on lhu buttou,, but give true koiu tusa.
yuurs, : ECuO.