, 1879-04-23

somo Fact. Abou. sho soush Pass.

1AOC 0H 4HtJs
sainc Facts About sho Youth Pass.
lffhrhts t7fnn.} Ara1nneht. ApttiI7.
Recently Capt. Eads printed lit tic New Or.
leans 1ins communication hvowclty to cor
rect what he was pleased to call Misrcprcscnta-
tiuns made regarding the jctttea by The
CHICAGO TRIBUNE. Cincinnati Commercial,
and Memphis Ara!aaeAe. Tic only fact
shown by Capt. Eads III this effort
Is iu roundly abusing all persons who think that
a vessel drawing twtnty-0nc feet should bo ablo
to find plenty Of wntcr III a ictty channel con-
tanning twenty-five feet. by this ucans tho
protector Of tho jcttics hopca to divert public
attention from the rugged facts, which
cannot be kept from the country, not
witl,standtnS his succcss In suppress
ing them in nearly every journal
In TIC Mtastesppt Valioy. Whatever lo says,
tho Journals which can sec but ono side OF tho
Question repeat and lndorse. But IL !s unneccs-
sary to combnt Capt. Eutis' assertions With
argument. The "l,ard facts " wl!el, SO
delighted Mr.. uradgriud arc much
moro 10 1l.c point. Unllke theories
md assertions based on fulsc pretcnscs,
they moan something. Tie public can under
stand them. We present below few Of this
eort. They arc furnished by wetl'known resi-
dent Of New Orleans, whose facilities for ohtain-
Ing Information are Arst-cluss Our correspond.
cat, taking Capt. Eads' communication as
tuxt, writes as follows;
Ngw OnLEANs, April 8.-Etfitor Ata'aaehe:
Tile New Orleans 7th,es of this dnt0 contatna a
statement, by Cnpt, Eads, in t1e. New York
IiI,nr, II, reference to thu Mtss!sslput tettics
which think requires some attention from tho
pcn Of one who IL not ,Dntd by any one to
styo facts or d[ssost them. Eals g!yes
il H. for lila letlnr tn tnN ktW York
Tribune, a,ld SAYS: "Cartnln papers condemn
Congress for the recent ndvance lnndc hlul OF
s150. U0O. OIL ,he ground that he hus not given
Ill equivalent for the money"
from the press dispatches from Port Eads aud
pubfshcti In all ttlu city papors; and, II they do
not convict Mr. Ea1s Of obtaining money under
false psete1lscs, sul not Judge Of law or
'Ihe City Of Ls.scrlcle went 70 the 5ctt!es on
the o,3l OF Fetrl,nr7; on Mnrch MAS aground
ut bead OF Jetttesi draft rs feet inches. She
was III the channel. 4ltu grounded because
worked her Propeller loose, and Was detained
over three wecks before shc went to sea; had to
build IN cnd'tloek to Tx her rroncllcr where she
lny, or, BY lighting her Of z500 bales cotton. 10
c,!aple her to CONG baek to s ss Siss not to dfa"
OF The 1st OF Marct. tic bArk David atalcnn-
son eai.cd, drawing twenty feet; put back leak
Ing on tie I'd Of March a1H! In distress. A ooard
0f t.tress was held, md the vessel ras ordered
takeu out Of hcr, u,,d sho Is now undergoing re-
pairs al cast Of nat less than $i0 000
Feb. q, sican,ship M!knda went to the jet
ties; draft, 2i feet fnches; On March report
ucl' c Ind Is working down into ss,oal wnter.''
After taking everything, out Of her, cargo nnd
coal, with the ntd 0t two boats st,n was pulled
o!r, Ut n probnhe cost Of at least s6o,0oo. sno
is not get IOnlCd.
"M9rrl, the steamship Australian Is aground
OH thu bar at the head or Houth Paas;" draft
q feet; wus thcrc several days.
"T'l,e British steamship spearing and twelve
sailing vessels, ars anchored above ths hcat'
Minor Lizzie Mosus, NJ. poxier, Ajax Cot,
ton, Swallow, Queen Of India, WIN. Tops
cot, Forest, Ea.Io, Maria Grccnlcaf, John
Witt, Quer., OF Nations, Mimic. n. Gcsolo,
twcnty.ono feet, al,I at were detained OIL the
| bar above the ictttes from four to ten days,
1 WHIT Bccnuso there was not twenty fcct oi
water; ul,d the David Aiateomson, having
thun,ncd her bottom out and twisted lle'
ruddcraead, was d caution to pilots hoe to Ut
Capt. Eads' cngiuccrs report that through
tho jetttcs there IL twensS.tivn feet. NO ont
disputes 1t. Through tho jcttlcs, yes; but tile,
do not toll you that fau-ta,s, w!ltg.tlams, AM
/ uther contriyanecs hnvo bcun placed from the
| lcnd Of the passos toward tho upper Ictsy-bar
wilcro now tl,cro Is 4 ssIoal VI not more thar
| twenty Irut; md, whore thcro WAS forty tcci
gsr' They 10 nc not II! YOU that ho las turned tl'
| currvpt Into tln South Pass, to the letrtmcn
of tho Southwest Pass, there not being oyc
twelve feet nf wutcr there How.
| When tito UuL.utl StAtcs urulgt-honte wGro al
work Mt Southwest Pass, tho Wcssern Empire
went to sea, drawing twe'ty.ouo feet tel
iurhos, uni neither onc ever stoppod.
Thai 10 mnrc wAtar than has oYtr boon carried
| RI taft t}Aa ,vft1tn1t fNVrhiptr