, 1879-03-10

insertions Of Capt, Cowdcn on this aabiect In
your Issue Of March |. The rnanipulations Of
Eads, backed up By the city at tho cad Of the
Bridge, ure Tho most outrageous ftauts tmag{~
nablc. t0n'y think OF confEntng The mighty
Mississippi River, ,anI the even ntghter sea-, with
cribs and pens OF willow brush no thicker than
the wristt The 1hoto scheme IL, Of course,
most absurd failure. There Ia not foot mort
water 10 tue Paaees than tllcre Haa before EAdf
began bis prcsttdtgitatlon; he never will make
any moro by such petty DEVICES. .-
At the lowest posslbe estimatc, IL, ,500, 0.0M
pounds OF dry Garth passes out Of this rfve1
yearfy. ThisIs equal to q mountain 4 mile SQUARE
aml 25a feet h!gh. This has poured forth fos
making d bar Of sand A. Cairo 1t will continue
to mako one while the Gulf Of Mexico lasts.
Il is impossible for anything elso to occur
There can be no question Of this.
and mike living barrier aeainst washing
banks. They have not dono 50. On tho con-
trary, they wash oil with every storm, and may
f'e found ailoat far out at sen, as ship Captains
continually report. Hepretcndcd that the solid
tic Meeting OF sea and river, would be dispersed,
and never form anY moro bars, This hus
proved to be MI absurd fafsehood. His entire
scheme has proved to DO fraudulent failure.
lie has pocketeu miIlion9 md not givcn penny
10 relurl. The raole thing fa d private job
pure and simple, nnd nothing else.
The true way to improve this great river 10 q
course TO rtf!oye It Of 9urplus water and sedf
ment ut every chance and TN every side. Instead
OF closing up bayous which draw water from It.
leave them all Open, anil make # penal for any
one 10 shut them up. Thirty years ago there
were hundreds Of these, every one OF which
drew oil a vast mass Of water md sediment,
which relieved the main channel by lust 10
much. To spend vast sums III levoes aud arti-
tlcsat banks Ii only to elevate the river bed by
just 10 much a8 the stream la confined, and TINS
aCRraYhte the evil md The popular outcry. To
attempt the enpirtc plan Of Eads, and embanls
thts great ungoyernahle river with lmpregnablo
bonds Of willow brush and mud for 1000 miles,
Is of cotlrso to embark IN q carnival Of johbcry
that will be eternal. forever and without end,
Also without good result.
II tlv allsslssipoi River Is lot severely s1one
Tor the next ten years no one will suffer except
the Iob-hunters ind lobbyists. It Is not OF half
the commercial importance now TINT It was
when Tire Rebels sezcl fts lower. end. Ten
years hence 1t will be Of still lcaa importance.
This icttiea would he comparatively worthless,
even II successful. Eyory year tho curront Of
commerce sets stronger to the North. Tho
writer hos Travelled for 100 miles at time last
summer on thts river nnd not seen living thing
except stray gull. lts mighty ailsnce MAS %
seemed al silent as the waters. There was moth
inE to hTeak the lnorotony.
Let the river alone. Stop al Tue 1obbcry,
which only makes bad wnrse. Encourage cruv-
asses and baYous, and Cubbitts Gap ailll 1ones'
Cut, md all such rcilefs for the ynst volume Of
winters. Whom once made, keep them open tilt
they wear a permanent channel.
Eads broke tic big Missouri State Bank. Hc
will break even tho United States Treasury u
somebody does not promptly and at ouco
suuelch aud suppress him and bis knaVish
sche.nes. RtvER EH0tNKkH.