, 1879-07-25
TIE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

CoRxtnE Eaus to 10 Oh III" to'hmles'oh'
WAsn1aoToH, D. C.,Jnly al.-t'cn. dillmore'
President Of the Mississippi River Commission,
Is uwait!ny the arrival here Of Cant. Ends and |
- ,,a,r aaonn ,ncas NJ ,ocsa n, thr (,om,nI,sion
~ !netl "ecoita"cs' ul p"ss' W. w. .i.,s
until thcy stall hafo ma MI interfle" WI.
@ sye' s.o ea, ~ p's .nten TS ass1qa w Sa
r,aro,,c ,,nn,, II, ncccnt t'hc President ts cx-
uuoa y" ,s.ptr 1,a,. .no,i H., ~,
ccca!nSls a"a'oo' l''a' eap'' i+"ua u"'. ~ W.
lie Commission, anu inns fepcAtcaiY SUI "s
much 10 friends. ue held back tho nafnos OF
t,,c f.op,mIss,on {or n tiay ar Two ut the late
l'e eo'"'se. ~. .' .,,,.,,,I,,sx a.,
sessoh cspesa''S 1ul I's pe'en't 1''t'n's ~
obnoxious clnuso which intilnntcs superiority
uf tho army engineers might 10 stricken out
nr1 cant Fails, orccntcnrc mn1c s,rc. but. as 1t
H., ,a, I'll, IN ,n,.n,c1 ~ tho
~ ai''1os' ecFla!'l ..!c -" W.. -. w ~ .a
next scision. sir' 1inycs VIII urge upon Cnp''
Eats to take place unDn tlc Commissions
The President anil Mr. Sherman are both anS-
ious for political reasons that Gen. Dcu 1lnr.
r,so,, .,,,,t onco,t s,,nrn,or ho,In,, n com.
''no' o'sa1' t'son,' pe.n I'NI.' . p..-,s.
tlal race. 1t Is not expected he IS 10 do any
xyor< m thc co,nnission, hut IA to be n nolitca,
o,r,ro,,no, on1 lcro1 ,dyIsor t,,o dnt,cs az the
ns"rc'eNu n .esa. aa'e.' vi. 49,, -. w.
$4,000 year. ..
yf'e lnrk Tint, u.,-..,
Innocent people, who ucct'led Investigation
fair and friendly proceeding, arc startled by tho
composed t!1at the essential guarantee of thor
oughucss ID absent. It IL q Commission. In
sllort, apparently disposed to fuyor tho levccs
md 1ctties which the South calls fur, a,n, to cx
ciu;1o the comparatively Inexpensive and more
scsyiccablc plan which has bccn advocated by
opponents oI t!lcss Systems. With Ar. Eaiss as
n mernhcr of the C0,nmission md Cnpt. Cow
don excluded from IT, thu thrifty outlet plan Is
condemned in alyance, aud the costly 1uttcs
ten generally. tie Commission delights the
Southern heart.
Jfemphts fTtnn.1 Atosanrhe:,
capt. Cnw';on,s presence tn tlr Commission
would no doubt huvc 'ntcsferca With some deep.
laid, wcll.digcsted plnns. The composition Of
tlint body Is not understood to excite Cant.
Eads' deadly wrath; md thu assertion tliat ho
lIes!tatcs to sorYa rs member is charming bit
Ut strntcgy, well calculated to deceive those
HAuuINa TIE PLUMBER.
Jt,pa,cb n 81, kou,s f;tco-. f7.mocyut.
WAs,liNoToN, b. e., July :1a,.-ln tic Cabinet
today The crowlllIlg net tn the enterprise Of
Enpt. Enus Mt tic mouth OF the MISSISSIPPI was
cnsiauinmatcd hy formal order for the payment
Of h!s dcna1d ior oooo Tor obtaining thirty
foot channel in aecoFdancn with tug provisions
of tho net Of March ., la19; Az tho 1aners In
the cAso, Including Cnnpt. hrown's report ou
various acts Of Congress- on tl;e subject, vcro
fully examined, mil It was drridod TINT no Obj
lection seemed to cxtat in ia* or fact 70 meeting
| tic demand now. II was nlf0 aErGcu that tic
fact that this maximum depth hlts been Oh
thlncd goes toward an acknowledgment tllat ihe
S1.Mm,0N reserved has been earned. This
a'nount Is to bo ,pat'l In two pasn,cnts OF ten
years cacl, tho Interest on WHICH, nj rcr cent
! per unnn1n, lkiYatlc sem'-annuaIly, conditional
upon tl.s maintenance q a channof through tl,
| pass 18 eeut null zoo feet vide, nna "a
ccnsrc depth Of 30 feet, without