The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-06-26

and instructive. Indeed, the Journal is
right. An address by Mr.. Linegar upon any
subject would be interesting, as a matter of
course, and upon the subject filling up a
city with dirt, it would be doubly interest.
ing to the people Of Cairo, But the Journal
evidently hints at "6lling up something
else with something else, and in this drec-
ton the many practical illustrations OF Re-
publican statesman on the occasion of the
Bradwell McNally contest and several
other occasions, would beat any lecture
upon the subject all hollow.
1t is stated that the wines, flour and
canned goods, which form leading exports
of California, are already beginning to ar
rive in New Orleans in considerable guam
titles, with every prospect Of building up a
large permanent trade, while shipments of
eastern goods to California also take the
New Orleans route, not SO much on account
of cheaper freight rs OF better and more
reliable time card. The entire line from
New Orleans to the Pacific is under single
management, which is not the case with
the Union Pacific route. Louisianans are
greatly encouraged at the trade prospect
Then, too, a northern syndicate has recent
ly purchased 100000 acres of swamp lands
in the state These lands have always been
unproductive, but they are susceptible OF
drainage, and it is proposed to improve and
sell them off in plantations. Such measures
are important to the welfare of the state.
An import trade will come IN due time.
A threatened cutoff some ten miles
above Memphis, below the foot OF Island
40, on the Tennessee side, is attracting
considerable attention now, particularly OF
the saw-mil and rail way interests of the
city. 1t has been noticed at every high
stage of water during the past three years
that the current was pressing against that
shore, which, if it succeeds in Graduating
will lead the main channel of the river
through series of old beds into Wolf river,
near the present site of the water-works,
destroying large areas of land and throwing
the river into its old bed occupied forty
years ago. This will take in the old navy
yard, which is now thickly built up with
saw-mills, oil.mills, cotton congresses, rail.
way tracks and other property. A visit by
several prominent citizens and newspaper
reporters was made and three breaks were
discovered making rapidly and giving good
cause for alarm While much loss of prop
ty and capital investments will result, there
are several great advantages to be derived.
The threatened cutoff back of Hopetield
will be averted; the distance to Island 40
will be lessened one-half; the Memphis
water-works will take water from the Mis-
sissippi instead of from Volt river, and
other important changes between Memphis
and Centennial Island are sure to result.
A short time since complaint was
made that the work done below this point,
on the New Madrid, Mo, reach, by the
Mississippi river con- mission was very in
sufficient and not at all equal, either in char
acter or extent, to what should have been
done with the amount of money set aside
for it, 100000. This complaint was of
serious nature; it came from parties inter
estei IN the work and was published in the
st. LOUIS papers. But 1t appears that the
did not take the trouble to
learn the reason why little or no work had
been done at or near New Madrid, The
work at this point and in fact from this
city down to Island No. 49, is under the
supervision of Captain Knight of this city,
who should of course know all about 1t;
and it comes from him indirectly, that the
Mississippi River Commission turned the
100000 set aside for the work at New
Madrid, over to the Plum Point fund in or
der that the work at the latter place might
not have to be stopped by reason Of the
failure of the last congress to make the
necessary appropriation to continue it. The
commission had right to do this, of
course, and its action was wise; for in order
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Point it is necessary that there shall be no
While this action on the part
Of the commission will tend to prolong the
operations at Plum Point, it is likely that,
before the next congress will have had an
opportunity to provide more money, the
work will have been stopped some time on
account of the lack of money.
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