The Eads Jetties

Gapt. James i. EaJs is apparently liraking a bucopbs of his jttby syuteui of deepening the mouth of tbe Mississippi rivcr aníí rendering navigatiou more practicable and secure. About Christrnas he reported to tho Secretary of War that be hd eetablished a fthaniiel in tho South pass of thc mouth of the Missinsippi river of a minimum depth of twentytwo iVet :ir,d a miuimum vidth of 200 feofc, os requirfd by the at of March 3, 1876, i'.nd applicd for tho g500,000 due to him nndcr said act upou said wórk. A Government oommission was dispatched to rxamine the work. Tliey report to thc (tTect that thc depth nml width of t.he (ihaucel reqnircd by tho act have boen obtained; tíiát the jetties aml auxiliavv worka contemplated by tho act are completed in permanent, substantiai forra, and that Capt, fiids is rntitled to tho $500,000. This report wáé consiilerecl ia Cabiüit meeting "reoently, and Ute Ereeident anthoriaed the Seocetsry of War to draw the proper warrant for the money.