Those that come, I notice, never go back.
Q.You suggested the improvement of the levees.

What is the necessity, and in what degree is it difficult for those residing along the river banks to protect themselves?
-- A.

I am the president of the levee board of Chicot County.
The plan which has been suggested by the Mississippi River Commission and Mr.Eads, as their chief engineer, is unquestionably the correct one for the improvement of the Mississippi River.

We know this not only from theory, but from long experience with the river, those of us who have lived there.

The Mississippi River being, as it is generally termed, the "Father of Waters," and passing through several States, it is almost a national system, and it would be impossible for any system to be adopted by the States which would be local.