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Show Coiiiunerclul Convention. New Orleans, 5. Tho commercial convention met Ibis morning. B. E. Leacham ot Iowa offered a resolution for tbe improvement o the upper Mississippi by government appropriation. appropria-tion. Cane ot Texas oflered a resolu tioa to memorialize congress that tbo silver dollar be increased to its full value and be received as legal tender. Referred. General Eugene Underwood Under-wood gave the report ol Uie committee ou the navigation of iho Mississippi river, which was read aDd adopted. It recommend vigorous action for securing se-curing an improvemunt of th? channel chan-nel bo ms to render commerce p.Kdible, even at the lowest water; it decline the jeltitS a great auccu-e ai d urges 'their compltiou. JefU'r-on U.ivis made a speech and was frequently jand loudly applauded. He simply I endorsed the resolution?, and prenk t;d ! a great future for New Orleans. |