Winchester gazette. [volume] (Winchester, Va.) 18??-1826, 1824-12-17

ez4slon q me subject, AYERS, that nine d
sercnf cuts have been spoken of as suit
bic spots to commerce. the undertaking
| but FROM every view we have taken of d
i project, we are satisfied that the Lake \
carnguc is the spot the most feasible {
the canal, and there it will be attempsSS.
From the Lake Nicaragua the river S,
.Judn flows into the Atlantic i'm lat. 10 did
As min. Ii is ascertained that the bar
the mouth of the river has IL feet watd
but Robinson says that an enterprise
Englishman casually visiting the riveI
found Il channel rather narrow it is ,rtI
but where there was % feet water. AID
thebar is crossed, there are FIVE or six
thoms water the river flows into ii
lake in which there are, in some place
eight iathoms. Lake Nicaragua Joins lal
Leon. by means of river, in distance
50 miles, which can be made navigable.-
However, the shortest distance from II
| lake Nicaragua tn the Gulf of Papagay|
in the Pacific Ocean, is 81 miles, and ID
ground dead level
1t was well known to the Spanish goI
| eminent; that in the rainy seasons, VIII |
the vallies of the Choco were overGowe
that canoes have passed from the Atlant'
to the Pacific: but in conformity with I'll
dark and Jealous policy of the SPANS
cabinet, ali communication of that natuI
was prohibited, on lain of death. For
ship channel the ST. James and Nicarag u
are the places, to pass from the Atlantic
| the Pacific. Mca are noao at ,cork on tn
canal. means have been found an TIL
city TO forward the project, which, in /;
bour and cost, is nothing in comparisu
10 our grand canal, but its results will
cor siGered as the wonders OF the age.
Our government must keep its eye G
That section OF country; lose no time
ascertaining every particular in relation I
the canal, and no time should be lost
having minister at Mexico.
No country will reap greater advantae
by this important junction than the u.
If they are properly seized upon. TAX
for example, our voyage to India. BY til
present course, it is near 10000 statui
miles from New DIRK TO Canton, but ono
unite the Pacific,and Atlantic, and the VIC,
age will be completed in near 90 day
The British government with spirit an
zeal, is using every effort to discover
north west passage, but if successful, iii
benefits must be wholly superseded by
more seasonable and safe union of the A
lantic and Pacific. One thing is certain
We are doing wonders in what may be ca
led the Ne,o Worid, and now that Mort
and South America are independent, the
will, in time, outstrip Europe.
-s@9s=-
E tract OF letter from an American officer O
board the U. s. ship John Adams, to his frien
in Baltimore, dated
"PAssAGE ISLAND, Nov. 10, 1924.
''You will, no doubt, hear a great noise abol
commodore Porter taking a Spanish town
Porto Rico. The circumstances are briefly thes
The governor imprisoned the commander OF or
OF the small schooners under his command, an
allowed him TO he grossly inSuHed As soon ;
he heard of il, commodore Porter proece de
there with two schooners, and the boats and pa
OF the crew of this ship. lie took two of the
batteries, spiked the guns, and marched with tw
hundred men TO the town, (Foxanda, y about tw
miles in the interior He there found the Sp;
niards drawn up 10 give him battle halted h
men within pistol shot of their forces, sen, fa
ordering the governor and the captain OF III
port, the two principal offenders, to come TO bin
and make atonement, or have their town burnt
they chose the first, and, in the presence al a
| our officers, begged pardon of the officer insuI
ed, expressed great penitence, and promised, i
future, to respect all American officers VIII
might hereafter visit the place.
"The commodore then marched into the tow
merely TO show them he had them in his powe
and then returned TO the boats andleft the pac,
No disturbance took place, and not man lie
the ranks from the time they landed until the
embarked having been more than three hou
from their vessels. SeIf-defence rendered it
cessaryto spike their guns, and this is all the
can complain of. They had by some means bee
apprised of our intention of visiting them Tb
population of the place is about two thousand
the country very thickly settled. Before we lie
them, force of three times our number, with
field piece, had assembIed-and III presence O
and within pistol shot of this force, our CONNIE
dore made them humble themselves"