Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1842-12-06

Union efhs 1tiantic and Paefe.-Late accounts
from Panama bring intelligence that this great work 49,
a. length likely to lie accomplished. The project OF
uniting the by canal across the lsthmus
,f DaTcn ere CT the grandes practical ideas which
the world las conceived itsicfiuence upon CON
,,orce and the circumstances Of nations will be meal.
criable The attempt effect it has Eesn made great
many times without success, owing less 10 piysica! l
fcul,ies than other causes The distance across lle
Ishmus is comparatively short, not more than ~ or %
miles; and the country presents no extraordinary w
oediinents to the work. a company Chartered some
lime since by the Government Of New Grenada has
COMPLETED the surveys for ship canal and MADE
road. They have now broken ground for the ca
nal 1t extends frcm the bay of Chorera, on the ia
cfc 10 tie town of Chagres, on the Atlantic
Il remarkable that a, this part Of the sthmus sub.
sdence of The great mountain chains OK The Andes ano
Cordilleras OCCURS and forms valley ilom iour 10
thirteen miles in width, scattered over with con'eaI
| herLts from 20 10 so feet high. Among these hills
wind small streams which unite in the rivers Chagr.
on the Atlantic side and Grande OH the Piciic. The
dividing country has elevation OF only .. feet above
the highest known level oil The sea- or o4 lee above 10"
tide The cutting necessary to unite The lao oceans
will be twelve miles and half long the tall TO DC rcgu
lated By four double locks Of Ice lee, IN length. The
rivers Chagres and Grande, Will be used or the rest
Of the canal and will be kept at The propr depth by
dredsing and excavation. The whole cana will tic ~
miles long, lG feet broad at top and III ieetat boton'
and 20 feet deep 1t Will he navgabe for vessels CT
from 1000 to 400 tons. The estimated COST OF the
work is little under S3,00o,0OO tewyeaIs will
probably witness lis completion
This work will open new route 10 The Atlantic ma.
lions 10 reach the valuable commerce oil Clina Japan
and the Indian seas by saving the clfcuitou: and dan
gerous navigation around The Southern continents and
| by shortening The voyage some Tor thousandmiles
In connection with this canal lines of steamers will
soon be established from several Of the European ports,
IF.a.tn StaI.e totI.oI faith
mus by tie way Of New Orleans and the Wes Indie
The introduction of steam into Inc PACING muslnllow,
md the communication between the u. ), and Lima,
and Valparaiso California the Sandwich lsand', and
Columbia River will become matter OF daye, ihtead
of mcn,hs aud years J. San.
Tur GREAT CESrRAL RouTs.-The Harrisburg ind
Chambersburg papers complaining that already The
travel is leaving The Pennsylvania route between he
Eas, and West and is taking the Great Central ltne
by way Of the Baltimore road 10 Cumberland, md
thence by post coaches to Pittsbnrg or Wheeling
These things are readily accounted for. The shortest,
quickest and easiest line OF travel is by the Ccnral
route, and those therefore, who consult tEer comoIt
and other leading considerations VII! oil course tke
| The lalier.-Bait. .?atrican.
lrr,m tlt Eaetiicg 71sfs, .yar. 49,
! Tie Great Cen,rai Ronte.-The frs, goods ec'ved
by the great central railroad arrived Yesterday conlgn.
eli TO tie house of J. II. Forsyth, Esq, IN = lays
from Baltimore, ard at 80 els per hundred from Cum
bsrland They are 10 be shipped 10 their destination
this morning. and will he at Cincinnati tomorrow
The wagon that brought them out took Immediately a
full eastern load from the house This IL doc,.
ing down the matter handsomely from what ii has her.
toiore been, and time aud price will soon be brought
still lower.
| REycoyTRg EXTRAORDINARY The following anec
do,e was frequently related in the Court circle Of the
late Emperor Alexa nder Of Russia and the zes wit!
which his Majesty enjoyed The joke, ever lessened By
repetition. In 1914, when the Allies we're masters o
| Paris the Auocrat established IN the hotel oil Nj
raleyrand and was accustomed TO take early morn
ing walk as FAR as the garden of the Pacis Royal II
:, the src,esi incogni,o On one occasion, his Majesty
of Russia met there two other august personnges, ant
the three returned, arm in arm, 10 breakfast IN the ku
Forentin. On their read, they were accostcd by gen
eman from The South Of France, stranger to Paris
who had lost his way, and asked Of them The direction
Of the Tueries. This way, replied Alexander-"w'
shall pass it, and you had better follow Our provln
ciasi, overlooked with acknowledgements, and with al
the ease Of Frenclman, soon commenced converse
ton Howe yer, the point where the party would have
separate speedily reached and the stranger di
rec,ed 10 the le whilst the others took the right
"Partitu'" suddenly exclaimed the gentleman, 81
should be delighted to know the names of persons L
| whom am indebted for so much clvillly. "ay NAME
YOU nav perhaps have heard of before, said the first
II am the Emperor Alexander neutrality-suspicious.
| you," smiled the Gascon. "And yours: said he L
The second. "You have probably heard Of my name
also. / am the King of Prussia" Very good-exccl
let" 'And your name: turning 10 the third. ii all
tie Emperor of Austria" Upon my word-capital.
roared the querst, holding his sides in ccstacy Gan.
you Sir said Alexander in his turn, 'perhaps you vii
i oblipe us with your name: "Oh certainly, replied
the gentleman from the county, springng across tho
street. still laughing heartiy-"l am the-Emperor G
i China!"
Disrorerv II large bones-A discovery OF bones o
the defunct Mas;odon have recently been made cl
about two miles from Warsaw, (slo) which exceed il
number and size any yet discovered The bones were
lr11 e.I,
black gravel. The number Of different heads tnrnt
amounts 10 seventy eighty and the large amount o
detached teeth shows that great number OF these
monsters has found common grave 10 this basin. Th
skeletons oil various species OF animals are found depo
,ited in this basin, as the buffalo, elk deer, &c.
i WoxpFRFuL Discovery OF Fossils AT the vii
lage Of Crowdchoe, in the Parish of Harrington, Der
byshre about six miles from Boxton Mr.. Daniel Har
rison, short time ago, commenced opening QUAR-,
pill 10 try the quality of the stone which it contained
and, cutting the rock down, it was found 10 be
most beautifully gated she'll crystal and strata mar
be- embodied with the prettiest crystazed shells tina
Nature could form, we'll other mineral bn
dies This wonderful curiosity Of Nature contains th
following remarkable fossil bodies, ercrusted all in ont
solid Of stone ard capable of being got up BY ar
10 the most beautiful polish: Of ornament marble
there is variety of white and brown; cookie shells
muscles also, plain aud flutcd shells, the ainmont,
and nautilus shells, and pcriwnklc, sail born, tSc-
The appearance of various kinds OF fish, which non
b the abest biologists could interpret also the antroco
The figure of tins last remarkable stone, when got NJ
to polish, is beautifully intersected with variegate'
colors Of black, brown, white, and gray ard is req
curiosity .-.SdtfeM IRIS.
EXTRAORDINARY MEsMrRIc PHESoMESA.-On Mon
day evening witnessed some very startling expert
meats in Mssmerism, at Mrs. Ferguss residence, No
, Central court; The Phreno mesmeric experiment.
wofe very striking and convincing, the organs being
excited without contact; the great Interest," however,
the exhibition consists in the fact OF the subject, al
though totally blind from her brlh being in possession
of The most acute vision while in the ilesmerc stale
This fact alone, should convince tic most ncredulou
Of the reality OF the science. We understand that many
of cur most eminent scientific men have been con
WINGED BY Mrs Ferguss experiments, and recommend
all skepllcs to witness them and judge for themselves
! G0ston Courier.