Mobile register and journal. [volume] (Mobile, Ala.) 1841-1849, 1845-11-03
From tn New York Journal of Commerce.

A NEW bUTE TO THE PACIFIC.-More or
less notice III, been thket IN snndiy newspapers ul
"a recent tXpling expedition IN SUuih America, by
which IL is acerlAined that The river Mannon, or
Amazon, il nviglble hy steamboats, 10 the town Of
lingo, The Republic OF Peru, ouly eight
days fraDti (rrOntnusly stated seven Or eight mites
IN many OF TN papers) irnm the clty OF Lima. The
onJ detailed account al the txpe.lltlo aud lts re-
suit, Pnrno,sto he copied from The Grenada Chron'-
Gle which r Boston Advertiser understands 10 he
IA punish pter, but which is IN fact an English pa
per, published il the island OF Grenada The Al
,erIiser however saying that the article
"cannol hae been first published there, tof II clear
ly was written in Quito, which is not IN New Gre
NADIA, hui il the republic Of Ecuador" We are able
10 explain he origin al the article, having before us
"A Quito paper oi Nav 13lh, enlied" La Concoi d,a,
which contains said article, with an introductory
| communicated from Sch Sweeiaer, Esq u. =.
Consul, ii part OF which we Translate. From thus
communication il appears that the article Aforesaid
was writer or dictated by MIR. kausse himself
The translate Of ii published in The Grenada Chr"n
lce and repubshed in this country, is very correct,
except that there few omissions.
To the editor of he Concordia.
have the honor To communicate Tor your yalua-
bic paper, account given me by Mr.. John klaua-
Sc, OF Il "Trip which lie has just made from Lima TO
this capital, by the river Mannon.
Mr.. kiausse announces himself agen, Of the
commercial house firm OF klausse. johnson and
Salayerry, of Philadelph and Lima; and the oh
ject OF his coming 10 Quito, to effec; contract
with the government, which shall secure to him for
specified period, the exclusive navigation by steam,
OF the river Pastaxa, and other tributaries which
flow from our cordillera 10 the Maranon.
The ifAnense Importance of this channel Of com.
municaion with the Old World and the U. States
of the North, is apparent, since 1t will reduce
distance from the European ports 10 an ensy voyage
OF 40 or 81 days. The lsthmus of Panama which
obstrucis the way, and Cape Horn which removes
US so far from Europe, have always operated as in
.t,a
Of European commerce from the distant shores Of
Ecuador The opening of this natural passage 10
the Atlantic Ocean, will remove these impednents,
| am of opinion, Sir, that the head waters Of the
rivers which flow from our Cordillela to the Mara
non, are the places destined by nature to be the ports
OF the (sierra) mountain region. The river Maranon
Is our royal road TO Europe and North America
When the enlishted and patriotic administration
which happily governs The republic, can devote its
attention to The promotion OF a constant emigration
to the fertile lands traversed by that great river,
see no reason 10 doubt that il will become TO Ecua-
dor what the Ohio and Mississippi nre 10 the Uni
ted States Of the North, or the Rhine, Ebe, Danube
and Scheldi, TO Germany and Holland. ] am, Sir
with much respect, your oLed't serv't,
SETH SWEETSER, U. s. Consul
Quito, May 6, lS45.
As Consul Sweetser remarks, the placing of steam
boats On the Amazon would be OF vast benefit to the
mountain region of Ecuador and Peru; into both of
which republics, one by the river Paslaza and the
other by the Guallaga, MIR. Klausse penetrated to
considerable distance, with his steamboat, from the
East. IL is, however, absurd TO suppose that the
commerce OF Europe and The u. States, destined for
the Pacific shore, will 60 by way OF The Maranon,-
since the Andes intervene, and Cannot he passed with
heavy freight, save AT enormous expense Ii there
were energy enough in Peru to construct Rail Road
from lingo 10 Lima, or in Ecuador to construct
Rail Road from Banos 10 Guayaquil, and il the face
OF the country admitted of the construction of such
Roads, (Which ii probably does not,) Maranon pro-
badly might become the great route for travel and
freight between the Atlantic and Pacific. But these
IFS are likely 10 be nstperable obstacles. The Bos-
ton Advertiser Says
The Amazon and its branches have been before
descended by travellers from the fc, hut this is
the first account of high steam navigation, Of
practicable and comparatively easy passage up the
river from The Atlantic TO the Pacific The follow.
ing extract from article ON Brazil in the Revue
des Deux Montes, by NJ. DIES Chayagnes, Il French
traveller in thacouuIrv, ives an account Of two
cessul expeditions of this kind. The success Of
Captain Klausse in ascending, is The less grat-
flying.
Translated from the Revue DIES Deux Mondes.l
"Imo officers Of the English navy have recently
lin July, lS44) arrived in the Amazon from Peru.
Their narrative has been published LieuienaniSmytl
occupied more than eight months in this difficult en-
terprise. Lieutenant Lister Instead Of departing
from Lima 10 float down the Gualaga lCaptaln
Klausse's route1 went by sea To TruxlIo thence to
Basa Puerto; he followed the of the Cbaci-
guco and finished his expedition in seven nonths."