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From the " Y. Erprs.


we understand that an association of gentlero,n
IN this city have procured a grant Of the rpht of
way from the Atlantic the Pacific oceans. through
Nicaragua. The grant gives exclusive privileges
for forty years.
tbs the intention Of the ASSOCIATION, among whom
are some large capitalists, at once TO essablish n
route for passengers and freight from one ocean to
the other, by the river San Juan, Lake Nicaragua.
DC steamboat is at once to be sent down 70
navigate the San Juan river and Lake Nicaragua 10
Granada, and from thence To Realijo line of
coaches and wagons is to be put on The road be-
tween these two points is good, and the distance
from eighty to ninety miles This route posses.es
great advantages IN two particulars first, in bay-
ing two good harbors, the one ut San Juan de Nj,
caragua, and the other at Rcalijo, each capable of
admitting ships of any size second the distance
TO California Is shortened about one tbousand p,e,
n passage from ocean to ocean, at this point. for
ships, has occupied the attention Of the commercial
word LOT more than century; and a ship canal
would long since have been made but for the upse,
tied state Of the country and government there
Humboldt examined all the routes and gave to this
ne preference, pronouncing it entirely feasible Il
mas subsequently been three times surveyed and
tne surveys confirm the opinion Of Humboldt
governor Clinton pronounced it practicable, and
urged the making of the work. The testimony Of
us pracucability, IN short is too abundant and too
conclusive TO admit Of controversy or doubt
The grant recently procured is for ship canal;
and until this shall be constructed, right Of exclu-
sive navigation is given for steamboats,, &c. The
line to be at once established is only temporary.
viz, until canal shall be completed.
This greut undertaking is to be at once com
menccd. Only about seventy miles OF canal is ne
cessary to ten thousand miles of distance IN ali
vessels going and returning from the United S,e,e,
to California, CHM, DC. That the desire of the
world for water communication for ships between
the two oceans will at length be realized we no
longer doubt, so favorable are the terms Of the grant
and so comparatively triAing is the cost Of this
work.
Al the head OF this enterprise az we are informed.
and determined 10 carry Il tbroueb & an, u....
boat Commodore and capitalist, Cornelius Wander
bilt
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From the philadelphia Inquirer.
WAsHrseros. June 81. Is

have lust seen a slip from one Of the papers,
containing notice Of the new lighthouse at Exc
cu,ion Rock, Long Island sound. In this notice
il is stated that the paIes Of red glass placed before
the refectors TO color the hgnt, are too small, and
are ticd with strings and that, moreover portion
Of the horizon is not illuminated; concluding with
general statement in general terms, dsparaging TO
American lights ard their system Of management
As such reckless statements are likely 10 preju-
dice hose ignorant of the true facts my object is TO
make known, that the small red panes and their
attachment by strings Qtalcised in the communion
tom were merely temporary arrangements, 30 as
to give the public the benefit OF the light at the
earliest opportunity, while the large red psnes and
permanent fixtures being obtained. The
whole Of the remarks were premature, the light
house not being yet finished; and the landing,
which he characterizes as bad, has not yet been
constructed, but IL now about being built
With regard to the unilluminsted portion Of the
horizon, the writer's remarks are unmeanng It not
being Illuminated any more than what 10 required
by the wants Of navigation and as II forms no part
Of the present management TO waste the public
funds, either in the purchase Of useless lamps, or
the oil necessary TO light them, the reason Of the
non-iumnation is sufficiently clear.
The general assertions Of the ineffciency Of the
American compared with European lights, is so far
from being true, that the Office Of the 9Th auditor o.
the treasury and superintendent general Of light
/ houses contains st this momen; the signatures o
1900 masters of vessels and pilots, voluntarily fur
nshed within the last two years and asserting then
I full equality Against such statements, by persons
interested u, the highest degree in harng the lights !,
first rate efficiency and who are moreover well quail
! fed to Judge, the remarks OF the hypercrtc car
weigh but little; and to reply in general terms q
general charges il with entire truth be stated
! that every Improvement made in lighthouses ha
been literally fostered and developed by the presen
superintendent general, Who having held that ofic
for the last 80 years. and beng perfectly conversan
with the whole theory and practice Of lght-hous
Illumination will scarcely profit by the crude crit
cisms Of o novice.
To the Editors Of the Courier and Enquirer
The above, intended reply TO my notice o
the light on Execution Rocks was sent me by
friend; a brief answer s all think necessary
The writer admits the accuracy Of my statement
in relation 10 the red panes tied with strings, bu
pleads that the lighthouse was not finished Ho'
far this is to be excuse is for the public 10 Judge
when state the fact that the appropriation wa
made for the light in 1896 that the lantern IL seps
rate fixture from the tower, and should have bee
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OFFICIAL.
Medical Dspartment Of the Army.

Medical Department OF the Army.
Before Medical Board which convened in the
city of New York, on the LIST of May last the fol-
lowing applicants for appointment in the Medical
Staff of the Army were examined, and approved
William H. Ballard, of Louisiana.
George X. Wood, of New York
Joseph B. Brown, of Michigan.
Alexander b. Hasson, of Maryland.
Jonathan Letherman, of Pennsylvania.
William A. Hammond, of Pennsylvania.
Francis Sorrel, Of Georgia.
Edward w. Johns, of Maryland.
William w. Anderson, of South Carolina.
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REPUBLICANIsM IN FRANCE.

The news by the Hibernia from France
has reawakened our tagging interest in the
ever shifting fortunes of that fated coun-
try. 1t is little singular that no govern
ment in France, monarchical or republican,
despotic or representative, can manage a
crisis without suspending the liberty of the
press. So that the first act, after the re-
cent disturbance, was to suppress the jour
nails hostile to the administration. II must
be very paradoxical sort of republicanism
that can Justify a measure like this. The
only excuse We have in reply to our Anne
rican questioning of such proceedings is,
that Frenchmen are an exception to the
rest Of civilized humanity, and that they
are of too inflammable a temperament to
be entrusted with an amount of liberty
which could not be safely infringed either
in this country or in England. Under
Legitimacy, under the Citizen King, and
under the Presidency, the malcontent
press has to be muzzled, first of all, after
an emeute; and whether Socialism, should
it prevail, would be any more lenient to-
wards it, is a matter of doubt.
Some of the more INSCRIPTIONS Locofo-
co papers attribute to the friends of Presi-
dent TAYLOR opposition as party, in
sentiment, to that section of the republi-
cans of France, represented in the Assem-
bly, by LEDRU RoLLIN. This is a very
gratuitous assumption on the part of our
democratic moralists, who claim a mono
poly of sympathy with popular grievances
and wrongs. With regard to LEDRU Roll
LIN, personally, we know little. The
Union endorses him as an "eminent pa
triot and democrat ;" but we presume it
has only the same index that we all have
to Judge him by-his words. On the ques-
ton of French Intervention for the restora-
ton Of the Pope, he has certainly pursued
a spirited and, we think, true course
and he has battled vigorously in the As
sembly in behalf of liberal measures, at
times against large odds, when we have
cordially rendered him our full sympathy.
The Intervention of the French govern
ment in Italy is probably based on cal
culation of enlisting the religious sentiment
of the people in its support. The last &C
counts tell US that 500 Romans had fallen,
and OUDINoT had not yet entered the city
Red Republicanism will not fail to receive
an indignant response to its protest against
the policy that could lead to such sacri-
fee, from the republicans of the United
States. There will be but one sentiment
on the subject among those who are free
from the religious bias and it is ridicu.
lous for the Union TO pretend that that sen.
timent is hostile to the earnest, true repub
leans Of France.
Receiving" says the Union, "ou
news from Europe mainly through the
English press, il is more or less colored by
the aristocratic and bigoted prejudices o
I the British medium through which itpasses
There, as here, party and press exist
whose sympathes are really and truly witt
. the monarchs Of Europe in their struggl
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tits stated that Dr. Charles T. Jackson, of Boston,
had received the cross of the national order of the
legion of honor from the French Government. 1t
is stated, in the documents which accompany the
cross, that it is bestowed in consequence of his
high scientific attainments, and for haping made the
discovery Of etherization. DR.. Jackson has also
ceived from the King Of Sweden gold medal, as
testimony of the respect in which his character and
scientific services are held by that monarch.
A Miss Mitchell, of Nantucket, has also received
medal from the King of Denmark, for the Disco
very of hitherto unknown comet
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The Union remarked, the other day, " We do
and to read there the influences which control his
conduct" And yet, on the heels of this disclaimer,
the same journal ventures to assign the most dis
credtable motives to the President for course
which it comedies TO be right, adopted for the pre-
servation of our neutrality and the vindcation of
our laws. It's consistency would seem to be as
void and blind as its charity
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PARVENUES.

The Union calls us parvenu AS that
journal is continually in the habit of be-
slowing its praises upon emigrants of all
sorts, it must design, by this expression,
to intimate its grief at the shortness of our
acquaintance. Be the Union consoled /;
for although we are new corners, we in
tend to remain here long time.
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Judge Baird, the agent sent by Texas to New
Mexico to organize government as a county or
district of the former State has written To Austin
to state that his mission has, yet, ailed the peo-
pie evincing utter distaste to come under the au-
thority Of the commissioner, who about to claim
by proclamation exclusive jurisdiction. The pro-
clamation was already printed, but had been tenn
porarily suspended at the instance of Col. Wash
ington, the military commandont, to enable him to
communicate with the authorities in this city.
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TIL E R E ? U B Lie.
WASH N GTON:
TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 8, ls49.
o F F / CT A l..
APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT

APPOINTMENTS BY THE PRESIDENT.
THOMAS S. HALL, of Virginia, to be
Marshal of the United States for the East
ern district of Virginia, vice Edmund
Christian, removed.
BENJAMIN H. SMITH, of Virginia, to be
Attorney of the United States for the
Western district of Virginia, vice George
w. Thompson, removed.
JAMES GwINN to be Collector of the
Customs at Vicksburg, Miss, vice Hardy
Hendrew, removed.
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The triangular controversy in relation TO the con-
trbution for the Pope, between the Right Rev. DR..
Hughes, Horace Greeley, and Signor Secchi G Ca
sail, an Italian gentlemen, who has long been in the
United States, is likely to be continued to some
length. The different journals of New York seem
to make it the subject OF general comment
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Walter Savage Lander has addressed letter to
their tyrannous rulers thorough fogging, and
then to emigrate in solid body to America. He
says: A people can do without king, but what
can king do without people'" There is no OBJ
lection whatever to the Germans and Hungarans
whipping their Emperor and King but when they
shall have done that there will be less inducement
for them to emigraie
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"Thc students Of the University Of Virginia have
determined to erect statue OF Thomas Jefferson,
and propose to secure the necessary funds by the
publication Of monthly magazine, to be called the
Jefferson Monument Magazine
Unless more profitable than literary magazines
have generally been in the South, the statue must
remain long in the quarry.
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FEARFUL MoRrALITY ON SHPBoaRD-T hirty-fpe
deaths BY Choiera.--The packet-ship Guy Manner
ing Captain Ed wards, arrived this morning at the
quarantine, from Liverpool, which port she left
with seven hundred and seventy-nne Storage, and
six caoin passengers. Thirty-fve have died Of
cholera during the passage and seven are now sick
of the same disease. They were landed, and re-
ceiyed by DIR. Stewart, of the Emigrsnt Hospital,
Staten Island. The remaining passengers which
have survived appear TO be in good healthy y
Com. .6dp.
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Whether there be cholera at Saratoga or not is a
matter Of dispute, some Of the residents maintain
ing that il does not exist, and others citing several
deaths previous to the 9th. II may affect the
prosperity of that well-known Spa during the
coming season.
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Orders have been published by the military au-
thoritics in New York dispensing with all parade
on the approaching anniversary, in consequence of
the prevailing malady.
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AmEncAs ASSOCIATION ron rBE ADVANCEMENT
Of SCIENCE .-This association which met last year
in Philadelphia, will hold it's annual meeting at
Cambridge, Massachusetts, to commence on Tues
day, the 18th Of August Professor Henry, Of the
Smithsonian Institute, will preside.
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The books for sl,OOO,0Oo of the stock of the
Panama railroad we're opened in New York on
Wednesday, and the whee amount taken before
three o'clock
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A lis, is in circulation in Boston and New York
to raise 100000 to set foot expedition to the
Arctic in search Of the missing vessels OF Sir
John Franklin.
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LIGHTHOUSES.

We copy from the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the
Nep York Courier and Enquirer, a correspondence
in regard to a new lighthouse in Long Island
sound, that will be of interest to portion Of our
readers
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II is stated by the Journal of Commerce, of New
York. that moro than 81 0O00 900 of the stock Of the
Panama railroad was taken in a single day.
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House of Lords.

The following debate preceded the passage ofthe
bill repeating the navigation laws, on Tuesday, the
10Th instant:
REPEAL or rHE NAVIGATION LAws.-The Mar
quis Of Lansdowne moved that the navigation bill
be read third time
The Earl Of Peterborough opposed the motion,
considering the measure as fraught with danger to
the country. Our forefathers did not mind paying
something for maintaining the naval supremacy,
but he was Disguised with the feeling which dc
tated the present measure, which went 10 sacrifice
the best interests of the country TO a sordid, Cali
fornisn principle, and which he was convinced on
its coming into operation, must prove deeply detr-
mental To the security OF the empire.
Earl Granville replied to the arguments Of the
previous speaker.
The Earl OF Winchsea opposed the bill, and
read lesson TO the bishops, without whose votes,
The noble earl said, the bill would have been thrown
out He cautioned the right reverend body that,
If the period should ever arrive when questions OF
q secular character should be carried by their votes,
then England would join with him in the wish to
zee the house Of convooation restored, and the
bench Of bishops represented by few chosen from
among them, who would not interfere in questions
with which, with view TO the best interests Of the
country, they ought not TO intermeddle. He pro-
tested against the passing Of the bill, and regretted
that il should be carried in consequence Of a wan
Of courage on the part Of Of their lordships u
throw il out, because they feared that the result
might be the retirement Of the present government
from Office
The Bishop Of Oxford moved the introduction O
clause, excluding from the advantages conferred
by the bill all nations engaged in the slave trade.
Lord Howden, and Earl Of Warwick, Lord Den
man, and the Marquis Of Lansdowne then addressed
the House, and their ordships divided
Contents
Non-Contens %
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ADAMS ExpREss.-We are indebted to the
oblging agent Of this Express for European papers
brought by the Hibernia
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Tpr STEAMER MAID or THE MIsT.--The pub
shed report Of accident TO this little boat, which
plies in the waters below the Falls Of Niagara, ~
officially declared TO be mere invention
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The gold dollar is being coined rapidly at the
branch mint in New Orleans, and the journals of that
section Of country in ecstacies at the great con
venience likely to be experienced from them in
place of the heaps of silver necessary to be carried
about the person in country where there is no pa
per of less value than five dollars
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There is an account in the Cecil Wing of the
spontaneous bursting Of barrel of whisky in
store in that county, by which boy was scalded
to death. What stuff TO drink!
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MEXICO.

The Pairia, of New Orleans, of the 25th ut, has
received late news from Mexico.
The Vera Cruz correspondent of La Patria, writ
ing under date of the 18th inst, states that the mo-
anarchists are acting in concert with the parsans of
Santa Anna, for the overthrow of the present Gov
eminent Herrera, the President, is described as a
man of excellent intentions and goodness of heart,
but wanting energy, He is unable to cope with
the revolutionary spirit now fermenting As there
is no longer an army in Mexico, all who formerly
belonged to it are. out Of employ. and desire
change by which they may get occupation. Santa
Annals friends are doing their best TO foment this
feeling, and revolution is evidently being prepared
in his favor. 1t is stated even that the Government
has ordered him to be received with due honor at
Tampico On the other hand, it is stated that the
Mexican brig of war Vera Cruz has been sent TO
Tabasco to seize three of Santa Annals emissaries,
who are about visiting the country to stir up
volution. tNt
At Orizaba plot has been discovered for the as
sassination of number of Government officers.
Arms were distributed among the consprators, and
the plan carefully elaborated. Fortunately the plot
was detected in time.
to Mexico of Seor Iturbide, Secretary of the Mex
lean Legation at Washington, and seems to ascribe
his appearance to difficulties between the two Gov
ernments, arising out Of the protocol For this
rumor there are no grounds. The u. 8. frigate
Saratoga is cruising near Vera Cruz, and her pre-
sence is attributed by tho Mexcans to the same
cause.
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Majority against the amendment ID
The bill was then passed.
On Thursday following the Lords amendment
was agreed TO in the House Of Commons, after q
short discussion.
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The Baltimore Sun Of yesterday gives an account
of the arrest Of sundry depredators on the oysters
Of the Potomac by two boats from York river,
Virginia The boats have been forfeited, and the
fishermen fined; one-half Of them, in default of pay
ment, being detained at Leonardtown. Look out
for "John Taylor, of Caroline %
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