New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-18
Great FIeeting in Favor OF the i-thmus OF
Tehuantepec Route 10 The Pacific
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Correspondence Of TIE Tribune.
NEW ORLEANS, Saturday, Oct. o.

Correspondence Of TIE Tnbane.
New ORLEANS, Saturday, Oct. g.
EDS. TRIBUNE: large meeting was held asst
night at the Commercial Exchange, IN favor OF
opening communication across the lsthmus OF
Tehuautepec between the waters OF the Gull and
those of the Pacific. Governor John,on presided,
assisted by number of our most distinguished
citizens as Vce-Presidents. The meeting was
numerously attended and appeared % be animated y
the best spirit The immediate Object VAS to Instruct
the Louisiana delegsie; the Memphis Convention 70
ay before that body the advantages OF the Tehuanie
pee route and to endeavor to procure 10 selection Al
the same time. 10 enmiiy against either OF the pro
posed Continental railways WAS expressed. The I'm
mediste cause OF this movement . undoubtedly the
great efforts which being made In your City to d.
vert the trade to yourselves which think should It
/, flowed through IL. natural channs certainly come
here The railroad across the lstlmus q Panama, II
ouupleted before that across ichusnte pee vii, Tor
time At least, eject euch a result which would hka
wise be produced by the Nicaragua Canal But Ie-
buanter,ec Is within the Gulf and when = communi
cation is opened there New Orleans will have no rivsl
for the iInmenfe trade OF California d the indies MS
Il neriectlg obvious 70 ali rejecting men In New Orleans
bns had il not been for the ensrge'; ni,atory meas
ure, of the New Workers 10 seize tbs prize Ia sntcPa
ton Of all others, citizens wosid probably nave
continued 10 dream Of the Tehusntepec Railroad while
doing nothing towards It's completion speak OF the
projected tfansitwsy railroad, because consider
that the only practicable method u communicsnon
some persons think shp canal could be eAca'A'eo
but this supposltion as tue nature OF
the country prccludes me success oi sucn ar unutfA
ing Trostour one Of then eminent engineers ana
practical biologists In the country Who AZ present re
.ides in Mobile, made = survey OF the isthmus a ie"
wear. ago and published the result q bio observations
lie found that the formation OF the country was slate
wing AZ angle oforty ave degrees with the horizon
Sucn foundation OF course could act hoid water un
less the bottom Of the canal were laid with cement
which would be too costly. The greatest difficulty 10
b. spprehenced in building the Railroad VIII be TO 90
tain the reh, Of way Mexican gentleman, Don Jose
De Gavay hes a grant from his Government but We un
derstand II Is contested by Messrs Msnuing and MACK
lntosh IL will be reroected that Ia the negotiations
az Tscubaya pending the stmises n Septemfsr ~ .
one of the asked by M Inst was the rgn
of way across the lsthmas Of Tehuanepec. This wa.
refused by the Mexican commissl0uers on the GROUND
that IL had already been granted 10 foreign eres
sario" Messrs Manning and Macintosh were the per
sous alluded to- but the grant to them was Subsequent
ly rescinded. ,., III, =,
The weather to-day Is beautiful cool north "lno
Is blowing which gives token Of approaching WINTER
Such weather is generally thought insalubrious @ du
rng its prevalence the number OF yellow fever cases
always found to increase 1ne difference between oui
climate and yours In their effects on the human ~ :
tenn may be Judged by the fact that 70 old residents
the temperature Of the atmosphere today appears un
caroforsbly cool while YOU will perhaps be sstonished
when inform you that the range OF the mercury i
"a 10 the shade.
To-day our new mail arrangement goes INTO enec]
Hereafter the great Northern mail viii leave AZ cocs
T. W. 'H''e'' y Your. SC vIAGERO.