Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-11-21
THE GATE Way or THE OCEANS.


The forcing of The barrier VIII eh ff hugdeda of years
has de- fled and unprullel the eammrwe Of Tho world.
secns now even at hnnd oor hall ol ifs chtra.
fr tho mnr lon Al tn A1aetif aud tht Ptri', ebmnfd
lou the State Of N,c,raen, list yar by ihn pfomniud
of the Americans Is E, he h I'd nj N of'n Of Fnglsh
rapiiss mud understanding ls At leng'h announced
that if he cmiempa,td ship eannl can be cnsrnt cd
on condins thai shall lenvo M uncertainty ns Ia lha
pniIaheness Of lhe cnlefp q. 1t lsip b. carried laf
ward with the influence Of or highest mercantile
firms.
The INN 'jnte stops now IN e'u 50 If adoption nay
be rv vplnnd IN loy wofds. At prescott thu tansi n
the sihmns nf Panama occupies nnr days md IL
Inconvenience I'D dangsis are n'oflons At Nlcfta.
pn it Is represented TIE naus may possibly be ellie It'd
in dly. and this by eontnuau' tam rut,w IT, III"
exception of fifteen mills by nn of omnlhns lhs
paas g, would BE- np thu san lnnn ncoss axe Ntcnra
em 1.-the owh Of that name. anl thsee' to the part
of san Juan del Sur. On the Pacific. On aryng Mt
tins trtmiau4 (nl ia consider bly, sauih II III nns
canlculf lated t The retmanen cnal, namely Renf1D
the passenger wanld fn1 himself nmo TX or SEVEN hun
dfe1 nils urafrf b. Caliiorni han If he had crossed
at the lsihmus Of Piunma; aud "a the rate o speed ai
the American sleamor4 this ryce Is upwards of REQ
hundred miles day his saving oi il'ee DAYS III Gro s.
inc. coupled vi lhe sy1g in sea dlslance, would he
equivalent tp totl If fifteen hnndred nileS measured
in relation to whni ia accomplished by th'se vessels =
\ owct chargo of the transit and comparatively
healthy climate also additional inducements, and I'm
der these circumstances ant cimn' ao entertained That
the urcat tide of traffic will turned in the new direc
Ion. Ih4 tide ace ldioa tl the he accounts from
Panama. wiz kept M a The tate 81 seventy lhiusahd
perols n yrat; aud IT 'Xn ctad To lnrtrase.
Tho nasiga'iy OF the san jnnn however, IN its
present Stat. . remains vet BIZ tested The American
company IN havo oblined the priyeae OF The route
have sem duw4 two vessels Of lghl drmgh' tho Dcc
tar aud Niramnnn fur IT, purppse0l ndhwih placing
the matter beynd doubt. At the last date the Dir cor
bad safely cnssed the bar at mouth, and was prrpar
ing to ascend the Nicaragua had pfcvonsy gone mp the
Colrado branch river, where. IT Is iaid lhnhgh The
cnrcssness o her cnlneor abe had run aground upon
n sand bank though wth'n' sustaining any damage.-
Thu next accon Is Will poss' ss grra terrst. " Int
ever may be- the real capab lilies OF he river. accdens
and delays mus, be aucipa'ed IN tn" frt trial ol new
meth d of navigating il. Even in the Thlm' i. the
first steamer could scarcely have brNn expected 10 make
n lrp from Inndnn bridge to Richmond without me
misiap Should, therefore, the present experiment
show any clear Indications # ueres there viii hr rea-
sonahe grounds for co gratnaoa; and II form 81 I'M or
tart clapcr in the story ofeneIp ls that all must
reparl II vi h good wishes.
II Ihi7 emp ray transit should realize The expeca
ii ns seems TO wa rant thrrr be litte dnbt ihe
completion n( the canal will be comnenc d with
af,lo sup using The SURVEYS sh W eosl mol exceed
u The sum cseinaled in 1887 by Lieu. Bally the
r spec Of the return would, lhre is 10 believe
BE- much larger han III pnblic have At any time heh
med tn SUPPOSE There is also The tc that The
Increase Of these returns kn llnt 50 l'ng as
the commerce of the world. shall mcreas and, mde'd
already The idea of the gains appears 10 have
sruck some mi ds wi h such force as to lead th'm To
qac 5on # he privileges whih have been granted ae
mol of kind so extraordinarily favorable that they VII
,pncr or later be ropud aed by the State o NhaH9na
No such danger however. exists; the complny are
onanned in h. safe pa, session u all ia II tl4hts by
he treaty of pr ac,n which h1s been ratified between
4, ritain and H., 1 Tnilpd Sat