New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-12


but rising regularly and gradually 70 4 cone In
the center thus aordiHS almost every variety
OF air and climate desirable. Upon this island is
situated the free port Of Amapala recently es-
tabIished, where :here few storeboases and
dwellings The rest OF the island is almost Who'll.
H. uniphabi.ed refer thus particularly q this
island because the English have long regarded it
with longing eyes and since the project Ct ca
nal across the isthmus OF Nicarsg qua has been
rioslv entertained ana is likely.to be carried in
to execution. but particularly since the large &c
cesslons by the United States o; territory on the
Pacific, they have resolved to possess Themselves
otit. The alleged debts due by Honduras Il Eng
land or rather English subjects constitute the
basis Corporations. They have uQueStlonaby oler-
edtoreceive this Island whole or parg paymentof
their debts bat IN the proposition IS no. &C.
cepted, they have minated their purpose 10 selz9
t upon the Island by way Of indemnity. England
is neyerln want o! preteXts for any act whcl may
promote her interests, real or fancied. Witness
the seizure OF the Island of Roatan on Inc Allan
tic Coast of honduras and of the port of San Juan,
on the same Coast OF Nicaragua TIE ccntem-
plated acquisition Of the key to the Gali OF Com
chagua is but another step OF the pciiGy, and
has for its principal and ultimate object thc pre-.
vention Of American preponderance in she Pacific.
Our vessels and merchandise aud citizens passing
round Cape Horn across the lsthmus OF Pnnsma,
through the proposed Ship Canal in Nicaragua,
would be completely within the power 81 Great
Britain. and might easily be intercepted tom hex
commanding position. should she obtain posses
sion of IT, Beside the three States Of Sau Saliva
dor, Honduras and Nicaragua, with Their great
mineral wealth and unlimited agricultural pfoduc-
tiveness would soon be reduced to The condition
ofdependencies of Great Britain and ultimately
be absorbed by her
Into the southern extremity oil the Gun 0t Noe
chaCua emptes considerable stream, o. eitG"'y,
called the Estero Real up which the tide flows oe
many miles. Its course for considerable Gls-
lance is near the base OF the volcanic range ".icn
have mentioned, and in ascending 1t the foy'
ager takes direct course toward the nof'.ef0
and deepest Bay Of T. axe Managua. There IS
sand bar Mt the entrance othe Estero, upon WleU'
At low tide there is but two and bal OF tutee
fathoms of water. The tide rises about ton leet,
and with some artificial Improvements, 1t IS seia
the bar could be made passable at all times } ne
bar passed the Estero deepens TO SIX ana 'en
fathoms and preserves uniform wiatn 81 rom
three hundred to four hundred Yards. IL Is enc Oh
the most beautiful natural canals tnet can oe me
ARMED the banks are lined with mabS.oFes ana
il has n dense background OF other trees. or f1d'
ward Belcher who was here IN lS3S, went thirty
miles up the kstero IN a vessel drawing ten iees
ofwster He SAYS To-day we started with the
Starting and other boats to explore the tstefa
Real which had been given to understand was
navigabe tor sixty miles in which case tront
what saw of its course IN my visit to the YleJo,
il must nearly communicate with the Iahc VI
Nanagua After considerable labor we succeeded
mouth and might easily have gone iurther na0
the " ind permitted, but the prevailing strong
winds rendered the toll ottowlng too heaYy we
assembled small hill about mile below our eX'
IRENE position, from which angles were taken to
oil the commanding peaks. From that survey,
added TO what remarked from the summit OF the
Nieo am satisfied that the stream could be fol.
lowed many miles further, and, have not the
slightest doubt, is fed very near the Lake Man
aqua ! saw the mountains 6eyond the Lake on
vi LANAI qrrbp fB13y
reHing Trees occurred. This therefore, would be-
/ the most ADVANTAGEOUS line for Canal which, by
entire lake navigation, might be connected with
the interior of the States of San Salvador, Hondu.
ras Nicaragua, and extend to the Atlantic thirty
nayigable miles for vessels drawing ten feet we
can vouch for and the natives and residents assert
Sa,rty $50 , more ~ From the course Oh the Ea'
tero and the distance it is known to extend, it
probably would not require Canal OF more than
twenty to twenty-five miles IN length to connect
its navigable waters with those Of Lake Managua,
in which case there would be saving over the
Renlc 10 line beside having the western terminus
of the great work in the magnificent Bay which
have Just described, where every facility ID at.
iorded for victualling, repairing, &c and where
local trade OF vast importance Ill sugar, cotton M
digo cocoa and coffee would soon spring up.
1t may, therefore, be safely asserted that pas
sage from the Lake of Managua to the sea IS en-
trely feasible and it only remains to determine
which Of the routes here indicated oilers che great
est advantages.
Lake of Maaagua.-Tbe Lake Of hanagua is
fine body Of water, and OF much larger size than
has heretofore been represented. 1t is certainly
far from fifty to sixty miles in length, ~ thirty
or thirty five in greatest breadth, and ranges rom
nine to ten and fifteen and even thirty tataoms in
depth The scenery which borders it is unsur'
passed in beauty and grandeur Upon the north,
crn and eastern shore, lifting their blue. rugged
peaks one above the other, are the Mountains OF
Matngalpa merging into those OF Segoyia which
are rich in metallic veins and upon the south are
broad and fertile slopes and level plains, covered
with luXuriant verdure and o. almost unlimited
productiveness. The volcano OF Momotonlbo like
a giant warder, stands ont boldly into the Lakes
its bare and baCkeDcd summit winch no man nag
ever reached covered with a light wreath Oh
smoke, attesting the continued existence oil those
internal fires which have scanned its steep sides
with burning floods, and which still send torth not
and sulphurous springs at its base. Neatlt IS the
torn and distorted Orota with It's yawnnG cfaters
and the high and yerdurc covered peak Of Acosc
usco In the L axe itself rises the regular zone On
Momotombita, so regular thai 1t seems "ofh VI
art, covered with dense forest, under the sha"'
ows and in the deep recesses OF which, frayed oy
the storms OF ages stand the rude ana foWhn6
statues of the gods OF aboriginal superstition;
raised long before European feet touched me son
of AMERICA and TO which the minds OF the Chiist
ianized Indians still revert with mysterious rev. !
erence impossible to conceal The town or city
of Santiago de Managua. which gives its name % Z
the Lake and which is tie place of the neetingof
the Legislative Chambers Of the State, Is situated 4
upon the southwestern shore. Some considerable
streams flow into the Lake from the direction OF &
segovia and the level OF water undergoes very
slight change with the different seasons.
Withthe aid OF steamers and with proper deep
enng near the shores, there would probably exist 4
no difficulty in making the passage of this LAKE
with the largest vessels. It's sole outlet IS the
River Tipitapa orPanalya a, which connects 1t WIN
the lake ofNicmagua. The distance between thS 4
two Lakes is about 5 miles, and the difereaceoI
fall fall is COMPRISED sSns Within the rss four miles from
Lake Menaeua The River below assumes tho 3