The New York herald., 1851-12-20

svs, mig the dry season. BY boats Of an ordinary
81; ne impraotieability of transporting heavy
ana 10y goods across that route, at any season Of
All. The great length of the route, it being up-
wards u two hundred miles ut its shortest distance
tesving Greyto.n on the Atlantic, you ascend
son, st any considerable distance from its mouth.
Eighty miles of travel will find you on Lake Mica
rasua, having worked your way by small steam
or, rd up e shs I9Io hsPids thence, aissnbasksd
you may succeed in finding bungo to carry you
still farther up; thence to tho Castillo Rapids,
where you disembsrk and re-embark again, and
thence Thence 70 the La5smyoG arrive g the town Of
town, and twenty miles from Virgin Bay, and about
thirty five from San Juan del Sur. Here you may
obtain food and lodging-and this Is the only place
on the whole route where these necesssries can be
obtained Passengers when leaving Greytown are
obliged to provide themselves with food for the
whole distance, or necessarily suffer for want of it,
This 10 an ineonvenience, however, that can be re-
medied in the course Of time.
From Rivas you proceed to Virgin Bay, where
there 10 no settlement, and from thence you travel
by mules to San Juan del Sur, distance of about
fifteen mules There is no road yet made between
common tothe country, serving the purpose. Tho
road il similar to the Gorgons road on the Pana-
ma route, and at times is almost impossible Ar
irving st San Juan del Sur, you find q half dozen
convenience for sleeping or eating Of any kind and
you are obliged to await the arrival Of steamer
yeur situation becomes exceedingly disagYeeable.
The time occupied in the transit Is never less than
ten or twelve The saving in the distance is about
six hundred miles, taking the difference on both
oceans. Yet this will hardly be considered an eff
set for the difference of the time in crossing, and
the risk Of being obliged to await the arrival Of
steamer to convey you to San Francisco.
If we look at the facilities afforded by the San
Juan route, We will find the following to be cor.
rect list OF thesteamers employed
ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE
Prometheus.. ZOO tons Daniel Webster. 200 tons
. ON THE PACIFIC SIDE.
racine. 1OtO tons Independence. $50 tons
N. America .....l ], 200 tons
The whole number of steamers employed is Eve,
with tonnage Of six thousand. It will be per-
ceived by this, that the Panama route has the ad-
vantage of no less than eighteen steamers and four
teen thousand and seven hundred and thirty six
tons burthen over this.
am deeply impressed with the superior advan.
tages Of the Panama route, in all respects, and
would recommend it to my fellow countrymen rs
the safest, most convenient and, under existing Ar.
rangements, by far the most expeditions. Nothing,
in fact, remains to establish it on footing that
the railroad now in progress AS it is, In the "a
ciities for travel and the length
of the route-in the expense necessary to be in
curred-in the delay attendant upon waiting for a
steamer for conveyance to San Franciscan the
accommodation along the line-in the safety and
certainty of conveyance, both on tho Isthmus and
ocesn-in healthfalness of climate-in magni6cence
of scenery, and in fact in all else that pertains to
relative comparison of the re 81 merits of the two
routes-time, experience, and the good sense of all
who cross both--will prove that the Panama route
is far superior and far preferable in every considcra.
tion that may be named.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
EDMUND B. GREEN.