The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-22
Our wasAingssn Corrarpo.as.ss.
WASHINGTON, Nov. Il, 1853.

m Coasn Retuv~s-The Publication Of he Bureau
long article in the Courier and EHqaire relating to
The forthcoming census, until copied into the Bnson
hsrs deemed hoax, ~ could believe that any
secretary under the government would permit bureau
sAssr 70 sso gross violation Of the law OF Congress
- appears to hsvs been pepetrAted relative to the
- printing. But we suppose the secretary has
Sssksd into the law thought Of the work. The publ
sson In the Star Of the title page and contents Of the
work, while proves the article to be correct, raises
hagh nom every reader ut the impudence, vanity and
assGases that would prefix the of Professor De
Dsw - the author, honor viii be DESTROYS to
&Vsts 1t u naturally enough predicted that Congress
N refuse TO pay for the printing receive tho work.
- ~ arrangement is . clear departure from law and
osas1sss could in q much cheaper way and in = more
osovenisnt the gazstteer extracts album
daatly copied il they desirable. The Union terms
y Dsw An eminent statcian, which he may be- as there
wide difference between statcks and statistics
tAsrs is between veis hmaster and philosopher. The
reputation of the professor a statt is lin tied TO those
Who hardly appreciate the term while the idea scout
- BY those who understand the science For years
A1e has not appeared in the Reriao which modssty
osass his name one original idss from his pen except
wherein he declares do believe in manifest
dsstny in forcible Intervention in propagaudism Of
sAnsd the Monroe doctrine" When he uttered this
a ON the sd psgs Of his review for this year, he CO
ago. We suppose the idea was originated when he
sought Burkes place under General Taylor Congress,
chen Dc tsrminng the manner Of printing the census,
aeon and expressly provided for what should be print.
a and rejected what should not but this srects
Anseh superior to the law, and has taken tbs very
Ablss published in the HERALD last winter, with slight
variations and it appears has copied the history of the
ohersn MT eensuses which given in Kennedy London
address, and incorporated them original IDEAS with
me same that he assumes the authorship OF the
material in great part had been previously prepared"
u now made to appear that the haal report
Elementary report will ready during the coming
asA Sse hrst and last lines of the Cou1ir article.
On TO Exhausted surplus of appropriation made
1r large work, but reduced after making the
Hepriaton to one halt its dmsnsions How egtmately
entitled TO profess orship is he By economics
administration Of the Office has in six onths maze all
Ne honor of three years labors crown his brow wi
how cotd he University OF Louisiana vacate the
shair of such pro ssors His history without paral
~ and should certainly appear in the for the be-
man is fitted to fill the chair of each State bureau he is
= recommend AND that Of the United States to boot.
Emery hat has the United States do with State bu
naAts2
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1858.
Proposed Ship Canal across the Isthnnus of Darien
-Ds.patch Of the U. S. Ship Cyane to Examine
me NeU Rosts-Mission of DR.. Black TO this
Co~ntry-Interesttng Facts Concerning the
Proposed Work-Opinions of Humboldt the
King Of Prussia, Louis Napoleon, &C., &C.
h was announced in the New YORK HERALD
some ten days ago that the sloop of war Cyane,
Of the Home Squadron had been ordered by
Ne government to prepare for expedition
. the lsshmus O. Darien, for an official survey
Of the new route recently discovered there for ship
canal from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean. Since
that time, various statements have been published in
Me newspapers concerning this new route, and the
mission Of Dr. Black to this country, at whose in
sanse the Cyane about TO be despatched upon the
Aforesaid exploration. The facts in the matter, how
ever, are the following -
The route of the proposed strait for a ship inter-
oceanic communication between the Atlantic and
Pacific oceans, has one Of its ORGANIZATIONS a.
Caledonia Bay, nearly midway between Porto 6ello
and Chico Bay, on the Atlantic side, one hundred
md twenty miles below Chagres, and the other OF
Darisn Harbour, in the Gulf Of San Miguel, nearly
midway between the city Of Panama and Cape San
Francisco S0lano, on the Pacific side, lying between
81 and degrees of North latitude. The celebrated
statement by Scotch colony in 1892 at Port
1scseee, harbOr about five miles east of Caledonia
Bay.
In letter from one OF the coonists to a friend in
Boston, New England, it is stated that this haroor
was two leagues south of Golden Island, or Gaarda,
and eight or nine leagues across the sthmus 10 q
yiver, dos n which boats could descend to the South
Sea.
In June and July, 1852, Mr.. Lionel Osborne, al
eminent English civil engineer with his assistant,
Nr. Forde, and some sailors from Dutch vessel,
made . reconnaissance of the proposed route. The
results OF that reconnaissance the facts that Da
ZEN harbor WAS among the very finest in the world,
I'D Caledonia harbor, naturally fine one, was ca
pable of being made magnificent harbor at . mod
crate expense that these harbors forty miles
apart that the Sarana river, flowing into Darien
Aarbcr, was thrty-six feet deep at low water
miles from ts mouth on the 1ne Of the strait; that
1he chief ridge OF the Cordieras that the dividing
xidge between the valleys OF the Sarana and Caedo-
MA rivers was one hundred and fifty feet high, with
. MARROW base and that the fair inference from the
rocks brought off from the different parts of the
route without boring was that the cutting would be
through stratifed rscks.
heir distance apart by British Admiralty survey Of
Daren harbor, and an old Spanish chart OF Caledo-
MIA Bay, as well as by old Spanish tradition as
70 this route a. he Is in relation to the dividing
ridge and other particulars by the suggestions OF
Humboldt.
The strait will be forty miles long, thirty-three Of
which viii be cut one hundred and sixty feet wide
md thirty feet deep at low water from the point of
departure on the sarana river to Caledonia Bay;
NE estimated cost Of the whole work being
375 100000.
The work is TO be executed by Chinese laborers,
known ~ coolies in the greatest possible numbers
~ the field OF operations. 1t Is proposed to estab
kah . pseudo military organization of these work
men, under American officers, which it is ascer-
1ained viii be agreeable to them, in order to insure
regularity and the observance of rigid sanitary ar
Magements; 70 protect them from the heat of the
IN while at work; to provide healthful water for
drinking ard supply for additions; to furnish pro-
per food for their sustenance and proper dwellings
20 protect them from the climate; and in every pos
mile way to avoid that careless, irregular OF
Ewing eating, driaking, and working which has
been destructive to European laborers IN extreme
southern latitudes.
In "the Declaration OF the Council constituted by |
the Indian and African Company Of Scotland (Pat- |
elsons) dated Dec 2s, 1893, at Neg Ednburg, Port
Hcoses,) it is said that "the chief Captains and 5u-
preme Leaders Of the People Of Darien in compliance
with former agreements, having in the most |
Kind aud obliging manner received into their |
Friendship aud Country, with Promise aud Contract |
10 assist aud join in Defense thereof q gsinst their
and our Enemies any time - come: which besides
is being Of the hesl,hful rich and fruitful