The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-09-03

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paby also considerably too high, and fenforced
would tend 70 compromit the existence Of the com
paDy snd the pros aerty OF the province, while on
the other hand il the fares were fxed Il m ,derste
figure trafiic would be very much increased. and
Of large pronts. The rates which the report sus
Rests ss fsir are, frst class passenge q.
ls0 res per league (about 81 for fifteen mles) and
50 SO er day for meals; for second class passengers
one third less, and for deck passengers two.thirds
efs.
The report points out several defects in the con-
struction Of the Marajo, Fand suggests "a proper
MODELS for the steamers to be hereafter built for the
company--particularly on the second iine-those
1t also directs attention to the inconvenience which
will be probably experienced from side-paddle
steamers in times of aocd, when the river will be
covered with floating masses Of timber, and
Under the head of Physical Constitution of the
Margins of the Solimoen" the report ssys:-The
margins Of the river which present to the eyes
OF the traveller as high barriers Of argllsci0us for
predomDate, indicate the diluvia formation of these
iaDds the low land islands and shores are alluvial
lands, more or less modern Beds like those OF coal,
which appear fiom Tabstinga up, may really turn
ont to be anthracite coal, and should be sc entif.
cally examined The report goes on to treat of the
vast Datua wealth Of these lands; but the writer
evidently draws very largely on Lieut.. Maurys book
on +" The Amazon and the Atlantic Slopes Of
"
unnecessary 10 follow him. He says, however, that
he does rot entirely endorse various exaggerations
ana datribes Of Yankee eloquence contained in
that work such for instance as the relation OF the
diamoL pavements OF Cuyaba, the vegetable COW,
and the four yards of cotton worth rs cents in the
ULiteo States, being exchanged for $50 worth OF
sarsapaIilla. have had time-he says-to be pre-
sent Mt the markets ia Marannow and TO become
acquainted with the business, and can state posi-
,ivey that such ba gains would not fail to be COZ
siceIed fraudulent; ard it i'll becomes Mr. Maury,
WHO declaims so loudly in favor of humanity, civil
zatiGD and Christianity, to recommend such traffic
TO bis pi0us cOubtrymeD.
1t would be outside OF my province to refer to
other statements in that work; but seeing that Mr.
Maury refers to the voyage Of Messrs. Herndon and
Gibbon as having been executed clandesiiaely by
virtue Of commission also secret, as to escape
III known perils or prosecutions, alike enigmatical,
I cannot avoid stating that these assertions must
appear very strange to me who have had the opp0r
tunity OF knlwiDg some particular facts Of the
perfectly cor gnzant Of the object OF the exploring
expedition, which could neither be kept secret from
the government nor individuals, the local authori-
ties extt nded to them all hospitality, aid and
cor. might mention the reception which Mr..
Herndon ived publicly in every part Of Soil
moeD, and even for months in the city of Barra, in
the house of Mr.. Henrique Antony, and the assist
Of an escort f,om four fortresses which accom-
panied Mr.. Herr don in the descent of the Madeira,
through the province OF Matte Crosse.
The import and export trade Of the Solimoeu,
which may be estimated at $500 900 per year, ia as
yet but small thing to promise this line the real
cation of rapid developement. That importance,
however, will be conside ably augmented as soon
as the project proposed by Humboldt and Others
is carried out, Of giving to the Amazon Its natural
destiby-tbat Of serving as highway Of commu-
nication and supply to the territories bathed by
itself and its aiuents. The advantage and the in
crease of Development Of the province appear un-
depable, if the steamers could calculate on the an
nual transport Of $40 100000. Such would be the
approximate value Of the impOltations and exporta-
tons of the interior of New Granada aad Ecuador
to where the ramdcations Of the Solimoen and ANA.
zon night be extended by means of the rivers Iea
aud Napo, of those OF Peru by the Solimoen
and Maranon, and Ct Bolivia by the Madeira.
cannot give an option to the difficulties of these
communications, but they should be explored by
engineers These steamers would partici pate 10 the
trade of Bolivia and Ecuador, New Granada and
Venezuela, which now passes into the Atlantic and
the Antilean sea by way Of the Magdalena and Oro-
noco-al the import trade which now comes
through africa and Cobija, Callao, TruxiiIo Gusya-
quill, and the other parts Of the Pacific, crossing the
Andes.
The following is given as q statement of the trade
Of the four above named republics, according to