The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-02-11

and from the tenor OF their report there appears |
nae doub. OF the feasibility Of constructing the
proposea canal, although such an undertaking
viii meet with many obstacles, both from the
broken nature Of the country and the hos
fifty Of the Indiags, particularly on the Atlantic
side where they are reported to be anning with the
intention of making desperate resistance TO the
entertainments OF the whites. New discoveries have
been made OF Extensive beds OF precious metals and
Of quarres Of fine marble in Chilli So far as ap-
pearsnces gre concerned the miners of that count ~
are in a most aourisbiDg condition. bnt the enc
rality Of the people there, in nearly every other
psr, of South America kept in perpet AL state
OF Excitement by political and religion fcud, in
consequence Of which majority Of the a, are likely
10 remain poor and miserable until thef are enght.
ened BY tie Americans and Englis fgnen who are
"a taking up their abode among ITEM. The in-
habitants Of Valparaiso have ns sa much pleased
NTH the announcement thar Il ey are hereafter TO
h supplied with North Amer car ice at the nate Of
four cents per pound, which 1chcaper than they can
procure frozen snow from Y Ie CordIleras.
~ way Of Panama We gave received letter from
our Melbourne corespor dent, and have files OF Aus
tralGn papers q the II th or November. The news
though not very impor iant is varied and interesting
VI have additional PARTICULARS respecting the occu
rlbabla coaseqc .uces CT that act on The convict
| System q Engl ~ ara her policy toward she Poly
nssien islands A sydney correspondent Of the
Melbourne ~ gas reports the abandonment Of the
! orange river sovereignty by the British. Active
preparation were making 70 cocnize the banks and
drive trF de along the sides If the newly p9ged
| Murray 4 yer. very exciting sailing match rad
tsksn p ace OF The watera Of Port Philip, between
the Am eljcau schooner Pride Of the Sea built by
| George Steers and tle EJs h yacht LEILA, ~
which the latter was far distanced Captain
| Frrde, U. $ AZ, Of Salem, .aas, died Of fever
| IN Melbourne On tie 30th o. October party
CT Aroeric IDS had contracted with the corpora.
ton OF Melbourne FOR cleaning and watering
TIE streets Of that city, fro which presume that
they are ens4rprlsing New Workers, who are aware
what snecure such spectators enjoy at home.
number OF United States newsboys had landed in
Melbourne spd created quite jealousy amongst the
newspaper folk by their eager business habits. The
last trade reports sndrgold circulars are given
Advices from Kingston, Janaica, to the 18th ult-,
. announce that the House of Assembly and Board OF
! Council were IN session. On the oath ultino the
on M Porteus called the attention Of the latter
body 10 the recent Enamel ado' erder Of the Cap
tain General Of Cuba, AMI urged that the labor ar
! ket Of Jamaica should he repenisaed by govern
ment importation Of the negroes freed thereby. 1t
was resolved thata deput8ton from the Board should
wait upon the Governor Of Jamaica and request him
TO put himself in commune alton with the English
Consul az Havana on the subject, with view TO as.
certain how far advantage could be taken OF the
African liberation policy Of Spain.
IN a communication from the Comptroller ID the
Board OF Aldermen, that funcioDary recommends
revision Of the ordinances prescribing the powers
arl lntiee If dena The COmntrolar
states that several heads Of departments have been
IN tie habit Of lodging the public money received by
them IN banks and placing the interest To their own
credit instead OF 20 the credit OF the codnty The
reforners viii doubtless look to this.
The Reverend Samuel Osgood delivered lecture
last evening before the members of the Mercantile
Library Association, upon Our Old Men sld Our
Young Mem The reverend lecturer had very
urge Audience.
Rev. \. II. Chspin delivered lecture lasi even.
NJ % the life 0: John Hampdsu, but owing TO the
~ont OF room, we are compelled 70 omit reports OF
his and two or three other lectures which we have
ntype II possible We shall puosl all .; them ID
morrow.
cur teeeTapbic dispatches contain various a..
counts 81 maritime and railroad accidents, political,
! aommereis aud general news, to which, - well 81
'oa large amount 81 other interesting matter, we
cannot alord space FOR particular reference
The CunsTd steamship Africa is neagly due a.
his port, with three Days later advices rom Europe
she i noF ~ FER fourteenth day.
me spou-ancn ar Washington and Albany.
We draw particular attention to the very
able and lucid report Of Mr.. Engineer Meal
pine on our works Of internal improvement in
general and the proposed canal enlargement in
particular. 4 perusal Of this excellent docu-
ment cannot fail 10 convince every one that
had the enlightened policy pursued by De Witt
Clinton and his contemporaries been steadily
followed NJ t. the present day, the New York
canals would BY this time have furnished not
only ample means for their own enlargement
and completion but surplus fund over asd
above all charges. Had the tolls been kept at
the rates that existed some years ago, they
would now be pourir several millions into the
State treasury, and instead Of promising to
become drain upon the public would have
provided our State government with all the
money il required. The reduction Of the tolls
benefited no one but the forwarders. The pub
! lie derived 70 advantage from It, as il made
no sensible alteration in the price OF produce:
ard as, according to Mr.. McAlpine the rail-
roads could not compete with the canals for
the carriage Of bulky articles, il conferred no
benefit on the State. The traffic would have
been the same. if there had been no diminuton
q the coils II was done simply ia order to put
moncy into the pockets of the forwarders who
were IN league with the politicians and
j.-chemers at Albany: and the consequence now
j, tbatT arc called upon to raise ten millions
ana haif to make up the deficit caused by
hel, reduction
We have on more than one occasion sketched
the del ngs Of the sposmen at Washington Our