New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-07
TIE DARIEY SHIP CANAL ROUTE.

form the great laval highway from the Atlantic 70 the
Pacific In that article he credi; Of the original discovery
81 the route svarJed d. Calm and AcsSrs Leonee
G,taIn ard F1de. We have since learned that the dis
tovtIy bad bsen made and he route trsyefsed pre-
vossly to the expedition Of those gentleman AID have OBJ
,snsd directly from the gentlemen in question the foIow
mig interesting details which place before the readers of
1BE TEiIUsE
In the year 1870 " UelleT French eng nesr uoder-
1ck journey OF exploration The American lsihm a.
aasiDe view bis main Object the discovery Of sueh
Isusl lIesk in The great range Of the Corderas "heh
divides The Ishnus Dgudnsy nearly midway osi"een
the 70 oe.nbs as viii ADMIT OF the constitution OF an IN
terooespc canal and at the s,me time afford SUN 'sh
supply o. wa,er al ties 20 sscure the passage me
Lrp.n vtaes Having for ZONE years sought N va'n
,he country from Gotta Rica TO Panama Tor
route which ulfed the neces sary cond'n' 70 IA nc
began The examination at points further down The lshmls
fn, between Panama and versguas and finally Across
h,r Dsrien The notes OF these explorations have been
,sumuno.ted TO W. sud fm Dsb the materials for This
tiele
Leaving Panama in email caDoe be went first % Chepo
and followed tbsnce the coast Of the Calf of Panama on
so, until he rec he'd the spacious and magnificent Cali OF
San Miguel large enough for the anchorage Of the fleets Of
n. world Af4r an examination Of the bsaa.if islands
which enyen tie surface Of that Gull he approached the
entrance Of The noble river w&h fows in upon the soui
rp shorc and taking Advantage Of high SEA forced his
vsy Ito one Of is mouths (Latooa GCaadc where view
AZ suTpsspg bcsuy spread out before bis esoni-he1
raze The range Of hills along the sbore is Of small Gle
vs,on and .leIe is indication outside Of the grand .n
which spread on, within, and which offers >cens Of
beauty having few equals in the word Ascending the
river which Known o. The RIO Grande of Darien upon
lie rgb, or south east and west chau Of hills ex
about ten miles to the village Of Pinogana while
or The opposite side Immense plain spread on limited
On ti north east and north by chain Of mountains with
tree conspicuous peaks This chain is partially broken
sn6 the nights ncr in the north north east toward Poro
Belo and in the west north west toward Panama up to
(beto and Maria Preta AZ the distance OF about four
miles from The mouth Of the Rio Daren at point where
ID three miles vide the mouth Of the liver Savanna comes
INTO view which here units lis sluggish and muddy waters
with fboe OF The RIO Grande dc Deren Rio Savananot
ssrsna- 10 called from the plains which it
cverfows ar eDrches periodically Is indeed naygable for
large merchant vessels 10 point four IN es from s mouth
as DR. Cullen states but NJ Helert is confident that tho
writer Of the article before referred TO assembled the
Savans to IDS source and that be misook of It's rbu
,aries for the river i,s9 The main stream is in fact dis
tgushed by depth Of water Of 2j and 30 feet as far as
the IAgunts Of La Marea and to the muddy sandy
bark Of Los Lsgartos The favorie home Of numerous
tribe Of caymans olgators which thckly people the La
gunes the swampy lands the right bank of the Daren
One object Of NJ. Helert in the typographical deta,
which be has give to cal the attention OF those engaged
in commerce to On Of Dr. Cullen in relation to the
localities an error obvious to the eye of a common OBJ
server upon entering the grand basin of the Rio Graude
de Da,itn The subject will up again when speak
q Of the geological character of this part of the lstbmus
which varies in many respects from that of Panama
Vereguas and Mexico
On leaving Pinogano miserable village, built upon
bank about forty feet above the reach of the highest tides
Of the Rio Darep the traveller first reaches the channels
and shoals of La Marea, which formed by the conflict
Of the waters Of the name coming from the south
with tose Of the Daren coming from the east and the
tides Of the Pacific which coming rolling in from the west
The influence Of these tides is felt in the for dis
IA, &c Of twenty thirty miller though their rise is not
efficient to cover completely the muddy lands Of Los La
raros AT this point the bed Of the Daren widens and
iis del III diminished more than fifteen feet short dis
lance beyond Los Lagaros the depth increases again. and
averages eighteen feet up TO the junction of the charming
Santa Maria with the Daritn the village of Real de
Santa Maria Thence up 10 the mouth of the Rio Graode
Dc Yavisa which is about five miles from Yavsa the chief
psce in the province Of Daren he depth of water very
m, dual but high tide is less than sixteen feet
The Rio Grande de Yavsa well the Santa Maria aud
Savapo in their present natural state deep enough at
al times receive with saiety and facility merchant
se Of ordnsry iunnoge and the latter a. its mouth
hgaes From The mouth of the Rio Grande de Yavisa up
the village of Palneca the bed OF the Daren becomes
,t unequal small banks Of fine gravel being heaped
up The mouths Of it's tributary brooks which
become torrents in the rainy They allthe Lepe
La Gaze, La Cruz, &c-descend from the mountains
shch the south and south east separate the province Of
Oar zen from that OF Cboco.
Saitipg from the village of Palneca and taking il
q J.. 4
banks continues he sos soversd With layer OF mold
Ron four to - iek -syeSss svsyrhere Hpon an ex'
ensive and sreers kSs.Eoa ~ ssngOueraie, the com
Iorens Of vhieh ere rasE ~ fhabe No igneons or
q rns nisry rex, ere n ~ .S ia this on excepting
here and iseie fen srssrd beds This formation along
he Dsren unc from ihe Santa Maria to the neshbor
hood of the ooni al mountain Pouot at the point where
HE westerly course OF the river toward the Gulf of san
Miguel ctsfes and we find coming directly trOm
he south where its formed in the labyrinth of
streams some coming down om the lights of Santa Cruz
and Cana others from the lower ranse. Of the Choco
mountains There could be difficulty in uniting the
waters Of all these streams which almost due north
course TO meet the Dsrsn running before sisted d.
ree,ly west from the neghbcihood Of Poucre to the
Gulf These waters united would be sufficient to supply
the most extensive system Of colonization the strong
tides Of the Pacific and the weak of TIE Atlantic
should not be brought into the aid ofhe engineers ant
Near this great angie in the direction of the Darien al
observer standing the lofty right bank Of the river
fs- distant and disinc, than al Paineca and
Yavise the hsh conoa mountain at the foot OF which the
Indian village OF Poucre is situated From these mountains
10 the the blue waters OF the Asn,c distinctly
visible and to the west the eye ranges the broad
marshy plain already described to the Bay of Arato and
The nights against which in the Gulf of San Miguel the
tides OF the Pacific dash with varied frce a. they ara