The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-11-09
Prcrosed Opening Of Canal In View Granada
10 sfsrr. Navigation.

II compliance with the request u Mr. Henry vendryes
aiNmb'r of eeail,men assembled yesterday afternoon
~ nieo's cora - rsayer sra william STREETS to
A'f'n 70 stme important information which he had to
Communicate IN relation 10 tie mitigation of the canal
connecting The river Maralena VITA me port OF Cartha
ftna, N New Granada Tsrs ver, about ten - tvvIe
prscns present., WHO appeared to AXE treat deal Of
interest u The subject. The whole r.er was exp,aiued
by ~. Y in the following remarbs:-
hove, said he uiract from the ,overnment ~ IN,
Troy nee ~ eartaeene, In New Granada for repairing
ana luitnr in lie order the cerl which connact
the Port Of Csrihsrena with the river Mardalena At
neh.d 10 this is the exclusive pryil~s extendioc oya,
's,s0a q sky years Of naysanE that canal by
ards about tw" hundred and City yeas ago and Il has
ai~a., been used rs a means OF co,muncation-and
the only safe means-letween the Atlltc and tha -
yinces Of the interior There are a nrsasnt
One is through the river Magdaena wch is open 10 all
tended with much danger. Vessels hsa hecn dstanaa
for months unable to enter IL: and se navigston i
otherwise attended with great difficulty The other mode
j. by smsn bride laih. The canal INSISTS. said M
vendryes, Of seven-ceh.hs of the bch Of The r;ver
and COL Totien the present engineer of the Panama
Railroad, was commissioned by the svernrnent to rs
pair IL, which be did He also made II from one na~t
to smother which the only portion tit requires some
repair There is no doubt that the rescur,s of Ee fr.
da very eat as the HERALD said thorniur THERE'S
vast trade cfen 10 speculation n trade of that
country hardly be realized here. hidden wealth
OF the country is almost boundless, butt Is now living
dormant for want Of communication b<reen the int.
ror and the Atlantic This canal is tbcst means pre-
fehteu Ior eHecting llis communlcali between
teen OF the finest provinces of the rublic and the
ocean. Attached TO this canal manvaluabe priyi-
ieges, such as large quantity Of land both sides of
II. The port of Cartha .cna Is one of finest ia the
world, and can be entered at all time9r the day and
night and In all seasons. The vessels tnng from Eu-
rope and other parts would land their csoes at Cartha
gena, where they would be placed bed the steamer
and brought twelve hundred miles up teiyer without
eny tronshipment; whereas by the print mode thew
are liable TO be damaged by being traiipped three or
four times With respect to the imporce of the en-
terprisc, have before several letteaf yery aat
teripg character am permitted to refer Mr. Paredes
the Minister from New Granada Mr. minuuez M,
Marcoeta, and other parties. This is = Geld opened
10 enterprise is virgin country, thing with re-
sources There is gentleman in this eli 3ho has thou
sands of bales of goods lying there mont and he can.
not them for want Of proper meabf transpor-
tation large also due from th,ountrv and
although the people willing to pay ey have NOT
the means to do They say If you w,end for our
produce viii cheerully give it you; an myself fseI
persuaded that this communion il es.
tablished the debts will be paid BE- witness to
the honesty of the people Of New Gran; for have
every confidence in their honorable chatter II IL
with the view OF being enabled to pay thehy have ac-
tually given the fee simple In that canAnd the err
elusive privilege of navigating it for sixty 70.
Mr.. vendryes informed the audience, onclusiou
that he was willing they should either aint COM
mittee to investigate the subject, or h a private
meeting with him at whatever time moonvcnient.
II was understood that the latter courwould ba
adopted, before we left