New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-07

SuIro<a bosever the; there such en- opouns 10
the range connecting with The valley OF tue SaVana
which bcw.ver the case the character OF tos b"
lard. yo which ,ks, river ,sses lis woai o2Pose
an ;n,uruourtable obstacle canal ;aeJ being an in
,.n,e extent Of muddy and during the rainy seq
,o, and a, the tine Of the equnoctasi 'Ie thy are
.,fr.lv ,ubmerced TWAS VIXEN sii1iBg the bank AZ
p;,ooara sorne thirty Eve forty feet above the Ro
Grance de Danen that 81 Eeert convinced OF the imp'5
ibty Of following the Valley adopted the idea u
u,oyne the bed Of the Rio Gssn3e de Ds,eD OF
srudng csusl by IL de starting Of Reel DE- Santa hars
a. the feasible place or connecting the two oceans
Tie banks Of hat river from Pinogana up 70 neas the
Poucre especially TIE len bank re gently to nearly un'
form hight Of Thirty FIVE TO forty feet, aud a, - times
.ae m n nunda,on O,her reasons for preferrng tbs TO
tie savsna route Hecrt found in the saubry OF this
valley The exceen; quality Of the sol the abundance Of
timber ard Other materials for .he and the direct
fourse 10 the Atlantic which be he'd from Polcre
in FIVE or Elk hours walk ell which advantages wanting
On the Other
In lsi5 after two years stay the Ishmus NJ HeleT
left Portobeo on his way back to Europe following the
Atlantic coat from that ruined town to Cartheena Oar
mi biz stey here he to Sehor Mpsquera President OF
New Grauads ard called the attention OF that gentleman %
tie Is,hmus OF Darn the only practicable poot FIR
confiL otI canal from coast 10 coz l. WIN ieVes OF any
considerable length.
Arriving at Pari. IN 1896 lie presentd account Of hs
e1ploratons 70 Asmral HeIgan NJ DSussy President of
The Geographical Society TO he mister Of the narne and
TO Alexander Won Humboldt and announced the dcovery
Of an easy and favorable route for the long desired inter
ocesnc canal The Geographical Society ordered these
documents TO which were annexed deasd plans and maps
ofihe sibnus acIoss from Panama Vergus and Dsren,
wi ch the Traveller had skehed upon the spot 10 be ed
in ts Bulletin and the 2Gh Of May 1916 the Ac ademy
exhibited IFS opinion ofthe labors Of IL Hoer By tng
- Al. - 81 II,
sauze the President The Climber Of Deputies he Oh
tanned an audience Of NJ Guzo then Secretary Of Foreign
Affairs who gave him hopes tina, the G1vrnmen would
send party 10 the spot the exploration Of the
Isibmus the point where b. IIeert had ef it, and pIt
at his disposal ali the necessary settle finally,
quoson Of such vast importance thai Of the most favor
able route from 10 be ond the reach Of
riere traveller however firm his resolution and however
great biz enthusiasm HeCrt offered 10 accompany the
party end direct its fret opraions but time passed away
and nothing was done Perceying in the Of political
Affairs the time that it would be long before France could
do anything toward carrying out his plan, a. least
ward carrying ii out sdvantageousy than he had
done unaided he longer pressed the air upon tho
Government, and toward the end OF D6cenbd 1916 Get
out upon Lis return to The West Indies
Three years later near the end of ls49, he in Lon
dor, ano meeting Sir Henry Lytcn Bulger he coamlnt
Gated to him his discoveries in the vicinity OF Daen but
that gentleman appeared to be peposesed in favor OF the
passage viz Nicaragua and viewed he Daren route
likely jure the prospects of project. which at that
time, was supposed about TO be realized
Ailer this NJ Hellert lost time in making known
Tie discovery which he had made NOT,
assured from motives Of sordid interest but from
desire 10 solve personally question, the hap
py solution Of which he justly supposed would be of
the very highest importance in its influence upon
nd tho world A r. months later being
again London, he had opportunity of addressing the
Reform Club on the subject o. his travels in Daren and
slso to convese with Sir Hamilton Brown, late Secretary
TO Sir Henry Buwer while Minister at Paris Sir Hamilton,
unlike the Ministers of Bogota, Frdnce and England per
ceved and felt at once tho Importance of the comm1nlca
ton NJ Hcler placed his maps and plaus in Mr. Browns
possession with authority TO have them engraved and
printed is proved by the correspondence which at the
tine passed bet them Sir Hamilton also introduced
him to Of the Directors OF the Bank of England aud
to the chief editor of TIE LondoR Tines Both of them
alfo Acknowledged the importance Of his communications
ond the latter requested the Of his large map of the
Islnus for the purpose Of studying quest thoroughly
in order call public attention to f. and secure the prose
cuon of tie researches 70 happily commenced NJ Hell
lett compiled with this request the best means OF gaining
II hearing in England.
Berg on the point OF embarkng again for the West In
dies the traveller left the whole maer in the hands Of r
Brown living ION him receipt for the papers ard do
oumens left his care Some other distinguished persons
in London among them Mr. Grove, chief editor Of The
Doily Mars had knowledge of these facts indeed NJ
Heert would have difficulty in proving the above state
me any moment called upon. Thus however neri
.oIous may have been the explorations Of Mesrs Cullen
and GsborD they not entitled TO the credit OF being the
first discoveries OF such depression in the yes of noun
tans the American Isthmus viii admit of the
strut ton Of canal Of sufficient dimensions and with
ST. supply Of water 10 admit OF the passage OF
two steam frga,es abreast at al seasons.
Fortune is frequently the best guide Of travellers for
tunae concateLsion Of circumstance aided Heler in
his resesrbs from 1889 TO lei6 and finally led him 10 the
spot which he a, once the point sought He pn5
lhed bis discovery, though well aware tina, mu,h re
NAMED TO be dore much which beyond the power OF
private individual
Ii therefore incomprehensibe to him that N-ssrs Cu
len and Gbon should have left England for the purpose
of exploring the IsTus OF DareD for canal route and
have known nothing previously OF his communication to
the Paris Geogrs phiea Society in 1916 OF the
which lie addressedto Humboldt in the year and OF
the maps and plans submitted to the Editor Of The L0s5oa
Times in 1850 aud at erward placed in the care of Sr H.
frown with express recommendation to give them all
possible publicity
II i, be true that Louis Napoleon said to Messr Fox,
Black and Osborn that he thoroughly versed in the
car al question and fully convn ed that Daren offered
the best route for uniting the two he could oay
have gained this information from the various letters NJ
EerIt above enumerated Has ihs. genf man been sup
posed TO be dead snd thus beyond the possibility Of claim
ing the credit due him 1t would and deed ne
thinks so for he has not thought il worth while 10 com
mrnoa:e with HIS friends since 1876. they having, in Goa