The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1855-05-25

Tks Tnsposaf S4es Aortisms CaAaf C0mPaay.-The 90
owing stupsndous project ~i awaken the attention, il
a pot the corporation, % American merchants
asp.talisiss
cAiro, December p 1854
M CoxsuL GESKEALs have the honor 10 inform you
10 preect a the Veergy 70 hase the sthrss Of ssz
large naygabie canal and 60 cede this enterprise
vany Of capitalists comprising all nations.
Hereto attached yOa viii ind the memoir that demand
"a " By the feeroy rsi3se u the Communication o. 70
o seas also the translation u The authorization sbc
hs Yccroy has given ias, q consulate and direct r.
Tsissr,ai cosYany y fAs nartin.s Ssss ca.ei.s
This work being Intended shorten by IA leagues 10
Ns Orleans and 4ss leagues for NeH York. the
"a highway from America towards the Indian ocean, con
,ue gsef in having contributed 10 result from which
s country that you 80 honoraby represent VIII reap ion
ne Ia ! few DAYS 10 undertake an exploring erpe
iep upOn tie lstAmus from suen Peiase with Mr. L.
nt ~ Bekfonde director Of public works in Egypt who's.
tsor works leave doubt to the possibility Of
oa and With Mr. Menge, director Of the Barrsge woFkz
ri torurrly chief engineer u bridges and roads.
II viii be- On ny return 20 Europe, about this month
nuary that shall Oeeapy myself IN constituting the
e chief elements IL which already arranged il
gruan, England in France, 10 Holland and which may
kon doubt amongst is rst associates the capt
ne VceToy whose good understanding with the Porte is
Known to yoa doubts Of the aeqaescence Of the Sultan
III whom be aiil directly 20 understanding
Pry accept Mr. Consul General, the Of my
kgb consideration. FERD. DE- LEsSEPS.
Coasai General des Etats Unis dAmerique.
r, Il, Hqsas., Rokosaed Sad, ricgoy 81 Egypt,
az the Mediterranean ana the hed seas by 4
nAvigabe canal is enterprise the utility q which has
caed for Of all the great nsn who have regned
il or passed nroGgh EgyPtsesosrs Aiexsnaer, Cesar
he Arab coDqueror, kApeison and Mcdonnell ALI
This canal communicating aiih tbe Nile has already
ed antiquity during fret period o. hundred years,
~ 10 the middle Of the ninth century, before the Hegra
unr second pepd 81 four hundred aud forty five y<ass
nom AFTER The reign az toe frat successors OF Alexander down
4 o.c upon the fourth century, before the Hegira and
adv during third period Of hundred and thirty years
y.roiran upon b arrival ia Egypt ordered commits
vta "a
restabh this ancient channel Of navigation This ques-
ion determined upon aravely and when the learned
Mr. pere RENTED him the report Of the commission the
moment Of his departure foF France he said
rae saaertakirg i saa uHd If u clo mag &C.
somg.l Il bu De T~sd government stH peraaps one day
ll.r p,'''af''A ard ~ se'y = 'as ssssa''e" y ~
Tie moment arrived for realizing the prediction of Ma
yun The work Of cutting the shmu Of suer certainly
ned than all others contribute the preserya
len q the empire, and will demonstrate to those
who proclaim inevitable is decay and its ruin that still
possesses hourshing existence, and that il capable ct
,adlg brlisut page the history Of the civilized world
FOR shat motives the governments and the people Of
he united maintain the q and Seigeur the poe
session IL ConantnoPleg and why is it that he who had
wished this situation has encountered the armed
opposition Of Europe Because the passage Of the Medter
and The Black VI such importance that that
poxer which becomes mistress Of them viii doneer
e etherl and upset Equilibrium which all
Let them establish upon another point Of the Ottoman EN-
pire like position and mpotantiet them
t Ervpt tn worlds commercial highway by eating the
siAmu or saeztheY will create in the East double
A1L stuAiion because for that which the new
the great European powers from fear OF seeing
hs Lanber possess themselves Of il day. will
s ibs guarsn'yng Of its neutrality vital question
Mr. LePere asked fifty years since, ten thousand
srkeH four years labor, ard from thirty forty million
RACES of executing the Suez canal and concluded upon the
possibility Of eating direct from the ishmu to the Medter
1rsa1
Mr. Paua Faabot Of the three celebrated engineers
me others Mr.. Stephenson for England and Ne
M for Auris chosen ten years since By the society
ng the canal Of the two seas adopted the indirect
rcn Aeraaara Saex, araing himself Of BarrAge for
Eng the Sle. He summed up the total expense at one
alae9 md thirty millions for the canal and mill
hons for the harbor and roadsteed Of suer
Loant Bey, wno from thirty years directs with ability
tie canal works in EGYPT who has made upon spot the
sssa Of the canal Of the the study Of all his e
and shose opinion merits serious attention, proposes
he bmuE b. almost direct line part by
establishing large Internal port in the basin OF the Lake Js
A xad b. rendering accessible large ships the passages
6use and Suez from the Mediterranean and from the Red
The general 81 engineers Galui Beg, author director
" s pse q or H s ssu n hs
frrstie 10 the plan proposed by Linant Rey.
onva Ber director 81 the Barrage works Of the Nile
engineer OF bridges ana roads, equally enTeaied Mo-
asEtd All the possibility and utility OF cutting the
e,hrzs Of Seex.
profound examination win determine which of these
hrss Hi be the most suitable but the enterprise be-
g Acknowledged capable Of execution it only remains
choice All operations to be undertaken, how
dca they be, have ceased 10 iniiidafe modern
tie OF which the spirit Of enter
Prise and association viii fail reply If the benefits
2vas from the result in ratio proportion to the ex
pslse
necessary show that the expense Of the Suez canal
admitting the highest expense IL mot out o! proportion
With the uity and the profits OF this great undertaking
which hoytens By than half the distance the principal
countries q Europe and America In going towards India
This result rendered evident in the following table drawn
~ By Mr. Cordier, professor Of geology