The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-06
Affairs I'm Washipgt0n.
QUE WASHINGTON CoRRDsPoNDINCI.

WAsHn0ro~, SepA j, 1857.
ne Ntw EspsduNn icAe LAms Of Da~ias-ns Os1xaJ
Wsvks, DO &c.
The expedition, nndeYstand for survey.nx ,herouss
acYoss The Ishmus Of DTica prHc ability
Of ship canal viii very sosn be ready 70 leave ~ shs
Of ito Absn mo routo by he Akalo mi Turendo
appears 10 hsvs been insrumsnsay sAmssd.
circunstanoe favorable 10 this route and geserly
tested by sveles H. that ~ this point she ssrdlera be
broken and snhs into ha pAns The heed waters
Of tho Ahaso and Cupcs-oDe smpties Into sas guk As
oaher into NE Pacnc-ars about quarter Of mile apa
About century ago these head waasss couassA BY
. small canal Constructed BY monk. Ths total IsaSA of
This route 10 shout Ibo mikes Tho ver, which shai
low, oenry The usual suppesos AFFORD advSaAss.
Nosw outstanding the facts favorable NE coasucnss
ship CANAL there osssr sxcumstAsoss which csussss-
vail these advantages. fherc hAsbors sbss Oh
tremty. Artificial haSbos tho diabc1n and
psusivo works Of modern engineering scienSs AnoAbsr
rcuse promsAS sreaseS Advanases fresh In The minds
Of hc public BY Of the III atsd ,edon OF Lieut.
Strain. This DAsisn route ahost ninety SBsa sssA q
the AISao II psssesses upos the shores 81 eaca ocean
s.o ,sss sne Mns m ~ snS .o,a A. soe nsore
mercc, and sl be united By canal railway Tns tdsa
Of ship canal-anke demanded BY Me Commercial ia-
portsnce OF The route and The destiny Of Amero-
n the oply ono worthy gresa nation and she age
In Ae face Of she sdvsn sses above sssd, susiecs
suNn determined nohius. Mr. Gibson, an EagihA saSi-
pecs, end rne spccimen of boasurg John Bull, Afer
Wanting ns p.ess.s sscornlsrps NE ceanesa q %
the oosntyy ~ few baked Indians. Ills book b I'D,
Ia fnn OF gross mauaascments s inpovAAt roase
In fsc, all ne routes, ahould be mined bsfvs aay
thing done towavds the OF ihis onQ Alke
OF and nov highly important ~ork.
FOOD den OF complain, has recently been mAds BY
citizens and others 10 hc In which oortAn or
the public buildings being oousructed, tao
has been broush % INC Of ..e Pscsdens sna 90
crehry OF W1 who have undorstand decided 70 vene
oaps ksss Who has charge Of ai the so-ernmeas
hHYa n tnKgA nxarflfn nj M L.
pished ofoer, has than can attend 70 add
do Justice The Post once bul1ins. Viii III rs con.
The probability 10 thsi opless IL L ,aksn out OF lbs nands
Of m rresent superintendent viii be many ears before
y WIN ee oompleicd proposuon -s Submitted 70 day
70 the Secretary Of War BY esent parties sbo agree
10 ocmpsse II - spcciaed iine-withlu . yesr-fos or
teen per cent oss than a. present costing Vie govern
let Tie company have Apt heles ui also bs neved,
undentsnf, nom tho CApiio extensi m and hs Abors
his supervsan during the st ,~o years no -ards o. .sn
million dollars worth Of work, an of which has hsd 70
pass through bile hands.
[corespondenco Of the PaiiadspaA prsssl
wABnroros, Ausnst 70, 1857.
Ubsln Rfoa-A N~p FSl0als1,p0 $A<we IN yiesrsgsa-
Ne1'trom Ks.sa.-2e~p,d snelepa
70 stated shAt 0.PtAln oayoes - dssersd wsss. asd
ioned the COSTA kcan forces, hue .nh ni sd bad
nom General Caa.s for NE srsc0s o. .spsSa.s sad ia
depepdeni AAtr 70 embrace ihs spurs transit route aod
esr,t addsd that all duties On I'm ors and snOoss
nsns~ y revenue to be raised coz ne new oonmoa-
u,sthi Ether By saes Of lasd OF by s - be ooso4sd
on ship canal Jet 70 bc coastruccaS Bufof his past d
me dsSn aw roe Informed.
In he CstA Wcan army there grew many efncsrs
formerly en- the unitsd tsAies aud shcs vsbev's e.
rusiou, there hAe been epgendeFed whether hv
others propensity 10 ahpusles their neishbcrs
tNor, n Canas exsmple Tho rsul sn pro-
bemaucai. Tue intelligence and energy Of csarscsx a
these fort rers nai service musi ~n them po and
control Of the aate. II The change p.omse sAnnty
healthier con dtoa Of pubic a~irs ,hers s pos oss sf
which mplain
General Donphan, q Missouri bui recently from Kansas,
stay Ing bsra for shortwhle He folly oonorms ~.
Psrvnb stAiement, that the democracy Of Missouri and
Kansas sustain Gov. walker and tae posy be pursuns
the general couvc'os o oil thove who hare arrived
rom tbst Territory thai Tiers viii be further dhsurb
tfat the Constitution wbep framed By the
uop, vii be submitted 10 the rcope ~bo have resided
there Tor hrcc sx months prevo1s 70 the day OF vunE
A inou res continue d be made vhv stamps cot nom
stamped envelopes used presa mens OF sss
In the ordinary postage nps he Post
master General reterates his decscn made soma vechs
ago. The principal reasons sny THIS eanpnt be psrmiNed
are First, The hvs sives no vaiue ruch stamps and
mskes provision for helr use ercev vnen connected
with and forminr part ofihe enEslopss ~epayed under
the law with suitable water mares Ac W preveat taada
fcond letters stamped epveopcs may he carried cus
pide Of The mail and when carried, believed
the Stamps seldom, evsr, cancel ed Theee xe oos
ronrs rsOons should al recommend shemssive.
a every r~fecune pw rsor