Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-10-13
THE rNrEa.ooEANxo CANAL on NECAR-
AGEIA.

TEEE HNTER-ocEAS1o CANAL OF NHcAAs-
aqua.
M. Belly in ParEst-EEis reception BY PTisate
-NaROAe0na-EROpes- To- see tae EllaaLleE 49,
Great Canal Men Of the Oent = s7.I.
Iy 20 return under cover o. tt me ErTrS&t 1f
States permit him.
Translated European Flo spano Americana Tor
the New York Herald.l
The Importance Of his great enterprise 70 tns
whole Spanish American race imposes On us the
duty fellow il in all its phases, and TO Keep our
readers constantly advised Of WhsteVer refers 70 IL
On the 8lst OF August lss d. Belly was re-
ceiEsd at private audience az the Palals hoyal ~
his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon, sotual
Minister Of Algeria and The Colonies. The Prince
addressed to NJ Belly the most datiering congrstn,
latiOas on the happy result Of his voyage to Csnsl
America, aud Showed lively sympathy Win the
project of he Inter-ocesnic Csual -,
Doubtless, the fortunate grantee of the canal VIII
meet with similar reception on the part OF tue
Emperor Napoleon ss.s0on he gets to Paris from
Biarritz, where be nov is Besides, IN me onlclai
Eorld amongst the people Of science ana the press
and amongst business men, NJ -belly every e I
up 10 the present moment, TeceIveu eutn usiSs'lo
svrndaf nv and PROMISES IF aid in his enterprise
/ In France, where everybody possesses the ~senti
meat Of great things the Conventle1 Of hiYas' anu
me canal priset as ifs.cqpRequencsl ere eQ43aer
ed as one of the most importaBttacts 81 ms &c u
nv and the names Of President Martinez ara mOf4
/ ulaCPC on the same fOii WIN buos u Al'"- -
he. glorious successor Of Mehamed ALI who iaVors
! and supports the csnaliEation Of the Isthmus Of
| Suck.
III order to be enabled to from correct judg-
ment Of tho movement of ideas started IN europe
on hs-5ggssiou of the Convention of BiFas IL may
sufUsto quote tAe following passage from the i'as-
psHdsnes Beige, paper which u OF great euthorlsy
| 10 the European courts Asays: ~, sa.L. y
| The project Of peril elton Of the American
/ Isihrtbs, which istu reahze those bspeRs, enjoys
from this day an advantage Tor heA u elk Ieiiy
the -sut nor and undertaken OF the preJeei VIII be
! epvied by Messrs Thone de Gamond and Ferdinand
| Lesseps More fortunate indeed than DIS rivals IN
| great enterprises NJ Belly comes back triumph
snt from Central America carrying with him IN due
form the tresy he has just concluded win Two gov
ernments of that part Of the world For the last
month public attention was aroused by the news OF
that treaty This document, apart fron the hlgh
inheritance of the economical results 1t Is Intended
TO realize will renain the record Of our dIplo-
matte relations as lesson given to the great ma
tons merely through the initiative -oi a young
French publieist, by two small States, scarcely
known in the world in consequence Of the piratica
expeditions with which daring flibusters visited
their rich territory.
Nov the question arises how single man, with
out official mission and acting on his own private
authority succeeded to solve the delicate problem oil
/ The csmplicatpd economical interests Of these two
States to fix the uncertain limits OF their territory
TO be trayersed by a maratime caasl, and TO regn-
late from the most elevated point Of yeW the inter
national relations created by that project between
these small governments and the great maratlme
( nations of the two hemispheres? The answer Is
simply this: NJ Belly. during four years. had consul
tuted himself in the French and European press as
the defender Of the Spanish American race as the
4 resolute adversary Of Yankee expansion, "hloh'
with its fiibusters, is continually Threatening the
Central American States This persevering and
disinterested struggle inspired by deep sentiment
4 Of human dignity in favor of races whose origin
and traditions bind them with strong ties to the
French nation, conquered for the young ana emil
nent publicst all the sympathies Of the central
American people. But it was no more merely sym
pathv.when NJ. Belly. transformed from publIclst
into an engineer, after a thorough exploration OF
their territory, presented to these governments
project Of canalization for joining the two oceans
The Central Americans recognized then IN NJ Belly
the uredestined iniator Of their national elevation,
and the legitimate personal influence his devotion
70 the interests Of those people gained for him
alone explains to-day the unheard Of success Of his
negotiations.
| Gamond and Ferdinand Lesseps, that NJ Belly had
been foreseen but its time had not yet arrived-lt
had attract ed the attention of the greatest natural
ist Of the age, NJ AlezanderV Humboldt Prince
Louis Napoleon, now Emperor Of France, on his re
turn from America meditated on Vt IN his long hours
Of captiviiy One Of our excellent frends-the
intrepid Col Mercher-whOm the midness Of the
restoration of the B0urbons had forced TO seek q
refuge on the borders of Lake Nicaragua has oiien-
times SPOKEN to Us of its canalizstion from the first
moment Of the reign Of Louis Philippe But up TO
these latter times those ideas had remained IN an
embryo state.
Thus the honor of vivifyiDg Of rendering PTaoN
| ticabe and realziDg-if the United States do not
oppose 1.-THE idea Of his predecessors was reserved
/ 10 NJ Belly The International and universal chaF-
acter imprinted upon bis work elevate his ooneeP
ton to a height of the purest and at the same tme
most practical type Of the econOmicalideaI T5ere-
fore he Central Americans with good reason recog-
Mise 10 NJ Belly the predes;ined inltator oil their
! national elevation.
NJ. Belly. whilst he was negotiating, assembled in
that country all The necessary technical elements
for completing the study Of his colossal project In
our circles have heard already, with the lveHest
interest mention Of the new data nPon which ideas
the author il ends 10 lay before the learned public
are based It's known as early So last year. before
setting out on his expedition, ri. Belly publicly ez-
posed in the circle to which belonged the plan of
studies he had conceived for the execution Of this
great project, and gained all the sympa'hies with
the work be was about 10 undertake, and which he
has since accomplished Therefore, we shall have
very soon to apPlaud this work
M Belly is preparing for his voyage 70 Central
America, work Of the highest interest-,he publ
cation Of which will begin in the next number Of the
! Revue de deur Nondts; be is likewise preparing q
report to be read in solemn assembly composed OF
all the men Of distinction in politics, science and
finance; it will be accompanied by plans and piano.
ramc views drawn By the celebrated engineer, NJ.
| ThOme de Gemond.
/ "In a word, the work of NJ Belly is advancing
with great steps, and its realization, according TO
/ information we have obtained, seems 10 be much
/ nearer at hand than it generally supposed
! Well informed persons assure us that within few
months the works underthe protection OF the French
| fag) are to begin
Mexico The Reign of anarchy -AnaihiIa-
ton Ahead---Ehe Evils OF civil ware
a cores ondeut OF the New Orleans PicayuHs,
under date of September l. thus describes the con-
dition Of this miserable and distracted country:
The last mail from this country conveyed to you a
sad picture Of our demoraized a. anarcbized con
diiou, and by this mail you will learn in addition
hat this anarchy aud This decentralization continues,
and have produced many excuses that must tax your
credulity to believe. regret to say that our civil
war has of late produced evidence that if it be cou
tinued this country mnst soon very soon, become
heap of puins, embellished by oVergTOwlh Of rs
pacity IN all its paTaseal forms. So far the con
test has produced monstrous disasters to the country
In brief they may be summed up ss follows:
The desolatiOn and abandonment of twenty or
thirty toWnB
The Punishment from their homes of at least |
90. 900 persons