, 1862-05-12

01mculEy o. advancing supplies Is so great
1her south than AMI MeorssId s Tor ri some one dsys. + 49,
He will not probably encounter the enemy
in force, until he threatens some point on the
Tailruad, when the enemy Will prepare to re-
slBt him.
The snez GanaI--As . it sasa.ooo Years
IN 1865.
lFrom the Boston Courier.}
ThoEe who take IN interest in the Suez
Canal, will hear with pleasure that the work
is SO far advanced that the water on the Medi-
te11ansan has probably by this time entered
way, or shout forty miles between Peluse and
Suez- On the LIST Of February last, the Mira
time Canal had reached a point within seven
miles Of TimEan, and building materials OF
all kinds were brought from different ports Of
the Mediterranean through the canal as far as
it reached
4 secondary canal, or, as it is called, q canal
OF irrigation and Of finviatic navigation, now
brings the fresh water Of the Nile to Lake
Tinsah and then diTerges into two branches,
other toward Suex, in 4 line parallel with tile
Crest Maritime Canal This little fresh water
canal is intended for supplying the wants Of
10000 laborers now at work, and forirrigating
the country surrounding the 1sthnlus.
It is well known that the 1sthmus of Suez
rauean from the Red Sea The distance from
one sea to the other is thirty leagues. The
Canal Of 6uez will thus be about eighty miles
in length, 240 feet vide, q feet deep, depth
sufficient for vessels Of 5000 tons. 1t will
cost about $50, 600 600 ma will probably be
finished within three OF four years from the
present time
On the route Of the suez Canal there is three
lakes; the first, near the shores Of the Med
iterraneAn, is Lake Menzaleh; the second aud
81 H. T. H. N4-3 H.
and the third is the Bitter Lake, about 20 miles
from suez, near which city will be the termi-
1us OF the canal.
The navigation through the Suez Canal Will
shorten the voyage for ships going from ports
Of the Mediterranean to India l2,oo miles.
the Atlantic, 5000 miles; from northern ports
Of the United States, 1000 miles. Consc-
qUeuty the reduction Of expenses OF ships
paseing through this Short cut will be about
fifty per cent
From the statistical reports published In
1855 il the Asenales du Commerce Ette7icur, the
tonnage of the various ships navigating IRON
porta Of Europe to India vas, in 1858, ,000, 600
tons. The navigation between the United
States and India was $50 600 tons. Progress
i've Increase from 1858 to 1862, 800 900 tons.
Total, 3,05o, 600 tons.
The capital which will be spent In the con-
6truction Of the canal Is estimated, as We have
said, at sixty millions Of dollars. Vessels 60.
ing through Will pay ct the rate Of 10 francs
per ton {aoout two dollars which, on $685.
*6,0oa. 600. Ii addition to this, the culture Of
500, 600 acres Of land granted By the VIceroy
OF Egypt to the company, and the toll paid
by boats on the fresh water canal, will amount
to $1,000, 600. Total, SIC. .o00, 600.
Thus the annual income will be ten millions
Of dollars, or about 16 per cent On the capital
The importance Of connecting the Mediter-
1anea1 with the Red Sea is not new idea tor
it WIS suggested 2800 yea1s ago. R11mses
the Third, mown IS the Great sesoBtris, WIS
the first king Of Egypt who undertook the
digging Of canal for the junction Of these
seas, and it was commenced 750 years before
Christ.
Nechoe, one ef the SUCCESSORS Of SesoEtris,
contributed considerably to the construction
Of the canal; but prophet having predicted
That, II completed, It would open Egypt to
foreign Invasion, the Prince ordered that the
Fo1k sloul- be a: once abandoned.
Afterthe conquest Of the Persians, Darius,
the son OF Hsstaspcs, sent large number OF
laborers to work On the canal, but unfortu
natels he died before its completion.
The invasion OF the Macedouians soon fol
lowed, and Ptolemy Philadelphus, worthy
SUCCESSOR Of Alexander, after many years O.
exertion, had the happiness Of seeing the ca
na1 finished.
This great and useful work Wis ACCOMPLISH
230 years before Christ 1t is said thai
10000 1abore1B lost their lives from wan
Of water and food, while at work on the canal
Thus five centuries passed away from tn,
time that seeostris began it4 construction t
the Day Of its completion It VAS afterward
Canaus Pdemsaus, and, according to Pling
was 100 condees wide, {150 feet, $50 feet {
depth aud 100 miles in length Il opened q
the PelQs1an branch of thv Nile, near B1bas
t1s2 IT, and terminated at Ass'nsa' On the Arab
Il seems that the rulers Of Egypt still fea'
ed the foreign invasion predicted to Nechos
as gatee were placed acroes the canal diridin
It Into sections rom one end to the othe
THESE gates opened to admit cue or two ye
sells at a time, and closed Immediately benin
them.
However, the great Mizatine Canal, tt
prlne and glory OF Egypt, was soon to be d
struJed By the despotic and barbarous Sar
Gems: The ca.ef, Aoou Djaffar Fl Manson
revolted against HIN, determined to tai
thst city By famine, aud, in order to cut Q
all supplies from the rebels, be ordered tt
PtoleIny Canal to be filed up with sand.
The destruction Of The Pt9lemy Canal ha]
pened In the 5car 100 after Chiist.
The canal, filled With fresh water from tt
Nile, had the great advantage OF irrig&tiE
and feEtilizing all the lands Of the Istdmul
and Boon the once desolate and sandy desc
WIS covered with Rune1uus fields of col
and all kinds of agricultural produce 1zrl
and opn1ent cities rose as If BY uzgic, alol
the line Of that great thoroughtare, and II
ae1s from every part Of the world cxchaug,
thear goods with The Egyptians, as they cru
sed with their ships from one Sea to Il
other.
Since that time to the year 1859, no efo
had been made to reconstruct the canal b
the ruins OF BnbaaIic, Heroopolis, 6arspeau
and Other great cities formerly standing on
banks, attest TO Its past commercial imps
tsnee, and OF the large industrious populati
Of its ncighborbood-
II We Contrast The Pto1euY Canal, aud ,
the uuhappy circumstances attending its pi
trscted construction, with the Suez canal ii
progressing, We gratefully thank the A3naie3
tor blessing cur age with the Kreat itnpt1'
n1ents Of tnn1ern civilization.
As re tuSe aaid. heretofore, the anci.
canal wae 800 years in progress Of constr7
tlon, while It liz expected that the modern c
will be made 10 six years.
Thrrugh ignorance sod mlsman4gemc
1eD eco laburere lost thetr lives while engae
or the ancsas canal, whilst with the kno
edge, talent. and abundant means now
band, no apprehension Of losing human IL
can be re4sonaty entertained.
Iht psoltu,y canal was destroyed, throu
Selfish and r=scugefu1 motives, bg an ig
fant ard t3rsnrtcAl rnonascn, whilst the i
Mxri'iue e,at u, projected and patrppized
MohaInmed SAlc, the taleuted Viceror v
now rules Egypt, bids fair TO last for ages
etancing u.ouurntut Of his vile and act
government; banding down to pobt.risv
name and rhxt Of Ferdinand de t1tA~eps,
promoter o: this great and useful enterprise