The New York herald., 1863-10-13
sar CANA. BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC


Va el the proect - much discus ed ten or Twelve cars
ag, aed IA retalion to Aucn ho"s dc be'y c.. SHea
hg,to Ia ths ueN - p,- world, aad Count hsotSset Ne
.io,oon Gtust,rci abe ei 4" q canal srsoss 'hc islh
nl, % connect Tue A sttc VIII Tie fac'ue. srth
.c1k executed on a sticenty large, word hars
"A powerful m1aencc tee bumerce AID prosperity of
teo aoo. Aucrcu conIiacn, as Il would bring the At
t,ne ard Pacific -eahotri~ lwo.;hrs nearer 90 c'th
,'c commercial purposes thla they now are Various
nave been proposed, nil having more orc'S 'trnN
aatks. The ais lance from 10 sea 10y ne
h cf Iehaaneper Is. in a strulstH ine,
ape huutfed and ioty miles, the lowest sumnil
level beng hugdrei above the II IL SAID
object o. tho tGenc irvasoa IS to secrre the
eonrsi Of this stimus. ihs Nicaragua route freeits
scser difficulties and greater aci.c for such work,
the Sn Juan river and Like Near could 10 large
ly utilized From this lake cara might &c constructed
3, nSs Msuasus. lweniy eight eet hig aud 50 west
ward 20 the Bay ol tonsect I'D would require from
0,nety undfcd miles clua', he entire length OF
taaud nav gaton from Greg the Atlantic, 10
fooseca the Pacific beng about tlfee hundred nies
Another roaeirun Lake Nearasu TO Realeo rs some
forty nn es shorter, and ia rd fsmarinda is stil
shorter neither OF these latter has good ter
NINA, ou the Pacific.
The Panama line has also I'D It's before The
opening OF The Panama Railroad. and ma, stul have
t;t The difficulties t. b ted Of the most f
muieb character. ship canal wteher Of the eleya
tsvel hundred aud tty iee, proposed by Garcia
Of the engineers VITO veyei The route, would
qiire v orks piga't; scale; or hts plan ncldcd
tunnel for bps one hundrrt aud Heaiy n sces in in
terror height, nneyseveh fee, wide and ucarly three
miles cIg, with thirty three lc,s. Another o-gnee.,
AIR Morei processes to have dscoyerel roue Of which
tho summit level is bui forty feet above the If this
wero SO (bm it is copuadced by other authoriics)
chsane rcm to sea, gable by the largest ship,
U,igh, possibly be made without a lock.
stu another the isthmus Of Dirien
pointed out by Humboldt more than half century ago
satabie FOR ship NAL Ins extends from tie
inner part OF the Gur Of Daren up the rver Nra.c
ari along its branch the Nap and through
low tract O ground TO the river Cupca, wh.ca falls
the lscdc The whole length Of the ine csilm,!
sa at ono hui dred and fourteen miles For segohs six
nics OF this ssance The said 10 he Laygab,e
BY ships for nineteen miles more by loaded boats and
supposed hat canal might he cut through tie re
naming nineteen miles without any considerable dilcu
CAPTAIN iitzroy, an English engineer, who surveyed
ali these Central American rcues is inclined to think
that the Darien ne will DO 70 md preferable any other
for great ship canal
Tb,s is the era OF great physical works, and none
can be conceived more important than the op ming
channel between the Atlantic and tho Pacific Oceans
may naturally conclude that at distant day will be
undertaken and carried out.
SISSIPPl TO LAKE MICHIGAN.
Last June u convention, to which nearly all the loyal
States of the Uuon delegates assembled 10 the city
ochlcago to adopt measures for bringing before the next
congress the great Importance OF opening channel Of
communication between the Mississippi river and lake
Michigan aud Of enlarging, connection with IL the
looks OF the Erie Canal The public policy of such
ssrprise based upon military motives. II such
accomplished the government would be able
Of With Great Brtain to despatch fleet Of
sunboas to the northern lakes either New orleans
o. from Now York
But the real argument favor was is vast CONNER
cial importance. The plans proposed
1. 10 make slack water navigation OF the Illinois and
er Tanes rivers aud TO enlarge the present Illinois and
Michigan Canal to such dimensions as shall admi. of the
passage Of gu9bosts and OF the largest class Of Mississippi
T. 70 enlarge the locks OF the Erie and oswego canals
Of New York TO such dimensions as shall rass an iron
Glad gaDbost twenty five fcot wide and two hundred ee
long aud drawing net less than ak feet and six rchs Of
water.
The cost Of the nrs: proos, ~sp.l b. about htsss !
milton Ave hundred th9lsad eoass and TIE t"cayi
sboat three million Ave huxit-i .bs lad dollar.
Thls project within eN votes OF being ssrlasa
out tho last session Of Congress and aec,sz-
mined and probably successful effort will b. mats IN s.
favor al the approaching session.
The Convention sat FOR two three days In man
moth ten, procured Cor the purpose all the way
Boston II presiicd by Mr.. Hsmilu r.e rss.s
Of the work was fIy III s.Psisi in report prepared "
committee Of the Board Of Trade in Chicago, Apa ID
speech made 10y Mr. sam icl B Rueses, who aas
iy been the tinted states rspcssnatye at tins .th,,s
cal Congress- IN BFl,ses The report presented he FOL
towing facts the physical character II Inc 1.sss
spp. basin ya'e,--It embraces between The RaesY
Mountains and the Alcshanies drainage o. abeut
LAO 900 square miles, which is more than 9nc haN ~
tho area or the tuiled s,aies The navssb;e
on az an 4 mi
The lakes wh ch drain abo one-tbird of this INN sase
area are five Bumber and regatc lcagth Of 3;S
miles dropping into the st. lawrence river. The com.
merce Of iho 40 lases reaches annual value o.
$3.50, 900 O0o-more than twice tho ocean commerce OF
the whole country IL was carried on Ia iSs2 by 0i9
vessels with aggregate G tlS o2s toanage and value
OF ti3, 900.
Too report Discussed the progress aud dsvooImeot Of
this great territory from The estab simon. oc The ars,
colony Marietta Ohio, 10 lIssjust seventy years
egonti 1890, giving many tables, sgures, &c, showing
the increase Of population from 1900, thcu numbering
30 GAO sous, and h 1860 numbering 9,0G3 A3 the
Der OF Of improved land the increase 10 many the
agricultural products " the eight grain growing states
the receipts of certain product the port Of Chicago in
the diercu years from 1859 10 ls62 &C all Of them hsy
p = nportsn, bearing upon the sucJeot Il gave many
Ter snSard TO the blockade Of the Mississippi tho pro
due, & breadssre sor Importation the proyislca trade
the crop the product Of which not lea than
600 900 900 bushels per mineral resources lake
superior mining region, the iron products q
lake Superior, aggrcsstns 10 1884, il5,'.i tone the
snlt basin OF Michigan the product Of which 10 1852
100000 bushels and the probable product cf which
1855 will DO 1000 900 busbols, with a etpacy Tor sa
,ndeaDite Increase the goli deposits of the Rocky
Mountains the present ol transportation the neoes
sIy or additional outcts; the New York canals, of
moving the orOIa capacity oi existing oGtets, and bcr
entire insu'iocney the m1lupicatlon of railroads
entirely Inadequate relief fatoru Dependence on Western
sreaistuns foreign eN,gfta,on % breodstunh, now
amounting TO ti35 go including what goes through
Canada, tho material prosperity 4 Now York foreign
demand for the surplus @ thc so,thwcst. continental
sources of suppB ana tho inadsg1soy ability to com
pete with foreign marss.s T. 30 All going ~ show
the vital Necessity q hrsa sreai works
The conveoton, before l iaolrued, appointed "a com