The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-12-26

sins which bound tie plains Of Mexico % the north.
ri. sR. ss ySa%s 10 PH R1S
1900 feet dsep and 800 fest Wide for nearly thousand
yards and aoovs e feet deep through en-. an eTssn, o.
In which that vast excavation would be capable OF con-
ccaling tho masthead Of nrst rate man executed
within tho last three centuries within Central Amcrta
should induce listen respectfully TO the plans Of
modern engineers, however startling they may appear
A ship canal twsnty-sx or twenty. seven miles in
length, such line a. that described by Dr. Cuhcn
Opp "a as.q with Gu. Of two miles only through hard
fall far short Of that tunnel which Is IN progress
under the Alps nj Mont Cents for the purpose Of connect
length Of this tunnel Is seven miles aud o4l yards Al
Mont Gems H. in section twenty six feet three inches
and twenty feet eight inches high above the rails
Throughout the whole line IL passes through rock,
and 10 places very hard rock This, by far the
Greatest saa Ss m M
lining OF masonry, its at the distance Of every
nfty metres 64 feet and is chambers ten or twelve
feet square, ai intervals OF 1850 feet may we'll spur
engage in this enterprise. which has for It's object
the union not Of two adjacent countries but OF remote
continents; the promotion not Of interior traffic In
or two districts, but OF commerce and intercourse
between oil tho peoples OF the hnbitable globe say
tins , pr ,bangh ~ ~ oooaeo mp
THE subect-the same thug as II by some revolution of
our globe the eastern shores Of Asia and the southern
continent wero brought nearer TO ms.
such the prospects which the statements OF DR..
Cullen orcr 20 But II In with extreme reluct-
mcn.s stand in DR.. cuiens book as mere
assertions unaccompanied by notes or measure
ments csnno. but jon with Admiral Fi,s Roy IN bis
Journals and details Of his repeated exporatons SUCH
for example, arc given BY Osborne and prevos. on or
about the same line However great satisfaction
70 observe that Admiral F,z Roy gives Dr. Cullen credit
for valuable Informal cleaned from archives maps,
books accounts and his own personal observation
and for being toe rst TO ascertain the existence Of
low summit level He adds that DR.. Culsns state
ment is corroporaied by Gisborns;' and ascribcs TO
nr Gu mar az NC al nj
observation tho river Savanna preferable 20 the
huqnanaqus on account OF It's nearer approach TO the
|, aso gratifying to perceive tina, AiIi.a. who has
eroceanic canal l. from the Bay OF San Miguel up the
river savanna to It's junction with the lara and from this
eras iPrrvos,'s route. spprosimaisly with regard
10 the Corders In proportion az II advances. proceed
Ing from the tase Of The isihmus, it descends good
deal, and IL only 50 TO speak, range or hills lso-
lated peaks the bases OF which are interseccd by
Avines which point ont 70 tho engineer the true ros
or the canal Tie Indians In the noigbborhood OF Gale
donia bay make Of these rassages 0ns OF them IA
elevated about my metres st feer, aud covered
wnh iuIarisnt growth OF mahogany, paln ebony aud
The same writer describes the country on the north OF
sas s.n s Ss e e
scripiion of the Cordera though Osborne and other
traveller. are generally quoted; md u s further to be
remarked that Arsu's estimstcstchap. ivlare based
upon probabilities not on nc'rai measurement, and
these probabilities dsduccd from Gsrcas survey a.
Bealces cuon and Aran, there other high sutho-
rites who have regarded the fsthmus Of Dareu tho
place where 10 look the OF our
wishes Admiral Fila Roy who al the period when no
last wrote, 1853, bal made careful and accurate
study ofths Whole subject thar any man then living and
whose opinions experienced in the Autobiography
Of the globe win lightly question, has sad; "A strong
conviction remains AL m.ads that Darien should
be surveyed without delay. The iustrious Humboldt
declares himself thoroughly satisfied that tue Ihnus ~
Daen superior 10 any other portion Of The entire
Tor canal Y
But can 70 further back In our satioritias Tho
incarslons o. the old buccaGccrs Dsmper R!nvro.c
sharp, Wafer and Davis. which can BE- followed on thc
cid Spanish napa have made strangely familiar with
some parts of this region sboundDg the gold that
was tho ohe@ Of their search The well known aud
productive mnee or Coma AMI FEplrltu Santo partly on
olnt OF these very ncursons Iolg snee aban.
doned We also follow without dicuiy TIE rect route
UIsol Or the Spanish oicer Don Manuel % Mla santa
Ella from Caledonia hsrbor TO ~ Principe thence 40 vn
and agan or the Chuquannque 10 the sources III 10
upper tributaries, whence no crossed his station al
{ sledunia bay. (Iaen pp. lg2 q SOL
And lastly, must adducc the testimony or that very
reunrsabe man, William Paier~on who carried WITH hn
In his settlement st sleionia narbor annie sto, Of IN
formation collected from the buccaneers Who during |
bis long residence had leisure ana opportunity 10 pke
who made At least one journey into the interior |
the journal OF whicA u given Ia his uaters
One hundred and seventy years ago ths lar.
reaching mind Of Paterson had cartemrate tho fath.
nu1 81 Dsficn with the sane enlightened views a. ths
sflte.men and political economists % the present time
he originated snd PARTY executed tho project ~ song
great colony 10 tha then rrmnls region FOR tho pn
pUss 81 removing dstanc and drawing naions nearer
70 eaob olheE In one q bs Letters " ne pMlsn con-