The New York herald., 1870-10-06


| commanding. Captain X w. Shuieldt is in
| command OF the expedition, and win 60 out
| In the Kansas. A steam launch and q
serviceable steam tug added for use in rivers
| and shallow waters. Government will also order
| one Of the men-of-war Of the Pacific squadron to
| sail from San Francisco for the mouth OF the
Tehuanepec river, for the purpose OF employing its
boats in sounding and surveying the large lagoOns
on the Pacific, TO ascertain with accuracy tn eir
adaptablity for the construction of harbOr. II 1t
snail be found that a good haibor can be made the
| bar can be cut and mole made as at Suez and as
| Is now being done tor the Amsterdam canal, on the
| coast OF the North Sea.
Secretary FIsn has instructed our Minister Resi-.
dent In Mexico, Mr.. Nelson to request OF the gov
ernment OF Mexico the necessary permission to
make the survey, and although time enough has not
elapsed Tor formal reply 10 be transmitted assur
ances have been received through the Tehuantepec
| Railway Company tnat the request will be readily
granted. In TACT, the government OF Mexico, well
as the most influential citizens OF that republic, have
from the first manifested the deepest interest In the
| Captain Shufel0t expects to meet the necessary
documents containing this permission for the prose-
cuton OF mis- abors at Vera Cruz. and the reception
| thereof VIII be accompanied by ceremOnl0us ex-
| change OF formal national salntes.
From Vera Cruz the expedition is to proceed d.
recty TO the mouth OF the Goatzacoalcos river. and
! here scientific party Will be detailed to make an
accurate photographic survey OF the coast ines bar
and harDor. The latter is to be the river itself
| which furnishes ample room and depth, with the
most perfect security Tor thirty miles above the bar.
Captain snufeldt proposes to explore the upper
waters OF the GoaZacoacos, with reference TO their
utiilZan0n, In the steam launch, which Is well cal
| culated for such service
The scientific party, TO whom Is entrusted the i'm
portanr duty OF exploring and surveying the "sum-
nit level,' VIII proceed at once to TarIla whcn is
on the dividing ridge between the Atlantic and Pa
clfc slopes OF the COrdllieras, and from
nectons Will be made with those similarly engaged
Previous surveys greatly facilitate the direction
and systematlzatl0n OF the work, and the under
taking shown TO be quite feasible by the report OF
Colonel G. g. Williams Chief Engineer OF Tehuan-
tepec Railway Company, wao mas but recently re-
turned from reconnaissance OF the line made by
h mself and the Commissioners appointed by the
Mexican government 10 locate the surveys or the
Tehuantepec Railway. in his report the Chief
Engineer says:-
oceanic ship canal for the following reasons
.Snne % re~nr w &c required % On the entire route
than the Water pass the @ ships .s
the summit Which, SseSs
tain. that win afod water sufficient supply the
me IsISapepse ship Canal above al Others the
il deboucnes into the eaf Of Mexico, our OWN Mederrs.
sy e s ss he State.
alone loses ts5 100000 for the want Of ithus
onehal Of which, a, least government could afford
on~ s o look at map of the world to be
convinced q The relative advantages posson
Tehuantepec would offer the of the world
By this route products valley the Mis.isspp
be shipped from the gulf ports direct for China.
the Pacific, and the Imports from these countries
and 10 ns s
aaa and
to the frontier Of British America at onehird the cost of
Of e ship
ss IN 9o he outlet s
.ns and b9, ..0 the
PLYING those yin 4 abs e with safety
The and he 'ss, sn tSs Ss
dgss: water som%anicatlOn with The Pasiac side Of
the sn 81 s o Of
s UwS 70 me trade 81 ss drs @ tables
and carsoes profits time saved interest
visions &c, by using the Tenuantepec Canal
United States SS5 ssS s3o @
Other countries. 100000
Total yearly saving. $ls $780, .2Os
The government realizes the fact that canal
through the lsthmus Of Tehuantepec would tend to
the development of the interests OF this country
than any other of the passes of the western Hems-
phere, and III its military, political and commercial
aspects possesses advantages and offers induce
ments for the construction Of canal beyond COM
petition. Therefore, for the purpose OF opening the
way TO more elaborate surveys, the above party has
been organized with the object OF ascertaining
the practcablity OF a ship canal at that point. II
sufficient water can be found at the summit ii the
larbOrS can be adapted to commerce, and II route
can be found comparatively free from the periodical
Will he, to a great extent, solved, and the work OF
this pioneer corps performed. Later in the season,
or early next year, It is proposed to go 10 Ncaragua
and examine into the merits Of the various canals
and routes which have been surveyed by dtstn-
gushed engineers through that isthlnus. Wherever
this route may pe found ana the canal located,
It, Is asserted that government must become its
guardian, and under such auspices, pushed on by the
progress OF the age, must, sooner or later, reach
completion and furnish highway to the commerce
oil the world.
correspondent OF the HERALD writing from
Mexico under date OF August 20, says on the sub
ject:-
OF the Tehuanepec Canal Will be before this people.
The liberal action Of the United States Congress
this matter furnishes iustrOus example for this
people to follow, and It s to be hoped that 1t will be
needed. The utter failure OF the British bOndnold.
to persuade this government that all their lands,
well as the privileges which they might think 1t
that, consequently no canal project could be en-
tered into without their consent, leaves the field
open to earnest and sincere capitalists; and 1t s be-
lIeved that the government will move in accord
with the government Of the United States
and appoint commissioners to represent 1t
in the survey Of the ship canal route, and,
II the same be found practicable, that it will
work which the amplest liberalty viii permit. The
great mass Of intelligent Mexcans favor the project
while those who oppose 1t can be pardoned on the
score OF ignorance or adverse interests. The names
OF the distinguished persons associated with the
project in the United States had given character to
the new Tehuantepec Railroad and Canal movement.
Other vital internal and foreign questions must arise
when the Congress meets, including the intestine
State dlfflcultes-to say nothing OF the finance and
debt question:"
IT viii thus be that the great project OF ship
canal across the lSthmus Is IN fair way OF being
fairly started toward Its c0nsummati0n.
VENEZUELA.
rI,n Avnar;cou Secrctarv Of Sfato At IN