The New York herald., 1870-04-28
The DAR!EN CANAL EXPEDITION.
Latest intelligence from the Exploring PARTIES
No Practicable Route Direct from Caledonia
Bay to San Miguel-Exploration Of the Sas-
sardi River-Prospects Of the Future-The Ca
nal Treaty Before the Colombian Senate.
UNITED STATES SToREsHiP GUARD,
NALknnNIA Ray March & Iarn

UNITED STATES SrORESHiP GUARD,
CALEDONIA BAY, March 5, 1870.
A little trading schooner IRON Cartbaucna bound
for Aspinwal affords to-day another OF the rare ops
pvrtun'ues-"liKe anges' VISITS few and far be-
tween"-for wncn the Darien expedition must 10
thankful as the only means OF communicating with
the outside world. saunders express AM mule
train j. IAN Institution much more reliable than anv
OF the passing schooners on which We depend for q
seml-occasonal chance OF sending letters 10 Aspin-
wall, to be thence forwarded 10 New York. Saun-
ders lran arrived at Nlpsic Point a few minutes
ago having made tnc distance from the new and
picturesque camp on the sucubi river In less than
siX hours. Almost simultaneously with the arrival
Of tins tram fro,1 tne Interior our mails rom New
time only 10 say now heartily our letters ana news
papers were welcomed and 10 add rev Items TO our
On the 3isI nit II teegraphic despatch sent to
Nipsic Point announcing lhat the surveying party
under the direct ion OF Lieutenant Schuze and Mr.
sullivan had at length reached the summit or tile
dividing ridge between the Atlantic and the Pacific
slopes. Ihc ascent To TINS narrow ridge was more
difficult than any previously encountered, steep ana
toisome as almost all these heients had Proved
been i27o Descending the Pacific slope the en-
porers reached be- ore niunt the Sucub river, which,
had already been l0rded once on the frs excursion
under Commander sellridgn IN person dire ;,y alter
W. had anchored IN Caie onla bay II has now
! twenty ieet below the site OF the new camp, ~
| itself 553 feet above the level OF the sea,
| 50 that the prospect of opening nteroceani,s
canal direct from Caledonia pay through these almost
! nmpassabic mountains 10 san Miguel bay seems nv
| present sufficiently liui, distant and undenned.s
! However, the exploring party having left Ensisn
Eaton and small force o. the camp IN the Sncubti,
| Is now pushing vigorously on towards the Chucu-
| naqlc, escorted by Major Houston ana Lieutenant
! Goodsell, with their marines.
! portion of the marine force accompanies the
Sassardi exploring party. which has thus lar encoun.
tered less dltlcues than the Sucub'i parry. L.eus
| tenant Hubbard and Mr. Mossman with their com.
panes have already travelled more than nine mies
| through delightful country, passing through cane.
brakes ana plantations of cocoanut tree, bananas.
.,IIis. afneyn ha. No Il.vu
| will begin Om0rrow the construction Of Il telegraph
line nom Sassart. They have seen several villages
ON or near their route, although some OF the Sassardl
| Indians hat declared that there no villages tu
| be seen until the head waters OF the MORT river
should be reached. short-sightcd sassar Indian.
| who Is said 10 have suggested the other day, while
| Commander Selirilge happened TO he surrounded by
tem 'rlat II would be line opportunity t. kill him
oVcae " bs S S more Ss esHe III @ nebors Fire "%
| ans continue 10 he friendly In their professions.
although none of them seem disposed 10 encourages
the project Of attempting 10 cross the sillmus Some
Of the coas nllans are gradually showing more will
l;Ygness than az first TO he '.intcryiewcd to accept
gifts aud 10 sell frult hut they well their more
savage brethren of the interior, jealousy hide away
| their wives out Of sight II strangers.
The highcs elevation attained 10y The Sassardi eN-
pioring larty y 247 cct which looks encouraging
But they are ony oeglnnlnE to get into t,e M noun
| pied up beyond. Ire rainy weather is AREA iy
hreatenng 10 curai the lime during which the
| present preliminary sur cys OF the sihnIs can bo
| advantageousiy made.
|
Preparing to War With the ExpeditiOn-Tho
snvngcs Disposed TO he Friendly y-Progress
| 0f the Work Of Exploration.
OK BOARD THE NipsIO, ogF SaSSAIDI yULAGE,t
| CALEDONIA BAY, April IN, 1919.
| The Drama, Captain Casiillano Hava, schooner OF
six and tbree-quartcr tons, chartered by Mr. $. W.
A. Jackson and Mr. g. $. \. SchrOeter agents Of the
Boston Ice Company at Aspnwall and at Panama.
we find ready return to Aspinwar on our arrival
| Tim In riarf No saty nh
portunity OF forwarding brief bulletin IRON the
| lrOntf ...sst.ts-.s
On Tresday last the party, under command of
| Major Houston, made eight miles safely on their
route t. The Chucuanque starting from the camp on
the Sucuoi They have, doubtless, ere g his reached
their de-uliat0n ''rllmOr OF war; which, on the
day after their departure, reached the Npsic, that
100 Chucuanque braves were on the warpath
10 oppose their progress and bent On destroy
ing, first the Nipic ami then 1.-The big ca noe, u
| the Guard, dwini.el specify from 100 - SIX
wnn aI aT today a ,a ssdS 81 sSssa ss.
gone to assure the Cllucunaque Indians That The
Americans are good fr ends aud that they must be
so LIKEWISE" Ihe Morti Indians, who maintain
more intimate relation with the Sassirli Indians
than appear to S exs, between between me Gale. ..
to be friendly. Even the sacubus have shown moro
amicape dispositions than had been anticipated.
voluntarily q companled Major Houston sort OF
Hard Jack escort.'' one OF the Mortis mas. per-
, haps. Indicated solution OF the problem by saying
that "wnen Indian drink whisky he want TO fight;
| no whiskey he want 10 stay home quiet.
| | Inc Sissarui exploring party unuer Llentenant
| Hubbard, Ensgns Jasper and Moser, and Mr..
MOsnan, has followed up the Sassardi river from IT.,
mouth across the COrillcras, 10 the head waters OF
/, | tine MOrti which fows mo the Pacific. They 1nd
that tue Mortt IL out IN longitude about four miles
In other words, Is four mics further from the Allan
tc ihan IL was marked On the best spanish and Eng
| iIs charts. The dividing ridge was ound to bt
very marrow. and the distance between the heaa
waters of TIE Sassard and those oi the MOrti wal
ascer aimed to be only LOCO 1eet.
AFTER completing the reconnaissance 10 the Cha
cnlaque, aud thai To the Mortl, survey will be
carefully made from the MORT To the ChacunaQuc.
Meanwhile the photographed survey of CALEDONIA h
continued under The direction OF Captain Lnll, Of the
Guard.
The health of officers and men botm ihc Nipsic
And The Guard eiiIain encouraeingiy goO. ...-..
The Canal Trenty Before the Colombian Sem
ate-ObiectiOns tn II by Seuat0rs-Proposed
Notifications.
PANAMA. April 49, 1870.
| The news hOn BosO'a * very Interesting. II
| gives fair idea OF the spirit In which the Cana
treaty Is being received, aud verifles what ad In
previous e,ter-'hat 1t would not pass without oppo
sition The discussion on the second reading Of Tho
treaty was 10 commence in the Senate ON the 18th O
March, the day amer The mail lett and Is likely 10 be
more animated than TINT Oh the Irst reading II ont
IL 10 Judge ron me opinions or thc three Senator
appointed a q committee 10 report on the treaty
From The DereciO, vi Bogol, Of the lltlI ol March,
translate the foilOwing:-
The three Senators named IN commission TO re port
on the lnieroceanc Canal treaty have not been able
| To agree, and each one mad presented n separate
report.
General Herran did not ANYTHING TO object 10 IN
the treaty, presented % The Senate basr his opt
mon on the following reasOns:-The United States
government alone could undertake such al enter
prise, and obtain The amount OF capital required fO
its completion. The alliance with the United States