The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-21
TIE P-1NI MI C.iN.lL.
y Much More Difficult job than the Suez
Canal--What Must be Done and tho OBJ
stnCles in the Way.
From the New York Sun,

stnclcs In the Way.
From the New York Sun,
The success Of the Sucz Canal seems
to have blinded the more enthusiastic
advocates Oft Daricn Canal to the
vastly greater difficulties to be over
come before their project can be real
izc!. There is wide difference be-
tween the two cases. The Typography
of the Egyptian isthlnus was sinwtllarly
favorable. Of the long ninety mile
stretch between the two seas, nearly
onc-third was covered by chain of
natural lakes, which required only
dredging to make them navigablc.
The highest sand ridges between Suez
and Port Said were but eighty feet
above the sea- level. There was no
need Of locks, except tidal ones at the
two harbors where the canal dcbouchcs
into the sea. a rich country (the
annual revenues Of Egypt then were
from $40, 100000 to $4,000, O,p0Q), an
cquablc climate, absence Of malaria,
and, above all, an abundance Of cheap
and excellent labor, obtainablc at one
third the price paid Oh the Continent of
f.uropc-thcsc were few Of the adj
vanlagcs which contribute to out
weigh tho difficulties of NJ. Dc Less
cps's undertaking. Add to these q
settled government and dcspotic
ruler willing to contribute S30,OOO,OOO
OF his own resources toward the project,
and it is not surprising that tho indie
tatlSablc Frcnchman succeeded.
AT Daricn there is no level country
stretching from sea to sea, no cquable
climate, no abundance Of cheap and
excellent labor, and above all, no en-
tcrprising dcspot, like Said and Ismail
Iashas, to afford protection and mil
hons OF dollars in gold to the under
takers. Instead, we see wars and
revolution, universal poverty, volcanic
mountains, and malarious swamps,
through which waterway can be cut
only at immense cost-doublc or treble
that Of Sucz. 10 tunnel an auucduct
rs wide and considerably higher than
broadway, for a distance longer than
the Mont Gents tunnel, beneath a
watershed abounding in mountain tor
rents, is stupendous undertaking,
even on paper. The Nicaraugan route,
or that Of Panama, with the long series
OF Notwithstanding and descending
the deep cuts through volcanic rock,
and the uncertain water supply, is q
very different affair from tho. ninety
mile level through the Egyptian sands.
The Sucz Canal, as an open waterway
to the Indies, has advantages which no
amount of wealth sqnandercd on the
Daricn isthmus can ever equal.
A INDUSTRIOUS CONSPIRACY Mfrs.
l'ouisia Picrcc,a white lady, was ar
rested near Raleigh; N. g., on Friday,
charged on the oath of three colorcd
persons with having murdered her
two infant children by burning their
bodies in the fireplace of her house.
On examination it was shown that the
bodies of the twins, which were born
dead, were not Inferred for three
weeks aftcT birth on account Of the
reports in tho ncighborhood that Mrs.
Picrcc hadt destroyed them. The
whole story Has monstrous conspira-
cy.. Tho dcfSndant was discharged,
and three of TIC witnesses against her
wore sent before the grand Jury to
answer tho chhgo Of conspiracy and
perjury. Mrs.) Picrco is a Northern
woman, who cdmc South few years
ago and married NNnL f.. Pierce, q
rcspcctNblc->fVofnSn. ,No motive fov
!, in1s s-!s es.. .r. her CO eaA q ! Bs 2
! Q, ,EUkE ny using DR.. Jayn0,s manenf ". WV.
purge the system OF many iunotinS cro
iTs, sonn W1ien Sn,l loit to themsefves, jcaI IN
Ma.ercarial Affection. scutvy or teratiy
aiteratlve by entering inio tho clsan.-Inan
,I,0elHnly ,,eH purges tho blood, and re. TNl mar.
rp!d @ tendency to disease which Catarqu",,I
sstem gsS and at the same time sus. tlon aontri.
~" ol the patient. will
lfy his