The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-05-22
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.rur CONGRESS LlKEf.YT TO ADOPT THE WI pa
NaaA ROUTE HOW .fiIE rL.AN o.saiNA a. Ed
81 Adpsces from Paris state that tse Inter-
national Congress to cotasstier tne ase ,n,'s
~ Erisiav. and that the w yse-p Panama route
s,,ii ! rrnhstIy he che enc decided upon. q
paris lefteT-writer. writing about the Io1,~
:, ,,rase before II asseEabacd, says concerntug
This re,Ite and che calling Of the Congts:
R,,t Won viii allow nae 10 remind you tnas
s.,,,,,s M ntfs since sent ron an account OF
sSa ariiiiant success achieved by a lady
M,. . p. feYmeriy OF New YORK, and
/. s =, recently OF Tunis--in Inducing d. de
s.esseps 10 head his attention to great
scheme for eus,iag the ssthmian canal Oh
thc New Word, worked out by q c!eyer
soups member OF the Bonaparte family,
lieutenant Reaaparte- W Use. who combines ss
in biunself the blood OF dashins Arsn u ns
nIornatic family with tine Corsicas straln on
The here az austerlftz and-tbc victim OF
Sedan Mrs. R., wlro had siyed Tor
s,mn,her Of wears past In TuRss With neF
sa,har gr. c., OF Boston, acquired
1901 deaI az local Influence in that singu-
f.r Afrsc.m rponsrchy where, oy the Way,
fhe aufboy OF Honse, ss;aoeet HONE, lies buried,
md il syas there that Lieutenant BonapaEte-
yVvse xy,ss presented to her. He is OF an
snterprfsiug character, and through the et-
sorts Of Mrs. R. and her father he CD
famed In conjunction with them number
sof more or less profitable local contracts
After awhile, however, things grew ieSs
agreeable in Tuuis, end Mrs. r ana hef
father. accompanied by Lieutenant Bona
narte- WISE, left for France and England 10
push more important ventures tnan tne
breeding OF Arabian horses. Mrs. X
,vent 70 England, where she was greatly
admired and 11taken up" by the set OF the
I: prince OF Wales. A few months ago she
!; charmed select circle assembled at Luz
ton Hoo by Mrs. Gerard Leigh, and which
inc,uded his Royal Highness, with her
heanty. her high spirits, her wonderful hair,
and her incompatible singing. During TINS
time Lieutenant Bonaparte-Wyse visited
The United States, aad unless am sadiy
,nis;nformed. made the acquaintance III
New York Of some accomplished fellow-cit-
liens of YOURS more familiar with wall
street than with the wilderneSses OF Darien
.or the mysteries of Central American poll
ties. At Washington he urged upon the
Secretary OF the Navy the Importance OF
securing proper representation OF the
United States at q conference upon the ca
.naIization OF the Isthmus OF Panama, winch
was to be held in Paris Mt this time, ana
GYenLually ScCuiCU ~ Ia N~
IInited States should be so represented.
7 cannot learn that the matter was
ever really discussed either in your
Congress or in your Cabinet, anu
as / began by saying your State De-
nortment has certainly shown no partlcu-
!arly lively and intelligent interest in it..
Doubtless Mrs. P. r., Who must be con-
sidered the moving spirit OF the whole az
fair, is very much in earnest, and douhtless,
too, Lieutenant Bonaparte--Wyse is equally
in earnest. The Emperor Napoleon Ill. It
will be recolIected, always cherished the
hope of inaugurating this enterprise, and
made extended personal studies in connec-
ton with it. / we'll remember being told
wears ago in London, by the late Mr.. AS
Dinwall, OF your city, that when he first came
to England to urge the building OF the Pana-
ma railway, after he had entirely failed to
secure American support in that enterprise.
he was introduced by the late Mr.. Joshua
Bates to the then Prince Louis Napoleon,
who astonished him profoundly 10y showing
him, in the words Of Mr.. Aspinwall, that
he tknew five times as much about Panama
and the Isthmus" as Mr.. Aspinwali him
self. But perhaps do not 60 too far when
/ express my doubts whether the people
who will be called upon to pay the local
expenses Of the international Congress have
any purpose Immediately in view excepting
the agitation OF the subject on such scale
rs may suffice TO set the owners OF your eX-
listing mail services to the Pacific and OF
your existing transcontinental railways
thinking upon the possible effects OF COM
plete waterway between the two oceans.