, 1879-08-17

tain regarding this fact Commentl Lu11. O
the exoeition. who made the examination O
the river. reports as follows:
"The least water found IN the channel OF tht
river was tweutr-eight feet We fre
! quentlv found over twelve fathoms. Their
| were few obstruction In the way Of sua9a, etc
The channel follows the course OF the river 81
exnctly that anv pilot after once going up ant
| regard to it. It Is the clcc-est river
| have ever seen, [ her to saw that speak ad
| visedv In using this st1nerlatiyc language, fo1
| the advantages OF this river for navigating DUR
| poses are So remarkable that examined il wifi
grea. carer
Regarding the Atrato the Commodore hun
self SAYS:
| s:No one who has visited this river and floated
unon its surface, as have, can hut be etrnch
with the grandeur of this mighty food d! water,
nnd can but fccl 1hat f. ha; hcen devisei hr rhe
| Almighty to bear more impnrtant part in the
/ great economy Of the worlds PROGRESS than to
! carry the little crafts which are now it's sole
{ nav:gators.a An estimate OF he irnrncnse I'D
| yautavps accru 'nc TO the yor]d's commerce by
| overcoming he obstacles Of this twenty-eIoh.
| miles OF artificial watercourse- (which can be
done IT Is thought, at an exnense OF not oger
$4,000. .0o0-can be formed by referring to the
carefully prepared tables in Commodore Self
ridges report,
In BRIEF it js there state1 that the total yearly
tonnage which would pass through the canal
would be at least Mree million tons.-,nd this
merely the commerce of Great Britain. Germany,
France, and the United States.-,nl that tile
average time saved b.; ,he cauaI ronte. from
New York to 1-ominept points, would be over
forty days. Taking these figures into consi1-
Grafton. the starements Ut interested rail-
road men, that in view Of increased
rail facilities across the continent a canal
will he uuueccssary, appear somewhat
IN reasonable to say ei,e least. a hundred rail-
roads spanning the continent could never take
the place of the wooden walls which traverse
the seas In the interests Of co,nme~ce. nor affor'l
ti:1e OF the facilities which will be afforded
by the interoceanic canal. It is fervent1v to
legislation induleed in regard ny this most i'm
portant un1eTtaE ng. We have outgro"n the
Monroe doctrine. 1t IS not pleasant thouehf,
oue an unuentao'e .act, &hAs sn!s ay eponssy aas
tts co,,marr;a1 deoi:noa viii oshar natione
Let rs not have this same Yankee trait come
to the surface, II the canal project Is moo:etl
IN CONGRESS. Lcs our olovtans patriots oe
s.Is s1uelsusu oe1o'1 Lucy oee'n o'o"'ns o1elf
Tins for ia cono, oc,ara t,s haon nr;.
vate enterprise, and It IS to ne hooad that
moneyed men all over the world will take the
stosk' ana mat no suo5id'es Will ne asked LOT.
=, e9seJ ~ Eoua ,.esf t1as1u ~ Io'su ~
d. mr. need IN - nrascrve the inteor;tv of onr
frontier'' on the Isth,n1s OF Panama.
While. however, the Intrusion OF 'he United
States Government sho1sd he deprecated, the
interference OF her Governments should be
strenuouslv opposed.
1t would seem That to ne OF general benefit to
the world the canal should De strictly private
p7ooertv, ana hell under charter from the
Colombian States Government. for IN TINS case
only could It apparently DC OF general utility
when VI. Lesseps projected tue Suez Coual
the same outcrv was raised rs at present. and
the same difficulty was at first experienced IN
disnos ng Of the stock. Let us hooe that his
energy. aol'stE, anu feaslou'ts OF MS p!an5 VIII
make him again successful 10 bis uncersaS'ng
W. T. HARMON.
s1etempsyclios!s, Junius, ana the Republic
nn Party.
III the Editor Of The Tribune
Cruc.co Anu 1e-Wbat mind pfven to
-.
pm1osopnleal research mas not' at so'ne peFlou
or auo her OF ITS esenttnl existence stooa al the
threshold Of the realm of metaphysics ponder
I'M: over the mysteries thar cnsbroud spiritual
1ifa and fntcritv v,thont narceivtno in the dim
foseafe distance Tue snstee'ns n'faSe u
metcm psychosfs?
The belief in transmieration OF souls is as old
&C Tho nn,nan rocc ;tse1f ias o1d and deen-seated
as the feelings of veneratlon ana ave- OF mute
pain and resignation that ill the heart when
beuling over the fnanimate form of the beloved
don,r.e1 ~ tt. boro o- Statesman whose 1ecds
If v,1or or vrhosa ,ricdnm and nhi1onthrnnV
,,,v. nov ne ednfrotton ~ cnnremnoranenns
wnrt1 'rhno1n1r ia fnaeY;hIv arrayed apainst
+ha n,,nfor nre;r1;ts n,7t ui1i II eyer gain
da.,,i~n ,,, ,.st ~ r;ctorr viii # ever ernnnor
,hnsa 90 no,;ons 81 deca1r inrraftcd m tie non,-
tar rn,nd hot II ~ ~ ;mnnss;hle Tor a restess
.o1 49, ,ona n co1n,ors trannnillitr tn snh-
i;,oa n,;ntsr-,n nted rasr II Is Y,r nm cjcnhnnt
- c,;,nh - ,rae nr for Movor Harrison 10 nh
sta;n frnn manfo rrservarions or nreyarica,ions?
I,et nc assume. for instance that the soul of
soma cno1 nnli:trfan fwhich Of conrse. mplics
ono ~ the i'eonhiIcan cree11 returns to the
on,,1a fa1dc ~ ra;na mimi The aii.neryaf1 mr.
s,.;r;t ~ ,ha rniv.r:e md is de,eryelly as
s;nned RI s,,;ooe frur,t sent in the eav-
cniv omshi :henrre: ran wa rnnsistan,iy eupposo |
sha+ .h;e sori rha varv vessenae IT morahlene33 |
:, vi a a.i-,t;nn nay rcsrsssness s-;houlI so for
faroa; s ;;1se1f and fts formeT rareer AZ to look
n,';-fiv nrms akifa3o. into the vast arena be.
fore II renlete with the surg. .ur 'rhrong Of bu-
~ n;tv sway M tn md fra fn7 the nursuIt Of |
snme rea1 or el,mcr;cof end. wichort exoer,enc- I
:s.,r 10 Ios;ra ri m pvl uo aroIu 10 the
I,.1,.a chaaa ofter f;.thv lucre or iIislInction1
~ ,,7,.h Tan In one this soul formerly |
= ho,rd nj: ,vith linn Rohinson. the good |
n;,1,,i ir,an VII, oniet1v bur hurriedlv descend I
nd tsxe ,r, nusrters with John Smith, ano her ]
.,na1 1ni,tis.,an md NJ The frat int;ma:iou of
witt. mtn.tr~ o.liel bv he law Of inertia,
',, ,I,o r,str, nn, ,yi, rormcnre m
so,f.a,irc,n~ horanc,,c with tic ub1-
l'4,.n,, fr'.,,,Ia. {. 11n.ccTstom.d No am
" uu''ous eS,-oss .u e. ,orTc multitude, !,
~ ~. oo,,cln7,rs hv thc way of con-