The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1880-05-19
PARIS LETTER.
CFpm oar Regular Correspondent
PARIs. FRANCE, May Is. 1880.

Ahi>s AhfA-NSS5 NY 10 Low.
The complimentary banquet offer
ed 10 Nj, de Lesseps was given last
evening 10 the Grand Hall of the
Continental Hotel NJ. Paul D0lloz,
in a short, well-ehosen speech, pro-
posed the toast OF the evening
"The health of NJ de Lesseps," who,
he said, had opened q passage for
ships through the sand of the desert,
and was intent on making breach
through the Cordilleras for two
oceans to meet. NJ de Lesseps, in
reply, said that be counted on the eff
forts of France and the press to ena-
bic him to complete the great circu-
lar movement which will follow the
rotation Of earth acd avoid the per-
lis of the Cape OF Good Hope and
Cape Horn la ope ming ths Paas-
ma canal, we shall, be said. ae as
sisting the WORK OF civilization, and
humanity. The cost Of tie entire
prize will certainly nct excsed 900,
600, ,000 e., much less than that of
the Suez Cana. He then gave e
hasty sketch of bis toul ana express
ed Satisfaction with his succes4 10 the
United States. He rela ed row he
overcsme tie scruplss q The Ameri-
cans, who were dispos, - resent
the piercing Of lhe csn& il 4 aeigF-
boring State by ASKING them whesher
they would dream of opposing John
Bull were he 10 commeDee Lle forms
tion of one IN Caaade By dat OF
reasoning and answering all questions
put TO him, NJ de Lesssps brought
the Americans around 10 bis id-s,
and left them with liberal offers of
support. On leaving Paris he bsd
three difficulties to dispose of. Che
6rst objection made 10 the scheme
was the insslu5riety OF the climate
of Panama. This be set aside by
taking his family with him, and, dur
ing stay of seventy three days, not
one of them were Ill. Another and
a greater difficulty, lay in the neces
sity of proving the practices biity of
the enterprise, and tnis VI de Les
seps claims to have done TO the en-
tire satisfaction of all concerned. AT
ter carefully studying the ground be
finds that there is only mountain
FIVE kilometers long to be pierced to
unite the two streams of the Rio
Chagens and the Rio Grsnde, which
fall respectfully in the Atlantic aud
Pacific. The Istbmus OF Pansma at
this point only measures seventy
three kilometers across aud cannot
be compared to the Isthmus of Suez
which measures l62, and where the
workers bad no water, no lodging,
and nothing bat burning desert to
res; upon. The American difficulty
M. de Lesseps says, has been over
come, anl America accepts the canal,
as does France, Knowing it to be for
the good OF humanity and the eivili-
zation of the world.
Writing in Figaro on the yexed
question of dissolution, VI. Mag
nard remarks that i. seems 20 be de-
sired by M Gambetts, bns not by
NJ. Grevy NJ. Gambeits, however,
may gain his point, and the Conserv-
atiyes should consider bow it msy af-
feet themselves TIE extreme Radi-
Gals are already crying out against;
the proposition. for they declare that
they would be taken by surprise be-
fore they had bad time to convert
France to the pleasau iidea Of being
represented by 500 TriDquets Trim
quet, | may observe. is Commun-
ist expiaoipg bis offences in New
Caledonia.