The New York Herald Newspaper, December 27, 1869, Page 7

_—_—_. CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA The Proposed Canal Through the Isthmus of Darien. Views of the President of the United States of Colombia. The Sympathy of Peru With Paraguay. AFFAIRS IN CHILE AND BOLIVIA. The steamship Arizona, Captain Maury, which left Aspinwall on December 18, arrived at this port yes- terday. Herspecie list amounts to $9,952 41. She brings latest mail advices from Central and South America, The purser will recelye thanks for favors received, COLOMBIA. Latest Nev; of Darien Uanal by Herald—Best Route for the (anal—Triumph of the Libe- ral Party—Diplomatic Relations with the United States—Volcanio Eruption in the Ine terlor—The Rayo—Commercial Tax in Aspiue wall, PANAMA, Dec. 17, 1869, Six days prior to the arrival of the Arizona, the last mail steamer from New York, the people of the Isthmus had been informed by the Heracp of the 2d ult., received via Jamaica, of the fitting out of an expedition for the survey of the route most prac- ticable for the construction of the Darien Canal. I need not say that this announcement, which was made the most of by the local papers, was hailed with unqualified pleasure. To all of us here it Appears that to the mind of President Grant at least the grand scheme of interoceanic navigation has at Jast taken practical shape, and that the United States government initiates the enterprise 1s a suf- ficient guarantee for its fulfilment, At the same time very considerable anxtety is felt as to the location of tne canal, So many rontes are proposed—some of which have been surveyed, aud are said to have their advanta: over the Panama route—that 10 is feared that the canal may be constructed at such a distance from the city that it may be robbed of many of the obvious advantages which would accrue to it from such a gigantic undertaking. -‘There is very little doubt felt by those who have read the accounts of other surveys that the present will develop the fact that con- tiguous to the section of country traversed by we Panama Railroad will pe found the TOUTS g@ Most favorabie, botf on account of cuttings to be mado and streams to serve as feeders for ihe caual, for ta construction. But wherever the location finally decided upon may be is of llitie consequence; the peopie rejoice at the prospect ail thesame. There is a gooa deal of seliishness no doubt in ali tis, but it lg the selfishness of a people who lave seen them- Selves in possession of great natural and geograpli- cal advantages of which their own ruisrs have been too stupid to avail themselves m times past, and who now rejoice that one government at least is sufficiently intelligent to recognize and appreciate these advantages, aad to endeavor to turn them to account tn behalf of tho commerce of the wor'd and the advancement of civtitzation. Our pews from the inte gives us full accouats ofthe triumph of the liberal party, and by such w majority that it is fair to presume that their nominee for the Presidency of the republic, Sefor B. Saigar, will enjoy, during the period of his administration, from 1870 to 1872, immunity from revolutions. 1 sincerely hope so, not only from a wish to see the country prospe®, which iccannot fail to do under the benign influence of peace, but because the con- servative was the party which carried the day against the ratifieation of the Cusbing Canal con tract, The liberal party in the coming C Ougress are pledged to ratify the contract. ‘The following isfrom the “‘oMicial journal’ of the national government of the 13th ult., and will ve in- teresting in this connection: — The President of tho Union received to-day. at one P.M, at a~pubuc aumiencs, General Stepoen A. Hurlout as Minister Resiient of the United States of America in this repubtic, in the presence of seyeral high oficers of Stata, bo:h civil and military. Gen- eral Huribut, on presenting his oredentinia, made the following address to the citizen President :— Mr. ParsrpENt—I have been charged by my puvernment with tha care of its intereate in the republic of Colombie, and eapeciaily with the pi duty of maintaining and, i/'it be atblo, of increasing the frieadly relations that for such a length of time have subsisted between the republic of Bolivar and that of Washington. Special instrucuons have been given me to agsure your Exeeliency that the stable peace, th well established order and the certain of America. e likewise rece!ved instructions to adopt all legitimate ures that may tend to auyment the commor existing botweer two countries, thus fostert 5 velopment of the vast material resources which are destined to enrich this nation hereafter and to benefit the wonld, I re been moreover instructed to call your Excellency’s attention to the fact that the barrier of the Isthmus of Suez bas ceased to exist, and that the commerce of the nations of Europe fows to the without hindrance, while bitherto nothing definite bas been done on the part of the nations of America to remove the qbstacle offered by the isthmus lying within the limite of this country. I will do myself the houor of atte before your Excellency, in the name of my povern mont, the important and well considered opinions of the Pre- sident of the United States, upon an affair of such vital traas- eendency for the true prosperity of both nations, and of ao much {mportance for the commerce of world. In like manner I have been ordered to communicate to your Exeal- lency (he personal sentiments of the President of the United eae and to make known to you the coniidence he entar- ns hat the good muccess that has marked your Eacel- '§ adunin: jon will follow it to the end.” Allow me, t, to exprons to you how grateful 18 to mi ring upon personal relations with your Ei cellancy, and to mavifest my profound respect and esteem, The citizen President replied:— Mr. Ministre—T have beard you with with sincere natisfaction the letter whic! the Minister of the United ftates of* Ame From the time that these couatri yall leasure and receive tits you as in Colombia. coming inspirited by the graud deeds roclalined their independence and ‘olomb ever fntiod to follow your country in her pro gressive march, and bas endeavored to take from Ler exam- Jee accumfated during a centary her moat elevated political Tivas and ber best lessqus of govdrnmen' In North America, in the country of Wazhington and Je(fer- son, ia it, where for the first time in thefannals of humanity has'been given to the worl and to biatory the high examp! of organizing a community in conformity to the dictates Feason, and entirely in accordance with the nature of man. You may judge, therefore, Mr. Mintater, with how muoh satiafaction you will be received among ws, bringing, as you have just go kindly said, the special mission of culilvating, by increasing them, the relatious of friendship betwe tho two governments, and of barmonizing the inte of the people of both countries. You, bave « necessity to all natio it roying forthwith the barrier offered by of Panaina to general interoceanio communication. bia is wel re of this necessity, and is disposed to do all within her power to forward that at undertaking, aud my government, which understands ¢ grand influence that that work will exercise upon the des- Unies of the world, and apecially of America, will examive With all due attention leas that upon this matter t President of the United States entertal id that yon instructed to transmit to us, and will uge every endeavor for the fulfilment of that high’ purpose. Tt would be'grateful to me to have you as the organ to (ransmit my personal sent! ments to (he President of the United States, making known fo him the admiration and respect inspired by the man in whom was personified the last and most glorious emancipa- tion—that of the oppressed slaves, As Mini your pubilc character has pi countrf, and I fee) pleasure in accepting your friendship and ssauging you that you wil meet in our society with tie pathtle and cordial reveption that inen of your sanding entitled to, The volcano of Purace is stHi in active operation, and has bad the effect of frightening muititades of peoue away from ita vicinity, well as destroying the herbage around it for miles and rendering it unfit for the use of live stock. The rivers which in its immediate neighborhood have had their streams wonderfully increased !n volume and threaten tho destruction of the puebios on their banks The ap- earance of the mountain, which is about 5,000 feat Bian, has entirely changed during the past few months. It appears now as if the top bad been blown entirely off it, and the force of the explosion has been such that the concussions have been feit in # neighboring State, and showers of ashes from it have fallen over a humired miles away. The “ar and Herald has the following concern- ing the steamer Rayo, better known as the R. Ry Cuyler, with whose unfortunate fate your are avquainted:—- Weare informed by @ corr @ Peruvian government has & the Isthi ondent in Carthag*na th Veameliy gt tou im oF $00,000. What mer of her ci poaitive informatl airs, cattinated tb cont at leant $30,000, a fore the Rayo can be considered service hough well {aformed persons bave told suin would be a much more correct eatin: ith by at eho to fuldl upon 8} in thove pected by original mission bo thewe count Jah shipping, if not in the inter of Cuba. ‘The merchants in Aspinwall have'at last to pr ay ML jecoeded in pone ® redngtion, but only a conditional one, contribu- wenty por cent on ther commerce! tou, ¢ veductlon Was mL the condition that the Lagi . by Colum! NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, its next sesaion would apnrove of it, There ia not | to the voter by (mg law isthe ability to read and unity enough among the merchants of Panama, witn all their petitioning aud memoriditzing, to secure a gimilar result, PERU. Tho Loan Question Becided—Paraguay and Peru--Revalutions—Telegraph Line to Pav- ama—Diplomatic AMuirs--The Mixed Com. missionGeneral News, Lima, Nov. 28, 1869, The long discussed question concerning the Drey- {us loan to the government 1s at last approaching conclusion. It will be recollected that this matter bas occupied public attention in Peru since July jast, and, being an affair in whitch the pockets of the people were tutimately concerned, the greatest inter- est bas been Manifested regarding it, Despite of the determined opposition on the part of the country generally to tne sale of 2,000,000 tons of guano to the French house, under terms bighly advantageous to the purchaser, the government, pressed for money, and with atmultitade of clamorous creditors, insisted upon carrying out the negotiation, and ap- peared to be inflexible in this determination. The most dangerous opponents, however, were found tn tue Peruvian apitaltsts, who, naturally, were discomfited at seeing the proba- bility of such a rich prize atippiug from ‘their hands, more especially aa they had made offers more ac- ceptable in public optoion than those of Dreytus, Basing their claim on an existing law, these capital ists declared the legal rights held by Peruvians over foreigners in all caves where the national treasure of guano wes concerned, After a long period of suspense the Supreme Court of Peru has decided this point m favor of the Peruvian bankers and against the house of Dreyfus. Now commences the realconfiict. Dreyfus hus, in anticipation of success, advanced large sums of money to the government, and the President, counselled by his brother, the Mintster of War, appears (0 be resolute in his deter- mination to consider the contract legal, despite the courts and people, But an insuperable aimculry bere arisea. Dreyfus mantfests a decided and most pratse- worthy unwillingness to employ the large sums re- quired by the terms of the loan tn & matter con- deaimea by an entire nation and only upheld by the Preeident of the ublic, more especially since the terms of the cuniact suptiute that in no case snall diplomatic intervention be resorted to, The most probable jinele of the aifatr ts that anew loan will be called for and will be adjudicated to the lowest bidder, Dreyfus or the Peruvians, a8 the case may be. OtherWise trouble will certainly ensue, uf the President persists in holding the negotiation eflecttve, = Peru uas always taken great'interest in the canse Of gutiaul litle Paraguay, aud M. Pacheco, wheu Minister of Foreign Amairs under Prado, drew up and published the celebrated remonstrance signed by Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Chie, and assented to declaring that the action of Brazil and her ailies wowards Paraguay tenaed to the destrne- von of a sister republic, This note, together with some strong remarks made in a Preaigential message by Prado coudeianing te conduct of the allies, pro- duced the 4uspeasion of diplomatic relations between Brazil and eru, which were only resumed about six montis ago, by sending an Envoy Extra- ordinary {9 the coart of St. Udefonso. 7 minister has been summarily recailea tby Pi in consequence of loo great a display oi oljecta of his Mission, and auew Envoy has 9 tly been appointed, ‘This diplomatic agent, Dr. Mesones, has represented Peru in Kagiand, Frauce and Ltaly, and is adiniuied to be a man of very superior acquire- menis and intelligence. It is generally supposed here that the mission has for its object the arrange- ment of the anaus of the Peruvian monitors now laid ups in Rio Janetre, and likely to remain there for sone time in order to receive those repairs which appear to be necessary to them at intervals of not more than six week Your correspondent, however, has learned that now the sympathy of Peau for Paraguay is lo be demonstrated ima very Gircct manner, aud itis proposed to follow tn Brazil the e eset in Paraguay by the United States, coyrapnical proximity of Braziland Peru and the mcreasing trade between the two nations on Auizonlan waters render their relations more te ian those of the empire with any of the c republics, and we are in hopes that the mussion liay succeed in eS 3 Paraguay in however small a manner, t is also the desire of fFeru, viewing the Brazilian coudact as agressive towards republican titution,,to Lake such ineasures as will effectually preveatauy movement of Brazil towards appropri- ating portions of Peruvian territory bordering on her own, Measures of this description may be pceasary, siuce Brazil has already manifested an tion to dispute the rignt of Peru to certain districts adjacent to the Brazilian headwaters of the Amszon, Coriainly the position of the American empire is not such, in relation to her neighboring republics, as tO inspire (he greatest couiidence in her integrity and justice, Peru, however, will not bo back ward Im guarding her rights, With the capturs and twprisonment of Doctor Seavedra, formorly in Prado’s Cabinet and recently indtuately connected with the conspiring circles in Lima, all danger of present revolution seenied to have passed away. Nevertheless, the ardent devo- tion with which this people regard any movement towards overthrowing the existing powers never allows the goverament a moment's peace. Within two or turee days large deposits of arms, ammunitiva and arlike material have been discovered in the immediate vicinity Lima, sud a number of persons, known to be dt; affected fave sbared Dr. Saavedra's fate, Watile th! gontieman rematns ia prison there js little danger of the occurrence of any formidable outbreak, aad even were be at liberty tt would be dificult to organize a serious revolution, from the fact that no leader, possessing the public confidence could be pitched upon. Prado, the still popular favorite, is content 1m Chile with his vines, fig trees and tue Danx he has established, and ne is known iv uave refused many tempting offers to return and atteupt the reposses- sion of his old Presidential dignity. An important decree has recoived the Prestdent’s approval, that authorizing the construction of a laad and submarine telegraph from this city to Tumbez, the border port with the republic of Ecuador. Aiready a land Une ts in operation trom Lima to the city of Trujillo, nearly 260 es to the north, and, with the exception of a few miles of snb- marine wire, the whole northern coast of Pera will be speedily traversed by the line. This edterprise ts directed by Mr. Carios Paz-Soldan, who Se pated 8 company composed of some of the most pro- minent Peruvian capitalists, who, without seke ing subsidy or guarantee from the goverament, have agreed to finish the work, placing Lima in direct telegraphic communication with Panama in four years from the present date. From Tumbez north the line will be submarine, and it 1s confidently expected that the facilities offered to baginess men anda to the governments cf Peru aud Ecuador for the speedy transmission of messages will render the un- dertaking profitable in its results. At ail events, thia is another proor of the progressive ae of Peru and an evidence that the government of Coio- nel Bulta ts interested and decided in alding all measures that tend towards prowoting the welfare and consequent peace of the country. ‘The mixed commission to decide all claims of American citizens against Peru, and vice versa, 19 progressing well mm {ts labors. The members of the commission, both American aud Peruvian, appear to be actuated by a sincere desire to do justice to ali parties, and the claimants place the greatest faith in the equity of the decisions to be made. ‘The govern: ment here has shown @ most friendly apirit in the matter, and is destrous of terminating nualy all of those questions that might possibly disturb the har- mony existing between the two nations. Nothing more has been said of the disngrecavis occurrence that took place in the mY, of Callao re- iaten in my last correspondence. The government 13 pertect! tisfled with the explanations made by the United States Legation in thie city, aud the adair rests in ed Dr, Pedro Galvez has been named Minister Plent- potentiary of Fern to France and England. Tis is the second time that this gentleman Nas represented his country at tue Tuileries and St. James, Mr. Edward Villena ts appointed Secretary of the Peruvian Legation in Washington, in piace of the lamented Mr. Medina. Now that the yellow fever epoch is approaching, the municipality ts busy taking every possible pre- caution towards preventing the nppearance of this formidable visitor, and from the health of the city at present we augur that the coming season will pass without a recurrence of the dreaded epidemic, CHILE. Favorabie Progress of Electoral Reform— State of Public Anstruction—Disastrous Fi jo—Tho Indina Question—General VALPARAISO, Noy. 17, 1260, A great deal of political excitement is just now being caused by the electoral census that the gov: ernment has ordered vo be taken throughout the republic, The recent conventions of all parties held at Santiago agreed unanimously upon this one point—that the privilege of voting should be tho- roughly examined and the right of franchise con. ceded much more generally thantitherto, Congress immediately took the matter in hand, and laws wero passed by-virtue of whiob the country now sssumes a far more republican position than it has hold up to the present time, the policy of the governmont hav- ing been, since 1934, to control by patronage tho elections, and thus always baving the power to en- force such measures as it might desire. Now. census of theyvoting population is being actively proceeded with, tn view of the important elections that are to take place in 1870, and the interest évinced in the new measure is so general as to adsorb public attention completely. Much benedt ts anticipated from & step that undoubtedly is progres- slye and wise, Nevertheless, the operation ts attended with some @tave diMoulwes, One of the raaniaites oxgacriped write, and in somé caaes the census oMecers have been detectad in inscriping the names of persons who did not poasess these {mportant qualifications. In some of the southern departments serious dis- turbances were at one time'feared, and a3 old poll- tical antmosities were awakened by the movement @ general change in the system waa considered almost impossible. Stil tne law is being actively carried out, and, the first enactment having passed by, the people are commencing to be convinced of the su- preme utility of the measure, Mr. Lastarria, one of the foremost of the opposition deputies, demanded thatthe government should lnamediately tnvestl- gate and punish the action of several of the munt- cipalities where favoritism had been mantfeatly Gisplayed; but the administration, dreading an in- serruption of the census, roundly refused, alleging that such investigation could only be practis by an order from the proper tribunal, whose action in the matter has not yet becn made known, Jo the matter of public instruction Chile has always veen far in advance of ber sister republics of South America, and, according to the oficial accounts of expenses, employs a larger sum, in pro- portion to her income, tu the establisument and Support of public achools tnan any country in the world. Nevertheless, {t has been recentiy proved in Congress that the falling otf in attendance at these schools 18 very considerable. In 1869 more than 13,000 scholars were being educated atthe public expense, and tn this year the names of but little more than 3,000 appear on the list. To this the Min- later of this particular branch replied that the atten- tion of the government had for some time past been called to this unfavorable circumstance, and that lueasures were being actively taken to place the schools upon their old footing. The plan proposed by the government was not to diminish the amount expended, but to suppress a number of the institu. tions, and thereby #0 improve the remainder as to offer to parents the most inviting inducements to send theircnildren, This idea meets with general approval, aud, it is thought, will accomplish the desired end, The sum of $250,000, voted by Congress for the purpose of organizing expeditions to hold the prov. nees of the subdued Araucanians, ts already being employed. Anengweer has been ordered to pre- pare such military maps of the district an quesuon as may be necessary for the operations resvived upon, and although since the recent tnendiy con- ferences with che principal cactques and thelr ap- parent good will and desire to maintain peace, the government ts too weli acquainted with the Indian character to confide bitadly in their promises. The rich gold minlog country bordering on the Ifaperial river, #0 celebrated and lucrative While We Jesuite missionaries bed tne savages in peace, 19 first to be — explored aad occupied. Settlements will be established and ample proiection given to imuilgrants. Ia Val- paraiso we have a number of old Cauvorntans who Propose prospecting along the river, aud taeir ex- ainple will doubtless be generally followed. Tne wealth of the section referred to has always been described as fabulous, aud the Indians confess ulate the goid they use and wear is derived from the mivea tu that vicinity, A most destructive fire occurred in Santiago this Morning. The buildings from the spacious Unton Club to the National Bank of Caotle were entirely consumed, inciuding the former. The jogs is pro- bably in the neighborhood of 500,000 hard dollara, and the portion of tae city destroyed was one of thet most beautiful in the capital. The origin of the fire was rather poetical. Tte President of the Club, Don Manuei Alcalde, had died one or two days previously and his funeral was to take place this morning. AS many of the members of the club proposed accoin- panying the remains to the cemetery, a tire was jeft aruing in the kitchen in order to prepare coffee, &c., before the procession departed, Brow this originated the conflagration. The fremen of San- tlago, all volunteer associations, worked nobiy aud succeeded in subdulog the flames, not, however, until one of tneir number had ocean fataily injured and several others slightly. The different imsurance companies, both national and foreign, have iost heavily by the occurrence. y The convict establishment in the Straits of Magel- lan is progressing very satisfactorily. coal mine of superior quality has been discovered Tn the vicin- ity of the aettiement, and by January next the Gov- ernor offers to supply all the steamers passing through the Straita wiih this article. The expenses of the colony will be more than defrayed by the sum recetved, The gunboat Reludeer has sailed for Pitcairn’s Island, laden with provisions anc clothing for the descendats of the mutineers of tne celebrated Bounty, These supplies have been contributed by charitable persons in this ony and ia the capital. BOLIVIA. The Revolution eral Coudition of with Peru. mpiecoly Subducd—Gene the Country—?oelations Lota, Nov. 28, 1869. ‘The report of the defeat of General Morales, who left Peru with tne intention of revolutionizing Bolivia, is fully confirmed. This person was cap- tured by the Peruvian authorities before crossing the Bolivian frontier, according to sgme reporta, and according to others, after having reached Bolivian tercitory discovered that his schemes couid not mect With succoss, and therefore returned. Nevertheiess, we are in receipt of intelligence that leads us to believe in the existence of a formidabie Indian in- surrection 1n the province of Suero, to overthrow which Donate Munoz, the chief of Melgarejo’s Cavinet had been despatched with 600 men to the scene of ac- tion. Some imposta decreed by the last Congress had mot with the dissatistaction of the Indians, and it was upon their assistance cniefly that the would-be in- suigent leaders counted. ‘The state of the national finances was not particu- larly satisfactory, yet the Bolivian Bank was doing all in its power to assist the administration. The devotion feit for Melgarejo by his troops is his great bulwark, and whiie this lasts 1t willbe dimcult for any insurrection to meet witn successful results, Nevertheless, tne Lolivian government appears to have taken serious @larm at the contemplated movement of Morales and his abettors. Detach- meats of troops were immediately sent to the Peru- vian frontier, and in Oobija the only port of the republic, several arrests were made of acties Who had recently arrived from i ridge across the Desagiladero, @ stre: issuing tm thi iene Titicaca and forming, for a short dis- 0, ndary between Per Bolivia was evs by or of Melgatejo, and this act caused 8 profound sensation of alarm itn tue minds of the peaceful -Peruvians in the vicinity. However, a Bo- livian envoy, Colonel’‘Quevedo, hag arrived in Lima, with the object of explaning any apparently warlixe Measures adoptea by his government, and also en- ‘charged with the thanks of Bollfviato Peru for the energetic steps taken by the Peruvian authorities in aecuri tho persons of the rebels ana for their etrict observance of neutral laws. Colonel Quevedo iw well eon in the United States, having spent some ule there In 1867, and is regarded here as fully capable of fulfilling the duties of nis mtasion. CUBA. Proposed Emancipation of the Slaves—Intro- duction of Free African Laborers. The question of abolishing slavery in the islands of Cuba and Porto Rico has calied forth a proposal from several influential planters and merchants of Cuba, of whicd the foliowing ts a summuary;— The national government should decree the imme- diate and simultaneous abolitiou of slavery in tue islands of Cuba and Porto Rico. All siavenolders to hiberate their slaves without indemnification what- ever on the part of the government. Ali slaves be- tween the ages of ten and sixty years to remain under thelr former owners a8 lavorers for the term of ten consecutive, years, Tbe conditions of labor and pay to remain the same as before, with the ex- ception of @ nominai sum to be pald by the em- ployers per montn and in proportion tothe age of the persons 40 employed. During the term of appran- ticeship the employers to bind themselves to edu- cate taelr servants In a manner to render them capable to make thelr own way in the world. a committee shall be called from among the sup- porters of this movement, who shall forma ‘“Span- ish Christian Society of Free Native Africans of the Island of Cuba,” which society shell have the ex- clusive privilege of introducing free African labor for the term of twenty-Gve years, Native Africana introduced ander the auspices of said society shall be bound to a0 apprenticeslip of ten years, and shall be educated tue same as the liberated slaves, CHINA. North-German Sailors in Battle with Pirates. {From the Berlin Correspondenctia, Dec. 4.} Accordiag to nows from Hong Kong the North- | German merchant bark Apenrade, sailing under Osptatn H. Davidson, was attacked by pirates in the Chinese waters, near Macao, on ihe 24th September, Tho crew of the bark cousisted of the captain, the pilot and twelve men, while the number of ber as- saflants was about a hundred; yet the Germans aefonded themasives with sucn resolution that one man was siain gud all the rest were injured, the wounds of the captain and pilot having been of a very severe description. No bravery could of course successfully contend with auch odds. The pirates were, however, disturbed in their work of plunder by the approaeh of & steam vessel, Aud the Apenrade escaped to the harbor of Macao, AUservt Hint FOR CoLp WeATHER.—The reason @room takes so long to be warmed after a fire has Deen kindied 16 that the air goes up in a steady col- umn from the mouth of the register, aides of the stove or front of the grate, to the owill f the room, and from thence begins to distribute itself down- Ward, which of course iaa slow process. To expe- dite this take a palm fan, a shawl, a large towol r, fan viol uty oF swing the shaw! vigorously, thus compelling the upper au lower strata of sirto units, the tot upper to mix with the cold lower. In this way the upper portion, whore the thermometer would indoate eyity, and the lower, where 1s would stand at forty, will ve lied to mix, and one would be surprised to how much egoner the apartment becomes qomiertania, THE COURSE OF EMPIRE. The Great Coal Lands of the West. Abundance of Coal—Farly Discoveries— Geological Formation of the Coai Tands—Difference of Opinion as to the Age of the Formations— Great Extent of the Lig- nite Beds, Evanston, Wyoming Territory, Dec. 14, 1969, Fire ts dispensable ta the domestic economy of Man. in earlier ages fre was essential to the due berformances of religious rites. ‘Burnt’ offer- ings Were the means employed to stay the nand of avenging justice. A pillar of fre by night guided the children of Israei to the Promised Land. When Some of the Ute Indiaus wont away from their re- Servation last season on a hunt the direction in which the others were Lo follow was shown by tho fires kindled by the van, Some of the Cuban lead- ers told me that the signal for openly inaugurating the revolution which Cespedes precipitated before the time was'to have been the signt of fires on the hills in diferent portions of the isle. Fire is the first consideration under various circumstances. Abrahain set the wood iv order on the altar betore be intimated the natare of the intended victim to his sen. When the day’s march is ended the first thought of the soldier ts tue campfire. In the morn- ing the fire is the first thing that claims the atten- tion of the servant or the housewile. ‘Fireside’ is everywhere synonymous with “home.” Wituouta cheerful fire im the evening where would be the happiness of family reunions and tue joy of all the juveniles at the coming Christmas umef And, in a commercial sense, fire generates motive power for great factories and mills, steamboats and rail- road trains, Fire has revoiutionized We labor of the world. Fuel, therefore, 1s @ substance of paramount im- portance tous all. It has been a source of great concern to the people of the West. Pioneers across the Continent travelled for days witvout even a sap- ling belugseen. Sage brush was the only combusti- ble material they could depend upon. Scarcity of wood has oeen the only obvious objection tothe Plains, One of the toveltest little valleys in North. eastern Nebraska—the valiey of the Logan—was couplotely neglected by the Germans because It had scarcely any Umber, but it was subsequently settled by Uie Swedes. The Plains proper are destitute of trees, Grass and prairie flowers are the only vege- tation og the upiands for hundreds of milea. Con- siderable timber, however, fringes the margins of many of te streams. Foresis are found only among the mountains; and they are remote from many of the settiements. ‘Tue cost of trans- porting wood to the Plains is an item of considerable importance. All the wood that was brought into Salt Lake City last winter was cagerly purchased at twenty-five dollars per cord, in Kansas and Ne- braska, fertility of soll being assured, wood was the thing that decided tne locations of many of the im- migrants. But the timber aiong ail the rivers and on all the slopes of the Sierras“wouid never be suf- ficient to meet the demands of the future inbabitants for fuel. People prophesied that the supply would soon become exhasted, and the question was, What then? Nature, however, ts equal to ali emergencies. Prophecies inay fail, but pature never does. During long, prehistoric ages, compared with one of which the Jongest life of man ts infinitely less than the shortest of the insect that in asingie summer's day compicies its circle of existence, Nature was silently solving the problem witich was so troublesome to mortals. In many thousand acres destitute of timber a sub- stitute exists beneath the surface. Scarcity of Wood ts more than counterbalanced by abundance of coal, Indications of a kind of coal were reported nearly seventy year's ago by those earliest adventurous ex- plorers, Lewis and Clark, and later, from time to ume, by Generals Fremont, Emory, Warren and Reynold and Drs. Owen and Hayden and others; but as to the extent of the deposits or the quality of the coal title was known. Early investigauons snowed # singular absence of coal in the old car- boniferous or coal-beariug period, and it was not expected to appear in forinations of any otner. Later investigations, however, have proved the ex- istence of ummense doposite of lignite in strata of a recent epoch. This coai crops out tn piaces all along the base of the Rocky Mountain ranges on their east- ern aud western eiopes. Dr. Hayden, who bas spent the best years of a busy life in pursuing geological explorations west of the Missouri, who seeks with more assidulty for fossiig than the miner for gold, and with whom I had the pieasure this year of passing over the richest dis- covered coal fleids in the West, has traced them distinctly over an estimated area of 5.0u0 square niles, ‘Lhe same sort of lignite deposits which were found on the Upper Missourt lur north as the British ine, have been recognized on the Kio Grande further south than Sante Fe, New Mexico. On the eastern side of the Rocky Mountatns these coal lands he ag near as may be slong the parallel of longtitude 104 degrees west from Greenwich, north and south, a distance of over 1,000 miles. They are being worked with suceess in various places westward from Boulder, near Denver, in Colorado, Wo Coalville, in Utah, a distance of more than 300 miles. And be- yond some beds have been opened at diferent points as tar west as Monte Diablo. The finest Nelds $hus far discovered are east of the sierra Nevada mountains. It is uot unlikely that lignite deposits underlie the surface here and there, within tne shadow of the mountains, from Cape Horo north to the Arctic Ucean, and across the Continent from the eastern bage of the Sierra Madre mountains: west to the Pacific. Certain it is thes beds have been opened on the eastern aide of the Sierra Madre and at the foot of imtermediate ranges. For, we must ever bear in mina the conformation of this couatry, that out of the vast elevated plateau form- ing the imtertor of the Continent, aud which we cail ‘The West, rise a series of great mountain rangea having @ general trend to the northeast and souin- West, each composed of wauy miuor ranges, with jocal dips in ail directions, 1 bave heretofore referred to the coal in Colo- rado, ite great extent, its width of vein and its peculiar Characteristica. Ail the lignites of the West are simtlar in substance. Very naturaily tue pro- portions of their component parts vary in diferent piaces as the regult of local causes, The com- mercial value of the coal found at certain points ta more or less according to how muca the organic matter has been compressed and carbonized. While the total meridian extent of these lignite beds has been found to be limited thus far only by that of explorations, their local latitudinal exveat 1s generally believed to be within fifteen miles on both sides of cach major and minor mountain range’s axis. To illustrate the manuer in which the coal crops out:—Suppose the successive strata lying hori. zontally one upon the other; ao iaternal power of natore then forces them upwards, in some’ places the upheaving material breaking through the sedi- mentary rocks and protruding onthe surface, in other places not; in the one case changing te bori- zontal positions of the strata into acute angles, in the other int apticlinals; the subsequent erosion of tie glacial period washes away and levels oif the jagged edges of the lignite beds which had Deen disrupted; so that the whole presents at present the appearance of diagonal sections moota on ¢ suriace, Golag from the Plains towards the monctawse you firat pass over the borizont strata of the tertiary period, becoming = mw and wore inclived as you get nearer to the ranges; aud then inorder you come in many piaces to the fossils and formations of the Cretaceous, )urassio and triaswic periods, and aaily to the metamorphic granite. As in the anatomy of the body you go from the skin tothe bone, #0 in the auatomy of the earth you go from the surface to the original rocks, And as doctors of medicine differ in their opinions, 80 do those doc- tors of physical science—the geologists. They dis- sect the anatomy of the earth and come to different conclusions. And they bave @ monster subject in the worid itself, These lignite veins, covering the backbone of the Continent, are the cause of some difference of opinion among them at the present, The veins generally appear between ijayors of drab colored cla i rusty sandstone, among the de- posita which form tho junction between the o1 taceous and the tertiary ages; and as the trausition from the one to tie other 18 30 gradual tt is didicult to draw the line of demarcation with positive distiactuess. Le Conte aud Newberry ciaim them to bo cretaceous, ke all other carooulierous depostia, , whue Hayden, Clarence King and others wiio have examined them assign them ratuer to the tertiary period, J have not neard Agassiz give any opinion on the subject. So extensive are these carbontfer- ous tertiary deposits im she Weat that Hayden bas been disposed to question whether the tertiary might not wae more propriety be called tac carbvo- niferous or coal-beartng period, Hayden, however, inclines more toward & new and iniddie ground, and gives the doubtfal deposits a position of their own in what he appropriately oalla the period of tranaltion. Those differences among the geological doctors would have been duutuaily settled before now according to established scientific principles if the foasiis found in the vicinity of the coal beds had been of @ distinctive charactor; but many of them may bo attributed to eituer the oretaceous or the tertary - riody Signs of sh few and local, but indications of sbundent aud almost universal, Dr. den aud his party collected several sand fossiis, in many of which [ noticed in- pressions of leaves closely resembiing those belong- yg (0 tress of the presen} daz, One suecimen 186). ———— "$ transformed tnto bro’ ; shows 4." rown sandstone; and another, why,"¢ & Piece of the gnelt had been broken off, & perfect ls of the kernel. But, however geolemen may differ much those the actual epoch, the coal existe. matter (lying in success: “la whose individual formation 18 lameitar) being dep-¥ited, compressed and carbonized during periods of t.0¢ past of which we have no accurate idea, upheaved by some mighty agency no paraliet for which is found <a human power, the beautiful economy of nature lu placed ft hand an inexhaustible supply of mincral 124] 80 essential to material advancement in the course of empire. ‘The coal itself is singular. It differs from foretgn lignite as well a8 from bituminous and anthracite {!u several particulars, It is peculiar in 19 high per- centage of carbon and low percentage of asu, its great (riabiity and its small specific gravity. A close examination of it shows a double foliated stracture, One is of fora and the other of terminal places, Inthe one you find impressions of the or- eunic leaves or other vegetable matter; in the other tadications of infiltrated water between the thinnest Noaginadle lamingw. It ia readily reducible to dust, and easily broken by a hammer into smail rectangu- jar prisms, which are not ordinary crystal forme, but regular solids between the separable planes. To the presence of the water in the inicroscopic rifts ts aluributed the cleavage or crumbling characteristic which forms 1i3 most objectionabie feature. This cleavage occurs by expausion of the water upon exposure to the atmosphere. Wille some of the coal has a solt, brown, dull bituminons pearance, some of it is hard, biack and brilliant, resqmbling recent anturacue. It differs materially from anthracite, however, by buraing with an ac- live Mame, Some has sulpbur in it, and some (an analysis of which | witnessed) has not a slugle sign of any noxious element, Analyses of specimens revealed respectively over flity-one, Afty-elght, Aity- nine and seventy-iwo per ceut of carbon, wich (the remaining ter being chietly volatile combustible) renders iva valuable lignite, Ic leaves a littie whitish 6h, out never any clinkers, To burn weil and give a high heat it requires considerable atmospheric oxygen. It may not produce so uigh @ heat us an- thracite, yet its caloric eifect i suilicient for all ordinary purposes. That effect ts lessened a litue by the presence of tie infitrated water. Much of the latter, however, escapes in the cleavage consequent upon handling and exposure w the atmospiere. Abalyses of the constituents of the coal itselt ahow very little water, and but little caloric effect is lost by the amount of heat necessary to convert the water produced by the combination of iree oxygen and dydrogen into yapor. Its quality improves the deeper 1 is taken from the iuine; the pressure being greater, the percentage of Water and other impurities 13 smalier, It 19 begin- ning to be universally applied to all domestic uses, Experiments have shown that it can easily be utilized for smelting purposes, It is being used in Colorado for smelting iron, and gold and silver ores. Its most objectionable feature—the tendency to crumble, and thus clog the furnace and decrease the drait—is compietely overcome by the use of the “staircase” style of furnace, in which the coal lies on horizontal steps, and the apertures for the admis- sion of atmospheric alr are in the vertical sides of the stairs, Is 13 equally available for generating steam. It has already superseded wood for fuel (except for kindling) for the locomotives on the Union Pacific Railroad. immense quantiiies of wood, which had been contracted tor before the im- portance of the coal beds was pupreciates, are now piss up at stations along the railroad line, and I lieve the Company are selling souie of it, Hayden's estimate of 5,000 square miles of coal lands reiers only to those he had examined, extend- ingdrom tue line of the Union Pacific Railroad, in Wyoting, south to the Arkansas, in Colorado, It applies particularly to the plains of Laramie, but the coal lands of the West cover an area of 50,000 square miles, How much of this area coal actually underlies can only be determined by the pick and shovel of the collier. Diligent search has hitherto failed to find indications of more than thin veins, and few of them, in Kansas and Nebraska. Beds have been opened in some parts of boli States, but the amount of coal obtained only serves to assist in supplying local wants, Hayden, who made a careful exatuination, does not think that any important coa! beds wil! ever be found within the limits of Nebraska. From the siunilawity of tts geology I imagine that the same may be sald of Kansas. In New Mexico, Coiarado, Wyoming and Utah Territories, however, ay well a8 places iurther West, the supply is more than equal to tue demand. A superior quality of cual is found in great abundance on both sides of the Rocky Mountains in New Mexico. A large percent- age of carbon exists in tiat obtained tu the vicinity or the local mountain chains, called respectively the Raton and San Lazaro, Notwithstanding 1t is lig- nite it looks like the anthracite of Pennsyivanta. The Raton Mountains are in both New Mextco and Coiorado. The read from Santa Fé to Denver leads through the Raton Pass at the foot of Fisher’s Peak, where the thirty-seventh paraliel of longitude forms the ferritorlal Mae dividing Colorado trom New Mexico. Asin New Mexico so in Colorado. Coal crops out on the surface in Lake county, near the bead waters of the Arkansaa, and in Tremont coun: near Cajon City, further down the streaw; aisoin Las Animas, tn Puebla, and all the way along tae Rocky Mountain chain north to Jefferson and Boul- der. In Jetfersun it shows itself on Ralston creek, five miles north of soiden City. In Boulder the next stream you come to was named Coa! Creek, by reason of the appearance of the lignite on the sar- face. On both branches of the Boulder it ts found in great abundance. At the Marshall mines, on tie south branch tue dip of tie mountains reveals eieven pen Benge from seven to thirteen feet in thick- neds, and giving from thirty to fifty feet of solid lig- nite. The lowest bed is the largest and the best. The coal contains, as shown by two separate aualy- sises, fifty-eight and fifty-nine per cent of cardon, and resembies anthracite in appearaace. contiguous counties of Clear Creek and Gilpin, wuere most of the mining and reducing of ores is belng done, the cousumption of wood for fuel is over 100,000 cords per annum. If the rajiroad they are talking of should be built coal conldtasily be deliv- ered at these mining centres, so that the outlay for fuel would be less than half what it 1s at present. ‘The people of Denver are fortunate in having such vatuabie coal mines so near the capital of Coiorado. Indeed, it Is believed that coal underlics the city and the immediate vicinity or Denver. One gentie- map, whose faith is turning to practical account, hopes to find both fuel and fortune in the suburbs of the city. “Anyhow,’ he said. “I tntend to sink & shaft, even if | sink the mone, But the best developed veds and the finest coal found thus far are in Wyoming ‘Territory, along the line of tue Union ‘Pacific Railroad, I went over them with Dr. Hayden. Onutcroppings were seen near Cooper's Lake, on the Laraune plains, and west- ward at the diferent points along Rock Creek, Medi. cine Bow, the Rattlesnake Hills, the North Piatte, Bitter Creek, Muddy Creek, Ham's Fork of Greea river, Bear river and through Echo and Weber cafions in Utab, nearly to Sait Lake. A connected series of deposits covers the whole area. Coal mines bave been opened near Cheyenne, on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, and on the western at Wyoming station—which is the next beyond Lara- mie—Carbon, Rawlings, Separation, Creston, Point of Rocks, Black Buttes, Rock Springs and Evanston in Wyoming, and Coaivilie in Utah. Severai of these mines have been worked for many months. Hxperi- ence has demonstrated that the quality of the coal 38 excellent and tue supply practicaily unlimited, Bvanston is & smal siation on the line of the Union Pacific Railroad, 967 miles from Omaha and 905 from San Francisco. Northward, where, 1u Wyom- lug, the great Rocky Mountata cain turns toward the southeast, a line of hills strikes from it directly south to the Uintah range (running east and west) which merges into the great Wabsatch chain, stretcn- Ing away southwest toward the Pacific. Tne Bvan- ston coal mines are tn that line of hills, beyond Yel- low creek (a branch of Bear river), a mile or more northwest of the railroad station. The surrounding country 1s picturesque, and the summits of the high mountains witiin view are forever capped with snow. The hills are furrowed an@ ceilated by the action of water, so that the company has been able to develop the mine by means of tunueis. Tuey nave opened three tungels, situated on almost three quadrants of a circle. A thick layer of louse cal- } carcous puddingstone ites above the lignite. A short distance from the outcrop there {8 a thickness of twenty-six feet of coal, interstratifed with layers or ‘drab clay.” It thought that @ little further in the hills these iayers of clay will disap- pear and the coal become wore solid, and perhaps more pure. In the main tunnel a railroad 13 boing buut with side tracks and facilities for changing oars, Which will enable the company to easily taxe out a thousand tons of coal per day. The track from the mine connects directiy with that of the Union Pactfic Railroad, 60 that the coal placed on the co: in the mipe could be sent tn either direction acr the Continent without being reloaded. Several tons of coal are lying in the galleries of the mine awaiting the completion of transportation facilities, While 10 Cheyenne before coming here, | witnessed an analysis of some of the Evanston goal, and the result showed 72.16 per cent of carbon, 23.34 of vol. matter and 4 per cent of water, There was not a si ofgulphur or oiher noxious element. fhe anaiysis was made by Persifor Frazer, Jr, @ young American mineralogist, of well Known lineage and un- doubted talent, who has recently revurned from Europe sfter graduating with honors at the mining sonool of Freinerg. Owing to the thickness of the veins here and st other points, aud their nearness to the railroad (the valuable mine at Carbon station 19 alongside the ratiroad trac! oal can be taken out and placed on cara at from dollar and Arty cents to two dollars per ton, I be! the Union Pacific Ratiroad Company do not pay more for it than that. ‘The cost of transportation would have to be taken into account to q sold at wo Od in small quantities ab dudferont places aloug de from to Some Caisornians Dave deen looking ton coal with a view to {ts use on t and I bave beard that thoy were unable yet to some to any dofinite conclusion as to its commercial value in California, owing to the dimouity of getting at the price the coal company will sei) it for in case they get @ monopoly of the markets, it t¢n since coal Cost $500 in gold per ton |i Less than forty miles west of hore ta © And five ities from the ratiroad ine, 1n « the Weber, is the Mormon town of Coaiville, There are large and valuable beds of lignite there ano at other points tn the surrounding region. Considers. bie quantities of doal are being tateu out of the mines st Coaiville, A raiiroad ilue i beg Kune from Coalville to Echo station. The road + aires rad ‘nes Pee Sais Lake Ory ¥ is forty-five mtles distaut. The quaity of (he coms ie excellent, some of it being similar to some Of that at Evanston, indeed the indivations are suok that both formations might be said to be identio, One velu baa a thickness of fifteen feet. Tn soi cases a Kind of conglomerate, peobiy sandstone and i othors a deep deposit of black clay, growing har ards and containing numerous creta- reste directiy the coai beds, whiie im to show that the relative poni- pelore end the copi were tie same the dip would Hong.of the clay to evident, to wit :—That Mag |i Bg sgmounta of organic In the two 7 the upheaval of Assunung this to be the case, as the fossils show the clay to be undoubtedly cretaceous, then Hayden ts willing to admit with Le Conte and New- berry that these formations of doubtful age and other supertor coal ‘beds of the West belong not to the tertiary but to the cretaceous epoch. Bust at other places, as on the Laramie plains, for instance, the cretaceous formations seem to pass gradually Up Into the coal beds, and layers of drab clay uader- lie the coal; while in moat places, where evidences of violent disruption are iess than near the mighty calons, fossils aud formations point more distinctly to the tertiary period, East of tie Rocky Mouu- - taing, at least, there would seem to be little quea- You that ail the lignite beds are tertiary. Those thas appear on the npper Missouri, in Montana, hava been traced down the Yellowstone valley by way of the Big Horn mountains to the North Platte, im Wyoming, wuere they pass beneath ive White river tertiary formations, but reappear about ten mules south of Cheyenne, near tue line dividing Colo- rado and Wyoming, and continue unmterruptedly south to the Arkansas, The evideuce in the struc- ture of the coal itself, that although the organic substance waa held together long enough to beceme oarbonized, yet the compression of the lamineg was not so great as to obliterate ali impressions of tue flora, aud the sact that among the fossiis {ound con. tiguous to the coal beds are those of animal and Vegetable life of tho present period all tnaicate a recent origin; while tne fact that at other places 16 loses the peculiar structural characteristics 1 bave mentioned, and looks like hard, lustrous anthracite, containing an tncreased quantity of carbon, and thas the fossils and formtions of the cretaceous age aro more numerous and apparent, indicate an earlier than the tertiary period, It may be, however, that the change in the character of tie coai to the ap- pearance of recent anthracite may be attributable to some local trap, dike or other cause of heat and Pressure during the convulsions of the earth at the upheaval of the mountains. It 18 not necessary to enumerate all tne other places in Wyoming, Utah and other Territones where coal has been discovered. it 1s enough £0 say that it 1s being found from time to time tn dufer- ent localities. And iron ore of superior aoa, appears to be coextensive with the coal beds, Thi is especially the case in Colorado and Wyoming. It 1s impossible to estimate the unportance Dot only to the Western people, but to the commercial and manufacturiag interests of the whole country, of these coal lands of the West. I¢ is the coal of Great Britain, limited comparatively as it 18 compi With these immense deposits, taat has aided largely to make her commerce ubiquitous aad to carry her manufactures to the remotest coruers of the earth. Ido not think that Dr. Hayden will object to my mentioning his name in reproducing @ remark be made to me when riding on the raliroad. Aliudiug to the coal beds directly on the tine ne said that tuey contain “more power than al! te muscie tha now exists, ever las existed and over will exist"? And said another geologist, ‘The discovery of goid in California aud of oil in Pennsyivanta do not com- pare in importance with the discoveries of coal @muong the Kocky Mountaus."? the mountains, THE SUEZ CANAL. Trips of a Scotc Steamship Through the New Transit—The Order of Entrauce aud log of the Voyage—Piioiage, Water Draught and Sand Drift. (From the Glasgow Herald, Dec. 18.]' We have been poiitely farnisied by Messrs. Handy- side & Henderson, of this city, with the following report of a voyage per Anchor Line steamship Diao, Captain J. M. Sunpson, from Alexandria to Suez aug back to Alexandria via the Suez Canal:— The steamship Dido, having embarked passengers and stores, sailed in ght ballast trim, drawing nine feet three inches alt and six [eet four inches forward, at half-past one o'clock P, M., November 10, for Port Said, Ismaiita and Suez. On leaving Alexanaria there was a fresh westerly wind biowing, the 6¢3 Was heavy, but the wiud being fair all sail was set. The Dido was preceded by the Pentnsular and Oriental Company's steamer Delta, drawing sixteen feet, which had aw. a good many passengers on board. Tue Dido was followed by the Mesaageries Impériales paddie steamer Thabor aud the chartered (by Lord Dudley) paddle steamer Lynx; aiso the French lhwperial yacht Aigie, wita the Empresa on board. ‘hese three steamers were In Company Wit us during the after- noon andevening. A/ter sunset the wind fell light, and the sea went down a litte, Atsix A. M,, 17th instant, we were abreast of Damietta, about fifteen mites distant, and at fifteen minutes to cleven we were tn the harbor of lort Said, where we sounded within a distance of 100 yards, depths varying from eight (2 twenty-six tees. The Mediterranean squadrou of tue Britisn navy was lying at Port Said Roads, 4 littieeto the northeast of the breakwater or mole; some of them, 1t was re- ported, had atiemptea to enter the harbor, but as two in doing so grounded it was sald they were ordered outside again. Atnine A. M, 17th iust., we received verbal lustructions to proceed, the Dido being placed seveuteeath in order of procession. ‘The sip was (hen presented (gratis) with charts and printed regulations (in Freuch) for the naviga- tion of the canal. At forty-five minuies past tem A, M. proceeled dead slow—the Engitah schooner yacht Cambria, owued by dames Astbury, in tow ot @ French gunboat, being immediately abead, while the British steam yacht Deerhound was vex im order astern. At iirst the Cambria detained us @ little, but ailerwards we lad no stoppages. About haif-past sevea FP. M. we passed (near El Gutsr) tnree steamers (two Austrian and one English—the latver a ship of War) auchored; and & iltiie later two Frenci ships of war uground, both ot wisclz wotoff again at dayilght. We arrived at Ismadia about nine P. M., when we were guided by boats with lamps to moorings (buoy No. 15) provided foe us by tae Canal Compauy. The course through Lake Timsah (Ismailia) Was indicated by besacous with lanteras for the occasion. The passage from Port Said to Ismatia was made in ton noura, Un the 19ta current, at naif-pass ten A. M., seeing the Cambria getting under weigh xnd proceeding tm tbe direction of Suez, we bailed ger and inquirea whether she intended prosecutmyg her journey, and getting an ailirmative reply, we (acting upon tustiuc- Hons to sail to Suez in the same order in which we left Port Said) followed the Cambria and procecdea toSnez. We entered the Bitter Lakes at twenty minutes past twelve P, M., and“there being a good breeze all sail was set. For four miles at either ond of the Bitter Lakes there are strong tron tripods with very good, power(ul lamps to indicate the c#annel at both ends of the largest part of the lakes during we night. The lamps aod the two iron lighthouses im the jake will probably be in full working order in abouta month hence. The middie portion of the jake for about ten miles is neituer beaconed nor buoyed, there beungtrom twenty-lour to thirty feet of water dor @ large radius, We arrived as Suez at five P. M., and had the satisfaction of knowing thai the Dido was the frst English steamer to arrive at Suez througn the canal. ‘the passage from ismailia to Suez was done in six hours and @ hal, the ship having gone fuil speed that portion of th passage. The entire passuge was therefore done from ort Said to Suez—exclusive of ne stoppage at Ismaliia—in sixteen and a haif hours, ‘The run could have been made in less tame were i¢ not for sundry delays imcurred through inaugurat formalities and the unusai amouns of shipptug um transit at the time. 40th.—Lay in Suez Roads all day waiting ull tue remainder of tue ships would pass out of the canal. zist.—At six A.M. proceeded frow the Roaas to the entrance of the canal, and moored there for the purpose of ne the first opportunity of reenter- ing the canal on the remaining haif-dozen steamers arriving in the Red Sea, We were, however, disap- pointed; for the agent of the Caual Company came alongside and ordered that the Empresa and the other-roysl yachis must have precedence. _oTid.—At eight A, M. received writien instructions to proceed on the return voyage, nineteenth in order of procession. At half-past eignt A. M. got under weigh (tue fires bad deen banked up from the previous day), but Wien the slip reached the eatrance to tue canal there was a dead lock of shipping, quite re- gardiess of order. This detained us ttl Ofteen minutes to eleven A. M., when we proceeded dead slow, stopping frequently. The Dido was preceded by the Brindisi steamsuip Priacipe Tomaso, and ful- lowed og Russian paddle steamer of the Lm Navy. '@ re-entered the Bitter Lakes at bail-past tweive P. M., going full speed, and were passed oy the Russ: paddle steamer, French steamship Tou- rag and Italian sieamsiup Scylla, We re-eatered the canal at Nali-past four’. M., aud at seven P. M. were stopped by the Scylia grounding aear Schiekdnedea, between Toussum and Ismatia, 23d,—Started again at hall-past six A. M., Scylla stil! ahead. We passed through Lake Timsah as eight A. M.; Were stopped by vessels ahead ground- ing between El Guisr and Kantara; at balf-past tive P. M. had to anchor, 24th,—Got under weigh at hal(-past six A. M. and arrivea at Port Said at palf-past cieven A. M., and sated thence with a fair wind for Alexandria at bait past one A. M., when all sail Was set. Arrived at Alexandria at oait-past uing A, M, oo 25th inst.; ad weil. A.—Pilots were offered for the cans! passag War wereaute ‘nauileieat tor the daraand; the Dido theese of oug citer golng of rawurning. | The weather hot during the day, but chilly at night, ‘The moun best during the whole of the trip, While the sbi t El Guisr, being stoppe: vense! deal of sand accumulated on the ahi mueti so that the latter had ta be covered up . The wash (at the very san artioulariy at El Guisr) caused by passing steamere to have done consider damage to 0 was at i was lying fi a Pps Enusing the sand to fall tnto the canal, and thereby Ieeeaing ne stuck on the ty towards tue abd ing their drawii y arrival at Port said (rom Suez wat {%, an 1. Tho Mestngeries steamship, rom Marseilles for two feet, but that fe round it 18 intended to reduce sull farther. Meare, Fraissinet’s steamabip sal Port Saud, drawing about wlaiven foet, witd a cargo for Bom- vi “I ewxanpnta, Egypt, Nov, 26, 1369, A Womay Kitts Hen Sepvcer.—A young man named Pres. Barker, charged with the seduction of Elizaceth MoQuigg, Was shot and Killed by her at Tropton, Onio, on the 2let inst, Immediately after the shooting sh» gave herself up. Her brother, John Woquigg, Was siso arrested, Charged with the same crue, Bots were committed to jail, Tho girl'a story i# that she las waited for him to mako her the seit reparation in his power, which oe nas refused doing. Tuesday, hearing it rumored tuat he was jog tO be Warried, she determined to compel Ling do ber justice. bro aad heraeif met him; sno asked him what he iutended doing; he replied, “Nothing,” she then toid bim he mus with her and marry her at once; on hia refusal (0 40 go she fred two shots, one taking evoct in his breast. He lived long enough to say to bw father thas tt was the bi John who sot Bim. aan (at IS Wap 60, end Baal one aiane Ought ta