The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1875, Page 3

DARIEN. The Surveys for an Inter- oceanic Canal. Interesting Researehes in Behalf of Science— | Progress of the Two Expeditions. CAMPAIGNING ALONG THE ATRATO Sights, Scenes and Incidents of a Won- derful Journey. a THE PHENOMENA OF A WILDERNESS. Landing of the Surveying Party at the Mouth of the Napipi River. THE PANAMA ROUTE AND ITS PROSPECTS. On BoaRD THE UNITED Sates SLoor-OF-WaR CANANDAIGUA, GuiF OF Daxien, Feb. 9, 1875. We have just returned from a very exciting inp, and if patience and perseverance can re- move nountams—and with @ little money thrown in these virtues do wonders at times—there ought to have been an 1uteroceante canal constructed from this point to the Pacific long ago, Several at- sempts bave been already made under the aus- | Pices of the government to solve the great prob- lem of interoceanic communication. From some little experience I can state that no effort was spared to make the numerous surveys as complete as possiole, especially in this part of the isthmus, in order to settle definitely the question of its practicaollity a8 @ means of water communicayon between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. The | Atrato River, with its thirteen mouths, has been | thoroughly examined, while expeditions have | been sent up the Carcarica and Perauchita rivers toward the dividing ridge, 80 as to connect with exploring parties that nad been sent from the Pacific side. Indeed, the country was well explored, and it was not until after a very care- fal and satisfactory investigation had been com- pleted that Commander Selfridge, tuen in com- mani of the expedition, determined to select Whut is known as THE ATRATO-NAPIPI ROUTE, Bince, in his opinion, it offered more advantages for a canal than any other supposed line, at least in Darien, Subsequent surveys under his own Bupervision confirmed his impression, despite tne Popular prejudice against tne idea of a tunne; three miles in length, aiter passing through which ships were to descend to tne Pacific by means of locks. His plan suggested the ascent of the Atrato irom the Gullo! Darien up tothe mouth of the Napipi, then o straight cut twenty-eight miles long to the “diviae,’? through which the aforesaid tunnel should be made, Last year, it may be re- | membered, the Interoceanic Canal Commis. | Sioners, &»pointed by the President to determine the relative merits of the various proposed routes, @elected si#jor McFarlana, of toe United States | Engineer Corps, to make & personal inspection of the line through Nicaragua, as well as that py Way of the Atrato and Napipi. With him were associated several engineers as invited guests, | the examination occupying nearly three months. There can be no hesitation at this stage in stating that the party were entirely satisfied with the Jeasibiuty of the Nicaragua route, and deviared that the engineering dificulties presented by it Were as nothing compared with the great object to be achieved. It appeared, however, that when exomioing the line asong the Napipi sufficient ata could not be obtained for a complete report Ol 118 Various features, the reconnoissance having previously been made only from tne bed of the Tiver, Under these ciroomstances it was dete: Mined to have the proposed line slong the valley of tne Napipi to Cupica Bay, on the Pacific. thoi oughly surveyed, aiter which the relative merits Of the two linos will, doubtless, be fully compared Bnd determiued on by the Interoocanio Canal Commisaioners, At the present time THE NICARAGUA ROUTE {s decidedly in favor; but it would be premature to speak with certainty to which will be au- thoritatively acknowledged to be the most prac- Ucable, the cheapest aod best route until the sur- veying expedition now tn progress from Aspin- Wall to Panama shall have concluded its tabora, But, whatever may be the resuit of the operations soon to be carcied forward {rom the mouth of the Napipi, Do littie credit will attach to the party, composed, as 1t is, of veterans in the work for contributing toward the development of a country about the general features of which Mttle or motning was known, and even whould they fall in discovering a proper line through which to make the proposed straight cui, the establishing of the act alone that none exist Would in itself be most important, as settling for alltime the doubts that have so frequently arisen on that point. There are now two ex- Peditions unaer way—the one surveying from Aspinwall to Panama, of which I have already given the preliminary detalis, and the other gbout to commence operations wlong the Napip!. The latter party is under the command of Lieutenant Collins, and with him are associated Lieutenant J. T. Sullivan, J, Eaton, S, C. Paine, Ensign Barrali and Assistant Surgeon Norfeet. The headquarters are tobe established near the mouth of the Do- guado, at which point the projected line crosses the Napipi. A site will be selected for the proposed dam required for crossing the river, while the contour and area of the basin, as well as the most favorabie point for crossing, will also be deter- mined. Liectenant Eaton will run the main line trom the Atreto up tne valley of the Napip! to the crossing. Lieutenant Sullivan will take up the line trom the crossing up the Doguado and over the divide to the Pacific, while the meteorological observations and gauging the japipifor determining the water supply will be entrusted to Licutenant Paine, who has been provided with all the necessary instruments for |- that parpose. In addition to his medical duties Dr. Norfleet will make frequent borings to ascer- tain the character of the strata through which it may be necessary co cut. These@n brief, are the Main objects of this expedition, the progress of Which I will note from time to time, But it may Bot be uninteresting to mention how we all came here; for, though the benighted region has noth. tng to recominend it, but everything to provoke profanity, a recitai of our trip may be in order, THE CANANDAIGUA AT COLON, It Was @ gratifying signt to those in waiting to Debold the Capandaigua slowly steaming into As- pinwall on the alternoon of the 18th inst,, just ‘ight days from New Orleans. Tne officers ap- pointed tothe surveying expedition, who had ar- tived by the mall steamer some days volore, were Ul in readiness to start for toe Golf of Darien to sommence operations; dut, at the last moment, a vox of instruments indispensable (io the Work, could not be sound Toe sur. Rise, howover, that it wonla come by the next Weamer irom New York proved correct. The seual preparations were made, and at eight o’cloce ‘mM toe moroing of the 28th the Canandaigua, Uap sain Maward Barrett commanding, got under way. peaking from some experience 1 am inclined to weleve toat iow quit Aspinwall with Jeelings of Seartielt sorrow, even though bound for regions M Worse repute, jor I cannot at this moment ‘0cali @ spot so admirably situated for Lhe contem- Nation Of self-destruction, But itis not without | $ Gommendadic features and these consist chieny | Bthe Meaus of oxit, Pervape vo Letter evidence | Jonid be wiven of tne genera: decay presented on | ery Land than the appearance of the once beau- iui states of Colambus inciosed in & pigpen cou- fondest 00 the iscight deyot of the reilway com | aoy time, #o taal it required sume skilful NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 1), 1875.—-TRIPLE SHEET. pany. Ifthe t discoverer could only catch a glumpse of the condition of the eMgy erected to | bis memory, to say nothing of the blushing Indian | maiden, though cast in bronze, he so tenderly shields as sho crouches noder his protecting arm, be would regret the day he ever broke | bread in Colon. Not long ago I saw lymg on the groumt at the base of the statue a rude cof, containing tne dead | body of some friendiesa negro, who bad doubtless been dumped into the box as he died, and piaced An this astractive position to arrest the attention of the autoorities, But Iam atraid che Sauitary Commissioners o1 this ruetul plaice bave, by some influence, sunk into a sound slumber trom waich they will ouly awaken when the Angel Gabriel #/ unde the call for final resurrection, BOUND FOR DARIEN, The Canandaigua ts a large vessel, carrying ten guns and howitzers, and noi being over-burdened witn coal showed a gvod geal of ber copper. In other words, she was very lignt, wile tue Cariv- bean Sea was in one of tts most syortive moods. Woy, indeed, suco @ ship as the Canandaigua should ever have been selected simply to convey @ few officers to Darien it is hard to imagme, Howbeit, once clear of Aspnwall, sue commenced @ series ‘of nautical gymuastics woich paticnts 1M search Of sea-sicknéss would have thoroughly appreciated, Dishes and plates were chasing each otber im lively style, and a sight smash up now and then contributed to the general feeling of ex citement waich prevailed and which was rendered additionally attractive by an occasioual sea sweeping over the windward bow and cooling tne ardor of ‘the persons who chanced to be im that vicinity. Aud thus the huge vessel ploughed along, the officers of the expedition mean waile getting out their stores and impiemeuts on deck 80 thatno delay should ve experienced when the Canandaigua should drop anchor iu the Gulf of Darien, Volunteers were callea to accompany the officers, and sx men, inciuding a cook, having been selected, everything was promptly got in Teadiness. On the evening of the third day out the vessel entered the Guli and anchored almost in the same spot as did the storeship Guard four Years ago. ‘Thisis the unhealthy region avout wich ‘30 much has been written and which proved the cemetery 01 most of tne earliest seitiers, of whom scarcely @ trace is to be found. It 1s here that you Steam AL Overy pore, ior the atmosphere 1s deuse and clammy, apd gazing on the thick though Spurious vegetation on every hand over which hangs an undefinable mist you are at once siruck with the utter desolation of the place. On the Other side of the Guif stunds tye little village of Turbo, with its palm leaf huts propped up on piles and where its 100 1uDapitants, with scanty dress, eke oul @ mMiserabie lie Oi It, though, poor svuuls, they know uo better and are couient, The sun shines ou ‘Turbo with a vengeauce, and what be- tween the heaps of decaying tisu vones piled up at every step, the odors !romdeadly swamps through whica naked chiidbood padales with uny crait, | gaunt Jever stalks abroad with jatal tread. India rubbers stop here at times when bound for Cartha- wena, but the visit Of a maa-ol-war, und that, too, Ol the proportions of the Canandaigua, was surely e be remembered and handed down us an event be discussed vy iuture generations, . THE START. As early as four o’clock the iollowing morning Lieutenants Coilins and Sullivan, the iatier an vld Campaigner in tuis part ol the country, proceeded in the suip’s cutter to Turbo, seven miies distant, to make urrangemen's ior the travsportution of maiis up the river in case any shouid ai rive, ag well as toanuounce to the resident authorities the Oojects of the eXpedition. Meanwhue the ecene on the quarterdeck o1 the Cananuaigua was lively | in the extreme. The little steam cutter, the ship’s launch and second cutter had been hauled alongside to receive their cargo; Jor it must be borne im mind that the expedition party were to be away at least three months, enurely cut off trom civilization and dependent jor subsistence solely upoo the articles now to be conveyed. Boxew barrels una pickages, of which Ducou and biscuits constituted the principal contents, were pilea up, lowered luto the boats and stowed away. en there * as | QD array Of orand new pots, pans, spoons, knives, dorks (the lorks were regaided as uscless iuxuries by veteran explorers), vags of beaus, bags of coffee, tripous, current weters, borers, water gauging apparatus, medical stores—tue Doctor ept @ oFrignot look out lor these—cabneu bee! and canned mutton, and a great many other things 1m cans and jars whose lavela were*ilegibie, but whose condiments would douvtiess* add vigor to tue energies Whicn iuspired the hearts of | the parry. 1 nave failed to wention nalt tue things stowed away, and now that the stéam cutter was | laden wita coal and the otuer buuts down to the water’s edge with ireight, I began to wonder where six and twenty souls— | the number bound up the Atratu—would lay their weary heads. But! should not forget to al- luge, at tuis important Bt to’ the appearance } of the exploring party. ‘uly they were the , | nattiest su: veyors that ever ran a line. Omeers apd men were “rigged” alike, and ail the heayy Weather pirates We Have read about since the | qays oi Noan or seen Jor the first time on any stage Were not a circumstance to the group*o! a dozen that crowded neur the gangway awaiting the sigual of departure. I ae said there were 1m all twenty-#1x; of these o es an ipgerpreter, | the others merely accomparf ‘ug the’ party to their destination, Broad brim buts, witn becom. | ing slouch; red snirts, over which were thrown heat plue blouses, unmentionables of the same light texture, white lezyings und ant-reptile , boots were auiong the articles donned by tue ex- plorers, But the kuives and pisto: innocently | Feating on tue Joins 01 the party—these were not u | little suggestive of Mr. Morgan, the buccaneer, aud I ‘could not heip pitying belurenaod Many a howung, tiger or | @rowsy alligator that = lil 1 might ‘turow tn thelr way in their peregrinatigas througo she wilderness, And while thus cdjtempiaiing the aceoe of busy preparation my atjention be- Cae rivetted upon a little, bowslegged navigator Of Teutonic mould, who, being among the men | who bad volunteered for the duty, now swag- jd about with all his accoutrements hs | in. He had the regulation eyed: ows, au from fitiul glances he ever and anon cast toward the woods I surmised, though perbaps | wrongly, that ne wae fully beat upon goawing cn biad legs off the first panther be came across. learned alterward, however, that he was sanguibary Man, and bad never scuttled a Alvogetner the members of the expedition we very appropriately attured, and by the Lieutenants Collin’ and Sullivan returned ship from 4 the start of Master ts Richman, and Captain Barrett having issued nis final instructions the leave taking part of the proceedings wus promptly gone through, and at two o’clock on the 30th the expe- dition was under way. THROUGH THE OANO COQUITO, The little steam cutter bad in tow the two other boats conveying tne human and edibie freight, and as the imposing squadron quitted the ship's | side plenty oi material was presented tor the pencil of any artist who mignt be in the vicinity; | but wt this time the hands of most people avout | Were otherwise engaged, lor the vessel was given to lurching so tnatsketciing seemed to be asecoud- ary cousideration, At all events, the appearanye of | the several crait and their occupauts was very picturesque, and, What was better, six and twenty hearts beat lightly and in unison with tue pleas- | ant puting of the littie steamer, im which, by the way, you could hardly persuade a lady to cross the East River, so iraii and diminutive did it ap- pear. The rays of the vrotling sun nuw descended upon our heads, und as tue siumbers of the mendi- cant are disturbed by Visions o1 dainty lare, sodid we think of tne joyiul muste whicu tue ice pick = brings jorth on a sweilter- ing summer day. Moreover, there was no | yoom to twist or turn about, aud belore long the | peat of @ campaign in Darien began to lade. ‘ne entrance to the Cafio Coquitu, one of the many entrances to the Atrato, is exceedingly arrow and not easy to find out, as it is an ex- ceedingly tortuous stream, to say hotuing of the numerous Obstiuctions to be Inet With in the shape of shags anc gramalotte. Jieutonant Collins deemed 1s prudent to anchor near its mouth, so ay to have an early start in the morn- ing. Meanwhile wreatus of biue smoke ascended from the cookiug stove on the steau cutter, and ere loug pots of steaming coflee were passed | @round and these supplemented with choice mor- | sels Of iried pork, Lo say UOtuing Of Lecth testers in the spape oO: bard tack. A rousing meal was | discussed some mules from the snip and at the | entrance of as lonely a wilderness as ever cau: explorer to quail. Vocal selections of o nautical | urn were next 10 order, and the adventures ot | many @ true hearted lover in foreign climes | | formed the theme of several interesting contri- | butions to the entertainment of the party. But lor some reason tiese musical recitations, uttered, Moreover, irom no stingy jungs, evideatiy excited | the jealousy of neighbo.ing parrots, and it was | to be regretted that the vicious cuattering of | a bi the uncomely and indignant birds consid- ly marred the harmony that might other- have marked the scene. Tuen there was | ihe stampede was & few minutes elapsed eo! 1 ban beiol ds were stowed away, The wignt | was 8 restless Jor many, myself among the | Dumber, ior what with ihe cargo composed of sharprimmed barrels, Wolo always turved up at inconvenient pisces, tO say Rotuing of the con- Jason WHIdh SIX ald twenty pair of lege are apt to wiVe rise tomand gumMe Had no little difficulty 1m findiag their own leet—sleep was out of the quas- ion, At dawn all lauds Were called, and a yeu eval release of ull pedal extremities jolowed the announcement. Iheu cate more coir and More hard tack, wud & very good DrewKiast it 1 again noticed iny Teutonic iriend wita the ‘ows, and f wus glid to perceive tout the @ Louw dangling at ois side on bourd Li to & nece: Sury Operaiivn dur god 1 began to think tiut al, he mag perhaps, e boc to hack up tigera 80 long ax the pork held out Without muco #do orders to atart were quickly 6 be persuaded ued, wna DelOre NOOK the Bt cutter, towiug tue two bouts in siugie fie, entered the Valo Uo- quito to the satisactton of ail, from tne coms mauoaer to the cook, Aud LOW We could Kee the raok Vegetanion On every hand, aud smeii it, too, for thia Cano is DOL OVer #1X Yards wae, aod tue progress of the fotiiia Was aocurdingly Blow. lo bO part Of it Could you Bee ihirty yards auead at manage ment to make headway against the current. It niust Hot be jDlerred that there Were baaks ou | @itner wile Jor the Vexeiumlion, dense as it wad, one wud, iu luany pi , formed wead. Bui tho trip w tedious @ DumMerous delays Caused bY iu» | | and, to add to tie ple | lasects ef every hae and species rushed irom | , Yain did the marksmen in the launch shower bu. | for the | Of them less elavoratei, ri | Sor Interiment would, | think, have been Nulled as bs Pleees of drift wood, which came ru shing down in lively style, any one of which, butting against (he cutter, would have put a respeetabie hole in it. So It was juat well we had daylight lor the journey. “Ihe it was iutense, day, myriads of res Of ti Uheir ambuscade and devourea us at wili, Trato compels me to state that the wolul exclamations wo.cn frequently disturb the solitude of the jpcining | were not suggested by any scriptural pas- sages} can now call to mind; and from what | came under wy observation, both then and aiter- | ward, Lam certain the explorers would have re- | ceived the attack of a dozen wild peasts with | much more cooiness and fortitude than they aid | the Stings and arrows of the wioged marauders along the little cano. There was no escape; at- | tempts at covering up Were Tewarded witd suffo- | caung gasps for alr, ana so, in the woras of the broken down hero, ‘we met the enemy and we were theirs.” I mention these trifles, not be- cause they have even an indirect bearing on tne ConStrNction Of an MMtefoceanic canal, but sumply | 48 part of the history of the expedition, aud I sin- | cerely trust that when tume arrives tor the commencement of the important work the presence o/ distinguished engineers will awe the | insects Into tear, and thatthe torture they indict will be reserved for explore:s alone, But] am airaid even the sacred person Of a bishop or the sleek | Jace of a Congressman, Who may vote for the ap. propriauion to Carry the Measure through, would not be ¢xempt {rom the assaults of these relent. legs villains should they ever chance to pass this way. But here we have just ewerged irom the cailo with a sign of relief and we shoot into the broad and beautifal river known as THE BARBAOOAS, This was a luxury. Mauy who had already be- come dissatisied” with their existeuce now changed their minds, ior there was 4 iresn breeze blowing, and although we had to stem acurrent | of three kuots there was every prospect of going abead without being eaten up piecemeal, an that at jeast some o1 us would be left to tell the tale, The Barbacoas 1s one of the thirteen mouths of the Atrato that flow to the Atlantic, and has an average widtn of 250 yards. Far on either side, jor banks there are none, extend unhealthy | marshes, though higher up the vegetation assumes a more inviting aspect. The rank, tall, stubvorn | grass 1s soon leit behind, aud in its stead trees, With charming Jcliage, present au agreeable change. But the parasites are busily at work, clasping with jatal ionduess the wide | spreading branches of muny 4 noole piece of tim- | ber, Waich, robbed of its nutrition, witners and | falls 1nto the stream, Sontary aud desolate as | Were ‘he surroundings we Were not without lively | and sportive occupation, for aloit on many a pro- | jecting limb huge, red monkeys held a clumorous | conventiou, aud atthe risk ot being ungallant I | inust say the Darwinian ladies ruled the roost. At least a native so iniormed us, and 1 could not help thinking, in view of the stormy sessions which nad olten marked the efforts of manly apinsiers to es- | Tavlisn certain privileges at election times, what | Darwin’s theory was not altogether idiouc. in leis among the lrrepressible acrobats 1n the trees, monkeys only redoubled their hideous yells, And springing irom brauch to branch ,runed fercely ut the bold mvaders. But ine river was ullve with other game, Wild turkeys started up onevery and, screaming with iright, and the ao- Seuce 01 the ternational rifle teams Was a matter Of much regret, Iam torcec io say, however, tuat our cooking apparatus was not caiculated to do the birds justice—at least We came to that conclu siou—and our attention being directed to numer: ous alligators basking 1u the sun, the united ener- ies Of the party were directed to the slaughter | of these terrible iooking monsters, 1! may explain | that the shooting of alligators 18 ratuer unsacis- factory sport; fur while | bave no duubt our party Killed Muny hundreds, they all managed to crawl into Lhe Water without waiting for deceat burial. 1 understand now that you must nit vue alligatur under the tore leg in order to double bim up; but the species uiong the Barbacous evidently ex- | pected uur expedition, since tuey coutrived to se- cure their fore legs belore going to sleep. Douot- | less many of them died in the water, and must | have sunk from the quantity of 1ead pougd into | ‘them irom the lagnch., Howobelt, the time passed | merrily, and just as the shades of night vegan to | fall the Movilla entered, THE ATRATO. This i@ the river upon which the hopes of the Projected Caual in this part of the isthmus are inainly based, ‘The largest ships can sail upon 1ts bosom lor over two hundred miles; and if tne ovber parts of Communder Selfridge’s proposed Toute possessed a ithe Of its advantages the inter. oceanic Lb. gaway would nov long be a matter of | gebute. Unnappily it 18 only wien nis line leaves this Magnificen: body of water and proceeds aiong the valley vi the Napipi that stern diiculues present themselves, His plan 1s to make @ cus in | the valley mentioned, croys tne Napipi and tun- lel turougu the Mouatain range to the Pacitic, descending to that ocean oy means of locés, Should bis ideas be not carried out nopody can ever traverse the Atrato Without regretting that such @ noble river could not be utilized tor toe Purpose of water communication between tne oceans, But now darkness Das suddenly | set 1, Twilight there was none. The sbarp, soril, twittering of the garana hus long since ceased; monkeys, weary with their day’s gymouastics, no longer express their ire | in guttural tones, and, save ivf an occasional Plunge of an alligator, ‘sturbed by the snorting Of the ilttle steamer, Dot a sound 18 heard except. ing now and then the discordant squeak of stray ma which, startled by «the a us Cashes down to the sea at good three kn bour, ana the man with the lead reports it twent; Jathome deep. Dowa go the anchors, and, a Bauds being “piped” to supper, the day's work ia | atanend. Another night umong boxes and bar- rela, another nigaot of mistakeu identity, so far as | feet are concerned, of fitful starts aud vroken | Test, ol strange dreams, in which alligators wit Gistendea jaws, pots and pans, pork and turkeys, howhng beasts of prey and grinning mon! 78, canals, steamboats, dark tunnels, blood red In- Gians with wila eyes perpendicular hair, of alliny reptiles crawlog through the boat and tick. lng Victims with pointed fangs, of men struggling in horrid swamps, the magoet of @ million ine secte—in which all th interesting objects and many more passin strange review be‘ore the dis- is ordered ancy. Aurora was still siamber- ing) = when he 6©order to ge under Way was issued, and long before day- ig following morning the expedition | light lad lessened mucu of t tination. stance toward ita des. | Passing tne Uraba River the fouilia pro- | for | ceeded up the river in good style, buti wus tound | necessary to make irequent stoppages to get up | More steam, a8 the Capacity of tue Little cutter | Was pretty severely taxed throughout. In the | alternoon we passed the river of which | have yes | vivid recollections of & night passed there four | years ago. lt was up in this direction that Com- mander Seliridge then sent his first exploring | party, which I also accompanied up the Perau- chita River, and 1t may be remembered that the | route proved @ hopeless due, owing to the insur- moubtabie dificuities presented slong tue banks of the Tayra on the Pacitic side. Dungeon dark- ness and® the dauger of navigation, cousequeut upon the treacherous trunks of trees that hal broken loose and were coming down the river with headlong speed, warned Lieutenant collins to come to auchur, This was doue, and all hands, the watch excepted, sought their filmty nests, and more weary (nan if iity miles had been traversed | on 100t, aud regardiess of all tue monsters that ever prowled through virgin forest or reveiled in the Geep vosom of the ocean, sweet sleep was quickiy woed ana won, Ar SUCIO, 1 now come toan important stage in our prog- ress toward the Napipi. Sucio 1s woat cight be called the huali-way house between the Guif of Darien and tue woutn of the river to whicn we were bound, and I need not remind old traveilers that, huwever depressed they may have been duriug the early part of trip im steumboat, wagon, etage couch or railrosd car, the jact of having completed hail the journey 1ospires new hope aud tends to mitigate the inconvenience and | suvdue the impatience which the first part of their journey may have given rise to. Howbeit, We approactied tve@ settlement of Sacto with all the cheerfulaess aud buoyancy with which we bad quitted the ship ia ine gull, aod now at noontide, 48 We skimmed past the huts on tue outskirts of the village, we ran up our colors, walle a shrill scream irom the steam whistle made the welkin Sucio Was alarmed, amazed, deliguted, Out poured the 2u0 inhabitan's wita a rush—.a motiey group Of dusky men, women aud cnildren, many | atiired than were their | urst parenta when they le the Garden of Eden. For a while tie natives looked at | us in mute astonishment; jout, fuaimg we had no hostile tntentions, graddaliy came uearer the bank, diongside whicn we lauled up and stepped ashore, 1 don’t koow how many degrees the sun Was in the shade, put I can vouch belore @ notary that a ciothes wringer would have been To have beco packed in vox Just thea and booked to the North Pole the acme of eurtuiy comiort. streamed at every pure; but i have no duupt the natives re- garded our beads Of perspiration as @ gush of eniwusinein lor the projected canal, in whico they @l maniiest @ deep interest, 1, iy of | them would be read bod jd to work at it, though | they hardly und ad the nature 01 the cou- struction; is very likely they will have to await the assistance of their great grandchildren | beiore tie unuertexing is xctually commenced, Jusc as We Were streicoing Our cramped up limos @ messeuger came With the announcement (nat the chie: oficial or custom huuse oiticer would be bap)»y to receive us, add so, guided ihrougo & lubyrinta oO: hats, tue oMicers of the expedition and your correspon way to the rewideuce iudicated, al sory, wou | enues of the United states of part of tue asoD, Bud Lo the resdet is UuUsually great Bligstol i} to pay tieir respects aud suOW Marks vi Appiect- | ation by walking of with ‘ay baby or a dog, G1 DOL Of Whiow articles there is & good supply. ‘Tue peopie ure novming 1D particuiar im the Way Of breed, there being ® mixture of Spanisy, Lodian | aud begio, thougo the traces of tue flat men. tioned Fave ure AMOR Obhierated, Perhaps ihe che: eMployinent Of the male portion oi the com. | muolly is ruboer hunting; vat I regret to aud | thos their priwaitive jives ore sowewhat suortenea | by @ certa u civilized accomplianment, the Dow | fervour exbiolcion of Which frequentiy entails in large civics a fue Of $10 Or a4 Many days! inoar- | Coration, The luaiee here take Kindly to their | bammocks, tuough this, 1 belevi & ‘#peciaity With (ue fair ex IM oll toploul olives ahd what | between cooking and dosiag the sacle Gamecia of 4 | model of cieanliness throughout. | promptness, aud there is little doubt tuat the i | Une from Aspinwall to Panama, The omcers in- way. Neither miliiners nor tailors could live out of the poorhouse tn this part of the globe, not that the institution at Sucio 1s particularly atiractivi but there seemed to prevail a general indiffereu to the ordinary wyodes of dress. As tor ourselves, | Sucio manage to glide into eternity in a pleasant | | | we ‘elt out of sorts with our heavy red | flannel shirts and big boots, and in’ view | of the scorching rays of tne sup I} am certain there were many among us who | envied the innocent simplicity of the natives. Curiosity may be tempted to inquire whether we Were Iasciuatea by the bulbous beauties of the place, Candor forces me to say thal we were not, though they say acquaintance goes a lung way to- ward regulating jastidious taste. Sebor Klorja Was exceedingly hospiiavle and attentive, aid seemed to bear tis lot with Christan resignation, Wood was wanted tor the steam cutcer and ne promptly procured it, and amid many mutual congratulations we took our leave. sue: Up again at our departure. It had been do Sixty minutes, ‘his unexpected wakeluiu aroused toe dogs of Sucio—tail, lanky creatures, in whose woebegone visa; terror and famine struggled for the mastery. ‘The dogs were up, tov, ang, thinking ro curry javor with their masters, howled at us with all thei might and main, poor toimgs, only to be stoned by the cnidren jor tneir pains. Altogeiter Ido not think sucioa rising | settlement, unless, perchance, the river shoud one day change 1ts course und deposit it on biguer ground. Sellor Elorja accompanied us to the | boats, the lines Were Cast o0, and amid aringing | shout irom the bank, in wDich the dogs joined, we eamed up the Atrato en route w the Napipi. As the coronicler of the expedition, 1 must pass | over hurriedly tne remainder of our tedious journey jor two reasons—tne first being toat Liell | asleep, andthe second that on inioripation and belie! there Was notuing particular to noie, Wuea you see @ mile of the Atrato you see it ail, so to speak—the same majestic river Ndwing swiitiy toww- ard the sea, the same endiess vegetation on either hand, stretcbing far into an impenetrable jungle; the same twists and turns toward every pout in the compass; cue same sources of torture y day and by Dight; the same huts, though 1ew and lar between, and inhabitants simular to those at Sucto, from crown to sole. Birds of variegated Plumage chirped merrily 10 the trees, and irre- pressible marksmen were temptea time and time | again to try their sktil, 1 tiimk tne moukeys must | be suouting vengeance still, though, 1 upine, 1418 | more irom imagimation than trom bouuy pain. | Salis Were noisied now and then to ease the cutter, | which made frequent stoppages lor wood, but tne | numerous and extraordinary bends in the river | preciuded the possiblity oi proceeding withoat steam. At! times the heat was stilling. Canoemen passed us, paddiing rapidly down | stream, and Nature received no :mail smount of | admiration at our hands tor tue tough and imper- | Vious skin with which she had provided tnese sa- | bie navigators, W0se Lacks deed the fiercest Tays ol the sup, ‘Tne nights were cowparatively CoOl, Al, Anchoring in the middie of the river, the harmonious chant of the wosquitoes was in- audible, though sleep on the “ragged edge” of a key of bacon Was not always Dilssiu: ana serene, But the troutes of the nignt were iorgotien with the dawn, and with early starts our trip Was | Tapidly drawing to a close, | A HOME IN THE WILDERYESS, On plougheu the little steamer, now somewhat Used Up ior Want Of Coal; bul iogs Of Wood were piled ou the roaring Ore with uO niggardly hand, ‘The tortuoos bends in the river vegan to grow less humerous und the cousciousuess that our desana- tion was near at hand roused the party irom tne lethargy which the neat, sieepiessaess und latigue and ali bunds closely scanned the deuse vegeia- ton Jor an Opening on the leit bank, “ihe Nappi, the Napipii” exuitingly exclaimed Licuteu- ant Suilllvan, as be Caught a glimpse of the lonely ‘ranch at the entrance to the river, a anuouncement which was gvected With @ triumpbant cieer, Aud so on the evening | of the Stn inst, tive days from tue stp, we ended our journey of 160 milies, Slow traveliiug, you may say, yet tue surroundings warraut ua opinion | Just the reverse. Toe owuer of the lonely uut was | not startled by our uppearance. He ual known | us jrom previous Visits, aud we Were Luereure spared ail explanation. Supper ended, repose Was cageriy sougnt by all—some sleeping ou tue floor of (he but, und otders 1m the bouis, where & Swarm Of insects ieasted on us to their heats? content. Outue fuliowing morning Lieuteuauts Collins aud Suilivan proceeded up tue river a8 iar as the seitiement oi Vejia to engage men and Canves for the expedition. Meanwune tue work o1 dischargiuy Cargo Was Commenced, and by noun all the stures Were landed. Jt is from tus pout the actual survey will commence aloug the valiey of the Napipi, Having suppilea the steam cuuer With fuel Master Richman wade preparativus lor the returu to tue suip. it was ubuecessary for me to remam longer, uaving already veeu over tue Napipl roate un two former occasions und hoted everything 0! interest, aud a3 the party Would ve cut of from civilization for at least tnree Munthe I concluded to descend tue Atrato, more espeCiully 43 the Cuuanduigua was #bout to sail ior Aspiuwail, irom w'i.cu point notoer important eXpedition was running u une to Panama On the aiteruvon oi the étu ist. we bade a kindly iarewell to the Darien expirers. ‘The iittle Moulia, now relieved of is burden, Sturted down tue river in good style. Neitner did tue darkness prove a check Lo uur specd; ior | We Dow-ki She river weil, in the decp givom of the bigut the cutter rushea aheud with tue rapidly Jowing current, while the cracking logs | in the littie jurmace sent millions of tery sparks sporting in the air, and here in the wilderness we could Lot but Feminued of our Mississippi steamboats spce ell meil dow that river to arrived at Suciv the next clamorous exbibition o a 1ew days previous was renewed. More Woud Was ub- | tained, and Seflor Rivlja expressing a de: ay an official visit to tue Commander of ti a@ndaigua, Le Was aiforded tue necessary accom Mmodation in the boat. ‘(ae balance ol our trip Was Without incident, except the shooting Oi @ | huge for and a brace of turkeys by Mr. Riche | man, When about tweive hours irom the ship the steam cutter, going ahead at full s; and comparatively smooth water, guve @ guddeu iurch, aud, miradble dictu, over went | our cookiug apparatus, wita full coppers aod disappeared. unis was unaccountadie, but tue natives Whom We had in tow explained that just Ammediately alter the toppiing over of tue stove they bad seen # monster isn they call the mero, Tage {10m Under the cutter the bottom of wuich, Vhey said, Was douotiess struck wito its tail, In lew of our dinner we were eutertatned with the recital 01 some blood curdling trageaies periormed by the mero, one of whose chief amusements, they stated, was overturning Canoes on the Atrato @nd gobbling the occupants without winkiny. I hinted that it wasa@ pity our fish haa not swale lowed (he steam cutter, the fire in the iurnace would have given it a a of red pepper; but the natives thought the mat too serious to be trifled wit! urned iervent thanks that | W4 did nO: meet the Jate of the cooking stove. I | cal say, withous selfishness, shat, though we lost our meal, 1 was aoxXious the mero should enjoy | the piece of iron wongery that fell to hisiot. On | the morning of tae 9th inst. we re-entered | the Caho Uoquito, through tue narrow aod | tortuous windings of wich we passed witn- Oat accident, and when at length we issued forth into the wide Gull of Darien and beneld tue stately man-of war avout three miles of a jeeling Ol hearticlt gladness prevailed, Our return was heartily welcomed, sellor Kiorja was received With cWaracteristic courtesy by Captain Marrett, who conversed with him in his own languaze at lengiu dn the prospects of the expedition and the genera: features of toe country. During our ab- wence in the interior Captain Barrett bad pis men thoroughly drilled und afforded them frequent op- portunities to show their sxill at target practice, At present the crew are in excellent health and well discipitoed, while the ship, owing to the wise and tooughtiul foresight of her commander, 18 a | it is Captain Barrett's intention to maké.a survey of te Chag- res River and particularly to ootuin soundings oa the bar. Toe Canandaigua will probabiy proceed to Oarthagena prior to her return to the Gulf o1 Da- rien, Where sae 1a to awalt the arrival of the ex- ploring party. We return to Aspinwall to-day, and on our arrival I wiil take occasion to 100k af ter the progress of the other surveying party. THE ASPINWALL-PANAMA ROUTE—ENCOURAGING PROSPECTS OF THE NEW SURVEY—CAMP LIFE ALONG THE CHAGRES—RESULTS OBTAINED. Camp No. 4 CHaGkes RiveR, March 1, 1875. It 1s gratifying to state, in the first piace, that the work of the surveying party eent out under Commander Lull to ascertain whether a feasivie interoceanic, canal route could Le discovered on this part of the isthmus will shortly pe brought to | aclose, Satisfactory also isit to announce that the prospects of the expedition are extremely en- | couraging, Much More promising results having been attained than there was any reason to an- Uctpate. An erroneous impression has heretotore Prevailed to the effect that the Chagres River itself might be made avatiable ®@ highway of communication between tue two oceans, for the fact DOW comes to light that only as a means of supply can it contribute to the success of the great undertaking. The old idea of a tidal canal has li! wiso beon dissipated, since it appears that such a enterprise is practically impossbie, and it only remains to pe seen whether the plan proposed by this expedition will meet with popular approval ‘The operations | have so (ar been carried on with remarkable present survey Wiil settle an important question 10ng 10 disput 0 the practicability of a canal trusted with the task have gone to work with a Will, and, despite the ris! Nd diMouities incident | to camp life along this deadly river, have accom plisued much in 4 comparatively short «pace of | time, I may mention at the start that the line is very lavorably thought of, owing not only to the Jao: that the distance irom ocean to ocean is than forty-dve miles, but that didiculwes hitherto sap) osed to @Xixt can be readily overc: moe, Under those Circumstances @ great deal is expected irom this expedition, Suould the Panama route rival that of Nicaragua in apne ad practioabluty, | theo the discasmon as to the respootive morits of Ges Gt Lateroveanie Cummunioation must ior ever | Nad brougut about, One more (urn jn the Atrato, | | was won by Wade Wilson, of Frankfort, 1, 1, 1, | Killed, 24; | 0,1, 1,1, 1, 0,0, 1,1, 1, 0 ‘Total, 16; | uve of cease, and the question will be as to th whence the capital must be derived. DETAILS OF THE EXPEDITION, Commander Lull and Mr, Menocal, the civil ep- gineer attached to the expedition, having con- su'ted as Co the plan of operations, it was deter- mined torun the line nearly haif way between AspinWall and Panama, one party under Lieuten- | ani Leutze aud the otuer under Lieutenant Coloy, Accompanying the torwer were Lieutenant Very | and Masters Green and Comn, with a dozen of tne | natives, aud wita toe latver were Lieutenants | Moser and Tausig, With a similar number of as- | tants. At Camp Ammen, from which my last | communication was dated, the two parties di- | Videa—the one torun up tne Chagres River to | flud the necessary elevation at whica the water could be taken to supply tue suuumit level, and tue other to run the cross sections ior tue location of the proposed viaduct. 1 jorers had not | jar lo travel, jor a sort distance below the camp | the requisite spot was found Which It 1s believed | would unswer the purposes for which !t bas now | been marked out. lr, Menocal proposes hat | this viaduct should be about 1,500 Ieecin lengte, | the high hills at either end attording the desired | foundations for such a Work. From the southern | end vu! this croas section the line was started to | Panama, Lieutenant Colby's |party set out in | good shape aud excellent spirits, and completed | Vhe duty assigned them, Daving reaciied tne bay | some days ago, fliteen miles trum the point of crossing the Chagres Kiver. | THE SUMMIT, The proposed line crosses the summit at an elevation of 294 feet above mean tiue, wuich would give a depth of cutting at that point of 170 | feet above the suriace of the water in tue canal, | ‘The pian shows that the length of this summit cut | woud be five and a half miles; but as the ground | Jali rapidly on both sides of tue extreme eleva- | tion the mean depth of the required excavation would not be more toan 55 feet. itis well to add, iu order to make clear the intended operations in case the line Were selected, that irom the end of the proposed cut toward Panama the tall oi the grouud is very sudden, affording, I snouid tatnk, | favorable sites for the locks, not two of wht Would be less than 1,600 feet apart. Ata distance Of some seventeen miies irom the camp at Mata. chin Lieutenant Leutze’s party foun. tue sariace ot the water in the river to be 103 ieet ahove mean | ude. Moreover an excelient site was aiscovered , Jor a dam, the tdeaybeing to mage it 520 1t. in lengto, by whicn the water Would be raised 30 leet. Krom @ short ulsiauce above tue proposed dam te e: pedition party proceeded to locate the aquedact, whicn will be avout ten miles 1ong and discharge into @ receiving aud distrivuting basin, to be situ. | ated near Obispo stution and @ short distauce wouth of the entrance to tne viaduct. THE CAMP AT OBISPO. Lieutenant Colby, with his party, will immedl- ately commence running the necessary connection | for (he location Of the proposed basin, As svon as tus work is completes and the site tor the aqueduct seected the two parties will proceed to locate the Ine irom the northern end ot the via- Guct to Aspinwall. The vigorous style in which the Work nas progressed so far 18 indicative of Speedy results, and it 13 agreeable to think that a aisagreeabie auty Will suo ve at an end, Camp- Ing on the Chagres Kiver 18 by Lo means so pieas- ant as might be expected, but, in ali my experi- ence, 1 nave never seen better arrangements lor Uke accommodation of both oiicers and men. ‘True, Surgeon braniord, woo is attached to tus party, vas bad nis haads iui, lor our old enemy, the lever, hus been stalking alter us since the start, but what Wilton necessary care aad precaution { ami nappy Lo state tua: che members of the expe- cition are just now enjoying good health. / rie citiup 18 @ mde! 0; Heatuess, Gesplie the Wid sure rounudings Of the piace, and the order aud disci piiue preserved contribute not a litcie 0 the satis. factory state of aifuirs. Beyoud question, uo expedition was more tuorouyghly orgauized than this, aud it 18 sincerely tu be hoped tuat tne resuits may, in some measure, compensate lor the earuestaess and ability which have thus iar | murked the labors of tue party, PROSPECTS OF THE EXPEDITION, | Itis pretty well understood chat tue supply of water ts bountilul. indeed, Mr, Menocal assurea me that che source furnished almost tive times Wwe quantty required for canal pu: poses and that the enzigeeriug difflcuities to be encountered in the coustrucuion of ihe work are comparatively Siigut, taking to account the colossal character of the uudertaking. 1 must be Lorne in miud, uloreover, oat tue route by Way 01 Nicaragua is sull higa in iavor, and it will need suost. proots to demonstrate the superiority 01 any o line. Commander Luil and Mr, Menocal ure cou- Stuptiy on hand directing tae movements o the different parues, waolle Mr, Supermtendent Wuite, of the Panama Raliroad, has uifuraed every jacility und uccommo.ation to tue survey- ing eXpeditiun, Im order, doupdtiess, tnat ie VeXed question might ve setued once and for ail tuue. Whatever may be tue result—and it wili be kuown wituin w lew weeks—certain it 18 that no pains have veeu spared to carry vut the matn ob- ject in view—to Getermine the best rouce ior an interoceauic canal, PIGEON SHOOTING. EXTRAORDINARY SHOOTING FOR THE MILES JOHNSON SWEEPSTAKES, AT RIVERSIDE, N. J. AD amateur pigeon shoottog sweepstakes was shot yesterday at Kiverside, Burlington coagnty, N.J., which produced results seldom arrived ut by the devotees of the trap and gun in this or any country. Fourteen contestants put in $2 eacn, agreeing to shoot at 25 birds each, at 21) yards rise, from five traps, under Rovde isiand rules, which, while they limited the shooter to @ singe barrel, allowed bim tne privilege or using an ounce and @ half of shot. The day Was & delightful one over head, but dread- Tully disagreeable under foot, the shoot taking Place on @ hillside with from five to eight incnes | of snow to stand in, Miles Joonson, who bad Charge of the snoot, /uraisied @ fine iot of birds, all or which, with but ew exceptions, veing quick | and strong 2: The snootin, om tue iirss bird to 1 close—80 Ci0Re, ! t y relerence to the appended summary it will | be seen that, although the money was divided | into tour parts, Kleiu, of Puiladejphia, and ire- | land, of Brook.yn, each missing only three birds, | did not get aoy partofit, Mr. W. Greenw: od, of | | in tac! Germantown, Pa, won first money, with a atraignt score of 2, while ior secoud and tnird moneys W. Carson, of Philadelphia, and Richard Wood, of Chester, Pa., made @ tie, each killing 24 | birds.’ They divided the money. Fourta, money | | ‘a, With Alltour of them used single eight or nine vore guus, nd ajnalf of shot, gave tuem | over tuose using breech- joading ten or twelve bore gups. Tne jollowing | are the 1uli scores:— . | KIVERSIDE, BURLINGTON CouNTY, N. J., March | 10.—Pigeon Shooung—Sweepstakes, $25 each, at 26 birds, 21 yaras rise irom five traps, Rode Isiand rules; jourteen entries; $150 to tae first, $100 to the seconu, $75 tu the tuird, $25 to the 1ourtu. oW. Greenwood, Germantown, Pa, (M.)—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1,1, 4 1, 1, 4, dy Uy dy 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, | 1,1. Kuied, 25, @ score 01 23 killed. barrel muzzle-loadin, ie W. Carson, Philadelphia, Pa. (M.)—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, LELLLLGLS LOLLY b hd b Killed, 24; missed, 1. R. Wood, Chester, Pa. (M.)—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4 1, 411,41 1 1 1, 1, 1, % missed, 1. Bad 14 W. Wilsen, frankiort, Pa, (M.)—1, 1, 1, 1,114.1 1 1411114146061,11, 4,11 | sp tien, Phuaeipbta (M.)—t, 1, 1,451 4 » Kiel Philaceiphia (M.)—1 1, 1, 2, 4, Be de by Oe Ye Uy ds 4h de dy yy 052) 1,’ Ke, mise: & eu! \ monet ba N. J.—1, 0, 7 1, Ads 4, 1, 1,1, a 1, 1, 1, ® Tot 24," Kiuéa,'203 missed, a de hd ine W. & Ireland, Brooklyn, N. ¥. (B.)—1, 0, 1, 1, 1, | 1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 1.1, 1,1, 1,1, 1, 0 1, 0 Total, 21; killed, 18; missed, 3. A. kngel, Mount Bolly, N. J. (B.)—1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1, 1, 1p 1,1, 0, 1,1,1,1,1, 4, 0, 1, 0 Total, 225 killed, 18; missed, 4 #. U. Arnold, Beverly, N. J. (B.)—1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1,1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, J, 1,1, ‘Total, 20; killea, 15; mW, Wells, Burlington, ¥. J. (B)—1, 1, 4,1, \. We 01 . Je \—! 1, 1, 0, 0, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0,1. Total, Nay tuted, 44 missed, 3, K. Petry, Philadelphia, Pa, (B.)—1, 1, 1, 1, 1,1, 1,1, 10, 5 1y 0, 1, 1, 0, Total, 105 Ril missed, &. Vandeveer, Manalapon, N, J. (ML) 1, 1,0, 1, 1,1, 0,0, 1, 1, & ‘Total, 16; ras sUhhson, Yardleyville, N, J. (B.)—2ely 1p te + Jobngon, Yardleyville, N. J. (B.)—: a ’ wMied, i} missed, 5. J. Perry, Philadelphia, Pa. (B.)—1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0. 1,0, Lota), 11; kiiled, 7; oe ry id fifteen mine 0, 0, 15; —1, 1, 1, 1,1, Billed, Mah Referee—E. M. Half, Trenton, Time oi shooting—1'ni ee hou utes. THE BROOKLYN YACHT OLUB, A meeting of the Brookiyn Yacht Club was held last evening at the club room, in Montague street, Mr. P. W. Ostrander, the President, in tne chair. Among other promiuent memobers present were | Commodore Jobn S. Dickerson, Rear Commodore | Davidsou and Mr TT. Lee, Secretary, alter the usual business was transacted | the chairman of the Board of Trust w report, which Was approved. An iutere: Cussion then ensued upon the subj Ai ject of fone aud horus. Ic appears that there bas misapprehension regarding Whe liabilities of yacute that do not curry veils iot Jog signals wile at anchor. Commodore Dickerson spoke at length “pod the subject, and the goverument ruie will | hereafter be adopted, wnd ai yachte—irresped- | sounage—will carry bells ai at least | twenty-five pounds weigat, A violation of this rule will sulject the oftender toa fine of $600, wuich Will be strictly eniorced, Tne revenue aucvorities have orders to see the law carried out duriug the ensuipg season, BX-Commodore Dil- lon and Mr. B.S. Osbora Were appointed @ com. mittee Upon the laws regarding yachts, Tne subs Ject 01 yuout licenses received considerabie atren- Noo, Rud it ls hoped that @ moditioation of: the | there Was a waterpipe und sink. | of the jaucet there Was a strange iooking diter, | or | indicate toat the Croton ‘in it last summer, | Wes more suow this winter 8 PURE WATER. The Wholesome Nature of the Croton Vindicated, Opinions of Professor Chandler and Mr. Waller. EFFECTS OF THE NOSTOC, Almost every year the peopte of this city ar@ alarmed by reporis that the Croton water cons tains impurities which are injurious to the bealta Of persons using it. Asit seemed probabie that some of our best known chemists would have their attention called to the condition of the Crow ton Water by the report of what Dr. Draper sald about It, as published in yesterday’s HERALD, and would immediately analyze that liquid, this writes determimed to call apon the men of mam terial science. Professor Doremus was at home and in a very pleasant mood, a3 he had been af dinner. Dr. Doremus said, in reply to @ question, that he bad not noticed the Croton water to ba in a condition of imparity. He bad heard it said at the dinner table that the water basa greenisa Unt, but had not regarded it particularily, As he had not made a recent analysis, and as he knew | it to be the duty of the Board of Health to keep itself informed of the conditions of the water, he recommended the reporter to call apon Pro‘essos Charles F. Chandler, President of the Board of Health. PROFESSOR CHANDLER ! was found in his room in the School of Mine | building of Columbia College, at tre corner of Fiftietu street and Fourch avenue. Wien the Proiessor learned what was sought of him he sald:—“Il am glaq you have come to moa, because it is 10 my power, as @ nealth official, to pus down the idea that the Croton water is im- pure and hurtful to our peopie by breeding disease, Almost every year this same alirm is spread through the city; but we have recently been prepared to suppress it immediately. I have studied the subject of water And its components, or rather the substances thus enter it and affect its nature, and in several papers [ bave demonstrated the purity of the Croton water. There are no more impurities im it now than are always 10 it in the spring time, When heavy snows begin to melt and rua off the irozea ground into the brooks and pouas, The substances in 1t DOW are mainly organic; they are Dot barmiul; they do not breed disease, Tuere Caunot ve much saline matter in the water, or the reason that th« fluid whica we receive bere now bas not filtered througn the ground, “But, Prolessor, even though tu@ organic mak ter contained in the water 18 Dot injurious ta health, it certainly is not pleasant to be coms pelied to drink it. 1s there vo simple way vy whieh it cau be taken away from the water ?” Jn response to the aoove question Professor | Chandier ie. the way into another room, in wuich Over the mouth lt was somewhat ike # pair of small atmospheric caps in conjuncuon, It wae explaloed a8 contaluing litle cap flied with course Charcoal and sand and provided with @ DetwWork Ol Wire gauze. Above these is a Sponge, firmly cased in a persorated cup. The iaacet veing turued the water ftuwed without interruption ous o1 the iter, lt was periectiy clear, seeming nut to coutsin @ particle of any Joreigo substauce, Proiessor Chandler said that itis a most eflective invention. . “Now,” said the Professor,'‘to return to dise cussing the present cundition of tie Crotum water. We can teil immediately irom tne results tue moss recent analysis whetber it is wholesome or not. itis the practice O1 Air, Wal- ler, of tals institatiod, Who 13 also an assistant sanitary inspector, to make an analysis every week oi the Crowu water, and make areport of ita result to tue Board oi Heaith,. He was in bere a iew moments azo to speak to me about the ree SULis Of Lis lutent analysis. I will send for him aud get him to give you them, aud the remarks lie will make 1 ols Lext report to the Board of Heath.” ‘The Pro.essor, accordingly, called through @ tabe upon Mr. Waller, Wao was 1n tne Nomense laborus | tory up stairs, ‘The latver geutleman soon made his uj pearance, bringing with him the statementa O1 Div mauy analyses of Croton water. He ine jormed the writer tat he has analyzed our drink: | lug Water every week since November, 1871, aud thea coutunued:—“My latest analysis was mau@ its results do not on Friday aud Saturday ia: Taere is more organic mi all or winter, last spring. ‘I've reason jor it contain, gauic Waiter Bow tuan during tue ret three reasons Mentioned is tuat the suow water. souurs tha tue surface of tho {frogen ground, flods ite tun River and bears with it ig more organic matter now toan last spring because (here ‘ban last, conse. Queaotly tuere are a gr Tt number of a cop of ruoping over tne frozen earth, Here 1s a cop! 1 am about to make to tue Darartusy? or Heatte or tae City or Naw Hon™} No $i Morr sana sh 9, 1876, DuF. as M. ve ppearance, turbid and yellowish. norganic mat Organic and vouatile ma Total solids in solution (dried at 260 deg. Carbo of lime or its equi’ nt “hard Oxygen required to oxidise organic matter... Kespectiully yours ELWYN WALLE ih Y YOUr® — esistant Sunitary fuspuctsr. “Here, aiso,”? said Mr. Waller, “are the re marks us to the causes tor the present conditiont of the Croton, whica will accompany my repor. the Sunitury Saperinvendeut” :— Rewanks.— As is usual at this season of the year, w! the snow und ice melt walle toe ground Nlathoee much water find its way into the Crovon by sc the surface of the grounu instead of flitering th: the soil. Consequently the waier is somewhat colored ‘by suspended impurities, while the disso! matters show a failing off in quantity. These uni Impurities, while they are unpleasant to the eye, entirely harmiess, and need not cause alarm. “Have you noticed, Mr. Waller,” said the writers “that Lue water bas a decided greenian liue ?” “No, sir, | have not noticed that; but If it bas 1@ is certainly good water. Tue natural color or tone of the water is green.”” “Mignt not some sabstance bave entered the ater since when you made your last analysis of the Croton and have colored and poiluied it 7!” “Ido not see where it could come irom. There is a moule plant, however, wnich has bitpert@ Only been noticed in our sireams im toc autom: and which might pow be present iu the water. would not be surprised if It were, tor it has oral rf Jouud in vouling springs Ibave not looked for i with @ microscope lately, because I belleved it t appear unly duiing the damp autumn season. The fungus [ mean 18 of the gevus Nostoa 1t hus been studied and caretuily descrived oy Dre Torrey. It seemed to be made up ol sinuous lia! of small cells, varied with larger ones, the latted containing granules. Afier a time the granule@ burst tue larger cells and tae links of the jungus immediately go to pieces, They impart an oily appearance, reen color and some: 7 offens.ve to the water, scum ‘nt 80 ‘hey were ter. first careiully studied, several years ago, by Dr. Torrey, Who noticed them while trying to discover the cause 1 the greasiness and smeli of tne Croton water at that time. Toe smell and color whicg they impart to the water seems to come from essential oll which they give out when they up. PUBLIC WORKS, The new administration ef public works, with General Porter at its bead, is rapidly getting int¢ working order. The department is fully alive t@ of Oroton water, and un 04 that plans will be at ag early day with ao remed, view of ali existing deficiencies and detects, 1 amount o/ water used during the winter hea be enormous, averaging 100 galloos a day for eact man, Woman and Child in the city, and uniess arrangements jor supply keep pace with the em tended area of the city and the a increase pepe 100 @re@s inconvenience aad sufering Rely to occur, CAPIURE OF A SHOPLIFTER, Maggie Murray, who possesses many aliases, au@ ie one of the most notorious shoplifers in thig city, and whose photograph emboliisves the “Rogues’ Gallery” of the Police Deparvment, was arrested last might while in tue aot of ae camping with two men’s coais irom th store of isaac Goodman, at No i Gre tered the store to e 11ou With @ male accomplice, Who comme: eke omining = Gua which own bim by an, Meanwhile went, ", of tote ted 2 present i@¥ may be made A chang coate under the ampié Uierin 18 contemplated by the clud, and was avout lea Present ofered ior consideration valky shape excited ole #yies O hats, Which Will probauly ead upoo examini sede the Cap now in wi Tas led tow livery uta. @ two Coats Were iounU UDOU her Mean cussion, [tin provable (hats bat wil be adopted Tf xccomplice profiied by the excitement to Jor 10 Gras UCCAsIVNS, leaving it to the optien of | @ dart for tue dour aad succeeded ta making Jaontineds to Wear wha tasy please, Walls &) 60a, | CHOADe