The Panama Canal

The New York Herald publishes extracta trom tlie report of the agent at Washington of the Colombian government, sbowDg the condition of the .Panama ranal. Among the items of cost which appear jxtravagant are the folio w ing: Hospitala nd medical service to date, Íl:í,i05,000; offices of company ut New York-, Paris nd panama, Í8, 400, 000; buildings for office and residenco of manager, $r,:i)O,O(JO; servants and employés, i,T0 i,0OJ, indemnity so couimissioners sent ironi Paris to report on canal, fr,Oi!ü,OOO. The agent saya the cost of the canal will reach L5Ö0,tXX),(IUU, and that it will titke ten yearsto finish it.