The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-04-20

YANKEE SPECULATION ON THE IsTHMUs.-A
letter from Gorgona, dated February 9th, in the
Journal Of Commere, brought by Tom Sullivan,
(brother to Yankee, and just from the gold mines)
gives an account of the following speculation on
the Isthmus Z
81 wrote you that we arrived at Chagres with
the rush of steamers and vessels; perhaps six hun
dred passengers there together. Those who had
the most money hurried on. Some paid $3.50 to be
taken with their baggage to Gorgona, forty-five
miles. We tried the-negroes, but they would not
take us to this place with baggage for less than
$40. found an old canoe, split at each end, gave
two dollars for her, found pile of tin cans which
had been thrown away with spoiled preserved
meat, sheathed the leaks of the canoe with them,
and put in our baggage. Just as we were leaving,
couple OF men came to us from one of the vessels
going to California, and offered us four dollars
each, to work their passage with US to Gorgona.
We took them in, though they did not understand
boating well, being farmers from New Hampshire
but they paid us eight dollars. On arriving here,
we sold the canoe for four dollars, having saved
forty dollars and earned ten."
T~o Joneses.-The New York Herald of the 10th
inst has the following curious statement in regard
to this subject:
Some very curious DEVELOPMENTS are about being
brought to light respecting that notorious individ-
ual, Jim Webb, and the government jewels. Soon
after the arrest of Mr. Webb, predicted that the
jewels would be recovered, and such we now find
to be the case. 1t appears that about week since
Webb was taken from the city prison and conveyed(
to Washington, where an Indictment was procured
against his tWebb's) accomplice, Tom Hand; Webb
was then released from custody on his parole dhon-
neur, in order to finish up a deep laid scheme res
pecting the poesessors of the jewels. To effect this
object, Mr.. Webb returned to this city on Wednes-
day last, and took lodgings at one of our fashion
able hotels in Broadway, under the assumed name
of J. Watts. The next day Thursday, according
to his pledged faith to the Washington authorities,
and to certain other parties, Mr.. Webb caused the
arrest of the two Joneses and in the possession of
one of them, the remnant of the stolen Jewels was
found, they having been deposited with him by
female, since the arrest of Webb and Hand, who
are in fact the guilty parties. After the recovery
of the property, and the two Joneses consigned
to the Tombs, a sumptuous dinner was prepared at
the hotel for the successful parties consisting of
some of our judicial officers, few invited guests,
together with the lion'' of the whole affair." Mr..
James Webb alas ]. Watts who tossed on his
bottle Of champagne and cracked his jokes with as
much nonchdl0ace as the best man in the party,
believing, of course, that the government would
nave to foot the bill There is something very
strange IN this whole business; and how the gov
ernment nave loaned themselves in effecting this
compromise with Mr. Webb, il really unaccount-
able. We learned from good authority last even
ing, that the two Joneses have been liberated from
custody, and were seen 1t their store in Ann street
during yestsrday."