New-York daily tribune., 1849-02-22
T-rUNir. IIFk.
Particulars Of a Canoe voyage to cruces,
aud n Walk thence TO Panama. Win vari-
on. Personal Matters.
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PANAMA, Jan. i, ls4s.

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days IN csnoe TO resch Cruces Tae scenery on the
river very beautiful. You see cocosnuts 6ansn-
ss oranges. .ugScsne and various other kinds OF
I fruit growing The banks, while the forests abound
with parrots and other birds Our canoe wu a slow
enc, but ! enjoyed ny ioarusy very much, at night
sleeping either In tha shore Ia the hus Of
Z the Natives These are made OF four upright posts
placed In ths ground snd then covered with smsl
reeds something after The manner Of the houses the
entrance oi Greeusood Cemetery The tops GOV.
cred with kind q eaf which grows very pleuufally
aud look very much N the distance a. though tasy
were thstehed with straw. Taey pat lew stones To
geher IN corner. and sometimes tg place little
lower than the other pert ot the foor Tor the nre place
While the smoke allowed 20 escape either through the
roof AZ thc sides. for they have 10 cnmneys some
times the nicer dAgb their houses With mud TO
keep out the rsn AZ others they leave them open
tireiy except the top they have sny focrs bat
Eve On the ground The pigsiy Is usually either IN
Of the but else Just outside Of the door
aud the children male and female, pigs. chickens &c
AT play togt ther. The natives sometimes throw down
lje the door sud sleep that while they reserve
perhaps hammock made Of mating for any guests
that msy arrive The nrst usht was On shore slept
iu such hammock. the natives ssO sometimes ~ .
sort Ci ioor 10 the top OF the hut and 20 this the whole
family retire % sleep Al night They ascend 10 I, BY
means of ladder notches cut in posi- The natives
aio very INDECENT and they are generally or should
say universally bGct. They are not negroes but mix
tlrs OF Indian. Neero and spanish They have not the
thick lips Of the negro but have bis rooL Neither have
they dat The females are dressed more neatly
than the males. but they their dresses usually
with one shoulder enthei bare and seldom engage ia
anything shout house without cSm IN their mouth
They the most inveicrate smokers you ever ssN
when man gets through his dinner and pulls gu, bis
gars for smoke and passes them srcund D. his com
paniOus he never passes the females but al smoke to
gether. The men wear but listle clothing when at
work generally cloth about their ioins, sometimes
not even that Children from one year old 10 ten or
twelve both male and female constantly sbou,
the snd houses In perfect state Of nudity on
how much this people need the Gospel The natives
generally kind. especially 10 strangers and believe
honest al al events they are not open thieves.
Z left GsrR0aa on Monday morning and srriyed a,
Cruces about noon the same day Mr.. Dye had pre-
cedcd me and hsd hired house snd preparing to
get dinner when / arrived found Rev M Doaglsss
this place Az night We piled our trunks together
and placed our beds them. sud IN Mr. Dyes house
% us laid down 10 sleep after season Of prayer
and reading the Bible IL Was my privilege 70 lead In
the ievotors and Il seemed good once more TO Assem-
Die around family altar, IL being the aTst time since
lctNcwf0rk
IN the morning one Of our boarders complained Of
being uneel. srose and went % the river and took
bath. when returned our friend had become m1oh
worse 4 physician who came out In the tsc9n
steamer, 5, M ior also nurse but he continued
o. grow worse until about two O'Clock Z NJ when he
diod-his name A. h. Myers, from New York. he
len wife aud six children Tie lad been the lite OF
the company on board the chip. Mr.. Douglass wss
called and performed the funeral ceremony. lie ""
then seNed up in blanket and taken g. the Catholic
church. where prayers were said over him and
thonce g. tho burying ground where he was Inferred
We immediately set shout employing men to carry
our luggage from Cruces 20 Panama Mules could not
be- had except st very hgh price, snd We could set
luggage carried the backs o men cheaper to@n
could hire them succeeded In making bargain
/ for all my baggage. which cost within isw cents
OF Forty Dollars. II had hired mules, IL would nave
taken three from SO 10 ais Apiece paid Tor my
passage mp the river go The usual price Is from -
| u 81 Every thing is proportonsbiy high Dirn-r At
Corona 10 ST. Had II not been for bag Of biscuit
/ which took with me from New York. do not know
what should have done. A iI vas, got along with
provisions very well, living most Of the time on crack
| ers and cheese
The mex, morning prepared to star: tor Psnsma
Mr. Douglass still unprepared 10 leave not being
able ~ set bis luggsge across. Mr. Dye had hired
horse for 10 ride across, but thought could walk
il just well and my 81. az saw pretty sir
prospect OF wanting IL before should get 70 my Jour
| ney end. young man from Boston Oy the usinu Of
| Bunting accompanied me. lie had boy to carry biz
Dag Of crackers his bottle OF brandy snd his bottle
inolasses had TO carry my oil cloth Oyercoat anc
bag OF crackers and cheese Il was about hspast hy'
In the morning when we started and was glad 10 Ois
farewell to Cruces, caring little whether ever ss.
again; for my associations with regard g. II are any
thing but pleasant We got along on our Journey very
well At hrsthad pleasant conversation with each other
and jumped the rocks and stones and d,ches &c
ss spry as kittens few miles out Of town we came
10 Rancho. the inmates OF which consisted Of mo
ther and three four children, pigs dogs, n; We
here obtained little coffee and my friend pulling Out
his bottle Of molssses (or they had neither sugar nor
milk made II quite paletable. When pulled OUT my
crackers aud cheese and commenced eating the young
es, child In the arms OF elder daughter commenced
crying for OF L. could do no lees than supply
H. and all the other chlldren, Tor which the mother
seemed truly grateful
found the rosd almost impossible. In sone places
| the mud came almost over the tops OF my boots. ]
had taken ths precautOn before starting TO tie the bo,
| toms Of my pantalOons With string 10 prevent my
boots filling la other places We climbed over rOcss
and places where Il seemed almost Impossible for man
or horse 10 90 have Travelled some very rough
places the tops OF the Catskii, but never did 5o
fore pass such road. bad had pretty good deserip
ton Of the routs across here, but my IDEAS were not
worked down sufficiently by great deal. II bad once
been paved rosd for IN some Pscesit vas worn down
10 the rocks 10 path Just wide enough tor single per
son ~ pass ~ time while the place where the msh
road had been, perhaps twelve or nf,een and u
some places twenty twenty ye feet shove your head
We i0rdsd brooks and streams where the water came
almost over the tops Of my boots.
About three o'clock p. ". came In sight Of sn
other Rancho Of which was seven miles from Panama
and proposed 10 my companion 10 stop All night We
went 10 and got them 10 make US some soup. Aitrr
giving them some crackers, they made us some coffee
also, which was very refreshing think never vas
more tired Ia my he. In the morning We were up Do
rmes and on our Journey and about hafpast eigh,
o clock came Ia sight Of the city. ] think rather
than undergo the same fatigue again, would prefer
voyage around Cape Horn. Il was near week before
got over lt. One man. who came out In the steamer
Fscon and undertook - walk over, died on the road
Rev Mr. Douglass the Missionary, came over on Tues
day having started "a Monday was taken with lsry,
few days be has the best Of attention and plenty OF
Homeopathic medicine. When irst arrived stopped
al the American Hotel keptby German from the United
states hs price u board Ia 80 per day. Tbsre 70
another Hotel here called the French Hotel, not %
large az the former vss sitting the piszxa Of the
lsst mentioned one two or three days after srrived
reading my Testament when q gentleman who was
standing not lar OF observed and Immediately en-
aged 10 conversation with ! soon learned that De
was Rev Mr Wheeler Baptist Missionary Of Jersey CITY
Az nine O'Clock approached we went 70 Mr.. Wlleys
Rooms where ! found Rev. Mr.. Woodbridge, Mission
sry from Losg Island Presbyterian sent out BY the
Home Missionary Society-slso Rev. Mr.. Wneeier-
These gentlemen and their wives al came cut in the
Falcon.
wro,sffom G0fgona tia, the steamer Caiiforns had
arrived u this place IL was mistake-ii was Ae
British Mai steamer. Tue California arrived yestef
day and al day there -ss great excitement n wei
ss today ss ~ who should 20 10 her. We have been
trying get board Of Der, but Il NJ &c. Before
sns arrived. some Of Der passengers here sold tnen
uekes Tor sl50 and Mr.. Nelson the American consul
also sold sicksts and that abe has arrived
.ne Captain refuses take them on oosrd Ine mai
viduss refuse u the money back for tn-r hcxe
snd threaten prosecution. snd ss you may suppose
We have rather an excited community. Iickess are
only worth IN ss~ York sl0O
r s-On sunday IA, the Missionaries Obtained
room in the Custom House and we hsd two services,
one Al u o'clock and the other 81 z Mr. Woodbridge
ard Mr. Wiley preached very secepsaoiy 70 quite
srg7 audience
Thi. city is surrounded by wall, and the only en-
,-saess are .1ryusn its xs,ss II they closed and