New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-09-22

tenant Of the British sloop-of.Tar Champion.
which arrived few days ago from CaIlao, boarded
a.. The captain and other officers were engaged
in burying the surgeon Of the ve.el, who had died
the day previous from Cholera He said they had
left a, Csllso the 7. 5. ship Savannah, bound for
San Francisco. As bis boat pulled OF again, the
crew Of the Champion hauled up an immense
shark at the shipsstern.
Three or iosr Of "a took cayucs, and we're pad
died ashore, raining on the edge Of the breakers
which .oared and dashed along the mou,h Of the
iliet We landed on beach, ANGLE deep 10 sand
and covered with mustangs, mules and donkeys.
with smart sprinkiing Of natives. Our pssssn-
gers were basy al over the village Juggling strings
or bsasnss and plsintsins buying COOL ster jsrs
Of poroas earth, gathering lines and oranges from
the trees, or regsiing Themselves At the locanias
with sweet spring-water, mot always unmixsd,
tortillss, and fried pork. The American bark
Hortensia lay in the inlet the captain was absent
a. Topic, and the mate informed Us that the vessel
had been sold in San Francisco The few people
on board were packing up their trunks, and evi-
dertly making preparations to take French leave.
The other vessels in port were Mexican coasters
Z
sailed for San Francisco the day previous, taking
IS passengers III. schooner Ketch, ten days ago,
took of ., and those remsiniug, about - 10 mum
ber went on board the Panama. Among them IS
Major Lee, Of the army, who LETT Vera Cruz on
the 9th OF June and reached Topic on the 9Th Of
July. II tells me that the overland journey is
quite safe he saw nothing Of robbers though the
stages before and behind him were attacked. A
man named Taylor, from Reading, Pa. died on the
road. San Bias is now very unhealthy. bot none
Of the Americans had suffered anything
than the fever of hot climates We had sufficient
evidence Of this in the number Of nstives who lay
sick in their huts.
Lieut. Beale. Mr. Hitchcock Of the Honolulu
Poivne,idn Mr.. Mowry and myself set out Tor the
old Preside on the cliff. The road led through
swampy forests till we reached the foot Of the as
cent. native passed u.s. on a sharp tro,tlng
mule H0m5re. a d0nde andel0 p " TtDie." was
his answer. Upwe went scrambliJg over loose
stones. between thickets Of banana and splendid
flow ering shrubs, till we gained a rocky spur near
the summit Here the view to the north, toward
Mazatlan, was superb Across the marshy plain
many leagues in breadth, bordering the sea, we
traced the Rio Grande Il the West by the groves
Of cotton wood on its bsnk-s belt Of dark green
v,rdure threading its way to the sea Beyond It,
another atera chain Of the Cordilerss rose TO the
clouds Turning again, we entered 4 deserted
courtyard, ronted by the fort, which had cover
ed gallery on the inside. The walls were broken
down. the deep wells in the rock choked up, and
the stone pillars and gateways overrun with rank
vines From the parspet, the whole roadstead OF
San Bias lay at our feet and our steamer, two
miles of, seemed to be within hail.
This plaza opened on another and larger one,
completely covered with tall weeds, among which
the native pigs rooted and meditated by turns.
fne old chur b, at the further end, was going TO
ruin and the useless bells still hung in its towers.
some Of the houses were inhabited, and we pro-
cured some fresh water and delicious bananss-
The aspect Of the whole place, picturesque in its
desolation, impressed me more than anything on
the Journey, except the church OF San Felipe, at
Panama. The guns Of the Preside were spiked
by Commander Dupont, du riDg the war there
has been no garrison there for many years.
We descended again, made our purchases Of
fruit, and reached the beach just as the steamers
gun sgnalized US TO return. The cayuca In which
we embarked was round log, about 10 feet long,
rolling over the swels with ticklish facility,
and we received sound cursing from one Of the
ships crew for trusting ourselves 10 1t. dozen
similar craft pulling for life came behind u.s. follow
ed by launch bringing two fat live bullocks for our
provender. quarrel broke out between one Of
our new passengers and a native, in which blows
were exchanged. Finally, two Americans with
their fists and one with pistol, slenced the
offending party. but not the excitement The
question was raised whether niger was a.
good as a white man, and like the old ieuds OF the
BiaaeAi and the Ner7 in Tuscany the contest ragged
fercely for awhile. The Bisnchi contended thAi
il they were insul,ed by " niggers, 1t would be
perfectly right TO stab shoot them At once, and
expressed great wrath against Capt Bailey for
censuriug the parties who created the dis
turtance.
We are running into Mssstlan hsrbor. The
shore which is billy and picturesque is about five
miles distant-the morning mists which are Just
lifting from the SUBMITS OF the great chaln be
tween this and Durango, rising high along the
horizon We shall only be detained q few min
utes Tomorrow morning at sunrise we shall
double Cape San Lucas at the extremity OF the
Peninsula and then Ho for California B.r.