The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-17

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must be formed. His countenance is expressive,
and his general manner prepossessing. He has Il
tenor voice Of great compass, and even quality The
upper notes strongly resemble, in sweetness and pnri-
~ those Of Gnrdon and the whole voice Is remark
ably II Inns quality which admits of great
volume Of sound, being poured ont without the sweet
ness being casened by the exercise of power. this
latter quality Cal2oar eycels Gardoni, and even Ma
rio. The main charm of this singing however, con-
sisis In the purity and severity Of his style. He
sings the music written BY the composer, and will
not descend 10 tricks OF ornament 10 gain applause
In the "Tntte sciolto' he developed great tender
ness Of expression and In the whole OF the last
he sang with intense feeling and great dramatic pow
err That he should not have paed In tho greater
effnlgence Of Lind, but should have achieved an I'M
eqnivocal success, Ia the best proof Of bis talent.
We have only room to mention the Rodolphe Of
Beleti, as the best we remember. He made char
acter where the materials are scanty enough, and
sangjhis music admirably Tho other parts are mod
erately well filled, and the chornses were well given.
From the London Times, April I'll
We are authorized to state that the report Of this
alleged marriage, which we copied Yesterday from
Bath paper, is entirely wihou, foundation.
Extracts from a letter from an American eitiren,
PANAMA New GRANADA, April 9, le49.
You have undoubtedly heard before Ibis Of our
safe arrival al Chagres, and also, probably, of
Journey the Ishmus and ultimate arrival at this
on the 18th March, in the Crescent City, and had
smooh quick passage Of 8 "a days 10 Chagres,
where we remained one day. were two days and a
half going up the river and stopped day and half
March, very considerably fatigued after hard ride
Of nine ten hours over the steep hills but thank
fnl. very thankful, TO arrive at resting place.
On the steamer, we had crowd Of passengers, but
they did not interfere much with either our comfort
or convenience, as she Is commodioas vessel, as
well as noble sea -hoat and her officers extended
10 US every attention We all formed an agreeable
acquaintance with orr Jolly. Captain, tStoddardl
the Distinct Volunteers In Mexico, and who comes
TO the Iathmus ns Chief Engineer Of the Panama
Survey for Aspinwalrs railroad with Capt. f. Tuck
er, Roy. T. $. Mines and few Others.
This little party kept together at Chagres, andwas
Joined there by Gen. Norris, the great locomotive
builder and from there all went up the river to-
gethcr, Col. Hughes and the General In their own
canoe, and the rest of ns in Urge lannch propelled
by four stout natives, not with oars, but with long
poles. should have said, rather, that the first fifteen
miles or So we went up In the steamboat Oris, stop
ping al small collection of huts called Dos HERNIA.
nos where we remained on board the Orus all night
and then took the boats in The morning.
The Chagres river In every respect, TO our eyes,
appeared perfectly beautiful, and we oil felt as If we
were on delightful picnic excursion. We went
about fourteen miles that day (Monday) and remain
ed over night at the engineering camp near the little
village Palenquila, where we were entertained by
Capt. Serrel, of the Survey.
Next day, Tuesday we went the other fourteen
or fifteen miles, and reached Gorgona at night where
we Hospitality, and, for this country, luxurious
ly provided for by Gen. Norris, at the Engineering
depot the head quarters OF the newly arrived Col.
Hughes and himself, until Thursday morning, when
we took our leave, and on our thin looking little
mustang horses, wendell our way through the woods
to this benghted spot.
Chagres Is n funny looking place, assure you. II
Is close the mouth Of the river protected by high
bluff between II and the sea- on which Is an old for
h1f M III hnl happ ctr II,
dry. There are some one hundred and fifty or two
hundred houses, all huddlcd together flat form,
under the hill mentioned, and looking like so many
huge fodder stacks.
Coming up the Chagres river we saw some Of the
most beautiful Towering trees you could imagine,
besides tall palm trees, cocoa nut, guava lines, and
alligaorpear trees all sorts in fact, such we had
not seen before. II was curious too to sec the plan
tains, bananas, and Sumo different kinds OF vines,
all new 10 our eyes. OF course we were careful in
paftaking OF the native fruits Since our arrival al
Panama. however, VIC have been eating pine apples,
bananas pllntains, oranges yams, watermelons, and
many other things in the way of vegetables and
fruits peculiar 10 this country, with pcrfeat safety,
but tenperatey OF course for tho weather Is uniform
y warm, 0iid not provocative Of hearty appctites.
The climate Is healthy, though enervaiing at first.
The dry season sill ems TO continue. Not drop
Of rain yet.
srSpAy, 22d April.
Soon after the foregoing, which il was my nien
lion 10 finish the same evening, and send by an oppor
the cholera morbus, but got better IN few daya,
veninred on taste OF pine npploio relieve my mouth
alter enng some Of the horrible cookery OF Jansens
Hotel, and BY so doing suffered relapse, which. but
Tor careful nursing would have prevented me from
resnming my pen early this II not altogether.
This Is the frat day that felt any strength TO write
and am still very wenk We are now, however,
si''lated so comfortably thai, being ON the mend
hope soon 10 get strong again. When We arrived
here we went immediately to the American Hotel, as
recommended, and obtained shelter there but could
and only one or Two inconvenent ones at that so
we had 10 submit TO tho sickenlng atmosphere, bad
cooking, and utter wnni Of attention at This Hotel
Americana
A lew days since we were 20 fortunate as TO pro-
cure private roomsin the house of Mr.. j. u. Feraud,
a wealthy citizen formerly the American Consul
here, where we lived quietly, retired, and At mode
rate expenae Independently as plense. All every
house In the place Is now similarly occupied, the In
habiians renting ont their spare rooms and reapng
rich harvest from the Americans clearing several
dollars day by the operation t'f es Il
the city is built on q peninsula, and surrounded
by stone wall which niust hive cost large sum.
send yon sketch OF the plan of Panama. The
houses nre oil large and mostly three stories In
height, the first stories being uniformly used for
shops, or not used az oil the SECOND stories rented
70 Americans; and the third eforics which contain
the best rooms, and have n balcony o. piazza run
ming oil round the house, occupied by the natives
themselves where they are removed from the disa-
grcrnble noises and smell Of hs streets below, and
where they enjoy the fresh btsezes which belong 70
distinct with but few exceptions, and nearly oil are
Of ssope or brick, and psstcred white having nlio
ge'hsr bs.ck Door and Tiled roofs. -.ap fi..3 ssl
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