The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-08
Arrival Of the Steamship Crescent City.

| The splendid steamship Crescent City, Captain
Stoddard, arrived at this port early yesterday NOR,
ming, from Chagres and Havana. She arrived al
Havana on the morning of the Both, after passage
of four days and half, and sailed for New York
on Monday, April I'd, at halfpast FIVE, PM, and
has thus made the passage to this port in four days
and nine hours.
She arrived at Chagres on Saturday morning,
the 9th of March, making the passage from New
York in eight days and eighteen hours. After
landing $50 passengers, she sailed for Havana on
Sunday, March 25th, at six PM, with twenty
passengers
The mail steamship California had not arrived at
Panama at eight o'clock on the morning of the 23d
| ultimo
| The Oregon sailed from Panama on the 18th Of
March, at SIX o'clock in the morning. for San
Francisco, with two hundred ana fifty passengers
leaving about eight hundred at Panama Since
that time to the 18th ult, about five hundred and
thirty more had arrived at Chagres.
The health of both places is very good-onIy a
few cases of intermittent fever, brought on by ex-
posure, existed
There were only two vessels at Panama on the
23d-the ship Humboldt, with coal; the other
small brig, called the Eterlina, bound up, with pas
sengers.
The whale bark Equator, of New Bedford, sailed
on the 2lst March, with one hundred and thirty
passengers for San Francisco. Several other
whalers were expected soon.
An English ship, the Colony, sailed on the 10th,
with two hundred and one passengers, for the same
place.
The latest news from San Francisco, at Panama
was by the Belfast. 1t was to the 9th Of December
only
The passengers by the Crescent City chartered
canoes to take them up to Gorgona, for nine dollars
each, with all their baggage, a distance of forty
five miles. The road from Gorgona to Panama is
IN very good order, distance of twenty-one miles;
baggage is taken over at six dollars per hundred
pounds; have heard of no accident on the road
provisions are plenty at Panama, and board can be
had at 81 % to 81 50 per day. and persons can live
at fifty cents per day, with little management;
marketing and cooking for themselves.
American eagles at Panama, were worth eight
dollars in change, half eaglcs four dollars half dol
lars forty cents, five franc pieces pass for ten one
dime pieces, dime passing for one-eghth of
dollar. Doubloons are worth seventeen dollars.
The English steamer Eudora, had arrived from
Valparaiso at Panama, on the Sd, at s A. NJ.
WIN lew passengers, ana one HllNOn IN gold bars,
on English account.
HAVANA.
We in receipt of files Of Ell Diario de la Ma
,ina Gaceta de la Habona, and Faro Industrial, up
to the LIST inst
For the first time since the California excite
ment in this country, we find the Havana papers
taking notice Of it, as the Diario de Ia Habonn
gives long translation of Authentic News from
California" which was published in this city on
the arrival of Captain w. D. Phelps, some time
ago, from the land of gold. No editorial remarks
are made on it. 1t being the season of Lent, and
close on Holy week, all kinds of amusemcnts were
at stand still.
NEW GRANADA.
The accounts at Havana are no later than those
received here direct. We see the death of Mr.
Bidlack, the United States Charge de Affares at
Bogota, mentioned in the extracts the Havana
editor makes; the date is not mentioned. Tho
item is taken from La Prensa, published at Bogota.
This confirms accounts previously received here
of Mr. b. g DEATH which, however, have been sup
posed to be incorrect The latest date from b.
gotta is the 18th February.
From Chill, Peru, and Ecuador, the accounts
were not so late by two weeks, as those previously
received here