The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-03-06
Late and Important from Panama.

| PANAMA, January %, 1919.
| On Saturday last notice given of a meeting
| OF Americans at the American Hotel, at P. M.
| Accordingly some three hundred men assembled
(the greater part not knowing for what intent they
! had come together,) and the meeting was organized
| by appointing his Honor w. P. Bryant, Chief JUS
| tlce of Oregon president; DR.. S. Haley vice-pre
sident; Capt. McDougal, of Indiana, and H. E..
| Robinson, Esq, of New Orleans, secretaries Capt
| McDouga, Capt Heath, and Judge Woodruff, were
| appointed committee TO wait upon Capt Forbes,
| OF the California, and Messrs Zahcrsson & Nelson,
agents OF the same and invite them to the meeting
MIR. N. alone responded in person to the invitation
A committee consisting of the vice. president one
of the secretaries, and Rev. Mr.. Woodb BRIDGE was
then appointed to consider and report upon the
course pursued by Capt. Forbes in bringing passen-
gers from the Pacific the exclusion of the
Atlantic passengers; and also upon the circular
issued by Gen. Smith, relative to the trespass of
foreigners upon the public lands or mines of the
United States in California-which circular reads
as follows
VIM Nelson. U. S. Consul at Panama:
SirThe laws the United States in1ic the penalty of
fine and imprisonment uespassers the public lands
duct pursued by citizens of the Uped States
who are Hooking from al parts to search for and off
such conduct is in direct violation Of law it will become my
duty Immediately on my arrival there to put these laws
with the penalties prescribed by law those who offend.
about Starting to California Il would be well to- make It
publicly known that there such laws existence and
of the United States who shall any traspass
the lands Of the United States California Your POSI-
SUI" 1f the
on Of %sH tn h nil a generally and will be
PERsrFoR F. SMITH. Brey MAJ; Sem Gen. U sA,
The meeting then adjourned to this evening, at
I o'clock The people met usual, the President
in the chair. The committee the conduct of
Capt. Forbes and the circular, reported the follow
ing resolutions, all of which were adopted with
such unanimity and enthusiasm as to leave no
doubt of the sense of the meeting upon the sub
jects treated therein
Resotced That the passengers the lsthmus.
have legal and just right for privilege of passage by he
taken in said steamer at ports on the Pacific that
we aim this preference in accordance with the terms and
MIA ATLANTIC passengers have priority Of beri6s
and in the order of the dates Of their receipts " that the
long previous to concluded by the from the
Resoed That take passengers from places on the Pa
cifc to the exclusion Of those from the Atlantic in this
agents Of the agreement they have made with u.s.
Resossd That II being openly syowed that the primary
passage by the California at ports on the Pacific is to tres
fully prepared with mining implements this purpose with
men s9d 10th that 9e nc beas ezns Of s
states Ss have , no nights Is, a; such in
CalIao, Messrs Alsop & Co have assumed unwar
gers that port especially as they Were notified BY Elm
that such contrary the Instructions he had received
Forbes will discharge the responsible duties resting him
Resoged That in the opinion Of this meeting the interests
of this line of steamers will be greatly promoted by the agents
carrying out the principles rules and regulations which they
Resolved That we heartily approve of the circular letter
ing foreigners that they prohibited by the laws of the
United States from trespas the public domain, and
not cti zens Of the United States on his sya in
That believe The future prosperity and character of
a nlnIst 1ah.
servance of the laws of country, and to this end
hereby pledge ourselves one and ALL to stand by the Hero
Resoloed That the Chairman of this meeting appoint
California rights of the Pacific passengers whether
they by the existing regulations of the Company
that sad committee confer with Cant Forbes, and with
him devise such means of redress as they may deem for the
'" S''N Fl. Wo RSs5ssex, Committee.
The answers to series of questions from the
committee to the agents of the California in Pan
anna Messrs. Zahcrisson 81 Nelson, are then also
given. With the exception of the answer to the
fourth question, as follows, they were all voted by
the meeting unsatisfactory:
Fourth Do the agents of the Pacific mail company here
recognize priority of claim the of the passengers
by the Atlantic mail company over passengers by transient
.4nsper. We have acted in accordance with nsuc
lions by giving preference 70 the Aantic PASSENGER per
eced to such have taken their chance in order of
pllcaiion, &c.
To question as to the taking of 0ksengers on
board at Caao, they answered that it was done
under the impression that there would not be so
MANY waiting at Panama. They acknowledged
the laws of the United States as to common car
riers which they assert is that, when more passen-
gers offer than they able to carry, they must
provide other conveyance, in obedience to which
they had chartered the ship Philadelphia. As to
their refusal to take freight they merely answered
that they found it impossible to make room for it.
The owners of the California, it is said. make
themselves liable TO forfeiture of $4,000 by
chartering the Philade pIia, which under a
previous contract for another port
The California it has been already stated, was
to sail from Panama, about the 1st inst, with $50
passengers, the remainder going in sailing vessels.
The New York He;ad has also a variety of
correspondence from Panama, from which we take
the following items:
The note of Gen. Smith to Mr. Nelson, the
consul, doubtless applies to the Peruvians. What
the effect will be at California is obvious. We
must fight on our arrival at San Francisco.
Among the Peruvians who applied for passage on
board the California was man worth S29 900 600 |
An American died last night [22d) at the Amer- |
cano, whose name | did not learn. The schooner |
Angelica sails to-day, with IS passengers, for Cal
ifOrnia
Two Americans died Yesterday Gath in the city, |
and many sick, some of whom will assuredy |
die, | again entreat the Americans TO reflect ere |
they rush madly upon this perilous voyage OF gold
hunting. There is plenty of gold in California;
but as common as it is there, know that large |
number of those here would retreat for home, sweet
home, were it not for the contumely that would |
confront them and follow them.
The California will sail on Monday at farthest.
The British Consul is in town. on his way to |
MaZatlan, and assures me that a vessel will be |
down from Mazatlan in few days, with 50 900 900 |
in specie and that the Of S IL 900 900
will pass the Isthmus of Darien for England from |
the same source, the present year, to say nothing
of the specie from Chill and the southern coast |
which will be incaculable
The rains have ceased. All here will be off next |
week. The road, defile, is drier but not less |
rocky; the natives not less rapacous and dis
honest, many passengers having lost their entire |
baggage, and most of have lost part of our bag
gage, after paying $40 and SIS per trunk or bundle
and $40, sl5 and S25 per mule, and from $40 to |
$50 and S25 for canoe The coal-ship Humboldt |