The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-04-24
ADDITIONAL. FROM THE ISTIINt'S,


The U. S. mail steamship lsthmus, Capt. Baker,
arrived here yesterday from Havana, after fine
passage of seventy-fve hours. We have papers
from that city of the 10th inst.
Our news from Panama is down TO the 3Ist of
March. Up to O'Clock that day, the California
had not arrived there. whale ship arrived on
the S0th, and would take away $50 passengers for
San Francisco. People were daily focking to
Chagres from all parts of the world. All the Gal
veston's passengers had reached there in a brig
and three schooners Ii Is estimated that there
were at Panama, at the end Of March, 800 people
en- route to California; at Gorgona and Cruces 700
more. Much distress and some sickness was said
to prevail upon the lsthmus. The large number of
emigrants have, OF course, nothing to do, and they
Gambling and frohckng are represented to us as
being quite in the ascendant. Some companies
which set out for California, pledged neither to
gamble nor drink. have been forced TO consider
the transit across the lsthmus as a contingency not
within their contemplation, and act accordingly.
Many, too. are particularly short of funds dream
ing little OF month or two months detention
We have copy of the Panama Star, of the 9th
of March. Our readers already know something
Of the character of the lsthnius, the means of
crossing it, &C., but, will read with pleasure the
following account of the metamorphose il i. UNI
dergoing from the hands of the Yankees
From the Panama Star March 24l
Never, perhaps, IN the history OF any country,
has change followed change in such rapid success
sion as upon this lshmus within the last three
months; everything appears to have undergone d
general MISUNDERSTANDING and energy are
fast superseding Incidence and procrastnaton.
The example OF the universal American nation,
like the famous pills OF the selfpropeling Dr. Bran
dreth, seems to be 60 working wonders" and in
fuslng new lie into the once almost inanmate ma
tives-exampes and constant employment, at libe-
raj prices have had most salutary effect upon one
and all.
But very few months since there was no COM
munication between the United States Europe
and Panama, other than the single line Of English
steamers. Upon the arrival of one of these vessels
at Chagres, few passengers would quietly pass
over the Isthmus and Were never heard of after
wards unless II was TO write back 10 their friends
the most awful and thrilling accounts OF the danger
and difficulties they had to encounter and pourtray
in graphic STYLE the terrible and offensive appear
ance OF the ieroclous animals and enormous rep
tiles and insects with which the whole country was
infested. Now, what has been the result of the
last few monhsl Scarcely week passes without
the arrival of a steamer at Chagres laden with
passengers and goods who Immediately their
arrival set out for Panama. Since our arrival, we
have not seen person who has not been agreeably
disappointed In the passage over the lsthmus-the
dreary and lonesome passes, and horrible mountain
defiles, so much dreaded, have suddenly changed
into beautiful and romantic scenery famed by ex-
hiarating breezes-the offensive and poisonous
growths into charming evergreens and shrubbery,
studded with blooming flowers, making the air re-
dolent with their aromatic periume--the chaterng
of the monkey, the screeching of the night hawk,
and squaing OF the parrot, have gwen place to the
lively song OF the merry boatman, as he cheerfuly
plies the paddle In propelllng his ancient and rude
stead of being so hideous, afford fine amusement,
and fair opportunity Of testing the quality of
new gun or pistol Arriving at Gorgona, We can
find comfortable house, good meal of victuals,
and plenty of room to swing hammock. Daily
the roads from Gorgona are lined with the mules
and natives attached TO the forwarding line Of
Messrs. Leetch a. Co, who have, after much
trouble and difficulty, succeeded in establishing a
line capable of forwarding good. from New Or
leans to San Francisco or any of the intermediate
points
Let any one walk around Panama, and he can
not tal TO notice the marks of the Anglo-Saxon
American slgnboards, in the regular catch-line slye
Cheap Goods -" Brokers' Office =" Licensed
Aucuoneer," nc. &c, meet the eye here and there.
"Golng, gong, gone r' in style that would do
credit TO Peter Funk, in his pamiest DAYS, echoes
from different places along the street the horse
jockey and the pedlar are not behind the others.
and yesterday we heard uttered with an earnest
ness that would have hsnored Sam Slick you
don't want TO buy no dried apples nor abon, half a
billed ham, already cooked nor a little less nor =
half barrel of picked pork, real genuine Boston
harbor, nor nothing, do your Even Cave Jo5n.
son, the immortal Cave, would here find Some one
with whom to divide his honors and share his MS
fortunes. The bulletin board of Messrs. Leetch
" Co, now bears the familiar words of email
failed to-day" and then adds, Nothing from be-
yond Gorgona." Tailors and rum-sellers have be-
come sbipowners and ship-brokers; and thus has