The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1849-05-09
Things in Panama.

Things in Panama.
We are permitted to publish the following letter
from gentleman who has recently become an ed
itor at Panama The information it contains may
be useful to many.
PANAMA, New Grenada, April 8. 1S49.
The Mana Burt will sail in day or two from Chagres
Her Captain now in this CITY, and will soon leave for
the vessel.
write specially Just to say, you suggested when
left that after looking about and seeing and knoWng how
business done here, what its character and what is
promised for the future that you cannot find location
where that will give safe an investment Liquors
Tin which engaged) the best thing 10 vest
in There establishment of the kind in the CITY, and
the demand is great and increasing An acquaintance OF
mine this morning sold three barrels OF whisky.
(Bourbon) that cost him 81 in Cincinnati, and carnage here
50 cents, for four dollars gallon. remarked to him that
thought the liquor business would pay well. He said that
if he had the means he would go back Immediately and
ship $4,000 in liquors. and good cheap liquors pre-
ponderang. doubt not m the least success, you
make the experiment The charges transportation are so
great from Chages here, that would not advise shipment
acrossbut around the Cape steamer, rather through
the Straits of Magellan would much expense and
involve but little time. The crowd here now is
larger than has been before and increasing Several
sells in port and coming in; they will take off goody
portion but Others will fill up the vacancy. There are
full 1000 Americans the thmus now-15OO in this CITY,
After spending week when l first came, for my own
amusement and recreation agreed to mount the tripod OF
American paper long l remained in the cty-so.
enclosed You will find copy two.
We still waiting for the steamer California, due.
The party all well; for my part more
vigorous in my life
My time short give you full letter. but think
well of what have written. Living here will not be un
pleasant. and money can be made
Yours ever. Ii. H. r.
FROM PANAMA-We are indebted to friend for
a number of the Panama STAR of the 9Th ult.,
from which we make the following extracts:
Arired-Dr. Gwynn, of New Orleans, gen.
tleman of distinction and fine talents reached this
city last week Ion his way to California. MIR. A.
B. Gray, principal surveyor in the Commission TO
run the boundary with Mexico, who was unavoid-
ably detained in the States for several days, also
here. The party of the boundary commission are
all in the city, in readiness to sail by the first
steamer for San Diego.
For San Francisco-Messrs. Freaner, sScran-
ton d Smith have chartered the English brig s. Two
Friends, now in the port, to carry party and
cargo to San Francisco. So great was the anxiety
OF emgrans to obtain passage, that all the tickets,
about 100, We're taken in three hours after the
books were opened. In the cabin, which will hold
80, the passage is $3.50 in the other departments of
the vessel $3.50 She will probably sail on the GOTH
As an instance of the demand for vessels this one
may be taken as an ayerage-S35, 900 being paid
for the charter, simply to go to San Francisco,
price threefod great as the value of the vesselt
Effect of American Enterprise.-Our Gren adam
friends have good for rejoicing at the gold de-
velOpments i'll California, since they have drawn
through this lsthmus large a population, who
have put into circulation, for labor and subsistence
vast amount of money, which is yet mostly in the
hands of the poorer classes. Kept in this city for
an uncertain period, the Americans have generally
taken up their quarters in private houses, large
number of which are thus appropriated. The
effect has been to vastly increase the prices of rents
and living in the city. We give an average in
stance of room now occupied by party, formerly
renting for $50 per annum, which now realizes at
the rate of S547 per annum. Six months since the
house could be purchased entire for what will now
be one years rental. So much for the fresh foot
print of the Saxon
Health of the Ciy.-We are advised by old resi-
dents that the health of the city is good usual
if such is the fact there few towns Of this size in
the States that can boast Of better bill of health.
Since our last, four vessels have arrived in port,
and we are glad to announce three more in sight
of numbers known to be on their way.