Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-02-22
UPFrom a late Captain in the |. >. Ar
my. passenger in steamer Crescen, City

my, assenger in steamer Crescen, tny
PANAMA, Jan. 10, Is 20.
arrive Chagres on Tuesday the 2nd
January landed the slme morning remained
in Chagrcs until Thursday evening went up
the river in a canoe, and reached Cruces on
Sunday the 9TH found the cholera there, thr' e
of the American passengers by the Falcon
having already died. | remained in Cruces
until "Wednesday the 10th arrived here the
same night.
There have been no cases Of cholera here.
1t also appears to have disappeared al Cruces
and on the road here.
At this place. and in fact in all New Grena-
da, five fran pieces are worth los Mexican
IN Spanish dollars the same ten cent pieces
Is five cent pieces 6 Ii C. Our dollara,
half dollars, and quar'er dollars are only at
par all American gold the same. lou pay
NJ duty for any goods coming through tins
country. The only charge made is 5s per
hundred rounds on all goods. Flour at the
present m1men, brings here $50 per bbl,, SUI
oar 3Oc. per pound by the quantity and ov'
crv thing catablc in The same proportion.
could make small fortune if was In New
York now. and there was steamer coming
ou, here immediately. wonld buy fine old
/ bran ", white loaf sugar, hams, and flour
besides buying all the five franc pieces and
Mexican and Spanish dollars coul get.
Jan. 27.-The steamship California arrived
!, n this harbor at 10 o'clock this morning -
| She brings sixiy-sevcn passengers from th'
different ports Of the coast. She will proba
bly, rcm1in here about week, to take IN coal
The Captain tn nks she will run up to San
Francisco in l5 days after she leaves tbs
port. There have arrived at Chagrcs from the
United States, one brig from New England n
II Nov, with I6 passengers /; the Falcon, with
4 POI the John Benson, 35 the Crescent City.
/ 1870 one schooner an brig from New Or
leans, with about in all 100 and The steam
cr Orus, from New York, 10. Toia', j2j !;
and those from down the coast, in the Cal!ior-
Port last week for San Francisco with 10 /;
another will sail in a few days with 2j, The
steamer will take probably 250-total, 3l5 (;
$50 will be left to go in the Philadelphia,
which is now up for San Francisco, and can
accommodate 400 The Californa brings
news that from all the orts of South America
vessels are fitting out for California. She
passed II sail, all bound for that port
Capt. Tucker Of the Orus takes tn $ letter
to Chagres, and from there it will go by the
first YES el to the United States. c.
| WINE AND BRANDY FOR CALIFORNIA The
last adviccs from Paris state that at he port of
Bordeaux - vessels were fitting out for Call
iornia, with cargoes OF bran ly and wine One
house in New York has sent out $50, 900
worth of liquors to the place.
Honor To AMERICAN TALENT.-Mr. VIII
lam Canch Bond, the director Of the Obscrya.
tory, Harvard University, Cambridge, has been
elected Fellow OF the British Royal \ tionom-
ical Society, of whi,h John lIerscheli, the dis
tnguisi ed son OF distinguished father, i,
President. With the exception OF Dr. Pow.
ditch, Mr.. Bond is the first American who has
been tius honorel.
DEspospEScv.-Il is poor ph losophy to
over estimate difficulty; aud ii is folly to over
estimate it so as to persuade ourselves i, is in
surmoun,able. Such a persuasion para Uses
our every energy, an ; in fact, increases our
troubles to what they were only in imagina-
ton. Despair is only bal form Of coward
ice.
The number Of languages spoken s estimated
TO be 3Ooi.