The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-03
from Jam.s len News from Pa

From the N o Pca,nne Dec 2.I
BY the brig Fldells, Capt. KendrIck, when LET.
Kingston, jamaica, on the 18th inst , We have A
file ct the Mor",ng Jorr"oi TO the 7th INST
One OF the first things which meets our eve IN
the Journal is the following from Panama.
We have advices from Panama to the 18th OF
November. There AT that place her Majesty's
schooner Cockatr1ce, with stores and provisions
tor her Majesty 3 surveying ships Herald and Pan
dora, the first from the edge of The ice where she
had been IN search Of Sir John FrankIin and his
party, the other from Vancouver's Island and the
Sandwich Islands. These vessels were momen-
tary expected at Panama.
Admiral HOrnby, the comma der-ln-ch,ef IN the
Pacific. WINS at Valparaiso with IN. Asia (6D,
Gorgon steame a.. Juno (26). and CALYPSO (2O
The Champion Qs) had s,led for the north west
The Brti h brig Mary Russell, Pain, master,
with peal shells aud hides for London, was ex-
pcfed to leave IN a couple at days, as would also
The French ship MiDerve for Have. Besides these
therewere IN port couple OF Granadan schooners
arrived from the coast.
The California, the first Of the American line of
steamers to ply between the port OF Panama and
San Francisco, California, vas expected TO arrive
before the end of this month or the beginning of
January, and will Jake the mails fer the North
west Coast to be brought to Chsgr-s by the first of
another new line OF steamers between the States
and that port.
Panama has therefore become the central point
in the Pacific, whence depart the sfeame,s ~ the
south as lar as Valparaiso, and to the north I'D to
Oregon, as from San francisco there will be
ID pOlDI, ana tnt re little doubt thar
ere long there Will he also branch to the Sand
wich Islands and China put on foot by the parties
running the American line to the westward
The repair OF the Cruces road is to commence
on the lst OF January next, the Royal Mail Com.
paDy advancing the New Granadian Government
funds sufficient for the purpose, the latter providing
a corps OF two hundred ssppeIs to do the work.
Perhaps our readers are not aware that all the
ports In the sthmus are free, and that vessels can
come and ytmaln in ihe m al the time thew think
III, without paving tonnage dues, and that the du-
ties on all pools imported reduced to the noml-
nal rate OF hve-one hundreds of real per pound,
or less than one per cent on escorted cargo
The only exception 10 .hstrse is spirits, which
pay duty Of about eleven reals per dozen. Sugar,
rum, cotton, cocoa, and tobacco are not ,ermtted
TO pass IN transit. Cigars may be imported at the
high duty Of ten dollars per thousand. With such
advantages, and with the line Of steamers diverg.
ing from this central point, should say there IL
a fair opening in Panama for extensive business
and we conceive that before many years are over
IT will be very hourishing place
The Art,gna Obserrev mentions rumor cur
rent IN that island that his Excell~ncy. Gov Hug
gInsoD, Ia shortly to relinquish the government Of
the Leeward Islands, his Exc.llencv having been
appointed to succeed Sir Charles Fitzroy in the
government Of Australia-tbis latter being about
ceeded by Lieut. Gov McIntosh OF ST. KITS who
il at present October l2) soJou-nipg IN Antigua,
The JoWwaI mentions an outbreak which &C.
CURED IN the parIsh Of Saint Thomas in the
East" on the 9Th ult., endeavoring to execute
le gal process. The abOrers an estate rose and
rescued a prisoner made by the law officers and
prevented the arrest OF Others against whom there
were warrants. We inter from various ciycuu-
stances that i was no dangerous affair.