The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-02-26
TWO CENTS.

step about three inches deep by the feet Of thu
inserts his foot and yeu cannot make him place any Il
where else.
The road from Gorgons (six miles uesrer Chserss
than Crucss) to PaDsn runs At the bsse Of these
epurs, the ridge at . 10 peint:
but it IL impossible in the wet account Of
the quantity and tepacity OF the msd; In tho dry
It IL Infinitely preferable to that Cruces.
The dry season usually commences about the middle
Of December and continue uutil he middle March,
No al cause of dsease exists in the city OF nsma
No mpedi me Mt xists In the condensation Of rail-
road across the sthmus, except tbs unhsathnsss OF
the climate No grade OF forty feet to the mile need
be made as the valleys will allow any distance to be-
gained to sm-lioIste the d~cvity.
Puerto Beo IL an excellent hsrbnr on the Atlantic
side, and In old times all tbs trade have sscsrtansd
ms from particular iLquiry) paused frsm thence to
this city by psvsd road nov covered With ths lnxu
rupt vegetation Of the climate IL sbAudonsd
because the river Of Chsgres afforded for birds OF
the way an easier mod OF alton for the Mttl9
- -,nuar the Tsthmus
To t., like ours what may call the entire want
Of harbor at Chsgrss is in6nitsiy the greater Oh
ttrucuon No vetssl drawing f'tre n feet water can
tafely enter II, except under favorable
contnerDcies OF wind tide. .-sson 80. and, when
neIsu 10 ID put m pond, deepe ming very gradually
In making a railroad from Puerto Bello (beautifui
vbo oom1o.s '1s mus 90
the istbmus, and who fstth HUI always and in
dustrous when inspired by good remuneration. The
directors and everseers for the fret winter must
he Americans or Epglis bmep, during which they
nsruct natives Of the Spsuh blood su GENTLY to be
able to euptr during the unhsA,thy season,
I'll the work 10 sufficiently sdvsSc.d to be completed
by the engnssr with the prec,ss aud scientific nice
ties of construction In tb- second healthy sesson 1t
The end OF wh,ch he work be- completed II under
contract all ut the time
was a civil engineer the limo of contemplated
railroad frtm the river to Lake Erie and
each day after We reached the Allegheny mountains
We met with more natural distractions (out,ing the
unhesthipess Of the climate than oxist 10 crossing
the lsthDus OF Daren to Pansma from Puerto Belio;
and yet the ronts reported practicable without
stationary engine
] am your very respectful and obed'e Mt servant,
EDWARD H FlrZGERALD,
b. Major and A. Q. NJ.
Qusrtermast.r General u. S. A, Washington.
CALIFORNIA GOLD AT THE MINT.
We understand that the amount of California
gold DEPOSITED at the mint of Phlladelpha for
coinage, up to Wednesday last, was S58522 TIE
only coinage OF California gold is In quarter eagles
and amounts to $6,s97 So OF these, the pieces
tLahsn,llted TO John Mason, Esq, the Secretary
OF The Navy, were marked with the letters &c Cal''
over the head OF The eagle The other pieces, with
lew exceptions, had no distinctive mark
Wash. Union.
The Emigration to California,
PENNSYLVANIA.
,Our fnnadelphIa correspondent writes that the
snip LeVant Capt. Moses Hoyt, belonging to the
AsPnwalls, VIII 90 down the river on Monday
Qhls) morning, IN tow of The Raupahannock bound
TO California. She has on board the frames OF ten
houses, launch thirty feet long, eight boats of
smaller dimensions and the hull, cabin, boiler,
engine and propeller OF a steamboat, belonging to
the Pacific Adventurers' Association, the members
OF which foim the great bulk OF her iorty-nne
passengers. Two entire families go out COM
prlslng two females and eight children.
Fret Cabin Elias Kennedy Or Justus D. Stein
berger, Geo sls'wan, Mills Espy Cl-sntnss Fsltt,
! M d. Second Cabin-Psoinc Advsntur-rs' Assoois.
ton = DR. John Irmey, wife, and two children Edwd.
d; Roberts Curtis j Gilbert, David Mcdaniel John
Henry N; Rsiaart jr, Oven + Dn,in, 4mo, ). Bell,
Francis NJ. Durny Amos Bailey John Grabsnstins,
VIM. Hsgy Dsvia Gibb, Ed ward Bsrtling, Ed yard
Huston Thso Lipdsnmutb, John Lawsbe Kssy Glats,
Albert Hontton' John CIsmeuts John Coaroy Robert
Stroud Edward Cress Isaao Potter Jacob t. Ysager,
Jesse Boyer, Daniel Eppl.sheimer. George r Snyder
r. swsyns, Morrls X Wils,n.~D. Charles, Knight,
Elijah Chee.'msn, James Loughssd j., 8 W. Paine,
John II Schuns, Parrot-, Alex. Ste wsrt W. L.
Whit.car, Caleb N. Thorn bury. John D. KsIly, John
G. Adams Samuel Price. James WsudelI. A +, Durny.
torwsrd Cabin JOAN Robb d Loudsrbsck. " f. and
Fix children, Francis M. Green, Ira Bradshaw J. T..
Patton, W Walls, j. II Mslony,J Joas.
lier 1relght.llst Is sew Utr-n feet long and the
value OF her cargo is estimated at two bundled
thousand dollars
MASSACHUSETTS,.
CALIFORNIA MOVEMENTS --ShIps Sweden with
about l6O passengers Rrpulus, with the Bunker
Hlli Company Charlotte, and brig laramie, with
me shaw NUT Company, are nearly ready to sail
,T California. The Sweden cleared yesterday
The Sycamore and Sacramento Mining and Trad
ire Company, to consist OF 81 mbers is to start
from Lynn about April !, tn Join the great caravan
which is to leave Indt pendeuce about the 10th Of
,'o eaHo Wonui. ABOUT tDlrty men ndVe paid the
inst assessment. Bark Averon, of WaldobDro'.
has been sold to good company In Connecticut
Boston Bee, FEB. "a.
~, FRANCE.
We find the following in the Courier de Ia Oh
roNde, OF the 22d January
Twelve fhps. bound for California, are at present.
taking their cargo board in the port Bordeaux
hefe chips will depart during the month Of February
loaded with wine and brandy. The trade, which
has deprecated for the last eleven mouths seems to
revive California with It's daily incrsssing popuia-
ton will open to the market of Bord. and the de-
partment OF G,ronde . new place to sell wines end
bratdies The Inhabitants Of California, who are
busy engaged In the gold MINIS pay prioss
lor the eatabes and drtnkSbes brought there either
from Europe or from the Cape of Good Hone No
doubt our produce will sell well in California.
Naval intelligence.
u. s sleep Of war Germsntown from Jacmsl arrived