New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-04-03
IsruuU. EXPERIENCES.
Human baggage -NoOniiSht Boaiing-The
Native. The Panama Roaf-~hips aud mp
u,cots for california Pcr.ooni News, &c.

be po,ched down event In ones life. II par'sAes
At the same tine Of the pleasure Of al excursion the
romance of an adventure and the fatsues Oh camp
Thrown upon the beach at Chagres, under bfoiins
gun we began chafering with the ns'ves amid hun
dred. Of competitors alike eager 10 get forward We
had canoes the previous evening OF Sth)r IA
mo-. the chief al Chsgres but when he saw such
multitude rushing shore. he found II to his adEsn
tsgs 10 violate bis contract with Though the PEG
ple of this region Of all shades, quite harmless
they are equally fguab".
with some difficulty at length secured canoe Of
the larger size which the rascals assured would
ply accommodate our party Of ak. With our luggage
slowed Ia the bottom Of H. and persons packed
the top Of that, pushed INTO the stream pack
ed, for supenumersry limbs were 30 merged and
intertwttad that II seemed incredible they should ever
be identified and e1tricated. The machine pro-
PEELED by four dusky figures, almost as unencumbered
with drspery nature frst made them. They lsoored
Justify the snd brought into the midst
OF the enchanting scenery On either bank OF the
river the rich variety and oxursn growth OF tree and
vine and flower all 50 novel and picturesque-seryed
20 tx our gaze for hours. strong current renders
progress dow and evening overlook us at Gstuua an
other vilsge Of huts some eight miles above Chsgres
After their rude supper, our hombr.s' were Induced
night bdeous with their Internal whoops and yels ter
rife md loud enough al the ows in the forest
and drown the voice OF tri mou,hed Cerberus As
This seemed however. TO be their mode OF stimulating
each other, and likely u hasten speed. did
not demur During the night we passed the OrH',"
tied fast 10 the shore and waiting for daylight to trans
fer her passengers TO canoes. She only plies l. miles
up the river instead otto Gorgona represented
to US Something Is gained in comfort, but nothing In
time By going on board Of her. By the way she has
buried one Of her crew has another lying H. and
of the rest have taken alarm and run away. From
prolonged stay In this region should apprehend seri
Gus consequences, but do not conceive there Ia the
slightest danger in merely passing through.
The river grows shallower, and is obstructed by
snags after the frat % miles where the thrown
aside and you pushed along by setting poles. Oc
casonay stopping for draufh, Of pure water or fresh
milk we passed another day and night In the canoe
with few other incidents than catching some young
crocodiles which the natives regard their dsintes
dish Al length reached Gorgons, weary but in
good hsmor, having accomplished distance Of a
miles in A. hours.
Gorgona another city Of huts, is pleasantly sitsated
regularly laid out and nearly surrounded by broken
range of hills one of which Is said TO have been vocs
mic At presen, the open ground around /, is whitened
and quite resembles a military encampmeut The ma
OF both sexes in general sufficiently clad the We
men wearing white dresses not remarkable for length
a, either extremity All the picannnies however, are
allowed to develop their young proportions entirely
uafe,ered by any nursery appliances. Every but liter
sIy swsrms with thcse coppercolored sprouts Of hu
maniy On asking the mstron of one of these groups
how many children che bad Nineteen - was the reply
Two hotels here offer their slender accommodations to
the traveller at 81 per day and whichever he patron
lies he will be to fancy he has selected the wrong
one.
After srsther agreeable stay of two days in Gorgona
through the good Offices of I'll Padre we obtained
mules to proceed These animals little larger than
an English sheep ishsped illtcd and worn to anat)
mics by incessant toll They frequently fall uoder
their burdens and are tumbed into the thicket be-
come food for buzzards
OF the road to Panama can only say, II winds over
perpendicular nights and down steep declisities-
through roTges where you are nearly brushed
from the ssddle-intO deep gucs, where you are lost
the sight Of your next the PROSTATE
trunks and projecting roots Of trees-across mountain
stresms-and plump into the midst Of unfa.homable
pools Of mud II your mule turns obstinaely from the
verge Of OF these seeming to say" have been al
the bottom of that before and beg TO be excused you
will be wise to trust his ssgacity and make circuit
through the thicket Indeed every step is novelty
sometimes agreeable, sometimes iudicrous, sometimes
der it you are almost there when the journey but
just begun But, within the walls OF Panama, your
difficulties all over, you sit down and laugh at them
BY early start and hard riding you may go through
la one day but il better TO take two for II.
Panama presents. 10 the new conner, altogether O
gloomy and dilspidsed appearance IL is true, the
srched gateway with its overhaneing aarum BELL ana
the strong was that have go well whstood tue RnaW
INK tooth of Time and the crumbling ruins Of some an
Client palace cathedral that rise In desoste grandeur
before him In almost every streetall these have an
t.t1 10 c..pta tod
for any length of time. He industry, no ener
~. enterprise There Is not wheeled vehicle In
the whole town. The recent influx from abroad, how
has evidently infused little life into the popu
lst!on The carpenter the painter, and the whi,ewssh
have been busy OF lste-asd well ttey may be, for
the thousand Americans now stopping here distribute
al least $4,000 per dsyaa average of forty cents TO
each man, woman and child. The people are mixed
race-negroes, natives and Spanards. You observe
very few pure Csstlsns Hotel prices 81 per day
apartments Ia private houses from 81 TO 81 per week
without board
The number the lsthInus awaiting passage
TO san Francisco is not less than COO and il 10 almost
daily increased 10y new arrivals at Chsgres. rne ship
ping in port Is far from adequate TO the oxigency Ii
consists OF tho steamer Oregon which arrived the
2+,h ui In u days from New York 10 sal in about ten
days with 400 passengers The whaling bark Equator
will sail about the l2.h with 100 Capt Matthews, Der
master, had not been hour shore before bis last
ticket was sold a, 500 The condemned brig Felix.
now undergoing repairs receives 80 at Sl25 The
schooner Constellation. OF only - tons register, has
moda,e his party Of about 80 The Chisn brig Orion
20 arrive from Valparaiso will take 50 al sl6O. Letters
from the coast below state that other vessels may be
expected from that quarter There 10 also 10 p0r,
Bremen bark sent round with Goals for the steamers
She has been lying here month, and it is mystery
Why she Is not put up for San Francisco Blame A..
taches to somebody In this matter and cannot thnk
1t belongs TO Messrs Rowland s Aspinwal, who have
repeatedly assured the public that their coal ships
should be the disposal Of passengers II their agent
mere Mr. Nelson Is holding her back for higher prices
he dsserrs reprmGEd and lowers his diguity l. 5
| Consul.
| Tickets in the Oregon command 5000; in the other
vessels In proportion II will not do % trust TO chance
shipping here No should come by this route with
ticket In his pocket for the steamer Of this side
| Many Americans here are broken either from pro
Opged stay from wrong estimate OF the cos, al the
outses. NEE, every day. NJ the Restaurant gentle
man who has been forced by desiitutOn To- serve as
| public waiter. Some have been ieeced by the gam
oers who ply their vlanous trade here successfully
The Britsh steamer of the 18th ut brought s9oOVVV
IN silver bullion from the Peruvian mines. destined Tor
the Bank OF Eagland. About the same amount trans
| ported monthly
| Nr John Freeman of Maine passenger In the William
| Thompson, was drowned AZ Chssres Mr.. Wiley OF
Maine buried here few days since. lie has been
| long time the lsthmus. Mr. Buckley OF Mary land,