The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-03-09
CuAears, Feb. 6, SAG.
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To dc r,ditors Of Inc baltimore Patriot
GEsTLrhEs; Those Of our Baltimore friends
who feel la any way interested IN our welfare, viii
be glad 10 hear that our Expedition reached this
place on the 9th instant, after most agreeable run
nom New York OF thirteen days. Every one in. fine
health and spirits.
we leave Today for Gorgon,, which ID the half
way place between ChaQTes and Panama, on board
the steamer Orus, which steamer you viii reme Der
/ was sent out by Messrs. Asplnwnll Il Co., Of New
lost, The steamer carries US as far as La Boo d
| III Ito Trinidad, some twenty-five miles f.om Cha
! gres, aud the same from Gorg0na. Ne have In low
about - miserable chnoes, which wi form our
means Of transportation after leaving the steamer
the smaller eanees will carry Two passengers with
their baggage; we have larger ones thai can carry
from 80 10 70 bids. The passengers lie Hat In the
bottom OF The boat and have q rough covering OF
| palm leaves ia, The shape OF awning fourteen
hours Of canoeing brings you to Gorgona. The Cha
eres iiver i one OF the most picturesque ever saw,
flvallins IA miniature grandeur our own Hudson
the waor elear and The banks covered with such To-
llage only US i known in tropical climates; the ut.
mosphere reminds one OF the perfumes Of rich How
er gardens; whilst BIRDS fish, animals OF I'LL kinds
nom the rat 10 the tiger abound in the woods The
weather Is pleasant; lililc warm 10 those who have
came from a northern cline. We shall commence
our surveys q once, with four parties Two I'M
Dc. Mr.. VIM. Morris, win operate from Gorg n %
| Dimon hay ON this side and two others under my
own orders from Gorgona 10 Panama. Everything
has yet TO be learned concerning The country 80 far
the location Of the road IL concerned The opcr-
alton OF the survey will BIO slow and arduous, from
the fact that the whole country il covered with n
dense oysrgrowth, exceeding any ever saw In
Mexico even.
The friends of those forming The late expedition
fom Baltimore for California, that sailed In the
sehooner Sorereiani for Vera Cruz will wonder
lilils on hearing that instead Of going VEN Cruz
they pnt into This place. Difficulties occurred OH
boIrd al sea, and brought this change. have con
versei with several highly respectable merchant Cap
taps In port, and give you the case as | have no
doubt IL really happened. The whole nliir reflects
no credit upon any connected with The Expedi-
ton. have no doubt that those more honestly mud
well disposed were overuod by the Others forming
The expedition.
All that is known Of what occurred NJ sea IS this
difficulty occurred backed by the Captain Of the
schooner, man by the name Of Peterson, and they
concluded TO put into Chagres-on arriving off The
harbor no effort was made TO Obtain Pilot; the
Captain run his vessel across the Bar and made an
attempt to beach, whero'u clear hnrbOr was before
him; on rounding the Point Of I.0rensore Ces
tie back flaw struck him, and defeated his In
f,Tna purpose; some one prevented him nj the mo-
ment from making another effort, and while bending
o,ii again the steamer Orus got hold OF him, and
towed the schooner into the harbor here again the
Captain made another oort and run his vessel into
lie bank Of the river opposite Gorgona.
Immediately he proposed to abandon her though
the vessel was as sale as VI tied TO wharf The pas
sengers and Captain engaged canoes, TO transport
them TO Corgona; the Captain took out Of her all
her provisions, Instruments awnings &c &c and
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Senior Ramos. Of Chagres; in this ha failed. He
then sold ten thousand feet of lumber for 100 dollars
and asked q Yankee Captain Ii he would sond HE
schooner homo to New England. The whole party
then started for California had are now In Panama
This whole affair argues badly for our Baltimore
friends. These facts are given just as i got them
from number OF highly respectable Captains and
from Senior Ramos himself 3b
There are a number of wrecks here. The barque
Havana, briggs Caroline f. Plat and Mary PennsI,
schooner Macon, and bring Othelo, the whole d
total loss, The wreck Of the c. E. Plat sold for one
hundred andl thirty dollars, her cargo consisting Of
coal, some two hundred and thirty tons, brought
five hundred dollars The coal of the NJ. Pennail
brought 425 dolls. These facts gel from the Cpp-
tain Of the Port, Senior paredes
Enpassant the Cholera has entirely disappeared,
and the country is very healthy Captain Elliott,
Y. s: Quarteamaster, accompanying Gen. Persifor
Smith, died at Cruces Of Cholera about the TIN inst,
In haste yours, &C. E
LLOYD HICKMAN, lst Asst Ensr,
Panama Division, Panama n. Road.