The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-18
From The New York Herald,
Very Interesting fnteiiigence from tho Istia-
Il" mus OF Panama.

Go,g.aa Correspondence
GoEGoaA, April a, iai9
Expedition 10 AGoiingo Bay is,iniHs u Paa,r 'isu
route 70 ne Pacific The nen ,anray ierm.nns hraa.
ton % Bah " ne Governor Iisit q Wedding The
tlns n Sehn mfrfas Sherry 6obbrii ~ Sse'a'.se--
Interesting and NSra PmhcIais dtoei ne AanIi,igo
Iudf0ns, &c, DC, &c.
Here am. aud in excellent company fell IN with Col
Hughes, engneorlnc,i 81 'c Panama rail roa lew
tsya since am by his kindness, 10 accompany his party
on an expedition 10 Mandinfo Bay ismus o. ianams
For o Lraliies must refer you 10 the map, which VIII
save me ii trouble al describing places
In the company VIM IL Sidell Esq, he ID the c'ei
engineer Of the Panama division WIN Norris, Esq who
is chief engineer oftl,e chagrs disiaoni and NJ
lIalsted, gnigenn and naturalist
Col Hughes among his Investigations 81 10
the various routes from tue Pacific 10 the Atlantic obtain
mngo country which was represented having only eight
miles land carriage Upon obtaining this information, he
derlied proree, aud examine thus rome person Ac
cofdnaly The I9h April, len HE arbor q Chagres
IN the steamer Orus, plan Fucker whose ski an ia
held IN pleasant remembrance col iingi,ts taking AT
vantage Of sgoad opportunity ordered he Steamer to
course aroun lie shdrsa oil Lemon Bay whch Is hlsted
some sis miles from Clagres, ia noriheasiery direction
This noble bay is abont fr miles wide ~ s enrlnreand
about three miles length On the eastern sle the island
o Msngann is situated containing about 40 acres OF high
aud dry an twelve feel abnys high ie, aiortns an adj
irsble position fur iarge CIV AZ lis sonerneAremi-
" passage cfabon siSy ei seranla rom u main
land On lie side, the sheet al water wiach vies
FIVE ,thoms deep 1haa surrounded by The sea- and ope,,
10 every brsz- il cannot be oherwise than healthy Col
Hughes having previously selected om Coo" sol" ~ ms
bay the tlanc terminus OF ha rifoadw pleas
ed 10 In Thai The information he had gathered Al h'ne on
which he had has, his original instructions 70 h's ens'
NJ erE, was correct ~ every particular.
lie found here M admfabe terminus safe iarboi OF
spie,tnt eaI,ry t contain 300 sa tie best anr',ofsge
with = depth 81 rom five 10 taihoDis M the
centre and from Two 10 three faionk ~ some es with
in ten ett OF HE fhore THIS spiendd harblr Requires no
brfakwaier fcan be entered with siiey ~ any winh
This IL The opinion OF pai Beniamin "rkfi and also
OF other experienced nsvieaiola
Alter leaving Point Coco solo, we shaped our course 10
Porto Bel %, meeting with turtle fishermen on The
beach Of MaresrIta Island their nts expaned and numer
decoy turtles (made o wood represent the iemale
floating few inchts under water Green turtles are MOI
81 abundant as last year nearly every fisherman having
fosken his calling boaiInan carrier npoa
the ChaRrea river, consequence Of The eby advanced
prices iof Labor induced by the influx Of California emf
grants, # t
The coast from Lunar bay Porto Beo, is highly pic
turesqne the LOFTY summts OF The Cordlerasthe bound
airy Of the Two the grandeur Of the crea
ton
"IIere, hills on hills in solemn grandeur rise,
Rocks, rich in gems, and mountains big with mines,
Whence many bursting stream atriierons plays"
Early IN the afternoon we arlivedat the obi Spanish city
of Porto Deo. Capt Tucker had decorated his ship with
flags on every mast and upon rounding 10, fired salute
Which were several q The New Granasn ag me ah
bans crowded The rampars aud hills, and we were coon
TIE object OF Cob Hnghess visit this city 10
mine into the merits Of aioute 10 Panama, which had been
peculiarly extoe1 by the Governor OF Porto Bello and Il
rea,i 4 in the appointment o assistant engineer, John
May, Esq, 10 make ,fconnoilre Of the same.
boal put on from the CITADEL bearing the Governor and
suite, who received on board with due m Aief
an honrnconverssto We were invited on Shore and
alas, in decay The splendid brass guns lay UNDECIDED on
the gronuda splendid wreck Of Spanish pride The cam
balls yet in artistic piles, resting their centres,
this occasion, used by The gallant captain The orns
his equally gallant brolh,r and The ahiable aeeon as
bowls upon the promenade OF the bltilemcni which thus
was made ca spacious bowling saloon
An aid camp q he Governor waited upon Colonel
Huges, with an Invitation nr him amt suite 10 ball TO be
gwen that evening which having been accepted, pro-
eeeded az The ,pfoniea Tine IN aoy e ne iia! and
an "A
epectacea, who assisted by her four ninabe daughters
snd other wa ETH s WIFI lie dssss e p"s
Of cool lemonade, we Adjourned by invitation 10 wed
ding just then being celebrated n neiehborng house,
The bride Of course was bio ,ming and budding Thence
repaired 70 the Governors mansion IN the grand plaza
where the ball by all the beauty and wealth
Of the CRY We could not help renarking that, although
the city and lis ramlarts were last Wondering 70 decaye
the sparkling eyes Of the senOras, with Cps bow ilg
ured each lip gave evidence OF decay In its nhab
tanls.
Manngo BAY, arriving about noon ut one Of the centre
islands This bay Ia said TO contain - islands, which are
held the sole possession Of the Manngo Indians who do
not permit therein Of any human being not Of
their tribe and lineage, very le is known Of their history,
aud they themselves either non.communicaiye or
ign~rsn and, Is believed keep record OF anything,
their origin may perhaps never be discovered They live
main and-bui all firmly united n band, obeying enc
chiei or Oldham who believed to be enowsby God
@ @''9H e oi man. s I DE spiritual sr a.
well as chefudge Of temporal Affairs lie powerful IN
endows him with peculiar health lie Is aud
regaedby his people as the ylregereri Of God aud all hs
orlers obeyed lie Ia also the great medicine the
great eure.al Ineasts Of sickness or n6rmly, they ap
ply linn, and whether relief Is ntIaned or not tie appii
canis eont.nteu Col Hughes proponnaed the qles
tion "up ~ whom the office Of old man descend al
the deccase II the present 'old man q" The reply was,
"Io the next oldest man Of &c tribe"
Cal IuehesSuppose The successor should not been.
lowe,i with The same qualities Of into llieeneel
Kcply That cannot be fr when the mantle tlescrns
the Great riI imbues hat mind with all knowledge Tie
',oll man" sabes every Thing.
The mainland has sehoni, " ever been approached ny
fol, ignera and nothing ~ kh"wn Of it The isa d pre-
scouting Of lhose geological changes by which le h'
face Of the cafi las been modified, are lie result oit
.bors Of those surprising productions o. nature ie zoo
phea These coral islands beautiful ny nature can
Of singular and fantastic shape, glowing will vivid
tnls OF every shade hetween ereen purple, brown ana
most fayore rarterre The florist The surface Of
tiese Islands (at first emerging from the sea, are slightly
mulae from the feathers and dung Of birds 81 prey, with
branches Of trees washed asorc) IL composed
OF the lghtes mound agi able The produce the cocoa
tree which particularly adapted TO all soils whether
sandy, rich, or rocky The blessings which are conveyed
man by this single production Of nature che cocoa nut
tree) are scusbe II grows IN stately column RON
thirty fifty feet in height crowned by veran capital i
waving hracles covered with long spiral leaves Under
this FOLIAGE huncs fbiossoms, eli sters oil green nand
others advanced 70 maturity, appear IN mingled beauty
leaves make excellent ihacl well good umbrellas,
lor the fo and bfooIns while The iihest hbrts can
be INTO fine earPetng The covering 81 the Young
very curious, resembling piece oi thick cloth IN
conical lo,, close and firm II came from TIE ooni
The nuts contain delicious milk, aud kernel, sweeisr
than lie almond which, when died, mrnshes an abund
oil aud siler The oil ia expressed The remains Iced
cattle aud poultry, and make good manure. Arfaok,
vinegar and sugar also made from his tree The Shell
u the furnishes cps ladies' AMI other domestic nteu
sis while the h,sk is o the utmost Importance i Is an'
uscnirtd ropes anu cofiare oi every kind rom The
smaliesi wine the largest cables, and which are sad 10
be lar durable Than those OF hemp Then, what
blessing is the cocoa nut tree
Belp. e reaching ;he entrance OF the bay fome twenty
miles from land, we dssced Meet Of canoes under SAL
managed with skin that equals the hest Whitehall boat
men and on bearing down. Ipnnd iemto contain Mandn'
80 Indians upon tsbing excuraions We shipped one en-
noe with It's Indians, much to the chagfn OF the ocs
panG the others who kept upa irions jabber in Their
unknown tongue We afterwards learned that the infious
alker cef presumpvc, which tknown a, the une
we would have taken him on board. 90 @ aa
M pen describe The exquisite ceilings Of serene de-
p that seed the soul upon approaching these islands
The pictures Of early yo' 50 elaborated IN our toy booka
when the Young takes the trsi and most lasting i'm
preston were here spread beioreus The solitary san
IN HE blue oceanthe straight stern and grace
u wavy branches OF the trees, brought back 10 memory
those by.gone days OF innocence aud truth. U
we caal anchor The shore OF Gampbels Island
No men were visible knot Of women and children