The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-08-03

"hoIrors," as saw them After passage of l6 days
from New York, we landed a, Cb1greS, Saturday 8
p H. we came TO anchor mile from the old fort which is
large enough 10 garrison twenty .fve thousand men,
When was built, or by whom, is known, but j, ev
identity has English style about its watch towers and
embrasures. l think ii must have been built by the
Spanish or English Buccaneers There are some pieces
Of cannon, that have stood until their carriages have fa>
len to decay under them. They are made or bronze
and appear TO be as good as the day they were cast
The inscription on them are Spanish The for has nev.
er been used by any government in the country as
/ could learn, and indeed, no one seems 10 know any
thing about it.
Now for the town and natives of Chagres. You have
possibly read in the newspapers that ii was the most
miserable suuken place thai could he imagined, but |
t1nk would require sketch of imagination TO think
of much place, Than this la fact ii is the most
neat quiet town saw in these attitudes unless the,
were built by Europeans and my experience you know
has not been limited SO ne have said there we're fifty
miserable hus. Now, | should say there were abou,
one hundred and fifty, comfortable, cool looking hus
OF course, they would answer climate but.
for this country, hey need Others They built of
straight reeds, and bamboo sticks, upright in the
ground the height of lea feet thatcie ed with the
are light and COOL
The women are pefcct pattern of neatress dressed
mostly in white loose dresses, cut low in the neck
with Hounce the bottom and vide cspes of the same
material, trimmed with lace in many cases The dress
of the men is scanty, but what there is, is clean The
town is in plain, surrounded by and palm
groves, and, take ii altogether, it is neat, pleasant
place, and those that think differently have seen
hut a small norton of the world
PANAMA, May 10.
The reason have delayed writing so long will be seen
as proceed. hardly dare say much about the river
for it has been described many times that [ run the
risk of moi being believed in what about TO say
From Cbagres to the place where the steamboat stops
distance Of l6 miles, pleasant river as was ever
True the scenery all wild, with here and there
Rancho, with few hus, enclosed by trees but to an
admirer of nature there is sufficient to interest the mind
and delight The eye. There great variety of flows
ers, and in the greatest abundance ever saw You
frequently see tall trees leaning the bank of tie
river, whose branches vines, filed with flowers hang
from The top The water presenting the eye, il
were, fairy bower, as the boat glides beneath, to
shelter u.s. poor northener from the SUM- which threatens
10 scad the very hide off of u.s. although have moi
the thermometer up 80 deg since / came, yet when
exposed 10 It's ull loIce, Inc neat is very mucn leN
There is much of sameness through the whole length
of the river which very crooked, and at every turn
you will see something new There any OF
BIRDS, Of the most beautiful plum &c, and Tor variety
you will scarcely two aocks of the species.
with remarkable adventure, such battle with
an alligator, snake, so shall lose The sym,
patty OF my friends, that might have had such had
been the case, but the fact is has had the
pleasure misfortune Of seeing snake upon the y>
er, and but very few Alligaor those of small size
and what is still mere strange there mosquitoes
and Americans, who have been months in the
try, tell me they have We arrived Cor.
COMA tuesday, P. M Here we found many American:
eucamped, waiting for news from Panama, as 10 the
chances of getting TO San Francisco. Most Of them
have the appearance OF being pretty near used up
Wednesday morning started, in company with Mr.
Sweetser from Indiana, TO what could be done
wards getting passage to California. Our friends (lQ
in number) gave their money, and wished Sc
for them passage 10 the best advantage
out over the road about which much has been said
and sung Of mud, HILL dale, volcanoes ,muesteers and
bandits, and walked the distance in eight honrs, 25
miles We carried with US one pistol only, and that was
loaded 10 the muzzle, and had any got the whole
contents at once, it would have proved dead shot, but
had the bravery 10 attack US and we walked on
unmoIesed. Perhaps owing to ourfrequenty DIS
charging pistol but in every instance the contents
entered stomachs, in the shape u good brandy
for any one who has travelled here, knows that the
is SO nauseaDg that brandy seems necessary ingredea
10 mix with it. Persons who have travelled among diff
erent nations would feel all fear vanish, when they
come to see the honest, harmless faces Of this people
and am disposed 10 think that all the frIshu accounts
that have appeared print, must have been written by
those who only look upon the dark side OF everything and
are wholly unused The world, and human nature. We
passed many walking over, who had been
and 4days the road all used up with fatigue, declaring
that had they known the hardsps of the journey
this place, no money would have induced them to have
undertaken it. And yet these men we're going 10 dig
gold from the mines
From Gorgona 10 Panama there might be road bull
for IS per rod which span Of horses could draw
$500 lbs with ease, if j. lay ia our country, and see
no reason why il could be done here by the natives
for they can endure more than any people they can
get. frequently you a naive take 80 inch trunk,
weighing 100 lbs, and walk over in day; SO you can
Judge what kind Of country they have 10 cross was
hv FIN ineer thai the