New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-26
Tho Nicaragua Route TO California.
Z. ncl nf The Irihun.


,.,. California Association, Port OF SAN JUAV
Io''0" Central America. March l1. Lao.
us,,y. GREELEi * MCNLRArH Presenting
,.il be Glad 10 hear reports ir m companies
,oaol ca,iforniA-whrj. and not being aware that
..~o,bsr member Of tbs party designs writing
=, IUill undertake. myself 10 send you few
,.n. Of l.f1rma, n respecting the party aud the
Ito TIA, may possibly be Of sui ;icnt D,eres, to
rsn, publ i,ai'on
We ,silsd from NewYork On the 20th Il Feby IN the
A,,y.ry. Cspt Hayes and arrived here last Sunday,
,,.klog the passage in nineteen days. The company
.l.,s Of sbou, 20 persons of whom hsee are laoes
"A me Iiule gin shout years old Bat for the
,ovdsd state Of the yesiel we should haze had very
.,,pt passage The big hss caJac.ty for about haf
k.,prnter we had on board b. pot IN so many Wa
!. imposition upon ALL Men Accustomed 10 sea-i,e
sould have found themselves 10 very uncOmfortsbls
r.r,e, and you may be Ian 1t-n found .hern
1-ceadiosly 90 Tho facilities for coo kn2 the meals
rare Inadequate and the quantity snd quality Of some
1.-THE kinds Of TODD was not equal % what wa' expected
~ mapy hence 4 great Gssatisiacton and great
"a of murmuring and complaints. which VII doUb.
,s.eh the public ear. Few among "a are perfectly
,st,hed win the provisions made and carried out Tor
se comfort # the passengers and Is proper ast the
ui!c should be Informed Ci tie failure II tne L'no 70
mrni.h 10 with comfortable ps,ssge. a. t5e some
nns II would be vel 10 make some allowance on the
concentrations that will probably be made Of the char
Ot the usage We have uNfrfd, as many NnD N
Be likely 10 complain persons who have no idsa Of
bAt would BE- fair USAGE ~ sea and such persons *
pecailons probably very eXuayagant and such as
we're likcly ~ b. di6appOinied. Wh such allowance
We stil had uncom OriaJis voyHge and ara AFRAID
feelings have been cngcn5ercd II pat threatened The
yermanence OF our Association
Though our route is one that has been talked Of
as feasible one for a ship.cana to the Pacific. ts
character seems 10 be but impcrfcct'y known
among our people at home. As 1t seemed 10 bc
impossible to get any reliable Information respect
ing il there, Mr.. Bailey, the English Engineer.
quoted by Stephens, says there is icet water at
al times m the san Juan River. Alr. Blunt OF
the Coast Pilot &c asserted before we left New
York, that there Was not more t0dn slH inches oi
water in II IN places SO It appeared 10 us all very
I,nhffnl iii we got there, whrthe we should be
sbe 10 get iuto the Lake Nicaragua or not. Here we
are tod that shall ind less than three feet n the
channel The b~atmeD however, tel Us that our seam
boat which We nro row putting up iouut IN NOW lnfEl
Is ioJ broad Tor the parts O The chanue Their
opinion is probably Influenced by Tie iear that the
sjccessul Of the JOa. viii ruin ihcir trade
The bull linz OF steamboats, and scOwsss sonc on bfthy
and we shall probably get a@ay IN ten % t"eso DAYS
We are egre,a ably surprised 10 hui the climate 60
temperate here. nispoIfecly healthy. The ~a.eT is
good; no musketoes. Ever since We arrived toore
hss been a fine troczo blowing. and II has not been
warmer than the average Of Summer weather
Though it IS considered quite barren here, md no az
teinpts are made At agriculture tho boauty variety end
novelty Of the natural products qate charming to
10 who for tie f-st lime have visited iht If5pics
leaving as we did, only three weeko since, region o
ice aud tDOw.
It's impossible without long and patient inquiry. t.
ascertain what the political character diversions aud
rotations of tho various provinces and tibes ia THO
vicinity We told that This section Is portion o
the territory of the Mosquito kns and Tint II Is souo
way under the protection OF dominion ol Io.iaod we
know How far n extends do not know; but nt tho
entrance Of the Lake have TO pass another Custom
House belonging 10 the GOgCIcmcnt Cl Nc&iasln u 10
said
We are well pleased with The appearance OF the
country about the harbOr though there 10 but mac
tui, or other supply Tor our wants grown L'fei bu'
up,n the AXE are told by stephens (sDd all that
we hear here confirms and moro than coutrns nls
,tatoments) we shall ind every thing In the greatest
abundance. aud very cheap.
As 20 our route from here Il Ia uncertain "he1hcf
We shall GO San Jusn on the Pacihc, by the way oil
the cy OF Nicaragus to Realco. through tho cites
of Granada and Leon. An agent, who went ID iShsma
by the let of February wa expect TO meet AT one OF
those places with vessel to take us 10 san Francisco
which IL now seems probable We shall reach within
seventy dsys from New York II another party should
follow us they will probably get through In much lees
time and nd il pleasant way OF going 10 Csiiofnis
providing always there not too many In one Vessel
and thew are served with agreeable rstions. | VIII
write from other points the route II find any thing
Of interest 10 communicate. Yours. truly, {. Is I.
N b am obliged TO hurry this letter, as start on
pioneering expedition up the river diiecNy