The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1849-04-17
FROM CHAGRES-RETURN GOLD
SEEKERS.

The steamer NOrthcrner, which arrived on
Tuesday from Chagres. brought as passengers
quite number of gold seekers who had been as
ttr as the lsthmus but returned in despair Of get
ting passage from Panama 10 San Francisco. a
mouy those who retained were H. ). hctciium
and y s. Smrh of the Syracuse md California
Trading ant; Mining Company, who sailed from
shis port in the brig Aida on the I'd Of March
Arst portion of this company went round Cape
Horn in charge Of their stores and other proper
~; part by the Tchuantepec route, and the re-
uainder by the l<thmus where they now remain,
except those who have just returned Mr.. ketch-
nm returned with a view Of obtaining tickets for
the company by the next steamer from Panama,
but finds that he cannot secure passage earlier
than by the Jaiy steamer, and thinks the whole
company will probably return, and that hundreds
of Others will Il 50 return by the first conveyance
Mr. X. confirms other statements which We have
published, that there arc some $500 vainly await-
inc opportunity to sail for the "diggings" Some
Aad' been -NailiDg two months, and many had ex-
hiusted thrir entire means, and were becoming
desperate. Two voWng men who recently landed
On the ls;hmus with each 81 000 bal spent the
entire arneslra in d .s>ipation and gambling and
Offered six months faithful service At hard labor
TO anv one who would land them at any port of
the United States, but conld find no one 10 ac-
crpt of their proposition. Unless the great num-
her on the lsthmns shall sOun find means TO re-
turn or 20 on TO the promised land, there must
inevitably be much suffering probably robbery
and murler-for being out of money they must
steal rob or starvc
MI X states that tickets f,r Storage passage
M the next steamer from Panama, which here
cost 500. were selling when he left from $500 TO
500 One gcnilcilan who returned in the
Northcrner sod his ticket for S475. The climate
Is quite healthy considering the latitude and ms
general thing, only those who are dlssipated,and
unnecessarily expose themselves. become sick. a
DIR. Smith of Indiana died al Chagrcs on the 26th
ult
Our informant saw the lad, of Col Fremont
going up the Chagres river in n he came
down firm Panama.
In another place will DO found letter from
ISAAC II. QUEREAU. President of the Syracuse
Com2auy-N y Tribune llth inst.
The following is an extract from the letter Of
Mr. Qucreau. referred to above:
Hundreds have been here two or three months
irving in vain to get passage M. Much has been
said about sailing vessels coming 10 Panama
But little can be expected from this source. Ii is
place seldom srtq1cnted hv sailing vessels. on
account If the difficulty getting in and out, and
the men who held ont induce mcnls of this Kind
knew well they had no such assurance
Two of the Syracuse Company will leave fol
home in the Northcrner on Tuesday, perfectly
satisfied with gold digging: and perhaps wisdom
won d dictate the return OF all. but they Sal
Pointers, and will try little longer
The reports from tho - gold regions SHOULD
be received with many grams of allowance.
fear all the big humps of gold have been man
sfrctured by interested parties iris side of III,
Sacramento.
The California has not returned, but whethe
she does or rot, before the steamers leave Cha
gres, the d" late md important intelligence on
the gold regions" larger humps and more OF them
is ready 10 be felegraphed from New Orleans.