Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-04-18

three, concluded that the dainty living Of
the" Irving House would unfit Us for
ls,hn us fare, ard having hired a canoe
and placed our baggage therein, we start
ed, about 8 o'clock, of most beautiful
moonlight evening, tor Gorgona our crew
consisted Of full grown specimen Of the
wooey y-pated native OF the Country, .plen-
dldly dressed in an old check SHIRT and an
Indian dressed exactly like the native, barr
ing the shirt. Col Miller, one of the
propretors Of the "lrving House" red
faced man with dirty shirt and pants we'll
ventilated and all their hopes resting OF
hanging on one button, came down to the
bank TO see US in the Boat, Ia the way
they see distinguished persons off at the
original Z" Irving House" in New York
but in the present instance the Col. was
combining polileness with business he did
not come down so much to see US off if
the truth must be told, as he did 10 ascer-
tain if we were The individuals who had
forgotten 10 pay up; but being satisfied
that we were somebody else, trot,ed off
sideways like crab. The first night we
made twelve miles and stopped a, small
place called " Planqulla," consisting of
about dozen mud huts where the natives
were turning penny" by vending black
muddy coffee three kernels 10 the galorr
and black bread which in breaking you are
led to make a mathematical calculation of
the number olives Destroyed when it was
manufactured fleas particularly, the guam
tity of which may be estimated at half
pint to loaf. Here we ran our canoe into
the bank amongst at least one hundred and
fifty others, some descending with return
ing Callfornians who made night hideous
with their yels some of them were the
B'hoys. We "spread ourselves" on the
Trunks and got about an hours sleep the
knobs On our Trunks being less comfort
able than a - hair mattrass," and the noise
induced US to take an early start 1t o.
clock we selected shady nook and stopp-
ed to breakfast. Having provided our
selves before lea;ing New York (as every
Traveller bound lsthmus wise should not
fail TO do) with small stores, we were soon
enabled TO make demonstrations thereon
| ofliciated as cook and swung the coffee
pot with an experienced air as / poured il
into the Cocoanut shells we had picked up
for cups thanks to instructions from thu
1" Count" while acting as his assistan, in
manufacturing Chowders &c, at Dump.
ling Rocks" i" long, long ago" was
voted some our dishes were rather on the
primitive order, piece of bark suf1icing
for plate and the brown paper Containing
on: sugar having got wet, we substituted
the crown of hat that had seen better
days fr " Sugar Bowl"
We were three days and three nights
getting up to Gorgona, the last Two nights
it rained-poured, and pretty picture we
three presented cooked up on a Trunk re-
duced to the smallest possible dimensions
each with a tattered umbrella over our
heads and a miniature Niagara Falls pour
ing do "n the back OF our necks long
nights were those and the infection threw
rather a damper o'er our spirits for time,
but when the sun came out next morning
we soon dried. There is one or rather two
things about this country you may depend
on when il rains it rains. Three drops
to pint and when the suns comes out il
shines, and makes the end of fel ow's
nose look like the big end of "pink eye"
pota,oe overlooked, and makes regular
pecier's ofW On reaching Gorgona we
entered our names with piece of chalk
on the wall of the Hotel 4" Americana Y
Espagnole" and for the time being were
guests. This Hotel is kept by a wooly
specimen of antiquty-Don Ramos, who,
besides being boniiace, holds the impor.
tan, du'y of /" Alcalde," or Justice OF
the Peace and in Furnishing culprts has
an eye to his own interests, fines every
body s. for all offences from row TO
murder, which he pockets.
Our Hotel, which combined neainess
with elegance, was considere! the Asor
House of the place, being one story high,
about sixty feet in length, constructed of
reeds, matched with palmetto and plaster
ed Nth mud, tastefully furnished with a
long rough board table 50 greasy and slip
perry flies couldn't stand on it, one whole
chair. three with two legs, and two with
one leg between them. The sleeping ac-
comnlodaions were grass hammocks hung
side by side from the poles supporting the
-ooi, aud just far enough from the ground
to make it an easy jump for the heas-
Finding there was but little room TO be
comfortably hung inside concluded to
hang up outside, " al iresco," and accord
ingly placed myself in a grea, state OF
suspense between two posts out doors
during the nigh, several who were heavy
weights broke down, "the tie that bound
them not being strong enough amones
those who came down swiftly and silently
or as the sailors say, "by the run" wat
my long friend Mr.. N--s who Scrambled
up aud jumped into his Ioois thinking h,