The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1850-05-08
LATER FROM THE ISTHMUS.
TWO srEA GEms FROM CIIAGREs

TWO STEA NEstS FROM CEIAGRES.
The steamers Philadelphia and Crescent
Cuy arrived at New York on Friday, rom
Chagrcs, bo,h having left hat port on the
18th instant, and bosh stopped AT Jamaica.
The Philadelphia brings eight passengers
from Chagres, and the same number from ia
maca. The Crescent Guy, eighteen from
Chagres, aud uhuul thry five from Jamaica.
Neither these steamers bring much gold
there having been no arrivals from CdIIioI-
MA since the date Of our last accounts.
On the 2yih March, John Yates, I'd assis'
tant engineer of the Philadelphia, was killed
by bag Of coal falling on him.
The steam ship Panama, Capt. Baily, left
Panama on the lsl inst, with 300 passen-
gers; the Goid Hunter vas To leave IN The
7lh with l60, and tue Sarah Sands on the
9th, with neatly 400.
The fuiiowlng sailing vessels cIenred be
wcen the 2Jih of March and the bh OF APrtI;
Ship Helen augusta, barques Crhon, Al
Coma, Lav,na anG Anue, brlgs X. W. Blown,
Sampson and Georges.
The plopel,er steamer CaroIlna, owned by
MessTs. tlow!and u Asp nwaII, nrtIved al
Panama in seveuly SIX days tom New York,
including all stoppaEes. She was 10 leave
for San Francisco on the 9th inst,
! The lsthmus was al Panama. waiting Or
dcrs, and The O!egon will loom about the Isl
of May.
The Clarissa Perkins arrived al Realijo,
| 40 days frrm CaIiiolnu, with i"cnly return
passengers, formerly comprising pant Of The
Gordon Associatlon," which passed Though
Nicaragua last summer, Several died on
and another ID. Miller.
Our Panama papers are to the 9th instant q.
The Echo, OF that date, remarks.
General Mosquera is not the agent exact,
Iy of the Railroad Company but has full
powers for engaging working men and pla
cling them on the rond lie has already con
tracted for $50 slaves and 300 freemen,
whose engagement will begin in June next
as soon us the compans requires their serVl-
ces.
These men can he summoned here at any
time, and airline ina few day notice. They
can be employed even in the rainy season,
though great many pers~ns think different
~. During this per0d they can perform al!
he preliminary work of cutting trees, &c,
except, perhaps, some tew weeks Of exueme-
liy hard rain. Besides these $50 men already
|engaecd for the railroad, Geo. NJ. has left
InIders with responsible PERSONS IN Popayan
to engage working men, and laborers, in al
most any number and at all times, can be
procured fom that province.
The woundIng OF Mr., james Parker by a
G, II fred by George W. Torrance, at Pana
on the 3Oth Of March, afer lingering for
seven days in great pain. On the 4th inst ,
florence made his escape from the prison 10
(which he mad been committed and had not
been re taken at The latest accounts.
| A Grcnad an schooner from Buenevcntura
arrived al Panama, wiki fifty six slaves on
hoard, intended to be placed as Iaborere on
the railroad.
The body of an unknown man was found
near the half way house, OH the lshmns, on
the I'd instant. II WAS the opinion that he
had been dragged with some narcotic and
! then robbed and murdered.
| Th Panama Star says it is estimated that
there are now in that place about three
thousand Americans Steamers tickets are
not in as much demand as formerly, and
sailing vessels are filling up more rapidly
The Star adds:
"The advance on steamship tickets is from
$50 TO S $50 from first cost, with the cxcep-
lions Of the Gold Hunter, whose tickets, cab
in only, are sold for $500 The acive but
slness is confined to the tickets on the New
World, Columbus, New Orleans and North
erner yet to arrive. Sailing vessels are
carrying fer S 100, steerage, to San Francis
co, and $l00clbin, or $50, double bertns. "
Among the arrivals at Panama, we're Lady
EmmeIine Stuart Woitly and daughter, who
will probably proceed to Lima and nlpa al
so, if not to San Francisco, A. II. Hays, Of
The N. .. Delta, and T. W. Rice, Of the Pa
cifc Courier.
From Jamnica,
By the steamer Crescent CITY and Pbila-