The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1850-07-19
FROM PANAMA.
PANAMA CITY. June 4Ih. Is

Editor POst:-Havlng gwen you here'o-
fore, the incidents connected WIN 'he pro
,oress OF this company up to tne 24'h way
III now only remains TO our task to give YOU
IN briel account ol our traVel from Chsgres
ito thus place
we left Chagres on Inc %i'h OF May, IN
icanoes tor Cruces. up the Chagres hVer' a
idlsiance OF Gu mics. lheSe canoes ot =
ING laTge enough 10 accohHIooa'e I'o'll
10 III passengers, owned ann made py ma
ives generally, tor Whlch we pal' Sl3
leach. (iindlng ourselveS,) first night al III
:o'cock. p. m , we hauled up Tor the night
where we found something similar 10 a
3Shade OF American camping ground, only
lahout one mira as large. Whlch was GOV
,ered with canvass IN place OF boards, Whefe
we found something IN the way OF re'resh-
sm"nis. "A cnp"i coilee Tor &C., snaI
splece "' bread tor lUc., and small apple
sp'e tor dimes; and we also were accom-
'moda'pa w''A be 'hs npon 'he e'""nu Tor
Dimes, earh i"'@'>h'ng ms own oahket'
we engaged passage to Cruces 'hcua"
from the iaci mat our ya"'s or canoes
coo'd ""' navigate TURNER 'han No'@o"''
on account OF shallow water we were com
iprlled TO stop at the last named pace. we
.arnvTd al Gorgona on the 23'h May, where
"" found ahnu ioa' hundred small rancEeS
scattered abou' IN every dnec'Ion' inhao !
'leo pv SPanIafds ana na'VeS' w'n one
American mouse whose s'.h was me "a
mama ha'Ifoad iio'eI' whrre mra' coo'H
D" va" 'or an 'S'"m'"s oo'"f 70 "',.'pS)
ana 'ou@'n@' on 'he moor 'of u''neS ""''
my your own n'ahR''s, we 'atf''u "''e
one h'p"' on'!; on tue ~''h we "''r" VA, "a
yves 10 pack our baggage acr"S' 'or -
per nuhu'eu' on ,'n'es ana ,"''r own o"'Nr
IA distance \r""eo Wy ''' 'hn""''""'S)
s'"eh'' "E' "'''eS' N'tF 'Wo ud'' 'o"'
S,""' "a'",'" we a'''Ve" a' 'n' 2'eh' 'r''
fanan'"' situated o" me CoaS' OF 'ne ra'
lc'hc' on s'''a'' pom, OF lana Wh'ch r"'
s'ehuS ,a' OUT mo F"nauia Day. us''h>
."n''he" Pf'hcip"'Y '"r 'e'"o s,eh' P"''
Io' eh'fa"ce' 'o' ocln9 surrou""e1 ny
| h"ee s'ohe "a''' Ior us numerous h"tiloe'
so' Na'ho''c oa'heu'a,S' "hose 'a'' sP'ts
loom up TO the ciouus IN ipa'lY m"les"c
sspendor' lor lis mixed popui''ioh OF span,
sEh, anu Naive (Negrr,) 'or me universal
wan' OF energy amongst us 'gnor'nt ana
ss'np'd lnh"o'antS, ana dlshn@ui>hen gen
.eral'v Tor beng Que OF me most completely
worn or, and decaved cities this SIDE OF
II ndoosran Though Monte and Faro
banks flourish here while almost every,
thing els" Is held in low repu'e. except
c"nrn"rc'al operations which 'sa source
'oi Grand Sprrn'a'ion here, and IN conllf>.
NATION Of this we will GIVE Won an lnsiance;.
Oh onr arrival hire we found that uckpiSi
on steamers could not BE- had FOR less than,
tour hundred dollars 10 the steerage, and.
from SIX 10 nine hundred dollars IN the cah'I
IN to San ffa"rIHru, whlie IN" same .ich !
,wo to four hundred dollars each, ard hel1,
offered. and sold here on speculation atl
those advances, governed entirely by 'hel
number Of cmlgran's here, waiting trans
portaiion 10 the much sought "Eldorado.
Those prices are eagerly given here. WHILE
the number and names of steamers now.
nI,;,o ho,wao, ,his nloca and San Fran
CISCO, are as follows: The "Californra, Ore
gon. Panan Tennessee. Carolina. Uni
corn, Gold Hunter, Sarah Sands, ISlhmus'
and Columbus," making in all ten. which
leave thus port universally crowded, even;
at those exrravagant prices, and there are,
soon expected here via Cape Horn, TO gol
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