New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-03
FROM THE ISTHMUS.
Bloody Fight at Chagres.

A terrible afirav has taken place at Cha
pres between the American and native boatmen on
the rlyer which resulted in the loss Of some twenty
lives on both sides. TIE Panama Siu of Oct, Il,
gives the following statement IN regard TO jhe origin
Of the difficulty, and preliminary fight which took
place ten days before the fatal rencOniTe
We Learn from Mr.. Follin, that on Sunday night,
the 18th INST, serious ahIay occurred a. Chagfes
between the foreign and native bOatmen IN which,
as iar as we learn, the foreigners are the ag-
cresSoiS, which We regret exceedingly. Ill ieenng
has existed for some time back between the Two
classes OF boatmen. growing out OF desire, on the
palt of the foreigners 10 MAINTAIN the Uniform price
II two collars for temporary passengers TO and from
The steamers Ia tins arrangement. the natives cOuid
rot be depended upon ara the foreign bodmeh mere
lore determined b. DIVE them from their OVID
waters. and Ccpnve them Of thclG undOuDted Tlgnls
This was All wiOTg On the departure OF ths Fal-
con- this determination was Attempted TO De carried
cut. several natives were thrown out OF then boat
along SIDE ne steamer. one OF whom II Is SAID vas
drowned, ali wae beaten and Otherwise ili-treated
Al night a TeIewal OF the ARRAY was commenced ~
the foreigners ana the guards mad 20 be cded our 10
suppress It. THIS Is most dlSgTaceiul analr, anu
should call Gown upon the leads OF the gulliy phy
the SeyCrCsi punishment which the Law can uhlcI
The same KIND of monopoly was attempted on tnis
sioe but the auhort TOOK efficient measures 10 pull
an eIO 10 II. bv arrtstng the rngleadeTs VINO "Oun
have cen punished, but for their promise 10 behave
themselves III the future The monopoly OF the smai
steamboat on the ChagreS rlver is quite sumo
\ PASSENGER by the steamer Oregon. from San
Francisco to Panama gives narrative OF the "hoie
occurrence 70 the Sunday Herald, from which We
take the following particulars
On our arrival al Panama, IN The Oregon on me
18th Of October We learned that, few days before
a difficulty had occurred at ChasreS, between the
native ana foreign noatmen. tlnosi OF "hoin were
AmerCans.' IN which several we're "ouhueU On
holm SIDES This had ARISEN out OF an arrogant at
TEMPT On the part Of the foreign ooaimen 10 pre-
YeIi the natives from CARVING passengers 10 ana
from the steamers IN the haToOr, because tney
sometimes transported them At les P!lce Nian
fhe tariff fixed b. The iOIelgn Oodi cluO. All
appCaled TO be quiet again, however On o.i
arrival at Chdgres on the evening on the Zist .
and as the American SIDE OF me river "aS
greatly crowded with passengers, our party, con-
>istng Ol some fourteen or hfseen gentlemen ana
four ladies'. took lodgings on the other side al no
ttl kent ts native ~ the country, " lle waiting
i.r tn mails and treasure to arrive Tor me OheIo
krt TaeueX- day. n,tle after II O'Clock, 4 IA
ave bcatman was attacked ana st'eIeil oeS.cn "
some OF the others on the Amercn SIDE ana liihe
f4rtly or leaning IT. me greatest excitement pre-
elf ID OIL our Slce OF the river. lie whole popuId-
Tor az natives, CarthgenlanS and Jamaica negroes,
turYCd ouI. armed with guns, SaJfeS. ana Almost
every description or weapons, aD crossed lic f'ei
VA , no-y llCst u the foreign boaimeu rel 10 ne
woods. out .eyeral shots were med Dy ne a>sti-
ants sad, ~ nearly Is Ne could earn li!te o! eAt
f,rtl1iefs were Nohctl. No 'INVi4.e v u uiS -
o.. ,>rerctrs. me natives andnegroeS instantly &C.
,- ?. "a their quarrel was only Nih the podliheh'
n- mar The, would Go no harm 70 tae ta-iiornlsAs'
enough whom tncy earned iheI l'e!iAoo-- cHo.S
were tTec. however, az me once q. .I-e A-io -
t,s,-I Mr Gleason sgainst whom i--7T were gre II
IL. ,~.,,r,'ed as he : the OAneT Of several OOdt>
.eif ana II was understood that ne iooA par VIZ.
ana SUSTAINED tie foreign uoatmrh IN men III -
,,-,-,1,> No >-,taf,e De- Blg offered them, they
r,cfosseo the river and, after se'efA speeches
wr,e roate N spanish ana English tue Genera,
tenor Of which VS. 20 recommend soOI oIoei -
care rot 70 coufound the passengers VIVA ne -.
Zen .t again became CIei on thar SIDE. buIh I
me nieht however 4 seems hat meeting ~ * =
b, The reafuen on the American sl1e' a. "niou :
number If passengers were present, ahJ = 80, ),
/ soi,ed haiti any native boats crossed the ii'eL a
The morning TO take Of passengers to ihe CheIoAvT
the mails and treasure having arri'edj 'ey
be hIed into This uucalled Tor ana lHpfude' ~
mo hns,n, - Tn ,n,erneddle with SgaI.s the parry
which thus far undoubtedly had The nsh' On 'ue''