The republic., 1851-04-18
From Ms Nsso York Journal ef Commerce.
Panama RaflrOaA.

RaoomA Aa1trO20s
We are happy to lay before our readers The fol-
lowing extracts of letter from John l.. Stephens.
esq, president Of the Panama Railroad Company,
to Francis Spies, esq, secretary. II il familiar
letter. evidently written without the rsmotest view
TO publication, but in some respects the more in
| terestng that account. Il appears that there
are not less than nine hundred men now IT work
upon the road and that there is prospect of cem-
pleting it from Navy bay to Gorgona, twenty
ak miles, by the lst of July next. When this is
done the distance between the two oceans can be
accomplished in one day. Moreover. the dangers
and tolls of Chagres river will bc entirely avoid
ed For several miles from the Atlantic depot the
rails arc already laid. This depot IL situated ON
Mansanila isisnd. in Navy bay, which is connected
with the main land by oauseway built for the pur-
pose The cars will receive passengers and freight
directly from tho wharf, to which vesssls driving
twenty feet water will soon be able to come up On
the whole, the compsnys works arc moving for
ward with great efficiency and success. Il will be
an era In the annals Of travel when the Isthmus
can be traversed with comparative ease and com.
fort in one day. The distance from Gorgona to
Panama 10 twenty miles. At present therc Il but
little sickness among the workmen. Mr.. stsphens's
letter 10 dated ~ Yts ssfs
NAVY BAY, April 2. 1851.
"My DsAR SIR: On the score of health, the hos
PAseA ~ SuA~ pnCo - IHO8OlOR ~ L0o OOcSQ60. i
walked through it this afternoon and found but ono
man in IT, and be sailor from one of tho vessels in
ths h.rbor' With broken leG. AZ Gst1n there are
on t~snn ys q s. savo s9d.SU there are
ton not man. Since the last CLEARING out there
has been NO accumulation, and the line y almost
exempt. st34- Ia
ssYou are NO doubt curious to have Z great MANY
particulars, but have been already full of consul
atons and business, particularly Ia the great mat
ter OF getting together large native force, and
hAu r<Hv1A .~k ss~~.
harden TO write more than l. absolutely necessary
Twill therefore merely say. that after suryeyiur
as we approached Il, With much satsfaction though
desOlate spot had ieit in July had t6s rrest .s
sfaction Of stepping from the deck Of the GorgonA
upon q fine pier two hundred and Hfty feet long,
sne wnen; s. Win nov ~, ms.in VIZ sSor rsech
much az that Of the launches refused to send.
have since found that the whole business of the
islands u well systematized and arranged. Order
inside OF the houses and out; materials are piled up
IN order; general harmony ,contentmsnt, and atten
tion 70 duties, and good organisation and system
as If the work had been three years. instead Of three
months under way Defective pile drivers and other
causes have retarded somewhat the actual road but
the elements Of rapid progress are all here, to be
brought out by lighter touch than could ever have
ss. 1ss ys IT, WIN =. :sHosf, asy
bend to our oars for threc months more. We shAIl
have no more oar. padding In troubled, waters.
We have now on the ground = force Of nine hum
effectively to that number, we will get through by
the first Of July to GorgonA; and think il we do
not keep the number good II will be because the
world i scant Of people. General Camp will keep
up bic recruiting station, rejecting every man not
positively healthy, If he sends but twenty or
thirty trip, and taking 70 haysone man
on board ~ sert of foreman, with list OF the men,
and to watch that they do not run away. Contract
for sx months Never mind the rainy SEASON; there
is no reason to stop work. We shaIl send Trues-
dale, or pone other proper person, to New Orleans
ssThA II hav NO. dOs,h uouy hntko
vided than ON any railroad in the United States;
.TIuiy yours. JOHN L.sTEpHENs.
.ssnd out some one a. soon as possible TO sll Mr..
Putnam's place. To fill it a. he did will not be an
easy matter, poor fellow. eaf Saaii LIS.
:.How nuchiron ha. been purchased in all for this
tons will be wanted to Gorgona. Let ma know by
We are able to state that the whole amount Of the
iron required to Corgona has been purchased.
~Manxauilla Island.
'THn Kssrucxr RlFLz'' is the title of ! neat
looking weekly newspaper recently started in Hop
knsville, Kentucky, edited BY J. r. CA1sHs. esq,
formerly Of the vicksburg Whis. The Rifle il to
be thoroughly Whig in its politics. The following
is the editors view Of his duty TO the Wing party:
"Reared in that faith, and TO some extent parti-
cipant in it's struggles, We have acquired : devo-
ton for Il which Will mako labor and sacrifice In its
support never irksome and alwHys convenient.
Lee, tnan TN. we cannot Promiss on the basis Of
dant of the patriotism which laid tie foundation Of
this great cOnfederacy of dependent independent
States''-that has been alike, in sunshine and in
ican liberty, BY preserving II from that obvious
and inviting licentousness through which AL other
republics have gone to their DEATH This The out
bringing om t. include. syssy nc so4
to keep the party pure and 70 push it towards the
ascendant whore Il i in the minority. and 70 make
How we shall perform that part Of this duty which
mine. I.1l-s7
'In government like ours IL is essential that the
people hold all public officers accountable for their
action To do this, such portions Of the people as
agree upon leading measures of policy must main
tain kind Of organization to enable them 70 move
sustained, and an unworthy nspirantt to bo defeated
This sort Of organization has frequently 70 defend
its own existence, and II il at this point that its
defence, and in defence of the interests committed
70 it, charge. compelled 70 choose between men
equally qualified and equally anxious for public
station. A different course would Be to promote
other and stricter organizations, holding different
ideas OF government and having different objects
in view. Holding these views ON this subject, Il
VIII be our duty 70 know no man a. Whig can
the choice of his party"
SUGAR AND MoLAssEs SALE.-The Alexandria
Gazette of yesterday says:
ABDUCTION yesterday the cargo of the barque
General Harrison, from Mayaeuez Porto Rico.
was offered at Central wharf, by s. j. Mccormick,
auctioneer. consisting of 900 6hds Porto Rico su-
gar, and 100 hhds Porto Rico molasses. The wea.
thor was not favorable, but tho company waS large.
dealers being In attendance from Georgetown,
Washington, and Baltimore, a. we'll a. our own
grocer: l4s hhds. sugar werc sold at from Sc Is
70 So 7b, averaging Sc 40 per 100 lbs. 80 hdds
moasses at from 2Sl 70 29s cent?, average % cent?
We learn that the balance Of the cargo win be Of
fered on Wednesday next, the 23d instant
RAILROADS. IN MAssAcHusnrrs.-An Interesting
table is published in the Boston 7Tonscyipf. com
piled from the various official reports made 70 the
Legislature in l649, 1850, and 1861. II exhibits
tho operations Of the railroad "a Massachusetts
and OF those running from that into the Adjoining
States. During tho years named 25, ,694 00O per-
sons were carried over them, number nearly
equal to the entire population Of the United States
The number carried In l649 waa I a33 $40. In I84q