The New York herald., 1851-11-02

,e be there few minutes sfterwardr they appeared,
With ssvass ysrs, dragging the booty Of white man by
Lis boweb protruding ana this body Afterwards
seen tied TO the bow of boat and hanging the water
q the s.neHasro AT TINS tune with these scenes be-
Eos" in ears with four ladies in company with
cat arms OF any consequence and even had We pos
seseed them, powerless against such numbers should
hey attack upon our house our situ
elton was, to say the least most unpleasant one.
appeared disposed rminate between enemies and
nsutras had succeeded in preventing such an attack
ept the increasing excitement Of the people, owing to
the occasional shooting of their number by rife
the other side and the growing ntoxication
of most OF them rendered it certain that this restraint
could not much longer be exercised Fortunately about
this time boat with an English flag was coming up
the river which known to belong to the English steam
after il landed at the ebareadero aide
Of the river brief note describing situation,
written by of number to the officer commanding
the boat, requesting him TO aid us he could ct least
70 get the ladies of 10 his ship possible and dis
patched by young host Soon sfterward Captain
symends, the commander Of the Midway, accompa-
MED by another officer in uniform, ard few of the ia
naca negroes whom he had apparently enlisted his
ide appeared at the house, and hurredly possible
took 81 the ladies away under his charge and had the
pleasure in short time after Of seeing the boat which
they we're, pulling out of the river unharmed.
CAPTAIN symonds said that there would soon be two
more boats from his ship, Of which, learned
Afterwards to take of the treasure intended the
Cherokee and that Il 1t were possible he would then
carry of the remainder Of party. Some hours
afterwards the boats arrived and taking advantage
spanc which had driven most Of the people from that
part Of the town. caused by the intelligence that
non procured from the Cherokee had been planted
the other side of the river sailed forth with Captain
symonds and, with all our baggage, soon in his
sosts Mr. j. c. Hsckett Of Berford Co.'s Express who
was Of our party got all his packages safely of remain
ns shs bs 20 see ss sns @ rsunr a
man before spoken Of badly wounded and the
writer takes pleasure in recording an act Of generous
w. Macondray Of the house OF Macondray Co., san
Francisco who left with the British mail steamers agent
Mr. Cowen, q dran for five hundred dollars, for the
stanee of this wounded man and such others might
Afterwards be found who needed aid This unosten.a-
toue act Of humanity known only to two at the
is only another proof Of how well Capt Macondray
has deserved the universal esteem in which he held in
The city Of his present residence
Here we found the treasure on board the English
launch and 1t Is proper TO state that Mr. Clifton the
mad gore over the river after il in the morning. lust be-
fore the firing commenced on the American side had by
dint Of great xertons aided by the sondu:tor Of the
train Mr.. Folon. succeeded in getting IL all (about
t25e0(C0 out Of the launches in which il down the
river into the English specie vault in which they with
leek themselves up for safety during the heat of the ex
steneIt They state that from the loop holes in the
vault they six of the natives shot at the
cannon by rifles from the American side How many
we're killed in ali il is difficult to say--probaby about
twelve or feen natives exclusive of those drowned if
any were and two Americans that knew Of and five
~ six others that We heard Of the Spanish side OF
the number killed or hurt the American side by tie
cannon the writer has no means Of judging. Probably
mot much damage done the town appeared TO be
deserted when the FIRE opened from the fort We pulled
of board the English steamer the natives hurraing
for the English flag as we passed the fort il being under
-
stood that We were passengers for England thence
went board the Cherokee where arrived about five
O'clock, NJ.
And q few words as to the conduct Of those who
caused these difficulties and occasoned the loss Of
many lives. II is perfectly certain that America
passenger would have been harmed placed in any
jeopardy by the natives had II no. been for the gratu
tous and repre- hensible manner in which of them
joined in the outrageous attack Of that morning was
quarrel in which they had business partcipate
one in which those with whom they took part were
sbtm nsty IN the wrong; aud had they regard
for right or wrong, then those among them who
knew there Americans on the other side whose
hves night be the forfeit (as, indeed some Of them
were Of their taste fer ,hcoting deferceless men
this, naught else. should have restrained them But
their conduct reprehensble how 70 be con-
demned is that Of the u s. Consul at Chagre- rhs 90
NJ from doing aukht prevent the outrage
that morning rather 70 have given IL his coun.e
nance and fuprort! He undoubtedly Of the meet
ing held the night before il publicly known on
that side and certainly his duty as it was without
doubt in bis power by the influence Of his position TO
disco ountenance the resolution adopted that night
Knowing as he did, that there large amount
d American treasure the other side and, above all
that there American lives there be hazarded In
consequence Of such violent measures IL il iu-
possible to blame too much the conduct OF a man
who in such position, would fret let his petty in
teretts ss connected with the boating trade after
wards his resenments in consequence Of the sttak the
dsy before him far TO forget his manifest duty
Had he believed his fellow .boatmen 10 b. wronged Ian
sbturdity by the wsy) there other ways which
he shoud have sought redress for them and the writer
believes that be expresses the opinion Of his f
low Passengers when he that the fatal occurrtnse
might easily have been prevented by the Consul had he
tought 10 do 80.
For the generous conduct Of Capt symonas who
brought away under the protection Of the English
Rag Ne feel ourselves deeply indebted and not
said Of IL here, because have been taken
BY those whom he aided 70 express their gratitude in
more becoming manner A