New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-28

been 80 49,, ,,sSe i,s appearance eat down
under the and spent our ne IN eePng -, ~.
ss The peculiaities Of the foliage On every tree %
itS az air plapts parasite which attaches IL
sef 10 sny part of the trunk, dead or sise, "sNe
NO, which hsve three now hanging up IN my sene
roopo fJune i7tb) which gathered al Costello hsplds
-. ,,h Iaui we came on board the steamer,
week since tomoryow, they we're tumblsd about IN my
basket vito fruit snd other thing, and yet they are sun
living but not 81 fresh as presume tney WSuio ne
.nf,bsv out the air and felt the influence OF
ne rain and dews They areshsped IKE the Top ee si
the pineapple, and from the center sPnnss h-ss
orange tower the upper end OF which Is q Orisn'
poso,s Q O'Clock the boat discovered roundinga
-. .hent a mite below where we were sitting very
P III syss animation gathering together their pro.
ytsops carpet bags and vaises containing vai1eoesi
And when The passengers from beiow were iandee sac
So soop loaded again and left On her DOWNWARD IMP
4, sbout eight miles below our place OF departure she
vas run ashore, having broken one OF her rudders'
which wss given as reason way we sn,o islu suoio,
NOT breath Of cir could penetrate 70 the otner Doat
eve miles below, which inferred was double that os
lance and itproved 70 be so AZ the %aS
fntepse spd would net have given nve dosrs Tor me
Captains life Every one declared that they would
MOI walk and I one that made that decisraton'
and Intended to abide sy After COCO "at a ., ., gas
raff setipg fire 10 her, &c. about forty concluded -
follow the messenger Of the Captains who was TO go
20 the other boat Eotlong after they iei
mining uriousy Thst afternoon one OF the cree dis
covered that the boat bad sprung aeak and was hing
rapidly Wheeler this was ruse 70 get id OF tne rest
nj ms not caDn0L say tnty Ccibhuy OahSu cuS"
Good deal OF wafer, when we made ourselves as com
fortable as possible for the night had expected the
boat would return and bring down the remainder OF the
passenger. and Ssgs.g s%o mao , "a nv tr"nE bo~
ever found no great difficulty In seeping upon one OF
The sests with cigar box for pillow. The next night
sbout sixty more ef there being DO provision on board
snsv having sold IL all out exorbi,snt prices This
Information probably induced many TO leave ! hao
plenty Of soda crackers left, though all my
hu was gone and plenty Of water In the river and aid
not for moment think of deprving them OF the err
ens pleasure Of taking me down tne riVcr ana aJou.
ILL., o'clock fiat boats appesree IN sghL winch na1
been cent I'D for the baggage. Passengers trst ana
psSSsre sheerwsrd," was oar motto They proved,
how ever large enough 10 take US ALL WIN tne trunks
too within two miles Of the steamer below Inc third
rsyids, called the Muchucha Rapids, many sot o9i
above but was bent upon sailing all the way; Inel
warnings Of great danger andmpossioiry OF gong over
the boiling water and rocks with - heavy load ola
not frehten me from the track Most, however, lef,
ana we were AZ one tune in danger OF being up-
SET srs we were on board the beat called the " Sniih
Alop eside of which lay the Snow with tne remainder
of the Prometheuss passengers among wnlsn were "
Ladies' and an abundance OF children shared my crack
ers with some OF the other sex, whose friend knew on
ne Pacific side We left this point at about O'Clock
At dark dropped anchor 50 miles below at place
where wood was to be had, and early the next morning.
were underway for Greytown, where we arrived at
Ie O'Clock The boat proceeded very slowly owing to
The sbalowDess of the water and three times tue pas
sepeers had Jump into the river and push the boat on
the bars These boats draw only from II TO IL inches
of wster. We ran alongside OF the Prometheus, out
was refused admission board and Obliged TO land AZ
Greytown Oh, those visions OF something to eat, OF
pcber OF ice water and comfortable place to rest tor
us balf,tarved miserable wretchesl How they van
hhed Well for the want Of better, we were compelled
10 put up with such we could get In this poverty
stricken wretcbed unhealthy hole. Here the fare was
but little better than that at Virgin Bay Five OF us, how
ever had room 10 ourselves and three had COTS WHAT
luxury something to lift you above the Nth OF the
asor 4 bath In TIE harbor among the aigators and
sharks was luxury even without the clean shirt which
lay Iugly slowed away in my trunk at Castillo
Rapids not 10 come sntl the other Callfornians
came down. why, do not the shortsighted pro-
prietors of this line make some distinction between
cabin passengers and steeragei Why should one pay
three times the price that the other does, unless he has
some more privilegesP On board the Pacific, the
storage passengers we're kept In their places, but
every where elbe they have the same pltvedges saw
Ing that they are permitted TO eat at the cabio table,
OF occupy our ssteToons which suppose they would,
we Ola not keep them locked.
At Virgin Bay demands were again made on our
purses TO assist OF the unfortunate persons whs
have hr Oh tickets for the 8. Lewis, which steamer
had not been heard Of when lett tho Pacific Ocean
One was to bury poor fellow whose stay on the 18TH
had been week OF two TOO long Tor nus health an
other was for mother and hcr three interesting Mite
children one an infant and the others about i've aud
seven wears of age; two OF them were SICK she was
rops 10 meet her husband 10 California and had waited
a. H. g q Lewis till all her money had some She
was advised TO go TO San Juan del Sut-snd with
letter from Of our passengers to the Captain AID
Purer OF the Pacific with the hope tnat she coHla st
on without any further waiting. There were great
many sick am, ng the hundreds waiting tor conveyance
up-mucb OF IL doubt produced by liquor aud fruits
combined. Fruit can be eaten with perfect IMMUNITY,
avoided Ibis IL the fourth trip have made this route,
and by the way of Panama, and only once have been
sick; at that time drank wine and only moderately.
Ihs,e lived CD fruit mostly, when could getit eX-
pected to have been able to get fruit at Cos'ilo
Rapids bot there none that was worth eating 10 be
had At this place you could get toeraole oiesi ior
4 your crowd not too great 10 share the goods tue
fear thai the produce of the country will be
for the next session. for all the while we wei at Virgin
Pa, The .kv WAS darkeued with ocuts, and the fields
AND woods for miles were covered with them-so uch
co. that you could not step without eppns on two or
three The ees the sky and the fields are changed "
reddish bt own by their color They strip the vines OF
their leaves more rapidly than would winters frost
The simple natives terribly alarmed at their pres
Tive DAYS and elk hours after we landed at Grey
town. the remainder Of our passengers arrived and ran
ALONGSIDE the steamers but were compelled 10 come on
shore carry their baggage TO hotels, AID TO take them
on board az daylight again the next night To me IL
seemed unnecessary Inconvenience and expense
especially as we were obliged to go OF In heavy
rain Our through tickets had been exchanged for
purssr tieh cts and we grae0usly intcrned that
we should DO carried on board al the company's ex
pense, and In the compaDys superior 6oas which wSre
two ssly scows kept TO take coal on board la these
ccnveysnees were taken ON board, standing In
ter ak seven inches deep, with which was mingled
abundance Of coal dust Arising at the ship after
halt hours exposure 10 the torrent Of rain of
necessity wet TO the skin Here were Obliged get
our own trunks board, and as up
side our ebecAs were taken iron us by The mate
an upcon proc 'ediRg, against which
mcnstrsled, knowing that II was only necessary
90 show but the mate refused admission unless
we cid Here wss another IN resut Of the economy
prsctsed on toe Vanderbilt nne-to save an
agents salary the purser Of the ship has 20 perform
tls duty. Tie could be shore and beard the
toe and the duty OF ths purser perorsed by
another. The consequence wac Ihst whsn he came on
board oil the passengers dryea 10 the upper deck
and remAinedn the drenchins ran to receive back their
tcke,s ~iinoo, which they could get their
hetr dpntIe This perlOrman 20 took four five hours
AFTER whieh we I underway Many were made SICK
BY this exposure sDe all of our appetes consider.
able SHARP enee and ve answered win much sacrity %
the call Of the bell 10 dinner Oh, what chapter OF d.s.
appolsuCnts The delicious turkeys chickens aud other
hetb Provisions that we cOveIed 90 much, were 81 Of
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