New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-01
FROM THE ISTHMUS.
Inlted -tntcs Troops.

TIE Panama Hcrdtd Of Aug. L., gives
HE ollowin. additional paitcusr. Ia regard TO the
sUaoirgs OF tde 5. troops their passage across
the Isiknus;
ON the 5.h Of july, oiyht companies OF the Fourth
Resaont % ULhed tate. afsntry under the command
OF LIEUT. Colonel Bonneville, lets Ne9.Nork route
fer CuiiOn N vie the lsthrur. These companies con-
sisted each Of a5out one hundred men and officers,
wish unusua large number Of women and children.
Toe C'cefs were
Lieu, Col. Bonneville, Col Wright, Major Avord,
Capt Grant; r. gimeIi.! Oosriermas,er Lisut. Mont.
g'meTyi Csp: McC"nu-h, AdJutRnt; Lteus + Rus
sci scott Nuderuo a. Collins BJnney castle Siau zhter
Wiihers, Bates. Maciee!y and Hodges Dr.. rnpler
Surgeon % the co USnd.
Mfs gore, ar.. Wuien, Mrs. Collins and Mrs
Slaughter accompanied their husbands.
ItlIe troops were OI1cred L various posts In Ore
COZ if tho Commander vi the pscdc division al San
Diego where the Steamer vss tu stop, should not re-
cuire Their tsrvcss n the southern sccion OF CsOr
MA. OiLcg tTo companif Ot the r. gineasi uoder
command Of MeiOr Rs,rs, 10 leave in the United
STATE. siore.snip tr-dpuis to sail round Horn.
Atthe tine these companies ie;t NeHYork no sopro'
pTG,on bad been made by Congress Tor thei rsnsp'r
laion The place 1T the destn alton By tho request
uuorrsand Ire matter OF the rea1s OF tee War
Department II Inc UIi:ed States, TIC L. Mall Steam
zip ComusLy On tie Atlsn ic aud the Pacific Mail
S.ebmsbiy Company on tbs Pschc, agreed % convey
ihe,e troops ana their officers t1s sthmus 10 Gait
,crn.a for the OF sl.OO00 AMI wet. tAe ACTON of
Congress IL making the appropriation 10 pay them.
The troOis emJA ked under the contract ana rea-ned
Navy Bay good nssth ana without the l0ts % single
nan Before eaviug The ste amer Falcon a. Navy Bag,
four aess DT00si0Hs raTed for edc soisr by Us
eotrs ihe seGnsr, atd these rHOns were served OUT
for their sust-,ancs on the lsthmus.
On iseir way over the IsshmUs the hardships aud
iIcut.es % these poor soldiers commenced D,ssred,
a believe 6y crry rOr1rtsl0Htf 0Tc~r, aud ls';
sou- n clurano Of the nou commissioned officers e -
no woLcCy tasi key savs - every species u nGu
gencr. The radou. nlch bad been prepared GA toe
,esu-r ~ Navy Bsy were either tnro given aEay,
or cold tor liquor, Dy those who too lazy or too
feeble 70 carry ttem on the TOAD. Coming A. these
men do from ten porAte, a. once into tOrrid zone,
their sy',ems unless properly cared for were sucepu
BE @ nlraclI1g sry disease W!thOu. O.cerI, aud
cCuseGueLty ~iihoUt GIcipine they were Jnrir Own
isGOTaDt guide Ieckess Of consequences, sleeping IN
treoyen air on the damp ground drinking noxio15 aad
yoECrCrs tqrOrs, AID going without too excepting
;.Li;. l. 10 wonder that something Ike the cholera
bros- or sircOg tneun. On the road the lsthnls
ced y Tcscsite, some In the rude hus OF the
raives, v'tEout nlc!ciLe medical attention. Doe
soldier aud ~ lie died on tbs road, lee Ing four or
I've lhtc children, the youngest 8 nursing babe The
was le't In raIige hut IN a dying Condition
TIE mortality the lE,hmus NOT great, bUt the
seeds we're sown which rpened their cssdly irut n
Panama Bay
The o.esrs ard their wives came over 10 the usual
time, CT ug,es n good heallh aud condition Even
the reamsbial Quarter master Capt Gfsnt could nor
iarry a. rt duty out must through and
avail, re a-T!ya! 81 ne troops this side Many vi
these troops q. three dsys After leaving
Cruces wet ard slnos, fsnisnec having had nothing
10 est Tor twentyiour hours but probably plenty %
crak II may % Iaic was their own fault ~ Il
sn bad The fees remained a; their post, taey could
have brp h-n N order and prevented their ruu aing
ittc 'rch exees'ef bs aI the sequel will COW they
TAD &c ccs!Te = DO
On ,Le iseI beng known al the Office OF the b. NJ
S,ssm-hp Company IN this cry, tnat Sickness ana dis
existed among ire troops their xay over, the
AGENT, NJ EG@sd int Of the Company here, hui
auely dispatched mules and proyl.oes 70 those sick
and fsrnisnirg thus number 81 women and children
vsre ,sTec frUra hcrrid death. Comforts we're pro-
yced IN Instances by the ageL after their arrival
IN this city.
Toe whole force embarked upon the Golden
Gate. but oesse I'd been Esenderec ca tie IsIhnus
and II lie face Il every attention and from tn-
CceIs Of the Gate resd % sucn fears
beFan 70 arise arong the ot.cers ard o,alrI 10 the
cabin Of ire steamer ksts would reach the and Capt
Patterson conceived thar al would be teueigt-d ~ de-
embarknx the ,0disrs on Flamenco Island wnich was
sceordin siy dore Here again the neslec, and uno-
eerlke eOrcucI Of tae commissioned of Ger. con-
syieUOus None e0ald b found willing 10 perform bis
duty Al the ,lsrd by taking command and If any were
detailed for sEch service sudden prevented
L cir fulfilling the isIk.
To Capt Patterson, Of the Golden Gate and bis
o5eers and the surgeon Of he ship, hsn need of
praise cannot be awarded; he and thsy were as
sdous in their attentions 20 the sick board and a.
the Island, while the soldiers were almost wholly de-
serted By their oheers The ACKNOWLEDGED morality
fearful IN the extreme. OE< LEadre6 are said to
hare did Of S AEadreG enlisted In New York
OsIy one Of Ia e0a issioseG ofc1s d<a While seven
per cent Of the poor soldiers Iosi their ves Only enc