New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-02


Let nSw lsok ., the boat which bciss better than
some and poorer than others the Aagialsna, may
serve as IN average Il resembles those Of Western
rivers more than those 81 he Eat The hold and dech
are appropriated 70 freight machinery and ecsss-
There are no steersge passengers. over the deck 10
triangular cabin Fix feet long, for ladies' the principal
cabin occupying third of the boat, space for dining
cpen 70 wind and s,n little house for the Captain an
open space for the chimney and sscspepPe the wheel
house, and forward OF this space protected BY an
awning
But the steward calls ne to take our arise 10
mixture Of essential oil and rum boi distilled over q
the same operation !, tastes ayreeahly but exam
naon decide tbs, Is intoxicating aud decide to ab
stain nom principle. Al length at 10 o'clock cones
breakfast plentiful meal. with Tor q beverage
sm not yet prepared TO speak Of their cookery but few
OF my civilized readers can imagine the appearance Of
the walters clothes and towes One Of the passengers
refused to est with knife only because waiter had
Just used it 70 scrape his with. Do you ask why
they don't turn them oi Clearly because they can get
no better You may a. well demand cool water -
cleanliness.
Breakfast IS followed by single small cup Of ehoco
late attempted to get second as mine only half
full Jared better than Oliver Tws, did. for they did
not threaten put ashore for L. But might have
spared the trouble Il Intellectual One thing Will
cay about the boat, there Is nothing for sale ON IL II
they have lines on boord yoa have lemonsde, II
cocoa nuts you can dIRk their nk. You provide your
own cigars and hquors on shore ami the nuisance Of
bsris unknown.
But what is the boa, DOING Our passage down the
narrow crooked channel s attended with many &C.
cidonts that is Only little before sunset that we es
cape into the river and q, dusk but mile from
the spot we LEFT in the morning. Meanwhile dinner
has come. hnvariably begins with soup and ends with
IL followed by single small cup OF coaee fsusook
scup just after you rose, so, three cups day the
procrustesn rule-no more noless Dinner over, each
hastens to secure his sleeping place. had sleptos
board the night before, AMI my bed had stood ready
all day in the exac, center OF the principal cabin The
others had not forgotten bring their beds and mus
ketones all nicely rolled up in mating The boat fur
Ma he'd cots and the whole boat from stern,
was in q OF blockade with beds and nets Suspend
cd by strings running in every possible directisn We
creep round among them and gee to table where
light Is protected rOm the windy glass shade, and
read till one by ore we pop under net aud 20 to
sleep.
We ran while after dark 20 reach Remolino the sta
ton ofthe Santa Marta beats Here we found In the
ing the ManzaDares sarny pass cut into the ocean
and 90 Santa Marta in which the Captain apprehend
ed no difficulty this of the year Remolino 10
older than savanila but better buil except that
contains a Church The town Is protected from mum
datons by lcvee like New Orleans, only being but
incles high, has failed 10 protect
The next place of note Is Colamnr, the head Of the
Dixie (Dickoy) they cs the canal they have been az
tempting many years TO make navgable oCar'hasona
Mud houses as AZ Sayapila, but Church. Heresome
from Carthsgena joined u.s. this was quite N
event
A, lx..., 40
once one of the five towns of New Granada Its popu
laon is about the that of Barranqula but Of
higher order II has five churches and they are well
attended had not time 10 visit the several schools
One for girls was open the next sunday. Werenot
Mompos one of the hottest places in the world s so
cioty would offer attractions than any other lha'e
seen here There are fowcr naked children Ia the
streets Here the only cemetery have yet icund.
The neat iron fence OF Granadian workmanship, WI"
admired by Bolivar beautiful miniature chapel and
come costly tornbs well repaid my hasty visit Nom
pos is little above the mouth of the Cauca and here
! most of our passengers left MS.
| noticed the town OF Bunco next day. Here is
unfn he'd church, the walls of which must have cost
more than all the buildings of the town and their
tents. has stood unfinished many years aud Is full Of
weeds. Neverthelese, the town has aprest, remarha
bly, spruce looking young man, not much over g. III
children Tbi. Is but specimen Of the jibcs thrown
out by this irreveIent people against class Of men
whom they represent buiy engaged in rcpairngthe
ravnges that war has made on the population.
A place below Bsnco deserves notice, as appearing
to be the only really prosperous agricultural settle
mont have seen la the valley 1t 10 margarine. Il is
not town, but grove of fruit trees, filed with cot
tages for many miles, and hayng church near the
center.
From here we go up, the mountains ON the one
Land or the other show themselves. Cane and cocoa
show themselves, but not much. The farms are not
much larger than gardens, and 80 rare "a TO oe
cutie IN event The children, too seem to have dmn'
ished in a wonderful proportion 90 that some days we
lave not seen one Except at Puerto Ocaia where there
IS net even house) there has been no change IN the
number Of passengers from Mompos TO Mare, where
another left leaving present number ten, including
two children Six Of tho adults foregnen-two
Granadisns.
AtNar6 we met with transparent water, which was
hailed it'll delight. fancy that ] can perceive 70
semblance between the water Of the hsgiacna and
that of the Missouri aud doubt the superiority OF the
clear ater over the turbid
We are now. 18th September, a mile or two above
Mare where have been aground moJ OF the time LOT
twenty four hours and about starting from the
boat In q huge canoe, called a champion. Tho cap
tans Of the Mngdalena boats are generally scafarns
men, and lack sn experience which the Mississippi
could best give them To me- who have been aground
uerhsps five times oen any officer Of the bouf
seens surprising thnt not of In an hour But
the auckland makes tho difficulty peculiar. Pnots,
{ he has none The wheelncn arc bogns; the deck
hands are bogas and I am not sure civilized man
could govern them Pedro their padron, would be
phenomenon among the mates Of Western boats.
The engineer here must DO responsible man lie
keeps general look out and often stops, starts, or
verses the wheels without waiting the signal II u use
lees to import Of expcence for not onc in twenty
would stay Thus lot 10 inevitable, by any fore
i, Of rietors or calfain We have been on board