New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-11
THE ISTHMUS

Tie AsptnraH C01rter, Of Aug !, gives the following
summary Of news for the ast fortnight;
During he last fortnight have had but little local IN
tgence Of in por,snce 10 chronicle The health Of the
I,timus has been generally good ard that Of our city
mu better than usual At this season Of the year Bust
has been very du owing to the small number OF pas
sengrs in transit Email cOasng rads las relieved
the monotoDy Of the season and few mportsons rom
Europe manifested The tendency which the treedo OF
port must increase to purchase on the oher side o lne
Atlantic The reaction from the rush Of last year bus-
ness has operate in sluary manner upon the speculative
vi ch the RAPID grosh Of trade has induced At
both exireuies OF the sthmussnd the sautary effect OF
hs tempoiziug ard leyeng change has been manifested
IN the increase Of caution among our business men, ana IN
tie very nec.ssSy reduction to some extent of the hnher
20 UnwsrsDaty high rents which All kinds oil properly
c,nuantec
The tax question has occupied considerable attention
arcpg the coed people of Aspinwall-tnd me iselnS
srouEtd smong the tax payers, has evidenced mat II
change for the il both the collection and dtourse
ent thereof is brought about some efficient
means will be- adopted by those 0teresed TO relieve
theustlvts ard those who are TO come after them
Tke witt city Of three different parties engaged IN
gold mining At various points on th stnmns as also OF one
ho il working coal mine, st Bocas del Ioro' short
sance down the coast has excteds lively interest among
citizens Among the items that we have gatnered IS
Tie fact that there are number OF parties preparing 70
work snd instances working mines IN THIS and tne
acin prOyn whose operate rs are unknofn 10 the
pubcwf must inevitably develop new and large helds
Of labor as well as recover for advantage mining those
which have, in many instances never been more than
SCRATCHED by the natives.
AmoIc the operations OF which we have heard, note
An Ergi.h Company has bought Gold Mine on the
River Barbara tributary Of the River Arato and now
preparing to work II
Two French Agents are selecting mines the head
waters of the Arato they were At Qubdo on the 9Th Ju
ly ut
One Peruvian Agent is also now searching for the best
mir 90 in the cOntOn OF the AtrstO.
Two native Agents employed by English Companies
to buy land and in the provinces Of Choco aud An
toquis.
inere is an English Company working gold mine in the
vicIi OF Buenaventura, on the Pacific coast.
An En- xisb Company has bought gold mine in Ano'
Qus, for o. so 900, and is nov working II.
An American Company has passed through Carthsgena
for Cboco lately, whose object to search Tor gold mines
IN Choco and Antoquia
Its SAID coal mine has been discovered the Rio
Leon AZ the mouth Of the Austo in the Gulf Of Daren
Some scientific started from Carthagens sooutthe 2Oh
July at 70 test the truth OF the maiter-he gentlemen
81. Americans.
surveying party has also passed through Carthagena
for The head Of the Arao, to survey Bag route
from the River Quito, TO the san Pablo
those who have returned 10 resume their places
among the active business of the -thmns We observe
Mes'Is Bemus lot ne ory F HOse atu ,nd 81 VI
Gel Ii HutarGo # Panama the former Agent OF the r NJ
s. 5 Co. ana the latter Of the firm Of Hurtado hermAnos
at the close Of the recent session OF
The Nes Congress have caused considerable ei
oten eat the ioEegn residents OF the Ishmu Do
the apparent polio! was that OF rescuon upon Ins
fr,gIer. and lemeIt the government regard
less If the interests those who have resuscit2ted the
lsil mus from barren existence to vigorous uie
=
posed n Congress fully characteristic of the pocy rsl7r
req TO above We are glad 10 soy that sober second
thought has go mooihed IT, that stnougn suous
Manifestation of the SCI. SUIT hcalon OF thai ooly can
be productive but ie harm to the Interests Oh our
merchants sId transporting residents
A. pas.c il does compel the shipper to transport his
specie through the Government and hence 20 pay the tar
81 Transporting and guarding Il The supper al lDery
e. employ hose who charge HIM reasonable r-izht aHd
The project therefore did al the mis- mel mat
viii be- accomplished Until the knowledge OF th- actual
impotsbily Of is execution widely known the tear
caused by It's fret Objectionable presentation viii operate
a., list one intere-t.
sers and contemporaries that the responsibility OF some
transportation houses and The Reasonable Festhey
chsrge v r.Loer the aforesaid law wholly null and void.
ALOibeT Law which wa ~ first view, alarming, whsn
fully examined appears 20 better advantage II IS % the
effect that ali Foreigners working the mnes Of tn R-puo-
c who may discover buy or lease tract Of Land,
AIo proceed o. sub-ot 20 tax rent upon
such sLd Nov, had II nrst thought considered LIS
Uuftssoush ard entirely iIcousi-tent WITH the literal poll
@ b. VLoh TIE government Droesss g be governed
IL rea,t NJ Of foreigners But when Ne remember that
MS m sTi't accordance With the treatment of
IT, ILc States government t0saTds foreigners IN the
.olo u.s OF California alc when r-uemDer is
sIeioIuec b. al tie cieIeOt parties Of mi.or- % whom
lave rtfeftch that amIl- n teson IS 1sltd them
~ mt wherever tLsy located cannot
.1ia b : i4x as ezoItIiali o. usj1st
A. other laE passed by the recent Congress rssDscrg
o. curr ucy willie sbossrs ih- previous currency
81 me 20 the American spanish dollar 1nd cub
tf u value o. foreign for reduced stand
ard II which they lave bret fore been taxed cpmpels
the pay neni Of NeS IanadiAn silver TO all private nd
vcuas Who require IT, This has been the caief diff cult
10 The intercourse between the foreign business and the
4borng natives and 0f being Obyiaed has bssn
increased BY tie passage Of this line.
TIE packets of the Pacific Steam Navigation Co have
been 81 pointed leave Panama the eth and 22d Of
each MOI b fer lsrsso and intermedilie ports The
agency At Pepsma Is filed 10 the mos. admirable
ner By the new sgeLt M Cha Hor4is The steamers
Of the K Packet Co vii, after this month leave As
pnwA the 9th and 2ih AID 10Th and 25ih Of each A.
ternsie month for esq viz Aug 9Th 24lh Sept 9Th
10Th and 25th.
Jar. OstApghDefsy, carpenter on the P Z r Co. At
Barbscoss drowned il the Ch2gres River BArba-
c 81 on the eth
Our latest sdyicss irom the Sou'h Pacific 10 the Il from
Valparaiso srd 20 the l0rh from Calao sh1 IS that
there every prospect Of a war between Bolivia and
Peru
Intelligence tom san Juan del Sar 70 a lat date 10
forms that the place very sckly ana that the black
yoni lad broken out aid proved fatal in ssVsrnl ozses