New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-11-24
NEWS Of THE CITY,

OF that country occupying the neck Of land between
North and South America and known the Isthmus
Panama As piece of yeritabe history, the story will
give the lie to the reports touching the
roughnsss of the roads between Chagre Panama and
will also ray Of moonshne the hitherto dark
history fIhe and customs of the Mosouto In
dams
The story is very ancient and hence there Is
shading Of romance about it that may strike certain in
ereduous persons as not exactly accordance with their
previous experience Hamlet remarked to chla of
his that there were more things in heaven and earth
Horatio than drsamt of in his philosophy, So
likewise may say to the scoders at our narrative
that there more things in aud about Panams than
have been talked about by travellers printed in the
papers.
lately discovered manuscript in the Spanish language
written by one Diego Ladron de rEmbustero, throws
much light the history Of Pizaro or the death OF
Rolla, :" as drsmatized and tortured by Knowles
Knowles makes Rola a Peruvian, and commits geo.
graphical in locating the of his battles near
the city of Quito whereas in truth Embustero SAYS that
the famous Indian chief ancestor of the present
monarch of the Mosquitoes, and that the vee.t of his
battles fought the road between what are now the
towns of Cruces aud Gorgona the Panama route
We will relate Of the incidents of the history on
which Knowles founded his drama following, however
the text of Embustero This do some of the
mistakes in costumes fallen into by the players as well as
TO explain the mysterious circumstance OF the IRE
down from the clouds to light up barbecue which Roa
offered to his aboriginal gods This Embustero says was
nothing but gourd of alcohol fire with Lucifsr
match
The chronicler Embustero informs that ROuq had
rancho in the neighborhood of Chagres-probaby on ths
top of the very rock where the stones of the castle now
1--WE like to be particular in locating him for on
this depends the point which wish arrive athe so
luton of the great popular design to clear Ut
Dahl 49,
descended from his high estate to oysters beach
and to roll in the sand From drawing of him
in the manuscript Of Rmbustsro learn that being
discreet savage he adapted his to the climate
(Which ia very warm aud wore only clout and few
feathers his head These were sometimes from the
wing bird called the Tookan but after arrival Of the
Spaniards, introducing domestic poultry they were usu
ally selected from the tail Of the chicken cock an
bem Of vaor This fact proves very clearly that the play
in in dressing him in tunc and shirt and
in embroidered slippers, for he wore moccasns
The idea Of investing him, too with a sword is propos
terous for the truth is the formidable weapon he
reocsd in butcher knife prigged from incautious
Yankee Zone Of the earliest of the rbe who happened to
b. about there trading IL skins.
Rola, said happy chief, and got along very
well as long he left himself One day Pisafro
along with crowd of Spanish mems" and under
Of friendship invested the country The true object
of PsrO in going there carry on the business Of
conductor, by mule driving and locomong passengers
across the sthmus. He had striker along with him
who is called in the play .4lOnsO who having fallen in
love with very handsome skins and beads worn by
young squaw named Cora married Cora appropriated
the kins and beads Ropa's people and PissaoI people
In this way got to be vy good and things
very quietly until 81 Pz1o men having gouged
some Of kuA's in swap, raised which ended
general MUS
When the broke out .4ionso took sides with the
Musquitos, and grand pow-wow having been called
resolved to send the and children the
way They accordingly the town of Pa
mama, and among them Cora and juvenile pledglng
of her affection for .fbnzo, whose veracous
ohronicler effects not to know Somehow or other in
Uaosing about the road their city ofrefuge Cora
and psppoose las the menagerie man expresses
it csptugltsd' aud carried of b. the blood thirsty
spanisrds Roia hearing Ibis gat4-ed his crowd. and
pitching IN among Pzar0 iagFf- brought of Cora and
tue child and carried them bridge. This bridge
he chopped with his butcher knife, and turning
around to the pursuing spanards who the other
side of the branch put his fingers to his with pc
cular twrl good as to say you can't it, and
disappeared in brush heap The story about his being
killed is all CANNON. The baed Spaniards, of course
found that they barking up the wrong and left
Pizaro mad that he went home and evil treated
his wife EVira who by-the-by, adys maid he got
acquainted with somewhere among the back streets of
New York who hearing that he had made his pile - fol-
lowed him out to the Isthmus
After the battle Cora restored child and ALL to the
loving arms Of her Aonzo Pizarro and Roa met, took
horn and concluded to drop it, This is the version given
by Embustero
Now this is what wanted to arrive at from the start
The Panama has been famous for its bad roads
We will show that this reputation undeserved In the
representation the boards of the ST. Charles the thing
proven beyond doubt for Cora makes her appearance
the stage after all the battles and all her long marches
in dress of gold tissue, untarnished and unsosd
Neither has the boy her pappoose single brsr scratch
his naked legs Ergo the roads the Ishmus free
from mud and brambles and must be good