The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1853-04-30

Speaking of the Istbmus. I think must tell
YOU a tale concerning n yOuno and bloominv
Lowell lady who had inst arrircd bnro and
whose adventures on fbe Istbmus were some.
what piouant showing what ladies have sop,.-
fines 70 undergo who trovni to CaI;forn;a
Miss l. VAS well nrov;ded with suitoblo
clothing for n trim from IowcII IN tha infer.
most of the earth. :; and had an eycecdinclv
pleasant Journey fiji She arrived of CrnceS
when not knowino what know nv e~noriomco
that it is not all necessary IN traval senorotej
from YOUR BAGGAGE sbr s,f,crod horSdif tn La
separated from her own tbrrehv conm;,t;nno
gravo orror ' 'A' -0"'s"
She supnosino bor boc-ooe,o ,,-o,,,, o..:.
Panama prarlv ss SOON as rtr.,sS IElu aiii', At
n rckctv Iittle muln ciad i, ~ inopii'eu pi oh
and started from Crucos to Panan,n ANN i,Wtooie, W,,
before ohsorvea tho Isth,,s a,lH ~ 90
ic coast have had Ionn ar,n,, ft ,lI ,i aon
sponence is that tba rnod f.',, w., s',,u .nu co-
ma was meyer in a more exanr,tia oo15;.;.'' an"-
Miss l. bcino very largn and bna,,. ~,
her mule being small and old thew had y Good
time of II and tounJorod tLrouoh ,hn m,,'a :"
most astonishin% manner Sba tod ,nr M, n',h an
one time the mulc went into a mud.hnIo sndoo,. ,'de
that pothiny vas visible Int b;s noso and COZ
while sbo wos nm 40 bor oh;, M, ,I,ia u1I 80
who was with her ;nformnd mo that 70 rnsa,,ai
her from sncb , nosi,ion c,,.. .ir,"S -. .t
dav nuIIino bcr and bcr nuIo nmt of thn 5n,, .no
mid Nv main fnrcn ,ho natrra, , "ooa oa .uu ue.p
these mud advrnturos Win tbn,, oot thro,,nt,
tbn worst nlaces tbcy halted at sEs rana
held a councn of wo and oono,ndna 10, ;,,aa
much as Miss - had NOT a cbonno of aInthoa
at hand if itwasovnod;ont to ,ra.h tioso sha la.
so tbc other ladies' Itboro r.orn sn,.ouoi oia,,l,
who were either smarter or had ho,tnr LIZ
than Miss T.\ strinncd boz n.oshoI bon oSr
as we'll rs tbov cnuId y now horn i'aIr roi,od
her mn in \ blanket and laid her auav 70 ho
GOOD hobv and t,l.o - ra, villa 49,, ,h.a
and driei bcr onI, s,,;t rrbo,- ,,.,aiJ ,h -.
and hunr il mn ~ drv and tbc, ,o,,, no.,'raiI,,
sat down to dinner
Dinner bcino over tbey wont to moi Nice
is su;t whon IN tb.;r borror "a ,e,an
isbment. they found il bod .vomosed the ranch,
in short, While they had been eatinr tbc na.
tives had stolen it. Here was pickle for a
NICE young lady, and Yankee schoOlmarm
TO boot. Naked as she Vas bofn--rollcd in o
piahket ana no CLONES TO put oI-ln the mid
ale OF strange county, think her situation
Interesting IN the extreme, and don't remem-
DEF any heroine III any novel who was ever so
Pecuiiariy sltua'ed. nave great mind 10
iea'e hef where she is, just to let you exercise
tnihk she must nave mad some very peculiar
ieeiihgs "ntie roliea up III that blanket. The
iauies lnaiy sot her out OF tne scrape py
contribution. ohe Sa'eher pclticoat, anOth-
CT shirt' ahotner SilaWl, %c', aud as she was
propaoiy inc largest III inc crowd you can I'M
aSile "lat sor, oi "a ris-oul sic h'd. IL served
at a''s ra'c 10 ll'ue her liaheouess ana IN TINS
anomalous SUIT she entered f:'hama, where she
was anie TO purchase rev absolutely necessa-
ry lhinSs 10 come on WIN, Hcr baggage dld
not eaten up win hef at lahalna' ana She ar
rl'ed mere ABOUT as Gis'ressea looking oeject
as you can easily hiio. 'ohe Has since received
hei u,iihs ny auahis eApreSS' ana reJolces
over them' ana Is ready 10 laugh over her
arr ~, cItuIc 1'i shG :, !s'lliius'
me moral VI this Storv Is lor Inc ladIcs VINO
'ra'ei caiiorhia"aro, aiio IS ihls Don lose
1'sn, vi our baggage anu II tniS connection
1 VIII appcEu one reniark ior tne oeneht OF inc
"oiesaiu' Mhsch ~ that 'ncre Is MOI me shSh-
eS' "eeesS"9 'or ioS'hs S'sii' Vi your baggage.
Loss OF THE STEAMSHIP TESyEssEE.-Thc Ton
ncssee left Panama on the 10Th Jan. at Q 20 p.
NJ. the Cortcs sailed three hours preyions. Ar
rived at Acapulco. February 9th, at ! 40 A. NJ.
the Cortcz and Pacific in port Sailed at II
80 NJ. Pacific three hours preyious. and Cortez
one hour after. February p TO March 3 Cor
tcz in sight March ). passed the Pacific thirty
miles southeast of San Miguel. The Tcnnes-
see was at tbe Heads at | 4. NJ. on tbc morn.
inr of tbc 9Th and went ashore four and half
miles nortbward of tbe North Head at q 20
Tho moment the dancer was deserted ordor.
were Given TO hack the shin. and tbonob rnn-
nino slowly at the time il was too late Az
soon as if was found that she would not back
from tbc sboaI wafer. bcadwav was AGAIN o;ven
to trv. if nossshle to clear II IHt ali Ito
No nnrnosc tho sca having cntiro control of
her. n second and third attcmnt was made 70
hack her.
Durino this critical time. the cantain's nrcs-
cnce of mind never forsook him.
The shin struck several times and 50 heavily
the first time that dishes were thrown from tho
table and broken. She rolled heavily for n
short time Almost os soon as sbn had struck
the first officer threw himself into the sea with
a line and swan for the shore: after reaching
- hn ro,ur,,,J in noarIv ON o,hanstoL nnndi
tion to render that assistance his nosition do
,non1o1
Shortly after she had stopped, she swung
broadside on with her stern nearest the shore,
which was high and dry at low water The
confusion and excitement when she first struck
was great, but order was soon restored.
Durinp the forenoon sirnal puns were heard