The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-03-15


ren full account of the Inflated expedition will be
published in few days.
The CyaDe at Aspinwall when the George Law left
Officers and crew all we'll
The G. L. left Quarantine February 81 at II O'Clock
A. NJ, and arrived at Aspinwall at sK O'Clock the
morning Of March 2, having experienced very rough
weather throughout the whole passage
We are indebted to Mr. Purser Mhell for papers and
late intelligence.
TREASURE LIST OF THE dEeRGE LAW.
Am Es Bank $50 go go C. w Whom Thomas. $500
VIM. Hoge Co.,. 10000 Philadelphia Bank. $4,000
Beebe 8 Co. 80. 10000 John Cunningham. 1880
Chambers Ii Heiser sssos Total. .so7s $3.50
Important from Mexico.
THE WEST COAST IN AN UPBoAR-REvoLUTIoN AT
ACAPULCO.
[From the Panama Star, March Al
BY the steamer California and the attention Of Purse
Davis learn that the inhabitants of Acapulco and of
all that portion of Mexico were In state of excite
ment in consequence of revolution which had recently
out There we're 50 %
regard to the affair." but far the facts could be
gathered they are as follows =
appears that the inhabitants of this (Guerrero and
Of the bordering States, have taken arms under
General Alvarez and declaring themselves according
to tie f. fashion sno9os III 1sy free AND
it was said BY some that slight skirmish had taken
1900 men under arms At Acapulco the ComandAnte
and other influential were in custody had fed;
1s being ne tho tort itself WAS
least the entire authority in town has changed hands
Two schooners had been chartered and armed by Santa
Anna and were daily expected at Acapulco for the pur
pose Of bockading the harbor cutting of supplies and
intimidatng the inhabitants Provisions unusually
high and aborers were scarce because large majority
Of the iaboring men had fed to the mountains and the
country people hesated to in with supplies, fear
ing to be involved in the war. Santa Anna had des
cd pf rdo AnoVS
while Alvarez, with his mountain men, prepared to
arrest their progress along this difficult road and pre-
pated in the course OF day or two
[From the Panama Herald, March A.
The inhabitants of Acapulco and of all that section Of
Mexico in state Of excitement in consequence of
revolution which had recently broken out among them
There many rumors current that 1t was difficult
to form correct opinion with regard to the affair.
The Darien Exploring Expedition.
SERIOUS APrREHENsIONs OF THE FATE OF LIEUT..
STRAINS PARTY.
from the Panama Herald March 4
BY letter received in town yesterday morning. from
Colon dated 2Sth Of February learn that the Ameri
can vessel of war Cyane then in that and that
up to the time of leaving the expedition at Caledonia Bay
intelligence had been received of the missing party
under Lieut.. Strain. We are also informed by Lieut..
the Gulf of San Miguel, and as the Indians among
whom he made every inquiry could give him NO informa
ton of their we are led to fear that the I'M
fortunate party have either lost their way and been
starved to death or else that they fell in with some hos
tile Indians and met the fate Of the viragc's men
sent up the Chuquinaque river to endeavor If possible
to ascertain what has become Of them.
Lieutenant ST. John, Of the Royal Engineers who was
sent the part of the British to report
the proposed canal route arrived in Panama Mon
day last from the Gulf of San Miguel having succeeded
in crossing from the Atlantic and finding Commander
Prevcsts track from the Chuqunaque river to the juno
ton of the Lara and Savanna rivers by of which
he, in company with Mr. Lionel Osborne their two SER
wants and the Indian Interpreter succeeded in reaching
the Pacific.
ing their way through the Corderas and but for the
friendly assistance Of the Indians would have failed in the
object OF their mission.
The data obtained by Mr. St. John have to be laid be-
fore the government ere they be made public lie
describes the Indians warke and suspicious class Of
men who evnced the strongest objection to permit any
been the murderers Of the seamen Of the virago,
whom they supposed to have been spanards they posi-
that his remains would be found in the woods near his
comp anions.
from the Aspnwan Courier, Feb. ISL
Mr.. Hocomb gentleman whom most of our readers
know having been for considerable time in the
ploy of the p r R. Co., here the Isthmus and more
recently as having been engaged in furnishing material
for the construction of the road Joined the Daren expe
dtion at Carthagena about the 10th OF January last
inst From this gentleman who arrived at this port in
the English steamer from Carthagena, we have received
severalems of information of considerable interest
spectng the parties that missing the route, &c.
The last that had been received at the Cyane,
from Lieut. Strain and his party to jan a. On the
10th
village Of scur the scup river the Pacific side
of the Atlantic Cordieras twelve miles from the
Atlantic the 24th whence they started down the said
river.
The latest tidngs from Gisbornes party were to Feb
TO- Indian having stated the 18th, to the ships at
Caledonia Bay that at the aforesaid date they were on
the Pacific side of the Corderas their way to the ga
river
No message had been received from Lieut. Strain; but
Mr. Osborne had written, under date Of the 5th Of Fe
bruary, that the Indians Maut, Ia village the
Mauti small tributary to the Chiquinaca) near which
Com Prevosts men were murdered talked rather hos,
made by Com. Prevosts party the next day but thoy
had not reached It when the Indian them (whose
port is mentioned above) the 10TH though he says
they would certainly strike the road the next day
The last Indians who came in declared positively that
Strains party was safe-that they were feeding game
and that they would get through We hope for the best
The expression against Mr.. Osborne by the Indians
during his former visit and the roundabout course they
to have led him. instead Of going directly to the
road made by the Kennish party under Com. Provost
leads us to apprehend he may have difficulty with them
One thing evident they intend he shall not learn the
The Ten river mentioned in our account of the Kennish
route is the Chiqunaca, and the New Years river
From the Kingston Standard, March 81
We must apologize to our readers for most uninten
tona with reference to the return Of Dr.
Cullen in H. NJ steamer Devastation. The information
received from quarter the best calculated to afford
It, but turns out to be incorrect Some of the people
from this Island who proceeded to the Isthmus with Dr.
Cullen did return in the steamers but Dr. Cullen himself
remains behind We have heard alarming accounts
as to the safety Of the expedition but refrain from
giving publicity to them until have authentic
information.
News from Central America.
PROJECTED DICTATORSHIP IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
OF DUTIEs-MExICAN INTRIGUES-COsTA RIGA AND
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AND GUATEMALA--RE-
PORTED ARRIVAL OF AMERICANS IN oMoA.
BY the Star Of the West, from Nicaragua, we are in
possession of various letters and les Of papers The
following is extract from letter from respectable
source, dated Leon Feb H.
The Constituent Assembly is In session at Nicaragua
and the constitution Is already drawn up for the ap
prevail of the Assembly by the actual government II
locks 10 nothing nor less than Dictatorship, on
the plan Of Costa Rcs and Guatemala. There strong