New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-01
Later from the Isthmus.

Later from the Isthmus.
The steamship United States, Captain Lucas,
from Aspinwah the 22d. inst, arrived yesterday
morning.
| The steamship Empire City arrived out Al
Aspinwall on the morning of the 22d inst, with
| about 800 passengers taken from the Georgia at
| Norfolk She was to sail on the same evening
for New York with $650,0Oo in treasure and
| about 200 00,passengers gyE
| The following is list of the passenger.
| brought by the United States
| G Wilson, " Brown, ] W Cook Mrs Davis G Parker
| and family, g Cotton, Jones. Merr, Mr. Davis
drasson Wright, D Fowler, j Lewis A KyIe A I
Ifendru, Lettimer, Mr. Greenfield. Mr. Elder Mrs Ruse
Mrs Jones, Cummings, J McGonagie ] Londeye
| ouninghane, Augustus. D Bernfs and LADY CITY
| Hotel Aspinws, Bigham, J Lander Mr. Robbins MI
| Hitchcock, and about 100 in steerage.
The Aspinwall Courier contains the following
| items
over twenty vessels are to be seen at or
closely adjacent to our wharves at this time,
Inc amount OF shipping to this port has been
constantly and rapidly increasing for several
months past. We confidently look forward to
the day when our harbor will be literally
| crowded
The steamer. Clyde, of the W. I. r.. M. line.
arrived at this port from ST. Thomas this morn
| ing she brought London dates to the 18th
| She landed her mails, passengers and a consid-
| erable number of Carthagerian laborers for the
Panama. Railroad Company, and left for San
Juan this morning.
The Courier publishes the following letter from
the Darien Exploring Expedition:
| U. s SHIP CYASE, Caledonia Bay !
New Granada, Jan q. 1S4s I
Dedr C0urter-An opportunity of communi-
eating with you having rather unexpectedly Of
tered itself, hurriedly embrace it. We arrived
here on the 18th Capt Hollins held a grand
pow-Wow with some fifteen or sixteen chiefs
At first they were very averse toour landing on
the isthmus, and absolutely refused to give their
consent; they at length, however, Consented
that we should land, but only for the purpose OF
reconnoltering the proposed route of the ship
canal. On the 18th, party of twenty eight
men and offcers, principally from this ship well
armed and provisioned for ten days, landed
under command of Lieut.. Strain. On the 24th
four OF the party returned, having penetrated
distance OF twenty miles into the interior. These
latter started next mo- ming with a reinforce
ment OF ten men and extra provisions The re-
port of the said returned party is not at all
favorable to the prospect for ship canal: for
they estimated on fair calculation, that the
elevation of the lowest points over which they
passed are about one thousand feet in height
They followed the Caledonia river, and you can
Juuge the SIZE OF tine stream when the party
walked up the bed of the river all the way.
The English brig of war, Espiegle, arrived on
the 18th, having on board Mr. Osborne, DR..
Cullen, and party of English engineers de.
tailed to survey route for the proposed ship
| canal. --- =
| On the Goth, the English survey schooner
scorpion, and the French steamer Chinari ar
rved-the steamer having on board party for
! the canal route survey, and the schooner being
intended for the survey of this harbor.
| The English and French marty con,hined
started on the 24th. On that day, party of
| hve, detached from Strains party, returned to
the ship, and reported the obstacles and hard
ships which they had encountered. They sta
| ted that they had left Strain and his party in,
the mountains eighteen miles distant. They
LETT the ship again with reinforcement of ten
men and ten days extra provisions, under
charge of Lieut., Faunteroy While write, |
see detachments Of the French and English party
returning to their vessels, and am informed they
have come after provisions. A glance at the
letter of Lieut., Fauntleroy, who overlook the
English party the day after he left, fully indi-
Gates that their own conclusion upon the prem
ises acquired thus far, is, that the route is i'm
practicable.
Since the above was written, some 1SO New
Granadian troops under Col Codazzi, have been
landed here, and will be sent across the route
upon which the explorations are being made. for
the purpose of establishing posts along the line,
and forming garrison at San Miguel, the Pacific
extremity of the line, etc.
The latest accounts from the expedition on
shore are not all satisfactory We are expect
ing to see hostile movements on the part of
John Bulls representatives here, on account of
the murder (of which your readers are doubt
less apprised) of several of the crew of H. B.
Majestys ship Virago, near San Miguel
Our party must by this time be encamped on
the shores of the Pacific
!.
Cullen, the author of a book which certainly
to say the least, gave very plausible reason why
the canal could be and should be built-a bless
ing for him if he could vanish to partsunknown,
to escape the ridicule and contumely which he
IS very likely to receive from his own country
men as well as the other individuals which he
has inveigled into the chimera, | cannot call
it any thing else. We will have completed the
survey of this beautiful harbor in about a
month; the anchorage is very commodious, per-
tectly safe, and capable of containing 1000 sail
of the line,
forgot to mention that the English and the
French parties are camped eighteen miles from
here, and awaiting the arrival of provisions
some of the English engineers have pushed on
with our second party, under the charge OF
Lieut.. Fauntleroy.
THE ssCoLr' REyOIyERs, The Baltimore
Times, IN an article upon the memorial which
Colt, the pistol manufacturer, has presented to
Congress, praying for relief, upon the ground
that he is the inventor of the revolving principle
IN fire arms asserts that he is not the inventor
and says that revolving gun, upon exactly the
same principle and with the same mechanical
detail as Colts pistol, is preserved in the Tower
of London. 1t was invented and in use at the
time of the Edwards, shortly after the invention
of gunpowder.
A DARK DAY CoMING.-There will be an ex-
traordinary eclipse of the sun on the 26th of
May next, such an one as none but the oldest
inhabitants have witnessed in this vicinity. 1t
will be similar to the great eclipse of 1906,
since which there has been none resembling it
nearer than that Of 1880, when eleven twelfths
of the sun was obscured.
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The Cincinnati Sun says libel prosecutions
are pending against the following journals of
that city against the Times for $15 900, the
Gazette and Atlas for $4,000, the Sun for
$4,000, and the Commercial for 100000
The greatest snow storm which has been
known in the vicinity of Baltimore for num-
ber of years, occurred on the 10th and Goth ult
Snow fell in many places to the depth of eigh-
teen inches.