New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1854-03-13
Fifteen Days Later from the Pacific.

LATER FROM THE ISTHMus-DREADFUL DISASTER
.5@ss ON LAKE NICARAGUA. @r..
By the arrival, on Saturday, of the steamship
Ell Dorado, Captain Gray. from Aspinwall, and
the Daniel Webster, Captain Womack, from San
Juan Del Norte, we have received fifteen days
later intelligence from California and later dates
from the Isthmus and the South Pacific
The Daniel Webster was detained four days
at San Juan Del Norte, by melancholy acci-
dent which took place at Virgin Bay, on Lake
Nicaragua, On the afternoon of the I'd inst,
while the passengers were being conveyed to
the lake steamer Ometepe, at her moorings, in
the large iron launch used for that purpose 1t
appears, from all the information we could col
lect, that the launch was crowded by over
anxious passengers to get on board the steamer
The wind blowing on shore created heavy
swell, which filled her while near the land, and
precipitated nearly eighty persons altogether
into the water, twenty four of whom we're
drowned. Nineteen bodies were recovered and
buried at Navy Bay.
The agent at that place was using every ex-
ertion in his power to find the other bodies
Every attention was paid to the survivors that
was possible. 1t is supposed that the large
amount Of gold and dust attached to the persons
of the unfortunate victims was the cause of the
drowning OF many of them, as the water was
quite shallow a few feet inside the launch
in rescuing passengers and baggage from the
water, and one poor fellow was drowned in his
humane attempts.
Annexed is a list of the names of most of the
persons whose bodies have been found since the
accident at Virgin Bay. The amount of treasure
attached to them, is said to be in the hands of the
agent;
William II. Gardiner, 5000 in gold, draft for
$l45O; Francis Harris, ll9 ounces dust; Isaac
Edge, $4,000; Engineer, name unknown; c.
Vine, D. W Loud, Fred. Cleary, (boy,) Daniel
New York; Charles Lyons; Old man from Mi
chigan, name unknown; III. w. Studley, not
found; Mercy Moore, a native; James Potter,
not found; William Lynn; English woman,
found; her husband, not found, had on his body
$500; I. Samoots Frank Flynn David Lewis,
a black.
This is the first accident of the kind that has
taken place since the line was formed.
The Star of the West left San Juan on the
evening of the 9TH for New York, with $50 pas
sengers, and 81 900 900 in treasure
The El Dorado left Aspinwall on the morning
of the 9th inst
Steamship George Law left Aspinwall at the
same time, with two hundred passengers, and
one million and half in gold dust.
The United States sloop- Of war Cyane, Capt.
Holliss was in port at Aspinwall when the Ell
Dorado left. Capt H. states that, after land
ing Lieut., Strain and party, of the Darien Ca
nal expedition, at Caledonia Bay, he remained
there twenty eight days, during which time
nothing was heard of the party, except, from
some natives, to the effect that they were all
dead. Lieut.. Strain took with him only ten
days provisions; and, although Captain Holliss
and officers of the Cyane are of opinion that the
whole party have persisted. yet the arrival of
the English Engineering Corps at Panama
leaves still some hopes of their safety.
Capt. Holliss was to leave Aspinwall next day
for Panama, and if he could hear no tidipgs of
Lieut. Strain and those along with MIN, he
would return to his ship and proceed at once to
Caledonia Bay to ascertain further news if pos
sible, and from thence to the States.
1t is the opinion of Capt. Holliss and officers,
(some of which accompanied the expedition
some ten miles) that canal can never be cut
By the El Dorado we have received full files
of California papers. Dates to the 9th Jan.
hadIbeen received from Ensenada. Forty-six of
Col. Walkers men had abandoned the expedi-
tion and returned to San Francisco. The Her.
aid of San Francisco says. 1t seems that a
portion of Colonel Walkers men became dis
satisfied with their food and treatment general
ly, believing that favoritism had been shown to
some particular men, Their murmurs grew
loud, and Colonel Walker was at length COM
PEELED to assemble the battalion together. At
ter eliciting from those who were willing &c
stand by him, that they would remain true to
him until Sonora was taken, he told the discon-
tented they were at liberty to depart. This
occurred on the 24th of January. The disaf.
fected were required to leave within two hours
This they did, failing to provide themselves
| with rations for their journey, but CARRYING
! with them their arms. Colonel Walker, with {