New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-15

l., 49,, ,o 9th her precious charge 10 shore. Ohers
sse,r,dsd in ssvnS The mother one' ca.o1 " IN
t.so.sr occurred one native man lost hs lie IN ms
t,ts IN saye others Some Of the ptsseagsrs
- o the lsunch uei she was drawn ashore oclsrs
ssfely 10 the beach while still others sank exhaasted
in1s,b ne vaves II impossible yet 20 dstern ne
Row napy perised In less than en- hoar after he disaster
occued dead bodies were upon the oaeeh som;
ashore by The natives, others washed 10 WIN tie saf
eyer,I oihers were subsequently found aoi ao1l; ~
dozen more were kno~n TO be mssiog-ol ~ those ~
the launch saved The rst body vas iha
az vounr upon whose clothing found large s1n.
ofeoId Her husband also drowned wao 50 ca:1sd
thousands Of dollars the weight Of which peru iP a1el
In csugine their sea.hs. One had upon hun an nii
ted life pTeserver but beneath II was belt OF gold sa
feiepfly heavy weigh him down More Of ss gold vas
found uron the persons Of those drowned II was not
therefore necessity that made them steeTage passengers
On the following day, March 3, the bodies recovered
were buried together by the passengers suu on shore
The occasion Of gres; so.emni.y. E|;a conn
was carried by four persons thus forming len5 ny pro
cessiou which was followed by most 0t the passengers
ard d crowd Of the natives. IL T. seldom that more
melancholy and mourniu sPecaee ls VIZ cn,,n a
awful sOemniiy peryaded the place as ts ~
rassed slowly through the village and over ts mus 70 ne
place OF burial Heie tiier impressive ana aPpCP
fun.ral rite, dePosited the fenans "I sHSsn
bu beings who but the day before, were ful OF LIE
ard health and hope and joy returning after tqsOns
exile in Of land 10 enjoy the ras OF er itoofs lu
their naive or adopted homes Immediately aiter le
,uner servces we're concluded. the remainder 81 tne
pa,ucerF and freight Of the Brother Jonathan were Goa
y4yed 10 the Ometepe snd eay in the evening she de
paiied for the river Il is here gohy OF notice tha' the
sgerts The Nicaragua Stesmshp Company ss soon a;
Tie calamity related above occurred notied the hotel
keepers and oilers OF the place, that they "oul1 pay
,Ie hoard Of all uassengeTs and delTay all other
renses that might accrue from the disaster Inc passage
sorofs the Lake and dOHn the rlver WAS rehdefel
somewhat unpleasant, from the great NUMBER oi
rfr,ous-soe Of them of extremely opposite character
tbot were crowded small and uncomfortable steamers
The regulations in this particular form the Only serpns
affection that can be urged against the Nicaragua route
and 10 this the Company would do well 10 direct lts atten-
ton at an carly period Respectable families viii not if
y can avoid IT, subject themselves to be thrust for sew
1ar viii a
PIE whose chief delight when opportunity Oilers Is 10 an
noy snd insult and abuse those whom they imagine more
eentetl than thtmsCyes yet such IS now the case oa
The lake and river boats; a delicate lady Is eO'Ted
and iostled by a crowd Of ruiians. their unwashei
persODs covered with filthy garnenis, while her feet
are YestDg in 8pUdGe OF tobacco Juice ana her ears con
seutly saued with vulgar and obscene talk and should
she or her friends exhibit any evidences OF annoy
auce they will be fortunate not TO meet with rougher
treatment And this under the present arrangement
uFt be endured for several days The cabin passengers
should be kept separate from those OF the storage az well
the lake and river on the ocean boats ms accom-
Ilshed the jealousy which is almost invariably enter
aiued part Of the latter toward the former viii at
least have opportunity to sh NV Itself ia vulgar abuse
and scts of oren violence The boats the river should
be of lighter draugh and carry fewer persons and should
by all be provided with food and lodging acconmo
dLtOns. Had such been the arrangements the late de-
plorabie calamity wouli not Have occurred Had the
soeape passengers been compelled to 20 on board the
Cenre America the night of the ls inst, there SOald
have been necessity crowd The launch on the following
day, and all would have gone on smOoihy and had sep
aTae boats provided exclusively for the seerae
sengeTs on the river there would have been OF the
rushing, and quarelling, and shtng-the indignation
meeting and inhammaory speeches, and deduneiaory re
solutions that subsequently anspred. On the afternoon
of Sunday March the passengers Of the Brother Jona
than arrived from Juan del Norte about 80 Of whom
sailed the same day for New Orleans the steamship
Daniel Nebster. and the remainder in the Star OF the
est for New York This latter is of tue finest ocean
eamers ahoat Her accommodations admirable IN
every respect while without exception her officers are
expsTienee0 and attentive to their duties. The passage
from San Juan has occupied eight days, and one more
Agreeable could neither have been desired
J. II GIHON
SeoEp Of e Vat Ne York Bay Monday, March IS 1854