New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-31

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! lent dish. sufficient for three Of Us But not "a,
strong soup. but pies and -akes can be prepared -
means OF this substance, and certain qlrsniii, Of 4
together with some collie and tea. viii always MO-
' the moot portable and healthy nutriment dunn
rough forest lite should II be- continued IN A.,
era months
We spent the greater part OF t., day n dry N IN,
.lothes and cleaning all the numerous little a..
abieh We ca fred with us, good uaay o. which 80
bs,p cons slider sbly damaged Our physical irstrun.,
espe eillly had severely suffered b. the cCl.taa,A,
midty and theT pres. lted, notwithstanding tie e,..
with " hich they were packed up c,pioratL 81 A.
rear4nce that W. had little hope OF bdNgng tksm IN
.eryi'esble state % the capital OF Costa R.ea.
Aboit dark fetched from one Of our trnks
small tssgic-lsnterN which We hsd boa Sal in Ne,
Orlesas with the ,ssgn of asug ii during our traye
among Tho Indians Il Central America, a. va thoash
this kinf II entertainment nseh more Likely to paas
these wild ems of nat than lecture natural La
tory or ngtional economy. We hxed SON e 1san wk.a
towels or lie wall Of the pslm,hstehe ee. hlei ts
little lsniV (Hs had no other burning Sibs,ane,l
with some castor oil trou our tsle spoth,'c,ry cas-.
carefully wiped the msinfying yasses, IN he eIk
bltiOn conn speed
Our celebration on the ohldlike rropensiti,s the..
halfbrecds proved pretty exact one. Tie fshaiei
and more grcesque the pictures were which he GAgc
lantern reflected on tie artificial Waite gTouEi lie
greater becarys the excitement and 1lghter ald when
the representation was over, cCrd easily reRaa
by the cOntens-d faces of the surpr's.i auditory t
these dssolying pictures prod,ced mach greater al
imposing effect than the official tokens oi Don tehe
which We presented on our arrival
We were cor tIgted 10 an upper psrt II the hOla
70 sleep. A Lctched trunk OF tree ser we'd as
staircase Since that time we have Ossen tia
primitive kind of ssircase in the habi'atiSos the no
lives where il generally leads 10 that pSr OF he dwea
ing used as bedrooms.
When we had reevhed, not without SOM ,in, thi
singular first story Ne observed to our gEsst spes
ure that it was ST more filthy, mse-sblo ard dllip.
dated than the grors9 floor, and scrambling E 1don
10 the lower part. We threw our blankets on To dsm
earth laid Colts revolver near us. an ntbne ed
sPep Our two travelling companions had p mia
couea preparel in our vicinity and the sederS pit
some distance in small eOiin-like ber,hs hang!r S
air a,d protected by musketo bars.
We had hardly stretched ourselves or.the u luA
before , legion of m;rsesos approached Win ael
hummipg music and Al army of voraco-s siaa 81
tempted with peTnicicus perseverance, to to-cs Us
away from our quiet position The most snpp, IA vie
itor however. kisd Of vampire, who's essg;ln.
uay flew in circle over our head. and WA oy' so8,
descending enough To come now and ttdn - iae
cround md trip up and down our blankets
From the dark forest ortsde issued durn. the ssOe
nioht the seNnds of wild music The howlirg wal
inc cries oe the congos tgers, punlas, etc site rate
" rent the air Every h0Hr We heard dller, 1t res
il seen ed as il the animals IN the forest wSch
change in o<er spare the power OF their 'oes Snd
70 be- able 10 below with greater eject wien,
the night one OF our cOmpanons, who was wig the
nearest to OUT couch, called TO us with loud v0ce.
and said that there was y man standing besCn him
with white blanket over his head, whose utaAslOns
seemed very suspicious and that We should be an
guard With these words he cooked the CUR which
was living at his side. Wa. seized our revolver aud
started up in y great hurry but how great wsy our
surprise. WHEY in the ghOstike appearance We recog
nztd one of orr travelling companions VINO being
chased away fxom his nightly rest below, by yaCpires
M l.tn ua n far "A POntprshla
as, um above aud was returning in de- pa,r IRON
this last retreat, which seemed almost to ~ ch0ecn
in preference, ~ bumming F9ushetoes, biting snt'
and other kinds Of annoying vermin Placing he.eif
opposite TO our sleeping ground our friend wished to-
try our watchfunesS-an attempt which, by the least
nsui der standing would have been accOmpancdsy the
most serious consequences.
On tie morning of the 4th II May We got up With
the most Earnest determination not "a pass second
nght in this abo minabIe abode IL was beiutital
bright morning. The Thermometer stood at 3o'cock
st - degrees Fahrenheit Rnt AZ this season even the
brightest sky was not very reliable ON the contrary,
the iarer the morning, the earlier the heavy "cuDuIY
appeared the and stronger the thunderstorm and
rain set in We FASTENED, therefore, to carry our meas
ures into execution, and offered 10 any soldier who
would be inclined to ACCOMPANY on foot throughthe
small forest path to the next settlement the sun II
five dollars. taking at the sanU time all responsibility
upon ourselves Tor his leaving the quarter IN the absence
Of the commander of the pl2cc. To our great anger
sun o money for walk of less than eight miles coUn
not persuade the obstinate aud tmid mltlamr AZ ne
Sarapiqui to accompany Each OF them mad ar ex'
cuse at hand, and when We ut length showed our hrm
dcrcruinatOntO proceed, were 1t even alone the Od
US so much of the difficulty ot finding the road through
the virgin CROWN Of the forest, and undertook 50
well Ia prove that the courier must yet pass the ahd
inc in the of the day on his way back 70 San
Jos6 and how that be- would BE- the safest messenger
for procuring mules that at length resigned eur
A., and tal NTH fha matt. nef.tha
Jews for the arrival of the redeeming "COrreO'
But like the ancleD. people. we waited in vain Sd
the evening closed IN without any change ia our pGl
ton having taken place. Another wearisOme n,bLwr
TO be spent dark hours most probably too, with
out either ply scal or mental repose.
In this moment OF sorrow, dlstressdnd lndl'nsh0a.
in which tie probability Of our proceeding was post
ponod tor an indefinite period, asked travelling
companions, who shared IN our distress, IT in spite II
all these obstacles and difficulties they would still be
inclined to continue the journey 10 san Jose. Andh
was glorious ratisiactson brilliant star shnIDg0
the future OF difficult undertaking. that OF 0,
hestated, that every one answered with : decided
tone" Up to San jose ~
Although. during tina whole day, nothing had been
done accelerate the continuation OF journey tl
had not spent II IN vain. To thee OF the sOlde
afflicted by the fever administered with the be's
results strong dOscs Of qunne Fifteen grains Of thai
excellent remedy seem here where all IL Dunted after
pounds only small dose, and produce, u 4en 1t once
d much more satisfactory elect than twice the Glsn'
tiy tahen at different intervals.
Tie greater part Of the 9TH of May was again passed
without the least change IN our situation. except maj
our provisions became less with NEAL ana lhs'
there was no prospect whatever OF procuring 1fe'a
supply. The cOIrier had not arrived, and the beaV
ram which set in pretty early in the morning too.
away even the last hope that he would yer P's'
There came suddenly succOr from place Vsh.ie y"
would have expected it the least. mule arI'erF