New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-05
AMAZONIA.
rxpERIEECE vs.. MAURY AND HERNDONs
HJTMBUG.


We have been here very much interested recently
q, an attempt Of several parties Of Americas 70 e.
,.hl;.h ,beuselyes in the gold and silver regions on
the Upr<r Amazon. Hsppesrs that VIDE ana a''er-
s6.d an orr country is- II u Insufficient 10 meet ue
cravings Of these who make gold inning q profession
The Weld Of the Celifori lie mines u systematic, safe
and c.rAn but not rapid enough to SUI, those who
uu,t have fortune Immediately. The attention OF
he public hos by various means been ooostan,y d.
rected during he two three Year, oas' 70 the Am
sxon. The old recOIlechons Of PzSro and hs parry,
who cough, the famous and splendid FL Doraao, bid
in come inde.cribsble part Of the county were
arouse6 suspicion w1s excited W The slmos' 'o'oe"
and peremptory clo,e Of he Amazon by B'@sD; zoe
writings Of Lieut.. Many. in style Of peculiar i"'
eusfior relative 70 the glowing pr sPecs o. zoe A1I
,zon Valley and the gold fields probably exlstinS IN
tle mountains Of Brazil, Peru BOLIVIA snd Ecu,lo',
vhich we're universally Tesd. and aroused baCysD'
,,,,e,x ,uoug tie rter p,siog % resp -one OF me
Sc 81, you'd accrue from eIerfion in sac1 a
son,try and the nsSspapeT ssetches OF HaVei'is ~
PERI oil combined 10 give glowing ll'e'e'''V e'"'
tling pertaining 20 The country. c-r.
Tbus jmpeied several American parties N = "a ifHr-
r;s anstfslia and on the western coast Of south
An.yics fitted expeditions for Pero aud Ecuador
Some 81 the.e commenced preparations 10 tahi'rnA
AZ early ss August 1888; but the first party landeg
a,Cnlso that Of Cspt Apps gate, proceeded 20 the
In December. These were followed II ieT weeks
b, four other parties "te 81 them containing iory
men and all 81 hem except one taxing me iruAul9
voue from Callao-th. other proceeding 70 the besl
va,srs Of the Iiuallaga pro- "y al f~dyt gan .'Ve,'
The des tinnioD of al parss a. thai Oi M f@ss''
stock whom have already men'ionsd vas SANTIAGO
do Boris Oh the MargBOn, at lis extreme northern
uoiuf n. sfest Ecuador Ibey had heard me s1m'
wd reports Of god this place a. on tte RIO NapI
IN Ecuador Thee parties proceeded over a. rough
rosds AZ man cao travel, Transporting heavy inpls,
Deris for mining and washing gte %',9 tho'n' an
bepg com n.ll4d frequently 70 take iheiTdoSs Oh uH
,bouders and oT their guns do n the sl1es OF inc
tsoautaus with cOrde. They arrived hlst NJ naAa-
psrca then az Chachapagas, aud hna'y ~ Maya
bsmba the largest and most popnOus feru'laa c''J
eat Of tie Rosntsnf. They hal taken different
route although better than that Of another parry,
which proceeded from Luna directly over the Andes
by CerTo de Pasco 10 the great 7yer MINES OF feru:
hind and disposed every where 10 shelter aod feed
them "a ia IN. best Of the land. Food Ol every sDl
was scare since they Travelled sx'eeu days without
seeing a single habitstoD. The Government wishing
by all means TO assist them, ana iesrng mat 'hey
voud not fud provisions ordered them % shoot down
ru,b animals % they needed wherever found. - faf
from this being nee ssary the people seemed 10 we IN
thtir attentions. They relate case that s,osgy
illustrates the inbOn hosp'G'ity Of these people.
Leaving Trusio, they could not find stopping place
until they arrived at hdct1RfI ~ midnight On
application to remain for the night they were wei
coined for the night lamb gas immediately slaugh,
II
tie yourg ladies beautiful SCH0rnd invited the men
into the drawing room 10 hear Warrington
"hercb, on the Pisno. 1hi- was both uneIpec,e
and highly agreeable the more so az II reminded
them of tie one Counfry and One washington far
away while it made them feel perfectly If ease among
people whose higher society contraed thus so bear
hfully with the peten iers Of the same class IN our
country.
ton VI sympathy. On their arrival 10 Truxillo It
war quite different. The people supposed them
port Of Lass gang Of robbers ana immediately
buried all ihor treasure. Asseon az they say the
manly department Of the miners and sscersined their
real Intentions they offered hom the most hearty hos
pitslty of the city, and greatly facilitated their
journey by various presents.
The party Of Cspt Apologize attempted to descend
small river from Balsspeurta 20 the H1 al4ga, but
we're wTeoked-losiDg one man and all of their cloth
ing, arms mPemeDts provision. ono MONEY ihey
were now in the very heart OF the "oesi country on
fhe upper waters Of the Amszonthe great nountt ANS
ard The Pacific 10 the west, and the lsns Huslaga
and Amazon to the east. They made their way
back TO Mayabanba, where Capt Apologize died
from fatigue and exposure after lingering SIX weeks;
The party were now fully at sea until they found
an American, Mark Williams of Ne< jersey, aud
come French exploring officers, who gave them all
the aid possible. Although thus difressed and dis
appointed the whole party determined in ~
purposes-whch were 10 push on 10 sintiagc-e'pe
eally as they received ~he At Mayabamca letter
from the patty OF Capt Talbot, which mad arrived at
Santiago and building fort and had high eXpecia-
tons Of gold.
They row embarked again. ihis time for Taraporta
nj the head OF navigation on the uallags,
hundred miles above its mouth. Cn~erta is a lev
miles above THE where Lieut. Herndon left his poems
and fret embark ed ~ AN hs old element IN man
of-war made of airee-trunb, and commanded by the
valiant LAVA, since made Governor OF Nsats. AZ
Tsrspota they found Mr.. Nesbit. who had taken Dr.
Wh,tmoye's two steamers to Paru ior.th NoVern-
ment lie had left che steamer Irado at Omegus,
$50 miles below, with Gov. Ories on board, "a the
low stage of water would permit it 10 60 no higher
although il was drawing but about two feet The
Governor had also sent an agent WIN MT ~, VINO
was 10 buv goods 20 prevent starvation 81 the popa-
lstion and troops at Nauta the former 800 Indians,
and the latter twenty additional Indians with red caps
and guns. This seeDt, having all the Hovernnent
funds, got 10 gambling with one OF the Prvat.s OF the
place, who had won all Of his money, and Doth got
hcpel, ssly drunk. The steamer waited IN VAN fJr
the pro, itons the Government funds, which Foud
have purchased large quantity OF provisions IN that
country teiren dollars being AL gone The ,vernor
was ur able to purchase any Provisions At Onagus,
because the people hnew thar he would never pay
them. Thev had plenty Of Wild hogs, turtles ana
hsh. The Governor had received only H. soc OF tue
funds OF the Republic during two years on this side Of
the me- untains. lie is called social monsters forces
the Indians to labor for him without remuneration;
has the monopoly Of the salsa p'm'ha trade and has
driven all Of the cid traders in this articen Brazil.
HE tyranny has d,cima'ed the population asd all Of
the Indians leaving for the interior where his o.
pression cannot reach them. The party eohsTuc'e
ba!sG raft OF legs Of the bg.sd wood, which s very
light and descended the HGallags 10 the Mar4non.
Our party had now suffered no ordinary priv atoms.
They had LEFT the rich gold-h.ds OF California for
what The San Francisco, Sydney, and Melbourne pa
pefs called IKE rich gold FEEDS g fsc A"1>0H.
They had crossed the Andes and the Corjileras had
been wrecked in small river, and lost positively
every thing their lssdr had died; aud nov helpless
still after descending eigh. hun. red miles OF the
river and traNeisiDs i've hUadred miles OF rugged
country they determined 10 turn their garifod up
stream the six hundred miles farther % santiago.
venture the assertion that, thus situated, nobody
hut Americans would ever have attempted a journey
apparently 80 impossible. Nerved ~ the one pur-
snA n. nl.raA L.l.l.-LlA-s iLaX ns-lIsl