New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-27

the tragic fate OF me Arcuc, uss '"o Pio'1'"" :"
card 10 boats in care Of accident 10 the EMP, was
No, ,ueh q. to encourage confidence or secure safety.
With over Eve hundred souls on board, there we're
but ,ix boats capable OF hoidng az Toe utmost NV
more than two hundred and MY people, ~nle MOI
one of these boa,s wac in CONDITION 70 De immea''
,ulv available had there been any necessity
Tor heir use. In Lieut.. Mcknstry, no" 10 con-
msnd psssengers have every guarantee OF 'siiifui
comm.rd and Kindly treatment In the stewards
d,,srtmept tsstes that had not Undergone the neoss
Jaw ",es change found somewhat IN the more tnAo
,.ct .fu OF dirt TO shock their fasudiousness, aud
rould have been better pleased to eat theI
"lobscouse" and Iri-h stew with temperature
.ova gre q higher than the freezing point. There
ga, more truth than poetry in the Standing joke, that
,h cook bv mistake had cooked his dinner IN the ice
house instead Of the galley.
An old traveller on the California route could not
fail TO observe The striking difference between the
pre,ent and former cass of travellers to the golden re-
pon Instead of the reckless dare devils who former
w. with bowie knife and revolver were ready to out
rsge law and gospel, was found the more Agreeable
AID less dangerous company OF orderly citizens, Who
rhcwed themselves worthy recruits for the march Of
Christian civiizs,ion. There we're four hundred and
Fifty passengers, all tod-of who n two hundred aud
fifty we're cabin, and the remainder sseersge; and
notwithstanding this large assemblsge OF mlsceilane
Gus people OF ali classes ana occupations ana dispos
tons nothing occurred to disturb The harmony which
universally prevailed from the first day to the last.
There we're .ome botsbilities on board, whom, Of
course il becomes us, in due respect for their dig
nity 10 note. First there was Judge Bowiin, with
whose antecedtn hts as member of Congress from st.
Louis and "A the unsuccessfal antagonist Of Benton
in a contest for seat in Congress, you are, doubt
le.s, familiar He is unquesiionably native, as vas
indicated BY his indefatg able tobac oche sog which
l.pt the deck hand who lie detailed for that specially
busy with his .wab. 50 far, the Kuo~-Nothings sil
think the appointment an improvement upon P!erces
precedenis in diplomatic appointments. or the
judges other qualifications for the position of Ma
i.ter to New.Gransda we are ignorant but shall be
able, pehaps TO form estimate hereafter as ne rs
TO take an important part in the coming ceremonlals
Of the railroad celebration Judge Bowiln VIII await
the arrival of an American man-Of.wsr or the En-
elsh steamer a, Asphwal to carry him and bis fam
lily TO Csirhsgena. A General or Colonel Wsrd-ge
are not precise in regard to titles-the Americ An
Con,ul at Pansms, comes next in our current list.
He lie veteran torso-havng lost an arm IN Texas
and left leg in Mexico. He is not favore on The
Istbmus, and wherefore we cannot tell, except II
is that the Psnamssns are incapable Of appreciatng
a character which certainly has its goodhumored
eide, though it may be deficient in courtesy of the
Casiiiisn standard Lieut. McCre, too, was one of
our numbers naval officer, whose nodsety is equal
TO his merit. Having served with great credit on
Lielt Gilliess Survey at Santiago in Chill, he has
now been ordered TO join the Co1t Survey on the
coat Of Csllfornis. He has been induced to stay
over fortnight on the Ishmus in order to make sur
vey of the harbors in the Bay OF Pansmi, for the
benefit Of the Railrosd Company. Mr.. Robertson
the Agent R of Dsnas Two Years Before the
"Mast"-whote marriage with native Californian
lie so chsrmiDgly told in that Defoe-like narrative
and Mr. Temple, an old California millionaire, who
boasts of the possession Of hundreds OF leagues of
land ard fifteen thousand head of cattle complete the
list Of notabllities.
Our own company is made up OF seventeen orignsi
member, who although from their courteou, bear
ing and social qualities, are the most agreeable
companions are not quite the men we would have
chosen for the expedition now n progress There is
neither naturalist artist among US, and harjly
y capable Of giving special ecla TO the occasion, or
dipo,ed TO consider the journey otherwise than as an
opportunity for a frolic
A programme for the coming celebration has been
already prepared. Tomorrow we go TO Pansms,
and stop on way at the Summit, where it IS pro-
posed TO lay the Cornerstone Of monument in honor
Of the original projectors Of the Railroad Messrs As
pinwaJl Clancy, and the late John L. Stephens
Judge Bowln has been notified that an address is ex
peoied from him the occasion, and the poet Tor We
have . poet OF our party has suggested that We
should mngle the waters Of the Atlantic and Pacific
on tina, OCCASION and pour them out in baptism OF the
event
On Saturday, there viii be an excursion on the
Pacific, and banquet, where the aspiring orators Of
our party will have an opportunity of breaking the
eggs Of their eoquence, which have been so long in
state of incubation snd trying themselves as newly
fedeed Demoeheneses within the sound of the roar of
the Pacific
The Railroad officials have also devised plan for
hoDorirg the occasion with a demonstration more
suitable TO the tastes of the native inhabitants III
English speeches, which they cannot understand, and
American dinners, for which they do not care This
part of tho ooebr alton which io consist VI break
fact at Aspinwsll and a ball at Panama, will take
place on Tuesday. The larger portion Of our party
will however by that time have left, they purpose
to leave here by the Fl Dorado, on Monday nsx for
Havana, and thence home; but your Correspondent
will remain, and report until the last, in spite Of the
tenors OF fever and the roastngs Of the tropics for
which he finds all possible alienation in the gen.
erous hospitality Of the Railroad Company.
The Californian passengers have arrived, and are
eager to be pushing their way homewArd. 50 have
only time TO state that we are all well though not
much encouraged for the future, by the general
yellow jack look Of the denizens Of this plague
spot where have yet to meet the nhsbitant Who has
no, been sick. " How do you like this county,"
L sLod little Ne liz Ii A. all.