The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-03-23

and failure In the supply Of funds caused the work to
hs abandoned. New York company has taken it In
hand - entonsd in former letter. and are prosecu-
ting the labor of clearing the canal with great success
They have privilege Of Its tolls for sixty years. and as
II supposed that the opening Of the canal will bring the
greater part Of the trade Of the river to the and easily
accessible harbor OF carthsssna It ID expected to prove
very profitable undertaking.
We started from MAhates Immediately after breakfast
In order to reach Caamar before night. The country
from AIjonss to Santa Cruz is very similar to
best sugar lands In Cuba, and formerly contained
many sugar e,tses The long continued revolutionary
struggle and the subsequent abolition OF slavery there
has destroyed them aud their fertile fields have
again become thickly wooded wilderness. Under a
tropical and tropical rans resumes
It's sway where the hand Of to hold control
an 1t now difficult to recognise the boundaries
that once divided highly cultivated lands.
We stopped at Santa Cruz during the heat Of noon to
rest our horse sand ourselves The place consists Of
lew negro huts only, and seeing aged looking black
citing on the earth in open hut and eating with his
drgers from an earthen vessel crept into the shade
beside him. Entering into sonversation wi III him. he
told me that he was Lucume Gan African tribe Of which
there many in Cuba) that he did not know how old
he was but had been in this country every since the
English "burnt SPAIN Il suppose he alluded to Tratsl
gar that he had bsen brought from Africa by IA Eng
li'h captain, whose King, and s,ld to Senior
Caspades. His master formerly had sugar esta here
where the forest was and he said the old sugar mill
snd kettles we're still lying there 10 the thckot
good for nothing In reply my further questions
he said hia master good one but he was dead
and his widow was living, very poor in Carhagena with
10 one to help her, or all America is free now" He
wished his old master was back for he old and had
no one to give him meiiene There chi dren
playing round which he said were his grand Chi dren
and one babe, bis great grandchiid asked him why
his children did not plant and sell it to get
money for the pun pose of buy ing medicine for him
He replied, "what do We want to plant corn for,
aM America is free now" This seemed 10 be
the uppermost idea in his mind In the
history OF thus poor negro have perfect spi.oms
OF the policy of England toward tropical America. The
obstruction OF the Spanish fleets the on of the
have trade by her ships to their GAIN and to the
prosperity OF the Spanish colonies and then the rules Of
English philanthropy destroying the colonies, the white,
dying in poverty and the children of the negroes build
Ig themselves buts In the foess that have
the once prosperous feds-he once happy slave sink
Is flee now"
After leaving Santa Cuz the horse Of one of our party
began to show evieent signs Of giving out and the
others rode on Jagged behind to kee, him company.
We rode on slowly giving our horses rest at the villages
Of Arroyo Hcndo ard Sat0, and the already DO
low The horizon when we left the latter with two gocd
leagues yet to Ide AS entered the forest the daylight
failed though the stars shcre brightly overhead After
having ridden, judged league horses feet be-
gen to paer In water and We could perceive that
with nsnss and IL few mpae. horse 90
sank in the mud nearly to his grths had lost the way
end shouted to my companion, who WAS at short dis
swamp where was With some difficulty got my horse
out Of the mud and rode back to my friend waited
to where the ground dry. and I. too dark to
ses dismounted, and knelt to see !. couli feel the
troddsn path with my hand HOof prints in hardened
abeaten road We were undoubtedly in the old roai,
but, as had become flooded with waer had been aban
ndoped, and there must be turn out nea.
Imeuned agaiH, and we slowly rode back, seeking
both sides to find indications Of the road But
the DARKNESS was too Egyptian AID hid It from Re-
procure guide. We had nearly reached the village
when we came suddenly upon three sen.lsmen riding to-
party, who, unbeknown to us, had remained behind at
Mobates to avoid the heat Of The day, and gentleman
adventure, and all glad follow the gentleman
supposed him to be familiar with the way. We rde
Sour confident that al was right sosn m aisr Ter .hs
time, however, ,houghtI recognized portion Of the
read and soon we heard the pAter Of the leading hores
feet in stan6iYg water.
rered up at once, and after heard the guide
shouting to Us to stop For some time c,uld plainly
hear tie ounderirg Of his horse but could nothing
and in sbcrt tine he returned and said there
road there The new coHers then began to seek tor tie
ms on Dv ssay through the osGn
branches and knocking my knees against Of trees
ishSn, a ,osmbsr rad desire = rs2ss. v 90 throv
and waited with patience 70. the result f6ey soon gave
up their fsutess lesrch and the strange eentlemsn
tneIe wait until lie went TO Sato for guide.
We soon came to a small oeen space, where we dis
mounted and throwing tired limbs at length upon
the ground lett hores browse upon the tender
branches, while soaced our hungry stomacns with
m half an har We heard I
OF approaching boots, and at moments warning little
jscksss laden with trunks trotted rapidly through our
sMount mount, Tor the burden beasts coming" We
were soon up for the laden animals have little respect for
luggage mules which we hsd passed at Mabsteo Tne
drivers knew the road well, and the gentleman who
hsd volunteered to go to ssto came up with theu We
all gladly fell In, and more took up way for Ca
lamar I was both hungry and fatigued aud ths da-k
ride seemed almost interninabe We soon met
who ro6e up to and said he brought fresh horse.
II that General Mosquea who lad ,ked Gala
before dark, had kindly sent out for me- fearing by
our long delay that mine had broken down We recded
the village at half past ten In tbs evening" aud
doing ample justice to the impatient dinner.
The bel Of ibe steamer awoke before daybreak and
If er hurried cup Of coffee, we embarked The Henry
Wells belonging 10 the New Granada Canal and Steam
Navigation Com lany of New York and named in honor
OF President had waited two days u.s. aud her cap
tain anxious to be of. surprised to find her
With the flag flying at the peak and upon
qniry told that the New Granadian government,
ih wise berality in It's iesre to advance the
ia interests Of the c:untry had thrown open the navi
cation Of the Msgdslena river its main artery, to al
Laliont huu tAht ootu AmeIcah anu lbn steamers
ing upen it under their .iona flags.
The latter Lave been here years. but the former
have onE lately made their ap They have a.
ready evnced their superiority to the English steamers
and IA other boats are now being built in the United
states expressly adapted to this river hope and doubt
arr even increase it.
We Icy to at night, and two days sail brought to
this city Tie river below here presents many Of the
characters cs, but less monotonous Of the lower Mis-
ssippi There is the same broad sheet Of water, the
high and cavipg mu banks, the sandy shoals
the same rapid vhiring and muddy stream, the same
sDsgs and lawyers, and similar wild vegetation, a
though cotton wood Is to be found. We passed the
old ST anish city OF Tenerie quite decayed. II
he Of OF The grest battles of Colombian indie
peneen.e. A ine church towers Above the hat,hed
roofs Of its surrounding bouses, but the walls alone
MAIN the roof has followed the waning fortunes Of the
place.
Campos is a busy and thriving place being the grea.
and centre of the river trace Here the bonOas and
chamrons species Of boats and fats that do the carry