New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

We take the following account OF the inassacr" from
Tie AspinraH Courier (e1Ial ct Aprl L:
Arother Of those terrible hghts between the natives
anu for guers which have occurred o. the 18th nus
seyeia iDes since the emigration to California o)m-
mel cd traispTed at Panama on th9 night OF Tues
dey tie l5t5. The result was most horrible mn "a
ere oi bnoct passengers grea, destruction OF pas
,crgtrs baggage, ord devastation of property OF
toiL the iaiiIosd company anl Individual residents
l,6r the Panama Railroad ziaion.
Tie difficulty onginst'd IN dfpute abost one
dine between an intoxicated passenger and native,
ie,It cling payment FOR Il piece OF watermelon Ihe
story tLat tie native being much eia-Perated by the
duct OF tie passenger drew kni'e, on sesiIz
which tie passenger fred at the native and severely
wuunoed him. This brought forward another native,
who stabbed the paesergrr and then the co noi'ins
increased considerably on both sides for somo time-a
number wtfc shot, and more badly ut with machete5.
TLrogeb the oxeiiiols Of Mr. j. w johnson, the
Panama Rsiload Superintendent, at the Panarna sta-
tOn, The fgli was then stayed for short time. But
il broke Cut with renewed violence, and an ep-
usrert organization and eyl1,r 1t method, which told
ftaiiuy fi the natives. About this time It began TO
be eyid,Lt that spite against the Railroad Company
and plJnGer the chic: motives Cf the a'roctles
ard dtpredaoDs which Lad been, sni were to be
c,uuItied Tie fr-t affray o'curred between aud
T. m and bat brief intervals OF tOlerl Die qriet oc-
cUITod between That hour aud midnight. ioe irOt
terrible as aul' wac made between and 10 oclOck.
All tie Officials on the station, with tie exec Iton
Of tie suptnLtendont, lost everything they had in
clothing and yaluables Of every dee Iiptton. Ine
Pcn6ma Railroad cOUDtog room, including the decks
q lie Pacific Mail Sc tamship Company, was entirely
raLss0ktd d. aud every thing Of value carried OH the
books and pap aud torn to pieces aud one
Of the safes (which couta'Ded bat little rione') was
broken open ard psgeO, while the other wss pierced
10 the irEer liniDgs but motoring taken thereifom;
Eyety drawer and desk aud cl1stt ransacked aud
boting LETT IN lie place unDjured Ihe reiy1t-
louse IdGled with hals-, and all the baggage thH
hLd Lot been put N he o. tiers TO go on toth Steamer
was nied. Tic officers all left the station except Mr.
Center and Nj. Johnson; they were on tue premises
until tie rsnsackirg nearly completed Mf. Cen
ter Lad ;eyeTal very narrJw escape; two men were
shot 10y bic eide end he avoided the ale ia'e oy con-
conlpc Inns. en- dig III rafters Of the bull iDgs.
Sone twenty f,iriencrs were HI led, aud between
tbuty and foIiy baoI! wOuUded-amobg the ister
were y,rol women ard children; among the former
we X. " Marks Of Penbry lvaniH, four yeafs resi-
Gett; 81 Dubois Of Louisiana, also an old resldest
Eoth of these resi- CO.. blr aud e,erned czen-,
won We lave known oEg aud wei. Mr. Stokes, an
,fic.r of the " elker company that came ~ Panama
OF tbe Cortss. was al-o among the Killed..
Mitchell Be'ttrn. Orleans COu.ty, W., from Gold
Eli Plscer Couo;y Ca.. was found murdered Ia tue
wCoGs neaT the Railroad Station. lie had - 90 on
him when uudcfed sD We afe iniOrned Dy one Vi MS
Al sitempf having been m.ie to get the ps.-en.
cefs wio were IN the vlcii, of the station oa board
the little stesneT the natives formed guard at the
beach and strip d men women an1 children az tley
srricacLed taking the wOLIens rings from their nn-
seis snd eSIs and their pius hom their Gun. and
icons. OF the wound &, we have the names OF
RssideEts # tte IsfhmH
w H. Hunter saut N tie wrist; bone fractur d.
LEO. DE- Saba Secretary Of tae Untet States
CCrsu g; Panama.
- rslmer an employee Of tie Railroad Co. st
PLIamA. 80,
Passengers pr Steamer IHir0iss
Ceorca o. Fed OF Sew York, brother, or other
vile ttsIy retted to Ms. Crave, Wayne street,
jersey City sbot in the hip with mEsket bali-bsd
'Iscure.
Jos Vi. Psikcr. Bangor, Me-, Get With e machele
On tie LeSL-eku fractured, and stab 10 ibe oin-.
AN. Seluver, Providence, K. l., shot through the
lurg.. with ml-ket ball.
4 LaIie Swane Stro1c, Me-, shO. IN the stoufer
with d uluskei ball. which passed down nto the KID
Pausuge-, per S'sarsr C0r'es:
Patrick j. O'Sel, Sln F-aDolsto %, gun-'hot throngh
The bO.y suc CAST the head with N nlchste-ici-
G,iye- At NJ. lJl Christie street, Nv lofk
Nathan Pfebir, Iarc0ck County, Olo, fleSaH'-
vile nesr Finley cut n th= face very oa1ly TiI2
machete.
G. urcb Gtshsvle 5. c.; shot IN tae region Of tae
srunch and al-o II the head wita muske; balls IKE
vi, Lsd 4 cut il the heed With some sharP ln'tru-
nert.
Az the Police Station there were some dozen OF tue
IEr OF, rasseIgeTs, g.! Of whom wefe ~ousded, out
none of hem seriously eIcep, one, whose name we
could De; ascsItaIE.
All tie tbOye were attended sedulousiy AM az
prompay a. poe,ibe oy Drs. Otis Of the Illinois, Ar
i,r,on u ,he Philadelphia ind Riley OF the J"ah H.
St,pLel,- Dr. krstowehil and l. Breton OF finiG:.
u, ~ engaged with the wOuGded thai were tsArn 10
them during the evening, and they were ~ the raroaa
station dIe-sing wounds when sc @t Pensrns se-'@f
| cay morning II, .aa ise,.-