Daily American organ., 1856-04-30
The AfttaY on the Isthmus.

The ARRAY ON the Isthmus.
The Aspinwan Courier contains the following
account of the affray ON the Isthmus, of which We
published sketch yesterday, under the telegraph
ic head:
The difficulty originated In dispute about one
dime, between an intoxicated passenger and ma
tive respecting payment for piece Of water melon
The native being much exaspersted st the conduct
Of the passenger, drew a knife, on seeing which,
the passenger fred at ths native and severely
wounded him. This brought forward another
tive, who stabbed the passenger, and then the
combatants increased considerably on both sides
for some time--a number were shot and more
badly cut with machets. Through the exertions
of Mr. j. w. johnson, the Panama Railroad Su-
perntendent, the fight was then stayed for short
time. But, anon, Il broke out with renewed vio-
lsnce, and an apparent organization and evident
method, which told fcsrfully for the natives.
About this time, 1t began to be evident that
spite against the Railroad Company, and piunder,
were the chief motives of the atrocities and dep
relations which had been and were to be commit
ted Tie first ARRAY occurred between six and
seven p. NJ, and but brief intervals OF tolerable
quiet occurred between that hour and midnight.
The most terrible assault was made between nine
and ten o'clock.
All the officials on the station, with the excep-
tion of the superintendent, lost everything they
IN ClOLnlnR anu vdluhOtd Oi every ucbCrlptlOu.
The Panama Railroad counting-room Qncluding
the desks of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company
was entirely ransacked, and everything of value
carried of; the books and papers were cut and
torn to pieces, and one Of the safes, which con-
tanned but little money, was broken open and pill
laged, while the other was pierced to the inner
linings but nothing taken therefiom. Every
drawer and desk and closet was ransacked and
nothing was left in its place, or uninjured. The
| g., he lad xwsth haIl all he
baggage that had been put in the lighters to 60 off
to the steamer was rided. The officers all left the
station, except Mr.. Centre and Mr.. johnson they
were on the premises until the ransacking was
nearly completed. Mr.. Center had several very
narrow escapes two men were shot by his side,
and he avoided the same fate by concealing him
self among the rafters OF the building.
Some twenty foreigners were killed, and be-
tween thirty and forty badly wounded-among the
latter were several women and children among
the former were X. w. Marks, of Pennsylvania,
four years resident; N. Dubois, Of Louisiana, also
an old resident. Both of these were respectable
and esteemed citizens, whom we have known long
and well Mr.. Stokes an officer of the Walker
company that came to Panama on the Cortes, was
also among the killed
Mitchell Bettern, Orleans Co., Vt, from Gold
Hill, Placer CO., CAL, was found murdered in the
woods near the railroad station. He had two thou
sand dollars on him when murdered.
An attempt having been made to get the pas
sengers who were in the vicinity Of the station on
board the little steamer, the natives formed guard
at the beach, and stripped men, women, and chill
dren, as they approached, taking the women's
rings from their fingers and ears, and their pins
from their cuffs and bosoms.
All were attended sedulously and as promptly as
possible by Drs. Otis, of the "Iinois," Warrenton,
of the philadelphia" and Riley, of the John
L. Stevens Drs. Kratowchil and LIE Briton, of
Panama, were engaged with the wounded that
were taken to them during the evening-and they
we left Panama, yesterday morning.
tive pillage of the night; large number of pas
few who had not several hundred dollars and
some as much as FIVE, six and seven thousand
dollars. Most yielded to the demand Of the rob-
bers without much resistance, and those who
made attempts to escape or resist, were immed-
ately cut down.
Although the number of dead and wounded
known ia no greater than we have stated, we feel
confident that more were killed than have been
found, or of whom we have any tidings.
Of fourteen dead who lay in the Railroad freight
house on the following morning of the 10th, we
could obtain the name of only one, Lieut. Stokes
The management of the ostensble attempts to
subdue the savages after they commenced the Sec
ond attack were very bad, and, indeed, the police
did very much harm rather than any good.
A correspondent of the Tribune estimates the
amount of property stolen from the Americans at
al, ,3S8. s. NJ Wagner, of Baltimore, lost "A, 900