New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-09-04

psestea Walker 20 oms Bal, ", A's'-s y i."iit
Die sp2port with bic rnct5 psrty. IL IA y = -"
,ne -,pfes.,on Of ieeline of ,a~ty.r't - in''i 49,
for Petrcio R'vrs "a msre FuPfe: o. ~ IA '"ni
.is raDA ,heredt&y) : zoe only -lein when % Id
upon the people, and it alone =e,1res 70 aim nc %
I Al Leadership OF ne party whose oa'ss De n'ey
. sF1use. TIE iisseEsion- alree1y existing ana oay
iDcreasg will opeL anew the held to he h''1s'-f''
and ssouid they succeed g .aadpg they m'y Pf'u'
by former experience and IN the end prove nor. sue
ces,fnl than before.
''Colorel Tot,en, tie Superintendent Of the Raj
road here, has Get on foot project TOR eaIuas the
much talked Of "Shp Canal across the i-'amns'
here. lie has located the route making Use cne
Chsres River as far up Cru:s, sod then cusg aud
locking across, 10 out N Panama pay lie mas
estimated thai the creates. elevation TO be overcome
is two hundred feet above the level oi the Atlantic,
and the result Of his calculation as 70 cos less thsn
that .. any ether route proposed. Tue anu
ence Of Mr.. Mallory and some Ne"'iork capitalists
he has induced the Department 10 order party OF
officers from the Wabash 70 make preliminary survey
o! the proposed route and report upon a. once Inc
instruments and clothing for the party arrived 10 the
Illinois, and the party will leave in aweek The plans
and Of the parties nterested have not been
made public. but / gather the above from reliable
sources Those most interested in the matter are the
capitalists Of the Railroad here but think they have
an idea that the Canal will prove better stock and az
soon AZ they find that the attempt VIII be maze 70 open
t. they will sell gu. their interest in the Railroad to
persons less knowing than themselves, ana tnus man.
age to make double speculation.
The party is to be commanded by one OK the heu-
ten nts of the Wabash. The choice Lies between Mr..
Sinclair. Mr. Barnet and Mr. Beaumont, but the final
decision of the Commodore has not been made known.
The others will be Dr. Otis, Mr. Sicard Mr. Fletcher,
First Assistant Engineerl-poasiby Mr. Garland-and
Mid.bipuan Lea, with ten seamen and ten marines.
Colonel Totten is TO &C company the party his heah
will permit Az yet this is al that is kno wn positively
in regard 10 the matter has been kept very quiet
by the orginsors Of the scheme, the party engaged
being in opposition TO tina. interested in the Dsrien"
or "Abrato" route, the practicabilty Of which Lieu
tenant Craven is to decide upon
From The Panama Star aHS Herald Aug 49,
WRECK or THE AMERICAN SCHOONER FRANCIS
Loss OF LIFE-Tbe American whaling schooner
Frances, Capt Smith, Of New. Bedford, Mass, was
lost of the coast OF New Granada, some l20 miles to
the southwark Of Buenaventura, on the I'D June last
The captain and four of the crew, viz: Jonathan
Smith, Abner Gray, VIM. Snow and Benjamin Tucker,
were all lost together with the vessel and 10 bbs oil.
VIM. II. Sherman, first mate, and two Of the crew,
whose names we have not learned, made their way IN
an open boat TO Buensyentura, and arrived here on
the morning Of the llth inst in the Gillian schooner
Rosita. The suferings Of these men before they
reached Buenaventura, described TO US, were heart
iending in the extreme; they fortunately provided
themselves with water, but for ten days they were
without provisions. They were picked up in sense
less condition on the coast by some humane natives,
and properly cared for They now in the hands OF
the United States Consul Of this place, Mr. Corwine,
who will send them TO- their homes the United States
NV fha Dnv AZ FrAnppg
the American whaling ship Elizabeth of New Bedford,
and left CalaO in March last on cruise for black.hsh.
NAVAL IyTELLIGEScE.-Ane exchange OF naval COM
manders took place in the harbor, on board the
United States flag chip Independence and the sloop
John Adams. on the 23d ut.
Capt. Htffto command the John Adams, and "a
the duties Of senior naval officer on this station
by order from the United States Navy Department,
on the departure of Commodore Mervine with his flag.
Capt Fairfax to command the Independence, and
the ship to proceed Immediately to San Francisco
The crew of the Independence will there be dis
charged, u portion sent home, the flag hauled down,
and the Commodore return to the United States afer
aTduous cruise. -
The ship will then be laid up at Mare Island as q
receiving shp, aid Capt. FAIRFAX con'oueu III COIL
mand.
ARRIVAL OF TIE DroATuR.-The United States
sloop. of-war Decatur Capt Thatcher, arrived at the
anchorage of this city Tuesday night, fro n Punta
Arenas which port she left the 9th ult She brings
90 sick and wounded libusters, being the last Of the
men left at San Juan del Sur, from which port they
were conveyed 10 Puntd Arenas IN a saulng Fessel
Thirty five Of the deserters from Walkers army re-
main in Pnnta Arenas all sick, and entirely destitute,
their allowance having been stopped by the Costa RIGA
Government.
The men who have been brought down in the Deca:
tur are entirely destitute and the greater number Of
them suffering from wounds and disease.
From San jose de Costa RIGA received no papers,
but learn that personal difficulty took place between
Mr. Y. Anderson and Webster, or some OF his party
That Mr. T. c. Jones had not transacted any business
with the Government and that he had been robbed OF
500 by Tom Edwards who also got hold Of Mr.. An.
dersons papers and Documents and handed them over
TO Webster
Lieut.. letters, L. s. Navy, Mr.. Gunn Civil Eng-
peer and two other gentlemen connected with the
Honduras Railroad Survey, arrived here by the Co.
lumbus, from La Union, on their way TO the United
States after having completed the survey of the Bay
of Fonseca, the Pacific terminus of the proposed
route. We understand that far their surveys
tended, they speak favorably of the proposed under
taking.