Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-02-28
RICHMOND WHIG.
orR PANAMA CORRESPONDENCE.
u. 5. SrEANER "LANCASTER,"
BAY o. PANAMA, Fe0. Is, '6l

BAY o. PANAMA. Feb. Is, '6l
r, fGs Editor Of ne Wig;
TIE latest advices from the interior Of Anew Granada
,s the reports last received this place. regards
,b continued defeat OF the government forces. The
Liberal cause is daily gaining ground and before many
.ts the total overthrow and downfall Of the "Aspina'
administration is fully expected and hoped for Moth
IN, seems so absorbing to the minds Of the msority Of
,b Inhabitants Of tie State Of Panama, the Gnlicpa
"a overthrow Of the present government. "Aspina'
h. attempted for a long time TO institute mOnarchi
cal form of government which has 50 exasprra;ed the
5l that they seem ready for the sacrifice OF every
bin- ifby 50 doing they may bring about chang Of
,bs administration. Endeayours have been made by
l,--s number Of the influential Of Panama to de-
ere this Safe an independent republic, but the good
sense Of these partly civilized people is still for Waio
Thew saw they have lived happily under the preceding
administrations for the last twenty years and now, the
thought Of dssoyiug their bands Of union is any thing
but welcome.
The people here wonder a. the probable disuuion Of
the United States and saw can il be possible that such
men can be so devoid o, thought the good Of jher
co1urv 10 desire ruin the greatest nation Of reemeu
uplr the sum The PROBABLE severance OF the cited
states is looked upOn here With trembling aud fear Tor
N people of the South American republics consider their
No-her sisters their only, their best friend She has
arisen an example for them all and when she falls where
and from whom 90 they look for such another example
The last news from Central America is Of htue impor-
tance.
lib NJ ship "Pylades" arrived here on the right OF
the 10Th from the Mexicau coast. Ii B VI. hig ship
"R. haute" arrived yesterday noon at "FobogE' viii
cone up 10 the anchorage in Panama Bly M day or
two The ALERT" also arrived the anchorage a. To-
b5.l on Yesterday.
The L. : ship st. Mars" is still in port will sail
in day or two for the Ncaraguln coast. No news A.
We, from the missing ship LevauL" The mail steamer
"U4cle sam sailed the 10th for san Francisco. The
sonora" w be down Tomorrow.
The weather here Is comparatively pleasant. TIE
th-rmometer ranges from s. 20 100 deg in the shade,
aud we mad fan always agreeable companion, and
as Indispensable.
Al American clipper ship arrived in Callao a few d1ys
before the sailing Of the English mail steamer. She
va, totally dismased 10 the Horse attitudes on ber way
from Housula to Calao. She bad up jury masts Tue
Peruvian frgate "Appsrima" which SUNK in CalAo
bv the giving way Of the dock % have been raised
OF tle l+.b January. One Of the Eugi5h steam meL-ot
war took Castillo over the island Of San Lorenzo 10
s,nes the process raising the suukeu vessel num-
Der OF American ships the Caiucha5 taking II qua
uO The L. ;. steamers 'SarInac' and "WaraganSett'
we're In Csao: the former arrived there the 2'.h
January via Payta aud vii proceed TO Valparaiso as
soon a she finishes cOAhug.
Yours,