New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-22
On the shore, where the roar
0fthc waves dark and boar
Is muflled 20 masic'by grasses long waving,
Lies sumbering sweet
To tue rhythm they beat


Lies Slumberng sweet
To tue rhythm they beat
Tie baskets which prsOned the pearls they are craving
Alarse portion Of the small coasng trade this side
n performed by the clumsy, narrow square,saed native
buagoes the hull Of which formed from the trunk OF
single But the great lines OF foreign steamers are
what contribute chiefly in creating the importance OF
This great mountain bridge between the two oceans. On
either side Of the lsthmus there in existence SIX
steamship lines These are the Pacific Mail Steamship
COMPANY embracing eleven twelve frstcass steamers
making regular trmonthly trips between New ork and
San Francisco; the Panama NewZeaand and Australian
ROYAL Mail Company with four fine steamers-the MatnI
KaikouTi, REabine aud Rakaia-makiDg semlmonthly
Grips between the two teImini
The General Iransatlantique Company FRENCH run
ming four steamers-tho Luisiane koyyeau Monde In
perstoe Eugene, Fance-between thepoIso OF AsplnWan
AMI ST. Nazaire, France
The Spanish Mail Packet Company, running one
steamer-the Moctezuma-moltbly between AsplDwaA
= The Panama Railroads Central American Steamship
line with two steamshps-the Guatemala and Salvador
carrying freight passengers, and the United States mails
semi-non his between Panama and San Jose dc Guste
maa, touching at intermediate points.
Beside these there number Of lines Of sailing yes
aes on either side of the lsthmus, doing greet business
B the way of freight The lsthmus in this respect may
be considered the central spot of the gobethe halfway
house in the only thorough
fars is the Panama Railroad probably one Of the mgest
enterprises carried forward ron the alness OF CON
cepion 70 the substance Of achievement IL IS almost H.
conceivable the amount OF business done upon
The swamps the mountains and the abrupt dehle had TO
be overcome in its construction, and al last the railroad
stands completed Only As miles IN length the capital
and human life expended in its building was so immense
that the millions m the pecuniay consderaton, are NOT
counted with exactnes and IL is said that under each rail-
Eoad tie an hman sleeps the eternal sleeps while thou
sands Of the Chinese, whom they imported as aOoers IN
her desperate misery committed suicide by tho knife OF
by sPrngns into tie Jaws OF the algatos' which mes'
the Chagres River and other streams.
Everything was eonqueTed-the pestferous malarias,
The marsh and tho mountains and today we have the
Panama Railroad as the grand universal highway between
The two oceans occupying central position on the GLOBE
and doing an Immense business in the way Of freight aud
V'ho c.fo Of ha on
be efficient because they are popular among inc innenua
people The principal officials ans Coz g. d. Iotten,
Chief Engineer and general manager on the lsthmusi
WIN. Parker esq, Superintendent; VIM. Nelson esq,
Commercial Agent The latter especially is very much
respected here. Having passed period ~ seventeen years
In this region, hc nov hoi1s proud zoe ~
universally considered noble higL-teeung gentleman
AMI an able keen, shrewd official
The completion Of the Pacific Railroad may inJure the
Panama Railroad IN the profit derived from conveying
California passengers but the freight 10 nearly all quarters
must be conveyed ry il at al times and the increasing
lines of steamers must length furnish 1t with the en-
pioyment IN its capacity Tbs construction OF the ROAD
Itself is credit to the owners The rails are good ana
well laid the ties o. liguumvite-the only wood that
will endure OIL account u the insects ana TIE general
Management Of the road IS most cred able s. lr as car
see One obecOnthe charge OF so fare from terminus
10 terminus distance OF 4S mies-is e1orbItant, and
smacks OF the tyranny Of a complete monopoly but II
will doubtless soon be remodied.
OLD PANAMA.
Yesterday took trip Old Panama the former site
the city before Buccanee- Morgan sacked - IL inc loth
century II is only SIX miles from Panama, but owing TO
vegetation IL takes two hours on mule OF Aosc-0aek 10
accomplish the trip. .
Yousar on horseback with guide; you ride womiles
along the beach, chasing the low tdcs and having inst
rate road with the Ky reef or the hard sard, SueWn
with magnificent shells beneath your horses FEET You
then turn abruptly 20 the North strike through the forest
almost jungle the vegetation IS 20 tncEaud aIeI tedl-
usly forcing Your WAY frequently having to stop and eieaye
away the heavy growth With an o you soon reach
the ruins Of Od Panama, which bot many N number
There is the Ancient Bridge" slelniug the stream
with single arch OF solid masonry, through which inc
tropic vegetation in bush and tree hes struck It's ever
lasting greenuess The only other ruin o. any con-
sequence is the Tower Of San jerome, lofty Square
built turrct-probaby az time TIE corner OF vast
building OGergrOWu with vines a1d bushes, II rises 70
the hight Of CO feet GBd forms the picture OF
Is principal association concerns the death Name, the
Spanish Governors daughter AZ Tic time TIE place vas
attacked pHagad and destroyed by Sir Henry MOgan the
Bucoaneer in i66l Near the tower was aCathoc Ilne,
10 which the Governor fed for protection While the capos
were rong through the town. he knet at the feet Of
the CruciiE, and bs daughter pale and beautiful 5000 az
his side when Morgan, with number OF lis Followers,
entered The daughter kueeed for mercy Il Dc bestowed
upon her aged parent but Morgan Glove him down with
his own red hnd-ueudng 70 retain the daughter a. his
paramount Marie ted terror and climbed up the hi 81
Altar As Morgan approached she cried; Come rot one
step further, or iak corpse al your feet y Morgan
hesitated d moment and tAen advanced The next mo-
ment she was lying at his feet her brains dashed out on
Tho marble pavement 81 the chapel
There arc many other interesting legends winch TINE
will not permit me relate in this letter. The one
have related smacks Of incident in ByrOns drama Of
Che Deiormed Transformed which gives NE suspicion
as 10 its commences
They say there is going to be another revolution, but
the Americans here regard il much in the same way as
New Yorker would if Informed that tomorrow there was
TO be o Mozart meefnl and torch-hght procession IL
Union square On the 9Th go down the coast 10 CdlsO,
and perhaps further