The New York herald., 1867-11-10
COLOMBIA.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE Or TINE HERALD
&snasa ne IL Was nnd Is-aI0squera still
Insulting Congress.


PAyAxA, Nov. l, 1867.
California steamer day. O'Clock just a. tho sun
10 rising the distant hsadands and the busy
cistes of Panama opening their stores shops and
eos 70 The purchasers Of the day, the OF
couaes Dundng the peaceful waters OF the bav
announcing the early and arrival Of the California
steamer She probably brings her million OF treasure
and thousand tons Of freight and fve hundred pas
ssngsrs are looking over the rail toward venerable
old town, which rises from the sea so silently and 70
grhnly. Panama when locked upon from the sea- has
STRONG, varks and wei fortified appearance and the
old stories Of the way ito inhabitants, centuries ago,
fought bEAyeiy against a forms Of aysty are thus
recaed TO mind. Along down the coast. in full view Of
mo anchorage, stands single isolated tower keeping
Esd watch over the spot laid by Morgsn's pirates
sn 1851 is the only mark. OF where proud, rich old
Panama reared her bead in the time OF Spanish mono
poly in South America, before the possession OF the
golden prize was disputed by the bands OF lawess ad
Nenurers that afterwards infested quarter Of the
world Back, at The foot Of the valley, and sweeping
in towards the appears the identical range or hills
Gom which Balboa first discovered this great broad
INDY beach down which be ana his followers rods when
0e took possession OF these waters in the Of his
1owsrful sovereign Poor Panama. She is rich, strong
and naughty no longer but the old place.
by proud Spanish cavaliers has fallen into miserable de-
cay under the rule Of lazy, shifess, disintegrated
people
These arc busy days for Isthmus people The
and passengers for New York already their wa
ashore the seated railway are standing
on the wharf ready to receive their precious human
krsiGht The little tug, crowded with people, makes
1a TO the wharf, the passengers dissmbarKed and
are threading their way the pier through the crowd
pf swindng hucksser Tho cars are filed the locomo-
ave sounds warning, andsof the train rusnes through
syAmps, hills, tropical glades and canebreaks uniil,
after three hours run the carriages stop ON the shoe
- the rough, stormy Caribbean sea
Phe good ship Rising Star will leave for New York to-
nishk and everybody 10 occupied with business con,
nectsd with her departure
Tho latest advices from Bogo that the case OF
exPssident Mosquera is still before Congress- The old
FELLOW vehementy denies that his military dictatorship
bad anything 70 do with the posntaes Of Europe but
on the contrary asserts that his sole desire rid the
counry Of the unscrupulous sst OF politicians sitting
fogethsr under the namo Of Congress- This talk though
nank and plain, not generally believed 70 be true,
aa0k 10 nos surprising that he u losing the public sym
pathy list just beginning express itself In his
a.vov The Congress to which he Is now talking SO
throw few months aao. and his dsssn, sssrUs viii
1ei against him in his trial before the Senate No
BODY Of mon Ike 70 be dsnom,nated "a lot Of
political swudlers, especially BY the culprt brought
before then for trial Congress pretty well satisfied
! mat President Mosqusn was implicated with one
g overthrow republicanism in Colombia, Just .he
HERALD stated months ago. The pubic further salts
eonnned to CcIompn alone, but included a. sss, veue-
xusls and Ecuador and not mprobably Other parts Of
South and Central America With the full knowledge Of
che guilt Of the prisoner Congress may yet limit the
sentence to banishmsut OF the old sge OF the
fhlsn snisftain, TO say nothing Of the value OF his
yhsre other Items OF importance given in the
late sdvices The regular mail from Bogoa had not
10 the river channel remained unusually low Fun ad-
vices are expected by she next steamer
Tho United states steamer suwanse, Captain Law, ar
rived on the 25th ult
Tne Nyack Captain Pendergast arrived on the 2sth.
The DAKOTA Captain spdcsr, sailed for Callso on the
Tho Guatemala brings nothing later from Central
America