The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-07

From Panama, Wells Fargo Co. 10000
From Aspnwau s. l.. Isaacs a. Ash. ......... 600
Trevor & Colgate. lois
Total $202, 028
Horrible Murder and Attempt mt Suicide
Accounts of James l.. Baldwin and MIR. Par.
kcr, the Pariies--NIOre Trouble In Chiriqni-
Marshal Falcon, Of venezuclas Mt Panama
News frsm the Interior.
E assasy as4 a PANAMA. Sept. %, 1868.
II cannot chronicle q plague, earthquake.
an inundation or revolution by tins mall my letter
wlIl nevertheless, not be void OF sensation, for u
will hay before your readers an account Of the most
cold-blooded. unprovoked and unjustifable murder
ever psrpetrated by one foreigner on another since
the first eDlis. ration across the Isthmus.
The assassin is James L. Baldwin, well known to
all old Istmenlans a. the associate Of John L. Ste
phens ana Mr.. Trautwine, In the surveys 81 the
Panama Railroad route In 1S4s, 40 and 80 and
from his connection subsequently with Colonel
Totten and others In the entire CONSTRUCTION OF the
road as assistant engineer until the silne IL was
finished, at which time he was Obliged to leave
here to avoid punishment for causing the death
OF a Carthagena negro, laborer on the road
Baldwin has always held good position as an able
civil engineer. After leaving the Isthmus he went
to Chile and worked on the valparaiso and Santiago
road. believe under Mr. Evans; but he staId there
very short time and returned to the States where
he remained until the end Of 1857, when, at his
gent solicitation, he was sent out to this Ishmus
again in the employment OF the railroad company.
Although placed in high position on the road he
seems to have been possessed with an idea that he
was entitled to Mr.. Parkers place and frequently
said 3d. and this idea appeared to have worked SO
much on his mind as TO become q monomanla with
him and caused him to feel the highest enmity to
Mr.. Parker, who Notwithstanding, always treated
him wit MT
Kindness Recently the superintendelts health
became so feeble that he resolved to make
trip to San Francisco, and his wife and
daughter had already arrived the Isthlnis to
company him on the steamer wnlch lett here on the
the oath BALDWIN and other employees OF the railroad
were standing on the balcony Of Mr. Parker's ONCE
conyersing about some business matter Mr, parkec
balcony door, Everything was going On Ia the most
quiet and friendly manner when Baldwin, without
speaking word, stepped inside the Oilcc, went up
close TO Mr.. Parker, drew his revolver and delibe-
rately shot him; the ball entered the right side.
breaking the seventh rib, passed through the lungs
and heart, broke rib on the lett side and lodged IN
the iigaments under the skin. The wounded man
fired, breaking his arm; he then applied the pistol
to his own ear and discharged the contents.
the pau odgng IN me BRAN ana , ie senseess On
minutes, but was unable to speak. The assassin
soon recovered his senses and was conveyed to the
hospital, where ne was OF last accounts, with very
State Of New York, where he has wife and dausa.
BY the very latest accounts received by telegraph
from Aspinwan prev closing this letter lea.u
about mis- room. de expresses 40 regret whatever
at the act he has committed. and on being told Of
I Ssn he Ds a. onoa
The deceased was man OF upwards Of sixty years
OF age and one OF the kindest and most peaceable
men that lived. He was socially held In the greatest
respect and esteem by every one and The deepest
grief has been expressed at his sad death. HIS re-
mains were conveyed 70 Panama and inferred In the
foreign cemetery, whittier tney were accompanied
by procession OF several hundred persons, among
them the President oil the State and star foreign
C0nsus the commanders OF the British and Ameri-
can vessels Of war, DC. Mr. Parker was u native Of
New Jersey and well known in the Northern states
from his connection with railroads there. On inf0r-
nation being given to Mrs. Parker OF the snocxIng
occurrence her 1rst act was t. fail ner knees.
raise her hands to heaven and pray that God might
have mercy on the unfortunate inan VINO had Killed
her husband and bring consolation to the murderers
wife and daughter.
This assassination Is looked upon as the most cold
bl0oded and unjustlnable ever committed on this
IsthInus. Should the murderer live the pun
lshnent that can by the laws or THIS state, be
1icted upon him will be ten years In the cnaln gang:
but the probability Is, should he get better, that ne
take the earliest opportunity to put an end to
miserable existence. have been thus lengthy In tue
details OF this h0rrd crime rs Dosh The paroles con-
cerned therein were widely known tnrouga the
North and West and In California ana tue detslls
will have an interest for all your Panama news
seekers.
our POLITICAL world remains much the same as as
last accounts, but we are daily expecting news Of
further trouble IN Chirqui. A few oi the members
from some OF the departments to the Constituent
Assembly have arrived In Panama The sess
to open on the lst OF october. another revolution
does not interfere with it, peace commission was
sent 10y President Correoso treat with tue troubie
some conservatives In Chirqu, Is thought tuey
will be unable to effect any satisa tory arrange
ment. Since the last steamers SAILING several DO
litcal arrests have been made among them young
man named Russell, q clerk In the railroad orcs
and Tomas Herrera, purser OF the compan steamer
salvador. They are stall IN jail, without any charges
having been preferred against them.
President n INN
ton addressed no citizens OF honor and TO the
foreign residents IN TINS city IN which he says that
was to open an era OF peace OF concord and fraer-
nifty for the people OF th.s unfortunate country,
which has OF late endured much evil; but that he
finds that certain parties conspiring to upset
public order, and that they have received all the
elements they deem necessary for this purpose; that
these people desire to prevent the reuAiou OF the
Assembly and to revive the almost forgotten Iegid-
mate government and that they nave called to theR
aid q lot OF adventures FROM olher nations VINO
have no interest In the world beyond piaxe, and vie
mercenar,ness; but that as Chief Magistrate Of the
STATE he has the power and tue will to act at .
given moment with all the energy which the case
demands. At the same time he wlsnes to avoid any
conflict, aud for this reason he has dictated the
means which may lead to the prevention OF so greas
an evil. lie tells all foreigners that they count
on the loyal and decided assistance OF the people q
the sthnus, and them that he has the power
to give them In any event the guarantees which are
young man named William Riley, native q
Troy and recently resident OF Washington, vino
Armtaee special Inspector OF Customs at xspin.
wal, died In this city OF yellow fever on the 2eIh
inst, after couple OF days. illness.
General Blair, United States Minister to Costa
Rca- and Coonei Caldwell, United States Minister
TO Bolivia. arrived Oh this isthmus the 25th inst
The former sal ed hence for his post the 26th inst
and the latter viii leave for La Paz the LIST OF 20
tober.
The cx.Prcsident OF Venezuela, Marlscal Falcon.
Is at present on the lstnmus having arrived peg
steamer Chilean from Curacoa on the 23d, route
for Europe. Our dates per the Chilean are from
Puerto Cabello 10Th, Laguayra 10th and Curacao
lvtn. Inc news from these ports Is unilnportanss
everything being quiet.
by the laca we nave late dates from the interior
OF the republic. The report Of the anticipated re-
turn OF Mosquera had caused some alarm IN the
state OF Antioquia, but had not produced any se-
ri0us erect either politically or commercially
The Gutierrez government was progressing satls-
factorily and the State renamed tranquil.
In Boyaca the Assembly met on the 7tn OF Aueust.
The taxes are complained OF as exorbitant, and the
treasury In emptv from tne fact that collectors