Year: 1863

construct ae considered one Of the most per,Tct
works Of TIE kind this or any other oontinee. ius
the 10 whL he has but looks -
b could YET stand many years, even h oii" sso i~o


The nn,sd tr1 stses mail steamer North star Captain
jones' from New York with dates 70 the ga mslsns ar
rived here yesterday s wn IL Ss her %
mense soad of passengers-Over thousand souls-WWh
the mails freight and baggage were transported
Age which sailed from Panama soon after for San
Francisco Having nothing particular 70 attend TO- went
with the last passenger train which LETT here az half
past eleven O'Clock. II consisted o eleven all filed
Al twenty minutes past two were In Panama. and the
tender rabogs, which vessel conveyed them Al
where the California steamer was anchored. Twelve
between and chasres Then il consumed two days
TO accomplish that which completed yesterday in I've
hours traveller by the "od routs"-viz: the mase
path from Panama to Cruces Gorgona and from those
points by the river 10 unable much of
the scenery that renders the Panama Railroad q the
most interesting and beautiful n creation. Nowhere
tropical forest be greater perfection than be-
tween Aspinwal and Panama With but few exceptions
any distance within It. Il is either swsmp or jungle,
especially this side OF tho Chagres Alter you
the river until you reach the "sammit" and from the
latter point 70 Panama. the eye wanders from mountain
TO ht and from hill 70 valley, for moment losing
the interest that 10 30 much excited by the extreme
period pick tho road piecesthat Is take up section by
secton describing the beauties OF the SURROUNDINGS Of
each locality 1t has been done once; but subject
that win bear repeating Scattered along the road
few Indian villages which are now dignned by the term
The houses are composed Of Samoco and covered With
tAatch Of palm leaves that ressts the heavy and
constant showers Of .his latitude They remind
of old haystsck In barnyard; and the pigs lying
every direction around them not 10 change the
idea thus formed Tho natives dress with the least posi-
bio covering necessary Children apparently OF
EIGHT years OF age. can be frequently without any
clothing whatever; native women with the most spot
mud that surrounds their dwellings, and vet preserve
unsoed IN this particular they are as famous as Partisan


We have yet six weeks Of the rainy season 70 pass
through The showers are now heavy and constant du
hs ing % Of
along the line OF horizon, nothing but heavy bank OF
clouds and rain squall: is visible: Inland the same
way the distant hills being frequently obscured By the
almost deuge Of water Tropical showers are unlike
those Of the temperate Their duration s generally
II is rs large tank suspended you filed
with water, out Of which the bottom Ia removed about
every half hour and the entire contents allowed to fall
masse do not know OF any better comparison than
this The quantity OF rain falling renders the dampness
to pieces in short time from the glue being softened
Clothing spots and mildews In very short time When
dressing you will find clothing which has been hang
ing during the night almost saturated Starch avas
but little In keenng linen In proper order. Broadway
dandy would be In despair n Aspnwall his bos oms
and collars they would wilt In spite OF him. even las
many Of them dohe devoted all his to that obect


In the dry season. of COURSE this annoyance does not
ist to the extent we have 1t now.


The season is approaching when the heavy northerly
swells may be expected, In one Of which the West
This vessel is lying on the beach between two OF the
wharves OF Aspnwal, not looking much the worse for
wear but nevertheless total wreck from which posi-
tiou she will never be removed except in pieces The
harbor OF Aspinwa is open to the norhward and east
ward, but the holding ground is so good that heavy
swell only and not accompanied by gale OF wind can
be ridden out with comparative safety. The United


states storeshp Falmouth Is anchored in this harbor and
is to be sold at auction In few days. She has censed TO
be OF for the purpose she sent here and is value
less any longer as man ofwar The steamship Illinois,
which left New York Sd inst In company with the





which she is to connect the other sidethe Moses
the will save by the delay for they would be
con PEELED to feed themselves while the Isthmus Re-
sides me North sar wo have the British steamer Tails:
and Aspinwal. She brought out very large cargo,
destined to all ports Of the North and South Pacific
Smallpox has been prevailing for some time past on the
lshmus, but Is coa1ned entirely to the lower classes.


Asr1NwALL, Oct. Is, 1863


The United States mail steamer Illinois, from New
York. arrived here this morning, all we'll Also the Pana
Railroad Companys brig Costa Rica after long pas
sage thirty days. The passengers by the Illinois
will remain here until the arrival Of the Moses Taylor
Panama, which cannot bo until the 18th inst She has
about eight hundred and ten passengers much less than
the North STAR although larger Ship and they all ap
pear pleased with their voyage thus far and do not
muir at their delay on the Isthmus


In all the route along tho Panama Railroad did not
observe any spot where an attempt had been made to
open the country for the raising OF any description pro-
duce Why this Ia have yet been unable to learn.
Possibly the long rainy may render farming
possible with the exception Of raising sufficient vcgeta
bles FOR home consumption. Even the settlements-f
they can be called by that term-have but few acres
cleared around thcm Tho station houses buildings we'll
adapted TO the climate have their gardens but beyond
that all impenerable forost. Time may make change
but 1t will be long time. unless other people than the
natives take the matter In hand. They indoent In
the extreme and will do nothing than enough to
sustain life and provide themselves with the scanty
clothing they wear. Had this road been opened among
Americans by this time Its entire line would been
laid out In productive FARMS Here wilderness still ex
ists and will n long time.