The New York Herald Newspaper, January 29, 1849, Page 1

THE NEW YORK HERALD. ee NO. 5352. MORNING EDITION----MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 1849. TWO CENTS. ADDITIONAL INTELLIGENCE BY THE STEAMSHIP CRESCENT CITY. OF THE EMIGRANTS OVER THE ISTHMUS, &e. de. de. We have received some additional intelligence of iuterest trom Panama and Chagres, by the steamship Crescent City. The latest accounts from Panama are of the morning of the Sth, and from Chagres of the af- ternoon of the 9th inst. There were three schooners at Panama an- nounced for San Francisco. They would leave between the 8th and 20th inet., with passengers. The Humboldt, coalship, was also there; but would not go to California. The bark Philadelphia was not there, as previously reported, but was daily ex- pected. She will probably be chartered to take passengers to the gold region, and one or two ves- sels from the South were to touch at Panama, on their way North. There had been five deaths in all, viz: Mr, Luckett, of New Orleans; Capt, Elliott, of the Quartermaster’s Department; Mr. Birch, of New Orlean: Mr. Geo, W. Taylor, of Providence, R.I.; Mr. Thorne, of New York, The latter gentleman died in Panama, on the morning of the $th inst. He is a son of Mr. Tho- mas W. Therne, President of the National Fire Insurance Company, of this city. We lear that a party of engineers, New Grana- dians, were met on the road, between Chagres and Panama, preparing to clear the road and im prove it for travel. The Orus was expected at Chagres in a few days. She, it will be recollected, is to ply on the Chagres, and will run up fifteen or twenty miles. ‘This will dispense with the use of the canoes. New York, January 27, 1849. J..G. Bennett, Esq:— Dear Sir—Enclosed, I beg leave to hand you a report, up to the 8th inst., of the whereabout of the passengers of the steamer Crescent City, oa her fate trip to Chagres. 3 The publication of the list will doubtless aflord a very desirable item of information to many of your subscribers, in all parts of the country, and will by no means detract from the high reputation of your paper for the early furnishing of valuable news. The report, I believe, embraces the names ot all the Fansengess out by the Crescent City, from those who had arrtved in Panama previous to my leaving that place, to those who yet remained at Ciuces and Gorgona, at the head of Chagres River, awaiting conveyance to Panama. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, Jno. W. Canrinaron, Purser of the Crescent City. Revort or Procress or Passencens py THE STEAMER Crescent City, Cart, Stopparp, From New Youx, to Cuacres, Doo.28, 1848,anaivan at Cuaanes Janvany 2, 1849—9% days: At Panam Capt. W. K. Smith, of Va. Louis R. Sowers, Philad. Hi L. Shotw. do. Seana 1a, 8. James R. Malony, N. York A. A. Porter, do. Steph’n H. Branch,do, — ls 1) Charles Hughes, do. Edwin L. Morgan, do. W. H. Nelson, do. James M. Reed, do. Thomas A Goin, do. Hardin Bigelow, Michigan W.K. Pendleton, do. David Rogers, sr. Hudson. Met on the Road from Cruces to Panama, Jan. 8. John Davenport R. Geeseke George Chase James Kane, New Haven Charles Radcliffe Sarr A.C. Ci Lt_R. J. Williamson, Top. C. Engin’r. D. De Grasse Fowler, N. York Samuel N. Fox, ' do. H Jobn Roberts, John Maynard, Capt. Jas Kearney, Ds Y. Jobn Wilson, James Patten, pan Jemes Birch, Goodwin, New York Griffith Rowe, it. W.W. Brooks, Brigpt T.N. Starr, Olmstead J. H, Giles, A. Boyden, Buffalo E. C. Geisse, Philadelphia John Barker H A. Warren, H. I. Spencer Ed, Batters, Philad. 8 Quimby John Johneon, J. Quick A. J. Tiffany, Buffelo. J. G, Maxwell A. B. Cooke, H. Miller C.J, Fox J. ye A Oscar Backus, T. B. Newton H W. Wyman E, Kirschew P, Brupner G. M. Yates Mt Cruces, (head of Chagres River.) Jan.8 : Cisrkson Dye, New York T. M. Masia, Philadelphia E. 8. Penfield, do. Alexr. Maslin, do, A. MeLean, do. A. H. Barbour, New York A. R. Myers, do. E. L. Sallivan, E. E. Dunbar, do. . H. Grattan, J.W Bowen, do. David Sidle, H.T. Booraem, do. O. W Rewson, Jobn Lienen, do. S. 8. Gallagher, N. Jersey James L. J.B. Pine, John M. J. B. Webrman, A.L. q do. B. M’Nally, C.H. Heyford, Provid R.I. Saml. B. Mills, New York ‘W. KR. Halsey, Brooklyn F.C. Gray, Chicago Charles H. Hoyt, Brooklyn J. F. a Lor ibeon, New York A. W. Noney, New York Lilie, do. M. Baile; E. Sparrow, Buffalo J. Menping, A. Kiemm, 8. W. Britton, W. H. Baldwin, A. Landon. ‘W. W. Ridley, New York At Gorgona, to leave next morning, Jan. 91h, for Panama. W L. Thayer Edward Tichenor G. A. Thayer Anson House Danie) Browning Joba W. Thompson Timothy Poge . L. Blood Cortlandt Livingston W. D. Sewell, jun. E.R Hall Av Arnold. —All in good health and spirits; no casualty ot any kind having occurred, up to the date of our leaving, to any of the Crescent City’s passen- gers. THE 1STHMUS ROUTE. Brookiyn, January 28, 1849, Eprror N. Y. Heraup— In your yesterday’s account of the voyage of the Crescent City to Chagres, &c.,—and in the letter following, dated Panama, January 7th,—I noticed one or two points of information which appear to me incorrect, or at least subject to difference of opinion amovg those who have crossed the Isth- mus of Darien. a You say “it appears that emigrants to Califor- nia suffer very much on the route trom Chagres to Panama.” he writer of this went out himself in the “Crescent City”’—crossed to Panama by one road, from (Gorgona,) and returned by the other, (to Cruces,) and, of course, “canoed” up an down the Chagres river ;—and believing faithful that he and his party experienced at least as ‘hard’ a time in passing from (torgona to Panama, as any one could have, must still say he saw or heard of no case of “suffering” that 18 not surpassed by a twenty mile ride in the epring upon any of our ‘Wester prairies, or even upon roads nearer home. At this season the road is muddy and bad, (it 16 bad enough at best,) but there 1s no danger what- ever, and a little nerve on the part of the rider, with quiet trust to the sagacity of his mule or house, and the guidance ot his peon, will enable him to cross the dreaded Isthmus in perfect safety ; at least over the land travel part of the route. It certainly is not as easy travelling as by railroad to Rahway; but on my word, sir, taking the novel- tyand excitement of the thing into cgnsideration, it 1s quite as agreeable. Your Panama correspondent may prefer the Cape Horn route, and he is entitled to his opinion; but when I leave for California, I shall most ae- suredly cross the Isthmus. The canoeing up Chagres river, which your cor- Tespondent appears to dread so much, we for quite an agreeable variety in the mode of travelling; and the novelty gave it a zest which rendered it really enjoyable, althongh ,we did “sleep two nizhts in our canoe,” and in some respects were rather packed in heads and points. It strikes me from the tenor ot his letter, that he 18 rather dieposed to look upon matters in the re- verse ot couleur de rose. ¢ ‘ Please understand me as throwing no imputation whatever upon the perfect honesty of your cor- pk join opinion; I merely differ with him, and think him wrong in some points. é As to the cost of cunoes, instead of paying $25 a man, most, if not all, of the Crescent City’s paesengre, by a little management and clebbing to- gether, obtained their canoes for up river at the Tate of about $10 per man. The charge of $12 fera mule, whieh your cor- yespondent speaks of, 18 not un exerbitant one wm the present demand for animals for transit, al- though $10 would be nearer a tair price. As to the advice to triends at home, his first word 1s, Ithink, personally good. As to the se- cond, I differ with him, most decidedly, and say, *1f you wish the Isthmus route, go! Itis no euch bugbear as it is represented.” . The third point of advice is excellent. Take as little over personal baggage as may be, and as liule of that as you can get on with. Send your freight round the Horn. “Pack what you carry in parcels not exceeding 125 Ibs. weight. Asto ‘Mr. Negrito Istemenos’” letter, so far from ‘hosts of Yankees stuck” in Chagres, I leit not over 100 there, just arrived; and in all peepabultey twenty-four, or at most forty-eight jours, would see them all on their way up the river. As to the “entire prohibition of tobacco, &c. even in transit,” I can only say that I landed with a “quarter box” for my use on the road, and it was not even wink¢ J at. Yours, truly, c. OUR ISTHMUS CORRESPONDENCE. CHaGnes, New Granavs, Jan, 2, 1849, Mn. Benyert— ‘We left New York city on the 28d of December, at about 4 P. M.,amid the loud huzzas of friends, hun- dreds of whom gathered on the wharf to bid usan affec- tionate adieu, 'e mumber some 130 passengers, from every section of the Union. There are men of talent end integrity among us. The emigrants, asa whole, bave probably rarely been excelled, always pting the pilgrim fathers. There is one gentleman, (Capt. Smith), who bas been long engaged in mining opera tions in Georgia, and who has machinery for the mives, weighing some 20 tons. I understand that the proprietors of the Crescent City, and some of our na- interes Uiopal secretaries at Washington, have with Capt. S. There is a gentleman wrought the mines in Caiboun’s | belisve th low, who has wrought @ copper mines, in the Northwest, i with us ; Capt. Kearny, nephew of the late Gen. ny, 8 on board. On leaving the wharfjat New York, I noticed but two females, who waived their handkerchiefs most gracefully, and gaveus their parting smiles. Tne stewardess ig the only female we have on board, who is a legion in hereelf, and who has contributed very much to make us contented and happy. Extraordinary har- mony has prevailed. All are armed to the teeth, which, I presume, warns all to respect each other. I have not heard one unkind word since I left New York, nor seen wry face, only when off Cape Hatteras, and while crossing the Gulfstream diagonally, and in the trough theses, with the wind blowing tolerably hard. Christmas, ’48, was the sickest and saddest day | ever saw; the Crescent was a perfect hospital ; tick, including some of the boat's officers, extending to even the crew. On the first day out, at table, che knives and forks rattled like hail; but on Christmas, hardly « man le his appearance at table Such’ such anathemas of gold—such long- ‘and safety, and such contor- tone, as on thi uabapp, ‘hristinas | have never seen, One man, (rather verdant) staggered up and down the cabin, solemnly vociterating that he had vomite: piece of bis liver, and that he must soon die, bidding ‘Us £1) a most doleful adieu, asking us to kindly remem- ber him to his wife and children, which proved, on apalyris.to be a tremendous junk of beef he had awallowed the previous day without mastication. ‘he stewardess, Mrs, Young, who has sailed with Capt. S. for some dozen years on the Havre route, gave us gruel for two days, for which we rewarded her subsequently with @ purse of gold pieces amouating to considerable. During the blow of Christmas, the stern was mutilat- ed, the bulwarks stove, and the wheelhouse injured, washing Elias Pennel, of Portl Me., overboard, (when the rea was mountainous) who was most miraculously rescued by four yn whose names I here introduce to the Humane Society, which, ill reward them all for their ee. amed J. L. Fowier, t, Mr. McKinney, the second mate of the Crescent, John Hain, @ steerage passenger, and John Munro, 0: ft the Crescent’s crew. A more utterly reckless and dering attempt at rescue never occurred. True, a chair was thrown to the umfortunate man from toe upper deck, at his own request, which showed his re. markable J georee of mind, of which he made hap- py use, and which contributed much to his proser- Yation. He was cool enough to take off his coat and boots in the water, and was perfectly composed when he was taken from the water. His rescue caused much joy on board. and those who saved him have been lions since. From the time we touched the Gulf Stream we have been in the trough of the sea, and in going and returning from Chagres, the trade winds ‘Will always place the vessel in the trough of the sea, which j t to be considered by all wno are predis- posed to seasickness. A Mr. Raymond, connected In with the boat, has beem eick ever since he , Cook, from Virginia, has nearly died ic! The rafile for a rifle at $60, took place, and after it three or five persons seized the opportunity to gamble, each putting 25 centsin the pool A countrymanor two participated. It lasted some three heuzs, when it died & natural death, as the song says, for want of breath or oe, which, I conceive, speaks volumes in praire of the morals of the passenger emigrants, who have amused themselves principaliy in rea ) 8ong, cho- ruses, stories, backgammon, whist, kc, in commu- nicating a history of the veyage to th ends. When 700 miles from Chagres, the thermometer shade on deck, and in the sun or cabii beat was intolerable. The weather made us #' to wonder what was in store for us when mounted the fiery steed of the equator. Some of pastengers hag ry very | Mtge gasp for breath like Haag) when leading Fashion @ span on the fourth heat. ‘We have had a meeting on the quarter desk, re- #pecting the transit of the Isthmus. We appointed a committee to go forward and make preparations, com- posed of Capt. Smith, of Virgipia, who has twice crossed the Isthmus, been round the Cape of Good Hope nine times, Cape Horn twioe, &c.; Capt. Brooks, ld whaler, agent of Howland & Aspinwall; Mr f the boat, anda very efficient \d Capt. Gallagher, late Mexico, We have au- sit as apecdily as pobsible, the Crescent to lay at anchor watil our canoes come alongside to carry us and our baggage up the Chagres river to Gogona or Cruces, if the river be sufficiently high. also appointed a committee 10 draft resolutions expressive of our gratitude to the proprietors of the Crescent, to Capt. Stoddard, (a noble sailor, always at his post, and telli; minded, and meritorious gentiema: tor ninterrupted ceurtery to all the p The rerolutions will also speak in encomiastic terms of thore brave men who rescued the gentlemen from a watery grave, and of the character of our passage soross the Isthmus. Chagres is, to use rather an un- xpreesion, the Five Points in mi ‘ure; the jtanding at the police station, passing once or twice, as he points over to Cross street, to obtain a broad view of the very dregs of filth, squalid penury, and buman degradation, { will describe Got ad Cruces, and the Chagres river, at,Panams. F' hi I learn, the Hook will answer for the present for the former, and the streets contiguous to Washington Market for the latter, when those interesting lovalities bave not been cleaned for about three months. Captain Stoddard gave « ehampagne dinner on New Years’, which passed off Sager gn oes is, none made beasts of themselves, drinking sparingly.— (There were a few Calathumpians on deck, uatil the clock struck 12 on New Year e, when all retired. — is a it departure) At the dinner, tain S. being valled on, raid, in bstance, that when the Crescent was put that he would have much from the turbulence of the parrengi py to find himeelf among gentiemen during the voyage. Wishing us all muca good luck, happinecs, &¢ in our pilgrimage, and a sate and proeperous return to our friends, he closed amid mt Toasts we ef, Which were about Blunt’s American Coast Pilot, and found on page a6, the following very flattering and consolatory narrative of Chagres, and its fatal har- bor and tiver, from the of Captain G. Sidney Smith, commander of H. M. sloop Bastard: “The bar of Chagres harbor or river has 234 fathoms on it at The entrance is rather difficult, and at all times re- guitee a fir wid, bat when in you are perfectly safe, (U, me!) entered, if could J would not recommend ite being tie measure ‘ossit ly be avoteed, or to sufler the boats to be there Jes, perhapa, the most unhealthy eee known, ‘The Basuard's carer Was, by etrese of weather, ol bor, the crnscijuent lors was, a livatenant an of the nun ber attacked recovered. This happened betweea the 47th and sith of Nov., 1827," We approached Chagres this morning amid torrents ofrain. The land, for twenty miles, was high a: - dvlating, with occasional bluffs towering above 1 elevation, and rocks tome disti Mare well, and preparing for our journey over Mr. Cook, and Mr. Raymond, before recovered from their terious illness, but they are somewhat emaciated, but say that they \y pereons as | promired to do. I trust that you will annex my fuil name to all my letters to you, on my roa nd at Ca. lifornia, so thet y all hear from our interesting jouw 5 a Mi ine castle, at the mouth of the Cha 10 this morning, fired the biz hort distance frow the back Joun Benton, the only vertel we found here. The squalls have been heavy during the day, accompanied with Violent and copious rain. Janvany 83, 1849, ‘The American Consul has arrived at Chayres, who we Gen. P. 8. Smith is at Cruces with three Yadter a that he (the Consul) was four days crossing the Isthmus, one of bie perty sinking into the mad up to his bi y ‘The rivor has risen seven fet within ich will render it far < their prices. jay, and the residue Connal says the at there are some as eoon an possible, The A: California hae not arrived, a 300 awaiting herarrival at Panama. That there is but one little schooner at Pauams, totally meapable, and po disposed to carry passengere to Francisco if capaci- al yr. Budd, an old man, left in the Falcon afew nce for Jamaica H and New York: that bas been said respecting the pro- fuseness ot the gold there, adding that it is impossible to exaggerate the mineral wealth of California. ‘There are about 50 hute at Chagres, part with open roofs of one story, the population consisting of about 300 Datives, men, womemand children. snapped at our boat going ashore ea: an banks of the river, we learn, are literally covered with Bideous reptiles. ‘The castle at the mouth of the Cha- ges is about 200 years old, and has within ita dismal walls about 80 beautiful brass pieces, with no soldiery in it—only a family of matives; and a sample of all the abominable reptiles with which theee poisonous and fatal lstitudes abound are lurking within, around, Peon fora under uA ps) os honey i = lote Be ret opportunity of going up the Chagres, an: God help us when we leav the noble Crescent City, which has cared for us so Board at Chagres is day, in a common hi At Cruces there are no robably, and when we get to Panama, ne boat 1 to take us to the gold region, or even from rning zones. But ‘we have set our lives upon zard of the die!” Julia, with hides, is about te be ative pilot having rum her ashore, (probably on purpose) All her crew, numbering 11 Dave had the fever, and two must die. But 1 mus! clese 1 bave endeavored to be faithfulin my narre- tive, end will continue to be during my entire pilgrim- age’ Adieu, Steruey H Brancu. Laroon, 12 miles from Chagret Jan. 3, 1849—6 P. M., in the doorway of a hu } Mr. Bennett— Four of us left Chagres at 12 M. to-day, in acanoe about twenty five feet long, three feet wide, and eight- een inches deep. Our average weight iv 100 pounds; total 640 pounds. We have three boatmen, averaging 140 pounds each—420 pounds. Our baggage weighs about 800 pounds—total 1,860 pounds. In high water, (as now,) In consequence of the recent heavy rains, the carsmen paddle against a current of about three or that of the East river. Our canoe has a thatch, or covering. composed of bamboo, The thatch, or roof om the bottom of the bo long, under which four of us si! comfortable position, with the air very close, and ante, white, green, and red spiders gallinippers, crawling all over us, with alligators snapping at us occasionally, (if we don’t look out,) with now and then a hideous water snake leaping into the ‘The rain has oured in ts left, and we, after tea, (good eavens!) at the house or hog pen of one of our bost- men, on, embark forthe night on our journey towards Gorgons, Chagres, and Panama. The equator children are yelling and squalling in the contiguous buts; the pigs aresjuealing, the ducks cackling, end the reptiles on the banks are breathing the most frightful sounds. Before me is Jamaica rum, cocoanuts, oranges, lemons, sugar cane, and other pol- sonous substances, which my fiiends have eaten, and one of them has already had the gripes. Latoon has tome twenty hute. From Chagres to this place, I saw three or four residences, on rising ground. with cows, pige, poultry, dogs, &c. One place, contrasted with the diemal scenery of the Chagres, looked rather pretty, just emerging from the most sepulchral scenery that I ever gaved upon. But must cle and now debark on my solemp journey for the night, Janvany 4, 1849. Oursyupper last night at Latoon consisted of rice, and a stew of bad meat, with a sprinkling of all the fruits I have yet seen inGranads. [ smelt, but did not id they look blue a 0¢ last event to embark, we bailed it out, chopping up and cast- ig overboard some dozen water snakes that had got into the boat while at tes. Last night was the hardest night I ever passed.. It rained very bard. Our bost- men sang the most doleful songs, without cessation, all might. Bulifrogs rent the air with their unweleome notes, the snakes hissed, and the alligators brought their jaws xopsthee 80 fiercely as to make the forest tremble. ‘Amid this frightful ecene, with the thermometer at 97, pent up in the veriest cubby hole you ever saw, where ‘we could not move without endangering the lives of all, by upsetting the canoe—it was, altogether, a night of extreme suffering to us all. After witnessing the mise- rable seasick creatures on board the Crescent, and the tortures I experienced during my sea-siokness, | wou'd not go round Cape Horn for all California; yet I would double the Cape rather than to undergo a repetition of what | hav suffered on the river Chagr We monced for the night at about 2 this morning, ats hut on the river, where two of us took lodgings for 3 hours— or which, three cups of cc ffee which my comrades $1 60—and departed at about 5)4,0’clock. nd about eight feet nd lie in a most un- pillow leversaw. In the night, we heard some of the rascals whispering; but the glisten- in, word bet pecially, are very Their spparel costs them very littie. forget it, let me tell all, that the two at fea are sponge-cake and apples. without apples. A man could have made a large sum of money on board the Crescent, with « few barrels of apples. They are excellent for sea-sickness } Bring Nenty of thick fiannels—tbhank God for those flannels! Pu them on about 3 days before you arrive at Chagres, or when you leave New York. Bring pen, ink, and pa- per, wafers, So. Bring apples and sponge-cakeaslaxu Ties, Never lore sight of your baggage, if you can avoid it-especially money; avoid thenight air; be cl eat no fruit—remember this—not a speck. It that Elliot Birch and Lucke; expored themselves in every way. (Here, before I atest luxuries lever go to sea Thave not fruit‘ and I am not sick as yet. Sternen H. Baan: The Gold Kxcitement. HOW THEY ARE GOING TO CALIFORNIA. When the news of the gold discoveries reached this city, and public attention was directed to the land of gold ore, the first impulse of those who proposed to themselves a trip, was to take care of number one, and depart, each on his own hook. Those who made the first start, generally speaking, had no connection with anybody else. They went off ulone; took the same steps that they would have taken for any other operation. They did not dream of such a thing as making any combina- tion, or of forming any association too to Cali- fornia, any more than they would ha¥® dreamed of forming an association to go to Long Island to pick cherries. But a few days had passed betore the public became enlightened; the discovery was made thut it was unsate to proceed in this manner single-handed und alone. tt was dangerous, also; aman was sure tofbe robbed of his pickings out these, 1f he saved his life. Hence the origin of mutual agsociations, and the forming of parties composed of not Jess than twenty, and not over fitty persons. When an association was forming, they limited the number, fixed the value of their stock at acertain amount—say $150 to $1,000 each thare ; but no person was allowed te hold or own a ehare who was not: n active participator, or did not send a substitute. Some of the associations do xot even allow this, but iusist upon all going who own a share. , There ig a soit of affinity among propositiomsts that brings them in contact. No sooner would a halt dozen get together, and find they harmonized in regard to a trip to California, than an adjourned meeting was held, to dratt arucles and by-laws for 2 company, This would soon be done. The tiret article of their constitution would be in regard to the name ; say “ ‘The California Proporition Mining and Smelting Compan: Art, 2— Would state that the capital stock of this areociation “shall consist of not cas than 25, and not byes than 40 shares, valued at —-— hundred dollars enoh Art, 3—Would provide “that an instalment often percent. should be paid on the dey of subscribing; which should be forfeited to the use of the assoc! unless 40 per cent. more be paid within ten days after subscribing, and the balance withing fifteen days of subscribing.” Art. 4—Would provide “that unless a certain amount—ray $10,000, $15,000, -or $20000—should be subscribed, ‘the agreement became void, and of no effect.” Art, 6—Would inform the public “ that the members of the Proporition Company were those persons who bad paid for their shares igned the artiel Art, 6- Would classify t! ling tually should go ou those who forked over the blunt, “ pass! members;’’ but thd partives must send an active, todothe duty igh all. m1 7—Didn’t allow but “one active member for parsive members 4 as they pirased.”” Be" an: hers have been known to have hed printed certificates issued, as low as 50 cents; these they would dispose of to those who know them. To raise the necessary amount, we own 10 shares at 50 centseach.in one active member who has gone out, We thall ineure his life. and even if we did not, Art. 30 of the Constitution, in regard to deceared members, would bring us out hunk. Ait, 8—Is generally devoted to morality. ‘No mem- ber of the company ia allowed, habitually, to swear, get drunk, gamble, steal. or have any improper connections, when he reaches the gold vallvy. It is only allowed oc- garde officers. A prusident, vice presi- ry, end treasurer are tuted from the five Gret names who tign up. Their dutivs are the cus- tomary ones of officers” Art. 10—Mal council of 6,who have to oheck the financial tions, receive and weigh the gold cre, This council js divided into three sub councils of two each. 1st—To receive the gold ore from the common mem- datamp the neme of the gold, with its just weight, For this purpose taken out, hes a constabulary, or police force proper stampe 8 Art. 11— Fatal ‘ They are to be elected by ballot. They have to wallop a member for [rege FS infringing rules, but not to confine or limit his freedom ’ Art. 12—‘Provides that the je force shall not lick a member after he sings out ‘emough.’” Art, 18—Says that any member who don’t choose to & out with the association, but prefers to go across the isthmus, or by the way of St. Louis, or any other wa: be cheoees, may do so. Peetided he bimoeis a bolt, but comes to tea in time LJ ton the ground when the the gold diggin. If he = share is forfeited to the com- others get there, his pany.” Art 14—Decides that ‘members shall work ther, and that » committee shall be appointed to select » locality, where the richest stuff is to be had. When this is settled, all agree to stand by each other, and whip out any party who come to route them out.” Art. 15—Provides “for log houses for residences of members, and a stone building with proper vaults, for the geld o: nd a cemmittee to be chosen by ballot, to remain gui night and day. The provisions are to be stored in the stone building. Mem! choose not to sleep im the log-houses may al where else, al in places where their health may be ex- sed. Nosmouching during sleepis allowed by mem- 16—Provides “that the President and Se tary sball act as chaplai The former shall r ehapter im the Bible in the morning before labor is andin the evening after the gold is housed, ry shall be obliged to read or say prayer for the association, night and mo No other member of the association need be prerent unless he chooses, an this asrociation distinctly disavow any wish to in- iringe upon the religious opinions of any member.”” Art. 17—Provides “that no gold digging shall be as'lowed on the Lord’sday. It shall be devoted to wor- ship, arranging accounts and settlements among mem bers, A chaplain shall be elected by ballot, who shall read two sermons, or two stories out of such books as belong tothe company. Between the services on Sun- 'y, the members of this association may indulge in 'y innocent recreation, or social amusement, such as simple game of sixpenny whist, all fours, seven up, penny Joo and cribbage; but eucre, poker. vingt et un. bragy, bluff, Boston and faro, are strictly forbidden on the Sabbath ” Art. 18— Provides for week-day labor. “ Every mem- ber shall workan equal number of hours with another, and whatever may Be bis peculiar employment, there shall be no playin; asum, OF my believe sick. If he does this, Mb ai af camp, and forfeit his i Art. 19—Provides “that the association shall elect by ballot e physician, who shall be styled Doctor. In addition to his other duty as a member, he shall act as physician and surgeon. His perquisites shall consist ra.” of the honor of the title.” Art 20—Provides “that no woman, er femaleof any kind, nation or color, shall be allowed to come within five miles of thecamp. Any member of the company who shall entice any kind of female within the boundaries of the camp, shall be expelled the association, and forfeit the value of his share to the company. He shall not be permitted to k with, or hold any intercourse, with a female of any description, except bya vote of confent from two-thirds of the company.” Art. 21—Provides “that no man shall be considered sick, while able to work. A plea of sickness shal! not be salle pnless approved by atwo-third vote of the company. Art, 22.—“In case he shall be buried by the company. | The Chaplain shall read the funeral service tohim. Note shall be tal . 80 at his friends may get the body, if th The secretary shall record the date of his death..” Art. 23— Provides“ that the council x shall, by such provisions as are required, prepare the sai the use of the members ; shall secure the proceeds of the mines permanently, by remitting the same to San Francisco to some good merchant ; shall keep an accurate account of each day’s labor, and secure the same daily in the stone warehouse of the company.” Art 24—Provides‘that a member may withdraw from the company by selling his share at half what it cost him; or he may sell it to any person who will act as a substitute, acceptable to remaining members.”” Art Genes member may withdraw from the asso- ciation one-haif of the amount of his share of the pro- fits, to remit to his family or friends at home.” Art. 26,—If it becomes'necessary to work on Sunday, may be done only by s two-third vote of the associa- ion.’ s “that the duration of the associa- teem months from the day we leave New York, or may be continued longer, if two thirds of the members of the association vete aye.” Art, 28.—Whenever two-thirds of the active mem- bers vote to stop diggi enough, every member is York, unless is share of the profits; the balan: , shall be payable in the city of New York, and the members who stay out in California may draw for it when they please ovides “that the accounts shall be made up when the company return to New York. The bars of gold, and gold ore, shall be placed either in the Yaults of the different safe banks in the State of New York, lrcated in that city, on special deposit, orjin the Sub Treasury, receiving therefor United ates government bonds, with collateral security, ich as may be deemed satisfactory; or a sum, not gen | I value three millions of dollars, may the mint in Philadelphia, to be colne ' ou! id, ma: and the balance placed as total value of the association shall be ascertai iy persons competent to ascertain it, then a general di- mand wind up of the company shall be consum- d,and each member rhall be allowed to control wn share of the treasure. Art, 30.—“ Every member shall make his will pre- vious to his departure from New York, and deposit it with the President, to avoid further litigation in the rettlement of his estate, in case of subsequent death. He may will the prefits of his share in any manner he Ee and the profits of such share, if he does die, are ereby guaranteed by the asreciation to his heirs, executors or asrignees.”” | Art 81 ~-Makes “article 30th, it having reference to the shares of the deceased members, unaltered and unalterable, se long as the company sball exist.” | Art. 32—Provides that there shall be no alteration or amendments to this constitution, without an affir- mative vote of two-third of the live members, and such amendment or alteration must be submitted in writing & week previous to any final action. » It 18 necessary to give this long -windedconsti- tution, or basis of the ten thousand and one mu- tual associations that have sprung up like mush- rooms. Ail the constitutions beara striking re- semblance. Read one, and you have read all. We can now etart fair. In this respect we copy Moses, the historian of the Exodus out of Egypt. “He and his people had a pillar of fire by night anda cloud by day, to keep them together, make them act in harmony and keep on the direct road.” Our propesitionists have their constitution for their | guidance and government in their future wander- ings to and in the promieed land. ; he foundation having been properly laid, n- der the direction of some haif dozen politicians, who are determiaed to go out, and to do so ina manner that they can manage and conduct the af- fair in the way we have recorded, these men affix their names to tne important document, appoint themselves officers, saad the mutual association is fairly under way. Now to get in the crowd, and get their names, this was an easy matter—one by one they come along, pay down their 10 per cent, and sign the constitution. Lorty names are want- ed, and they have gotthem. $250 a share 18 fixed upon and 1s in the hands of the Treasurer. It is earnest now. The next step to be taken, 18 to get a ship—the whole body of shareholders consti- | tute a committee of purchase ; and all are out atter the desired object. You can see them running up and down South street, and the bank of the North River, just as the people put a bill up ona vessel | “for sale.” Prices of ships are up, good reason why ; one merchant advertises a ship—the forty members go by turns to ask the price, ani the merchanttancies he has forty differeat applicants. Not one of the whole lot know anything about a ship, but that makes no difference; at last a ship is selected, fixed upon; she is bought for $16,000, Just as she 18; in ordinary times she would be worth 10 $13 . But ships are ships in proposition times. The Mutual Proposition Company have an office or rather a rendezvous, down at the of- fice of a young commission house, in South street. The Company have given this house their business, for the use of their office. The ship John igs bought, and all the members are down about that store, chuckling over the matter like so many monkies over a cocoanut. The treasurer goes up to pay 10 per cent, and they all go along to see that it is done right; then one of them is ap- pointed ship keeper. ord! what times there «re on the deck of that ten year old eastern built slip. The ship is aston ed—over her sides, up her rig- ing, 1m the caboose, down the main hatch among The Ballast, aft to the cabin, upon the quarter deck, are the future owners and gid diggers of Cali- fornia. Ain’t they some? That's their shi who’s got aright to kick upa shindy about deck, sf they hain’tt Of course they have- their property, or will be; ite a going to be their home tor long months; they already begin to love the old ship, and some are out on the deck, near the howe, nt, talking to their new triend, as if she could understand all about the matter. Day after day, the new owners are tobe found aboard of her. The old Barky never had so many visiters before. Half the female population ot several ot the wards have been aboard to see the remarkable old crait thatis to carry John, or Bull, or Dick, round the Horn, and bring him back with lots of reat, long, flat bars of pure solid gold, and short ars, too, like the ig and other bars of wo0U | well, Joseph 8. Fogg, and lead over in the great iron stores, At Jast, the ship 1s paid for; the bil of rele has been filled up with the namea of the oflicers of the Proposition Company ; and the young, pleasant looking register elerk, at the eas tom house, 1s ready to put the same names ina | to have the hst pubhshed, as it would be a satis. new register whenever the old ship 18 ready to clear tor California. The surplus money, after paying forthe ship and her outfit, is invested in everything that the council think will be of service m the gold region—epades, hoes, rakes, shovels, bah y _ pokers, crow-bars, sifters, furnaces, and a ‘olf digger only knows what. All these belong to the Proposition Society. The balance of the cargo <that ie, individual member’s property, (and ald Noah never had such a variety tor his eargo)— boxes of old crockery, looking glasses, papers, hats, caps, cast-off clothing, an things, from a pair of pistols, fireman’ military uniform with t big gold epauletts, down to thimbles, nee skeins of cotton an silk, which the wile and sisters have sent along for the brave propositionist to do his own mending. A captain has been selected at the last moment, for every member had a choice; and each knew lots of pilots, mates, and Nortn Riversloop captains, to choose from. _ " “What's the difference? Aint one captain as gved as another, Mr. President?” asks a member. ‘Jest exactly as good a man no doubt, but we want a chap that’s been round the Horn, under- stands the variation and the run of the currents.” The ship clears. She is in the North River at anchor, and the steamboat ia at a pier on the North River side, to take off the members and some few transit fever who are bidding friends good bye. We have, thus far, sketched only the outline of a mutual association ot men, who have combined together to go to California. In doing this, we have not halt done the work we intend to do. In another chapter, we will give the details. The sample of this association is a fairone, (with a few variutions,) of the hundreds that have been, are forming, and will be formed here, and in every other seaboard city of the At- lantic coast. But we have not entered into the details ; there 1s some excitement in such a com- pany, a8 a mass, each with his 250 dollars, to pint up when called tor. But, when we come to pen yen sketch of the many, very many, indi- viduals who signed that constitution, without a blessed cop to buy a penny apple; and give facts, not fancy sketches, of how each one, so poor, did, tn his own circle, raise that $250 to buy a share— how he borrowed from this and that friend, sold his little library of a dozen books—how a fond sister would fart with every little trinket, worth two shillings, or even a sixpence, the ear-rings, the simple head ornaments, the finger ring, with the little agate in it—gave ’em all up, cheerfully, and with a willing heart, to let the faverite John or Tommy go and spout them to his uncle, Mr. Simpson, down in Chatham street, and only asked him, in return, to give her the ticket to keep, and to be sure, when he got out to California, and had big lumps of real shining gold lying piled up all about him, not to forget her and the ticket, but to send home, by the first chance, the needful, that she might go, ere a year was up, and ask good Mr. Simpson to give her back all those dear little trinkets, that she would’nt have parted with on any account, only that her dear darling brother had set his heart on going to California to dig gold; she hadn’t the heart to say ‘‘no,” when her little mite, added to other little mites that he had raked and scraped together, might, and did, make up the $250, and bought him a share in the stock ot the California Proposition Mining and Smelting Com- pany. * * * * * MOVEMENTS IN NEW YORK. i The following pesreagtrs sailed tor California on Saturday, in the bark Eliza, Capt. Clarke, in addition‘to those we published yesterday:— Mr. A Amon and lady, Mrs. Johneon and Mrs, Le- clare, James Kellogg, Eeq.,F.B. Kellogg, Charles M. Phillips, M. B. Carter, John Foster, Moses Parcel, W. 8. Dey, John Parker, J. Agriste, Wm. H. Lefere, John 8. Peters, Samuel Brown, J. B. Stroub, John Cholet, Ed J. Rollins, John §. Rogers. Geo, W. Payne, Fd. Pierson, J. T. 8. Breck, Robert W. Bowhill, William H. Stephens, and H. J. Phillips. INCIDENTS AND MOVEMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE GOLD EXCITEMENT. , The Providence Journal has been favored with the following extract of a letter, dated Lima, Dec. 8, 1848. “The news of the newly discovered mines in California has created great sensation on this coast, from Chili to Mexieo, Some 15 or 20 vessels have sailed, orare preparing to sail from Valparaiso, Callao, Payta, and Guayaquil, with full cargoes o! dry goods, hardware, agricultural and mining im- plements, provisions, &c., with their cabins and decks filled with ee One vessel is on the point of sailing trom Valparaiso, with 180 pas- sengets.”” ¢ same letter states that everything is quiet at vima. The Boston ‘yaveller says:—‘One of the cularities of the California emigration from ew England, is the disposition manitest- ed by many of the companies to receive the counéel and warnings of nlerEy Ene in the form of public addresses. Among the best addresses that we have seen or heard on such occasions, is that of Rev. Dr. Worceeter, of Salem, before the Naum- keag Mutual Trading and Mining Company, a re- port of whigh will be found on the outside of to- day’s paper. The company sailed from this port in the Capitol, on Tuesday. The Boston Journal gives the following inci- dent:—The scenes which transpire on the depar- ture of the California vessels, are not devoid of in- terest, melancholy though it be. It Tequires not @ little of that “sterner stuff” to stifle the feelings and keep back those tender emotions of the heart, which spontaneously gush forth, as these hardy ad- venturers step on board the vessel, and extend the hand for the last Weed LE ges those last words “* good bye. lany an eye is bedim- med with tears, and many a heart (at least among those friends who remain) bleeds atthe separation from those who for years, and often from their cradles, have been the objects of their affections and most earnest love. Some of those who go out are prompted only by a love of adventure—a desire to see the world. case came under our observation this morning, of a young manabout 17 years of age, trom New Hamp- shire, who goes out in the brig Mary Wilder. He 1s the son of rich parents, who have offered him evely inducement to stay at home. His father has offered him ten thousand dollars if he will remain, and an aunt, who followed him to the whart, offered him seven thousand more. But he preterred going. The tears flowed down the face of that kind aunt, as she left the wharf, alter the brig had hauled off into the stream, and sorrow- fully wended her way homewards ! It is said that porns? man 18 heir to about two hundred thou- sand dollars. a ‘The ship Montreal sailed yesterday for San Fran- cisco, via the Sandwich Islands. She has but a few passengers, whose names we published a day or two since. Among others were H. A. Pierce, Esq, one of the owners of the vessel, and wile. The vessel was very elegantly fitted up, and the voyage will doubtiess be a very pleasant one for the passengers. The Montreal was stowed to her utmost capacity with cargo. A hew company, to be called the * Pacific” com- pany, 18 organizing in this city. The capital stock is to be divided into thirty shares, of $1,000 each. The Fall River Monitor says that the bark Mal- lory, from New York, has been purchased by a company cf young men of Fall River, ard is ex- pected to wail for California by the middle of Feb- ruary. ‘The company is to nuinber 50 men. The following are the members of the “ Stark Mutual Protection | i an association of in- dividuals in the city of Manchester, N. H., who propose starting for California early in February :— Jobn B. Clarke, 8. L. Wileon, John Taylor, William Ritterbusb, Franklin S. Soule, James N. White, Alex- ander White, Harvey M. Weed, William J. Brown, E. B. Wiliams, Ebenezer Hadley, William Mace, William W. Brown, Mores Hill, Edward Mc Allteter, Horatio P. Wilton, An MeoNab, Samuel & Gault, George McAll Ista Wal ohn ph A. Gould, James Mo Mur- old news- housand P, and a phy, Joseph B. Sofford, Daniel Elliot, William Parker, ackron, Horace Jackson, Joseph i. Stephens, 8. Batchelder, M id two "si ni J \ , D. H.R David Marsh, Isaac B. Gustin, Daniei Haines, John Stevenson. Ship Sabina, Capt. Green, 13 to leave Greenport, L. L, about the Ist of February, for the gold re- ions. The Nantucket /ngutrer, of the 26th inst., says:— The ship Henry Astor, lately returned from a whaling voyage, has been purchased by a number of enterprising individuals in this place, by whom she is to be sent to California, on a gold-hunting expedition, a8 soon as she can be got ready. The hip, it will be perceived, 1s to be fitted on the same plan that our whalers are, so far as the com- pensation of the parties oncerned, We are 10- formed that between eighty and ninety persons have applied for berths in the expedition, from among wkom the forty will probably be selected. The Mobile Herald says the following requires no explanation from us :-- ‘ On Boarp Streamer Panny, Mississirrt River, Jaa. b, 139 Gentlemen—As promired when with you, [now y enclose a list of the names of the members of Com- poe “oe 1 Mazatlan Rangers, as they have styled theineelvea, end you will no doubt see some tame ar names amoug them At might not prove amiss faction to some ot the frends of the expedi learn through the public prints the ac’ anne of hae company. 4 ie company consisted originally of forty-eight members. Some of these were unable to 3 maith us, on account of various unavoidable and unfor- seen contingencies, an: teamer sailed with forty-four in all, organized as follows :— Orricr: E. W. Abbott. VB Nionepls Corted urges, da, Charles Gordon, G G, Halsey, J. B. Hewson, (of Hogan. Alexander Hull, J. F. Hi Grabill, P. Hale, W. B. Ff. Choate, J. M. John Kidd, Fred. Latimer, C. L. Loomis, S. Moore, C. A. M john Washington Reed, C. 0. Richar: C. J. Sohmidt, John Sempkins, J. Smitl house, E.G. Stewart, G. A. Whitney, C. de Pindray and servant, ¢ ae Svuraron—Dr. Ogden, Wacow Masten—Waterman: Waconens— Ware, Hood, Allard, Le Grand. We have in company a second edition of our expedition, another band of gold-hunters, fifteen im number, on the same route with ourselves, and we shal! probably, on our arrival in Mexico, coms bine our forces for mutual safety, in which case we shall present a formidable band of geventy- five persons, all well armed and equipped for ser- vice. Commercial Statistics, SrAraMENt Ov THE Goons, WARES, AND MEROHANDIZE Pay- ING aD VALOKEM Duties, [mporten INTO THe Unrr cn Srarrs IN AMERICAN AND FOREIGN VESSELS, DURING T (4 YAR xnving THe 3p June. 1643, Value in Value in Species of Merchandise American For Total, Paying ad valorem Duties, “Venseln © a anne lanufactures of wool. , 141, 4,300, Mrapnals, balsas, and carpetings ~ ae Uf Wool... oe. 44156 __ 859,033 Manufactires 872 18,491,5°9 Maxufactures of aks. 631798 14,895.67 Bilk and worsted g: 412517 654 Camleta of goata ot mohair, 12.116 704 Manufactures of flax 180 648 Manufactures of he 75 650 075 Clothing, ready-mac 25,005 233 Articles of wear... 259,957 (663.939 Laces, thread, ad inseriin 103030 288,589 bis ed fepertings, if 18 oes, braids. We. Floor doth, patent —e SL Oil oloth of all kinds ‘3,456 ae Hair cloth and hair seating 122,015 6427 100,442 Lasting, aud mohais cloth, for cqtvee and, buttons, prem 440d 890g anny cloth...... A in ie - x Matte Clive nid Ge Gey be vie sean . A ue natty rad a te ; ion Pam jeal, a‘tan, willow, Sets Masts tarot Manufotures of iton and steel,” 4,574,464 843.935 5AIB SON All other, px iton, old and sorap, steel, shear, Gorm & hain.cab 1.745195 8,898,393 206,160 806,956 1 id ged LD Mentfiouunecrgoldanériver 208709 16133 503808 fanufacturesof gold and tilver Garters ‘diamonds. ° iT aso nw a 4.233 505 629,125 2a 1397” 61,566 39193800 87.798 Piva in peo 22,175 B88 S808 ons, alsed, wi coryatals, glaeses, pebbles, epec- tacles, apothecar.es, pertum- ‘ory, dem jobs, & 0, ; 829,195 099,270 1,428,398 ia Al, BC. eee SORE 400,784 418,063 Printed, tebiew, Latta, ts 148,985 473572 ‘an um hats, caps, muffs, ko. 458,552 107,725 277 Manufactures of weed. 120,183 0967479, Sie 37.73 MisI7 aan) oma: d Dye wood in atic 925218293 ALAS Bark of oork tree, 36,341 Bay 114,753 Marble and manut.ct marble 49.224 = 30,769 69,09 S000 oh 4 216,497 4,352,000 7167 ‘319 37,008 Gur ny bo; 2,08 1 9138 Umbrellas.perasois,&e, of silk, 96878 «= SHIT 50,95 Flaxseedor linseed... ..., 24903 807 14,900 Angora, thibet and other quate bair, or molair. _ 7.431 ‘00h... 145421 857,034 2 988 430 446.579 1,863,172 id ase a3, O85 Caoeelate and cocoa, L415 682 BUT Bogars, brown, white, &c, 183,911 OBL 5L Fruits 149.078. 1) 13 Spices isei0s “7okaas Carn phi 1,053 62,983 Candie an io r Cheese 318 14s ow as Starch .. BOs Be Pear! Barley | Wy m Butter, 9.179 Hame and other 632136 2769 Bristles... .. 187.501 = ATLA 178,025 Saltpetre, orude, rfined, ke... 564,415, — W445 indigo... MRL 1888 SL ‘Wood or past 1,431 MB 1,774 Ivory and bone, a2 1,217 16D 0 129,189 wv wz 6 7813 118 888s 5 43 56 ‘588 Alam 146 138 2404 Coy 4678 ‘3S, 4993 Sulphate of Quiaine 73 BRT 43,005 ‘Oil of Vitriol 5 iy 18 133068 vs (75,004 3276 LTRS Bt 13 2995.45 41.575, ore reads Fith, dried, emoked, ki Total Gory Mrvgs in. Virainia.—A large amount of machinery for the working of the gold mines of Major Heiss and Commodore bgemsg Vir- ginia, has recently passed through trom Philadel- phia. Oneot Fulton’s patent direct-action steam pumps hae also been built and forwarded to the mines by him, from this city. It is calealated to raise a ton of water two hundred feet from the bot- tom of the shaft per minute ; and so simple is the plan, that, to periorm this labor, it will require but a six-horse power head of steam. It beautiful piece of machinery, and has been constructed of brass —Richmond Enquirer. A The above 1s not the only evidence we have that our former partner, in taking himself to Vir- ginia and leaving us here, has got the best of the bargain. We meta triend a day or two since, who told us he had seen a certificate from the miot, of nine thousand dollars’ worth of gold de- posited as the result of five or 8x days’ work, with sboutas many hands, at the Whitehall mine in Virginia, of Meesra. Heiss, Stockton, Yc. Six negroes, we learn from another entirely reliable source, had obtained thirty-five pounds of fagld {rom the let to the 6th or 7th of this moath. “The last day’s working of three negroes was worth $1,594 © This,” says our friend, “ throws Cali- fornia completely in the shade.” Buthe had not then reen the last accounts from that fairy land, which secms to have endured the touch of Midas, leaving emgle specimens weighing twenty-five pounds, of gold — Washington Union, Jan. 24. Aw Ancrest A —Col. Sam’! Jaques, of the “Ten Hills Farm,” aear Boston, has presented to the American Antiquarian Soctety an apple more than filty-six years old. It was given him on the 12th of September, 1792, as a bitth-day~ to- ken, by a young lady, the period ot whose en- trance into hfe seemed to correspond with his own. The original size of the apple was about that of a large cranberry; and what is somewhat remarkable, it grew from a small bud startiag out of a stout limb, while the rest of the frat of the tree (the Summer Harvey) was large, the apples weighing from 12 to [4 ounces evea! This vener- ble specimen is as well preserved as an Egyptian mommy. Ithvsas many wrinkles as usually deloog to extreme old age, and exhibits the complexion to which everything mo: tal is wont to come at last, — Worcester Spy