The New York Herald Newspaper, April 10, 1870, Page 3

Arrival of the Guard and Nip- sic at Caledonia Bay. The Indians Friendly, but Disinelined to Favor the Canal. Journey of the Surveying Party Across the Cordilleras, No Depression’ in the — Vet Discovered. Interesting Particulars of the Work Already Performed. OaLEDONIA Bay, Feb. 19, 1870, On the 17th of January, 1870, Lieutenant Com- Mander Edward P, Lui! took command of the United ‘States storeship Guard, fourth rate, four guns, lying at tne Brooklyn Navy Yard and sttached tothe Da- rien expedition.’ ‘The list of the ship’s company com- pnses thirteen naval oMicers, three marine officers, five coast survey officers (two of whom are to join it a@t @aledonia Bay), eight civilians, eighty-six men apo sixty-one marmes; total, 176, Tne following 1g @ correct liat of officers, &0.:— Lieutenant Commander Edward P, Lull, command. tenant G. C. Schuize—Executive Officer. Lieutenant x. D, Hitchcock—Na\ ‘. ‘Frank Bissell, Assistant Surgeon—Alfred GriMtp. oiiniehi ie Eaton, John M, Hawley, Fred. Major—Ceorge Peter Houston, United Bini Marine Corpa, Second Lieutenant—M. C. Goodrell, Enited States Marine Corps. inte Lieutenant—8, K. Alien, United States Ma- nr rr poss Gunner—C, ©, Neil. Acuog Boatswaln—G, W. Simi Commanding Oficer’s Srern—t Mt Eppley. Paymaster’s Clerk—Theod. Be! UNITED STATES COAST SURVEY OFFICERS. A, Sullivan, Chief of the Coast Survey Party. Mosman, First Assistant Coast inter Party. Ogden, assistant Coast Survey Party. |. 1. Marindin, Assistant, Coast Survey Party. L. Karcher, Draughtsman, CIVILIANS. J. P. Carson, Mineralogist, KE Bowditcn, Assistant Mineralogist. ¥ Clarke, Chief Telegrapher, . Gustin, Assistant Teiegrapher. Galvin McDowell, Assistant ‘leiegrapher. J. H. O'Sullivan, Photographer. William Bash (colored), Assistant Photographer. MELANCHOLY INCIDENT. At 2:45 P. M, on the 26th of January the navy.yard tug came alongside the Guard. All hands were called to unmoor ship, and, casting off, we were towed down harbor in charge of the pliot. Al 3:60 P.M, Came to off Ellis islana and took powder on board. From,8 P.M. to midnight clear and cold, ‘with bright starlight, January 26 fine day, but over- cast bya melancholy incident; Joseph. Brown, sea man, fell from the mainvop, with a ternbie thad, at At 12:10, and died at 12:45, ‘The poor tellow’s corpse Was delivered to the navy yard authorities at 9 A. M. Gonna La Tat ie Se pone = company contrasted effectively with the gloomy associations of the scene. Tne wind was tair; but money as well a8 wind 1s needed to make a ship go, aud our departuré Was delayed by some financial hitch at Washington. But none on, board were in too great a hurry to sail out of ~ ‘picturesque New York harbor and lose sight of the great city which-seemed to be noiselessiy sleeping in « the sanshine of this extraordinary winter. At eps tee nara ‘horizon was Mlaminated ft ra borealis, ita ‘eastern Unged with }red color. sy ihe 2 +9386 Me guniaty Bh tnotner aay cate be and sata, gs at ee ‘tea Dayinaser had already been welcomed. We 800N Moving out oF Now York bay, and at 7:30 We re bade pilot and tug good-by, January 29—seat around ationg the coast awhile until we got favorable winds, Many s¢a-sick; seve. Tal sail in sight. January 30—Disagrecabie rain and threatening storm. No religious services, pnues Sunday. Gale blowmg trom west-northwest. runoing bigh. January 4l—Crussed the Gulf Stream, “chat Wandering (ropie of the sea.” Quanuties-of gull Weed on its outer edge. At il P. M. passed por- Mon of a wreck appearing like top of a shap’s house, Between noon ahd 4 P.M. exchanged colors with American brig standing irom Lo ae ‘ard to soutu- vo Flashes of lightting at mn Tuesdi ‘ebruary 1, a tf “gale from the northwost forded us gilmpses of the grandear and pet of astorm at sea. For the first time on, the oyage the Guard shipped a sea. ‘I'he second cutter, be ‘the port side, was tilled with waier, and swung violently in, striking the cook house. One of the civilians narrowly escaped being crushed by the boat, and two others in the Smoking room were con- strained to dance the cancan with a number of Joose chairs in a style less elegant than comical, The galley stove got adrift. There was a heavy squall, and the sea ran very high, the ship roiling nesvily, Wednesday, February 2, the weather mod- erated. Two salisin sight. Thursday, February 3, heavy, cumulus clouds, but weather stili more favor- able for sailing. Friday, February 4—Afier adumir- ang, at about half-past live o'clock, “the sun’s uprise majestical” and enjoying a deligntiul forenoon, we had in the alternoon @ heavy sea aud @ drizzling rain, followed {nm the evenmg ‘by tremendons swells, torrents, hgutning and taun- der, Manifestly we cou.d not oe far om “from the suill-vexed Bermoothes.” ‘Luis omiy cts-Atlantic al- Jusion ever made by Shakspeare occurs appropri- aly enough in the “Zempest.” On Saturday, February. 5, we were abreast of the Bermudas and so near to them as to be almost tempted, noiwith. standing the following ominous adjectives quoted from tne log-book, ** Rainy, dirty, ugiy, gioomy, threatening,” to make ior Where the remote Bermes' In the ovean’s bosom unspled. We wondered whetler old Maareil gave an ex- aggerated description of taeir “grassy stage, safe drow storms,” with ‘This eternal spring Which here enaine.s everything, and with their rich ssore of fowis, oranges, “lke goiden lamps in a green might,” pomegranates, figs, melons and apples. An American notel at Hamiiion now adds ‘mixed drinks’ :o all these luxuries, and 4s.a favorite winter resort for visitors trom the States. Sunday, February 6, oroke OG muster and ljvine service; a large bark standing to nortnward and ‘eastward; first of a delicious series of moonlight nights, “equa: to any ever en- Joyed in the tropics.” February 7—Spiendia sun- Tise; royal yard unfurled for first time; ship directly on her course; nautili and flying fish; the reguiar naval and military exercises. February 8—Delight-, fol weather; afternoon wind light from southward and westward; cirrus clouds. February 9—Di sagree- able weather, hign wind, heavy hi rain, tropical moonlight representatious interra| “February 10—Day broke pleasanuly ; ship: Soeeas c off her course pda heavy roiling motion; very large vird, to be a South American bird, Pollowing the for some time; moonlight and singing renewed. fe raary 11—First day of trade winds, greatly in- creasing speed. 12—Saturday, the general cieariag up day on board sntp, is no more agreeable than its corresponding day ashore; auction sale of ‘the late J. Brown’s effects.’ Again tne bright moon- light, as we look on the “round ocean, girdied with ahe sky,” makes us exclaim with Southey, “How, beauuful is night!” SunDay, Fok. 13,—Eariy this morning a large and distinct lunar rainbow was visible. In the fore- Noon general inspection, muster and divine service. At noon cry of “land, bo!’ from the lookout. Dese- cheo, or Zacheo, an island about a mile in circum- ference, and consisting wholly of aremarkably high, Well wooded hiil, eleven miles and a half from Jiguero Point, the western extreme of Puerto Rico, is the first land sighted by us since leaving New ‘York aixteen days ago. ‘Two schooners in signt towards the end of tue forenoon. Captain dined ‘with the officers in the ward room. Between tea Y, M. and midnight passe:i Mona island, nine miles “Jong and two or turee miles proad, and Monito, an Asiet but two cabies jong, and inhabited oniy by nu- merous flocks of seabirds. By Monday morning, February 14, we had sailed through Mona passage, between Puerto Rico anu Hagt, nto the Carippean sea, not without thinking of the buccaneers ‘who used to infest these waters, and of the recent Doody death of Sualnave. Forty-two robust men of the crew were selected’ to-aay and formed mw @ company to do duty on @hore on the Isthinus of barlen. ‘The Carid- wean Sea, which bag so dreadfu a reputation for Fonghness, agreeably disappoints us by its smooth and smiling aspect. IM the air is hot and oppressive at nooa the breezes freshen towards evening, and whe uights are ineffably fine. Very early on the Tnorhing of Tuesday, February 15, the Southern Cross became visible—'-The sicktiest cross I ever did see,” eaid one o! the younger oilicera, thus expressing the aise pointment of almost everybody at first signt of mous constellation. But extravagant as our ppectauions may have been, the Soutuern Cross is sid ly Worth the voyage to see tt, and it 18 neither tis fault nor that of Orion, blazing at our yes of the Pleiades, of Sirius,’ of Aldebaran, or o yt many another bright particular star and glorious ¢ consiel- Jation, that vhie southern sky 18 less crowded. and ‘Masaling than jhe noriyern. Solopg ay Luese aa THURSDAY, Feb. 17.—Perce} atmosphere, indicatin; neat America, At noun, sultry: cast and insutierably hot; 5:30 P. M., “Land, hol’ sighted lana? ‘off starboard marter, At? P. M., by capli er, “hove to!” Sarting slowly to leeward, BM. (9 iid night Reavy dew, cloudy, warn, bata fresh breeze. ARRIVAL IN CALEDONIA BAY. Fribay, Feb, 18,—tnsuferably hot, mist and ram. At 10:04 A, M, aiscoyered ship to be uncom- Yortably close to shore. Wore ship and put her on another tack; heavy ground sweil, light breeze, A bold, mountaimous coast was seen here and there through a driving mist. We were a few miles souin of Polat Escoces, where, in 1698, William Patterson founded a cotony aud, with almost Scottish second sight, prediered that the Isthmus of Derien would herealier open & grand new highway for we com- inercial nations of tie earth, AtY A. M., in order to Strike the right, entrance to Caledonia Bay, we were compelled to pnt to sea, Beat about and tacked till bP. Wore ship to. westward and stood tu for land, At daylight on Saturday, February 19, made Sasardi Voint, on the northwestern e: wemity of the bay, and changed course. trom) $A. M. till noosa, standing on and of tne fsia del Oro, which looked’ like a solid mass of Impenetrable foliage, Lowered a buat in charge of Lieutenant Mitchcock, the navigator, tO abake soundiugs. Warm and pleagant, with a light breeze. Caledonia Bay offered an envhanuny view. Spread out beautifully before us, it wus separated from the swelling sea by a lony range ol islands and lets, beginning With we little Piedra sie, Some of hem were very highand ail were covered with a ‘wiost luxurious growth of vegetation. Among the trees that could be pial aed, the cocoanui palin, ‘With its clusters. of “couspicuous. One Jovely isiet Jooked. oa bop of cocoanus trees, On the other side of the white surf dasued for eae from Polat seooes coral aod ae almost un- it the six bamboo ) huts sean ne near the mouth orca the Ag! acwoote rl and beyond the untains, including Mount Ver- non, rose the canines 0 of” a mocivain ranges, piled up dn a manner very ing to the 8a pro- Jectors of canal inoue ocks or tunnels across the isthinus, But modern science and enterprise ail obstacles. ‘They can do almost everytuag a wil promise to pay, and tf we cannot af once out a lopged-ior depression mn tne eters we snifer from no depression of spirits. T! mountain iops were Nidden in thick clouds, ‘euigh filled the sky, wulle the sunbeams, perenne cuvonat occasional rifts, magically touched up follage aud brought ic out in vivid: contrast tothe gray mists curling aloit from every ravine. Toe Water was of a most delicate and beautitul green under the sunlight, while the shadows oi the clouds fitting over if were of a purplish hue. The whole picture was “a thing of Kt uty. AG 1 P.M. we came to anchor in Caledon! A A boat sent asiiore to Cocoanut Isiand brought oif covoanuts, custard apples, shells and other ‘spect ~ mens.” The sick list presents but ono serious case— a tea Quartermaster H. O’Neill,’’ and he is 1@- Friday The Guard left Sandy look ab 7:30 P. M., Tiday evening, January 28, 1370, and anchored in 1a Bay at 1 P.M, Saturday, February 19, tame’ sailed 2,400 miles in twenty days and nine- tech hours. She wili here awale the arrivai of the Npsic, commander Thomas 0. Seifridge, 19 com- mand Of the Darter expedition, Arrival ef the NipsicA Visit to the Indian Villnge of Sasurdi—Dhe Indians Friendly, but Inclined to Oppose the Projected Canal Knangaration of the Work of Surveying Mavements of Exyiering Parties. * UNITED STATES STORRSHIP GUARD, CaLBvonsaA Bay, Marca 3, 1370. At 6:35 P. M. onthe 2ist of February the Umeed States sveamer Nipsic came to anchor ahead of the Guard, We had sighted her at 6:10 P, M. standing along Sasardi Island, and, and we were glad to welcome her and tue New York letters and news- papers which she brought irom Aspinwall, Messrs. Sullivan end Mosman, of the coast survey party, aud seiior ‘osemena, commissioner reece wamte aes eae by. the ig se _ tag folowing Is alist of her oflcers:— ~ Commander—Thomas 0. Seifriage. Lieutenant—Sogrates Hubbard. Assjstant Paymaster— Porter Loomis, Assistant Surgeon— Seorpesalic Simon. °—Wiiltam 8. Smith. Duval, Jeiferson F. Mosef, Nathan E. Niles, mneer—Levl 'T. Safford, Captain's Clerk. Paymaster’s Clerk—J. 8. Snider. aun EW WITH THE CHIEF MEN OF SasaRpy. a ‘Kehrusty te second cutter of the Guard’ was t to Sasardl Bay with an officer, Ensign Collins; who landed and “interviewed” the chief men of the village, assureng them of our friendly intentions, and being assured by them in re- turn that they, and also the Indiags of the interior, were friendly. There were about thirty-five natives, unarmed. One of them, however, on seeing the oficer’s sword at his side ran to a hut and brought outa hatcuet, which he buried in the sand, amia shouts and anghter on all sides, as soon as the sword was passed back to the boat. Notwithstana- ing their iriendly protessions the Indians re- fused to sell anyth ng or accept giits, tntimating that the policy they preferred was a sort of Jeif Davis policy—“to be let’ alone.” ‘They seemed not’to have orgotten the | idea which one of) tneir Oid chicts expressed to the unfortunate Lieutenant Sivain, iat LM God bad intended tint there shoutd pe au interoceauic canal across te isthinus He would have made one Hiuusell, There are avout twenty- nve huts at Sasardi. No women or cnildren were to be scen. Some indians accosted Captain Lull and a@small party from the saip lu a very friendly way on the beach near Caledonia vill on the following day, the zist, But one of their old men, who some- what reluctantly consented to bave his portrait taken by Mr. Gustin, insisted on its belng torn up. Jerhaps these Iudians share the superstiuon of their North American brethren, that part of the life goes out into the portrait. For the rest, their paysical appearance resemoles that of our Indians, «ithough their compiexion 18 not so dark, while their mangers are as mild and courteous as those of their ancesters’ concvemporaries first seen by Colum- bus. On tne zid.a few Indians, sent, they said, vy an old chief, came aboard. One of em, 4 boy, nad @ handsome lace and remarkably tine eyes, “other Indians paid both ibe Nipsic and the Guard a visit the next day. ‘ihe oidest of them wore heavy guld emrings, und, like. another old man wuo accom- panied aim, a ‘uit Of. store clothes. His black cloth pantaiouns beimg Wo tong were rolled up at the ankles and the price ticxes (twe've dollars) of ns biue slop coat was sul visible on the collar, On-the 24th the chief of the Calevonia village visited Coia- mander Seliridge, who persuaded aun to promise thatthe exploring party should be uided to ile Sucubti river. ‘Ihe chief said that if vheir ngots were respected no hostile demoustrations ara ‘Appfehended, Two Indians from Sasardi vit erwarus Visited the Guard, bringing bunches ‘ot Plaintains as presente, ‘ney’ ate walllugly tue iood offered to them, and one wio showed great Intelli- gence added considerably to Captain Luil’s vocabu- slaryror their meagre language, wich probably com- prises but a few nundred words. “INAUGURATION OF THE WORK OF SURVRYING. Washington's bo nae the 22d of February, was, of course, duly rated. Nor was it forgoiten vhat Lawrence Washston, the brother of the illus- trious George, had ‘served with Adimural Vernon, who captured Porto Belio, on the fsthraus of ode and jeer Carthagena, aod whose name is per- petuated by Mount Vernon on Calcdoula Bay as Well as by Mount Vernon on ts2 Potomac. Com- Wander Selfriage vised the Guard on the 22d of February, when the preliminary work of the Darien survey was vigorously inaugurated. A small river about four miles distant, wiich the hyarograpiical party began to survey, was named Washington Tiver, in commemoration of the data. An seat nomical Observatory bad-peen erected the day pre- vious on Cocoanut Island, For the first time Cale- donm Bay was now to be thoroughiy and accurately surveyed. The parties at work on water and on shore were aban days to return every night, but sora) was the campaign planned ana or- ganized that aitnengt all returned the first night, including the pioneer part; ‘4 which went ashore on the 23d, under commana of Lieut. Schulze, executive officer of the Guard, two expeditions were ready to leave for a week's absence early ou Friday morning, the 26th of Feoruary. ‘The surveying party on shore, Bow under command of Lieutenant Hubbard, of the Nipsic, accumpaniea by Ensigns Collivs and Elliot and Mr. Neill, gunner, of the Guard; Mr. Ogden, of the Coast Survey, and Mr, Bowditch, assistant mineralogist, hus been reported to-day, and will re- turn on Saturday. But the maip exploring party, under command of Commander Seliridge, accom. panied by Mr. Sullivan, chief coast survey oficer; Major Houston, Lieutenants Goodrell and Allen, o the Marine Corps, and ail the marines; Lieutenant Scnuize, of the Guara; Ensign Jasper, Dr. Simons and Paymaster Loomis of the Nipsic; Messrs. Gustin, artist, and Carson, mineratogist, and the Colombian Commissioner, Don Blas, numbering nearly a round hundred, alt returned sate ana weli at half-pass two to-day, the sd of March, Progress of the Expédition—Trip of the Main Exploring Party Acress the Mountain—Pare ticulurs of the Jouracy—Striking the Sucubtt River—Powwow with Sacubti {ndiuns—The Work Already Done. UNITED STATS StoREsHIP G CALEDONIA Bay, Marca 5, 187 At 4 o'clock on Friday morning, Febri ‘began the bustie of preparation for A WERK ON THE IsTuMus. Commander Selfridge and bis exploring party, ) Sousewhas tardily, aud the march at. | river numbering nearly a hundred, landed on we veach about a mile from Caledon, the Indian fishing sta- tion, in order to make @ reconnoissance in force towards tho inverlor os the Iptbmnug of Dation, Tue ‘ihdleting tag: Geeet Beery | vente carried. provisions for seven, agi .weist- | sreshes ovestnad oa tne Culonoaia river, which ross | ot Carihagen_ cliy tounaea $25 earn ago, While Provisions for seven ing on an average forty pounds per man. The five Imiifan’ guides whom they expected to: Passing through Caledon the guides led on by a xigzag Indian. trail through @aledonia time we crossed it), \raversing immense plaintain plantations, dark with | xepton tis Indian manifested great trouble, and berpetual twilight. Alter going a distance of four | mues the old chief of the Caledonta tribe was found, | Wey did not sto} Mataal assurances of distinguisned corsideration and eternal iriendship were exchanged during a | Sucubti village was within a@ quarter ofamile, A half an hour’a powwow, after which the old cnief, apparently saustied with solemn promises that not even a banana ora plaintain should be dusturbed, gave two Indians to guide the party to the foot of the Mountain. Bnsign Jasper and Mr. Sulliven were detacued, with firteen men, to make a running sur- vey of the reconuoissance. The powwow with the old chief had occupied so mueh time that nogn came before the rest of the party could start, re Was cooked, aud the old chief remained to e1 hard tack, @ little whiskey and “wore last Words’? of affectionate farewell. But he earneatly ob jected to the proposal that the fOom mander, should make @ visit alone t@ the Caledonia village. The women, he sald, were very much afraid of white men, *‘More last ys again, and the two Indian gaides led on ‘the zigzag trail across Caiedonia river, plaintain - tions, erav ol beaches and almost level clay At 2 /. 4, @ small bill, 180 feet high, was, Crossing tits ils we arrived at 2:45 at the f higd mountain, where we concluded toe! the Indians said that it would require six hours Co | seventy years of age and wore cross 1, and that no water could be obtained watil we reached the Sucubti river, which, they added, flowed on the other ste of it. All hands then fell to work putting up huts thatched with piaintaia, but affording only an imperfect shelter against the rain. The old chef, who, notwitistanaing his impressive farewell, had stuck tothe party, now pointed with solemnity to the sky, exclaimmg “Yoga! Toga!’ He explained through the meerpreter, Joaqnin, . old coast pilot, who promises to be very useful, tha ww would rain “very much” all Might, and thetelore ee aon’t you persuade these men to go back?” he wouid go home to is village, bub wo! back early in the morning. Both — Er diction and his promise were: oe down Dr pockesy all Ce ‘mise - fue river and roge rapid i the sumall gravelly island mick te. he com- Ee had encamped. Somme Nat th one <7) had pitcued their shelter tents near hed to their juggage in @ hurry, fora theyiyer prea > ana refuge by the soldiers’ camp fire, which soponea the face, while the rain, beating throug thelr {ndia rabber biauxels, trickled dow the back in streams. At two o'clock one by one yielded to | Would be able to sell their fatigue aud, stretching bimself out on the stones, slept anti tbe reveilie of the drum aud fife. Com- mander Seilridge named tus camp “Ramy Hollow,” but many wii remeraher it by the sult more sugges- tive name of “Camp Misery.” While m camp we saw several parrots, any number of centipedes aud One poisonous snake, besides sinali trout trom 8x to ebrhs Inches long in the river, We were aiso fi- vored with) @ Dorrid concer: by monkeys. So we could pot complain of betug lovely ta the wilderness. We wade this day eight miles. A COUPLE OF SCARED INDIANS. On the morning of the 26th the Indians arrived accordiug to promise aud were willing to guide @s across the mountain, bat the weatuer Was too bad and we had to stay in camp. We contrived, how- ever, to provide better protection agaimst the raia. At 2 P. i. two Sucubti Indians who were foliow- log an indian tralisuddenly dropped in upon us, as mitch to their astonishinent as to OUT OWA. Cur 1D terpreter being absent we could only manifest our friendiiness by offering taem crackers, which :hey 26- cepted. But they had scarceiy gone ou a aunired yaras wuen the report of a gun which someboay tired ‘AU & paccot startle the cravkers vhey ran with ail Speed up tae inoue tain. A blue watersnake was our only otier visivar ‘ad ana this also suddenly took ‘Yench leave ou bs | nerd apuiations CROSSING ‘THE MOUNTAIN. We broke cump vright and early on the re goeat gs bs the 27m), Everybody walked along very iver ee the first haif hour, but the rain came pourlig Gown nd awace each luan’s load—wiich now averagi Pa tive pounds—mucn heavier, ini he Egad 80) y. Walking now gave place ihe, persica scrambliig end crawling on ait fours, Only slow P sand could be iiade by half a step backward for every slep ahead. ‘(le ascent was very steep, and there was no resting place unul we were’ two-thirds up towards the first of the three sone of the mouutain. All tuese summits we had to ordss. The ist 18 about 600 feet, and the loftiost about 900 fect web A few feat seat pes Si Ned eT) Geces ee adike, “detiucr with woollen biankets, sheiter tents, &c., let them hang on the bashes until our return. ater going.on ® short distance the trail ascended again, Unt, at a height of 900 feet, we crossed we summit and began to descend towards the Paciiic, Our trali to-day left the river and went up to tie ridge of one of the spurs or buttresses of the mountain. At the top the ridge was not more than five or six feet wide, with a sheer descent, oa either side, of hundreds of feet, ata very sicep angie. ‘The siues were covered depscly with trees, many of them of vast size, and go thick that neither the bottom of the ravme nor the opposite sides could be seen. Just before we reached the top the rain poured down Jn torrents; bus although well drenched we weicomed it a8 a blessed relief from the sultrmess which had pre- ceded it. Moreover, it did not last long. ON THE PACIFIC BIDE OF THE CORDILLERAS. ‘The descent of the Pacific slope was much more gradual aud easy. Once at the pottom of the spur we entered upon a comparatively lever pavaway, ‘With but few elevations greater than forty feet, aud intersecied by a number of smail streams, mostly Gry avpre-ent, Ay we approacied the Sucubt tue jand was suii thickiy wooded, the trees siiowing by telr peculiar roots that during » great part of ee year it must be overfowed by water. At 6:50 P. M. the advance party crossed the Sucubu mver, having accomplished in four hours a march which the Indians had said would take six hours. Here was an extraordinary instance of tie almost miraculous suddenness with which the wa- ters rise on the isthmus. While Lieutenant Schuize was seated On @ rock projecting seven or eignt hes above the surface and Was Washlag tke mud from his leggings ue suddenly found tat tne water rising 60 fast as to oblige’ him the bank at once A few iuinutes afterwurds Mr. Gusti came up, aad, starting to cross, narrowly escaped bemg whiried away by the swift current of the river, which rose three feet 1 lve minutes, being breast nigh before he had gone many feet from the bank. He saved futuseif only by the friendly aid of some loag reedy Kass that rose above the surface. Therepfter be took the precaution of carrying his drawing materi- ais in the middie of his ‘‘nurd tack,” to keep them dry. The advance immediately cut down a iarge tree which fell across the stream, but waa swept away beiore it could be secured. 'A large vine was then found hanging from a tree extending over the river, and ‘Jim,’ @ colored wardroom boy of ihe Guard, an invaluable fellow, by the way, botwith- standing M8 Manchansen propensities, dasied in and got hold of one end of it, and, pracy bis feet against a stone, withstood the curreat unul Lieutenant Schulze and three marines secured the other end. In a few minutes ihe vine was stretched across the river, and, holding on by It, We crossed the Sucabtt. A mae and a quarter far- ther on Ideutenant Schulze found a zigzag Indian trail leading by the river through dense under- growth. He aiso found a good camping ground, fad thirty uofimished arrows with an uncorked bot- tle, which were left undisturbed. Joaquin, the inter- preter, somewhats reluctantly guided a party of marines with Lientenant Schulze and Lieutenant Goousell two miles down the river, and & continuation of the same Inuian trail was found. Joaquin, for some mysterious reason, ‘was unwilling to iead, and at lengch he would not even follow until expressly ordered. When, however, after atwo hours’ travel, the order to return was given, he took the lead with readiness, and we went Jpto Camp 1D about thirty minutes ata dog trot. it rained at intervals all day. und ‘wet, wetter, wettest’ was the order of the nigut. Vegetation in- credibly laxuriant.@Pienty of trout in the river. One ae poisonous snake, ten feet long, was killed to- TRIP DOWN THE SUCUBTI RIVun After an uncomfortavle night at “Grassy Hollow,” as Commander Selfridge named ote vamp, we started at 7:30 A. M. on the 28th wa down the Sucuon. The water had falten considerably. The vanxs, high, steep and muddy, were mostly of red th here aad there a rock crepping out. ‘fhe ‘of the river consisted of pebvles and poulders. the trailrau firston one side and then on the other we had to climb up aud ciamber down every litte wale. The weather was extremely hot, but aii were in fine spirits and trudged lop; Fapidiy, sing- ing “Jordan is a hard road to travel,” and other more or Jess appropriate songs. A corporal of ma- rines, a strong, manly looking fellow, was attacked to-day by a hemorrhage of the lungs and was left to rest awhile with the drummer and fifer. In his anxiety pot to lose the chance of accompanying the expedition he had concealed irom the surgeon the fact thai he had already had a hemorrhage vp board ship. He was afterwards ‘ gent back to the ship, with a message for Captain Lull, and 1s better. ‘The party moved on and all at once Iresh foutmarks were discovered on a sandy beach, A moment Jater and seven Sucudtt Indians je their appearance on the other side of the or. Joaquin, Who was directed to hat) thei, shouted, “Vo ¢/c,” which means, ‘We are friends,” ‘They then Jaid aside their arms and we laid aside ours, and, meeting each other baif-way, we held halt an hour's powwow, ‘The Indians said that their Big Chief was a very old man and could not travel fast, but tuat on the morrow, by the same hour (eleven A, M.), he woul arrive to hoid @ powwow with our "Big Chief. So Commander Selfridge decided to encamp on the beach and await te arrival of the Sucuott patriarch. Three of the indtans then started off to carry the message to thew chief, and four of them came mto camp, watched the oullding of huts, te sinruing of Gres and the catching of fish, counted noses, ald then likewise bade us goodby. Mr. Sul- livan, cnlef of the Coast Survey party, came into weigh- pve minutos tnree fet and then Wel an made) ‘of then ‘arrived thus caused a freghot in rivers began. | and the Pacific slopes. bebe dtd (we waded breast bigh the second | mile up clay banks and met fo Indians, one of whom went to camp while near the waleaee, nor in manner moiest of . the ind ae rod and ee 4-4 iid, they would only go back to pick. up | Selfridge offered to pay them in silver. When asked thei oubof tue wits. Dropping | Wiien seems to be made of wualeboue, aud stent ante A SPECIAL SURVEYING PARTY. Ats raat on the it or March, orders to survey. A epacemeny it was sent to yun the compasses about @ half down the river. On the way they other returned to accompany them. As they tried lus best to mduce them to go on further, But unit thei friend was thunaerstruck they were deligated at discovering the plantain Plantations and bananas, which indicated that bearmg was quickiy taken av this farthest poine as yet reached in a survey which has been carried to a greater distance and with greater accuracy than has been made by any previous expedition to the Isthmus of Darien. POWWOW WITH THE SUOUBTT INDIANS. Meanwhile, tae Oid Chief of Sucubt had sent a messenger to announce that he wovla meet Cou- mauder Seliridge at a pomé somewhat distant from camp and down the river, ‘fae spot designated for the interview was wuere the rocks formed adam and srmall cascade in the river, and was surrounded by splendid trees. Just before the Old Man made bis Appearance twensy-live warriors, all fully armed with bows and arrows and Siet gonk. came out of the woods, crossed the river formed a circle ground us, cach one as he came up smiling and ex- claiming ‘No éfe !? Presently tne Old Man appeared, coming down the river 10a fess 4, Skillfully man aged by two small lads, Who swiftly ran it up the Tapids and janded nim on the graveily beach where we awaited him. Stepping ashore ne shook hands With every one, saying, “Vo !” and smiling affably. Joaquin was now directed to explain to the chler ‘that we were friends who wished to pass throught his country to the river Chugunaqua; that we would ans or their property, and.that as soon as our object should be accomplished we would leave the country. ‘The old oe who seemed to be abouts venerable aspect, bei wer that the river Sucubti and the country below were very bad; that his advice was to go Bape and not uy to go through, ‘To tis Comman- bi arnt reo “If you order one of your pe Fn ke ume, oF to go anywhere od Mee ay my great chief a es area here with my men, whether rte wou are high s Ys Whether the co 18, good or bat, 1 wil do 1 oavinen, nis haa been inte presed, wo Indians they al chatiered toether awhile. Then the old man, turning to Joaquin, bim:—“If you are our friend, as you say you are, i~—""They would not listen to me; ships and bring a great many more men. Wouldn't that be worse for the Indians?” ‘This eee eee to strike them, and, aiter a few more is, they assented to our passing through, but re- fused wo supply any guides, although Commander what was the name of their river they replied “Chucubt.”? They asked Joaquin “if the white men come here to dig a canal, will they not take away our landy? He told them “no; but the Indians laintaing and bananas and cocoanuts to the white men, and the canal would take at must only a uarrow scrip of land.’” APVEARANCE AND CHARACTER OF THE INDIANS. The interview occupied more than an hour, and Was foally broken up by Commander Seifridge, who withdrew, bidding good vy vo the chief. The lat- ter, m his turn sat “nacuikec,” good by, which each indian repeated, successively shaking hands with us. During the interview they stood around us in a double cirele, the Vid Man stanving on the verge of the waier, ‘nose next to us never parted with thetr knives, bus those on the outer circle laid theirs down in an orderly manner outside of Wem, Keep- tng ail the tame between us and their arms, and watching our every motion with the closest scrutiny. There were tweaty-eight of them, i Gid Man. {ney are a very cleanly rs dress consisis, Im most cases. of i cotton shirts, worn outside, wit drawers reach. wg just below the Kuee, and hanging loosely. ‘Yheir jet black ha straigut avd long, reaching sometimes to the small of tne back. Most or wose whom we saw co-day had their hair gathered up aud contived on one side by a curious Kind of co some four ches above their i ‘Their ch bones are high. They are broad-shouldered and are more Muscuiur, a8 well a8 somewhat taller, than cue coust Indians, although, like the latier, under the medium stature. They appear be & peacefully disposed peopie, and dsp 3, 0 this occasion ab least, none of tie war! nike fe city wuich bas been atributed to uhen te} ure, howel exiveinsl pew gt, ios 2 OL the pare of strangers, and Wiig to Yet any ove approach ter Hig 8 or catch ever aclimpas o. their women and childres. = "hes uncertain it always is that letters will be promptly Gespaicied from Kingstom, So it was decided to send the mailbag by a Cdlombian brig, which, it was positively announced, was to sail on the morrow | (anand) for Aspinwall; but in thie, as in almost every case at Cartzagena, it proved that manana Means indefinite postponement. ‘The vessel sprung aleak and was forced to diacharge iis cargo. No other opportunity to send turned up until two camp at four o'clock in the afteraoun, and, on being | o'cioek on the 17th Inst., when the Nipaic itself was informed of the extraordinary rise of the Sucubu, already tacntioned, catied attention to the interest lug fagt buat at Dyecieely Whe seme UUme A sudden ready t return to Caledonia Bay, where postal taci- ities Beem Lo be about on @ Dar WILD thove enjoyed at Carthagena—a city founded 335 years ago, While the Nipsic was abeent the Guard was fortunate enough to be visited by @ little schooner trading along the coast, It was chartered at once as a mail- boat for one trip at least. Having returned last evening it will carry another mailbag to Aspinwall to-morrow, and Sefor Don Bias Arosemena, the Colombian commissioner: Captain Hayes, the pilot Of the Nipsic, and about Pfceen worthless machele- ros will be carried by tt to same port. DEPARTURE OF THE woele-Fa8 UBINE STORY, ‘The Nipsic left Carthagena at noon on the lith insvant, and arrived at Nipsic Point at half past ten 1D the forenoon of the ten Here we found that Genera) Heine, of the American Legation in Paris, who bad brought letters to. Commander Selfridge from Minister Washburne, Secretary Robeson and President Grant, had returned on the 10th instant from his meffectual trip of eight day~ to the closed mouths of the Atrato, and had gone back to Aspin- wall, with @ view of trying, from the Pactiie side, lus Proposed transit of the Isthmus by the Tuyra and Atrato route, one of the longest and unhealthiest of all the routes, General Heine, the Panama papers to the contrary notwithstanding, was kindly re- ceived by Commander Selfridge, at Whose request Myor Houston and Mr. Bowditch accompanied atu with one marine, to the mouths of the Atrato, which could not be entered even vy we tiny littie sioop of soven tons, seven feet by twenty, the Maria, on witch the General haa boldly ventured to make the voyage from Aspinwall. He said nothing here abont bis baving crossed the Isthmus enitrely byiwater and 40 @ Canoe several years ago—a story for which the Panama journals are perhaps aloue responsible, THE WORK of the hydrographical pariies on the bay and of the surveying parties on shore had been diligentiy proseaniee during Une absence of the Nipsic. Mr. ’ Sullivan had gyn @ variety of excellent photographs. A telegraph line was at once laid down on the afternoon of the 18th inst. by Messrs, Clarke. McDowell and Gustin to cominunicate with the camp of the surveying party, under the direction of Lieutenant Schulze, of the guard, A donkey trail was cut to the same camp, several. days’ provisions were for- warded, and on the party struck camp and are now on their totisome way in a straight line over the mountains and towards the Chuquuaque river, Which is about twenty miles distant. How tollsome and inevitably slow the march is cau be appreciated oniy by an eye-witness. iNaday t tive of the mules roled down the mountain side, and were oniy saved by the trees against which they fell. It 19 a Hereulean task to keep the exploring parties regularly supplied, A cascade Suears-five feet 6 igh was discovered yesterday, and been Luis Fatis, im honor of the commander ‘Ot he Guard. Gold ves were hkewise discovered yes- terday, Centipedes, scorpions, sand files, mosquitoes aud neh one of the marines calls “antescopes,” or huge, bil pismires, are found every day. Every night there 18 a reguiar hunt for the poisonous corral snakes, which are fond uf coiling up in the beds of ‘he Campers-out, and hig Plaintive cry of the panther is heard in the wood: Yesterday (22d Past) the Nipsic weighed anchor and went up to Sassardi harbor. Major Houston, with asquad of the marines, also left yesterday by the steam launch to join the Sassardi surveying pee. commanded by Lieutenant Hubbard, of the ipsic, and which is to strike out at once towards the bead waters of the Morti river, WHAT HAS RESULTED THUS FAR. Besides the determination of certam indis-easable elements for a correct and topographical map—ele- ments which have never been accurately determined by aby previous Darien expedition—the present survey has already resulted im confirming the decla~ ration by Perez—author of a valuable work entitled ‘Jeogratia Pisica 1 Politica de los Pstados Unidos de Colombia’—that most of the statements aad indications of Mr, Gisborne are imexact and most of those of Dr. Cullen are false To clte but a singie instance, it has veen dis- covered that Washington river rans in quite a aifferent direction trom that indicated by Dr. Cul- len, apd s#itbough the precise site of the pass to which he said ified has been reached by way of another river no pass has been found there, It 1s not Impossible, but if cannot yet be safely predicted probable, that one or the oiler of the two surveying parties now struggling through the Woods und over the mountains may bit won Some pass hitherto un- dreamed of, even by tne unaginative tourists who profess to have cressed the isthmus in almost every way except by @ balloon. ‘The remains of poor Davis, of the Nipsic crew, who was drowned on the 4th March were found aiter @ careful search, near Nipsi¢ Point, aud were buried on the Sth with all the honors. + Tae weather ts tine in the bay to-day, although it willrain pefore morning a8 copiously as it rained last nigbt in the mountains, The surgeons of both the Nipsic and the Guard report a perfectly ciean bill of health. Another Account of the Expedition—Explora- It was noticed that however strong a desire the ladi- ‘aus showed to dissuude us froin crossing, they made | ton of Washington River—Kesults of Com- no CAAA ORE RROD oe hire would prove a vain mander Selfridge’s Trip to the Sucudtl purpose to prevent ua, Aud they ive been savor. abi F impremed by tae stitctess care on the part of | Biver=-The Werk Performing and to Be our ofticers to enforce tne positive orders of Com. | Pertormed. piodare Selnanaes thut nes easenion of orenes Peers be Under date of ‘Caledonia Bay, March 16,’ the cor- ven to the Indians. evertheicss, ilttle depend. respondent of the Associated . Press furnishes the ence can be placed ou savages whose traditional suu- te tlety. ‘ous babits make it indtspenaadle | Tollowing particulars of the expedition:— the gt grtgutest vigilawve and firmness in On the 22d of February two boats from each vessel, doaling wil ‘with thei, fay etoee nd armed, set out to explore Wash- THR MARCH BACK TO THE BEACH mn river—supposed to be the largest of the nu- in after dinner on the Ist of March, Less diM- | merous streams which arain the eastern slope of the = It ant Jess tedious than the fitteen mile march out | Cordilleras in tuis latitude. ‘The mouth of the river to the Sucubit, It was iull of incidents and confirmed } wasreached at twelve o'clock. and the four boata, in our previous impressions of the weaith of natural | single file, started up the st) . After going about beaaty andof the meaiculable undeveloped agricul- | a mile it was found impossible to proceed farther, on tural and minerai wealth hidden away in tnis wil- | account of the heavy growth of mangroves jining derness, Batit will at Label Mve'to say that | poth sides of whe stream, and narrowing the work o1 the survey party was steadily comeaeee the channel to avout six fect. Messrs. Sul- during the return to the beach opposite cgrapts af hvan and Ogden, of the United States where Mr. O’Sallivan made excellent pn Coast Survey, accompanied this party. After de- Severai groups, and that the joint resylts monstrating that further progress with te boats work and. the Work of the other survey on was impossible, the expediion returned, and Janded on the shore of the vay, 300 yards trom the mouth of the river. it was ‘decided to commence me porpeyn > trom this point, and at three P, M. ou the meats the first stake was driven, oie results of the expedition of Commauder Selfridge across the mountains are thus summarized by One of the officers who ae i ‘The reeomnoiasance has been a great success. We done more in one week's work to establish the true to phy of the country than has been done by all Kae ther pares have passed or 4 to pass throu! $ It | Semonstrated that, the bed of the Caledoula. river (which empties into Caledonia bay) bas maximum rise of only tifty feet between the sea and the mountain apurs, and between that point and the of the Sucubtl (on the ‘Pacific slope) therels but one and half milles of higher elevation, and iti G believed that our surv. ware proper pT gd 4 Ade cal world be foun’ water betwe the’ ey ditions, or « Sucubtr Tu clovation of uot more than M40 feck at 4 ARTY, the greatest. | Which has. g up Wasthngion river, ana ‘The surveyors are now at work on a line extend- which num o nas, Teturned safely | inginiand from Caledoula ray cutee toward what aller & successfak va work. Bo @ runaway | is thought to betthe lowest of the mountain passes, evo We i McDowell, of the | which they expect to reach by the loth. Tne under- lay queiied a mutmous wth is dense and the work of cutting a path muchetero, & machete at a comrade, | slow and difficult. The line of survey Part! Unable to ae hits order to stop quarreilug, the | im the course of the Caledonia river, and about Colonel feilow & taste of uilitary discipline | the day the men are in water six inches to we feet by draw! ng @ bead on him, which straightway | deep. Notwithstanding the hardships and exposure brougat bm bs gem aa Clark, chief telegrapher, | of the survey and the drenching of incessant rams planted to-day ® jag on the mountainous | during the earlier days of the expedition no case of Summit of the Isia del on ‘the Nipsic unforta- | sickness has yet occurred. Itis nted that nately lost @ man, Matthe v Davis, of Battimore, | ts portion of the isthmus 18 remarkabty healthy. county of Cork, Iretand, by drowntug iu the surf on Iv 18 the intention of Captala’ Seliridge to the beach tis motnitg, The pour leilow’s body was | examine the pakses at the upper extremity of Cale- swept away by the uhaertow, and*doubtiess quickly | donia Bay, commencing near the Indian viliage of became tood for the sharks, By the by, a shark nine | Sarsadie and going as nearly as possible in a direct feei and six inehes long was caugut and hauled on | Ime toward the river Morti, on the Pacific siope. bourd the Guard last week, and in is maw was | The Mortis one of the many tranches of the Savun- found a fish nook and 4 bit of a Msuing line which | Nab. Jf full saccess caunot be reached-on this hung Over the stern, aud Was bitten oif by him two | route itis understood that the survey of the San or three days previousiy while he was following our | Bias route, which is 115 miles nearer Aspinwail, sip in the © arribbean Sea. ‘the exploring party for | will be undertaken, but everyoody is sanguine of the survey of the tain line irom Caledonia Bay | success here. across the isthmus wall this Week, on ‘Tuesday, u March 8, whea ‘tie Miopsic will leave for a fying | Nothing Heard from the Nyack—Commander visit to Garth: Byes Selividge Anxious for Her Arrival on the ‘The ary seuson 18 sald to be approaching. Mr, | Pacific SideGeneral Heine and His Story— Mosman defines thia to be the distinction between Probability of His Being a Humbug. the ary and the er eG ete that it PANAMA, April 1, 1870. rains five times a in ry and five days ata m “ time throughout five or #x months in the wet. But | _ The United States steamer Nyack, ordered to the we have enjoyed some days and nights of incom- | Bay of San Miguel to co-operate with the Darien parably fine weather, mau us the iwerimometer atthe | surveying expedition on this side, has not yet made one to minely, we cannot reasonubiy complarn of | Her appearance, and considerable doubt exiats as to severe cold weather in the tropics. Norcau we un- | her whereabouts at present. Neither tne United Brateruliy grambi@at such additions to our wiwole- } stares Consul at Aspinwall or at Panama can find turtle Poy and “yr ‘epenun Tmeeueeet aa out apything definite in regard to her movements to vara ot one fresh fish, wild duck, cocoanuts, } communicate to Commander Selirtage ut Cale- Dlautains and bananas. ‘The success of an explor: | donia Bay, who seems equally ignorant, ae neers One a ea muntary camMPOEM, | ana aske for ‘information, The South steamer sight Lael ® main bag Of the failure of } Which arrived here on the ist of March previous Darien expeditions. But on this expedi- that the Nyack naa left Call [ tion all the commisea ments are credivably | Droneht news y' “ rishi my for V and auspiciously complete. paraiso to have anew mast put in, and later ad- vices by steamer, which arrived on the 29th ult., say she had gone to Tumbez (in the north of Peru), to Diticuities ef Sending Letters to Aspinwall— ae eager Fd od of the oe Coa m ‘Ipsic Ms “ Wat neighvor! who were in trouble. There 18 The Nipsle at Carthagena for More Worke | no vessel ere to take tile place of the Nyack, nor is men—Retarn to Caledonin Bay—What Has | there likely to be one soon, as the NavysDeparument Been Accamplished=The Accounts of Give | seem o have faite given’ up the Ades, Ws Keeping a 1 mian-of-war at Panama, aithoug! it a4 the most im- a Dr. Cuflen Incorrect. % portant point on the coast. Tnere 1s evidenuy bung- NiPSiC POINT, CALEDONIA me} ling somewhere. It will, mdeed, be @ serious mat- March 23, 1870. ter if the exploring party reach ‘she Pacific short of Despairing at last of any chance to send our malls R Napany dl &C., an Ce meeting the New Y r 7 yack or some other vessel co assist them. to New York, via Aspinwall, from this picturesque General Heme, who sated from Aspinwall Mm the pomt—which, aitnough destinea perhaps to be a | early part of Match in a small boat, with the stated new centrai point of distribution for the world’s news, Lett at ae bX hy Venti 9 agen) . Panama in her by water, retary ip ) 18 now as far out of the cine as Tovago was when in- some ten gays ps and goes to New York by the » Babited only by Robinson Crusoe—your correspond- present steamer. The General got as far as Cale- ent went with the Nipsic on its fymg visit to Car- | domia Bay, but apparenty ip He is je u 7 comunittat ag to ms voyage, endeavors tO give thugena in quest of macheteros and mutes for the | fmooriance to bis movements by Throwing an air of Darien expedition. Great was our delight at finding mystery around theta. The mapression here ts that a British steamer in port, but we were bitterly dis- | the worthy yd Morte irl iat ny = ad- Ti of e] verturer, notwithstand ert comm issto appointed to learn that 16 Was on the eve of depart: | from tye Uulted States government and his late ure tor Kingston, mot for aAspmwail. Last year's | connection with the United States Legation at Parts, experience bad taught the oficers of une Nipsic how | Where he icarned the great secret of a Wondertul de- pression in the Cordiileras which nis tate voyage wus inteuded to prove a fact. Where or for what he ob- taiued the rank of general 1f is dificult vo nnagtne. Interocennic Canal of Nivcaragaa. In the Gaveta Ofctai of Costa Rica of February 26 we find that this repubiic, umting with that of Nicaragua in granting a jomt Concegston to makea canal through that part of Central America, decrees in Congress on her part the following, which 1 more oF less the substance of the principal articles ip the treaty: — | ‘The preliminary article Approves and ratifies every one of the forty-Hve articles coupseucuded jn we 3 interoceanic canal between = monary of State for Costa Rica on one side, Plenipotentiary of Es republie of Nicaragua, ‘on the other, wita date of. 1sth June, 1860, This treaty, which has not beem modified, is as follows:— ihe repablice of Cone, Bi soa, ond. Miserogme, $9: sirous of carrying into é' the 6th of October, 1868, between Messrs. Ayou and Chevaller for the excavation ‘of un interoc canal, nave agreed to enter into a convention which” shall determine ihe duties and rights which ought to belong to Costa Rica for her adhesion to the alore- mentioned contract: — Awrtoue 1. Costa Biea to have the same advantages as Nicaragua, ‘fhe course of the canal to be up the San Juan Fer, haves Use take ind terminating in the Pucitic, be- tween Satin ad alejo. Ktoa t receive from the company the fiftt, whether publ rivate, required by @ Jan ¢ the company to be ceded 9 ft ufatultous ‘The worn of the coucession was to be ninety-nine years, |i general Uke treaty is couched in very libe- ral terms, and every tactiicy is offered within the power of the conceding republics. in article twenty- three the right 18 gi to coustruce canals, carmage or rail roads, for the trausportation of maierials, &¢., required in the conrse of constructing the maritime caval. One of the great advantages of the route by Panama is that an eitictent railroad aiready wa- verses the route between the two seas wiln the low- est summit tevel we yet kuow of, The Canal Treaty Before the Colombian Sen- atewIt has Passed a First Reading and Will Probably be Ratified, PANAMA, April 1, 1870, Late news received trom Bogota 18 to the effect that the Canal weaty came up before Congress on the Ist of March, and after being debated on passed uhe first reading by an almost unanimous vote—viz., twenty-seven in favor of and only four against. A general 1mpression existed that the bill would pass without any alteratious before the end of March. Genera! Herron, president of the committee, who reported in tavor of tie treaty to the Senate, sug gested that no modifications be made, as, if ‘there were the United States of America would exercise & slinilar right, and uight render the treaty umaccep- table to the country, or, at least, less advantageous. ‘Th ws suggestion was Tavarseny réceived. NEW YORK LEGISLATURE. ASSEMBLY. ALBANY, April 9 1870, BILLS REPORTED, Repealing the act providing for inspection of steam boilers, except in the Metropolitan district and Erle county; relative to the sale of bread throughout the State; incorporating the Metropolitan Museum of Art; providing for steam towage on bs ‘paar reported complete the bill to extend Lexington avenue, New York. ASBESHMENT AND COLLE The commitice appointed to consider the subject of revising the laws for assessinent and coll of tuxes, reported @ Joint resolution that the Governor appoint three’ persons to do it, and to report to the next Legisiature. Laid over. REDUCTION OF CANAL TOLLS. Mr. BAMLER reported the concurrent resolution that the Legislature concur in the recommendation of the Canal Board for reduction of canal tolls. Agreed to. GILLS PASSE Authorizing corporations to Iner ber of trustecs thereof; amending the eharter of the Associa- toa for the Beneit of Colored Orphans in New York; amend- ing the churter of the Abingdon Square 8 k Mutual Loan and Tras arity Savings Bank of 1ON OF TAXRR, or diminish the nam- rporat, poratinithe Hociet o Promote Lite Ins ‘amending the charter of the Metropolitan Savings ‘ew York; reintive to reports of ravings benks and doposits ‘therein; relative to Park Avenue Rail- road Company of Brooklyn; to protect books, de., of publia librartes trom moutitation. MILLS LOST. Revising and amending the acts relative to drainin swamp lauds; making provixion a8 to witnesses to criminal cases. Lost, and on motion of Mr. ALVORD # motion to re- consider was laid on the Mr. BAMLRR, {rot the of the Canal bal nal Cominittee, reported in favor firming titte in Mayoraity, dc.» Gansevoort property. Lost, and on motion of My. AL-V¥oxD a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. BILLS INTRODUCE! Mr. JONFS introduced a bill to ples and ‘pave Little Naa- sau street, Brooklyn ; nding ‘the act extending jurise diction of Surrogates’ Courts with regard to disposition of surplus moneys. @ House then adjourned unttt Monday morning. o BITUARE Calvin ‘Kingsley, D.D. Our telegraphic columns this morning contain the announcement of the death of Bishop Calvin Kings- ley, which sad event wok place at Beyrout, Syria. The deceased was one of the most distinguished prelates of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, He was bornon the 8th of Septem- her, 1812, in Anngsyille, Oneida county, N. ¥. He received ®& liberal education at Alleghany Col- Jege, in Pennsylvania, where he was gradu- ated in 1841, Soon after he was ordained @ minister of the Methodist Church, and was subsequently cuosen professor of mathematica in. Atleghany Coliege. One year later pst. still’ retaining his connection with the college, h touk charge of Meadville station, to wiueh te had been ‘thd was By his onary. and zeat an endow- mens ind was secured tor the college in 1843, the ntl of the year being spent in tins work, lipase 1844 Dr. Kingsiey was pastor of the Metho- dist church in Erte. Pa.; but on the close of bis term returned to bis professor's chalr, whick he occupied tor several years. ‘the Biblical aepartment of the Institution ‘beg in need Of moncy he spent the greater part of 1865 in obtaining an endowment Tund for it, and was, as betore, successful. During the fo below 3 year the General Conference of the Church elected nim editor of the Westerh Christian Advocate—@ position he filled with ability and suc- cess, In 1864 the Cony was elected ape of the Methodist Church, and in June, 1869, presided over the Conferences of Caluornia, Oregon and Cesar Last fall be Was ordered to india to take charge the American missions there. The winier he ape tn COina and Hindoostan, and-then attend the German Confernnce, visiting tne Holy Land on nis way. lt was his intention to visit the Methodist missions in Scandinavia, and to attond the British Conference a8 a representative of the New York Conference. Bishop Kingsley’s death was quite sudden, and was caused from heart disease, with which he was a(iiicted. His wife and family aid ho go to India with him, but remaimed at Pitsburg, where tuey now are, Methodists throughout the United Staves will lament his death. Iie was a gen - tleman of marked piety and a man of erndition. ss an author his work entitled “itesurrection of tue Human Body” is wei! known. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominest Arrivals ia This City Vesterday. General W. T. Sherman, Major’ General Meade, Major General Schofield, Major General Barnum, Colonel Litchfield, Colonel Brua, Colone) Widricka, Colonel Meade, Colouel Farnsworth, ‘Colonel Gun- ther, Colonel 0. A. Mack, Colonel Benjamin H. Smith, General D. 8. Sackett, General N. k. Ander- son and General Woodiora, of the ‘United States Army; S@ator #. Cameron, of Pennsyivania, ana Colone) B. H. Smith, of Western Virginia, are at the Astor House, Lieutenant Governor Allen C, ‘Beach, of Wafer. town; General Johm Love and Major K. H. Mali, of Indianapolis; Major Joun W. Cameron, of Wilmiag- ton; General Jonn T. Croxton, of Kentucky; Con- gressman N. P. Banks, of Massachusetis, and Gene- ral James W. Singleton, of Quincy, Ul,’ are atthe St. Nicholas Hotel. Captain G. D. Browning, of the United States Army; Stefan Poles, of Paris, and BE. Dupois, of Panama, are at the Coleman House. Colonel W. H. Reynolas, of Providence; Senator Sawyer, of South Carolina, aud Washington Lée, of Baltimore, are at the Hoffman House. Colonel A. Varona, of Cuba: Geo. C. Potta and. EK, Morrel], of Phitadelphia, are at the Albemarie Hotel. Colonel J. Sharp, of New York; Colonel Hodges, of the United States Army; W. McMichael, of Philadei- phia; V. W. Granger, of Ohio, and N, A, Kiasner, of Virginia, are at tle Fifth Avenue Hotel. ‘W. 8. Grisham, of Souta Carolina; A. J. Drake, of the United States Navy; G. Ludwig, of Lima, ahd W. Frank, of Valparaiso, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. J. H. Gessner, of Omaha; D. A. Simons, of Man- cheater, and N. 1D). Jones, of St. Jonus are atthe St. Charles Hotel. Prominent Departares. Secretary Robeson and Commodore Alden, of the Untted States Navy, for Washington; ex-Congress- man J. V, L. Pruyn, for Albany; Senator Sprague, for Rhode Island; G. L. Dunlop, for Chicago; L. Douilard, for Bufivio, and A, L. Parkes, for Phila- deiphia. Japanese Visitors, Three young gentlemen from Japan, named Hechrau Hongwa, Rokusabnrau Enouye and Masa- noski Yamada, stadents of Highland Cotlege, Worcester, Mass,, visited this city yesterday and, In company with Captain De Groot, tnaspected the various prominent butidings of the metropolis. The Japanese government have sent the persons named w be educated in tors countty in order that they may become jamiiaced with its various ipeti- tutions, Yesterday they visited the HERALD office, and, expressing a desire to be shown its mal- titudinous “dep: artments, were conducted throughont. the building, through the editorial and composing rooms, and finaliy Wnrouge the press rooms, the ex. tensive machinery of Which they closely examined. After a careful scrutiny of the various arrangements im connection with the vullding tue Japanese stn- dents leit, pleased with their visit to the ofice. ‘They will shortly return tO resume their stodies as Highland Voilewe.