The New York Herald Newspaper, April 1, 1871, Page 4

Operations of the Surveying and The Work Being Carried on With Energy. Examination of the Paranchita River. A Day With tho Monkeys and a! Night With Mosquitoes. — Throngh the Marsh—A Narrow Eseape— Snffer:ng from Insects. Arrival at Camyp—Discussing the Situation. Work of the Surveyors--Ascend- ing the Divide. Who Pacific Sidc—What Has Been Accomplished Tiere. The Expedition of 1871—Practicability of ¢! Rente Aciose the Labmus—Extensive Explo- rations from Ocean to Occan—Encouraging Prospects and success Predicted—Construc- tion of tl ‘anal Estimated—The Survey Almost Finished—The Line from the Atrato Aleng the Paranchita on the Atinutic Side * to the Tuyra and Gulf of San Miguel on t! Pacific Side—Full Description of the Work Accomplished—Accompanying Incidcuts and Characier et the Country. ENCAMPMENT NO, 19, PARANCHITA RiVER, March 3, 1871. ‘Whatever may be the result of the expedition now fm search of @ feasibie route for an interoccantc Canal—whether the great proviem will this year bave a final satisfactory solution, or whether the Ine belag drawn will terminate in the know- ledge of its impraciicability for the pur- pose intended—certain itis that the earnest and Periinacious efforts of the explorers have not re- laxed since the start. The prospects are daily becoming more encouraging, for although the divid. ing midge has not at this writing been actually sur- Veyed, no serious obstacle is apprehended, while the Approacies thereto on either side are extremely favorable. Aside from many other consider a- tious wn indispensable adjunct to any cana, | * 18 @ good port. Without it success wouid be an | Impossibility, Tuis ‘myportant requisite is possessed | At both ends by the proposed route which, at the present time, is veing thoroughly examined. That | it will be completely exp ored 1s evident from the progress which has been already made, Never has any expedition entered more cheerfully upon an undertaking of the kind, and there appears to exist @ settied determin ition on all sides to leave nothing undone to establish the fact whether or not the con- struction of a canal is practicable across this part ef | the Isthmus. Even in the event of its unfitness, because of the magsitude of the mountainous bar- rier, it will be at least gratifying to know that the labors of future explorers will be the more confined. Actual and ieliabie survey 1s the surest way to settle | B question which can never be determmed by theo- tetical disquisitions. The perplexiues created by the advocates of rival routes, to say nothing of | flagrant impusitions aud the erratic conciusions of Wandering minds, have c»ntr.buted in a greal mea- | Bure to render the public indifferent on a suvject of the greatest commercial interest to the worid. Bui the ume has arrived when a shiv canal must be con- Structed somewhere across the American isthmus, gud the most practical method to discover the route is by observation and experience. That a good navi- gable passage frum ocean to ocean can be opened from more than one point few conversant with the suoject will attempt to deny, when the undertaking | ls resolved into @ questton cf expense. Money Works Wonders in the nineteenth century; and the question then naturally arises as to the cheapest, most feasibie and most expeditious route. To find it Is the object of the present search, which has been instituted at a favorable period ef the year and un- der auspices of a promising character. Indeed, trom all appearances, success is confidently looked for- ward to, more espectally by the commander of the expedition, who, accompanied by a number of en- gineers and assistants, is now approaching the “di- vide” from the racific by way of the Tuyra river, 1 would, of course, be premature to predict a tri- mph for the party at this early stage of operations; | but there seems to pe a well foundea hope that at | pain. | beat made you least some very importaut results will be attained, Mf the route itseil be not actually discoverea and | decided upon. Without speculating, therefore, upon the probabie issue 01 the course now being pursv 1 wili at Once proceed wo set forth what has already been accomplished. I speak bopeluliy of the expe- dition because of the earnestness, spirit and cc fidence wuich mark its progre he deep interest manifested in the undertaking, of the willingness with which both officers an tu privation to insure the successtul carrying vt of the object in view; but wore especially On account of the manl- ness and determination which op to the present have characterized tne explorers as they ad ce through a region comparatively an THE PARANCHITA RIVER. Tt will be remembered, as stated in my last de- Spatch, that the first pariy which lect the ship after ber urrival ip this gulf proceeded throngh tne Caro Coqulio, to te Barvacous, the: tuto the Atrato, | and instead of following up the last-mentioned | river entered the Cacarici in alaunch. The journey Was surrounded by many dificuities, principally owing to the large quantities of saays and gramalote | grass. The Indian village of Paya was reached after three days’ march from the foot of the “divide.” Ox the details of this excursion I have already given a lepg liened narrative, and refer o it merely as a pre ace to the course subse- quently pursued. It was the object of the expedition to make a satisfactory recounolssance before actually commencing the work of surveying. On the return of this party to the slup information was received that a clearer and more expeditious route to the “divide” than tuat offered by the Cacarica could be taken advantage of, and @ party was accordingly ordered w make & reconnolssance of the Paranchita. ‘Tais river ta not laid out on any map. Indeed, only very littic ts known concerning it even by the natives themselves, although they are never slow in boast ing of their acquaintance with nearly every stream for # hundred rlies around. Mr. Barnes, the chief engineer, and party made some observations for gvout ffieen miles up the Paranchita, and on his return reported favorably. Arrangements were at once mode for a compie'e survey of the river, and Ou the Tin February Mr. A. R. Conden, master; Mr, A. D. Beach, assistant engineer; miastipman Salter with a crew and a number of guides set off at day- light to two launches, carrying fourwen days’ pro- visions. Tuey haived at La Loma de Cavarica, a utile hill about forty-five miles from the ship, and which has since been made a sort of rendezvous, aud on the following morning entered the Paran- chit, Afier an exceedingly tedious journey the party encamped on the banks of @ puim forest, and ext moruing commeaced operations, the result of Whica, so far, wil be found boiow. | who lay on one of THE ROUTE FROM THE ATLANTIO SIDR. ‘A fow Gaye after the departure o1 Mr. Couden's party, a launch returned to the ship with one of the seamen who lad been attacked with fever on the way. ile Was properly cared for, and recovered. mm the 12th Felruary Commander Luli, with acrew entre cua Net Lom We NEW YURK HERALD, SATURDAY. APRIL 1, 1871.—TRIPLE SHEET. tm the steam Iaanoh, with provisions for the plo- | sharp. neers, They arrived at La Loma de Cacarioa the | gy nothmyg of the horrible jargon of the moukeys, same evening, and next morning set out in a canoe toward the surveying party. After @ very tedious journey throngh the gramalote, or foating grass, they came up to the encampment, which had been erected in the desulate paim swamp referred to, where the work of surveying was to commence. Satisfied as to the comfort of the explorers, and that the pretiminary arrangements had been tho- roughiy co.npleted, Commander Lull returned to the Guid. ‘ihe pian Of o;eration Was RoW as Peifoct as possivle, and nothing remained but to Work Vigorousi¥ towards (he accomplishment of the Mreai ovject in view. A sortaight nad elapsed siuce the Uist party had quitied the ship for the locaity mea Uonsd, aud deeuwing It advisable to send on provl- slows and olberwise lacitiate the exploration, Com- lmunver Lub, under WhOo-e indomitauie supervision ile wrrangemouts were velng carried out on tae At- toe departure of another 1 had heard much avout tne curious feaiures * poTuen of the Couaity Ww Which wey were ug, aud thereiore resolved to see ior mysell, pole What might. Atearly dawn the litue steam unch hauled alosgside tae Guard, and taking in Ow tuc canoe Whicu coatalued the provisions, we cleared jor tae Canu Cojulto. Tao purty consisted ol Mr, Baraes, eagineer in chief, who nad previousiy made the recounvissance of the israuchita river, aud Dr. Masck, the geologist. Lieutenant inbb: ‘ay.uusier Barton aod First Assistant rn- gineer Votts, of the Nipsic, accompanied us as far Qs ia Loma de Cacariva. Passiag quickly through Une sarrow Cato Coyutio, whose muddy banks were graduay rising, we entered the Barbucoas, @ broad und beaut ul river, running about three kKuots an hour, The heat, though not oppressive, Was graduuily increusing, 80 thai the lithe awung on the steam lau proved quite servicebie, Kor dudes on eituer side the mar-n extenued, though the view was occasionally obscured by a thick growta of stunied palm trees. Here and there coud at times be seen other species of timver, aqvund Whicd entwiued themselves the most curiods au Lsatastic forms of the parasite. ladeed. the parasitic Specimens are the most Wonderiul L have ever seen, “They embrace with iatal ondaess the most bewutiiul trees, which Wliber apa fall to the grovud. ut such wholesale desiruc- von of fine timver is in keeping with tue appearauce uf ihe place--an oasis of rank aud y vegetauion, On the taller wees huge black mouseys cispo. ced theniseives in all their ugluess aud surveyed With Churacteristic coolness the party iQ vhe steam launch, As acrobats the monkeys were decidedly successful and euvertained us with a series of feats thai elicited general surprise and udmarauon, ‘they were not sv numerous lm the Baroacoas as along tue Atrato, which opens hear the ‘Lerena, oae Of its tributaries. Keeping Close 10 the shore On the right im order to avoid ihe current, the siewim launch sped on in excelient style, the stience of tue locuuty being frequently broken by the startled screams oi the White ueron, of Which Uiere was a large auiber. Flocks of wild turkeys tauiic Sue, sued orders i party. of t repeatedly few over the river and presented frequent opportuniues for a display of the fowiers’ skill, Fresently @ dreaatul sound feu upon the ear At first It was almost indescribable, but as #e approached the cause it seemed like the roar of oieakers Leating Ligh upon tue rocks; then again like tue grunting of a thou- Baud Iniuriated bogs. It had jeep, guttural, dis- @yreeae Loue, and grated mosi harshly upon the auricular faculties of the party, Occasionally it Would become somewhat subdued, ana tuen, as if Satuering strength, wouid swell out with aii 1t3 Lor- Tible force. Seated upon tue branches, hoiding as it Were a irieudiy convention, were not less than thirty huge monkeys, as ugly as they were clamorous. iby Wuy Of treating them to a sensation Paymaster Bartow vbrougut ove of them down with a carbine. Puew | terrible as were the growls ouly @ minute ago, the unearthly yell set up at the sudden fall of the departed 6 ae was almost suilicient to frighten a regiment. The two guides immedi iy Jumped mco the canoe, and after poling a short way turough the swamp returned triumpnantly witu the aniwal, which they subsequently cooked for ther dinner, AS we proceeded up ihe fiver game became more abunuaut and severai plamp turkeys Oapped their wings ior the iast ume, Approaching the Cacarica the view Oi the great mouutalu range was more distinct. Looking buck irom tie stern of the launcu they seemed truly beautiful, one group resembling net a dite the famous hills of the ihine, There had been many dings in the Atraty, and it was nut until the little crafi had lairly entered the Cucarica that tue beauty of the undulating mouutains could be properly seen and appreciated. At Live o’clock the Jaunch cawe to @acuor. The guides left im the canve with their monkey for tue rancho on the ad- jaceni litte ull This is the piace where the na’ gau0n jor the steam launch Comes to an end, owing to the quantity of floating grass which completety bivchs the passage, ae Ouly means of pushing forward being vy the canoes or smali iauncnes, which were made expressly for this expedition. TRE TRIALS OF A NIGHT. They came—we had expected theni—not in tens of thuusinds, oui in tens of Mmulions multipiied by tea Lines teun—the mosquitoes, hungry and ravenous; Hoi wenuicants, but bullies thut Wouldn't be put do Twiligit there was Done. it merely winked ond disappeared, aud pitch was uo qualilying ad- jective tor the darkness that ensued. It was a might of terture iu the Juliest sense—torture of the Mid apprehending paiu—torture of tue body feci- ing it ~Auchored cioze to tae swamp, they had full swing at us. Not @ leat stirred, and the sullen v, vIACK as midnight, flowed down at its ease. ‘the silence was uwiul, and save for te occasional screecu of an owl on a twee hard by, and Wuo must have gone there for the express purpose of waicu- jug and chuckilug Over our suflerings, ior he re- luained there ail Light—save for nis unwelcome cry ot dehgut, (ne shries Gf a parrot or the piunging of an uliigator—tuere was no sound of life. lv may Le mentioned that the entire pary was confiue! im the stern of the launca witpin @ space of about six feet by ten, whhe the men siept forward, or rather tried to ao So, bul in vain. At nail-past six o'clock dinner came; but mastication or anything else that mignt contribute to the comfort of the inner or outer man | Was ent.rely out v1 the question, The lighted candles bad acted like lucky beacons to the voracious vam- pyres. Open your mouth and scores chat in With the foudediimk and myriads cot ted fora Tush. Mostoi the dinner was put away untouched; none Of it was eaten with a relish. Armed with a vowel ail hands ig ed v.gorousiy for a while, and, slashing right and left, enJeavored to keep them at bay. Kil and crush & thousand of them, flatten them on the seat, flatten them om your tace and neck—the neck was @ favorite spot—stamp them on Wwe ground, make all sorts of wild and fantastic gesvures—they cared not, Thousan were ai! to supply the place of the falien dead, with a detiant chorus that lent energy two and made the victim wince with The combat went on for ncurs. There was bo escape, Cover yourself up. and the suffocating p ior air, Use a net and you gen- erally enveioped a cloud of the furious r3. Some tried io joke, but their laughter dwindied to a gnastiy smile. Tne more musi inclined ven- tMred on @ song to beguile the droary heurs. attack | bcarcely, however, would the tamid effort of the vocalist be commenced When @ painful shout would ly briayg the concert to @ Close, Story-telling for the narrator, being frequently called up } to luft.ct upon bim-el! corporeal punishment in the vaio task to pullush his Lormentors, would forget the thread of his discourse. Repeated efforts were made to sieep, but there being no piace to suspend the nes, the mesquitves speedily drove all from tue cramped resunz places.” The mineralogist, the litle seats, bis head os. touching his knees, groaned deeply in the Jerman language, wu wished himsell at the North Poe. In sect, ail desired a change of base, And thus passed the night. Utterly exhausted, one or (wo surrendered tiemselves to the mercy of the in- Vacers, and hinally fell into a fretful doze. Never Was dawn wore heartily welcomed, With daylight came revel, for the mosquitoes, gorged to their hearts’ coaient, lay sleeping under the awning of the launch countess tuousauds, They were re- veugelully repeiled, bat not without Daving left gad aid unuustakable traces Of their visit, After a hasty breaktast the canoe came alongside, and hay- ing ‘received the provisions ter the patty up the Varanchita, Mr. Barnes, Dr, Maack and your cor- respondent took their seats in the centre, the gides being at either end, while the steam jauneh joyfuudy wheeled around and headed for the Guard. It was now about six o'clock and the canoe or “cham pa,’’ which, by the way, was heavily jadea, Was paddied toward the swamp, through which it Was necessary to pole. It bad barely got lait Way —not over a hundred and titty yards—when the foremost guide, suddenly missing his hold, tumbied HEADLONG INTO THE HORRID MARSH and would probably never again have appeared but for lis own agiiity in ciinging tenaciously to the side of the champa, which nearly capsized. Tne crait was not to be trifled with, und the three white occupanis, who had become exceedingly alarmed, balanced themselves as if ey were treading ught rope. Once out of this swamp there was ck 4 ing for over @ mile when the thick brought the poles into requisition, on we passed lato Lake Sene; &@ picturesque ifttie Place, about a mile aud @ half long and a mile wide, and thence into the Kaya, the entrance to which was completely blocked by Nwaier plane and thickly wedged gramalote. Bnt the guides or macheteros were equal Ww the emergency and forced their way with untiring énergy, notwithstanding the heat of @ brotlng sun, Which shone on their m y colored ba These guides are wonderiul feliows, pos- sessing, as (hey do, @ most retentive memory as to places and a great amount of patience aud perse- verance eve under very discouraging circum- stances. A portion of the river Raya was really beautiial, seeming indeed almost enchanting 10 cowparison to the horribie swamp from which we bad with dificuity wig! For @ mile or so it was fully a hundred and fifty Ege wide, skirted on either shore by timber of fine growth. Birds of rare and exquisite plami saug merrily as we paddied along, while the fish, described as a kind ‘of salmon, Jum aud splashed about, apt rently io the greatest glee. Bat the rays of the sun shot right at ug in the open canoe, and it is not too much to say that the frolies of the anny Cin} caused envy aliaround. It was along this river that the parasites could be seen in all their intricate and wonderiul array. Some, entwined around the bigh- ais ain A Mite turner est branches of the trees, were Leys jed over sixty fect; others ran lengthwise, over a hundred feet, dis- appearing tn the most knots. Their grasp was loud, as it was fatal, ior neath their prety leaves could be geen the rotten limvs Whose nutri- on they jied mn to bustain their own growth. With intich regret we le.t benind the clear, deep water of the Raya to enter the Paranchits, at frat broad and limpid stream, but narrowing by de- grees luto a dismal swamp. The liquid notes of the Orioles, whose beautiful, Ranging neste were sus- pended high ip air from widely extending branchea DALAL UR Wi 9a WRUE Lee . shrill, twittering of the jaranas, the ssrcams of the wild turkey, startled from his loity perci, to completed & caorus at Once sirange and thorousnly characteristic of a tropical clime. Here and there upon silgltly elev banks a huge alligator lay basking in the sun, resembling @ tog much more than a reptile of such hideous proportions. Its tall | ts probab'y tts most eificieat weapon of defence aud attack, if any animal it seeks for prey Is standing upon the edge of the water, the allizator will take its bearing and swim notselessly, occasionally priug- ing ah eye to the surface for reconnorssauce, thea suddenty riving witnin striking distance wal watrl round its tafl with lightning-like rapility and gene- | raily bring its viotm into its capacious jaws, In speaking of ailigatora there is not unirejuenily a | disposition to magnify their proportions, Tney ave- rage in this pari of the isihimas from twelve to six. | teen feetiong. Upto the present they nave kept shy of all members of tue expedition, and | beheve they would recoil from any human being uniess Wantonly attacked on shore. The party fired and hit them repeatediy, but tne bails glanced barm- lessly off their thick coat o! mat, Under the fore leg appears to be We Vulneranle spot; but there 1s little satisfaction in shooting at them, as they piurge taro the water with lightning speed and are lost to view. Tu making the nest the female in che spring -elccts adry place in the swamp, not lable to overflow, where she makes a unlock of dried leaves auc pieces Of Sticks, in the centre of which site Jays from twenty to forty ¢ Several nests were found by tue men, who ate the eggs with evident relish, THROUGH THE FIV?-MILE SWAM?. Hitherto we had proceeded with comparative smoothness, To be sure the guides had worked with energy through nick moras; bad cut their Way through brambies aud falien logs; Nad poied along through vegetations of stiftiog odor; Rad, in fact, done wonders with their kaives and paddles, But now that we were in tils Kine of swamps they fairly paused for breath, They tohaied the morning air witha shrug and @ “carracho” thay torevoded dl, and verily were their anticipations reatized, Were it my province to dweil upon tue horrors of this place instead of tracing the route of the pro- posed canal; to depict its sickening aspect and paint ia true colors the loathesoneness of ts sui roundigs; tue foriorn and blghied — pros- pect; to specuy, even in tie remote:t way, tue species oOo gnawing tusects that jel upuen the party once wed.ed in the meshes of (his svab- bora swamp, @ faint idea migit perhaps ve cous vesed of the misery of the doaiing desert. Six fathoms veueath the current owed Fapidly, on top at did not move an inch, Swamp ahead, swamp be- hind, swamp all round, Tugging aod swaying, poing and pushing, the canus made lie wal against the strong, rank grass, whose broad and towermg viades dent revuctantly by tue comuned and persevering efforts of the men, Down streamed the almost perpendicular rays of @ vuraing sua, dancing on ine slaggish pools, Which were made wider by the progress of the boat, Dut quivkly Cio# mg alter us, leaving no trace behind, Ahead, there Wus NO Opening—Noue to the eye of the stranger; but here and there a drooping blade or the faintest arching Of Ue grass was suillcient for ie guide, and ke knew that boats dad gone that way oe- tere. For hours they toile’ unceasingly, stopping but an instant to chase away the insects that drew taeir blood, Kegiments of ants paraded over us, sand fies lunched fieely on us, but the Congo fies stuug — and devoured, Fast aud thick they came, williug to suffer death rather than be dis- turbed at weir meais. Like the mosquitoes they preferred the human neck, upon which they dined Ssump.uousiy, and Would pay @ harried visit +O tho cheek by way of dessert. Thuir sting is patutul in the extreme, aud the combined efforts of a hundred Muaquitoes coul. not cause one-third the amouut of projune language which the incision of oue of these mouster eltcits. £ aliude to these matiers chiefly io show the terrible annoyances to which ull the exploring parties are subjected, and that their labors in the great undertakiag may be ihe more thorougaly comprehended and appreciaied. The sufferings incidental to @ journey through one of these swamps would break the teinper of the most pauent mau in the univer-e, 16 was long pust mid- day Wheu we successfully cieared it, but nut oefore having narrowly escaped an assault froin a battalion of feroci.us wasps, Obeylug the guides we Kept periectiy sul us we trembliugly stole past their for- tress on the trees, The poles were now laid aside for the paddles, and with a breath of reuef we entered # beautitul portion of the river, deep, clear aud refreshing and ornamented ou either aide by trees of colossal proportions, whose maguiucent folage deiied the buraing rays of the sun. We halted in a sheltered nook and preparations were made jor dinner. Falcous, wild ducks, turkeys, Kigisbers and a great varlely of other birds hovered around in all directions, aud the scene geueraliy, compared to what we bad already passed through, was one of pleasing solitude and repose. «saw bacon, hard tack aod a draught from the limpid stream com- posed the meal. Unostentauious, to be sure, but ever Was & banquet more heardly relished. ‘Lhe cance Was paddied briskly away, there being DO shags or gramalote to interrupt tie passage. Splen- did t.mber iowered hig on eac. side, and the banks gradualiy began to rise. At this portion o1 the pro- posed route the canal is almost periect, but further Oa the grass again 1. pedes the way. Energy and perseverance on the part of the faiinful macieveros broughi us sa‘ely wrough, and at tive o'clock we entered the great DESERT OF PALMS, which presented u most wonderful appearance. The waier becume extremely shallow and the course of the river very tortuous, so that it was with no lite dificutty that progress Twas made. The piace was wotul and abandoned lovking, ant about the last localiiy wherem to pass the night. Aitwough the growin of paling was here and there luxurious, the parasies were tertivly destructive aud the Dnest iouking trees were robbed of all their core. Crash after crash resounded on their ears as some gigantic branch fell from its support. At hall-past five o’clock the canoe passed the first bench mark whence the pioneer Surveying pariy had commenced operations, The water began to tail and the assent gradually became more apparent. Leaving the encampments which the surveying party had occupied some days before, the cance was with much dificuity poled on, the breaath of the stream tu some places not exceeding six eet. At length, flnding 1¢ impossivie togproceed, owing to the sbaliowness of the river, the party cheerfully Jumped of the canoe, which was heavily laden, aud hauled it aloug with a will. Abo 3 along the banks was of course out oi the question, a8 the underbrush was very thick, and the grouna iteeif of @ Marshy character, so that to wade through the stream was much more preferabie. By the com- bined and persistent efforts of ail hands the tiny crait was pushed ahead, but not without accom- Panying troubles of various Kinds, of which a tho- Tough soaking was, thapa, the most trifling. Bound to move to the frout, however, with the pro- visions, the efforts of the party were not relaxed, and although the shades ot night began to fall, the prospects of remaining in the desert were too gloomy to permit of delay. Notaing short of downright Pluck succeeded, and as tne party passed the bench marks on the way additional energy was xiven to the march, It was evident from surrounding symp- toms that the surveyors could not be tar ahead, and now and then the sharp report of @ carbine signalled our approach. tA | logs were cleared away, snags were thrust aside and the canoe was force on at @ lively pace. Darkness had already set in, but the river having become somewhat wider the party resumed tieir seats. A sudden bend in the stream and tue full glare of the crackling logs upon a distant bank burst upon our view. Now a ring ng cheer from the canoe was answered by an almost Simuitaneous shout of joy trom the camp, and in a few moments the troubles of the day were ai an end. Handshaking all round, anxious inquiries here, Loe Jaughter there and soup and boutlet for ai. ‘Lhe fires burned brightly, aad when all the prepara- tions for the accommodation of the new party hal been completed the appearance of the little camp ‘was very cheerful. Groups sat adjacent to the banks, and of course the prospects of the expedition were discussed at length, the unanimous opinion being that it was destined to achieve @ triumph. But their deliberations were not destined two long continued, for the mosquitoes, more ravenons, if posetdie, than any that had been et encountered, compelled all hands to shelter hemselves under their nets and endeavor to repose, Countiess miitcns of the voracious iasects Buzzed in all directions, aud the torment to which Ufe men and officers were subjecied was really terrible, Next to actual starvation tuere can be no doubt that a raid of these horrible pests is about the a ca- lamity that can befail aa expecition of this kind. I have seen men here driven almost insane py their persistent attacks, The preparations made for re- uring for the night, though presenting an amusing spectacie, fully demonstrated the dread thas all en- tertained of their releutiess fury. ‘There were some among the party who had bravely withstood the storm and baitie, yet sneaked bencath their nets in fear and trembling. The ino pate dared not lay aside thelr wearing apparel. Moreover, man, wore heavy gloves and gaiters, while ail hac their broad-brimmed hats closely fastened with bandages around their heads. The scene at La Loma ae Cacarica was re-enacted with doubie energy. Daylight brought some relief, for the work of surveying Was quickly commeuced, and the suffer. Ings of the night were paruy forgotien in the interest taken in the operations. ‘There was vow an oppor- tunity of seeing how much had been done toward THE ASCENT TO THE “DiVIDE.’? It will be unnecessary to reier to any of the scenes or incivents which marked the progress of the pioneer iy. They were much the same as those described above on the occasion of the ascent of the canoe to which I nave adverted. The survey: ing party found the Rio del Raya, which com- mences near Lake heat pe to be suilicrently 14 Tor all canal pur; having an average widt! in some piacesof one hundre yaras, ‘i hey followed its course for about #1x and a half miles, which would make the distance from the Guif of Darien wuere the guard ts Gtationed about fifty-five miles. ‘The banks ‘Were not more thau two inches high, and the current owed about two and a half know. As already mentioned, there 1s, of course, no carrreat on the Surface of the swamp at the mouth of the Paran- onita, but beneath the water flows at two knota, the depth being at some places #ix fathoms. The actual survey Was Commenced at the upperend of the palm desert, at the piace known as Bench Mark No. 1. re the Water was very low and falling rapidly, Tue width was about twelve feet. On February 13 this party estaviished a new cam p further up, and it was ascertained that the rise was two and a haif feet tw the mile, Owmg to the heavy underbrush the tine could be made at the ® mile each day, Bench | Mark 2 the Paranchite was from thirty wo thirty-five feet wide, five feet deep, with @ current of two and a half knots. Wiid hogs were seen in abundance in tno woods. ‘the river is very tortuous in its course and presented Tuany difficulties to the surveyors. At Bench Mark No, § almost the same fevtures characterized- the streams, The banks gradually rose, ana at the fourth encampment they were three and a bail feet in height, the river about forty feet wide and avo- raging four anda halt teet at foo ‘The elevation fo ke two and ADAM Jogt ta Une maulle #9 | that ot the sixth halt made the rise above the level | of the ea Was discovered to be over 1:0 leet, There | Was uot much variation in the routine of the busi- hess, and the party comuuued to work vigorously. | Bix miles irom ue Bpos Where the surveying Was begun the vauks Were between scyen aad eight fect in height. When the neat line was drawn, ou ihe 24th o: Febcuary, vo eocumpment No. 1, an cievauon of iifwon feel w tie mile was discovered, with the water (ailing rapidly. bo far the Appearances were nov by way meuns un- favoravie, for altuough Une river Was very low ie Tue in wiound Wis tMuch jess than had been an , Gcipaied. The geologist of tae party made exten- sive explorauois, wud alter an active scarch Came to the coaciusion Tat te entire mountail range Wes i- Ward, like inose mountains on the casiern stile of the Guii of Darien, enciosing the Aira valicy and the surrounding l6mas, wien he exawloed, coa- sisted of trap rock, Which, owing Wo its miueralo- gical coustituiioa and the acuon of the alr and Walter, Was in @ Certain siage of decomposition. ‘the resuit of his devomposition was found in the green piastic “cay winch tormed the banks and bottoms of whe river. ‘Yois trap rock, sheielore, would offer but tile didicuity to a deep cus tirough the ‘divide’? ‘dhe party on the zou of Feuruary Were abeut sev- Cul)-uve miles irom Lie Guard in ihe cour-e taken by the voais, but ta a straight line much jess, Pro- gress ahead Dow vecame wore alflicull, the party being Obuged vo cut Lneir way. When L leit the camp vo revure bo tue Guard tn order io forward my despaiches wud join the party ou the Pacuic, they @apecied Wo reson the “divide” within ten Guys, FUKIHBR BURVBYING OPKRAIIONS. Since the pioneer party iad net commeuced work at Lu ioma de Cucarica, but ut the outer edge of tie palin desert, 16 Was Of Course necessary Lo have that portion Wich had beeu passed over surveyed lu order to umuke the line complete. accordingly Ou Lue 220 of ruary adetacument in command @! duster J.T. Sullivan leit tae Guard for that purpose, as Weil us tO carry provisions ior those approaching tue “divide.” After undergoing tie usual wuvuul Of suucmes trom sunss aud Ovcasigual suakings this purty arrived ai Bench Mark Nu. 1 on We altermcod of the 24a of #ebruary. Considerable dilicuiiy was experienced lu moving forward, owing to We logs in tue river | @ad the siadoWuess Of tue water, Cuable to pro ceed ia the large beat past Bencia Mark No. % Mr. Suiavan wok the canal aud proyisious up to the party im advaace, The thers ivilowed at a later period of tue day, the voat Luving Leen dir charged aud Wauied Gu tie bank. Neat morniug Mir. Couden moved ats Camp further up, while the outer party revurued ty vesin operations irom the €dge OF Lie pai desert, A recounvissance Was Lrst nade, aad subsequcatly the line was comiaenced, Uuder Very adverse Circuusiunles, as there Was scarcely suthcient walter te float ihe bouts The cauod Wout alead, While (he large party moved siuwiy Leliud, surveying wilh Lhe pnheumauc cowpass, Tue later occupied two lauucbes, dMid- siipman Bull, with four men, being & Lule in advauce of Mr. Suilivan’s party. Nviling of an Ulusual Character Occurred O4 Lue Way back, except the close proxi Oi sOMe Suakes, Which were | made snort work of, On avriviug ear La Loma de Cacarica it Was found tial the thick gramulote bad Ceuipieiely vivcked up the passuge, and.ou %be morning Of tue oun Of dlarch ali Wauds were cou pelied to pols vizovousiy tor Lours. ‘he latiguing task Was finally Boandoned wien the boats had acrived ab La Loma, and 48 the steam lauuch how bated tn might irom tue opposite side of this sWaiup the eniire party Was released irom their grussy Prison 1 Calves. Tue sieAM laUNch reiutued vo Le Guard at uigutall, HYVKRUGKAPHY AND TRIANGULATION, Commander Luli ts pushing iorward tue iriangula- tion vi the harbor With ali despacci, and has auweady Coupleied w grea. portion of it. Filiy miles of shore line have been dnixhed on the west side, giv- dng the exact positions of the moutas of the Baroa- coas, Coco-urande aud Urva, te latter being the largest mouth oi the Atrato and likely Lo be used as tue eutramce to the canal frem the Atiautic side. dn the bydregrapmic department a hundred wiles of line have veen run, wilie about eignt thousand | Soundings have been taken. ‘The large snoul: euter- | lng ante tue bay from tie isthmus side Lave beea located, and it Das eeu found tual Lhey are Com- posed Of soit mud aud have avout a foot aud & iall ol Water ou Luem at low Ude, aad vary in exleut from one quarter w baliamue. Off ihe mouih of We Uroa aud vo the south vi isa tue litle aa- chorage, Waving water irom six to biuriven futioims @ud large enough tu extent ty auchor quite a vel, Td# SAN LLAS KOUTEL About three weeks since United States steamer Nipsic, Licutenaut Comimander Bycou Wusoa commanding, proceeded frow he Guil of Da- rien to wake @ survey of the Caribana reef, situated at the westera entrauce and tweaty-.ve miles distaut from tie stallou of tue Guard. Liculenaut MeCorimuck, With a large party, lauded about teu nities irom tue reel in question Agu Wade sume Ose! Valions, subsequently yong outside l: aculler. Owing, however, bo tie rouge ness of the sea, Which near y swamped the vvat, ho exacl conclusions coud be arrived at, but ie Position laiu dowu on several well kKavwn charis ‘Was found to ve almost correct, The iength of we yee) t# about lour miles, covered by two aud a half fatuoms of wacer. ‘The Nipsle returned tw the gull on March 4, having been abseay euht days. | During te week the crew was exercised in the boats aud == perormed = some haait- sume evoluiioas, The men ou the Nipsic are exceedingiy well disciplined and go throug their Grili with great precision, On the morning of Murch Tsbe saucd ter Aspmwyall, conveying the geologist of tue expedition, Who crossed over to Panama and thence to join Commander Seifridge’s party, whiter Your correspondent 1s Lixewise proceeding, Operatiors on the Fucific side=The Line from the Guli.of San Miguel to the Tuyra ulong the Cue to the Divide—The Cluuguanaqua and Keminiscences of Strain’s Fatal Expecition— Commander Selfridge Confident of success— The Canalto bo Kitty Miles, and the Entire Distance from Ocean Ocean Not Over Ono Bundres aud Twenty-five Miles. SETTLEMENT OF PINOGANA, TUYRA RiveER, March i8, 1371. On the arrival of the Nipsic at Aspinwall no delay ‘Was experienced in proceeding up the Pactilc coust, 4s a chartered schooner was in readiness at Panama, The scenery was delightiul, and as the wind was fair the little craft scudded along in fine style, Once trough the Guif of San Miguel, we proceeded to Chapagana, and then engaged canoes to go to the above settiement, It willbe well to recall some of the circumstances connected with tie departure of the first party from the Gulf of Darien to the Pacific side. About a dozenseamen who were to havo veen transferred from the Guard to the 1ll-fatea Saginaw were conveyed with Commander Selfridge's party on beard the Resaca, which supplied her piace at Panama. After one day's pleasant salling the Resaca weighed anchor at Chapigana, which 1s about nine miles from the Gulf of San Miguel, ana arrangements were immediately set on foot to com- mence operations. Before leaving the Guard it was understood that the twe parties working on either fide of the divide’ should prosecuie their labors until they met and compare notes. Signals were to be placed along the route taken by each party in order to avoid confusion when the “divide” should be arrived at. Although of course the scource of the Paranchita was not known, yet it was confi- dently expected from the reconnoissance previously Made that the two parties should not be iar apart on the summit of the divide. The Montanas del Espiritu Santo now separate the partics, and the principal object of both will of course be to find that portion where the crest is lowest. Should no unfore- seen circumstance arise they will probably mect within ten days, when if the two lines ve declared feasibie,and the “divide not over three hundrea feet, the aim of the expedition will have been accom- plished, Tie line irom the Gulf of San Miguel can be drawn with little difficulty, there veing few ob stacies for a long way up the Tuyra river. The advantages which the Gulf of San Miguel pre- sents for any canal route require no comment, as they are so widely Known and generally appreciated, Repeated and reiiable soundings show that there is sufficient depth of water to float the finest and largest ships. Its moutn, between San Lorenzo and Punta Garachine, 1s nearly ten miles across. The direction ins ard 18 northeast fifteen mites to Boca Chica, one of the mouths of the Tuyra river, having ‘a depth of thirteen fathoms, ‘The width of the gulf diminishes to about four miles between Punta Bravo and Morro Patino, but again increases to- ward Boca Chica. There ts, however, @ depth of water in the Bay of Garachine from ten to eighteen fathoms, Adjacent to San Lorenzo is 8 small shoal called Buey Bank, covered by about a fathom of water. in the guif are several little wslands, among them bemg the Iguana, north of Point Lorenzo, and others, but there {s suMciont water around them to render it quite easy of ap- proach. The rivers opening into the gulf on the north are the Congo, Estereo, Clara, Cucunat, Buenavista, Escadero; on the south the Sambu, Tal- mati, Quaca and Mogue, and on the eastern end the Tuyra, IJgieslas, Anett and Savanas, In refer. ence to the jevels of the ocean it ts well to re- member that the difference at this portion of the isthmus is very trifling. It has been ascertained that @ rise, not exceeding two feet, has been found on the Atlantic, while in Panama bay the tiae rises nearty twenty feet, the mean level of the Pacific in this particular place being two or three feet above that of the Atlantic, Mumboldt found that the dir, ferenee of level between the Caribbean sea and the Pacific d1d not probably exceed nine feet, and that At different hours of the day sometimes unc sea and sometimes the other was the more clovated. It ta claimed that this dfiference would be no hindrance but rather an advantage in o ship canal, since it would create @ current from the Atlantio to the Pa- cific during the ebb, and oue from the Pactio to the AllanUG Gurus Ine Hued ude of the Pacilc, enabling Vessels to pass through at diferent times. Hav tng thus given a brief outlive of the gulf and its sur Touudiags, tt is neces-ary to trace THe COURSE UP TLE TUYTA, to show the route now being tacen vy Commander Selirige’s party. ‘the Vuyra ts perhaps the largest 01 the rivers of Darlen, traversing the greater part Of tue space between tie Atralu aud Lhe Guli of San Miguel. ‘Tne head waters of the Tuyra ure divided {row the Atraio by the Montanas del Lspirita Santo. ibis about three miles wide froin its moun at Boca Chica w Chapigana, which is nise miles irom ie enirauce, but dhutaishes to less than a mille for about twenty niles Jariher east, Tue scenery in the | Vicinity of Boca Chica and wlong tue ‘fuyre is very | Hue; Lut, witu the exception of some huts at La Palma, very few settiements are to be sven. ‘That at Chapigaua is pretty large. ‘There ae, however, farther on the remains vf old Spauish forts. A lite over thirty mics from buca Chica the Chuguanajua fails into the Tuyia from the noita, 1 never hear mention made of tus river without Ubiukiig of the terrible sutter- logs of the noble aud Leroic pirain and party, a Tevital of Whose Wanderings along Wal tortuous Cur. real is euough tO Wake the biooi run cold. Says the journw (hen kept by one of the vilicers of Unit uulortuuaie expedition whea about three weeks under Way'—* Proceeded duwa streaia avout a quar- Wr of a mile, when, dading @ place to camp, built Ore and spread var blankets in Lhe mild uloouligit, We ali feet dowaheartet t-uigh’, being without anytuing (oO @at and vol having eaven euough eacn miau lor the six Or eluht days w make oue guod ieai; our ciothes all in pieces and aeariy aluost shoeless and Leoticss, Have uo idea Where We are, kor OF course Wien We sitll reuch the Pacitic, ‘rhe siCk almost discouraged Bnd ready bo be left iu the Woods to lake tue Chances, [ would irecy give tweuty dollars for & pouud oi meat, oui Wouey is of no use here.” The erratic coarse pursued by Liat gallant baad of explorers Was mostly attrioutable to the maps of tue moO pudlisled Ly & person who Preiended to huve crossed tue route, Onc-ulird of the brave men Who Composed iuat iil-fated expediion died trom starvation or Wem the idod busy were compelied to resort 10 i Luin distress. Tue scenes which marked tue Career of Lue explorers Wore Burong the WUst hearirediing Ou records A report bsued by au Bugiise eugiveer iesutved in enusiing Bugland, France, tie Uuitod diated aud New Granada in exploriug logetaer the provosea route for @ 8uip cabal across bLe tings. The Bnzlisl one siuriod from ine Pate sue December 23, 1903, but Onaily vecame disnearieued, aud, wita the loss of four men suin, doaliy revurued discuuiuivd to their siup, Lieuceuant Sirato, frou tue Adanue side, siaried nearly & mouti liter. Auoimer expediuon, composed vi French aud Bagiisa vogetuer, seb oUt irom Lie Saine poll Laree daysinter aud enveavored to Iuliow bis track, Dut alter having peueivaed ouly six miles returued, The New urauads expoale Gon Was also upsuccessiul, having iost six men, Strata's party was tne ouly one twat accompisiied the pessage, tiougu at au awiul succidce, Laere Wore 1a ali bweuty-seven wen, Who, relying on Lae waps, WOK ouly ten duys? provisloniss Aler jourueylug ior nearly @ mouth througu & patiiess wilderneds, dure dug whic tue party were ouly saved (ruu fuuine by ire acid nuts and oiner uasavory foud, Strain cailed his men logevier aud anuvanved bus devermi- uation to leave thew, aud, taking Luree persoud, forced nis way tO tue Meurest settiement to seud back Canoes and provisious, Tuis step was, of course, avsoluiely Locessary, a8 muay persons nad now become very feevie aud could pusu iorward only at a very siow pace. They crawied ou lur twenty-one day:, When the party sveuea yeueraly dinpressed with the idea tat someting lad bap peveu to prevent Straus revuru, us he expected to be back in tour or five days. A council of ollivers ‘Was ueld, aud it Was resvived to return Wo the siip. HAKROWING SY'BULAULES and death in the must agoutiug iorths character- ised the march. Several, uuavie to proceed, iay down aud perished; oluers were lost aud never heard of% On the wd of March, over wwo wouths sluice they had leit the slip, Lie euiaciated wauder- ers luy dowd, & skeleton group, Watculug Lue deciin- ing day wud tuinking Of the drcad of to-morrow, ‘here Was DO keeuuess to thei wuguisil, tur the energies of nature Were 60 Waoily cxhausied that the Heart and soul became benumved. But iu tals, the uarkest hour of tieir trials, When an appalling Tesigualion Characierized each man as We sal Droud- ing over his faie, a report Was Weard down tue river and presently the galiant Strain love in sight. in a Muiuent ali Was deusious excivemcat as poor aumaL uatuie atiempled to sicuggle up tie siveps of despar io hope aud life once more Surain and his turee mea had beeu aiumoss Tedueed tw slarvation, bul nevertheicss Worked vigorous: aud arnved at tue luda vi lage ul Yavisa. He wa3 not sow lu procuring @id, and, assisted by some Of the men Of ihe si00p Virago, wilich Was auchored im tiie Gull Of saa Miguel, at once reiacued ia cauves tu the rescuc of bis dying compauious, dis digressiva Was sUc- gesied by the mane of the Chuguanaqua, perhaps tue most crovked river ta exXisvence. Lruiy did We iudiau cuuef siate, Wuen resisliug ine deusad 108 permission for Surdu’s pariy Ww tra-erse tue istiuus, inal ii the Lord Bad wished that canal in tuat direction ie Would dave giVeu yreave. Lacie ues, ‘The Chuguacagua has Mauy Uivutaries, We larges: belmg (he Lavisa. ‘THE INITIAL POINT. The settlement of iimogansa as been made the Intuia) point oO: (ae EXpediivu On the Pacwe sie ‘Theie «8 a population tere of uearly tour husdred, Bud Pinogius 1s 1 every Way a Leal aud prosperous titie village. The steam lauuci, in charge uf adr. Keliy, iy BUChOred ta the Tiver, aad UTigs Supp ies to Ule surveyiug party at tue front, Wiich is now souie tea tudes up Lue Cue, one Oo: Une Uibutaries of | tue iuyia. 1813 has been sevesied as tue rouie, and @ largo turce 1s Low Working tn thal dir-cuon, | ‘The Cué isa Dariow fiver, aud, oWiay tu tue ary season, has very Ltie Wailer, Dub IC 1s regarded us | the mosé pracucab.e Bud ivus.ble Way 10 weet tie party couilag over ue “divide! srom tue auanuc | Luuowm ay with Commander seifridge, who 18 going to | side. the Kesaca bus elt tor foLow up tue Napipt route, not so much lu bopes of aking eatensive explorations as to sal isiy tumseif of tue practicauiiity vi tuwt route, Partles leave Pinugana every teu days for tae front, und noting is being Ivit unGune to furward operatious, The scenery on the Pactiic side ts far miore VeaUtiTUl than on the Atlantic, so 1ur, wt least, as Lue Canal route 1s Convcrned, Coutuauder Seli- ridge will reiurn to Chapigaua in avout two or three Weeks, aod uleanwhile the Work of surveying up ihe Cue will be prosecuied with ali possipie de- spatco, The United Siates ship Jamestown, Commo- dore Ghirodl, has arrived at Panama aud will at once proceed to reteve the Kesaca, waving uucd larger accommodation .or the Ouicers engaged om Lhe expee diction. it may 0e mentioned that the dis. tance from Chapyana w tie mouh of the Chuguanaqua is thirty-five milies, aud avout tweive miles An observatory Was jed by Mr. F. Blake, Jr., the astronomer, on & bank north of Chapigaua, aud an- other subsequently at Finogana, on a tine piain to the westward, where 4 meridian was establisued. it has been discovered tuat from this initial poit to ‘that on the other side Is Hity-uve miles, TUE PROSPECTS AND HEALTH UF THE EXPEDITION, Commander Selfridge estimates the cost of @ canal through the route he has discovered at $13v,000,000, and believes tout when tae questiva of the ‘divide’ shall have been dedutiely settied, Which wil pro- bably be within # lorinigut, Operaiions could be commenced with $90,000,000, Should the “divide” nou exceed 80, feet, & tarough cut wili be made, and the entire distance from ocean to ocean will nvt exceed 125 mules—ihe canal itself not exceeding titty mules, Those engaged on the great undeitaking are confident of success, and from present appearauce tae prospects are de- cidedly encouraging. it .8 sincerely noped thai the acter will have been thoroughly devermined vefore tue rainy seasou sets in. There are, of course, many adierents to otner routes discovered, aod who think this route lwpract.cable, but there can be no douvt whatever tuat tue present enterprise 100k8 like suc- sess. ‘The neath of the expediiion bas vee compa- yatlvely good , considering the eaposure and hard. ships wucidental Lo the surveys. ‘The General of the Army will, on the 4th inst., start on a tour of of Texas, the Indian Territory, Kansas and Ne- braska, going out, via St. Louis, Mo. Baton Rouge aud New orleans, to San Antonio; thence westward and northward along the line of posts to Nebraska, and thence back to Washington, D. U. Colonel RK. B. Marcy, Lnspector General of the Army, and Colonels J. U. Mevoy aud J, E. Tourtellotie, aide-de-camp, will accompany him. The following changes have been made In the stations and duties of the officers of the Engineer © Orpe of the army:— Major D, U, Houston, ordered to relieve Colonel J, N. Macomb, of the survey and improvement of the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, and to remove bis station and vilice rem Milwaukee to Uhicago, ‘ Major H. M. Robert, tu addiuon (o present duties under tne pope Board, to retleve Major G. H. Mendel! of the charge of the works tur the defence of the mouth of tie Volumbia river. Major Kt. 8, Williamson, from the charge of the Improvement of the Williamette and Unqua rivers and take station at Portiaad, Oregon. Major William KE. Merril, in charge of the im- provements of the Unio river, Will change hia station irom Pittsburg to Cincinnati, Major Walter Mcluiland, upon being relieved of his Po duties by vaptala Gillespie, 18 to proceed ‘With assistants to toe northern posts of Georgia and Alabama, and Mase surveys in tuat region, aud also to relieve Colonel J. H. Simpson of the charge of Coosa river, Alabama, and ajot G. Weitzei of the survey and improvement of Tennessee river; aud Captain Jarea A. Smith, to be relieved from duty upon the survey of tne Northern and Northwestern lakes, and to Teper to Major Poe for duty. Captain P, M. Mansfield, Company D, battalion of engineers, will report at New York, to Lieutenant Colonel John Newton, Jor duty. First Lieutenants James F, Gregory and Benjamin D. Green will report at Painesville, Ohio, to Major McFarland, for duty under his orders. Second Lieutenanis Elward Maguire and Charles Powell will report at Devroit fur duty, to Major U. B, Comstock. First Lientenant Wiliam 8, Huer is ordered to report ior duty at Wiews Pointy SY, AVAL ORDERS. The order of Commander Quackenbush to the command of the receiving ship Vandalia is revoked. He Is placed on waiting orders. Paymaster Butione 1s ordered to the Benicia, ef (he Asiatic fleet, The tollowing officers are detacheu:—Com' Hatfield, trom the New York Navy Yai a Po rn mouth. a eCommander ‘Stunton, fro: at Porismnou' Hes Os the command of the receiving ef Vandalia, and placed on Waiting orders; Hunign irom tag New York, ‘and Diced On Wr Inspection of the frontiers | MUSIO AND THE In the City. J. W. Ward, cloud swing periermer, opens at the | Globo theatre next Mouday. ‘The Berger famtly of Swiss Bell Riitgers open a& Lina Edwin’s on Apri 10, “Young Americus,’ the child violtnist, opens a& Niblo’s Garden in the “Crook” next Monday. Mr. Hariey Nowcomp aiill continues bis interest- ing school festivals, this time at Association Hall Neti Warner has been engaged to play Richmond in “Ricbard Ii,” at Nivlo’s, John Jack 1 also in the cast. . “Jegebe!” will be withdrawn from the Fifth ave- ane boards, to make way for Charies Mathews, at ster. “Piuto” is in rehearsal at Lina Edwin's, with the Lingaris in the cast. George Bunilace 1s still the main attraction there, . “Lohengrin,” one of Wegner's best operas, will be roduced for the first time ta thus country at the tat Theater on Monday. Mr, anit Mra. Chat Mathews will arrive In this elty on sunday. Ther San Francisco cagagemeus has been an unprecedcuted success. W. K. Sinn, of the Front, Baltimore; Mark Smith and Lucien Barnes, manager, Albany, Came 10 ae city ‘rom Philageiphia on Wednesday. Bayle sernard’s ¢ dy, “de Nervous Man,” ana Selby’s comedietta, “The Unfinished Gente an,” wil be brougat out at Walliek’s Lo-night, ter Creswick, one of Knglaui’s most accom ligied acters, hus been engaged by Laura Keene rthe Théatre Frangais and will shorty appear Ls some of his favorite characters. George Clarke makes his first appearance a! Ling Edwin’s thextre next month in an American play called “Pluck.” He will then produce “Pauvrettes or, Under the Snow,” with the ttie *Perdite.* Viscont, prema donne, and Villani, tenor, are the principal artists of the ifavana Itulian Operm Company, who will appear at the Academy for twelve nichts after Lent, probably about May, The Royal Satsuma Japancse Troupe, introducing twenty artists, male and female, will commence & Season at the San Francisco Minstrels’ hall on Moa~ day. They are guid tu be the best tuat ever left the island eupire. Lester Waliack will close his regular season om June 3. and Theodore Moss will then assume the re- sibility of Boucicaut’s play of “Baie,” with iss Germon in tne title rule, This is the piece thas was written for Lotta. Sandy Spencer, manazer of the Giobe, has eased, through Colonel T. Alison Brown, Hooley's Mist Hall, Brook) n, and will take nmmedtate possession, He Intends running {t a8 a Urst class variety sneatre for lady andtences, no smoking or drinking being allo Mr. Spencer wil) aso introduce inte America the Loudon fashion of running one com- pany at two houses, by euplovying a aumber of car- riages for rapid transit, the performers playing a8 both houses the same night, This will give Spencer his pick of performers, as ko can give them longer engagemenis and higher. DRAMA, Jn the Provinces. Dan Bryant's Minstrels play at the Globe theates, Boston, this sammer. Frank Mayo bas been doing Geoffrey Delamayne in “Mau and Wife” in Cnicaga with excellent aue- cess, Walter Keeblo has been secured as stage manager for the Trimble Opera House, Albany, for nexs season, The Mark Smith Combination, after closing im Philadelphia, open at the Trimble Opera House, Al- bany, for one week. Mrs. Scott-Siditons has so many engagements for readings that she will not probably appear on the stage again this season. Fanny Lucille, who has been confined to her bed for ten weeks. reappeare for the frst time at the Comicue on Monday evening last, R. Dorsy Ogden nas been engaged as leading word for C. Bidwell’s dramatic com this city on March 28 to join the part) Chicago's list theatrical enterprise, the (lobe theutre. ts to be raMed o:f, so that more allegations oy gift concert swindling may be expected vefore jong. Stuart Robson has been doing Wilkins Micawber in “Little Em’ly.” in Pittsburg, and the Worrell ais- | ters were alao giving burlesque performances in thas city last week. Nathaniel Rogers, with his two sons, onen at the Walnut street theatre, Philadelphia, Saturda noon, April 1, in a posturing act with the Mark mith Canhinatton. Ma.lame Marie Seebach, the renowned German tragédienne, plays ‘Jane Eyre" in Newark to-night, with her mavnificeat company, Kelly & Leon have piven ap the burnt cork bnainess and gone into the leaitimate. They travel a first class theatres on! ext Monday they open at the Academy of M alee , Buifalo, in their play, “8% Joe Jefferson ts enjoving himself with his family at his favorite Southern retreat, Orange Island, m les west of New Iberia, In the Teche district, Loul- siana. fle is delirnted with his purchase, with the climate aud with the people, and intends to build & fine «welling. Pro‘essor Richard Risley left this city last week by the steamer France, with special instructions from Coiouel . Atlston Brown to proceed direct to Fiore ence and secure fora two years tour in this country the original Imperial Japanese Troupe, with whom LAttie Alt Right’ ts engaged and who will accom- ay ar to thiscountry. They are expected here riy in May. Co'onel T, Allston Brown has secured a first class dramatic company for Jane Coombs Brown for # travelling tour of about twelve weeks, Mrs. Coomos has been off the boaras for severa! vears. Her last engagement in this city was at Wallack’s theatre, ; The following first class artiste are in the party:— Frederick Robinson (leading), Mark Bates (juvenile) Marie Wilkins (old woman), Soi Smith (second man), A. D. Bradley (frst old man), Acres: the Water. Blackmail fs abolished now at the Galety, Holborn and Court theatres, “Faust” is to be produced at the Princess’ theatre, London, on Easter. Miss Julia Matthews is to appear at the Gatety, London, in Offenbach opera. The personal estate of the late Mr. T. W. Robertson has been sworn under £5,000, “Cour de Lion” retires from the boards of the Strand, London, in favor of the “Idle Apprentice.” Mr. Andrew Halliday is about to dramatize Victor meen “Notre Dame de Paris” for the Adelphi, Lon- Mr. Charles Dillon, the tragedian, will shortly ap- bet oy Surrey, London, in a new piay calied “Aan Englisn Gentleman” will be brought out at no BArmarke, Londog, with Mr. Suthern in the lef part. Mr. Buckstone has taken a new lease of the Hay- | Market theatre, of whic he has been lessee for sev- enteen a yoara, Mr. Halliday’s verson of “Esmeralda” will be the rincipal attraction for the Adelpul theatre at Eas- r. Init Mr. Brittain Wright appears, Mme. Madeleine Brohan has written to a Paris Journal, announcing that, for her part, she will never reappear in Germany at any price whatever, Salvint, the emingut Italian tragedian, famous im Shakspearian characters, is pronounced by Cnar- | lotte Cusuman and Rovert Browulng the greatess of living actors. Drury Lane will not open this season for Italian Opera. Mr. Maplesvn's company are expected at her Majesty's theatre, on which house the workmen are now busily engaged, Signor Bevignant, of the Royal Italian Opera, Covent Garden, has deciined the post of conductor at the Opera Iinperial, St. Petersburg, for the next winter season, “Amy Robsart” has been @ success in Liverpool. The press is cnanimous in speaking of the triumph obtained and in bearing witness to the beauty of Miss Neilson's Amy Rovsart. The Giobe theaire, London, opens on Easter Mon- day, Mr. rourness holfe is elgaged or comedy and opéra douse. Miss D. Robins, daughter of the come- dian, 18, We understand, also engaged. Mr. KR. Man- sell 1s the manager. the Italian actor. according to a correspon- dent, drinks & pint of black coffee afier every act of his performance, and never goes to bed unt six oclock A.M. He has kept up this habit for years, Offenbach, it is said, since his departure trou Paris, ha, finished seve operettas, but has some diMculty in finding managers willing to pay as liberal copyrights as he received in days gone by. A “mun-dy” has gone the way of acrobats in Trieste. He gave an exhibition of ceiling-wa.king in the theatre, and on the first evening fell into net which was suspended underneath. the nexe in, but, unhappliy, outside the the upper part of his body came against sume of the acenery. expired in @ lew minutes, ‘The Mayor of Lille has issued a notice that, in con- Bequence of the unhappy state of the country, all masks and disguises in tne gore ae the Mi-Careme will be rigoro' dicted, tues the pubiic estabitshments will Pedy be Porcine w ve He appeali wal a val cl trations. all the usual dewons We understand the “Passion” of Sebastian Back te about to be heard within the walls of Westminster Abvey. On Holy Thursday, the 6th of April next, the day betore Good Friday, tt is purposed a soleina penitential service in the evening, When the hed by Dr. Stanley, the Dean. i orchestra and numerous caoras, ermon will be aud the chapters relative to tae crucifixion, as and the ci . fortn by St. Matthew, and realized in masic by Bach, will form a portion of the worship, Lf this is Teally carried out the pueriiiues of introducing e = harp anda trampet ia the service Wuk col BAD COMpORETS Bre to bo pantsned from the wa a SS ee hts " m Opern! shows how 7 icon "Brethren, achools ltt ee East porte hy roo upon @ limited number of Works sus Ror 18 “der mnwverabele together next season, playing star engagements a8 ©