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THE PUBLIC GOOD SHOULD EVER BE PREFERRED TO PRIVATE ADVANTAGE.
LmcOLNTON, ISOR'IH C AROLIIVA, SaUKPAI jV GKMrSG, IPTEJmSfK 8. II
1840.
K UMBER S5.
D PUBLISHED WEEKLY, BY
MAS J. LCC1.ES. .
ixvti dollars pel annum, payable
the ceccnd stories of the houses. The
streets aie narrow, hot exceeding 40
feel, while m me of them are so narrow
that an aciive person could jump from
2 50 if payment be delayed 3 ! "e Da,C0I,y he othu. The build.
Jiscount to clubs of 3 or more.
enta will be conspicuously insert
square ( 14 lines) for the first, and
each subsequent insertion.
lu ONG AGO.
n at evfi I sit alone,
nkmg of the Past and Gone
le the clock, wi'h drowsy finger,
ks how slow the mnuies linger
' the embers dimly burning:,
I of Life to Dust returning
. ben, my lonely chair around,
With a solemn, mournful sound,
Wiih a murmur soft ma low,
Come the Ghosts of Lng Ago.
One by one I count them o'er,
Voices that ;ne heard no more ;
Tears thai loving cheeks have vet,
Words whose mus.c lingers yei
Holy faces pale and bur,
Shadowy locks of waving hair
Geo le sighs and whimpers dear
S ngs torgotien many a year
Lips of dewy fragrance eyes
Brighter, bluer, than the skies
Od- ts breathed from Paiadite ;
And trie gentle (shadows glide,
Softly murmuttng af my side,
Till the long and gloomy day,
All forgotten fades away.
Thus when I am all alone,
Dieatnmg o'er the Past and Gone,
All around .te, sad and slow,
Come the Ghosts of Luna A"0.
'Random feltt-tclics of Panama.
ings are generally, if not entirely built
of stone, two or three stories high,white
washed, and without windows. Id place
of windows there are either doors or
arched openings, kept open during the
day, for the purpose of admitting light
and air, and closed at night b sliding
blinds. ; I did not see a window in the
city except in the churches, and they
are scarce there. A few dwellings had
a single square of glass set in the do-ir.
Many of the balconies of the second and
third stories.are built of 8tone,wuti stone
or brick floors and pillars. Some of the
buildings show that they once made
some display of fine architecture, or
caiving, but most of them are plain
stone walls, with balconies and tile roofs.
AH the floois of the mam story are ei
ther the bare ground or a pavement o
brick or stone. There are several pla
zas or squares, the principal one being
in ti on t of the Caihedrai, and named
Plt de la Cathedral. The Cathedral
is large, and was once a very fine build
tug, as is evident from iht amount of
fine work and carving, wnich jet re
mains. A part 01 it is much decayed,
the doois and windows knocked out, the
walls m ome places cititnbiihg down,
and does noi appear to be useu. The
other part fronting the square is sinl
used, but is much decayed, the steeple
windows and doors, being all knocked
our, some of the carved w-rk fallen ..tf,
noes cannot safely pass over, except at
high tides. All vessels are ioaced or
unloaded, passengers landed or taken on
board entirely by canoas. .'There were
offlbe port when 1 le.t, ten o: twelve
vessels of different sizes, and in port
several small schooners ana dug outsat
25 to 60 tons, besides, any nuinoer of
canoes, capable of carrying lrom a sin
gle person up 10 five tons.
The inhabitants are u os Spanish
negroes, with a small spru kin g of near
ly pure Castillian, and still les;, ol the
aboriginal bio. d. Thy are vtrv lond
ot fine and gaudy diesses. but white is a
great favorite lor every d) wear with
both sexes, and ihey keep linn rein.uk
aMy clean, cs vve as their own ptrsons.
Women wear palm leaf hats instead of
b nnets. The celebrated Panama i.at
is worn heie by genoemen, end of ex
ceeding fine quality, some ol ihem beii.g
sold as high a $25. Notwithstanding
the hot sun, the brims ol ihe most fash
iotibble are very nairow, nut oyer 2
inches wide, si ghtly rolled up, and the
Cit wnsjut high enough to clear the top
ot the beau. One 01 the most noticea
ble characteristics of the p-ople 19 thtu
cruelty to animal; dogs, callings, cat
tle and hortesaie k pi nearly starved.
Hogs are irtquenuy kept tied-, up to a
tree, and ld so near nothing that they
i.eany starve Pack horses, poor as
Carrion : ted scantily, iheir blood sucked
out by licks, ai.d over-iarien, are driven
wuhoui mercy, until hey are hardly
able to stand. Six or sev en ate tied to
gether, the nose ot one fastened by a
short hahcr 10 ihe tail ol another, and
wiih red trimmings, white pants and
round-about, a belt, cartridge box, and
musket.
Smoking is as common here with
all classes and but h sexes old and young,.
as eating or drinking is in the States.
Cgars are bought at 40 to 60 cents a
bundled, and no person is too ooor to in
dulge m thetn. W omen amoke them as
much as the men do. Sometimes they
have Cigantas, made by rolling fine to
bacco in white papers, which ihey smoke
on Sundays, or extra occasions ; these
cost r.hree cenu for a bunch containing
twenty -nve.
Drinking is not indulged so freelv.
and 1 saw very few people that appeared
in ihe least intoxicated. Checkley
pins, a kmd of small beer made with pine
appie, is a favorite drink. Also iiner
beer, which is veiy good. Soda dr nks
can be had, and lemonade also. But
the rest covered with dirt, moss and ! driven 10 water or on the road without
Steamship Oregon at hea.May 25, MD.
T wo anJ a half mils out of Panama
Being a; sea, nd nothing to i, J will
employ my 11 rue if jut uiiZM)g such
matters relative to Panama, as I think
may be interesting to your readers.
Panama, as most of your reader
kllOW, i a tvallpri inun 'I'tta 1 1 r 1 1 1
city lias been built neatly 200 years,
und is siruaied on a poin nearly west,
and sevf n miles distant from the site ol
the old town ol the same name, which
was dest roved by the bucatiecrs in the
middle ot the seventeenth ccnmv. 1
should jodgn the wall 'o he about 25 ei
high. It is ot solid m:ts in woik and
apparently well huili. In tact 11 must
have been wt II laid to stand so oi.g m
good condition. Outside ol the w nil, on
the land side is a broad ducn 40 or 50
feet wide, which ha also a wall of solid
mnnnnrv. on thti oulsidf! about ten .ect
high to sustain the bank, beyond which
it is graded to tolerably even sutface.
As far as I am capable ot judging, the
whole work must have been done in a
substantial manner, and in a military
view neatly equal to the model u loilifi
cations. Part of the vv all is directly over
the sea on a ledge ol rocks 25 i 40 feet
high.
About a mile outside of the town, to
wards Gorgona is a piece of .ood Mae
ndam zed road, winch is a lavorit- re
sort lor parlies of pleasure 00 horseback
clan afternoon. This extends tluough
the suburbs, md brings vou to the com
pact part ot the city outside of the walls.
Then commences a street, 50 to CO ieet'
wide, and paved for a thort distance
viih rntu.d stone, wiih uneven side
walks. Next is a rond a quarter of a
' mile in length, worn out of ihe lav i rork,
and side walks paved with nuii d stone,
which brings us 10 ihe plaza. This is
a Urge open space, but as lar as 11 has
Sny regular bounds, is a triangle. On
the street forming the be, is n large
church, and a r-w 01 dwellings, one ol
which is now used as a hotel, called the
Oregon House. The other two sides
aro open paved streets. Along the
street side of ihe piaza.aie several stone
1 A f .. r-i n n . n rl u IV 11 II filMl
oencnes useu iui ocaia, - : ccJMlfcC
mences on each side, using gradually, V
until they join into one street, where it
13 as high as your head, and is contin
ued on until it reaches ihe will outside
of the ditch.'hus piotecting the entrance
of the city as lar as the plaza. At the
outside wall ate strong abuiments, simi
lar ton gateway, which can be barrica
ded in a few minutes. The street ihui
walled in, and after passing the main
gale, has a serpentine course, which
brings it into the Calie de Merced, ruii
mcg ai a right angle tiom the street out
side ol the town, dneciiy through to the
sea. All the other streets are laid out
cither parallel or at right angles to this,
and are either paved or worn out ot the 1
lava rock, as mentioned betore. i
most of them ihereate narrow side
walks slightly raised noove the "treels,
? which are protected from the sun and
rain on one side or the other during the
day by the balconies, or projections ol
weeds, and the bottoms of svme ol the
doors so 11. uch rotted ffihat rats can
run in under ihem without crawling.
It ha- a city dork 'n the steeple, and a
fine organ in the body of the budding,
which 1 lienrd play ing, aecempamed by
a choir of female voic s, as 1 passed it
one morning. The others are numerous,
in d in a similar condition, only worse,
and some entirely mi of use. Inside ot
Ihe ruined walls ol one, I noticed a large
ie growing, wh'ch I shruld think was
50 years od. Several are very large
ai d enclose a much larger space ihan
dinar) purposes ol a church. T here is
also a larj;e 1 unnery situated in a pleas
ant part t the city near the main gate
leading out to sea. All thiouh ihe
city aie. to he loi.nt' unoccupied and ce
cay id huidmgs, sometimes hall a stnet
or halt ihe side o" n ,-quare together
Outside of the vails lh streets ,are
lata out parallel with, or at right angles
to eac h other, and generally 50 or 60
feet wide. The buildings are generally
a stone wall for the tower story, which
contains a hall leading to a court or
yaid tn the rear, ana a staircase leading
to t he upper s'ory. 'I he remainder of
the lower st iy is occupied lor storts,
ytocenes, butcher shops, smbits or
whatever oihcr use may be convenient,
and the upp r part for the family. 'I he
stcondstorv is geneiaily built of wood
Irame work, and ceiled up with boards
placed perpendicular and whitewashed.
It is usually built with a p inject ion of
ix leet, formina a sh'tde for the side
walk belo . "The apertures lor hgh'
and air, are closed by a sliding shutter,
as our fanners hon.etmies build then
Kinhh wn dows The same state
care, whether rough or smooth, as fast
as the druer on anoti ei horse can goad
them on. One mcning 1 saw a bullock
tteo by a rope run thiough his nose to
the tail of a horse. Another bullock
was tied by a similar rope, run through
a hole tut in the flesh ol H e first one's
rump. One man rode the horse, ai d
mother rode a second one in the itar,
boih hurry ingVp the horses and bullocks
as fast as they could. They appear d
much heated as 11 driven stvuul 11 ties,
and were not in ordinary worku g order.
Soon aher ihey passed us, 1 ne of my
nesCu'iia'Taid "by ffie"ifAftrV&
the maiket the cattle were butchered in
their i.o blo d, und were wre for pro
visioning the California slop Iiun bolt.
You tray judge lrcm this, that their,
btel is pre It y blve ! 1 did not see a de
cent eatabie piece while 10 Panama
It is cut in halves, and thiown over the
tihktd bar k 01 a mule, or dirty pbek sad
dle lull s b;td, to be carried to market,
there cut up in strips by the eye ol the
butcher, of the size ol a man's two fin
gers, tind solo by the y- rd, at a price e
qual to from 6 to 10 tints a poui.o.
Eveiy pan is saved and sold, even he
tnwuds are dried and used by the
natives,
Potk istfa beticr quality lat but
thin and soil, cut in strip 2$ or 3 inch
es wide, and marked off in pieces to be
sold for a medio, real ckc, which would
make it 15 or 20 a nts a pound.
A medio pronounced mar to is half of
a ieal, and qual in value to fifty cents,
but the word is also used lor express
ing the hall of a dolh-r. I com
mon way ol pricing things to say, so
man, for a medio. You will get 3
01 decov prtv.ma here, and perhaps to a ; ej,gs for a m dto 4 Piain.asns, 6 bananas,
i-reaier extent than in town. Among 8 nmes 2 or 3 oranges. 6 cigsrs, ground
S" . j . ...... n hr.uk.
the bushes and shtubbery at a consiuer- Vi,titv fttrhceni ioi o pemum
able distance lrom the city, are frequent- HSli 2 candles, a c;-ke oi brown sugar
it.- tr, u iiinfl. detached portions of ueihmii 12 or 14 ouncea, 4 sucks of
walls, put of a summer houae.nn arched j chccoiate equal lo 3 ounces, or a bottle
population of the city, i apples 10 u 20 cents
e it to be about 6000 3 miles south ot I ah
ratewav. a pillar, or some oiher sohta
ry memento of the former bounds and
magnificence of the city.
1 do not know of any official census or
estimate of the
but should iud
witi.m the walls, and S0UU or 4uuu out-;
side. If populated as other cine of the
same s.ze are, it would contain 20 or
25,000 inhabitant, but there seems to
be at least one halt of the buildmgs un-
and it is hard to estimate its
present population more than 1G.O00 in
all.
The town is situated at the head or
northern extremity of a large bay 100
iniies deep, which with the eastward
curve ol bothtfoith snd South Ameri
ca towards ihe Isthmus, brings this city
as much as 600 or bUO miits east of the
regular track ol vessel around tbe L.ipe
lor any part ol the northwest coast.
i'This distance, and the difficulty ol beat
ing up 10 ne nurhwew against the strong
w inds whico prevail a greater part of the;
year, prevents ViSsels lrom coming in
here'lor ordinary rates of netght or foi
supplies.and ihe city has ol consequence
no exten-ive toieign trade 10 support it,
except what crosses the ls hmus, and a
coasting irsde, with t eru anu niu.
'Toe poit is jusi no port at all. V
qual
ol checley beer, all lor a medio. Yams
and yuca, e xcellent subsu ute lor potato,
3 to 5 lor medio, according to size, e-
to fcboul 14 t ents a pound, i mk?
each, fct I obago
anama ouiy o cents
Mch. Indian meal one dime a pouno
Beans, from lour to six dollars a uusnei,
hut 1 saw several lots sold at auciton lor
$1,25 or $1,50, Corn $150 to $2 00,
Pilot bresd 10 to 12 cema a pound,
butter at auction 33 cents, 1 saw none
anv where else. Loaf sugar at suction
2l'cents,good salt pork 25 to 50 cents
o.iH hams 2R rents a POUI U. v .OUT WoS
about S16 a barrel, atd pork 20. Many
of these, articles were fitqututly sold at
auction lor less pntes.
Water for use in the city, is mostly
fihtamea iiom several large and deep
wells, about half a mile out, and is car
... a ,r ni.iitiiriu tiom tluee to
4 gallons, at a dime each. Most ol it
is brought on horses, with a kmd ol raca
holding two jdis on each nee. Mu
.t,., u.i n.. 1. rHrrv tneir own. The
Ul II1- i ...... ' ' J
ji s ai shaped like a goose egg, Mtb 1
ii,rpp or tour inches in diamete
iiikn iui
on the large end. 1 hey fold a towel
lengthwise, and l.y it ar und the crown
of the head so as iu lorm a ring, in .the
midaie ol which, ihy set the small eco
it hall a o lie, of
Lately a huge unw ieldly cask has been
introduced into the water trade, which
will carry a dozen or more, ten gallon
casks. There are son e wells in town
lrom which water i obtained Idi wash
ing and cookuiL'. but it ia nm annrf to
drink, or for corTee. Some ot the lr.
buildings h; ve a court in the m ddle, in
which a larg cistern filled from the
roof, which slants inward from all
sides.
Early one morning a procession of
women will be seen, with bundi nt
clothes going down lo the wells, or to a
creek tine mile nnH a halt !...., ...
wash, and their washinir is well ti, m- in
cold water, but fine clothes will not last
loun, as tht y thresh tin m on the stones
or blocks, instead of rubbing or pound
ing then ; ihen they are laid on the hot
stones in ihe sun o diy.
r-very uuay has heard of Mexican
Fi . -an uo imu, ailU ICIIUJUi
...couuuru oy or strong UrmK, brandv is used almost
travellers in that country, lor their no- exclusively. U ,nes Jri ki at the
teliy, and peculiar character, but no best estabhahmen... hut I . "t,r, ?.
oik-c.u form any proper idea ot them, are generally of a miserable quality, aud
w.thou seeing them At Gorgona made without much iuico ot?he a
mi . T ,ne -cao 06 w"fiefs in -I hll8 endeth the chapter of Uandorn
all their eiorv. Tnev am nm. tv hcM ci n
,n ... 1 ' aetcues 01 ranama. jney are true
L Xx b .1 u,",c,,t,ng l 0" to the hie, but the facilities on board
ten o clock - in the evening. I he mus;c ship tor writing or ih.nkmg, with 300
, - . j 1 1 u 1 uiuui, ui a
rough cc i.si ruction, but capable ol ma.
king a great noise which the natives
hold perpenrucularly between their
knees, and beat with gieat diligence, but
tolerable good time, occasionally chuck
irg the lower end on Ihe ground, which
chnrges and deadet s the sound. Sing
ing always f. rms a pun ol the music.
ana is conducted by a seriorita in the
leading pan, singing one or two lines
Which she sometimes vanes inioa Jond
01 chant, and arcon p. n es l y exciting
gestuics, to stimulate the dancers. At
the end ol the two lines she icsts, while
several others tke up a chorus of the
same length, when the leader re-umes
again, and tl us it i? continued till one
sett of dancers is tired out. Generally
oniy tv. o persons dance at a time, but
somt tin ts lour, and a soon as one sett
rests another immediately take their
places. Jhe spectators cro d an und
aw UU!C tnere is hardlv room lor
4fsi"VrTaiking, snouting, ana scieam
in, during the dance, ibis is Kept up
nil two o'clock in the mormng, and fre
quently (ill daylight, nnd is nearly dea-
leniiig to any person attempting 10 sleep
within one or 1 wo squares of them. On
the evening previous to Friday tin 18th
ot (Via,, which w;;s celebrated in the
thutchea as Ascension Day, m.d is
great holiday with Catholics, there were
thiee 01 them in ihe street w thin l)
rods ol my sleeping room, and a Cotil
lon and w altzmg party 111 d house with
in the same distance. Also two men
with a guitar, singng a kind of bacha
uaiian duet, to a targe crowd in the
next siieei. Altogether there was as
much "no se and confusion.1' as vou
will see in Ynkeedom on anv Fourth
ot July. I dropped in at the cotillon
party a few minutes. Oi ly one cotil
Ion or Quad rill? was danced at once,
and for cotniort or cleanliness of the
100m, it might as well have been held in
a crowded bar-room. Ihe room was
crowded wnh spectators, aid all, both
male and tetnole, smoked at evry inter
mission. iViost o' ;ne compa:iv were
biacks or Creoles, and the heads of the
ladies were moie profusely trimmed
with tinsel and flowers, than any lever
saw before. Some of the Spanish dan
cers are very graceful in their move
ments, but most that I saw, were quite
awkwaid.
or 4t'U passengers constantly
me, render a impossible to arrange them
with any regularity, or write them with
much gramatical correctness.
lours &c.
The Queen's Visit U Ireland. The
Queen m buglund ts on a visit to Ire-
lam-, and gren preparations are being
made 10 receive and entertain her, to pay
her court and homage. Shu will see
noihuig ot the country, or it- condition,
and none ol the mass ol the Irish peo"
pie, her subjects, and return to England
about as wise as to the real condition of
thai part of her kingiom, as when she
leit Loiiuoii. N uuid that the pageant
which surrounds her could be dispersed
and that n-co-sbe could traverse ilk
ta'ed and oppressed Ireland, and see and
hear and leel, their pressing wants, by
mingling w.ih the Irish people. She
couid in thai way learn much, might
and returning home, do much lor their
redel 1 But that she cannot do, and
her visit will result in elevating still
higher some a. ready high enough, 'but
in n good whatever 10 her subjects.
Register.
Cold Mining. We slated in a re
cent number 01 our paper um i was
our intention to give occasienally, brief
notices of the opeiauoi s at some 01 too
most inieresnng of ihe gold mines in
this section ot oui b ate, and in tut
hirnent ol our design we now have the
gratification to state ;o our readers on
information tiotu a friend, thai a lew
days since, at the mine of Mr v nson,
better known as the Carson Aline, with
in three miles of our town, a large
bunch ol ore was struck by the workmen,
which appeal s to be ol a very nch
quality, though as yet, auHicuni worn
hi8 nut been -done on the part ol me
yretn newly exposeo, to enable the opera
tors to juue concius vely as 10 the y ieia
ihe ore will afiord 111 me Mih. A very
lirge piece ol the ore we have atluued
to was taken to the stote of W imsv
ui this place, where it cau be seen by
those a ho may ties. re to graitly then
curiosity uy txaminn g nooie speci
men o: tne ore ol the preuou metals
We Bincerely hope that Air W ilson and
those who are interested with him, may
1. 1 .
reap large reiuin lor turn bih ouu
emeiptize; and we snn ceriainiy 00
glad it others would take encourage
rnenl from the success in the prettni
instance, and persevere in searching lor
new deposiies 01 good ore in some o the
veti s which have been only partially
worked fur some time past. Charlotte
journal.
A very Apt Simile Somebody who
does not ihiuk aiwaysas the books leach
or as the world believes, says ol an o
pen countenance;
'1 is not always a main ol iranaoess
to possess an open countenance. An
amgator i a oecei mi cieaiure, ana yet
he piesents an open couuteuance when
in the act ol laHing you in.
'The poor, starving plague stricken
Irish have eent $100,000 to the pops.
The same aeii denying liberality dis
Ascension Day, as I said before, is
held as a holiday. Ihe bells ot Ihe
churches were constantly ringing
through the day. In fact that is 1.0 10-
veltv, lor they do that nearly ever) Jay
Crosses were decorated with tlowers.
1 uoticed paiticularly one which stood
on a small, mossy, decayed lower, near
the wells, which was hung with wreaths,
r.H loo flowers strewed at the base.
Fandangoes are more numerous the eve
mug ol this dav, and the evening pre
vious, and are kept up later in ihe eve
mnu. Mi.ci with more earnestness, than
to
at any other time.
W altzes and Polkas are played bv
inatiumenial musicians, in luneral pro
cessions. 1 heard one of our favorite
polkas very well played, "ne evening
and a :nend told me he heard the same
played in a funeral procession of a lady,
the day betore.
Every morning and evening, a patrol
oi so:diers,five in number,march through ulay;d in a good cause would redeem
noil is iusi no port ai an.
1 . . ...i, nk i.icii in it nn ui 1 lie lar.auu
SOlS Ol lllUVII SiC 11 WMt v ' J I m - 1 U.w.
three miles outside of. ii winch ca-1 ancmg U without us.ng the hnds.
ihp nm. cinal streets, and cown to ihe
r-. r ,
batterv, headed by a band ol music,
composed ot two files, and iwo drumi,
which play part ol the time, ai d several
brass trumpets and a base dium, played
ahernateiy w itb iheotier music. There
may be more soldiers some ol the time.
but I 01 ly saw five. Their unii rm is a ;
iow,pet.ked 01 bellows lashioned captJ
ihat wretched people from iheir degra
dation.
Large deposiies 01 galena, containing
a large proportion of silver, have lately
been discovered in fcevier and Polk
counties, Arkansas.
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