Show TELEGEAPHIO Central and South America Panama 26The Star says a party of engineers aud capitalists from the United States who have been inspecting the canal works and prospects have returned re-turned with a highly favorable opinion Among the party were John J Stevens Franklin B Colton and J H Dennis Their mission was in the interest of some of the most prominent capitalists in the United States whose attenton has been called to the possibility of finding employment em-ployment for large capital in the vast work there offered It is believed that in most rcspecB they found the condition of the work and problems presented generally more favorable than was anticipated The Star thinks it not unlikely their report re-port will created boom in Panama Canal work A residence is being prepared here for young DeLesseps who is expected ex-pected soon with some of the leading canal men Seven Americana are in Panama jail on suspicion of being concerned in the 50000 robbery They have demanded a trial and appealed to the A merican consul con-sul in vain and are treated as convicted felons some are believed innocent The Pacific Steam Navigation Company Com-pany has reduced the number of steamers steam-ers for South American ports to three arrivals ar-rivals and departures monthly sailing on the 10th 20th and 30th Minister Partridge was to have left Lima for a conference with M onto o at Arequipa rut announces that he will now await the receipt of a letter from Minister Logan The former is highly incensed at the letter Logan sent Mon tero Partridge considers it unwarrantable unwarrant-able meddling with his function The best > part of the whole affair is that Montero was in Lahaz Boliva What is though may ha a new comet is visible in the mid heavens from 9 to 10 in the evening It is not eo large as the last one and the tail is pointing in a different direction Official accounts from the Elate of DhiJpas Mexico famish frightful details tails of the ravages of cholera The number of victims is immense Misery and want reign supreme A letter dated December says whole families have died in a single night On some plantations there are only three or four people left alive Many bodies have been devoured by dogs because when stricken they were abandoned The town of Tuxtla had 8000 inhabitants 600 of whom are dead Of 6000 in ronala upwards of 1030 are dead from twenty to thirty persons dying daily |