Show r iON PANAMAS ISTHMUS A Lieutenant of the Expedition Spins the Yarn The 3Iusic of the Gatlings Arbitrates Matters Satisfactorily Row Admiral Jouett Enforced His Diplomacy Every Time NEW YORK May 22To a Herald reporter Lieutenant Wallack who acconpanied the the Isthmus expedition gives the following details of the trip Wo spent a week in Aspinwall in sheds put up for us by the railroad rail-road people then a week in Panama in a big building belonging to the railroad and then one more week in Aspinwall We had a really imposing little army down there with our threeinch rifles our six Gatlings and our thousand good men It was an influence which made itself felt Bud I tell you it was nothing but a feeling of fear which prevented pre-vented the Colombians from attacking us Physically we had a hard time of it We were obliged to sleep on a wooden or cement floor with nothing under us but a rubber blanket and a haversack for a pillow During most of the night the heat was unbearable un-bearable but toward morning there came a damp chilliness which was terrible You could cut it with a knife If the wind was right you could smell the t charred wood of the distant ruins of Aspinwall It is the atmosphere at-mosphere which makes the Isthmus so dangerous to all who are not steeled against malaria We failed to give satisfaction at either I end of the horn in Panama When we went there the Colombians were incensed and when we left the Americans were incensed I finally got mad at a Yankee who was kicking kick-ing down there and told him the Godforsaken Godfor-saken country was not worth protecting nor any Yankee who would live in it So indignation indig-nation meetings were held and pioclama tious were printed In one proclamation it was decided to throw us into the sea and drown us and then by way of variety cut our throats It was a bloodthirsty document docu-ment Then Eblanez got out a proclamation stating that having been appointed Provisional Provi-sional Governor he had been and still was able to protect the Isthmus but was unable to do so on account of the invasion of the Americans Three of his sons did plan an attack on us we were told but they only got so far in the execution of it as to get full of gin At one meeting the French consul got up and called us invaders when Senor Dietz a prominent citizen got up and said he hoped the othor consuls were more familiar with the treaty which compelled the United States to protect the railroad and thus spoiled the consols case To tell the truth we were somewhat nervous ner-vous on the subject of dynamite The canal ers have made it very common there Why everybody has dynamite cartridges They catch fish by exploding cartridges in the water Nowwith so many desperate fellows fel-lows hostile to us it was natural that we should be uneasy One attempt was made upon the house occupied by Lieutenant Elliott and his men Elliott by the way was the greatest fellow for running against excitement and meeting with experience Of course Elliott had the fever right off and he is still suffering from the effects of it Well sir Elliott got in under the house one night just in time to catch a sailor in the act of shooting 1 fellow whom ho had caught there setting f a dyiiamita cartridge The sailor had his pistol leveled and down came the hammer but Elliotts hand was under it justin just-in time to save one worthless Spanish life The sailor begged to be allowed to shoot him and Elliott was tempted to give him a dose but decided not to do so gve The only time any shooting was done was one night in Panama A Texan gambler a great handsome fellow got in a little argu ment with some Columbians which resulted in his killing one arid wounding two others with his big pistol Then some shots were fired at our pickets upon the plaza That settled it Buff bang and the rattling of the gatling They emptied oho round of ammunition from her and cle3 d thc place I tell you Of course we were called out at once and thought we were in for a fight The men behaved splendidly A officer ungiacioasly said to me that he saw some of them trembling What if you did I replied re-plied you found them all on deck didnt you The men were excited of course many of them had never been under fire but I did not see a single sympton of cowardice One young fellow whose gun had been knocked felow ImqcIed up by an officer begged him almost with I tears in his eyes to have one shot at the enemy He thought it was cruel to go away down there and not get a single shot That Texan was a great fellow He was soon around with a thirtyshot gun under his arm ready for anything that might turn upI up-I think Admiral Jouetts splendid diplomacy dip-lomacy saved Panama He knew just how to approach the Colombians otto ff I wine I little good atuedtalk but a quiet suggestion that in case of any trouble he f would have1203 then of the businesslike f L land ia the place in short order |