The Athens Post

Alleged Misconduct of Californians at Panama. A Panama correspondent of the Philadelphia American complains bitterly of the conduct of the passengers from California whenever they are detained at Panama. Their debauchery and profanity are said to be truly disgusting. Of many of those who were detained on the 19th of November the writer says: Up to ten or eleven o'clock in the evening those 'jolly gents' would enter any and every open door, and accost the females in rude and scurrilous language. On entering shops to make purchases, they assumed the tone and fierce demeanor of angry conquerors, instead of civil persons seeking to supply their wants by paying a fair remuneration for what they bought. The second story windows of respectable family dwellings, which are commonly open and lighted, were closed in darkness after sunset; and the ladies kept out of sight in fear of provoking disagreeable attention from the 'Yankees,' who appear to be as much disliked as they are dreaded, especially by the black population. Various other charges are preferred, but it is to be hoped that the alleged outrages were perpetrated by only a very small number of persons, such as almost always may be found among any large assemblage, and that their disreputable conduct was reprobated by the rest of their fellow passengers.