The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-19 00:00:00

THE UNITED STATES.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Hwal Mail steamship Arabia, Captain Stone,
arrived in the Mersey this morning at 8 a.m. from
Boston and Halifax, with 143 passuagers and above
190,67 W. in specie. The Arabia sailed from Bot.
ton at noon oa the 7th instant, and from Halifax 9th
instant.

The Royal Mail steamship America arrived at
Halifax on the 7th inst., having lett Liverpool on the
26th ult. The steamer Edinburgh arrived at New
York from Glasgow on the 4th iustant. The Arabia
passed a large screw steamer bound west on the 13th.
The New York Herald announces, and the Daily
Times contradicts the statement, that the Washing-
ton cabinet had resolved to recognise the Nicaraguan ,
government of Walker. The last-mentioned journal
says :
A very strong immure is brought to bear upon the Pre- '
sident, to induce him to tecogoiee Walker's government in I
N imagism, ana to commit this cool try to its mainteeance
and support. The near approach c f the Cincinnati colleen-
tine renders President Pierce peculiarly sensitive to all ap-
peals of this kind ; and the fear is earnestly expressed, so
well-informed quarters, this be may plunge the notion into
all the perplexities and p• rile of such a course, in the h pi
of currying hie re-nomination by a orm. M . Davis and
Cushing in the cabinet, sustained and stimulated by the
fillibusters of the democratic party in the Southern Stater,
will make every possible eff.rt to posh the Fresid Lt over
this precipice. Thi y have di s:gos of their own to be ex-
compli.bed by it; and they are not men ro be stopoed in the
pursuit of any selfish scheme by crnsideratiJcs of justice or
the public good.
The New York Times examines closely the various
accounts of 'Walker's position, and finds on the Ist of
April, he commanded at the most not more than 800
men, and so distributed as to enable him to bring
only 500 to bear in the way of attack upon
any given point. Five hundred of these were
at Rivas, 120 at Granada, 60 at Leon, 30 at
San Carlos, 50 at Castillo, and 40 at the mouth
of the Serrapiqui. On the 3rd of April he was
obliged to abandon Rivas through want of food,
and to return to his old head-quarters at Gra-
nada, uniting his command of 500 with the 120
(probably reduced to 100) nada Lieut.-Colonel
Piper, who had been left in charge of that town.
It was at this place and thus conditioned
that on 7th April he received news of the
invasion of Nicaragua by the Costa Ricans, and the
occupation of Rivas by 2.000 of their force. He de-
termined instantly to march against them, and it is
reasonable to conclude that for an effort so desperate,
he took with him every soldier who could be spared
from the defence of the city. He, set out on the wont-
ing of the Bth, and the Nicamguensi reports his
march to have been made with 500 men, which in-
cluded 100 native troops. He made his attack upon
Rivas on the morning of the 11.11, maintained a
struggle of 17 hours, and then retired, with a loos of
30 hided, and of wounded and missing some 60 or 70
more. Thus reduced he fell upon Granada, and there
the latest advices leave him with probably less than
500 r ffective men under his command. Therefore,
concludes the same paper,
Ha position may be regarded as perilous in the
extreme' and if the unarmed 300 new recruits have
reached him, his distress will be aggravated rather than rt- I
lieved, for he mil no longer afford to share his food with any
except those who bring arms to fight For want of food ha
was obliged to abandon It yes; btain food now he is
obliged rot only to elect 'creed loses from a ditafft mad
city, bat to prevent the intmitaeti from taking their de-
parsers, in order that he may share the small supplies .bleb
their sympathising emsetry people lring in as loe'g as
they remain. For a hug time his troops have been sub.at.
log on half rations, and the relief he wants is Hire, mess I
beef and :ether than supplies of met. it le an I
erroneous notion that his troops can fled relief in the scion-
mewls liberality of nature. That is • resource for the Costa
Means, but to Americans the 'wive fruits are deem. r even
unto death, and lace alreed y filed the churchyard of ,
Granada with their victims. The fate i,f Walks end his ,
enterprise lie. bete ern the 20th of April end the 20. h of
May. If he can maintain himself until the latter date, the '
chances will be in his favour.
In the Senate on the sth inst. Mr. Clingman asked
leave to submit a joint resolution authorising the Pre-
sident to employ any part of the laud or aural forces,
and to call for and use any number of volunteers, to
provide for the safety of passengers and property
on thoroughfares or lines of travel between the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as guaranteed by
existing treaty stipulations. Considerable debate
ensued, and the house finally adjourned without '
receiving it.
Sheriff Jones of Kansas had been shot. He rode l.
into Lawrence on the 23rd with a detachment of
Dragoons to arrest citizens on a charge of not render- 1,
iog proper aid to his officers on a previous occasion.
At night about 11 o'clock, while sitting in a tent with
some soldier., he was shot by some one outside, who
fired a pistol, the ball taking effect in the back, just
below the shoulders. Jones fell back with a groan,
was taken up, and carried to a room in the Free-State
Hotel, where his wound was dressed by Dr. String-
fellow, of Atchison, editor of the Squatter Sovereign.
A correspondent on the spot writes : " Jones is con-
sidered in a very critical position, his spine has be-
come paralysed, and the doctor has pot him under the
influence of opiutir. It was very dark at the time
the pistol was fired, and no one saw the person who
did it"