New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-01
NICARAGUA.
Froe Our Own Correspondent

Fros Onr Own Correspondent
SvTHERLAyD's POIST juno ion Of the Ssn Juan
and San Carlos Rivers Nov. lS, 1855.
This is another delightful point on the River San
Juan The fine rivers which meet here, forming
Kind of bay just above large island now b,iog
cleared up and cultivated; the high mountains
OF San Carlos which rire ON the right back of the
SAP Juan until their tops ara lost in the sky the
fertile soil, and she thick wilderness OF large,
valuable timber, combine to give this location a
peculisr interest Mr.. Sutherland, the owner Of
the point. has erected for himself rude house'
and is engaged in clearing up and planting some
lands, which, be seems sanguine, will soon prove
productive and valuable. On the opposite shore,
directly across where the two rivers meet, on
fine site, stands another wO06man's dwelling, and
around it the wilderness lie beginoiDg to give way
to patches of corn, sugar cane, plantans, a.;
The large island, too, which is high aud has good
soil, is being cleared of, aud has already hut
and considerable signs If cultivation. This place
never fails to attract the admiration Of the passer
by, and will be remembered by many who have
Travelled this route to and from California. The
distance from here 10 San J uan del NOrte is about
fifty miles and t. Castillo Rapids above, about
Thirty miles The san Carlos mountains and 8
large trsct Of cOuntr, in their vicinity claimed
b. the Government Of Costa Rics, but race of
Indians, by whom it is solely inhabited, having
their osn chief and pee IIi,r form OF government,
have never been conquered, aud refuse to admits
strangers into their country This tribe is kaOsa
by the title Of Vice,ta Indians and the name of
treir Chief is PaleriO a few old men, IN whom
great confidence IL placed bS the tribe Occa-ionay
venture out 10 their can ,es to the small towns in
Costa Rica taking witt toen for traffic gold dust,
hn. yaQIIl rim n
kinds of valuable ~Ood. beside Opals and other
precious stones. Doubtless tbess mountains con-
tain COLO silver, Copper miDes &c, OF great value,
ard the timber seen al,Dg the river fully warrants
the belief that no portion OF Central AMERICA is
richer Id this rtspect than Is this IS yet almost
uDkDOwU region
From San Juan del NOrte there is but little
news Col. Kinney 10 still there, but bis followers
are fast falling of, some by the hand OF de.th
(tbree having died within ibe past ten days, some
returning home to the States, and some joining
Walker in the interior. Mr. Fabe0s Was sent by
Wslktr about two weeks ago tn San Juan To en-
list recruits, end il is said took all Of Kinneys
men who were able to bear arms TO Granada.
Some eight or ten men part of them negroes
who bad bat just arrived from New Orleans under
The protection If Mr.. Rufen raid to hold mid
,lvnan's commission IN he United States Navy,
we're among those who went up IN the Transit
CompaDys steamer with Mr.. Fabens. Nearly all
the merchandise, and especially the provisions
which were for sale in the Town of San Juan.
were taken up by this trip c, Granada, marked
Government IT res" having San Juan almost
entirely destitute. My Informant states that
little schooner, which brought up from Navy Bay
a small quantity o. -four, ,old 1t at once for S25
a barrel oD arriving a. San Juan.
From the interior learn tina. things yet remain
upsetted Gen. Corral, late Commander in-Cnlef
of the egitini.ts, Was shot in the public square
on the ofb init, ard some sixteen others OF the
principal political men of Gran ida we're 10 prison.
II seems that Gen Corral sent letter 10 Mansaua,
to be dispatched 70 Gen. Gu.rdiola, VINO is some
VIE ~irb body Of men 10 Seeovis, urging him
10 make sn attack on Granada, and giving him
other Instructions This litter was Intercepted
aid handed over II Gen. Walker. A court martial
VAS ordered by sbicn Corral was Condemned to
death tor high tr-ssD. Ii is said that he died
brav.ly, refusing to have bandage over bis eyes,
as is rhr custom.
The United states steamship of war Massaehu-
ser,s ia reported to b. az san juan { ell Sur.