New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-05
PASSENGERS REPORT.

tie West hiss bten halded US for pu,ica'on BY NJ
O. +. Moore the chair of meeting a. VII h !.
was adopted:
The steamer Urc9 sam left San Francisco ~ ,
O'Clock p. m oct : with a'out two nun irei and
eighty pass, ugtrs for NcwYork snd about itly hh-
bus,eriug hounds headed By b D. Fry a,d Parker
II. Frcncb, bound for Nicsrogu,to The forces Of
Col. Walker TIE stesmer arrived at S,u Jaan del
Sur a, o'clock P. m Oct To- when 1t wis learned
that alker 10 aceab posse SION o. tiat place,
sne that i, was strongly guarded by fro armed men,
that thoro hid been great battle a. \irSid By,
whore several natives We e badly frightened and ran
away; that Walker tad LIT the later place 70 the
protection Of few seno-ita' snd gone Wit his whole
force to G 'anads, aud cspued hat place hout
" the loss a single Tbs star,lug noss
rresl dahea,tene that II, IL band tint, ,rtyrs TO
democracy IN Nicarsgua iussmucb as it WAS Judged
that al the battles fought, all the victories wJn
and all the glory carried of. 4 c ,unc of war was
held. and it was dttermneo T. proceed Virgin Bay
10 6pbafk on ,sId the with the passengers
ard Il e, ce to San Carlos aud CASH 20 gather what
few lalr,ls If bloOi $50 sI)'y ni<ltS Ill remain
The passengers, baggage and specie were landed
cally in fhe morning at the LIN. The passengers
cro,s ed over to Virgin Bay a.d embarked on board
tie steamer Kty ia at o'clock p IN. bench alf
Fry. appret ensiv. THAI ths stea ner might De ds-
u CON mandn f1fcblv de al cd the baggage and spe-
ee at san Juar. Mr.. Mcdonald. the agent of the
Transit company at San Juan, learning The purpose OF
French and Fry, and knowing WI the lmmilen, CAN
yer TO which the passengers aud treasure would De
Il osod prevailed upon those rgan1 leaders 70 allow
the baggage and treasure TO go forward, at the
same time privately inst-ucng the carrier TO hurry
through vi all poe sible dispatch, and sending ais
message 70 Judge Gushing and Capt. ott agents OF
the II .nsit company at Virgin Bay, Informing them of
the intentions Of French and Fry ana ,lcitins the
by all means embark the baggage 7nd specie ntne-
l. 81. oAa h..fnr
of that mh rauding bend. The baeag aud specie ar
rived and were put on board at 10 O'Clock p. IN To
II message Judge Gushing replied t1at he would con-
sult with Mr. French. rhe result of that consultation
~ that Mr. FreI CHI threatened have Mr.. Mcdonald
arrested and thrown in prison for high reason aud
'urther that the steamer was detained III clock IN
the morn OF the ltih az which une french anu Fry
W their Command having taken forcble possession
she left Virgin bay and arrived off San Carlos al IL
o'clo,k a. N. Hee bombasiic proclamation was
prepared to the effect that the Virgin hac two hundred
and ten armed men board, and that their imane
commander wishing to avoid hoods red, demanded
an unconditional surrender OF the pot. With this
proclamation Capt Ericsson With two oarsmen, was
sent on shore The captain, with hi oarsmen, were
made prisoners and in about twenty miUues after the
landing of the boat the commander OF the fort sent
reply in the shspe OF six cannon shot, each OF which
in safe distance from the se8mer. Inc assertion
emauaing from another source that the steamer was
fred upon before the landing of Capt Ericsson, IL
wholly untrue The Virgin lay on and of for WHILE
and another grand council of was he 1, and 1t
was resolved TO send Capt. Tumbu with twenty five
me- to recopnoter, and If convenient that landing
al Punfa Mica ano storm the fort A. that point WIS
q su ell corral armed with al old rufy swivel and
menIed by six greaser troops The commandant at the
oI observing this attempt at landing reinforced that
point with ihirty.tv Soon Of er the g0rming
party left tie steamer heavy sho sine on, which
cut off from many e view Of this last grand
naval spectacle. The rain ceased-the psr had pro.
ceeCed 10 within ftw hundred Yards of the shore
the garrison came out and grinned at Them The val
isn't Gan human
life, returned with bis party 10 The steamer and re-
ported garrison CT two hundred men, with their
mouths wide open ready to swallow him and hs party
that they had vest earth works for ceense and t~o
moDsirous big guns bearing right down upon him.
and, with martial bearing, ordered his men 10 go
forward get hot coffee AID wait for further orders
The steamer was then put on her return to virgin
| bay. Tie assertion that the Gamer received any
damage which caused her 10 return is entirely false,
the only damage she experienced on that OCCASION
was the dss race Of having such band OF hhbusers
on board. At midnight the passengers wee set on
shore at Virgin bay, to Gle or ye AIRY there or go
their wsy best they could A. O'Clock q. m. OF
tie 18th, the steamer Virgin Jeff for Grenada with
French Fry, sd their command"
CAT p. m. Of thai day Oct. 49, while the plssen-
gers were stancirg and about he Office of the Tran
cit company at Virgin Bay, detachment Of full two
hundred government troops from RIvas, commanded
by Col. Du Champ came into town, and without
moments warning made general assault upon tae
passengers bAiring upon them and charging upon
| them with fixed bayonets. This assault caused
| era1 stampede, mCht seeking shelter in the jungle.
Upon being assured that there 6lousteros'
there, that the persons whom they had assaulted wsre
oil peaceabe passenger, DESTROYS 20 their joIr
nty ct the earliest opportunity the OIL ,ers ordered
that person sbOuld be further moles'ed, and gen
eral call wes made for the passengers TO con ne out,
ard they did come ont by slow degrees through tina.
night and the next day.
"At the Goth the steamer Virgin returned for
the purpose OF landing Mr. Moot chisf engineer of the
CIce Sam, and considering the grta haz ard 10 which
lives placed Capt. Scot took on bosrd su h
Of our lumber had remained fou vi way back
| II that ple e. about hundred and seventy. Sne
then proceeded to the islsno OF naopa fer the night
ard returned again 10 Virgin Bay in the afternoon Of
the 2ls 10 take board such pssse gers mi yht
then have come ouP In the OF he night snd
day tbrty-oD bad returned Several had returned 10
San Juan with the intention OF going TO San FcancscO
the ULcle Sam. So far "a at present. known, fin
immtdia.e consequences Of the aesau Of the lJh
were five Killed, five severely and three slightly
wounded. Some ara still missing, aod fro the shreks
and grOsns that were beard in he junge may vel
supp that seveial have died there OF their wounds
sId exhaustion.
" Nov came the tug OF war We could not return
10 San juan and escape on board the Uncle Sam for
sbe hGd already her full c)mp mebt of passengers
from New York. We could not Iemsn at Virgin Bay,
for there aoo robbery stared US ia the face
We had arms with which to e .ht way past san
CsrOs; could not expect 20 pass IL peace. We
could not live a small steamer without PROVISIONS.
The cholera had already mace its appearance in our
midst. Hence were obliged 20 proceed - Granada,
ard through our minister claim ihe pro ecuon OF our
Government. Arrived at Granada on the morning. OF
the 220. Our minister COL Wheeler came on Do .Id
be steamer and was uforred Of our purpose and our