The Nevada journal., 1855-11-09
Nicaragua.

The news from the Isthmus by the Uncle
Sam is Of tremendous importancel Nick Car
oil is down there; so is Sam Astin. A nun.
Der OF innocent beings, no telling how many,
among the number, women and children, have
been lof:rcd up sacrifice. to the grim idol
that fill busters Worship
War, or rather assassination on liberal
scale, has made Nicaragua the scene of yio-
lence. A few dozen disappointed Office seek.
ers and unsuccessful gold hunters have left
California, infused with The idea that they are
all Lafayettes destined by the hand OF Provi.
dence TO work deliverance to thousands 10
bondage, and perpetuate the blessings Of free
dom to unborn Nicaragua generations. They
have gone down there knowing from the depths
of their immensely patr lotto hearts that some
of them will be shot--in the neck at least, but
still they boldly push on esteeming ita glorious
privilege to die in such o cause and in such a
manner And indeed what man of magnani.
nous STOMACH had'n rather be shot in the
name of liberty in one country than be hung
like thief in another?
The chivalrous spark must be extinct and
we "bave lost the breed of noble blood if even
a flibuSter is so badly demeuted as not to make
q virtue out of necessity and die bogus pa
triot rather than genuine scoundrel.
Two parties in Central America are con.
tending for the spoils-two cats with cheese
that they heve not sense enough to divide
and Walker, with the scales of justice in his
hands, is acting the monkey and will eventual
ly swallow all, in a mock endeavor to balance
the scales between the parties. He is o man
Of unbounded stomach, no pent up Nicaragua
contracts his powers, but his conscience and
nav are as expansive as India rubber
Who knows but when he shall have scattered
the bic ssings of civilization and christianity in
his train over Central America, the hero Of
Encinada may march his war begrimmed bat,
tal!ions northward, and partly by force of arms
and partly by his old bloodless art of annex.
ing territory he has never seen, sweep Mexico
among the things that were, and unite Mica
ragua and the Republic of Lower California
and Sonora. created in 1853 out of nothing by
his mighty fat, into grand rival to the model
Republic which has the honor of giving him
birth? This is a quettion Of quien sabe which
time will solve
Walker has great mission to accomplish
in Central America as we'll as elsewhere. He
is not after honor-this is certain, for has he
not refused the Dictatorship of Nicaragua p
Great Caesar was thrice presented with q
kingly crown which he did thrice refuse
George Washington declined the throne oil
America and w iliam Walker scorned to be
Dictator Of Nicaragua True, in the last
case was rendered "barren scepte, and
divided rule" but history in these latter days
is charitable and will cover it up, letting the
illustrious trio go down to Immortality to,
gether.
To conquer Nicaragua will be great ex-
plot, Her people are SO EN- inently patriotic
and energetic. They are so intelligent too,
versed in all the arts of war, and so forth. She
has such strong natural defenses made still
stronger by art. There was that "Gbralter
of America" that Walker and few lmpiug
recruits took "on a dead run" There's the
impregnable fortress OF San Carlos that Cap.
tain Parker H. French, left handed hero
with well drilled army of eight, attempted to
take but was signally defeated, losing all his
men but a company of three and their six COM
manding officers.
Nicaragua is some" 1t is bound to be the
scene of glorious victories. Laurels and per-
ennial bays are to be gathered there by the
bushel an d picked down for Immortality
A Nicaragua almanac would have running
down the entire calendar for November, expect
moch--blood --about--th -this--tme! Fillibus
ters Go mount noble steed, st ately war
horse whose neck is clothed in thunder, armed
cap PIE, booted, mailed and spurred, and when
your mettle is up by the spirit stirring notes
Of Yankee Doodle, charge on flock of shee D
infected with the hoof all, grub, scab, and all
the ills that sheep flesh is heir to, and over the
field of fallen slain, exult, boast, crow about
your skill, prowess and more than SPARTAN
heroism, but when you have swept the torrid.
masmatic swamps Of Central America oftheir
effeminate inhabitants, hide your heads in
shame. and weep for the honor Of the country
that gave you birth.
INFORMATION WANTED.-Of Joseph
o. Moore who formerly resided at
Goodyears Bar, but is supposed to be