Kansas weekly herald., 1855-09-01

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SAr FaAncIsco. July 18th, 1856
Encstirg .NssDs from. Wsaiksr's Party 81
Nicaragua ~ Battle at Rivas- TIE
Cholera on Board 5hs Steamer Sierra
.Nsvada-Fsar5 sNortality- Suppress
sion Of The Number of Deaths By the
Company-Charges of Gigantic Frauds
in San Franciseo-tt'aae Settler Movement
The Demand for Land-NeUs of the
Famine IN China.
We are just in receipt of exciting news
from Walkers Expedition party in Nicara-
qua. A battle had been fought at .Riyas,
a town about II miles from San Jnan NJ
Col. Walker with his party proceeded on
the 2Sth of June from Realeio to Riyas.-t
After marching miles TO little place
called Solo, they found. a party of soldiers
of about 90 or SO, who ran for Rivas, pur-
sued by Walker, who made stand outside
the town, and the next day, began skir-
mishing, and close fighting coming on the
native force of his party bolted almost er.
masse some few however stood their
ground. Walker found himself surrounds
| ed, but fought his way through, and on the
Both he arrived S. Juan, where he,and his
party, numbering about SIS men, embark
| ed on board schooner for Realeio, as IT.
supposed. Walker reported 5 men killed
and 6 wounded of his own party, and so
| to 100 natives killed. The attacking party
is said to have been 700 strong. Among
| the list of those killed is Mr. Achilles
Kewen, gentleman of this city, who was
much admired for his honorable and
chlvalric bearing, and whose death is deep
! ly regretted by large circle OF friends and
and acquaintances.a He was shot through
the neck, as he had his rifle levelled.-|
Col. Walker is reported to have been
wounded by ball, which passed by his left
temple and took away a piece of the skull
and the eyebrow.
The news, as might be expected, has
created great excitement in our city. There
| is no doubt that Col Walker has been
grossly deceived by the Leon party, to unite
his fortunes with which in the present
revolution he undertook this expedition in
a sport of chivalric adventure. His party
| is represented to be in very destitute con-
dition, and there is strong sympathy felt
for them, especially as the opinion is that
some of the Leon party, with the charac-
teristic treachery of these natives, betrayed
Walker in regard to the Rivas affair. Col.
Walker was on his way to meet the Leon
party, when the battle occurred.
The Nicaragua S. S. Sierra .Nevada,
which arrived last night with these news
| from San Juan, also brings intelligence Of
a more frightful description. A few days
out from San Juan, the cholera broke out
among the passengers, and has made fear
full havoc. The official account by the
on the passage up; but the passengers
state a much larger number, as high as
forty. There are about twenty cases now
On board the steamer and In the Marine
hospital It is to be hoped that the salu-
brity of our climate will check the ravages
of this fearful epidemic, and that the dis
ease will not spread to any extent in the
city, although it prevailed here for short
time In the years 1850 and 1851. It is
certainly very culpable on the part of the
proper authorities, that we have no quaran-
tine law whatever in this port. But what
is far more culpable in the matter than this
IS the cold-blooded attempt on the part of
the agents of this line of steamers to sup
press and misrepresent the fearful mortali-
ty. The fact of the epidemic having bro
ken out on the voyage was suppressed at
first from the Press, no mention of it hay-
ing been made In the vessels memoranda.
1t is also charged by many of the passen-
gers that the number of deaths has been
m1srepresented in the official list, and that
the names of manv-of the unfortunate vic
TINS are not included IN tais report of the
deaths. we have heard many passengers
say that they counted As or so dead bodies
thrown overheard. The only object of any
misrepresentation of this sort on the part Of
the officers of the steamer might be to allay-l
the fears of travellers on this route; and If
so, the parties to such MISREPRESENTATION
deserve the severest penalties of Lynch
law
Ofthe events in the city and State of the |
last fortnight, l have not great deal to
say. There has been some public excite
men: In relation to the officers of Adams s
Co.'S, as charges have been made againt
Mr.. L G. Woods, who was the resident
partner here, and Mr.. A. A. Cohen. of |
having perpetrated frauds to the extent of |
$400 900 in tho sale of gold dust to Page |
Bacon & Co., at various times since 1850 |
and previous to the failure of the two houses.
The charge is that poor dust was colored
by chemical processes, and mixed up SO as
to resemble that of the finest quality, and
that it was sold in small parcels by decoys, |
who were disguised as miners. The gen. |
erat belief however seems to be that these |
extraordinary charges of fraud have no
foundation IN fact, and that it is case of
malicious prosecution. A fraud of such |
a gigantic nature does really appear in-
credible, but then it is difficult to assign any
limits to- the iniquities of San Francisco
Ill IL.