The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-05-07

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When Mr.. Nelson and cant Ar. skea
ployed, Mr.. Center entered tho aane Were H.,
the natives advancing down the tl. Where h@
Entering the freight room, he fnua s y to sttueL
women and children trying to seraa. nliled with
the firing which was then brisk and IN
state OF excitement From thence hs al The Wiz
(the nearest the beach ut the left hand sssd the
Pot) ana FOUND many persons there v;v''nerofass
door closed; the room was filled Win ihs tex
there aiding, he one man ksa smoke. Mn.
three more killed or wounded on tbs t ~ hin wy
no firing from the room. 'le noor tier vi
| Leaving this scene OF slaughter, he ns..
get to plank over the beams of the fly IN mapses
looking out to the Cenega through Alsgas s.s
he distinctly saw the police outside elosds oppads
firing deliberately into it, col Garido n . the ho
drawn, cheering and urging on his men e''1 ss@
passengers tryingto hold the door heb.,aa e oald
in moment they We're both shot-ope Al le g then h.
and the other in few hours. PASSING ~ aed Instant.
where he could see into the freight ro0 ysnehe pa
natives enter. The passengers cried m. De saw d.
and quarter but the people still con,;4 Tor Mercy
ing, riding the persons Of the passenges Punde,
open their carpet bags and trunks, Ahaasa eutn,
the firing ceased but the plunderine eops. as tins
When Mr.. Nelson and capt McLane reae 1,ssa
tion after leaving the governor they founa asss
outside in very excited state, and want;at ne %
the upper story of the depot, declaring NM hNl
been fired upon. Promising col GarrdoN s = 'ay had
firing, they got from him lantern and nv. /" slopG.
stairs, found the filled chiefly witb vyesdiasuS
children, the few that were there solea nd
they had never fired. AFhsA a
| Mr.. Gar1do and capt. McLane then went ~
time to release the women and children N, Sssd
remaining with the police to prevent them fra, Aa
ing the stairs, which they seemed anxions vu sssa
one time they raised their muskets, and wsra @ Al
Guilty prevented from firing Finally, ahons ads
women and children were brought down anI.'sa,
| board the steamer @Saga
In examining the Offices afterwards, a bo,.,
presented itself; many dead and wounded 'ila as
mutilated, lay all about; the floor was eorsa uo
blood, all the furniture, books, papers A. 'a sEh
company were destroyed, and an attempt madeoIy.ae
open large iroE safe, hole being actuaS ,'s
the door, in the outside plate Ali the prons . On
company was destroyed, except that in themonaoSe
johnson, and the telegraph office. Some W.
were injured, rail or two taken up, and ha an
wires cut, and an attempt was made to fra ~
but providentialy it did not succeed - As asP0,
| A party was then sent out along the besoh
north side, to bring Ill the straggers who had ae
the bushes. One party were met who said ,bsn
been robbed by men calling themselves no;e @ey mad
Fifteen lives were known to be lost all NJ
Illinois, except two Five lay still At tha pr
badly wounded, two at the American bo,ol 4s ssaton
slightly wounded went board the John Gu some
and two returned the next day to asn;ans
In the whole matter the conduct Of the no,;as
people was most blameable, and the whole M aa !e
might have been settled withoutloss ofIfe;s
and the authorities had done their duty p0'ee
Next morning the writer of this article non, =
the late Of action it was awful the straets
pro ,ching the station, among the negro hints Sa
strewed with cut open trunks and heavy IN =
ropes from the stores; the doors and tables Il be
ct office were sneared with blood, or baekenad ~.
torn up by closely discharged muske,s. tbe hsl
leaving track across the boards ere thew bnraa
themselves, after having traversed the boiv of N
unfortunate, whose blood lay concealed on The floor
In the large room, there lay twelve boxes each con-
tanning dead man. Where the heads Of these poor
fellows rested, there was the pillows with poo i
blood aud brains in the centre. Fathers husband,
brothers, midway between the country they hmlkh
and the country they sought, all had found bloody,
untimely grave. ~
FROM CENTRAL AMERicA.-It was stated in THE a.
counts from Central America, published some time
ago, that the European mail for Costa RIGA had been
seized by some of TIE Nicaragua troops on tia
route, and the public documents and official CORES.
pondence distracted. The Aspinwall Courier, d the
18th inst, says: -=s$al l. .zzs.-
Subsequently, it reached general Walkers hands,
when he returned it to San Juan del Norte, and
thence it brought to this CITY, with the message
that it had been ried without his ORDER that he dt
not approve of the act, and that should not occu
again. gr-.s..a@. - .s y
From the memoranda furnished by the obligin
purser of the steamship Granada we learn that Par
ker Fl French, esq, whe is passenger, reports tina
in the seized mail dispatches were from lord Claren
don offering aid against Walker, and that the des
patches have been forwarded by gen. Walker, by
special messenger, to Washington.
Since the foregoing was written, we have receives
the Panama Star, of the 18th inst containing the o
lowing interesting intelligence from San Juan de
Sur:
The pilot boat Joseph Hewett, Capt. Clapp, from
San Juan del Sur, April 3d. arrived here this morn
ing, l9th,) with Mr.. John Fretz, Mr.. Garrison il
and two other passengers. We have been able
learn but little news; but it is said that gen. Wake
is still at Riyas, and that he intends advancing
Honduras
Accounts came down the river San Juan, Of 6gh
between portion of Walkers force, some thiry-hr
in number, stationed at the mouth of the Serrapl
qui. "a tributary leading from Costa into the Sa
Juan, about 40 miles from Greytown,) and body
about one hundred and fifty Costa Ricans, who Wei
making their way towards that point and in the
way constructing military road. The forces Of tn
two parties were divided and went both sides Of III
river, but after an action of some fifteen minutes Il
Costa Rcans retreated with the loss of IL men kile
and many severely wounded. -"
The Costa Rica army had not advanced beyon
their frontier since the battle of Santa Rosa. II
place was perfectly healthy, and everything quiet
San Juan del Sur.
CENTRAL AMERICAN MEETING IN New ORLEANs-(
Tuesday, the 18th ult., they had great meeting
the ST. Louis hotel, New Orleans The hon. Fer
Soule made one of his most eloquent speeches IN
half of the patriots Of Central America He advls'
the merchants to lend their money to the cause. /
said the present struggle by Walker and his brave mi
would result in their favor and that the United Stat
would gladly annex the country.
After the meeting in the rotunda had dispersed,d
invited few adjourned up stairs to the spacious ha
Of the gentlemen's dining room, where Mr.. Gumt
had prepared 'Jllation for them. Here, as is usl
on such occasions, there all sorts OF patrohcsl
political toasts and sentiments proposed. But
most remarkable and significant Of these was by Sc
ator Hyams, Of New Orleans. @@
The honorable gentleman said, on rising IN respon
TO call, that in what he was about to utter he spo
OF party, and wished not to wound al
,entleman's feelings He had two planks which
should insist on being Incorporated in any Amerc
platform that was 70 receive his support He hop
If any honorable gentleman present should attend t
Cincinnati convention in june that he would insist
having these two planks placed in the democratic PHI
orm These pieces of timber were, first, ''Nicarag
md her independence, and, second, 'indemnitieatl
n soil and territory for American blood shed in Pan
na!'' a@a 5Sa IA G s% ... -"
g BATTLE WITH THE Isp1Ass.-The Key West corr
pondent of the Picayune, on the 10th ult, gives u
following account of battle with the Indians, int
Big Cypress on the 18th inst. by major Arnods col
mand. The Indians, it appears, were in force, an
IS on former occasions, when hard pressed, mat
heir escape into hammocks and swamps.
The following intelligence was received by G
Monroe, yesterday afternoon. We compile the stat
nents here given from major Arnold's report:
Whilst scouting in the Big Cypress, with the avail
able force of his command, composed of capt. DAY