The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-05-03
Important from Central America.

FATAL ARRAY AT PANAMA FIFTY
AMERICANS KILLED AND WOUNDED
REPORTED VICTORY OF WALKER.
NEW YORK. April 29.-The steamer En-
pre- City arrived this morning, from Havana
evening 9th.
The steamer Philadelphia, from ASpinwaIl.
win Ca;'ornIa passengers. and mails of
March II. was at Havana.
The California dates are 10 later.
n terrible alray occurred IT Panama
] April 18th, between American transit pas
sengers and the natives, in which the former
had thirty killed and twenty wounded A
large amount OF the Passengers baggage. rail-
road property. and property ofindividuals re-
siding near the railroad station was destroy
ed. and all the baggage at the freight house
ri1cd
Among the killed were Michael Mattern,
Of Orleans County. Vermont: r. W. Marks.
Of Pennsylvania; NJ Dubois. of Louisiana
MIR. Stokes, Officer in Walkers army. II i.
impossible to get the names of all the dead.
/ Of fourteen dead at the railroad freight
house, only one name was known, and that
of Mr. Stokes
Among the wounded are William IL Hun
ter, Theodore de Saba. Secretary If Amcri-
can Consul At Panama, and Mr.. Palmer, en-
pIoyee of Railroad Co.. all residents at the
lsthmus.
! Also George O. Field Of New York: Jo-
seph NJ. Parker of Bangor; \. W. Se!over
of Providence: Lantc Swane. of Strong.
Maine; Patrick O'Neal of San Francisco
~ H., p~"IL.. II"-,-- / ----~... Nhin Rev.
John Ie,lwood. late of GralamvilIe, South
Carolina. All the above have been sedu-
Iously attented to by steamer and Isthmus
PHYSICIANS.
The passengers upon whom this outrage
was committed were those which left San
Francisco March 30. in the steamer Cortez
for San Juan, but we're landed at Panama in
consequence of the Walker troubles.
! The steamer Illinois was at A>;inwall on
on the II. awaiting the arrival of the down
steamers Uncle Sam and Golden Are, with
mails Of 9TH April
Among the wounded brought bv the En-
pire City is J. IL Putnam, of Lowell.
WALKER AGAIN DEFEATED BY TIE cos
IA RICANS-TREACHERY OF COLONEL
SCHLESSINGER.
NEW York. April 29.-The steamship
Orizaha arrived here about o'clock this
qua. OF 2lst instant.
The Orizaba touched at Kew West on her
return passage
We are indebted to Purser Hatch. of the
Orizal,a. for lar .e portion Of the following
The defeat of Colonel SchIe~singrr at san
ia Rosa is confirmed. About 40 of his men
are reported as missing During his trial
hy Court Martial. while on parole. he dcser-
ted, and it is supposed he went over to the
Costa Eicans. having sold himself to them be-
fore the battle.
On the 9Th instant the Costa Ricans took
possession Of lsiva>. with 2uoo men. Or
The llih. Walker. with Goo men, attacked
them and. atte- ticht Of III hours. he wa.
Obliged to abandon the civ from want of an,
muni'i"n. The loss at Costa Ricans is said :,
hc coo killed. and large number wounded
Will. Walkers loss is set down at t..wcc,
30 and 6o killed. and about 50 wounded and
missing. Among the killed are Colon i.
Marrhado. commander OF the native forces
, Lieutenant Morgan. Aid de-camp Of Wal
ker. Captain lIuc>ton. Clinton. Linton. anc
Irrrell, Licutcnants ellis, Stall, GRAY, Gov
lrssr.
~ Nrnraqnen>o. Walkers organ. claimed
it As cloriou, victory
II is SAID the Costa Ricans on taking Dos
session of Nir-in BAY. fred indi.crimirat
inclv on every i'rr>on they saw. killing 3 o
10 American citizens in the employ Of IA,
Tran>i, Company
On the 10th, Lieutenant Green. with /.
men. had an encounter with about POO Cost,
RranS. | : miles above the mouth of the Ser
api1ui. killing =. o.. them. and dispensing th
rest. The American loss was ONLY one kill
ell and two wounded
Ii is reported that General Walker intend
ed TO attack the Costa Rirans at Virgin Ia,
. about the 2oth. having. at the latest dates
100 Americans and IL 70 natives, under hi
command.
With The exception OF a few prominen
men in the former legitimate party, the Me
: aracuans acted with Walker. muck TO the dis
appointment of the Costa Ricans.
. Honduras San Salvador, and Guatemala
are SAID to be in favor of peace and will no
'
, m'ssioner> from Nicaragua in Friendly >pir
it: had discontinued the enlistment of troop,
, and d.banded some OF their new levics.
An intercepted correspondence hctweer
the British Government and Costa Rica. j,
which the former agreed to contribute 200,
stand OF arms TO the latter. had cans ii area
excitement among the Americans. 4 nun
. Der ct MIME rifles were taken from the Cos
ia Ricans at RvaS. and several Enclishmeu
and Frenchmcn were observed in their ar
: nv.
, The British frisa'e Eurvtlice was the onl
vessel at San Juan. and her boats were con
stant!y on duty, watching the movements Of
: the Americans
, Passengers who came down the river i,
t the steamer were prohibited by them from
going on shore.
r Before the departure of Walker from Ri
vas an official hullctir. issued bv Presid4n
{ Mora. was posted on the outpo>tS of Walker
| army. 1t declares that all filibus,ers taker
with arms would be put to death; but thos,
who had not used their arms against the re
I public. and gave themselves up to The officer
, of the Costa Rcan army, would be pardoncd
| Appended to this was list OF seventeen of
Schlessincer's party who we're taken am
! shot. They were mostly Iri>hmen and Ger
, mans. only two being Americans.
: Aflidavits in respect to the indiscriminat,
slaughter of peaceable American citizens a
Virgin Bay. and the destruction of the prop
erty of the Transit Company by the Cost;
Rirans, having been made before Ministe,
, Wheeler, that gentleman had addressed ;
strong protest to President Mora, who wa
IN immediate command of the troops at tn,
} time, not only against such conduct, bnt
ga'nst the threat TO drive all Americans from
. Costa RIGA and Nicaragua; and unless ex