The Trinity journal., 1856-05-10
Interesting and Important from Mic
aragua

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Through the kindness of Wm. G. English
Esq, Of this city, we are enabled to lay be-
fore our readers the following extract from
a letter received by him yesterday from Ii
NJ. Stowe, Esq, of Sacramento, who was
passenger on the Cortez on her late trip to
San Juan He says
"We arrived at San Juan del Sur on the
lSt Of April, in the evening" and immediate
ly several officers Of Walkers army came
aboard of the ship, among whom was Col.
Ed. Sanders, late Of Sacramento, who had
just arrived at San Juan with about one
hundred soldiers and several pieces of cannon,
of which they had one mounted at the mouth
of the entrance to the harbor, and the others
were stationed opposite the landing of the
steamers, with the evident intention of at
tacking the steamer and securing possession
Of her and the treasure.
Captain Collins Of the Cortcz went on
shore short time to obtain items, and re-
turned about l o'clock p. NJ, and promptly
issued orders to get up steam soon as posi-
bic and get to sea before the passengers were
aware of it, leaving VIM. r. Garrison, son
OF &. *. Garrison, Esq, on shore. We re-
manned near the harbor until daylight, then
fired gun, so that any person that desired
to do so could come aboard, but not being
able to discover any boats putting from the
Shore after waiting an hour and a half put
to sea, and headed for Panama, at which
place we arrived on the 9th inst. We were
fortunate in finding coal ship at San Juan
belonging to the Accessory Transit Company,
which we took in tow, as without coal we
would not have been able to reach Panama.
There isno doubt but had our passengers
dlscmbarked at San Juan they would all have
been pressed into the service of Walker, as
the Costa Rca troops to the number of one
thousand had obtained possession of all the
boats, stores, etc, on Lake Nicaragua and
the San Juan River
They captured two of Walkers soldiers
IN recent engagement, and compelled them
to dig their own graves previous to being
shot, after which they were thrown in and
buried.
Walker is represented as being in a very
precarIous situation, not having over 600
men, two-thirds Of whom are sick and unable
to do duty.
Several foreign ladies have died on the
I A"''4'4'No iSNShIlyi anu HCdll1 all nave Deen
more or less sick. Mrs f. j. C. Kewen is
quite i'll and will leave for San Francisco by
the first opportunity. The Costa Ricans
have $4,000 troops, nearly all of whom are
well drilled and accustomed to the climate
and fare"
Judging from the above, which is perfect
ly reliable, we see no way 10y which Walkers
army can be saved from utter annhilation
as by losing possession of the steamers on the
lake, there is no means of getting to the At
lantIc side, unless, they can maintain their
defence at Rivas where Walker is now en-
trenched, until the Sierra Nevada arrives at
San Juan, which will not be unit! the 22d or
23d of this month.
With an army of 5000 Costa Ricans
against Walker, his own troops dwindled
down to SIX hundred, and two-thirds of them
on the sick list, we cannot do other than be-
lIeye that of the many hundreds who few
months since left this State elated with the
prospect of rank and fortune in Nicaragua.
not one will return to tell the tale of their
unfortunate adyentures.-& State Tribune.