The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1856-04-24
Highly Interesting From CaiifOrnia, Or
egOn and Central America.

: Highly Interesting From California, Or
/ egon and Central America.
t New ORLEANS. Tuesday. April Is.
The Steamer Emnire City, with date.
from Havana to the 18th inst. and bring
ing the California mail. has arrived
Her news is interesting and important.
The George Low, for New York, had
one million seven hundred thousand dol.
lars in treasure.
The steamer Osprey, was burnt al
5 Kingston, Jamaica. on the 25th ult. She
proved total loss. Insured.
The Aspinwall Courier of the 9th says
that Schlessinger, with four hundred
troops, was defeated near San Jose By
FIVE hundred Costa Ricans under Moore
Twenty American prisoners were shot,
:, The Costa Rican army was about to enter
Nicaragua. ~.
7 fhe accounts, however, are meager,
!, and all from Costa Rican sources. -er
The Pnnoma Star and Herald attribute
the defeat of Schlessinger to culpable
want Of vigilance and discipline, the A
mericans having been taken by surprise.
The battle lasted fourteen minutes.
The Costa Rican loss was forty five in
killed and wounded. numbering several
officers among the killed. 1t is reported
that the Americans left ninety dead upon
the field.
The steamer Cortez, with ninety re-
cruits for Walkers army. was unheard of
at San Juan del Sur at the last accounts.
A report states that that port is in posses
sion of the Costa Ricans, and the Cortez
probably gone to Panama.
Guatemala is said to evince lack of
energy in coming to the aid Of Costa
Rica.
Accounts from Oregon state that the
Indians had become more troublesome.
Thirty whites had been killed, it was re-
ported, at Rogue River Valley. ''.a' 8
The hostile Indian force in the north Of
Oregon is estimated at two thousand -
The regular troops and volunteers were
preparing to take the field. s."a
The Empire City brings portion Of the
crew Of the Sea Witch. a New York clip
per which was lost at Havana. 'a
The markets at SanF rancisco were dull.
Whitney's express was robbed near
Shasta on the 18th Of March of $25,u 900.
Later From Central America--Di Different
Version of Affairs.
New ORLEANS. Wednesday. April 16
The agen. Of the Nicaragua Govern
ment is out in card denouncing the sto.
ry of Schlesinger's defeat as falsehocd.
He says that accounts have been re-
ceived at headquarters which state that
Schlesinger had only two hundred and
fifty men, and was attacked by nearly
three thousand Costa Ricans, and had
retreated to San Juan.
THE MINNESOTA CLIMATE.
The Minnesotians are speaking in high
terms of their climate. The St. Antho-
ny Falls Erpress says:
$50 harmless is the nocturnal air in
the summer and autumnal months. that
voyagers and explorers, each rolled in
his blanket, with no other coverlet but
the sky, enjoy. on the ground the most
refreshing sleep. Persons with nervous
systems deranged and relaxed, emaciated
by fever and ague in the States ,low, or
from exposure to the heat and NAL; ria
Of the topics, no sooner tread our sol!
than they are cheered by signs Of conva-
lescence. They feel better. stronger,
more hopeful. The charming scenery.
too, of cascades, cataract; rivers, groves,
lakes, meadows and prairie. with its up-
dulations. through which they wander.
adds to their animation. The winters are
intensely cold, as shown by the thermom
meter, whose average indie tons for the
mornings of one hundred and twenty five
successive days, in 1888 was zero
Far a5- H-aus e5taaa5 -
Hereis an item from the St. Anthony
Falls Express enough to make one shiver.
Wonder whether they like their hot pun.
ches out that way? Thursday Jan. S,
was the most severe day of the winter
Several persons exposed to the keen blast,
froze their extremi.ies--face. ears, EN-
gers and pedal extremities. Friday was
cool and pleasant, the mercury standing
at O'Clock, A. M, at 800 below zero.
wind southerly, sky clear, atmosphere
pure and bracing. ga love of morning" as
the ladies would say. On such morn
ing the Falls::and rapids send heavenvard
great volumes of steam, as though heat
ID by some tremendous sub'erranean fur
mace whose fires are famed by huge Cy-
clops." A ''love of morning. and the
thermometer 800 below zeron'
H Women Of fortune only in ancient
times were called ladies. 1t was the fash
ion for families whom God had blessed
with affjnence tn live constantly at their