New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-02

The news from Nicaragua, which we publish in
ample detail this morning, both in the graphic
letter of our Special Correspondent, and in abun-
dant extracts from the journals Of the country, will
be found highly interesting. The retreat of the
Costa Rican army, which is fully confirmed, &C.
CURED from causes that will not at all surprise
those who have perused the lucid account of its
persoanti and organization lately furnished for our
columns by correspondent at San Jose. After
the battle of Rivas and the retreat of Walker, the
triumphant Costa Ricans neglected to properly
bury the bodies of their dead who had fallen in
that engagement and the consequence wac, that
with the rapid putreaction of the tropics, the air
of the locality presently became infected,
and the cholera broke out in the camp. Indeed,
our correspondent states that with unacOuntable
stupidity the ignorant peasant, of whom the mass
of the invadiI z force was composed, flung bodies
into the wells which they depended for water;
and that thus the pestlence was still further in
tensified. No sooner had it become certain that
il was the cholera than panic broke out among
the undisciplined troops, and their commander was
at once compelled to abandon the expedition ana
make his way back, with his now dlspirited and
demOralzed forces, to his own country. II Is also
probable that their experience in the battle OF
Riyas had contributed to their encouragement.
II is true that they had there held their
GROUND, and that after seventeen hours lighting
Walker had been compelled to fall back; but this
was not done till be had put n greater number OF
Costa Rcans hors de combat than his own entire
fighting force At that battle, according 10 our
correspondent Walker could only bring two hun
dred men into action the rest of his army refusing
TO fight either from total exhaustion or from cow
ar3ce. These Two hundred are said to have killed
| and wounded three times their own number of the
enemy. This is probably exaggerated, but there is
no doubt that Walkers keen marksmen did vast
deal more damage than they suffered.
This would SEEM for the present at least, to rem
der Walkers position secure. good deal is SAID
in the journals of Costa Rica about powerful
force from san Salvador and Gua'amala, about to
| arrive and overthrow bin, but there is 10 other
sign of such movement. If one had really been
| contemplated, it would have been made simultane-
| ously with the invasion from Costa Rca, and the
failure of that enterprise will not De likely to H.
| spirc the people of the other States win a
! desire to initiate il. Walker now evidently
intends to renew the attack on Costa RIca so un-
| successfully commenced by Schlesinger His men
are clamorOus for it, under the impression that
they will find plenty Of money there, an article they
stand in need Of and the next arrival will probably
bring the intelligence of the beginning of the cam
paigp. Meanwhile Schlesinger is sAulking abOu.
the country to avoid the well-deserved sentence OF
death passed upon him by court martial. Steam
communication with California is reestabshed as
well ss with New.York and New. Orleans so that
the fllibusters are in the way Of receiving reen-
forcements The elections proceeding, and II Is
said Rivas i'll certainly be chosen President; and
altogether it must be aduiitte that the star OF
Walker is Just now in the ascendant This being
| tho case, We presume that President Pierce Will
now honor Padre Will with more public recep'
riop, and allow the mutual complimentary speeches
10 appear in the official organ; while the conspra-
| TORS Who are at the bottom of the whole business
can make their preparations for new attempt on
| Cubs with San Juan del Norts as starting point,
ard for the dissolution Of the American uaion and
the erection of a new Southern sla'en 9lding snd
slave trading confederacy as their ultimate am.
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