New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-04-11


been chartered for the purpoae your correspondent
forming one Of the partg. The Commissioner hare
gone to another part Of the town q take Tie depos
tions Of some former employees Of the company who
are located here We are to return iii the morning 10
Virgin, and thence to Granada. We had q pleasant
dining at Major Bregters quarters which WIS greatly
enliyened by the dron puns Of the & inveArata
Kewen, the dry humor Of Mcdonald, and tie hiIari.
GUS mirth of Fisher, who had preceded uss MI
manage to extract good deal Of mirth out Of she
brief intervals of hard work. We arc expecting
news from sch1essingeris command tonight.
II O'Clock, P Ma courier has arrived bya coast
ing schooner from the Bay Of Salinas in about three
hoars-thus bringing news in this short time from
the point which It has taken Col. schIessngers conn
mand four days Of terribly fatiguing march to
reach. When they reached Salinas his troops were
nearly famiahed, for want of water, as well as food
The former necessary they had been deprived Of for
twenty hours, and our informant describes them as
sfngglng like naad'men over small pool Of water.
ihe mountain paths over which they had come must
nave proved most perous indeed had there been any
enemy occupying the heights, for they defled two
aDfeass @ through many hghtfal gaps, In which ten
leo1se nisi iroa above eould have held army at
bay Or destroyed Il entirely. This Vns Il d snd
however, when they reached Salinas whp,re. tba,
found an abundance of cattle, and seized ao,ne AZ
horses, with which the country Is said To- areatIv
| abound. #53
Hearing that force of five hundred Of the e,,en,v
were stationed at Zapoa, small town some HI nisz
distant Col Schessnger, so soon al the troops were
refreshed, made rapid movement upon this nIasa
The enemy fled, however, his approach, as well as
the entire body of inhabitants, who took to the noun
tains in the greatest consternatfon carrying of eve
rything transportable. They had been taught to ex
pect nothing short Of massacre and even downright
! cannibalsm at the hands of the hsSribe aTngues
| Amerieanos' s.gs3i9 5f ~ gS3s#
The soldiers however, found plenty of poultry and
| pigs behind, and sufficient number Of fine horses
were seized to mount the command, and when the
courier left the Colonel was making every prepare
ton for rapid night descent upon GUIANA Caste the
principal city Of the department Of that nae which
is denominated the disputed territory between Nj
/ earagua and Costa Rica By two o'clock this morn
ing is expected that the city win have been taken
It is supposed that the next movement of the COM
mand will be upon Pnnta Arenas a city On the coast.
about miles from San Josa, the capital Of
Costa Rca where it VIII await reinforcements and
supplies by water, before the final descent upon san
Josa It may be, however that the Colonel win not
think proper, as he Is now about up To his knees ii
clover, to lose precious time waiting but continue
. TO follow up his blows with all rapidity. We shall
Il see. s5$i s 555
VIEG1H BAY March 21st-1O 2. M
y We returned the day before yesterday and have
since been waiting inpatience for news Of
the California steamer which has finally just reached
u.s. This is the longest the steamers Of that line
have ever made She has been out over fifteen days,
. and arrived at San Juan del Norte last night The
neWso the seizure Of the Accessory Transit Compa
, property had not reached California when the
Brother Jonathan left, and the difficulties with
the Company which have interfered with emi ration
on the lasttwo steamers wereyet in existence pre-.
, venting the expected The passengers
have not yet come across and ne have no detailed
news yet It rumored here that the entire property
Of the Accessory Transit Company to be put up
sale Immediately in liquidation Of the debts Of the
. Company to the Government Of Nicaragua.