Sugar planter. [volume] (West Baton Rouge [i.e. Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish, La.]) 1856-1925, 1856-05-03
From Nicaragua.

From the correspondence of the D.ho Of the
5th, We Gull the following additional Nicara-
qua
You have received the full details before
this, of the affair at Santa Rosa. which Wasst
! rloriousIy redeemed at Rivas by Walker and
his intrepid little army. ! need not tel you
that our "advanced guard has been laborlng
under many disadvantages; not only to tace
the power of Costa Rica, backed by a British
| aid. but is assaiied by a fire in its rear, WI
the luminosity. stupidity or folly OF the learned
pundits who control affairs at Washington.
While the Government of the United States
is throwing every obstacle IN the way O! us
citizens emigratlng to Central America, and
contScating their arms, the British Govern
ment, it seems, are furnishing arms by thou
sands to Costa RIGA to drive all Ame1'caIs
out of that country, and their war-cry Is
death to all who may be taken
BRUTALITY OF TIE COSTA RIcANs.
The brutality of the Costa Ricans, after the
| fight, has never been surpassed in modern
warfare. Gen. Walker on his departure from
Rivas, was compelled to leave a portion OF
mis- wounded, they had been declared NOR
tally wounded by the surgeoni IN one 81 the
churches. These men We're butchered by the
Casta Ricaus in the most cold-blooded man.
ner.
The Costa Ricans admit $50 killed and 260
wounded. On the 18th ult., a courier reach
| ed Granada from Rivas. who stated that the
enemy had thrown many of the dead bodies
in the wells but were not able to dispose OF
one-third of thosed killed, and thatShe tnoS
phere had become SO effected for their de-
composition that the cholera broke ont on
the 18th ult. in its most violent character-
MANY of The Costa RIcans had died. others
were suffering from he disease. and the troops
were leaving the city error-strlcken Gen.
Mora, it was reported. was one of the victims
OF the disease. We do not pia0 NIL reliance
in this statement, as on the 10th information
was received from a native at the island OF
Ouletep-c. fourteen miles distant from Rlvas.
that the Casta Ricans had not abandoned
Rivas, but were !ortifying it on the 18th, an
tlclpatlng another attack.
HONDURAS AND SAN SALVADOR IN Favor OF
PEACE.
On the 18th a courier arrived at Granada
from Leon, with news of the most gratifying
character from the North. The p%roclarla-
ton of President Rlvas mad been received by
the States OF San Salvador, Honduras and
Guatemala in the most friendly mood. Our
commissioners were received with cordially
by the people aud authorities, and the spirit
OF peace manifested itself among all classes
San Salvador has disbanded her recruits and
is now detached irom the league OF States ar
rayed asainst Nicaragua. The President dis
claims any hostile intention towards this Re-
pubic, and denies his sympathy to Estrada,
the pretended President of Nicaragua.
Honduras and Guatenlsla are also Teaceab.y
inclined. The enlistment Of soldiers has been
suspended, and the new levy dismissed All
the States North Of LIS are now at peace with
Nicaragua, and We may expect to have a
heightened quiet when the war with Costa
Rica Is settled.
This was further confirmed by another
courier who arrived as Granada On the 18th
instant.