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inst. The Free State force is estimated At
fifteen hundred to two thousand men.

hiteen hundred to two thousand men.
From Nicaragua.
The British steamer "Solentp arrived
at .Aspinwall from San Juan del Norte on
the morning Of the 9Th Of September.
bringing later news than any yet received
from the city Of Granada.
Gen. Walker was resting quietly at
Granada, fully prepared to resist any
attack that might be made upon him. But
little could be ascertaned of his futura
movements when the steamer left.
Another expedition, to a place named
Chantalos, has started under Lieut.. Col,
Byron Cole. .H-..
Hon. Pierre Soule has purchased a
rancho in Nicaragua for $50, 900.
A court of law has been organized,
called Court of First Instance. To.
Walker has levied tax Of 500 upon ALI
liquor dealers in Nicaragua.
Rivas appears to be at Leon with his
army.
Nothing further had been heard of the
intended invasion of Nicaragua BY the
other Central American States.
The pursers report Of affairs in Nicara<
qua is more favorable to Gen. Walker than
has reached us through other channels.
He claims that the execution of Salizar,
and dismissal of the the English vice con-
sui have produced good effect Trade is
reported as brisk, and -four, pork, beef and
provisions generally, as bringing good pri.
ces.
The British feet was still anchored at
San Juan.
Col. Salizar, an officer in the Nicaragua
army, had been convicted of treason, and
shot by order Of President Walker It was
reported that Mr. Livingston, U. S. Consul
at Leon, had been shot by the Riyas party
in retaliation for the execution Of Salizar,
but the latest accounts state that LiVings-
ton had been imprisoned and not shot.
Letters found upon Salizar fully implicated
Mr.. Manning, British consul at Leon, in
the treason Of Salizar, and Walker at
once revoked Manning's exequater.
Appleton Oaksmith, formerly of New
York, has been appointed Ncaraguan min
ister to Washington, and is expected short
ly to arrive. N
Advices have been received by the Ad-
ministration giving glowing assurances Of
Walkers ultimate success in Nicaragua.
1t is understood that Soule's visit 10 Mica
ragua is in connection with the negotiation
of the projected $4,000, 900 loan.
From Mexico. tclf
Congress is assembled in Mexico, passing
new Constitution, the fifteenth Article
Of which gives Religious Liberty to Mexico.
OF course this meets great opposition.
Petitions against it have been sent into
Congress. u.E gT
The law Of the 25th Of June, that the
Clergy is not allowed In future to hold any
landed property, is in force, and many es-
tates belonging to these worthy putentates,
has been put up for sale. The clergy has
in future to receive the interests as they
formerly received the rents, but never can
claim property. These interests are set
down at figure Of $40, ,00O, 900 year,
nice sum, which it Is not at all unlikely win
pass, at some not very distant day, into the
hands Of the Government.
Under the firm hand Of Comonfort
the government was prospering,. and the
affairs Of the nation exhibit general improve
ment. A conspiracy had been discovered
at the capital and promptly suppressed.
Several Of the leaders were arrested and
banished the country. @
Central America
We have news from Honduras. The
dates are, Omoa, July so, and Truxillos
August IL. The Inauguration Of Walkers
administration in Nicaragua had excited
much uneasness, and Honduras was busily
engaged in raising troops to join the league
formed by Guatemala, Costa Rica aud San
Salvador against him. All Americans
were suspected, aud q governmental decree
had been issued ordering none Of them to
land in the republic. The United States
Consul had protested against the execution
of this decree, and forwarded copies Of the
paper to the Cabinet in Washington. New
gold plaeers had been opened west Of Trux-
lilo, and twenty dollars per day were earned
in them. -a
Europe, Ete. as
By the arrival Of the steamship Persia
at our port we have seven pays later intel
ligence from Europe. Her news Is not OF
much Importance. The question Of the
Sound dues is reported to be IN q fair train
Of settlement, Great Britain and Prussia
having consented to the capitalization Of
the toll. Mr.. Marcy, ,sreply to the protocol
of the Paris Conference on priyateering
had been well received BY the Englitnpress.
Louis Napoleon and his Empress had
left Paris for Biarritz. His Majesty, It Is
said, has 1t in contemplation TO confer some
imperial title on the American Bonapartes.
In Spain matters continue quiet for the pres.
ent, but the population, as Is usual after
insurrectionary movements, are suffering
from want. 1t unsupported that the King
Of Naples was about to abdicate in favor
of his son, Duke Of Calabria.--Rew York
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