New-York daily tribune., 1856-07-15

sounrcness his light seems 70 iccrease q. ls,st a
couple II ircbes. end the sparkle Of bis usu.llv
6rtamy grey e.os indicates the fire and brllis,cy
of the man within. Ilis head is more than USUALLY
high, sontwh,t large 10 proportion to bis body.
and expands as it rises upward. His hair il of A
liabt color; his forehead ~ broad aud smooth. and
90 deyeored in the reflective faculties that a
rhrenologst would be opt to pronounce him an
ideaist and Of speculative turn Of mind
Iii. face is thin, his nose eighty aqane, his
mouth is well.iormed, expressing great frmness
and his lips have that compressor peculiar to
those who are very fastidiOus and systematic. His
ewes are rather small and placed low down from
bis brow He speaks with much deliberation, and
il Inriiculsr in his choice Of words When so in-
terested in conversation however as to forget HIM
self in the subject his delivery is easy aud even
traceful. His face, without being particularly
handsome, has sn intellectual and pleasing express
sion, and q nustache which he "a cultvaiiDg will
SHORTLY add is graces to the tout sembe of his fea
lures His ambitons. DO doubt, great; yet he is in
sppearance as modest and retiring as a schooboy
No person would suspect in his half bashiul, ilf
shrinking manner the desperate courage Of which he
is possessed, nor suppose tina! his small hsnds and
dehcately tapered fingers had 20 often fought their
way with the butt end of pistol thrOusha crowd
Of enemies He was born on the 10th Of May
Ie24 and is consequently little over thirty two
Years Of tge. He associates but little with his
soldiers but, when in their company, treats them
in all respects as equals. Through his apparent
lack of pride he has succeeded in gaining the re-
spect if not the sAecton Of bis men, who, in
spt akiug of him to each other, cal him by the
familiar pame of "Uncle Billy" At present all
the Americans in Nicaragua have an especial in.
terest in his life, for were he to die there is no
person, in the absepce Of Gen GOrcOuria. to whom
they would look for a successful continuation of
their struggle or even safe retreat from the
country.
The Nicarsguan army has lately been put into
uniform and begins to assume very respectable
appearance. The supply consisting of pantalOOns,
boots, shoes, blue wooden cvershirts linen under
shirts. and hats, came from the United States
New Orleans, l believe. The pantaloOns are
white linen, with a very broad red stripe on the
outside of each leg. large supply of sated
meats, -four, and hard biscuits were also received
at the same time.
All of Walkers men are now well equipped; ev-
cry man is supplied with either Mississippi rifle
or musket. There are but few hint-lOck arms,
snd the.e are being changed into percussion locks
fast as possible. Since the battle of Riyas there
have been large quantity of MIME bullets made
at Granada to be used in the Mississippi rifles.
There are several large iron cdnnOns at Leon and
Grenada In the latter place there are also two
handsome small brass cannOhs, and one, with two
heavy iron Ones, on board the steamer La Virgin.
There is one brass CAM on on board the steamer
Fan Carlos. one at Virgin Bay, and one at San
Jusn del Sur 1t will be seen from the above that
Nicaragua is pretty well supplied with heavy guns.
Tie men who came here first, whose term of
service expired lately, have been discharged, and
none but those whose characters had been good
were sgain received into the army Gen Walker
has EXPRESSED his determination to rid himself as
coon as possible, OF those who proved while in his
employ, of bad moral character.
A report has just reached this place that Rivas
had sent proposition to return to his duty. He
states that he would not have run away were it
bot that he was persuaded by some persons that
Walker would have him assassinated. | don't
think he will be taken back into grace.