Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1856-01-09

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with the mon luxu ant tropical vegetation trees
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foliage, MANS e. SASAsxdoff5 with flowers Of
r;ea,ssf hues. . s3enseax. fhas q rsssags
through theus eSulsi only be Coined by the axe.s
II Is Impossible TO estimate the production. Of
which that river DO tsom Is capable under caifi-
walton. With i cFmsste where new crop may be,
planted ~ soon ass the old Is gathersd, and an
inexhsustihle soil its agricultural salue deEes
CALCULATION. and vet there are scarcely dozen
plantations ON the whole riyer. An il in . state
uf nature The river swarms with alligators,
rnceouitots and fsb --aH Of good size and suita-
BILE acsivisy, especially the mosquitoes. - Il
We arrived at Castillo Rapids At dark The
river Is here overlooked BY rocky eminence, on
the surernit of which il the old Spanish fort of
Castillo. once 4 place of great strength, and
,nountinr many guns. It has never been rebuilt
since It's partial destruction BIZ Lord Nelson, who
captured it lang syne.' We left Castillo about
III o'clock at night, and changing boats once
more 1t Toro tbnII} Rapids, We next morning en-
tered Lake Nicaragua The Like is . sbeansifnl
sheet Of water, interspsrsed with many Islands
Of various shapes and sizes, and all covered with
nrofuse tropicai vegetation. Our boat, (the San
Carlos, although large and Of costly build, was
"a most uncomfortable craft--the cabin,redolent
with all manner of offensive ordor>-the deck
without shelter or shade, and divided BY. q par
tition from the steerage thus preventing all cir
culation Of air--the weather dead calm, which,
with the burninr raw OF q tropical SUM rendered
our situation ANYTHING but pleasant Sixty hours,
however, brought us to Virgin Bay, where we
once more set our feet on mother earth. From
here to the Pacific, a distance Of twelve miles,
there is McAdamized road, built by the Tran
sit Company.
On the morning of Sept. z, we we're greeted by
a, sight of! Walkers for, the democratic) army,
marching into Virgin Bay, consisting. of sixty
Americans and about two hundred and thirty
greasers Among the Americans i soon found
William Merryman, formerly Of Springfield, and
was telling him home news, when we suddenly
heard firing up the road, and saw the piquets re-
treating to the main body. II was an attack
from 500 Of the government party, or Chimoris-
tas, under Guardiala. Theinhabitants all rushed
to the company's office for safety, your cores
pondent among the number where q barricade
was speedily made of the express goods, which
were living in the Office, where we, all laid snug
until the hearty English cheers Of the flibusters
assured us that they had gained the day
Walkers men are good fighters and, inspired
by the example of the whites, his natives showed
themselves good soldiers. Walker had two @Ame-
ricans severely wounded, and several Americans
and natives slightly. None killed or mortally
wounded. The loss ofthe attacking party could
not be exactly ascertaiLed; but we found and
buried forty-fve after the departure OF the two
armies--nearly all shot through the, head or,
breast. Some Of them we're not discovered I'M
til the smell and the buzzards pointed them out.
Walker is a slight man, about i've feet nine
inches high, slightly stoop-shopld ered, grayisfi
blue eyes, yellowish hair, somewhat frecked,
but little beard, and rather seepy-looking thin,
lank face, has rather gawky appearance, very
slow of speech, has almostnothingst to say in con-
versation, seems bashful and diffdent, yet imme
diately after the battle lin which he was wound
ed slightly by ball striking his neck on Adams
apple II heard him conyersing and giving orders
with as much calmness as man could possibly
exhibit in any situation. think him as cool
and deliberate man as have ever seem
This may be tiresome to- YOU, but Walker and
Kinney are the all-absorbing topics here Many
of the "Costa Ricences" think that they will be
invaded by and eventually fall into the power of
that Ito them) great dragon, the United States
They think that the United States are atthe bot
tom of Walker and Kinney's operations
Walker and Kinney are operating entirely sepa-
rate, having mo connection with each other !;
and, Judging from their newspapers, not even on
good terms. Kinney is all peace, and Walker
all fight, ,L Ia, .f-.-.-z ~azs-.
We proceeded to San Juan del Sur, and took
passage for Punta Arenas ION the Gulf of Nicoya)
in Granadan schooner. and then found out
what bad quarters really we're. tWeswere eight
days making the voyage, 600 mies) most of the
time with nothing that a decent, well raised hog
would have eaten A little. hole for a cabin,
with bare boards to sleep on, and bilge water for
nosegay, aud legions of cockroaches and ants
for bedfellows, together with "a peculiar little
black bug called a.gorgoha, y made up the va
riety. "a la, s...s, },,S,a -. ~ s57.,a,.f5g,.,
After stay of about two weeks at this place,
we once more set sail, this time on mules, and
after Journey of FIVE days, arrived in safety at
San Jose, the place of our final destinations
of the sea, this city is situated in the most beau
by mountains, which are cultivated to their very
SUBMITS, with crops Of coffee, rice, sugar-cane,
plantains, bananas, wheat corn and potatoes,