Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-06-06
FI-RTHER FROM NICARAGUA

! Engiish iutrfprrnce At San .Jinn DIsapowsd- Tn
american SquaGrou-C0I. Schhsssngsr 10 be SIX:
| Tile RetrsaioC the Costa R,cans, SIC.
Among the passengers by the Orzaba, at Nez
York from San juan Col. Piper OF the Nicsragr.
army, +. Randolph, and portion OF the family u
M'ni-talW Wheeler. BY this arrival We have the TO-
lowing additional news:
Captain Tarrt"n of the British frigate Eurydca
informed our Minister that he had instruction. !;
lnterpoSe any interruption To the landing It pasrn.
gers or munitions OF war At San Juan del Norte. Ia
couseg Ct this intelligence the vcs.-- compr.
sing the American squadron. which had assembled
at Key West the 2Sh u!t., will not visit San Juan
but will proceed th-ir various Destinations iLe
Fultonis 10 go North-frst visiting Havana, and
iErEGs To New FORK via hey West, the Susqu-hanu
Ia take the Mediterranean mills, and sail from H.
West latter coaling Tor the Mediterranean; the Cym
I" go to AspinYal, aud the Potomac to remain al r.,
West until the Saratoga arrives.
Ii appears from the official report OF the SChea.
ger Court Martial that the Colonel, who s now a De.
s-rterr has been sentenced suffer death for coward
zee ana treaa"n II they catch him. IL j. also
be Unpublished tlIruu- hout the civilized world
| Th"re had been dashing expedition 10 the Cho.,
tales gold mines, under oomlnaud If Gen. Guicuss.
Ii succeeded IN opening up thgt district OF the oou.
try, and ch"s.isng II band Of Chamorro robbea
| which infested The mountain passes.
Among other improvements, n cavalry corps h.!I
been organized and added to the army in GraIa:A
aud splendid brass band had been formed under s
direction "f Mr. Adkin, late OF the Washington Bias
Band, of New York.
II appears that Gen. Walker first learned the new,
of the Costs Eican -etreet arriving at Virgin Bay
ut the head OF e2psditiUn intended to drive ID.
Costa RGans from that quarter and clear the TrsIsy
Route They were surprised 10 see the American ftg
run up on their approach 10 Virgin Bay and Coz. p
per- with small party, WAS Immediately dispache:
in boat 10 ti.s shore 10 learn particulars. He re
turned and reported that the Costa Ricans had absz
doned Rivas aud Virgin Bay, and We're probably al
force at San Juan del Sur. The force then dr6arSrt
anu h march 10 San Juan 'iel Sur was ordered lhI
advance force had marched about three miles wh-:I
Gen. Walker met by courier with dr-pn;ch-l
for himself from Canas, the Costa Rlcan Grnrra.-I
The courier informed the General that the entire iOr'
of the enemy had lett San Juan the day before, ~
that the whole country clear Of them. II
President Mora, it Is sald was highly incensrds
and disgraced the officer in command at Virgin Bay
by whose orders the wharf was burned. he rrk
ported to have said It was an act Of vandalism and
Disgrace 10 his army. In fact, tsays the c"rr-sP'
dent Of Ii Nicaraguense,l the Costa Rcans pr"fst
were far more civil and humane in their conduc'
treatment, Of prisoners Than the "Serviles' from
State, who were III their army. All the wsnton q.
barbarous acis done by the Costa Rlcans are lac
tie charge ot the Chamorsrac and shows tie: q
tween them, 81 least, and the lemncras there cat
mo peace but "war TO the kuife'-a war of e.s
mnaton.
Gen. Canas the commander in chief Of the Coz
Rlcens, after President Mora left. wrote to Gen W.
keT q letter commenting To his care number uf az
and wounded Costa Ricans, whom he could no.,
move. and offered 10 exchange 25 Amrr,ceni
| them, whom lie said he had "a prisoners, when "Hf
recovered.
SO many dead bodies of the Costa Ricans had te.
thrown into the wells Mt ltivas, that the remain,
portion OF the town cannot be tenanted for s!Ca
tune 10 come.
III Hicnrasuense has several editorial articles co
condition aud prosperity of Nicaragua apparel! +
written with candor and giving an encouraging VIE
OF affairs. large portion Of its space is devoid
publishing lnchI news aud o ial matters i'll SpsH'-
! for the benefit Of the native population
| Gen Walker hns given orders for the nuleii''
organization Of an artillery cor31. and the diets! -
already been made. Several heavy pieces Of w
nance being mounted. Walker and his 'r1o.
so l.. e3ceIGnt Geaih aud sErill. He bnd D'af'"ne{
del.chu.ents .! his arnly at Virgin hay sao -
Juan.
Judge j. Caleb Smith, we'll known IN ChipI"
and Virginia, died at Grana,ia on FRIDAY 80"
April, after q short attack OF fever. Lieut. o'na
Jones Lieut.. \. 2. Porter and Lieut.. Co D'e"'
are aso dead. uul
Capt james Walker, the brother Of Gen. Whis'i
whuse death was announced Yesterday, had oee,
hicarngua only three week. he had The co'H"
OF a company, and from exposure conlrac'ru w.
matory rheumatism
Levi Woodbury. Wheeler, son oil the A"'s
Minister, who was lately wounded by guns
recovering,
f(orresponIpnr- of The Baltimore Sun. III
FATQUiER Co. Va, JuE
THE Cnnps N VIRGISIA.-The ravages at ";
, On the wheat crop in Virginia this season nave
b-yorl all precedent On Underwater, III ihe
mn, region aud in the f.us valley Of Virginia
alike shortened the crop one.ha.f-and no" 'hr
: worm having commenced It's work it seems thr's
he but little left tor the sickle. With long an'
vers.l drought now prevailing. it is Impossible
} to recover enough 10 make half crop i"e
, scarcely showing above the ground was, 10
pla Is, cut down by the frost of the 3o'h o ~
There is very great scsrcity Of grass owing
drought
The above is the report of an intelligent gpI
man who has been farming fourteen years 10 Tue