Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-05-06

ter mentioned, and take this opportunity to
repeat myself your Excellency's most obedi-
ent servant, L. WALLERSIElN,
To bis Excellency Sir Don. Bernardo Castro,
Minister of Relation of the Republic of Costa
Rico, San Jose.
Translated from the Original
LONDON, Feb. I6, 1856.
Ser Don JUAN RAFAEL MORA, San Jose de
COSTA Rica
Much esteemed sir and friend-The mail
which brings the correspondence OF January
lst. from Costa RIGA, has not arrived, and in
consequence | have nothing to say to you in
regard to mercantile business. As to public
matters, you will please to refer To my COM
munications, of to-day, to the Minister. BY
this you will see that this government is will
ling to put 1000 muskets at my disposal for
the service of the republic of Costa Rica.
Nothing is said ia the note about the time OF
payment. However, ! have not made up my
mind to take them previous to receiving in
structOns from you, or which OF the two
kinds of arms TO take. In case | should take
them previous to your being able to write
upon the subject, | will send them in the
month of March, il a vessel sails for Punta
Arenas without further orders from you,
have not yet replied officially TO Lord Claren-
don to offer him my most sincere thanks in
INV own name and that of the republic, for
his manifestation of sympathy and friendship
for Costa RIGA; and though the sffabe man
ner in which Lord Clarendon spoke TO me
when bid him farewell, almost induced me
TO believe he would not refuse the nuskets,
| will not deny the pleasure felt on the re-
ceipt of Mr.. HammondIs letter. l could not
sleep at all that night for joy. l sent him
note on the following day, stating that
would address an official note to Lord Claren-
don, conveying my thanks, and that in the
meantime / entreated him to seed me permits
sion from the War Department to examine
The two kinds CT muskets, 80 as to ascertain
which l should take for the republic. All
this is very good, but / don't like the intelli-
gsnce from Nicaragua, where it seems Walker
is establishing himself, frmer and firmer,
every day. | cannot understand how the
other States did not unite themselves from
the beginning to expel him from Nicaragua.
have letters from Guatamaa and San Salvador
requiring me to request from this government help
and succoT; but what can be done for republics or
people who do not make an exertion TO help them.
selves. When / was telling Lord Clarendon that
Costa Rica already had an army OF 500 men on the
frontier OF Nicaragua he much pleased and said
''thst right step" and | am persuaded that
sons for giving US the muskets. The question pend
ing between this country and the United States are
very complicated but there will be war, for this
reason that the gentlemen in the great republic OBJ
serve that although the British nation DO not boast
say much on the subject, they are determined to
punish the Yankees very severely Tor the least n-
suit to the national honor To the eyes ofthe whole
world-of this country in particular-awar between
the two nations would be OF the worst OF evils
but to Central America the case would be very
different as Walker and his associates would coon
be kicked out of Nicaragua.
/ send to the government copy of the Times in
which is found letter Fl ON Mr. Marcy to the Anne
rican Minister to Nicaragua. Though this letter
appears 10 censure the Minister, aud holds out a
threat TO Walker the true sense is, that in a short
time the government of the United States will re
cognize Walkers government May God help US.
Yours &c, &c. +. WALLERsTEIN.
Two other letters accompanied this correspOn
dence, one Of which was from Mr. Moliny, the Costa
Rcan Minister at Washington, informing bis govern
ment Of recent letters received from the govern
ments of Great Britain and France, in which great
sympathy is felt for the Central American States in
general The other informs the government of
Costa Rica that English feet will be immediate
sent TO the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.