Nashville daily patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1855-1857, 1856-05-03

As the exciting news lately received from
Nicaragua will cause all parties to feel an in
terest in the fate of the Americans 10 that
country, we publish an able description of an
interview between their gallant leader, Gener-
al Walker, and a correspondent of the New
| York Herald, 10 Granada last month:
/ went to the government house on the pla
"a, in order to pay visit TO General Walker.
When he appeared in answer to my name, |
could not help sayng-"Well, General, though
| came ned to see yOn, you really take me
by surprise" Indeed, though in the habit of
seeing him daily for a long time in California,
found something in his face that had not
observed before, and | may add, that | never
saw him look SO well There was the same
genial smile, the same quiet cordiality OF man
ner, the same mild, musical and even tone OF
voice, the same simple, transformations bearing;
but his lower face which had previously been
full, bad been reduced by thought, and the intel
lectual portion of The head doomed above it like
globe. His eye, too, which had always re-
cognized as fine, seemed TO have expanded and
strengthened under the new responsibilities Of
mind, and exhibited new grasp as we'll as the
repOse of Consciousness Of power. Pale
blue in colOr-so pale ar, with some to pass for
graft is full Of limpid light and deep express
sion. Though penetrating, it cannot be called
deep or sharp, but it makes its way to the OBJ
servers mind by the slow, steady pressure Of
unwavering volume. Altogether, for a man
50 utterly unstudied in display, never saw
one more impressive in presence, and it is dtl.
cult to conceive, even while looking at him,
that he does not stand more than five fee: SIX.
1t may strike some that it was possibly my I'M
aginatiOn acting on the Generals new position
that made this improvement in my eyes; but
have come in contact with too many men,
whom the world calls great, to be easily affect
ed in that way; and have learned, also, that
while the imagination Of an observer does un-
doubtedy End new graces in thriving man,
that there is really an advance of twenty-five
per cent. in the good looks of any man of
mark whom success helps to q knowledge
of himself
1t is not necessary, however, to study Gen.
Walkers countenance for proofs of his ability
they are found much more abundauty in
his career; and if l am not greatly mistaken
in him, they will appear still more abundantly
in those portions of his life yet to come. His
presence where be is, the numbers by which
he has surrounded himself, the absolute author
ity which all cheerfully coucede him, the love
and fear which he inspires, the charm by which
he keeps an idle army faithful without pay, and
qualities which stamp him worthy of command,
and which will easily bear him through all
such casual errors as are inevitable to the com
plicaiions of the great task he has undertaken.
la short, he has already overcome the main
dangers Of his mission; and, rs | remarked in
previous letter, "he cannot now make mis-
takes enough TO fail"
As it is, however, he depends almost entire
~ upon hinself-seldom seeking advice, and
working from in the morning till 10 o'clock
at night. His only relaxation is the ride he
takes every afternoon, with an orderly behind
him. and the interviews he grants during the
course of the day. lhave but one thing " hich
| wish TO add in relation TO him, aud that is
that he does not come under the bead of what
the world generally calls smart or cunning
man. | do not believe he ever performed a
cunning act in bis life. His qualities are too
broad for that, and it can be relied on that
whatever obqHe speculations may be made
upon the movements oil his government, when
ever in stocks or otherwise, by parties who
pick up information through bis favor, he will
be entirely from all cognizances of, or implica-
tons in the matter himself.
The apartments which he occupies in the
Government House are spacious, and the road
TO them is continually swarmed with young
offices, in elegant new uniforms, which, despite
the climate, they persist in wearing all the
while. | cay young officers" but without
necessity for such distinction, for there are no
old ones here-the Generals age, which is
barely thirty-two, being much beyond the ave-
rage, both of his council aud his camp. In
deed do not think the average will exceed
twenty-five; and yet this swarm of boys are
equal TO the sound foundation Of an empire
that will last for ages, and perhaps be the ad
miration o the world N o. Delta