The Empire County argus., 1856-09-13
Nicaragua N .ws.

The following items of News are from the El Niec-
raguense:
Inc merchants of Granada have held meeting to
consider the expectancy ot modifying the present
tariff.
Ihe Commander-in-C Chief in view of the intempe.
rance amongst his troops, eXnOrts mOre eXenp.alJ
deportntn Ill this respect the part oI tie olc.rs
us well as greater severity in furnishing those Wno
persist III its indulgence to the detrn, Vi dlsci pine
and the disgrace Vi the service. by way vi rcuer-
Ing tins adnonltion more etecluai, Oruvr has beell
issued that no more liquor be sud, i'll cOAse-
quence OF which, the dr.uking establishments have
closed up.
Schiessinger has turned up at last in Chenandcga,
where he has command body VI indians, Ill, no
ed to operate against Nicaragua.
Leu,-. ". ;. West, j. W. Mountjoy, w. Clark
and Bradley. aud Surgeon Grant, Resigned tnclr
Offices in the month July.
Mr.. Z. e. Nukirck has been appointed Collector
OF Customs at the port o1 San Juan del sur.
Walker Offers reward Ol thirty dollars for the
arrest and delivery OF dcscricrs lrCm hs army. A
considerable numDer OF this class are advertised witt
description Of their persons and occupations, i'll the
official paper.
A party Of six Costa Ricans, who had been taken
prisoners by some OF Walkers friends coming up the
San Juan, are reported representing affairs III
that State to be in Il bau condition. The army had
lalen off to five hundred, and these being paid III
scrip, were deserving every day and SO grtauy re-
iuced had the authoritlcs buc, me, that instead
attacking Nicaragua, they could scarcely sustain
themselves. For another course, it is understood
that the population Of Guanacase had been reduc,
nc-third in population by cholera and dyseltary
Gen Canas had gone into the int lrior, leaving Tie
place guarded by a small number OF men.
The Ell cdraguenSe contains Il long list Of confs-
Gated property advertised to be sold 1t consists OF t,
great number of ranches and haciendas, in various
departments of the State and Of horses i'll the city
Granada, to each Of which is the OF the former
proprietor
In the late files of the Ell Nicarag,aense, received
by the Sierra Nevada, find accounts Of the tol-
lowing deaths Of Americans in Nicaragua Lieuten-
ant Jacob Himmick, Of Company b, OF the Second
Light Infantry Battalion died at his quarters, in
Granada, on the 18th July, deeply lamented by his
companions in arms His remains were followed to
the grave by the entire Battalion Joseph Ferguson
and John Nutal of Company A, Ranger Battalion,
died at Managua, the former Oh the 3lst July and
the latter on the 4th August. j. w. DeFrewer, the
author of many amusing contributions to the Ncard-
guense and other journals, over the name of "Corpo-
raj Pipeclay' died at Virgin Bay recently, of the
prevailing fever. He was quaint and humorous
writer, and the originator OF Negro MinstreIsy in
Nicaragua.
Nineteen cargoes of cacao and twenty-one mules,
belonging to the Costa Ricans. had been seized by
the lSnnuS hangers, ana conuscaleu 10 llle govern
ment.
The decimal currency has been established as the
legal currency of the State. Hence American silver
passes at the rate Uf one hundred cents the dollar.
| The American fifty cent pieces and twenty-five cent
pieces worth respectively four reals and two and
half reals. The natives, not being acquainted with
them, hesitate to take them at their proper value.
| The soldiers and citizens have determined in public
meeting, that nasmuch as they have confidence in
the ability of the Republic to discharge all her iabil-
tiles they will not sell their scrip for less than eighty
cents on the dollar, their land warrants at less
than one dollar per acre. and that all those dsposine
of these securities or less price, shall b. denounced
as striving to encourage the enemies of the Republic