New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-29

res,v. us. We scccrdioxi, marched ON foot 4, y,ryo
part OF us sot thee before dark aid par. 10,
80 a'0 light We went 70 the Con nisary's De-
PaHtht s1 zone BEEF aud toftllas Aad then CANNED
90. without tes,s or anything else in the var of As,
.,,d aauoe. We roasted Our meat the best wsy ".
sosid ID q hrc; bat there was no attention maid N.
g pLa next day. When took the boa, for Gr.n.da.
we 1'et On the bost company fron Ssw-Y YORK and
one hOm 1eIse. The latter v.s uuder the conm..d
" CApta'n TURKEY, The sarne man who deserted few
Gays after hS arrival in Gfsnada and va aimee "a
diane o1 " Is In
=, Has msy a. we'll take occasion to add. th.. IN.
Nicaragua paper, called The NrcardS1sI In geusrsIIv
ole huge faiss hood from beginning to end Taers 4
10 I+bdepcs whasytr ~ be placed In its
the editor of that paper says anything what
eVd about Cove bment sffain or makes aoy rsm.rE.
ue su6eas Of which caa have any infu with mar
.op' no nave the remVfest idea OF going TO that conn
~, - ,peshs n"'hing bu. fal.ehood lies The t~o
o.n aseLtc, which speaks Of az glorious
q, Nc'ol'1 ier NE Amerlcso Nms," we're defea,s
Some cf The picked men Ut Walkers TROOPS were ked
there ard no advantages were gained In the fr,t
Ss.ue Waa uovl: rstiested, carrying of their
COCO abo WOuIoed and leaving the Chamorrs.a party
masters OF The field; and In TIE last Walkers troons
Ieirest in disorder; every man had to look out tr
himself, and many Of them were cut of and killed by
he enemy. AID yet This psper, this Nlcoraeues,s
called them glorious victories II never cs.s.. -
botice the dsting uished arrivals but never besthe.
word OF the horrible uiseries which the sodiers suf
ieiso while was there and which they are nov suffer
ing; and few people know aIJ thing about the re.
CONDITION of things there was induced BY the falss
reports about Nicaragua, and the oesses OF Walker
to 20 to the county but the misery | suffered and
the ninety Which every man who goes there must
ptrtLce, have induced NE TO give this piain unvar-
nhhed aid true account Of things just as / them
ano just a. they are.
Wien We got to Granada, We were marched up 10
Walkers quarter in that city. We were formed 10 q
he and kept standing in the sun for hour and q
half two hours and then our quarters in the
old San frencisco Church, Q place which was not Il.
for hogs to live In Ii wss not only damp but the filth
iest place certainly ever human creature lived IN We
had no bedr and had 70 lie the ground N the dirt.
lest litter. We had no blankets, having taken none
WIN u.s. and not being provided with any there Taoss
that hho money might buy hsmg1ocks; but yery fs.
had money, and the rtst were compelled To shft the
beat way they could We arrived az Granada on the
forenoon sDd got nothing to ea. ill the ns1t day ne.
noon, when We procured some raw beef rice and tor.
tas. And here II may not be impairment to state,
that when s0de rs come " Granada they araby
drawn up In line, lett to stand several hours 10 roast
Ig sum- and then sent TO their quarters TO get along
they sometimes some old pans and kettles sent
TO them. Walker never Looks them or after their
comfoft, and never speaks 70 any oae. But to my
stCry:
A few days after my arrival / was put on special
duty, burning charcoal, and an agreement msde
by tbose IN Authority to give me 81 80 day extra pay
in cash. We all understood that to get 30
mt nth, regularly. went 70 work barnibg h4rcoal
ano worn ed twelve days at the end Of which time
demsnoed my wages Major Potter, who was to settle
with lie for the Government, put me off few days,
and then said that if would not come down to half
dollar day, i would have to take an order on the
QuarteTmaster ~hrch 10 regarded a. worthless and il
~ in fact kew that, save BY accepting the fifty
cents day, would get nothing and accordingly re
ceiveo Fix dollars. In few days aferward, like almost
every pason In the country, was taken sick With
vomiting aid crhmp, which shortly after~ad settled
in,o very violent fever 1t then became necessary
to carry NE to the hospital. was taken there, aud
remained for three months, and will nov attempt 10
give unexaggerated description Of Nicaragua hos
pi'al am wiling 10 be sworn at any time that this
ton NJ pfaip hints hat Nth
own eyes and exp.riesced IL my own perch
WhtD man. rick vito the fever, Is carried to the
hospital al G anada, he put on raw hide bed, with
out mattress blabkes, uIesS he should be so for
tuBate Us have these articles himself which seldom
happens. 1t s frequently the that the sick man
il put bed from which rome wretch has just been
csiIieo of be buried who has died of fellow fever,
cholera, or some other contagious disease add whose
beo has never been cleaned or changed Tns sufferer
caLnot drink water because the dooos there cay hat
it Is poison to lever, and the only drink allowed IL
oiangei at tea Even thus IL Ofeo not to be had, on
account of tie negligence Of the stewards and
waits and the sick 10 left " burn and pach With
heat aid thirst. have lain hours after hours and
begged TO get tablespoonful wine from the ctors
and could Lot get it. They had plenty, and many Of
them were dIuIk Oh il most of their time. have ire
que ply u.sds my breakfast of cup OF tea without
any Ting else for t. good reason that there was moth
IL else TO be bad. At dinner, would get piece of
boiled beet with the water was cooked IN but never
sny hing like vegetables or rice. AT supper was ex-
tIelely lucky If got littie mush and teal though
these little they we're, have frequently had to do
without. There was sometimes little money aio wed
TO buy vegetables for the patients; bat generally the
dIuIk hen doctors, quscks should rather call them,
with two or three exceptions, and other hunkeys got
bod Of it, and the patients never saw either 1t " the
vegetables. Had it not been for some kind ei ds out
side HbOse lanes preserved eacred my memory,
should have die1, ta.o and again; for there u GER
tsiy no bic life than that led by patent
in hospital In Nicaragua.
Soon after my arrival; as soon, In fact @ saw Urn
nnda commenced oevBng means OF escaping. Tdis,
however, Is difficult matter, after one B oLce there
No person IL allowed 10 30 from place to place without
passport No person, either cuzen or soldier, u al
lowed to leave GIanad. without one and if soldier
il caught eide Ong TO do he Is take as deseter
and shot such is his inevi able fate. If person es-
capes slker, be runs great rsks OF falling into the
bads of tie Cnou orri.tas who would also shoot him.
Ii he escapes BOTH he must get out vi the couary me
best way be cnI and runs many risks and dangers too
tediou. here to enunsste. In my own case, 30 soon
a. got well enough to rise from my bed which wasin
three onbs managed ~ procure fariough 10 go 70
Vngin Bay San CailOs, to recruit nay health AVOID
ing both places much as poes6e went to see San
&c rye ond heLce " San Juan. During thus Journey,
az the fever, which contracted Ii the country
every day. and have IL still az THE time, week since
my arrival il San Frsncisco. Having reached San
Juan ] so,d my pistol tor -; IN ioT OK hve Gays
going 10 the Captain offered him vs., ana to work
out he balance of my pas sgemoney but be refused
to take me. had been accustomed TO carry cane
and i'll fast could not ket along without IL but threw
il away upoh going to the Captain to look - sPry as
possible The thing, however, would not work, and it
xss not until / succeeded, through the Kindness OF
friend in Borrowing $25 more, that procured pas
cage and considered NY se,f safe
] arrived Ia San Francisco by the Sierra Nevsds On
Thanksgiving Day, the mere shadow Of my former
tef. ll.ftbere III june, large, healthy man, weisn
pg 164 POUNDS on 10y arrival on Thanksgiving Day,
MY wei.nt vas 10 pounds My sufforinss, together
VIII disease have Destroyed ny consultation and an
forced to consider myself worthless man, 90 TAR as
any real labor 10 coLoerned. never got ceat OF pay
e1tept tie IS bef.re spoken OF, VII CD was psd at