The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-05-02
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
Friday Niorninx, May ,, 1856.
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Further from Central America
ENGLISH INTERFERING

are At hand, and we have full accounts of the ex
citing events which have just transpired In Cen
trai America. The following are copies of the in
tercepted correspondence, showing that Englan,
Is secretly aiding the Costa Ricans:
FOREIGN OFFICE, Feb. 9, 1856
am directed by the Earl of Clarendon to &C
quaint you that having referred to the War De
partment your letter of the 10Th ult, req uestinl
that small supply of arms may be furnished e
the government Of Costa Rica, his lordship ha,
been informed by that department, in reply, tha,
SOOO smooth bore muskets (nittons), which are moi
| 80 highly finished rs the line pattern muskets o.
,can be supplied for this service at 6 d. each
or If it should be preferred 1000 of the line pattern
muskets of 1852 can be furnished at 56s 3D. each
As soon as Lord Clarendon Is informed by you
OF the species of arms which you decide upon, be
will communicate further with the War Depart
ment, and request that the arms may be placed Al
your disposal have the honor to be, sir, your
most obedient and humble servant.
Z. HAMMOND.
To E. WALLERsTEIN, Esq, &c, &C., &c.
No 10. LONDON. Feb. 10. 1856.
SIR:-ln reference to my note of 10th of last
menth, marked No 4, in which communicated to
your Excellency that in the interview with Lord
Clarendon. had begged of him to favor our gov.
ernmelt with loan of :, 600 musksts now take
great pleasure to inform your ExcelIency that on
the 9th inst, l was advised by the Secretary of
Foreign kelatons that Lord Clarendon, having
consulted with the Minister of War in regard to
my request. L receiV cd the informant that GOO
muskets could bs obtained at the price of 23s, or
ZOO at JOS I'd. tor that SERVICE a. soon as in.
formed his lordship which of the two kinds would
SUIT me- He viii give orders that the 9, 900 may be
placed at my disposal for the of the republic of
costa hica have not yet replied to that com
munlcation. but have written private letter to
said Secretary, eutreatng him to send me an order
to examine the two kinds OF arms After seeing them
viii still consider if it is convenient to take them
gtPTa
the President; but in the meantime ! am per.
suaded his Excelency will see the pr0mptness
with which the government of her Britanic Males
ty has complied with my request, is q very strong
wards that republic Nothing is said it is true, in
the Minister'S letter about the time the money
should be paid; 1t shows that this is left for the
republic to determine. / enclose herein a copy OF
the letter mentioned. and take this opportunity to
repeat myself your Excelleney's most obedent
servant T. WALLERsTEIN.
To his ExceIency Ser Don bernardo Castro,
Minister Of Relation of the republic of Costa Rica
San Jose.
LONDON, Feb. It, 1856.
Ser Don JUAN RAFAEL MORA, San Jose de
Costa Rica.
Much esteemed sir and frisnd-The mail which
brings the correspondence of January lst, from
Costa Rica 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 communications OF to-day, to the Min.
lister. By this You will see that this government
Is willing to put z, 600 muskets at my disposal for
the service Of the republic of Costa Rica. Moth
ing is said in the note about the time of payment
However, have not made up my mind to take
them previous to receiving instructions 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, If vessel sails for Punta Ar.
enas, without further orders from you have not
yet replied officially to Lord Clarendon to offer
him my most sincere thanks in my own name and
that of the republic for his manifestation OF SYM
pathy and friendship for Costa Rica; and though
the affable manner in which Lord Clarendon spoke
to me when bid him farewell, almost induced me
to believe he would not refuse the muskets, will
not deny the pleasure felt on the receipt of Mr..
Hammond letter. could not sleep all that night
for joy.
sent him note on the following day, stating l
would address official note to Loxd Clarendon, con-
veying my thanks, and that in the meantime i ca
treated him to send permission from the War De-
partment to examine the two kinds of muskets,
to ascertain which should take for the republic. All
this is very good, but don't like the intelligence from
Nicaragua where it seems Walker il establishing HIM
how the other States did not unite themselves from
the beginning to expel him from Nicaragua. have
letters from Guatemala and San Salvador requiring
request from tfs government, help and succor;
but what can be done for republics or people who do
not make an exertiOn to help themselves. When l
was telling Lord Clarendon that Costa Riea already
he was much pleased, and said 'thst was the right
step," and am persuaded that my having made that
insinuaton s one OF the reasons for giving the mus
kets. The questions pending between this country
and the United States are very complicated, but
there will be war for this reason, that the gentle
men in the great republic observe that although the
brlnsh nation do not boast or say much the sub
ject they determined to punish the Yankees very
severely for the least insult to the national honor
70 the eyes of the whole world-of this country in
particulars war between the two nations would be
of the worst of evils but Central America the
case would be very different, Walker and his assO-
ciates would soon be kicked out of Nicaragua.
send to the government a copy of the Times, In
which is found letter from MIR Marcy to theAmerican
Minister to Nicaragua Though this letter appears to
the true sense is that in short time the govern
mont of the United States will recognize Walkers
government. May God help US; Yours, nc, &c.
f.. WALLERsTEIN.
Two other letters accompanied this correspond.
ence, one of which was from Mr.. Moliny, the Costa
Rican Minister at Warrington, informing his govern
ment ofrecent letters received from the governments
of Great Britain and France, In which great symps-
thy s felt for the Central American States in sener
a. The other informs the government of Costa Rica
that an English feet will bs immediately sent to the
Pacific coast of Costa Rics.
FL Nicaraguense of the 10Th inst, contains fur
Their particulars of the battle of Rivas which were
not contained in the account given In the Dispatch
We0neSoay. appears tnat walker, aiter kiiung
800 Costa Ricans, was forced to withdraw from
the city in consequence of want of ammunition. Ell
Nicaraguense says;
An interesting feature in the battle of Rivas was
the presence of some of those gallant spirits who
first adventured At that place the experiment Of
battle under the dubious auspices only of fftysix
men OF the original number that embarked In
the Vesta, and first met the enemy on the disas-
trous field of Rivas, there were sixteen who par
ticipated In the recent engagement. These were
MaiorJ. b. Markham, Capt Frank Anderson,
Capt D. K Bayley, Capt Peter Veeder, Lieut. L.
g. Gay, Lieut.. 8. N. Leonard, Lieut. G. Gist Ser.
geant Wn. Sarsfeld, and privates Moses Ander-
son, j. Branch, j. Colmers, H. Lyons, DIR. Mat
thews, Jake Norris and G. Traveller These men,
without exception, behaved with gallantry mer-
ting the highest admiration and applause. They
were proudly conspicuous through the whole con-
Hict seeming to feel and act as though Rivas was
indebted to them an ovation of blood.
OF this number, Lieuts Stoll and Gay were kill.
cd, and Major Markham, Captains Anderson and
Bsyley Lieuteuants Leonard and Gist and Ser
gesnt Starsfeld were wounded. Lieutenant Stoll,
fhe aid Of Colonial Don Bruno Nstzmer, did most
efficient servics It is authenticaly said that not
less than thirteen of the enemy fell by his single
hand before he paid by bis death the penalty OF his
eallantry. Lieut. Gay fell In the charge which