New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-05-06
ERICA,

sstdte of -atatrs in Nicaragua-Fi Finale Of the&4c-
ceSsoTy Transit CompqlV-Re Reprehensible Con-,
duct on The part Of its Controheys-I Threatened
btockade Of tte Port of San Juan.
PuENrA ARENAS: April 2lst, 1856.
Ihe condition of Nicaragua at thepresent moment
IS anything but attering to the hopes Of those who
have, in their confidence the success and supremacy
OF the Democratic party invested their capital and
commenced their several pursuits within its borders.
we are hourly expecting news from the interior.
which will probably add to the already sickening tale
OF desolation and suffering caused by the eachery of
Schlessinger, or we do not believe him to have been
eowardD and the mpolitic move the part of Gen.
Walker III stopping the boats of the Transit Com
pany, whereby he has shut off the supplies and pre-.
vented the transitu of thousands of Caifornans
many of whom would have remained in the country
and assisted in its redemption.
Affairs at Greytown are truly pitiable. Col. Kin
ney still holds out hoping daily to receive aid from
the United States in the way of colonsts and pro-
visions but tis hard struggle. The continued op-
position he has had to encounter and his unbounded
hospitality, has reduced his larder to the shortest al
lowance He is now feeding "A score Of half starved
destitute wretches who have made their escape from
the upper country, and arrived in barges canoes and
upon rafts wholly destitute Of means, and dependent
solely upon the charity of the citizens who though
poor, and suffering themselves from the memorable
bombardment, magnanimousy called meeting and
raised sufficient funds to charter a small schooner
upon which they shipped some twenty or thirty to
the States. poi
At Puenta Arenas, the condition of the EMPLOYEES
of the Transit Company is not much better All the
boat captains, engineers etc., with their families that
could get away, have come down to the Point and
have been for the last week subsistng upon the hos
pitalties of Capt. Scott-the Company having made
provision for their removal from the country or
so much as supplied them with the means Of procur
|sing weeks board. -..w
We learned to-day that Capt. Scott has assumed
the responsibility Of paying their fares home on the
Orizaba, and taken the Companys scrip in lieu of
the cash paid down. -.l
Mr.. Birdsell, the deputed agent sent out by the
Company to supplant the Captain, arrived on the
fOrizaba-called upon the Captain presented the
documents-demanded immediate possession of all
the goods, chatels etc. with all the form and dignity
pertaining 30 so high mission, but, when asked by
the Captain if he had also brought with him the Other
documents to liquidate the claims Of employees and
others, not being able to present these, he was in
formed that, without this very necessary accompan
ment he would not be recognized put possession
Of the slightest article about the premises; whereupon
he returned to Greytown, where he is now awaiting
the moving of the waters. 5-
There is rumor aioat that the port has been
blockadedby the British; this however we believe be
but rumor there has as yet been no notice of the
same posted in Greytown, the Point. We should
not be surprised however, if the anticipation should
be realized in less than twentyfour hours and every
American arriving upon shores compelled to bow
submissiyely to an impertinent examination by John
Bull before suffered to land, and perhaps sent home
without even the privilege of setting foot upon Gem
tra American SOIL But once since our arrival to this
new land of adoption have hearts been cheere
by the glorious display of our country's flag ; but
once during the long eight months that we have had
staring us in the face, Immediately in front Of our Of
fee door, the broadside of British frigate ready to
devour at sight, have we been relieved by the soul
enlivening contrast Of the stars and stripes.
The boats from up the river have arrived, laden
with passengers, oyelstocked with terrible war
news which will probably more than fill your columns
for a few days, rendering all other matters of but
slight interest save to those interested in the local a
fairs Of the lower country therefore abruptly Close
and forward in haste, the items have penned, by
passenger on board the Orizaba bound to Orleans via
Key West. LEwELLYN