The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-11
spN>OAY MORNING, MAY Ii, 1856.
Departure OF <Ae OrizaOa n 1vIMEp 9pIprY
TEMPORARY DETENTION OF TYE an ETC. gro.


TEMPORARY DETENTION OF TNK an. ETC, Erc.
VOLUNTEERS FOR GEN7sAL " ALKA .e,.,,oor !.
The steamship Orizsba saisd yes 'erdas ,,c,r.vu.
about quarter pas. foor for San Juan dc h. .Sro
The time announced in the scvsrtisNm snt wss
O'Clock but she detained beyond The hoas
BY the absence OF her commander Captsa MsSispaush
who under trial in the United SAtes Ncuit Court
on charge Of ots,ruc.iog the United States ofacrs
while in the discharge of their duty in the Of t
Northern Light. The jury il appears, out and he
WAS wsit;pg their verdict. This the caase Of the
delay and IL became evident that there pros
pect Of their egrseng hs allowed to go 10 with
his vessel.
As 1t reported that the Orzsba would be detained
under arrest By the United States Msrshsl consdsra
BILE crowd assembled the pier witness the proceed
iDgs They all however, very quiet and orderly,
and had evidently assembled there from curiosity alone
Various runcrs aaoat among the crowd to the
Of her detention Some said che had been sezsd
by ths United States authorities and that abe would
sail at ALL while otsers asserted that shs waiting
two three hundred volunteers for General Walker
who expected from Baltimore There were
ottes, sgsn who expressed the belief founded upon
liable authority at Washington, that stelegraphic des
patch Was expec ed from that city every moment,
nouncng the recognition Of the Nicaragua
BY administration and II added that as
this received there three four hundred
ready to embark. each armed with pair
OF reviewers, "a rife, q bowie knife, and any
quantity of ammunition. 1t is almost needless
to that the dis catch not received and that this
terrible force did not in consequence make it'd appear
ancs. Neither did the expected volunteers from BalH
more but there volunteers board nevertheless
and rifles, pistols and bowie knives Notwithstanding
the vigilance of the United States District Attorney and
his assistants. Every effort had been made and every
precauton taken to prevent them from going but they
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did. Al the least calculation ABOUT fifty got away and
some of these had been with General Walker before II
appears that the strctest scrutiny exercised in re-
gard to them at the ticket oce and that they
ectsd to regular examination there to their motives
and objects r going to Nicaragua Even their personal
appearance closely inspected and If they had ON
anything that bore the slightest resemblance to a 80
called Niearaguan hat cap they refused Ticket
Amoustachs, particularly if it bore waruke appearance,
sufficient to dsquahy the applicant; and all who
did not give satisfactory account Of Themselves could
not procure tickets. But after ALL Walkers friends
little too smart for them and despite the efforts
of the United States officials they left In the Orzaba.
Among these board was Mr.. J. G. Hemmick,
who had been under trial for the terrible offence of try
ing to 80 where he pleased and who informed that
for asserting bis right to do So and also for refusing TO
give certain information, for which he Offer ed
peusson he had been locked up Eldritge street jail
We also sawCspt ohm W. Rider ofthe cAragusn army,
and who with Gen. Walker when he first entered that
State Some Of the volunteers had, we have said,
Tickets and had not but the latter secured them
through their friends who furnished them before the
departure Of the steamer In addition to these, there
some ten or twelve who had bBen EN- ploysd
on the compiny's works in Nicaragua, and who had
come on to this city to get their pay. One Of
these said that the Nicaragua TIansit Compsny
owed their woIkmsn nine or ten thousand dol.
lars, and that it Impossible to got the money
any portion Of from them; that the had applied
the pany agents here that they had refused and
that they gcLg back to Nicaragua to see If
their demands would MT be satisfied there.
Although there WAS much dissatisfaction among these
and Others account Of the treatment they had
received, dsorderly riotous manifestations took
place They were all pretty free ia their expressions Of
indignation and contempt for government and ois
played laudable dese to be informed whether Ameri
eitzsns be prevented from going wherever
they eased ana also If there any Law in particular
which stated that they nigh. other part of the
world but Nicaragua. Complimentary illusions were
also made to the capacity of the President and Secretary
of State to fill their respective Stations and the wish fire.
quenty expressed that they might be continued in Office
another four years. others wanted to know flour
fellow citizens in Nica,sguA we're to be shot down
with British guns, and Il OF determination
was to be wssed against oountrymen, and gov
ment stand guard along coast to prevent
assistance from reaching them. The indignation though
quietly expressed, was no less deep toned, aad q
pretty fair indication of the state OF public feeling
throughout TIE country in regard to the conduct Of
government toward Nicaragua.
About four O'Clock, Capt. Tinklepsugh made his ap-
pesrsrce on the and w crested with three cheers
Fe vent board imnediatey, y, gave orders to detach
the steamer from her moorrgs and in less than twenty
minutes the Oiizaba in the river, and swept
past the pier greeted With three CHEERS One gun
fired. and from her mail mss was displayed small flag
bearing the initial Letter "W.,' which soma said was
intenced fer Wa ker few fingered the pier till she
nearly cut OF sight ena in few inues all was
quiet as before. Many heartfelt wish expressed
for the of Walker and the welfare Of
his new recruits One of the volunteers who was not
over twenty yeAs Of age and who made secret OF his
intentions in going to Nicaragua told us he was going
Rght for Wslker because he his countryman and
because he that bls gov eminent had ,eagued
with En- gland to put him down. " But toll YOU
said he that am bound to stand By him, If nobody
else does. You'll hear of me again. he added; "Pm
not the boy to show the white feather"