The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-14
IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA.
Ten Days Later from Gen. Walkers
Camp.
THE POSITION OF THE AMERICANS
The Costa Ricans had not Cap
tured Virgin Bay.
Walker had not heard Of the Capture o.
the River Boa.s,
s-c.s &C., 30.

Walker had not heard OF the capture OF
the River Boa.s,
&c.. &C., 30.
Our Panama Correspondence.
PANAMA, Feb. 8, 1867.
Ar,isa or 1e Sierra NepSda-La News from walker
Luwp--1e'ou,.s Of the Deseyrs-Stale Of the Avssy-
zas Fae of Deertcrs-The Aeenu Of Morgans Lane Oh,
The AGsmr,- No;ki~s Neo from Bcoota-Rumos Of q
Reo'saiOn in the Pyorinte Of Ocana-ksuemes Of Ves-
sels Of War, dc.
Ahw days after the steamer Sor ore sailed With the
passengers OF the james Adger the Sierra Nevada
rived from San Juan del Sur n look for her passengers
~ut r ding that the b d. had flo ~n she sailed again the
the ssms day. her return to San Francisco vis Ban
Juan The oicers OF the sloop report that Wall was
sail rgh we'll fortified in Rivas whore he had twelve
hundred mea and plenty Of @unilion. Al the time Of
their visit 10 bis carp hc not or the capture
OF the river boats though their arrival led him 70
suspect tina. something was wrong.
have spoken with many OF the poor fellows who
hsve escaped from walkers clutches and found their
way down here. They tell most pi.eous tales OF their
treatment when with the army Hseems that from the
fncesssnt marching and the soldiers
Aracss without shoes and suffer not only from the pol
bushes that cut their feet but also from venom
ons insects o. all kinds, especially nieosa jggcrs,
which eurTow INTO Inc 1esh where they lay their eggs
These breed lBrunerable maggots and mortinoa.
Slon cRen ensusz.
AL harts sgrse N stating that mine. .senths OF the
soldiers wou1 wliingi- leave they had the means,
not afraid Of walkers picket partes oouposod Of
the most usty of hs oovers h.ve orders 70 arrest
astrssgers but not to bring sheu into the camp again
Poor fellows short from gives sheu their
que.us and the turkey buzzsrds do hs res We
late either from Costa Rica Grsy,o~z Sss shall
haya nsx~t 49,
SuaD, on tho 4th 5th ami the Columbus from Pan,a
-Arenu the 10Th
settled that Morgan Co. . steamers tol ru,
TO Panama until the Nicaragua routs again opened.
Hr. Johnson Of Massachusetts, hss been sppont
I'd sgent the IStbmus He will aot ct Aspn wall, and
Mr. Jos " Hawes sssas hm In this city. is TO be hoped
that opposition viii lower passage money aud frsghs
tion has lately fallen of considerably tue companies
ooud come 10 an arrangement 70 alternate weeks
PASSENGER on bis way from The South Pacific to Cali
foroA undertook or ~as-r, last week, TO wax four
sno twenty eOS We nSars 10 foo,sa Tor ssv os
deg and then by the advice OF physician gave up.
He wul most probably get fver, sad then every oae
VI. sey, "how uphtelthy Psuama s!' You may rest
sssured that eleven wehs of sne passengers who hsve
eaen sick on the Ishmus have 70 thank Their ndiscre
There q news from Bsscss by the last mall Many
persons did not get their nsaai dies of oarnals from tbs
interior, and your coresponden, among then The
local paper spanish and Enslnh do not publish any
thing are seq ~ ali 10 The dark 40 !, the
prog ess Of the lnernaoosl questions and the proceed
iDgs OF Mr Commissioner Morse. Rumors OF q revou
ton In the province OF ocana srrng from the s Presi
dental election, have reached US, AND It "a thoaght
Mar ano Ospna Rodriguez, the President elect but 70
tbousht thai the government, strong enough to pat
down.
Tho PdrSreo the Oldest Of the three Spanish papers
gubushcd In this city, died OF debility lat ~eek For
veaSer 20 ns, i.s snds were perfectly prspsssa for
IL dissolution. The Csrun>ld ike hc last rose Of sun
NOR" u "bloorng alone" ~ the other paper only
The only oOtaole Of late i the sppoatnou. Of the
Dean Of the Cathedral ono Of the Judges Of the su
prone Court Though this " not popular appoint ment
Shs vsrs forced to II, a. none Of the lawyers
viii aot the State not being sne 70 their salaries
Perhaps your readers are not aware Of tss curious
cact that when this city vu founded In 1881, IL
rom the sosni,h crown. tss, no hSysr should be Der
mtted TO n side In IT, nevertheless within twenty years
Afterwards We are informed by the historian ovcido,
that great the humber OF Law suits among the
cusens, that on an average cach had forty pending
rhn curious p,ece OF antiquarian history was told me
PSssma asr and Herald, sho is engaged in compiling .
history Of the isthmus whoh BY sl accounts will be
the Independence, Com. nmvne IL still In port; the
"a. NAYS ssed on the 281 for San Juan del Sur. Tho
Decatur 10 shortly expec.ed hero from the north The
Britain ships Tribune and nncomslee would have been
here before now but for the unsettled state OF Affairs In
Peru. french ship b also shortly expccsei.
ana ct Aspnvan II rains amoss every day, whom from
dine imms moral. and "bcyood shich the memory Of
nan runpeth not" Il ought 70 be tho dry season. We
van, McriAm 70 explain this 70
Ths United states mali esmship Columbus. Capt J.
,aa pors ana n due 90 the ioh rom her return trip
she 70 run regularly tar as san Jose, Ohe port
d GustemAa ety. touching AZ all iptermediase ports,
apd VIII doubtless soon create large trace. The CON.
OF tho Central American sses will certainly al
Gov this way instead Of nov 0ndDg outlet on tue
ducts suh coffee, indigo coohneal &,, are rsissd
the Pacific slope OF the Cordlern and have hitherto
enS aood 10 S,po o .sad you IL ny next
interesting notes the commerce OF Central Ame-
rica, which expect 70 receive BY the Columbus.
Arrival of the Sierra Nevada at Panama
Walker with Twelve Hundred Men at
Rivas-some OF the Previous Accounts
Contradacted.
From the Panama Herald, Jan. "a
me steamship Sierra Nevada, Capt. Huntingdon, OF the
ScarHsua ne arrived u this por the morning OF the
zls inst. She brirv passengers. The sesrs Nevada
Ten sAn joan del Sur the morning Of the 18th ns
and came bs- ;or the purpose Of taking up the pssscn
gers who oame cot from New York by the steamer
james Adxev but Who vent up the Sonora. she len
ncye yesterday evening sga'o for san francisco.
Capt Huntingdon reports ,hn be was ai RIvas on the
wsEsr and sba. :. The, TINE tue .ic' had no, taken
vvgn Bay, nor bad any attempt ben made 70 DO $3.50
from es 5Ss IA. s o s S
tAken the bay was not correct neithw mad they made
any edbyt 70 taks san Juan del Sur,
Up 70 the 17th Inst Walker had not heard OF the river
end Lake steamer being taken by the Costa Rcans, al
though from their he mad suspected something
d the kind He had Schooner the ats, q 80 tons,
with which he was In hopes Of regaaing the steamers Ia
NE event OF their having fallen into ne hands Of the al
ues.
wAikw had M reported, an effective foroe Of ZOO
men, among them lso ransep, well mounted and equip
ned and the officers Of the sierra Nevada " that ha
posop u now rood, NOT better, Than ever, his
bsine In GOOD heaNh aad having good supply OF prov
s,onc ne n strongly fortified in Rvns, wnere he has
foundry for NE Manufacture Of cannon and rife balls
appears tolerAby well ssstsd hat ths Nicaragua line
new broken up n kass for time, evea according 10
ths uoss favorable accoun and thai for some trips 70
the steamers OF thai line yin bring their passengers
down here The Orisaba, which vas 70 leaye s~n Fran
cisco on shs soth win come down here touching San
Juan del sur and will probably bring us the earliest news
we nay expect 70 receive OF The future movem snh ~ the
bcligerents