The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1857-04-15

------- ~ .sn N1cARAGUA.-We pup
:. n.w VS. in another column lfohi W.
lisn Two more battles have oeeh loussns'
cars &c which Walkers forces nave oee"
IN Do' .;ctor;ous; and the clouds and darkness
s,sha' sa,sd fast gathering about the fortunes .,
of that extraordinary man, are Pl s,aadfast-
solved at least, and leave his star yes N;oaranus
" cleaning above the horizon Oh Wa A. Nv
The steamship Texas, which aif1 Dr. az ~ , the
York Yesterday, brings news rom ~ 40 had '
IAN by which it appears that hehhlns en n;l.
frst q naraey and afterwards jointly oeen Wv
,a,;ous over the allies mfictlng prooaoie ioss
nnn them Of not less than 800. ms 'ie,o'y
i one Of the most extraordinary ever fecoiaed'
% ,s ~, # l. remembered that Walkers Who'e
eAactive force in field could not have eAcesueu
eoo while the allies numbered not less IMAM
. 600 It is not unlikely, as the report s''1ee >.
that if not completely decisive OF the war; ~
loo mt the enemy seriously in mind OF peace
r. ,,pst have the effect, at all events, OF SO GRIP
nl;no and demoralizing the allies, that walk,
lr,s nosition will be secured beyond all hazard
for an indefinite period it must nave !he eileos
Of bringing back to his support the 'llnlu any
,reacherous natives, who, with the maui al III
snct Of weakness, will ever go with the stfohg-
est side: and it must have the effect OF reassuf-
inc the confidence and lifting up the oroop'hg
shirts of many friends who were beginning y
despond, and to change the antlc'patofy sheei
on the faces of his enemies into the pallof Oh
disappointment and chagrn.
| Yet the skies are not entirely cleared over
Nicaragua. Walkers force at Rlvas cannot
now much exceed 700 effective men; the enc
nv NAV or may not sue for peace; the alliance
NAV or not be dissolved in consequence OF the
signal discontinue; Costa Rlca may or may
not effect transfer Of the transit to GREAT
Britain, conditioned upon the latter's defena-
ING it, and the integrity OF Costa Rica terrl'o-
nv. against the 'fbuster;' Col. Lockfluge'
with his 400 men, may OF may not. alter the
| late failure at Castillo, on account OF the lgno-
minious misconduct of Titus, reconquer the
San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua; all these
are problems that admit of solutions more Or
less fortunate or unfavorable, and we must pa
tiently, though hopefully, await further deVel-
opments and eventuaIities. S.. .......s...s.
Meantime what if Great Britain shall former
", or in effect, accept the cesson ofthe transit
Will the government at Washington acquiesce
in it? Ask Gen. Cass, who is duly redtaped,
labelled and enshrined in the circumlocution
office; certainly, the records of that institution
give no satisfactory response to the question
They only tell for four years past, of the ma.
tional honor shrouded in parchment and buried
alive in its vaults; of national rights disappear
ing and being lost in its solemn labyrlnths; ~
ing loosely about among the odds and ends Of
undgested foreign relations. Ask Gen. Cass,
then, if he has determined to turn over An en-
tirely new leaf in the mysterious records OF that
sepulchral institution he may give US comfort
perhaps! Delta