Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-04-25
The Nicaragua News.

The Nicaragua HeWS.
One of the officers OF the Tennessee states
that great dissatisfaction existed among tho
officers of Col, Lockridge in Nicaragua,
owing TO his refusal to attack the enemy at
Castillo We'll Informed persons, however,
of the strong position of the enemy, think
that Locklidge pursued the wisest course in
retrcating, rs the enemy bad threo strong
positions, the old castle of Castillo being
filled with troops, the battery on the rivers
edge strongly fortified, and at least 500
troops on Nelson's Hill. ~
Notwithstnrdingt this, the officers Of Lock
ridge felt satisfied they could drive the enc
my out. Much bitter feeling existed be-
cause Lockridge did not make an attempt,
and a large number refused TO follow his
fortunes further Some two hundred were
thcreupon disbondcd and disarmed. These
will come home to the States by the next
opportunity probably via Key West. to
which point, it was understood, they will bo
taken by an English man war
The force of Lockridgc is now reduced
to about onr hundred men, including ninety
Tcxaus. With these it was his intentions
to proceed on the steamer Rescue to Pun.
la Arenas, from thcnceto Aspinwall, thence
to Panama aud next TO Rivas,swhere ho
will join Walker This course would cause
some loss of time, but insure the safety at
| least of all his arms and ammunition, as he
would not be allowed TO take them across
the Ishmus.
| The last accounts from Walker repre-
sent him to be still at Rivas, strongly for
riied, with 500 men in good fighting order.
| There were also some 800 men in the hos
I Nil. ,.,I ,,,i,, l,,,,, hoe al.
! ty Of arms and four months supply of pros
visions So firm is his position thathe be-
lieves he can hold the place with forco
/ Of Uuly 90 men.
The explosion of the steamer Scott was
most sudden and disastrous, evidently from
careIessness. The badly wounded were Ia
ken in the steamer Rescue 10 Pupta Are
mas, where they remaiDcd All the arms,
ammunition and provisions of the steamer
Scott were taken off, when she was fired,
by order of Gen. Lockridge, and burnt to
the waters edge.
| DEMOCRATIC VIcToRlEs. Among the
many Demncraiic victories of late lhcre il
none which exceeds that ut Albany, where
the Bmck Republicans" are daily iulmina.
tIng from The capitol their anathcmas against,
the state and Union But where these
Kansas blecders are most seen and best
known, there defeat is the most certain.-
we copy the following from the Atlas and
Argus:
The Democrats Of Albany have achieved
a most brilliant victory. They have routed
the opposition, wherever they appeared. in
detail or n coalition. They have cnni,d:
their city ticket by nearly 5000 majority
| over tllp uI,epnb bI;c.os ~ oo,,
over 'he Americans They have elected
seven OF the tea Aldermen, and the same
| proportion Of theSupervisors. We lose the
Second Ward by division, the fifth by a.
coalition OF our opponents, and in the sixth
me "Amerleans" succeed by majority OF
eight
RE DemoUrNss the Wards have done no.
oily. They hada dnyofgreat encouragement
to labor under-a pelting, pittiless storm nS
ram and snow and whatever our opponents
may say, 1t is the majority tba, sutferundcn
such circumstances. The public feeling andl
the public confidence is with the Democrat
'c party and the larger the vote, the great
er would be its majority
lhe Democracy of Cleavcland (Ohio(
have also achieved a most glorious victory.
Ae~ York Doiiy NcvS.
WAsnINGToN, April l4-The Secretary
OF the Interior has given full instructions to-
Messrs. Rector and Garrett Indian AGENTS.
who have left Washington for The scene oa
their duties. to organize Delegation from
the Greeks and Seminoles residing west az
The Mississippi TO proceed,to Florida in the
autumn on especial business to pursuade
Bowlegs and hisfollowers to emigratc Tbe.
Florida Seminolcs, as the government ia
aware, are too proud TO be forced to this
step at The point Of the bayonet, and hence
the resort 10 peaceful measures, which will,
1t is confidently believed, accomplish ,aa
important measure. In view of the above
mentioned design, there will be no active
military movement in Florida.
AS heretofore stated, there will he M
troops stationed in Kansas who hayein anv
way been implicated in the former difiicul.
ties in lhut Territory.
In addition TO The large force detailed Ear
accompanying the Commission 10 run tI,e
Southern boundary of Kansas, similar
campaign to chaslise the Choyepnes andt
AIo%ays has been arranged. Several Off.
GERS now here arc receiving specific i1strue.
lions to that end. None Of these troops ara