Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-02-05

Latest from Central America.


The New York papers Of Monday
week are full of details of tho condition
and prospects OF Mr.. Filibusler Walker.
brought by passengers on the James Ad-
ger. As there is good deal Of interest
felt in the fate of shat enterprising young
gentleman, we condense the most aiIrac.
tive aud important features of the Now
York statements for our columns.
walker Ruined.
The passengers say that General Mora
has issued a proclamation granting all
Walkers men, who wanted 10 leave him.
a free pass TO their homes.
They were deserving as fast rs possi-
Bile. especially from Pun,a Arenas TO
Greytown. Nearly fifty had deserted -
Some went to Now Orleans, Others camo
here. Walker is in hopeless condition,
and the next news from him will be tina {
he is slaughtered. All who can are leav-
ing him a; every opportunity.
Seizure of the Steamer.
The seizure Of the steamer with the
American passengers on board. by the
Costa Ricsns under Commander Spencer,
who had captured oil the for,s. is quite a
feature Of the contest. snd is thus spoken
Of by one of the passengers:
Up 10 the time of their reaching Fort
San Carlos. few miles from the lake. on
The San Juan river. the passengers had no
inlimation that there was any difficulty
attending the transit. As they passed
Fort San Carlos they discovered the
American and Nicaraguan flags floating
from the fort. Here they were hailed by
Mr.. Spencer, who asked them to stop, as
be had something to communicate.
Tho steamer stopped and Spencer came
on board and made his business known.
He informed the officers of the boat and
the passengers that Commodore Wander.
bilt had taken possession Of the route
amp had seized all the trsnsi, steamers,
and that there was no possibility of the
passengers going through unless they
submilred TO the authority then in pow
er. ~
He seized the boat in behalf Of Wander
bilt, and promised all arsafe passage a.
cross the Isthmus. provided they would
not attempt to resist. but would remain
neutral; aad this was extended TO the
Nicaroguaus as we'll as the Califor-
MIA passengers. Spencer stated that
500 Costa Ricans were stationed along
the route. 500 at Fort San Carlos. and
l 600 at other points, which he spoke OF
as being we'll conditioned and as ably
commanded ss the armies of Europe.
Mr.. Mitchell states. however. that al
no time did he see to exceed SO Costa Ri
cans. and they were extremely ragged
The passengers submitted to Spencer, and
they proceeded on their route. They
we're transferred several times from one
steamer te another before they reached
Greytown. Here the steamer was board
ed by one of the officers Of the four Brit
ish men. of war lying at San Juan. who
ordered the baggage Of passengers to he
put off as hurriedy as possible. which or.
der was executed without any discrimi.
nation or care, in many instances injuring
the baggage very materially. while q
heavy rain storm increased the damage.
After lying four days nj Greytown the
steamship Texas arrived. the officers o:
which offered to take the passengers 10
Nav Orleans and thence ship them to
New York by another steamer. The of
fer was accepted. but in going out ;hey
met the james Adger coming in.