Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1857-01-31
Interesting Letters from Nicaragua,

We have been favored by Mr.. MATHEW
MARI, of this place, with the following letter,
from Mr.. VIM. BOWMAN, formerly of this place,
which will be read with much interest. We
leave out only that portion which relates to
private affairs. Alas! poor WEBB, and young
STONE, whose deaths Mr.. BOWMAN relates !;
their fate will be deeply incurred by their
friends and relatives. The latter was a son of
DR.. ]. P. r. STONE, an extensive planter near
Plaquemine. Mr.. 3. writes:
RIvAs, Dec. 26, 1856.
= X al think | will be able to 90 into
business here in the course of three or four
months. | think all of the fighting is over,
and times will be good from this out:
MAT, | think my luck is good since | came
out here. | have been in all of the battles,
and never got a wound that hurt much and
as all of the fighting is now over, / think ]
will stand a good chance of dying in my bed
that is, if | have one at that time. After a
person has been GU: here six or eight months,
be don't mind anything in the shape of death.
WEBB and W. j. STONE are dead. STONE
was killed at Granada in the last 6ght-he
died fighting Ike a hero! WEEP died at Vir-
gin Bay. SYPLE has been sick for some time,
but is now doing WELL"
We also take much pleasure in publishing
the following extracts from another letter of
Mr.. BowMAN's, dated two days previous, and
addressed to Dir, RoBr. MINIS, of this place,
who was formerly in Nicaragua
RIvAs, Dec. %, 1856.
Dear Robert: received your letter of
Nov. Is, four days ago. and am very glad to
hear that you got home safe and well.
This country has been a HI since you
left it-nothing but fighting and marching
and nothing to eat but beef alone, and some
times without salt. But that is all over now,
and we live very we'll at this place. ] have
been very sick since my last letter, and have
had another fight at that id Massaya, and
came very near %dying-had 10 fight for NY life
with a hot fever on me, and that for four days
and nights, without stopping to eat anything
but a greenIplantain. But that's nothing, when
you get used to it.
| suppose you have heard of the fall of
Granada and what a time we had of it. Let
me tell Won that that was a little HI! You
would think so if you were penned up on oil
sides for twenty~one days, and fed on horse,
mule, dog, cat, and everything of the kind that
we could get-and the wounded and dead w.
ing all around and no chance to attend to them!
What would you think TO see your friend
pulled to pieces by crows fifty yards from you,
and you not able to do anything to prevent it,
But, Boa, the best news / can give you is,
the fighting is all over. The greasers are fight
ing among themselves, so they cannot fight us
much. The worst news, however, is that |
have lost some of my best friends. VIM. J..
STONE was the best friend / had here; he was
in Granada, in making a charge on a can
non; he had been in some of the hardest battles
in the country, and always came out with cred
tito himself; he was a true friend. WEBB is
no more; he died at Virgin Bay, of fever. ]
been very sick, but don't mind it. have
made up my mind not to care d-n for any~
for j It's no use. This is as good a place
as | want to find; plenty to eat and drink; that 8
more than q good many can say about your
place! = Here the writer refers
some private matters which the writer says
v i'll be attended to as early as it is possible
for him to do SOL Boz, if any of the boys
want to come out here, tell them that noso is
he time-but tell them to be sure and pay
heir o10n a0ay.
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