The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-26

them several AneTcsns) who had struggled up towards
The scat Of The &c Americans engaged with csssl
Ion regarded as incs,inablc ,rossures TDey
Gloscd full ssng could come and tight drink aud &C..
,.as !, rsie never 70 ssar hrr in snv,s bey
freely admitted 10 bis presence when in Icon, sui
In sssauh never allowed to err1sc themselves,
but posiei In oonvorienl places % pick OF the
ny's oiccrs With their rides They we're vel paid and
fed, and In fac; lived IN clover. Mos of the important
measrres Of the war were suggested ~ these Foreign
relative ro-oa that the Hcssiats dd 10 America IN ne
revolution SEPT nst Casollon being the supreme au
boriy the land bad cagsgcd ,hon zoe ih protection Of
the republic N was during one OF NJ Colo vi its Al
Lon, while swinging in The conf0risble ne work ham
mock at Dr. 1yingsions, and listening u his friend .
naraiops O. tho var Thai uc idea frat entered bis head
OF entering the Nicuraguan army AZ an olcJr position
he could al any moment have COMMANDED From this
grew his plan Of recurring 70 Osorna AL ensiny men
In con muncaiug bis plans 10 CSsiclou, who M oncc
greed 10 them, aud contract was drasn up evpedl
uously spanish American oan he supro Cd 70 DO any
thing By which q certain amount u public land was
granted 70 "Scnor Don Byron Cole adaaao de Us Esdaos
nSss - NE S,r Isa 60 %S On CONDITION rS Of
able bodied 10 enlist and serve IN the Nlcursgusn
army The contract mentioned arms, ammunition, 40, 90
and was formally sealed and sgucd ny President
Casiolon and the proper state aahori cs. Armed wth
this formidable document, Mr. Cole threw 90 his nwontet
lcihareic BE Of smoking and swingag 10 bammcck and
ior Fan Francisco ON his arrival there he had
not entirely ado up his mind who cngags with him In
his yet undovc opet enterprise. Had Coun, E,ossc, de
Boubop bccn alive Il Is probable he would have been se
iocted or ,oo Of the bold spirits who had escaped fros
the Eouadorcan CO pdl'ion but none q these oorea.
II shoul here be noted that Csscllon had for
Walker NJ is generally believed the whole Transaction
up 10 ths time consisted IN the Nisragua Presidents
giving Mr. Cole cart Uoncc N engage any Americans 70
serve In bis army ard pledenr The national honor 10
ceivc and enlist them ~ any other foreign sold sry
might be hired TO hshi for good raymastsrs pur.
ing his absence from Gan frSocisco, affairs had
changed considerably. Brodofck had failed 70
carry the Senatorial election; heavy failures
had occurred, and money was scarce Coles Old news
pAper tho ON efcini Advertiser, bad been for time
defunct and Walker, whom be had len 10 the editorial
clair. had retired n Ca amenlo and there writing
for the Stcts Journal
n Was now that Byron Cole called upon him IN Tacra
mento der ed his contract and held the Offer 20
waker OF embnkpg again upon the sea Of fortune A.
that time Central America by no means nsi ue pYom
nent position IN the public mind which T. has sncs ocoa
pied. rev Americans knew anything OF the country,
while ose who crossed Nicaragua by Inc Trang rouio
scarce rave thought beyond lie being no, and disa
grecsbe place through which 10 was advisable 70 hurry
az fast possible. map procured, and the relaii
petitions Of the Ave Central American republ ca pointed
out and explained OF the population, extent and
Of Nicaragua and the general character OF it, people, Mr.
Cole who mad closely studied there subjects, ~ss able 10