The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-02-08
THE WAR TN NICARAGUA.
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THIS vii reach you by the way OF Catherine. / have
no ober opportu0ty. To sent by the way Virgin
Day ard 6reytovn would have been inpos, ole, -
The mall service OF sre sthmus controlled entirely by
The Diet or his agents.
am ttsyipg herc st . miserable tavern owned by Mr.
Priest, the American Consul 9, hr place. And KEEP, by
one Gray, formerly, am told, sol0isr 10 Walkers
army The steamship Orxabs will leave night or early
10 morrow morning. Lieut. wsls, scout has jus, come
h. and informed Gov Bger ard myself tina, he bad Just
seen . body Of Costa Rcans, eco In number some
twelve mss south of the Transit road The people OF tie
Ssvp packing up their ysusbles and making ready
1w escape Some will 20 10 Costa RIGA where Americans
well treated; others will take boats Ana pub out
INTO the hntor. My own opinion 10 that this body
o. Costs Rcans are intended TO operate with another
bsdy who are marching upon Castillo and San Carlos
Opt John Baldwin, ono OF Walkers best officers
Informed me two weeks ago that he expected every
day 70 hear Of an attack upon Casu o. San Carlos
and Serspaqr In any even. the loss of he q my by
wounds and lever has been immense, and the $50 men
received within the last few days from New Orleans
New York aud California, barely Hli the vacancies by
death OF the szt thirty days November cot Abou.
$co some say morethe great majority persnrg fever
sow starvation. Dr. Coleman, Hospital Pny sioisn
Virgin, informed ye sy that had $50 .ck sai
The number increasing daily. l counted the force
won't mp TO Nvss with Walker there were only lao MOO
add to these the $50 fren recruits and e
ioroe Of $40 against the allies who vii number 200
Costa Roaas and Ncaraguans wi the bodio,
q Rivm. native SioAraguan assures me thai there
VIII be general engagements; tae policy Of the
d We ne
and that the war will be indefinitely prolonged he
thinks thai the alcs will only 0ccury Rvas long enough
- @asy and tire ou, their American beae GERS and then
AL back Granada 10 help exer m!nstng the force
Of Gsb. Henbinren. who has be- n surrounded aud
sso weess. ssor 0s%ay, Of ssersmsn,o, and eS
0Oveynor BRer. are In Abe loom with me At tots
sono,ary .,a 10 Gsnsrs w.ser estimates ioe nm ,sT
shut upin Granada with HenniDgsen Ut 500 BE gives
General Walker aud 6encr.i Landers ~ positive sutno
rty thai point rbese is TO possibility Of tor
this FORCE less they reecued by coup de main
They surrounded oy not less than 90 o; the allies
npsA the Enterprise Is ruined f,r tn the a,wsr of
the amy hardened by the climate and sEilrui with the
~ Sierra Nevads, bu, am oonaden. tbs, movemen,
viii be mace his month by the Costa Ri on
Ill farther receipts by the way o! Greyio~n The aoeo
stands OF hat have boon sent this
The rev Transit Company nov reduced to 900 Tne
rs:, are either Lost Destroyed or taken by the enemy
NnOy stores 70 the value OF about $40 900 tue
HE steamers, which very properly used coating
ssorehouses We 10 the habit OF gaining victories
IN this country ana il ,s impossible with ordisary
care en- walkers part That the eosmy should get hold Of
Me lake stearosrs. alssys Of place or 70
,ogs on oosra o. ,ne .nsn Or san u..as amer battle
II rare Incident, we ran away ~ S.n Jscnto
and at one or two other places - vi, happen
rta.n death. Walkers battles DO nUt terminate
IN . victory. sor, exactly speaking, in gnt
days, perhsps-we are ordered &c retreat We Kill
. vast mber Of the enemy, hat have only ooce
ing phrase they STAND a great deal Of puusp ment,
and the death of four I've nuodred gresses
antct them ~ ie ss II does ourselves At The second
battle OF Rtvaa retTeated, leaving huadred
behind Al san Jscinto fed, leaving our beet
oncers We evacuasd Mstagslpa, Leon and Cpinendegs
We ran away rom MSssya Anc Mansgus without nsnt
ing, being une positive orders Io TO ngh, bel 10 Ere
tire upon GraDsoa " Tsice s,tack "a usa7a, and
0ranads which hey we're sscxius tns was 70 nesbing
hse . victory, and copsoed NJ little for the failure
Nasssys Then again we're REFUSED under Iornsby
Oh The Transit road but the next day drove be IL the
epeuy, who went of with little loss by the way OF San
Jesr Gel sur Inn a.o .osed n,,ie se victory, but
ahed In the hospital, hit mostly In the legs and
besy. The Costa Rcan sharp shooters Gre low and
the MIME ball, which IN flcta deadly wounds, and 10
general very few wounded recover In this climate.
mo ernpulsons OF suppuratins wounds have
aisasy alive with msego me process OF supoursuoa
prechposes 10 fever. and have nal little food for
many nontbs except beef and plantsus, convales,ens
very generally Gle for want Of nouriso nens
Wsh Il were possible 70 Introduce agreeable
palhstrg features into this ant; but like the rest
hare supp,d full OF horrors" ana all that have seen
hHh, squalor, misery. so~ or rapid Starvation rotips
and worm ean wornds putrd fevcrs, black vomit sod
,. iSs ss@orsinins cloud of series Of narderou:
uiiirayy faiure,, and future brN ana terrible
.ur,sa o S BY.so S.,.nar ,hssdwe have made more
HoVrsst tas month than IN other and he appcsej
10 congratulate hirsen and the gallant colonel (sno
he liver read this. will well remember the d. az
versarop). the brilliant iuture thai lay before
tAem Bri,Hn, may be for nm In the lying pages Of
brhhans the I've sI thousand unhappy amcyi
caes Who have found miserable and dishonored grave
e aeluded volunteers has nued up ,he awful chAam
0Ade by fever and starvation and noe, In the
5000 yea. 9, TIE sn,srp's" We ss 9n, I've hundred
0us mon. Of this 1--we hundred strong" su brave
flh~s drawer 10 the world than these Nnari
Cd disabled 10 thirty da,s (of tns Eve hundred smut
Up n Granada make se,ouot Henninss sen .
akssdy BY pestileacs and wounds and n be ogas h,.
vay cut, only ev Desperate men-perhaps seventy
,sss yu ;. len n the s,encss. One hunaroS l., us
Oappcee viii escape vth the ndcer uofibe Her usseu
pssbspe one hundred more VII come D. the sicrrs Ne
vHos Thsse win al the male BIZ fever In
os BODY Of fresh recruv. We shell still be ''fve sus
Ard strong - men Who have faced death IN all shsres
osu led By william walker achieve ina re oosques, Of
Nicaragua They gill not
THE cESrsAL AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
The i've Sis,se Of Conrsi Ane ca ne oey, Costa Rcs
0usasmsia San Sal Tsdor Honouras and N,srssus for
Ne sst thirty yesrt bave passed through OF
Gutpayy revolut1rs; the ame and usaxes OF
hniay 10 them. aud aihoush, TOR nrsn, they
INFERIOR 10 us In vslor asd resoluioa they sorpsss
n IN ming, oelerty and oogged perseverance,.
Uuhed IN the purpose OF driving the "niousser
~ The roll they oox forward 10 years OF dcsutoey gu
sns ssrfsre vh perfect confidence the hoal
rhe ooolsrs has ar,sy ssep away 20s OF The Costa
hcsns a,ore and JET she has lees 500 men
= ms nomer, under arms aod moving against walker
Guatemala always teep 500 or 900 N her Zero
ccos mountain GERS 10 The Geld sai one army
osfy sives iair pteex for raising aso,aer Costa Rcs
y cut Of Dc bt and rich Guseupsls vel supplied ri
arns aud mentions u war NicarNgus alone conrs,us
IN The pcssiIent air Of Der marshes yod which ..
vhne and 1--we, Gil contend With on y,a by
year until surfe,ted with death and scI OF ps,
pstas eas'er The conquest Of Nicaragua only e.
iec,ec by large an vel disciplined bodies rfe
men, ell ted well clothed. supported b. armed vessels
o. both o5esns, able sssys 10 and 70 conciae on
ntpf cent with crthcaons many points aud batteries
q cannon. and sbove eli, military chief 10 msnd
them. William WALKER. untappily, Ia only az srasteur