Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-04-03
'ss-TELE6RAPHiC NEWS. So
FROM THE ASSOCIATED Psrxx
Impertap, from Nicararu..

NV YORK, April 3s-The steamer Terxs fr,,.
San Juan on the 10th and Aspinwall on the "a ;.
arrived here last night She Connected al A.psn.
wall with the Orizaba, on the Pacific side bat
brings morning later from California.
intelligence from Nicaragua Is interesting,
comprising news from Rivas, Walkers hesd
Susiers, TO the 18th ult The purser reports th,r
WIN n an good condition and well provisional
caar,. with seo men attacked the Aies at san
n,r, 81 Saiheo the PLAN, burned an important
pI ,I! Si the town, and then reireated 20 Riyas
the ha,d me meantime Chomorro had attac ked AT
driven back with great :. ~ ~. s,s
nlngsen. Walker met them retr.y,,,nn. g..
haco,ioar qnentiy placed between two fres and
mensely. The allies are saIa ~. sun sunereo lln-
TO have lest ri killed and over an ..',,s
while Walker estimates their los =, ~, ~;
and wounded. lie also states h,s Ia At 80 sied
and twenty -One wounded WalkeT 80 ~ ~ h,iru
les Of the dead burned. ""A Tue ooo-
Ii was reported that Canas commando. A..
chief OF the allies. was under arrest for ,nstIn,
certain overtures 10 Walker. This Is moi imnral,
able as IL has been known (by private Iet,ers Ton
the Minister of Hacienda OF NicaraRual tia, oyss
lures had heretofore been made although their
nature not indicated. 1t Is also reported that
Gen. Chllon, who has hitherto been friendly 20
Walker-and only awaits favorable opportunity
10 show his preference--had raised a body Of men
in Leon, and was about to join Walker. IL was
rumored that President Rivas had been assassin
ated, which rumor is said 10 have been confirmed
The sloop-of-war, 81. Mary's. was still at San
Juan del Sur .-
Col. Lockridge on the San Juan river, had been
reinforced by the detachment Of DO Texans, who
Went from New Orleans i'm the Texas. together
with large Quantity of ammunition and pTovis-
IONS HIS command had garrisoned the only two
communications by water, with Costa Rica viz:
2t0 men at the mouth OF the SerapQua river. and
l-O on the San Carlos river The remaining I51
were in advance of these points with Lockridge,
near the Machuca rapids. Col. Lockridge IS said
TO have secured some documents showing that
Costa Rica had opened an nter-oceanic transit 10
the British Government. The Costa Rican force
at San Carlos was small and Lockridge was CON
Ian n hQt inn 1.lae -
that the allies defeated by Walker had retreated
TO Massaya.
FRoN THE IsrHMus.
The ROYAL Mail Steamer New Granada had
been boarded by the Peruvian steamer ssIao ,, I'm
the interest Of Vivanco, and plundered of s2 600
IN specie, as well as arms, stores and provisions
The Sloop-of-War Saratoga had left San Juan
for Havana
From Europe.-Arrival Of the Constitution.
New YORK, April 2.-The steamer Constitu-
ton from Bremen, arrived here this afternoon,
bringing London dates TO the 18th ult
Very few English papers have been received
and the news is, therefore. very meagre
The steamer Asia arrived on the 9th The In
dian, from Portland, arrived the same day
The political news is unimportant TIE Paris
correspondent Of the London Times that the
hing OF Prussia had sent new instructions 10 the
Neufchatel conference to the effect that the re-
cogniuon OF his rights TO sovereignty in Neuf.
cha tel Is the express condition of his renuncia-
ton of that sovereignty.
the Spanish expedition against Mexico a.
sumes more imposing aspect. General Pezuela
has been spoken of for the chief command
dispatch from Copenhagen says that the
March.
RUssIA.-Russia was making preparations for
decisive campaign in the Caucasus. She has
lU,OO troops along the shores of the Caspian
and had besides secured the active cooperation OF
several of the native chiefs
CHINA.-The overland China mail had arrived
| at London. Its advices confirm the telegraphic
accounts of the wholesale attempts at poisoning
by the bakers of Hong-Kong. Several hundred
persons had been poisoned, but none fatally. The
proprietor OF The bakery was arrested on his way
to Macoa and was TO be tried Immediately al
Hong Kong.
Large numbers Of war junks were collecting for
the purpose Of attacking Hong Kong, and some
fears were entertained by the English on account
of the smallness of their land forces, and an ap-
Plication was made to the Governor General OF
India for reg ment, which was refused.
III; French ships were anchored at the bay of
Hong Kong.
The American Frigate Leyant was also in the
harbor.
| The San Jacinto ha proceeded TO Sintin 10 look
after some war junks that had attempted TO inter
| cept the American steamer Lily.
The Chinese Commissioner Yeh had add ressed
commissioner Parker, asking why he had not or
dered the American ships and American subjects
not to intermeddle in the present troubles Mr.
Parker's reply was not known.
| Tea continued to advance at shanghai and the
| market was excited. Several chops OF Congoa
| had been taken at IL teals, the same quality as
sold for z teals in October.
A Paris letter says that French charge left
Marseiles on the 18th for China with rctions
10 the admrals of the French fleets. in the China
seas, TO operrte with the English forces conform
| ably TO the arrangement concluded between the
| two governments.
THE MARKETS.
| The London money market was slightly nlors
stringent. Consols for money o3aS3X
The London breadstuffs market was tendtng
| downward prices for -four being Is a - lower
The advices from Manchester were more favor
| able
| LIVERPOOL MARKETs.-Cotton-Sale Of the
| two DAYS 1900 boles. including sou bales 20
! spectators. Prices had an advancing tendency.
Quotations Were nominal.
| Wheat was quoted active and firm