Mountain Democrat., 1857-12-26
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.sThe Last Of the kJIibusters.'.
We have read this pamphlet, since the brief
mention hcretorfore made of it in our columns,
and unhestatingly recommend to the "YOung
America" portion Of our readers, whose love Of
adventure is apt to instigatc them to embark
in any new and unccrtain-enterprise Of con-
quest or emancipation.
The writer w. FRANK STEWART, our former
townsman, is known to us as reliable and truth
ful. Indeed, the work itself, is stamped with
indeliblc indications Of its own crcdibility.-
II contains intrinsic evidences Of its reality
1t is II pleasing, succinct and forcible narrative
Of thr latter incidents of Walkers Expedition,
in which the author was participant and of
which he was an eyewitness.
The style is free and easy, rather than chaste
and correct. But the author disarms criticism
i'll his preface, by openly avowing that his OBJ
jcct is not TO cater to literary taste, but to tell
"a plain, unvarniShcd tale, which TO use his
own words) might "lift veil from the eyes of
the unwary youth" of the land, and be instru-
mental i'll rescuing many good fellow from
the insidiOus snareS which are now being laid
to drag fresh victims into the hungry jaws Of
Unsuitable ambition.
Much of the history of the events detailed has
ut different times, been given to the public
through the newspapers Of the day but there
are minute circumstances underlying those
events, furnished by Mr.. STEWART, which in
tcrprct and cxppain many Of the mysteries Of
that redoubtablc Expedition. The trials and
tribulations of tillibusterism instead Of its
triumphs, constitute the theme of the authors
descant. And verify some Of his word pictures
Of them are SkIllfully skctchcd. One glance
at them is enough To change .fH'b~StcFic valOr
into courage of the Bob Acres" stripe. Who
cOvcts IL couch In the Hospital of Rivasy
"That filthy, skeleton there, with Just dirty flesh
enough to hide the homes, was wounded, many months
ago, ut Mcssaya lie Is arly naked but, havingnO
clothes, he Is less liable to annoyance from vcrmin.
lie very feeble and thin in flesh, and will tell you
that he Il rnven"usly hungry; but then. he gets his
ratiOn OF weak mule. soup and n c;ablsh Of weaker
cOcOa-why, thrn, should he complain ?--..D-...--
On that raw-hdc he'd lies another CHASTITY thing;
that was once lieutenant In the army Of destiny
brave, good fellow. belonging to the Riiles-hc lost
Ii leg in the IncLn0rabc Siege nf GIanada-- pa
rents are wealthy citizens Of I0uisiana-and ere the
Dew put Nicaragua into his hend, he was wont to
feast upon the good things Of life but now his vu
tmred stomach ycarns for the very swill which Is
laviShrd upon his fathers swine.
Think not, my humane friends, that the picture is
overdrawn-bclicvc not that am calling your attcn
ttOn tO extreme cases--'thesc only the beginning
ot SOrrOwS-whch scarcely constitute tithe Of what
Is tn he In that living sepulcher. More than one
hundred breathing sla'nws Of humanity lie writhing
There IN the most agOniZing tOrtureS. Some
groaning In n0xious. frtid rooms, literally at,um.
q L,lTf fLzi. InffS
crS are stretched. in nude state, upon hard, filthy
couchcS,-begrimnIcd with fly y-Airt-burnng up with
fever, while the tOrrid baZcs full In their chastity
faccS-,mckenpg into life the lOatlISOne maggUts,
u thrice blessed IL the suffering wretch who finds
relief IN death lie Is then for the last tinc trunde
into filthy dcad-rOom-rollcd upon filthy hoard
hastily carried To the hurying grOund-and, In his
filthy rngS, without the tribute of prayer tear, or
n sigh, is tumbed into II narrow hUlc in the earth
burcd-and the trouble is This the
Hospital at Kivas."
We have not space for further extracts.
The pamphlet is destined to do good. 1t
will "lift the veil from the eyes of the unwary."
No man of sense, who accords it thoughtful
pcrusal whatever his itching for notoricty, or
his ardor of philanthropy, after contemplating
the suilerings and prvatiOns of his prcdeces-
sors, can think Of Central America as fit field
for his experiments. If his desire be to graf.
ify ambition, at any and every cost, Mr.. Stew
ART assures him, from personal observation,
that the elements Of an Empire, pcoplcd by
Whftc race do not exist in that region; for,
he says, with all its luxuriancc, tthn0iOgcally
it suits the capacity of nobody but
the negro, or his next door neighbOr Of the
"gcnus simia. II the purpose Of the advcn-
turcr be to benefit and libcrnte the oppressed
natives of that latitude, let him regard thisau-
thor when he dlscourscs thus:
"From the laudatory articleswheh were continu-
ally appearing in those newspapers favorable to the
expedition, men were led to believe that, like the
ilStriOuS LA Fayette, Walker literally suffering
self. .martyrdom for the sake Of librruting down.
trnddcn, suffering nation. This my honest con-
vlction at the time went to Nicaragua. Imagine,
then. my surprise upon my arrival ut Rivas, to find
only about thirty or forty Of the worst looking Grea
Scrs ever saw, tall under the immediate command
Of an outrageous sconndre called GredSer .Ioe' who
had once been to California In the capacity Ofservant
and hOstler to Chris. Llly) and these were the op-
pressed pe0e Of Nicaragua -(at least about all Of
them which were with Walker them"
So that in either point of view, another cxpe-
dition in that direction, just now, seems a very
foolish investment Of patriotism, courage or
ambition. For the rest, the writer is severe on
Gen. Walker. Young America, read and
judge!
PArRIoTIc.-Thc war fever is raging in Sicr-
RI county. The Sierra citizen says: several of
our citizens who occupied important stations,
and distinguished themselves in volunteer reg
imcnts during the Mexican war, have offered
their services to Gen. Clark in the event of a
war with the MOrmOns. Sierra can furnish ut
lcasP one rcgiment-thc fighting fever is very
prevalent. FL Dorado will not be behind ST.
Crra in the event Of war, in furnishing men.
Companies are organizing in different parts Of
our county, and IL number Of our Young men,
Of the true grit, are eager TO have dash at
Brigham and his followers.
NAVY AGENT.-A friend writes us from
WashiRgtaR- that il sis uncertain M-whO will be
appointed to succeed DIR. Ashe, as Navy Agent.
The present incumbent will be removed but
the conflicting claims of prominent Democrats
perplexes the Department not little. The
friends Of Smith and of Hardcnburg are
tireless in their recommendations The for
mer has -thc most friends, the latter the best
recommendations. l am inclined to think
Smith will receive the appointment"
A GRAND ScnINE.-Thc San Francisco Ar
g"s, is informed that party Of Californians
nrc now in the city Of Mexico for the purpose
Of obtaining grants of land in Sonora, Chihua-