The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-30

tack Rivas whereupon Gen. Walker marched for thai
place ana met them at the forks OF three roads
hoty pursued by Gen Hennngsen and his command who
had driven them oct of Rivas with great slaughter The
allied army bad three hundred and twenty seven men
killed aud over three hundred wounded walker had only
two killed ana had twenty one wounded TIE Costa
Rcsns reported this engagement as ending In the defeat
Walker, with . loss Of one hundred men killed.
E.-Belgian screw steamship Constitution LEFT South
ampton, England with 1--WE hundred ana sixty eFht pas
carried over the Atlantic by steamer at one time They
ls-M isruhn discovered . new comet at Berlin. twas
situated In the western sky as was dArrests before
aO-Govcrnment of Mexico was in such araitencd
circumstances that il was forced TO suspend payment
the Custom House Vera Cruz and at that IN he city OF
Mexico Mr. Buchanans inaugural address received IN
England Advices from Siberia dated at Katcta this
day stated that two Americans Messrs Collins and Pay
who bad passed AMOR for the purpose Of open
ting commercial relations with those bad been made
the subject OF various ovations
2l-British mail steamer New Granada arrived at Pana
Valparaiso She reported that between the ports
OF Huanchaco and IAmbayegue she was boarded by the
revolutionary Peruvian vessels OF war Loa and Tumbes
coutrements foEcby from her by the Vvaaco party
The arms and money were on their way from Caao 70
ment dissolved by royal commission.
SUNDAY 22Aiied force Of Costa Rica, Guatemala, San
Salvador and Honduras opened cannonade on the town
Of Rvas where the main body of the army Of Nicaragua
was situated. under command OF General Walker.
23.-General assault by the allied troops Of Central
America the town OF Rvas repused by General Walk
er's men.
24-Gpano having been discovered the south coast
Of Cuba large trade was carried on in the article
shipped at s. per ton, paid to the government PEND
ing orders from Spain.
25-Neuchnte conference again in session in Paris and
me SWISS Mons r1 % sh @ he eclipse Law
principally the Pacific ocean, and was partially
IN portion OF Mexico the northwest coast Of South
2o-Cty Of Mohammorah in Persia, taken by the British
troops under Sir James 0uran and two Persian soldiers
killed The news Of the peace treaty signed In Paris had
27-Messrs Greene and Company, of Paris, eminent
American bankers. suspended payment
&.-Bruhn's new comet was situated IN the ncghoor-
hood OF Theta Arietis this evening the san Juan,
Nicaragua, river Colonel Lockrdge advanced 70 Cas-
tillo with 800 board the steamers J. N Scott
and Rescue He found the alies had fortified Nelson's
hill hundred and fifty yards in rear OF the castle He
rctrcated without making attick and destroyed all the
Notifications below Castillo abandoning all hope OF opening
the He disbanded the two batalons Of recruits
and formed another from those who willing to go to
Walker win Panams
SUNDAY 2p-Census Of the population Australia taken
at night by government creer. In Victoria the re
suit was:-Maes 25s,ll6-f females, las, 403 tota,
403 5l9: per centage or females TO 100 males, 563
In 1854 the population amounted to 236,76 and the
per cenage Of females 70 5l.9 There had consc
Queny been increase OF population in Victoria TO the
extent Of 20 per cent in three years The registrars de-
par ment made the population OF Victoria Ala 600 adding
New South Wales 800 GOO South Australia, los 900 Tas
mania, so 0O0 Western Australia, IA 900; and New Tea
land, 1870 900 Total, ,043000
3l-Colonel Lockridge's troops reTeated from before
Castillo
lPresident Ospina of New Granada entered on the du
ties of his once Danish Sound Dues toll finally abolished
by treaty The United States pay $3.50 900 and England
Sd 900 900 OF capitalization tax The amount to be paid
by all nations SIS 600, 600 General Walker, with rem
of bis fbustero force, hemmed in At Rvas, Nj
caragua the Costa Rcans and forced to feed en- dog
and mule Colonel Henry A. Crabbe, an American
buster from California entered the suburbs of the town
of Csvorca Mexico lie had about eighty men with
him. They were met by body OF Mexican troops com
mapded by General Rodriguez. Rodriguez advanced to
speak 10 Crabbe, when the Americans opened fire
and killed the Mexican commander and several others
The Mexcans Immediately rereated-somc TO the noun
ains but the majority to the church, which had been
placed in q state Of defence
2-Steamboat J. n Scott, when on the San Juan river
near serapqu carrying Colonel 10 kridges volunteers
from Castillo to join General Walker exploded killing and
wounding about fifty OF the officers and The wound
ed were brought into Puna Arenas. Assassination Of
exPresdent Ras Of Nicaragua, BY the Costa Rcans re-
ported.
ci,y OF McSro The pronrneamisato was 10 have bsen
made the evening Of the list Divers arrests made.
Amorg the prisoners was ~ Aguar one OF santa Anms
old minister's and General acons. Transit route frtm
Greytown Nicaragua to san Juan del Sur In
the Costa Ricans.
manifesto from his home at Carrlasena, which was s.,
crety circulated among his partisans in Mexico Cuba and
elsewhere.
sNew tea duty for the current year went into fore.
In England The amount to be paid l-5d. per pound
s-A Pruasian vcssel-the rst-passed the Sound with
ss nor Juan "a Governor Of Mexico city, arrested
the Archbishop for refusing deliver the keys OF the
thedra the government ofcer, according TO ancient
custom.
Io-Crabbe nlibusters In Mexico fifty eight 10 number,
cruelty executed by the Mexican soldiers Bank OF Eng
land rate of discount raised TO I've per cent
1.-The Central American armies in Nicaragua made =
desperate attempt 10 storm the town Of Rvas where Gen
erai Walker was hemmed in, but were repused with
loss OF eight hundred men The Gautemalau Ministers
Galvcx Aycincna signed the part OF that republic
continental treaty between the Spanish American rcruo
hes Of Chile Peru Ecuador and Costa Rca Extensive
rc In the town Of ancoon India and three ourths Of is
buildings destroyed,
i3-An attempt was made to reorganizc a native go
vernmept in Nicaragua General Walker being helpless In
Rivas Generals Jarez and Martinez In union with others
made arrangement, in virtue of which Don Vicente
Cuadra named President nd interim; Don Hcrmane
do Zapeda Minister Of Treasury Don Pedro Zeaon, Nnis-
OF Foreign Affairs Don Maxine Jarez, Minister OF War
and Gen. Tomas Martinez, Commander n-chief Of the
Army--ai TO re~ide NJ Managua.
A-Quecn Victoria confined Of Princess, her
Nsjcsys ninth child, At Buckingham Palace. Persian
ended British treaty Of peace with Persia ratified a.
Teheran.
ia new plane, vas discovered by Ar. Pogson At tn,
Oxford Observatory, England.
B-The Haytien Legislature was opened by the Empe.
person lie declared that his relations with foreign
most favorable Her British Maiesiys soop
Proethens captured the American SLAYER Adam Gray OF
New Orleans, at lagos, on the Coast Of Africa.
ls.-The amended Dallas Clarendon treaty rejected
by the British Cabinet. President hvAs, OF Nica-
ragua called patriotic junta for the election Of the ON
GERS Of The in eight days after the expulsion
OF the abusers according 10 the convention Of the 18th
Of september last
2o-The Emperor Napoleon entered his nieth year.
He born Goth Of April 1908 "A Russian squadron,
conveying the Archduie Constantine on visit 70 Napo
leon, arrived At Toulon.
2I-British troops evacuated the city Of hohammerah,
Persia
22-Frs, session Of the Legislative Council and Legs.
lave Assembly Of south Australia under the const.
tuition opened at Adelaide H. Fisher was elected Pro
sdent Of the former body and O. Kingston Speaker OF
The Assembly.
23The three daughters Of the Sultan, Abdul xedjed
berothed marriage 20 Mahmoud Pasha son Of Fethi
AIMED Pasha grand master Of the artillery Ethem Paha,
OF hehemet All Pasha, Captain Pasha and II Hami
Iasba OF the lao Abbas Pasha, viccroy OF Egypt
24-rned states steam frigate Niagara, Captain Tud-
son. sailed from New York for England 70 assist In laying
the Atlantic submarine telegraph cable.
15--tardinal Marriott installed A. Archbishop OF Paris IN
place OF Monsignor Sibour who assassnated.
SUNDAY, 26.--Genera Alvarez took the oath Of ale.
glance to the constitution OF Mexico.
2..-The Governor Of Panama, New Granada, issued