The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-04-22

IMPORTANT FROM NIcARAGUA.-By the ar
rival of the steamship Tennessee, we have la
ter intelligence from Walker. The returned
deserters are thus described by the n. York
Tribune Of Friday:
''lf the poor, miserable wre.ches who arli-I
we'd in the Tennessee, are a fair specimen Of
the bulk of the filhbusters, every man who
helped to send them to Nicaragua, deserves
the most eondign punishment. 1t will scarce
ly be credited that, Of the fifty returned fill
busters, the majority were beardleSs boys
some OF them not yet thirteen years of agel--I
All of them were worn down with hunger e
YER and exposure, and most Of them had no
other covering on their shyering bones than
filthy rags, fastened around them with pieces
of string. Their gaunt. famine stricken, fever
wasted faces were horrible to look upon, while
their lean, attenuated bodies moved every be-
holder to pity"
They were kindly cared for in New York,
and will be sent home.
TIL reporter of the New York Post search
Ing for passengers by the Tennessee, found
George w. Sites, Of Philadelphia 4 very in
teligent young gentleman, formerly report
ler of the Philadelphia Press, who went out in
the Tennessee, four months ago, as Orderly
Sergeant of Company A, Of the FIRST Battalion,
served under Col Lockridge IN several battles,
was wounded at Sarapiqui. blown up in the
y. J. Scott, and was on his way 10 his friends
in Philadelphia. From him was procured a
statement, from which We quote:
On the LIST OF April we started down the
river aud about 4 mile and quarter above
5arapiqui, the boat " j. Scott, grounded on
sand bar, and Immediately blew up with a
tremendous explosion. The boat was crowd
ed to its utmost capacity, the second deck be-
ing used as hospital. About 20 or 30 per-
sons were killed instantly. or thrown into the
water and never heard Of being drowned, ar d
possibly devoured by the allgators. There
were about 40 more badly scaided, u number
Of whom havo since died. The scene after the
explosion was beyond all descriptiUn-men
shouting and screaming and begging to be
shot, to put them out of their misery. | was
in the forward part of the boat. and escaped
the effect of tn. steam, but was thrown into
The water. The Rescue was ia advance with
heavy load. We had a covered launch, In
which we placed the scalded first and then
came back for another load of sick and wOun
ded. The forward part OF the boat was not
torn to pieces, and those who We're saved re
NAMED on this part, resting on the sand bar
until they were taken Off They were all
finally got down to runta Arenas and the Brit
lish vessels Immediately sent over their sur.
geons, port wine, sweet oil, and everything
else, to make them as comfortable as possible
Their boats came over every morning, ana
their surgeons dressed the wounds, and don,
all they could.
The position Of Walker may well be callet
hopeless. Riyas. on Lake Nicaragua, is hi.
only position on land. it we except a quls
communication with San Juan del Sur. II,
has one small steamer By which he can cruis,
on some portions of the lake. Grenada wa
destroyed, though being rebuilt as we lear
from private sources ! he whoc of the Sal
Juan river, the chief outlet of the lake, is il
the possession OF tine Costa RicanS, to within
a very short distance Of its mouth at San Juar
del Norte, or Greytown. The impossibit,
of receiving supplies or Of escape by that routl
is admitted by Col. LOckridge's words an,
acts, in fact all communication with the SCI
board in that direction is at an end. The on
ly way by which he can receive supplies o
reinlorcements, or can escape. is by the Pacif
ocean. Whatever has been sent. or whoeye
has gone, for his all to San Juan del Nicara
qua, must be re-shlpped 10 ASpinwall, eros
the Isthmus to Panama, and take the chance
of means OF transit along the coast to Rivas
or San Juan del Sur, and the further chanc
!, OF finding the communication open, when tina
place is reached
/. Walkers friends in New York have givei
up that he cannot succeed. All the reports
confirm the opinion that. in few days, h
will be compelled 20 evacuate the country
Judging from the manifestation of Centra
, American pl rio;i IN, which the last few year.
of history supply, it is not impossible that hat
Walker full treasury, and liberal hand, hl
might convert some Of his enemies into tenn
! porary friends; but in his present circumstan
ces, it is quite clear that if he can make goo
his escape, with the few men remaining frc.r
the thousands who had joined him ia his rail-
upon Nicaragua, his best and only wise policy
Is to do # without the loss of single dav