New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-29

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bet 0.rteeD DAYS have elapsed without SsveC
Of The steamer Virgins officers, incudirg t,s cspsia,
MAKE. engineer, steward &c, shut in ~ Gran ada
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destroyed BY order Of Walker and il IL said II the
above force lost it vii be owing to delay Of re,
days IL couveJ ing cut orders which might have been
done IL two AID the drunkenness which prevails IN Re
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oosDI1IoS OF TEE SICK AND WOUNDED.
Twill Low give you IN account Of the condition and
t'eetu at Of the sick and wounded IN Nicaragua In
company with friend l visited while at Virgin Bay,
the hospitals in that town. We first visited the Tran
sit Conpary's bad;ng, situated Immediately upon the
shore Of Lake Nicaragua. The lower part Of tie
building, which was formerly devoted 10 passengers
baggage, Yves filed wi the sick and wounded They
were stretched on the 40 ", and passed through
this pfetebed crowd, lying un,cnded aud apparently
uncsreo for we we're strongly appealed 10 f0f water
They begged 10 tell the ser 3nt 10 bdog them
water. Passing Up the main stairway 70 the upper
part OF the brildiDr entered the bsck room for
merry occupied by the agent Judge Cor-lanit Cushing
few months ago fell victim to the fever. Three
young men, officers Of Walkers army wee lying on
tie floor without blankets or pillows sick with cholera
snd fever One OF them recognized az Capt Walters
Of New York City who said TO :" am most dead;
81 have eaten nothing for Elk days; / know can't
live, but If you should ever reach New York. my
" brother-in-law, Alderman PGrser and tell him to
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this country for two months since came down with
I" ore hundred young men, and hey are al dead" Ny
friend and attended 10 his wants far A. orr limited
meals would allow but next morning we learned that
be VS. no more
In another corner of the apartment lay Capt Sam
miles, of the res, surv vor OF the petition 10 Costa
Rica under Col SchessDger last March, oplysf6ur Of
whom were now left We found him in the ssme con-
dition suffering from starvation and fever. The ma
ves Of ST. George had been prevented by the pckes
of the enemy from bringing food to him st h5 town OF
Virgin and the females subjected to % lashe on
the bere back their return, when detected in carry
ing food 10 Walkers soldiers.
Entering one Of the adjoining looms formerly occu-
MED bv the clerks OF the old Transit Company saw
living on high bed one Of Walkers soldiers, almost IN
a nude state, with an amputated leg From neglect
and want Of Material TO make poultice, modification
had ensued ard the poor fellow constantly crying
for water We promised him all the assistance in aur
power, and LETT him knowing that his troubles would
soon end
been wounded by musket ball through his side He
was sitting upsn the bare foor with his back propped
sgaf At the wall. He in thesame neglected state
without blanket anything but the bare floor to
We visited several other rooms and found men in
the sarno wretched condition, surrounded with filth
slive with msggOts, the stencil OF which was intoier-
able.
Passing into the front Office W. found FIVE or ak
yonpr nen stretched upon the bare oor One Of them
had received ball through the cheek, and in answer
TO our inquiries be stated that be had got nothing 10
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cave him. that he could not eat beef as the muscles OF
his face were badly torn. He said hs face needed
dresspe and on examination we found the wound
bioby irhhm,d; il had not been dressed for several
days no material for poutce beng obsinsble With
q promise OF assistance we eit the poor fellows In
their misery.
nerly the California Hotel. In The front room, for
rety tho bar room found the floor srewn with the
rick and wounded and in scorner We observed mat
apparently covering body Upon inqurLg oil sol
der who stood the entrance Whist was under IT, De
answered a sick man. Gently raising it, we found
that the sick had been dead several hours Upon
the counter Of the bar lay young man IN the Las,
stage Of fever covered usual With filth, who SAID
he o. MD moi lie on such hard place his back was 40
sore on carefully raising bin, we discovered thar MS
entire back was with sores upon which the mag
gofs cere feeding. Death soon Put al end to his SUI
In ;he upper part of the building were some 80 or
"a yourr rrcn in the came neglected condition a. have
before described Immediately opposite were ihe quar-
a,
on the day previous it bad mustered fire men all that
rem siued of the original IN that composed IT, Up IN
the foor Of this building, the ess side OF which was
omen 10 the lake breeze we found hVe or slA young
NJ, the heads Of two three OF whom We're prOppof
M bv sticks of wood TO catch the breeze not blanket
snofg the whole; they were ali In the last stages OF
cholera and fever Back Of the building In ono OF the
Company wagons, we found the sergeant IN netriy
Jxip,5 condition who stated that he had been taken
sk four DAYS Before and that he could get NO one -
briry him n cup Of water. We carefully removed him
into The building, where death soon put an end TO MS
suferipgs. go,
sevo,ed 10 the Commisssrys DepAr nent, under Major
Baker. There we found Mr.. Cary, formerly OF
Walkers army, who had by his interchangeable e1-
er,ions in spite of the enemy, visited the neghoorpS
RAJ ches and obtained cattle until Frustrated by fever
He stated to us hat but for him tie whole population
Of the town would have been In starving condition.;
but now, when sick, not one OF hi' comrades "9uld
bring him acup Of water anu ne hsd latn ;.o uayi
a dsy or TWO aaer1ard leaned that be Hae eonYa-
lescent.
The next building we visited was occupied bya CON-
psny Of infantry under command OF Lieut.. Grlftn,
who though suffering from fever, Wa still on duty,
and The officer Of the day. being compelled, IN conse
nuence OF the despcrse state Of affairs TO remain al
his post. This building was formerly occupied as
store by Mr. Wood OF Greytowp. In toe upper part
we fouid two young men, the last OF sevea recruits
that came down two weeks before from California one
French soldier rom Algiers, and the other OF
Jack Hayes Texas Rangers, both suffering from fever
having been exposed on the lsthmus under Gen.
Holnsby's command in mis- attack on the barrlcadss
II was mainly owing to fading way TO the barracks
in The rear Of the enemy that HorDsby made his brill
liant flank moyepent, and drsve the Costa Rcans be
fore him. In few hours only one Of these young men
The French soldier-was left.
WeIe1t psssed over to the building formerly called
the United States Hotel, which wa the general
| apoihecary department OF the army. We found IN
tie font room two assistants oeeIn2 our medicine In
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