The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-03-05
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News fr0n Nicaragan.
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The possession Of the river Sea laan hy
the Costa Ricans has sGsciually ssopbsi sss
receiving any news OF General waller, q
his whereabouts, except what hes 0ifsnlY
been published by you.
The .mea brought out By he Tssss o
join Walker, upward Of two hundsed,l haE.
| ing found all the river boats seized 6y aks
Costa Ricans. and taken b. then ID he
DIVER, se, o-and Ia . few. dsfs repaired an
old river steamer, which had lain un fef
some time in dilapidated condition. VIA
this the whole party wen up the 0en Jult
and encamped within eight milet Of q
SaraPiqui, the first station of the cosss Ni.
cans, and have thrown up An esrthaeSk
fort there, -., - s.,sssFs .seg
They endeavored to 60 Bp hifhtf. hul
when abreast Of Sarapiqui thsy Relss ahot
from the Costa Ricans, aftef which they
thought it,prudent to retire. ss ssSS
Both parties are now remsiniug inlciiEs.
the 6llibusters awaiting the arrival Of re.in.
forcemsnts by the New Orleans stesmer, IN
which expect they will be gfissously die.
appointed, ss she was already three dare
overdue. II she does not arrive very isosA,
the position must be abandoned. a. ihs sure
and s:eady progress OF disease aAd dessSslsn
has already reduced their numhes . iess
than one half. s.4 ss1 /. sas4 seA
A large river steamer has been eemmans.
ed to be built at the factory Of thU Transit
Company at Point Arenas, aud % IN IN a !.
vnnced state. The Costa Ricsns viii ssW
see, whentoo late. the great mistsks thsy
committed in not destroying completely ne
factory, and every vestige Of q stsamss q
piece Of machinery on Point Arsnsg, fsr
should any reinforcements arrive from she
States the fillibusters will have two s1idsens
river steamers to force a passsge up.,
The Solent takes down eight dessrsssa
from Walkers rrmy. The sccounts shsy
give OF the privations and hardshipa they
have undergone are heart rending- and hof.
rifying in the extreme. The worst form %
life at the Californian or Australian dir.
gings is eysium when compared with the
life OF a private soldier in the NicarsRuap
army. The majority Of the deserters which
60 by the steamer appear to be quiet, well.
disposed men, who were seduced from the
States by Walkers officers, who represent.
ed Nicaragua to be little short OF Psradias
and modern Ell Dorado, where large for.
tunes were to be made 10 few months. II
would be charitable and philanthropic Get
for some Of the newspapers In New York
and New Orleans to make the public ae.
quanted with the true facts Of the case, and
dissuade any more Of their fellow eisixsno
from being lured into this ignis fcsaws.
1t 10 truly melancholy to witness the indl.
vi'ual cases of men which the adyent Of
Walker has clused in Nicaragus. Parties
who once lived in easy opulence are now 70.
duced to the worst form of penury, akin9
out miserable existence 10 shanties n
Greytown, reduced to this state by Walkers
confscations and the burning of Granads.
This last act has exasperatcd against him
those Ncaraguans' who at first thought ha
would be panacea for the numerous reyo.
lutions which distracted their unhappy com.
try. They nov see their fatal error IN
ever having tolerated pratical adsen.
turer, who fought without creed, country,
flag or cry, save the baseiy prsstitutea
one OF liberty and progress, and whose insv.
liable overthrow every honest minded per.
son must look on with compiacency.
The British Aeet at Greytown at present
are: Her Majesty's ships Cossack. Tsr,ar,
Intrepid, Victor and Pioneer. The Osioa
wss on cruise to Pedro Keys. The heath
OF the crews are extremely good.
Provisions are plenty aud cheap. Flour
was In abundance, large careoes coming ~
each packet, as also by schooners from 81.
Thomas, Jamaica and Aspinwall. acaNf.s