The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-22

| From the Panama Star and Herald, July 4.
We have received via Greytown, Costa Rica
| papers to the 10th Of June
There have been great reioicngs--balls, ban.
Equets, iliumlnatlons, religious feasts and other
| manitestations-on account of the termination
OF the war. Several OF the fillbusters found
their way to the public ball, where they partook
freely OF the good things aud fraternzed with
the people as if they had always been their best
friends.
General Canas remained in Nicaragua as com.
mander-in-chief of<the Costa RIGA forces, and
was endeavoring to settle amicably the difficult.
| ties pending between the two countries.
| The government has been receiving reinforce
| ments Of arms and ammunition, and cxpeets
soon to command ten thousand effective men
| armed with Mimic rifles.
The deserters from " alker have found yar
| Gus employmen,s; upwards of u hundred of them
| are working on farms, and others acting as por
| tiers and servants. They have published doc.
| ument expressive Of their gratitude for their
| kind reception by the Costa Ricans.
| CARD FROM THE FILLIBUsTERs-THEIR GRAFT.
TUBE TO THE COSTA HlcAss.
The following circular, signed by one hundred
and twenty iili5usters, is published in the Costa
| Rican papers:
ave, the undersigned, known as deserters
| from the forces OF Walker, after having become
convinced that his cause was an Infamous one.
and that the 5asest deception had been practiced
upon US in the United States to entrap us into
mis- service, do hereby desire to make known to
/ the world, and especially to the government and
people OF Costa Rica, our sentiments with re-
gard to the manner in which we have been
treated by them since we abandoned the robber
who deceived US, aud threw ourselves upon their
generosity.
"Inasmuch as we do not speak the language
of the country, and cannot, therefore hold much
Ineligible Intercourse personally with the PEG.
pie, We take this opportunity Of thanking hear.
lily all those citizens OF San Jose and else " here
for the many acts of individual kindness shown
US, and hope they will not think US ungrateful
because, at tie time, We could not express our
thanks in language.
"When consider the fact that we came
into Central America as invaders (unprovokedl
and that for a long time we battled ferceiy
against her people, doing them much wrong and
injury; and that since We have been anon. the
Costa Ricans as deserters from Walker. Ye have
been treated with all the kindness and consider.
alton that old friends could have expected, in
stead of the fierce inhumahity which we were
always told by Walker and his infamous mvrmi.
dons, would he perpetrated upon all of us who
should fall into their hands, we are filled with
sentiments OF the deepest gratitude and esteem
towards the government and people of Costa
Rica-such as language can but poorly express
"All we can say il, God bless and prosper the |
President and people Of Costa Rica. Never |
again, under any inducements, shall our hands |
be raised against either, and when we arrive in |
our country where the bounty OF Costa RIGA is |
soon to send us, our voices shall be raised loud |
and long in denunciation of the infamy of those |
who, from interested motives, deceived US into
An unprovoked war against people who have
the Ill we have done them with kind
ness and compassion. when reduced TO want,
humiliation atl misery by the above mentioned
system Of infamous duplicty and false represen.
alton.
again VIC say, God bless Costa RIGA. 1t 10
our desire that this feeble expression of our
sentiments should be published in every paper
n the United States, as . warning on the one
aand and advice ON the other against future de-
igns upon the lives and welfare Of our country
men by infamous decisions which can result in
'othing but wrong, suffering, humiliation and
Ieath.
"There are nowin the country around San
ose more than sixty OF our friends and CON-
AIDES employed by the people, aud paid much
igher wages than they pay their own people.
hey are all contented and in good condition,
nd if they were here with US we know they
lould gladly endorse what We say"