New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-26

s,o., sc,,eTn 10 The samss Assss. and they were
psrstv quiet srDg the voyage cosssqnsncs o. want
Sss,o,. These with about .he ssS>> number Of OK
,er, and QcJ VINO esue from Ns~-Ortesns BY tie
rs1s., made up ,orce Of 3co. al told, q Sen JOAN
Tie following narrative 10 gi7en oy our correspond
.p., vi has II & ON good s1shS'ity:
On the 18th Of December, Col. WasFs, win ~
men chiefly CIV recruits from San tranci-co nascneo
10 the aid ofHennIpg,tn who, With some iuo men, was
.but no in Granada Tie Co-ts Ricsps, anncipsans
.is anivsl mad er.c'ed barro4des, but he stoFnei
and carried them with Tie snsSl force, and on tue io'a
entered Gransda. H-ninssen, with this reeniorce-
n ent. whipped the $500 Costs Ric4ns 5y whom ne
had been :ssieged pi-ted the detIn't OF the
10 Cd embarked b. nen stores and artillery On tne
Iake boat, ana reached san &orge near Rvss' M.
VAS VS.. handsomely bsIrcsded snd defended by ooV
Gotta Ricans; but the advance OF walker ferfiheo
them so greatly thst they aed Eitsou' firing gun.
On the Odd of December force Of IS Costa Rcsns,
headed BY one Spencer, who was during the last year
mate Of one Of the Trans, Company bosts surprised
Col Thompson. who had commaod Of the fort AZ
sarspiqui abou. 80 miles from San Juan del Norte
Col Thompson had uncer bis command 40 as hne
fellows IA ever shouldered musket but is said to
have been halfseas over when stacked Toe tcrt
ra.tskeu ard only eight out Of the forty escaped with
their lives. The cspton came down the rver 70 san
Juan in bupgos and during the night seized tue hve
river boats They then returned as far as Cssthio,
and surprised the fort at that place without hrhs
,hot About twenty miles above Castillo they seized
La yIgen q lake boat and went mp the lake IN her,
compelling the helmsmsn TO remain at the ~heei
and hosting the usual signsls BY this means
they succeeded in taking the fort Of San Carlos at
blow. There they waited for the lake boats Toe
San Carlos the first that came hove to as usual, but
sixty Costa Rlcans with three officers OF artillery, de-
maIc ed and took possession of her. promising to take
the passengers through in safety, which they did
The o,s OF the river and lake boats and the success
sve SURPRISES Of the forts are universally ascrbed TO the
in. fici.ncy Of skers ocer. This appears reas u
able Al east in the case Of the attack on Sarspqui,
far fo,ty good men within the walls OF fort, and well
suprled with Mirie rles and cannon, ought to have
been more thsn match for seventy-fve assallants'
On the llth inst our correspondent fell in with an
old acquaintance named Wood a hotelkeeper at Cas-
tito. where he happened TO be when Spencersex-
petition came up the river. Spencer was met at Cas-
ii 70 Inv President Mora with 500 Costa Rc ms. Nora
issued proclamation pfomi'ing all Americans, not
under arms, who wished TO leave the country, free
passage to New-Yob, probablyin the Daniel Webster.
Mr. Wood stated tha,there upward of 500 men
on the river and large reenforcements pouring in lie
thinks IL al Wall must renqush the idea Of regsining
po.sei.i3n. Wood, our correspondent shre~dly re-
marks, may be partial to the Costa Rcans, from the
fact that they pay for everything which they use
while Walkers men use everything and pay for
"potbpg
Our correspondent adds some facts which came to
his knowledge, when at Virgin Bay six weeks since,
which are not calculated TO eniven the spirits OF those
who have friends in Nicaragua. He WA frequently
stopp.d by Walkers picket-guard, who begged for a
picayupe 20 purchase bread with. One poor fellow
said he Lad not tasted any fol three weeks Another
offered in vain $500 in scrip years wsgss Tor bottle
of brap6y It's computed that 600 of Walkers men
liz buried in Grsnsds, prey 20 disease. But though
unhealthy for white men, it might have proved
stronghold for Costa Ricans, which is the alleged
reason for its destruction.
Our correspondent thinks that nothing can be made
of Nicaragua LDless through the Introduction of slave
labor. The gressers too lag to work, and white
en- cannot live 10 the country. There is not aspot In
the whole State Of Nicaragua whether on the noun
ain tops or in the valley that is not subject TO MI
s.matic Influences. The question Of Walkers success
81. ary tu,ns on his being able to Introduce African
slavery. An intelligent American, who has been q
ve-yea, re,de,t of the country tells me that the at
tack on San joan del Sur grew out Of Walkers decree
rtestabhsbiDg slavery.