The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-10-22
VOL. XII.

virtually DISTINGUISHED, and that no election h.
taken place. A certain number Of men viii -
returned as elected members Of the first braroL
OF the City Council, and as such will take ,bai-
seats, but under circumstances which few vii
be disposed to vaunt or even contemplate
WALKERS NEW ExPEDITIoN.-A co,ro,
pondent of the Star, of this CRY, is givirg .
history of Gen. Walkers career in Nicaragr.
In one of his articles he saws:
Walker 10 now preparing another ev-s5;
ton OF 600 men, and expects IN ss;I g..
Mobile, New Orleans, and Galveston. ahort ia
18th inst. His intentions are 10 lard q, C tue
rique Bay, and penetrate Costa RIGA bv c.
go. 1t is the determination, | am Ola ..
know, as we'll as the duty, of this Admin;s,ro
ton, to stop him. Humanity and iustica d.
mand 1t. 1t is impossible for The thing - s,,o
ceed beyond few months. For then. the srr
ply OF men will drop off, and the climate oil
De aolng It's wellknown work of weekly dec;
maton; Thus nothing but ruin awaits The
deluded victims Of the selfatyled 'grav.avad
man. 6'@y'eyeu
" 1t is duty England owes to a wesL f.;,.s
~ nation, TO stop Walker on the biob seas u
is due her commerce with Costa Rica fo- tba,
little Republic annually exports n R,;,o;"
S,OOO,OOO pounds of coffee, $4,000 worth %
dSye-Woods and drugs, and $4,000 worth IS
NOES, ard, besides, owes her 81 $50 600 IA.
Importation Of English manufactures roach,
SZ,OOO,OOO year. All of this trade u;u -
entirely destroyed, if Walker makes the inv,
slon' Inc writer OF this speaks from bis owr
knowledge. tie is a Southern man-pas No.
one of his soldiers, and hence cannot he conoI
deserter by his sympathiz srs."
The Washington correspondent Of the Ns,,
York Times thinks that the AdmiDis,ra,;o, :.
disposed to wink at Walkers new expedition .
and we certainly fear that It is not s, disnosal -
crush fillbusterism in Central America a. No-,b
ern Administration journals would make then
readers believe.
The New Orleans papers geDerarv c,r,.,.
nance the expedition. The Bee is however
an exception. 1t says:
Walker is preparing to return 70 No,
ragua; at least his friends say so. ALTHOUGH The,
are silent as to his preparations and resources
II rumor IS to be trusted, be has succeeded in
enhstng 3,UOO men, and has in his possessio,
SZoO QUO. THIS as a Uery insiqnifcant ,,n
nay million tCouid hardly be enougL 10 cp
d0Ie nm. TO debark his aHeged p11cers up9g he
OO'' ~ -'tCuf Uyud. AS Tor his little army if
1t has IN reality any existence il presents a
very respectable force. Three Thousand Amar;.
cans, well armed, and commanded nv bravo
! and experienced officers could easily. We dorbt
not, take possession Of Nicaragua. We IN
not mean to say they could maintain then,4Iv..
/ there for they would not only have. once more.
the allied forces Of Central America on tbe.,
/ hands, but disease and dessrtion would linn
/ their ranks, as they did before. They would
require reintOrcements-they would rcquir.
| constant remittances Of money and men. CouH
they get them? Could Walker's friends az he
/ OH'ted States negotiate his JiHs2 We must
| be permitted to doubt it.
! 1t IS, indeed. announced that the ez.Dic.
tator has enrolled 5000 men, hut we are tod
they are still at New York, Charleston. New
Orlears, Galveston, &c. How will they get 10
! Central America? If they be Transported
there in detail, they will probably be Ont to
pieces, for the Costa Rcans have not evacuated
the country; and to carry them in body. sig
hrstclass steamers would be required TO sail
from one port, where the volunteers must all
have previously assembled, and whence it might
be easy 70 transport them to San uau. The
rallying point would then be Bocca del Tovro,
to the south Of Costa Rica."
Lord Napier denies the atory tina. he has
given orders for the British squadron near
Central America to capture any Graf, having
On board the expedition, or part Of it. He
has no such power