The Washington union., 1857-05-01
LATE AND INTERESTING RTELIIdENcE FROM
rIIJFORNIA, OREGON, CENTRAL AMERICA, NEW


GpENADA. AND THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
1,. Pacific and Central American mails by the steam
.,n Illinois, which arrived at New York Wednesday
n AspinWall reached this city yesterday morning Her
~.is Of highly interesting character.
We arc indebted 10 the Alta California for the following
,o.rv Of the news for the fortnight ending April g.
The abundance of rain that has fallen in all parts Of the
% has been of great benefit not only TO the miner, by
rIyinr him with water for gold Washing Tree OF cost,
a IN localities where it could not otherwise have been
hned but also TO the farmer and hersisman IN promo
,' luyuriant growth of grain and grass The winter
nag been one OF uncommon severity much snow having
In IN the mountain districts, impeding travel in some
tcts and interfering with the labor OF the miners to
considerable extent :, ,
The sning however, has opened with the most de
,,bfnl and favorable weather, and pleasant The
% have been cleared of snow, the roads are drying up
and will shortly be in excellent condition, while the work
~ The husbandman and gardener is In an advanced state
"a egetation of all kinds growing with great rapdity
The entire surface of California is at this time covered
fb fields of grain grass, blooming like vast
GARDEN of wild flowers From all quarters the reports
favorable to prolific harvest and fruit also promises TO
be abundant.
The business of mining, will be by reference TO
our summary of on that subject, Is everywhere
nrosrerous Never before have the miners, class,
been doing better in California To maintain and render
pemanen this ourshing condition Of that important
interest capital is required to construct ditches excavae
tunnels open leads and erect quartz mills all of which,
when judiciously undertaken, demonstrated To
afford not only safe but lucrative openings for investment
And il Is TO us matter Of surprise that capitalists abroad
have not shown greater readiness to put their money in
Enterprises now known to be SO secure and profitable
The Sonora expedition, under Mr. Crabb had at last
ocounts reached Fort Yuma without accident and in
Good health After hating day two at this post to
recruit they to push into the Gadsden purchase,
adjacent Sonora and perhaps into that province itself
The legislature have granted franchise Of twenty
wears for bridge the Sacramento opposite the city
y., tsfa To he of
uae and the inhabitants of the northern part Of the
Stats.
Serious dssensions have arisen amongst the Mormons,
both at San Bcrnardino and Salt Lake.
The latest accounts from Carson Valley represent the
snow as still being deep the Sierras grass quite
luxuriant in the Valley the cattle fat, agricultu
raj prospects good the miners making fair wages, and
affairs generally in prosperous condition
FROM BodorA
We have dates from Bogota to March 18th The Gaceta
Official and the Tempo publish the correspondence between
Messrs Bowln and Morse and Ss. Pombo and Gonzales
New Grenada rejects the demands of the United States
government and claims the sum of Sl5O, 900 from the
United States for damages done to Panama and New Gre
madam citizens by Americans on the 18th of April I;
that the United States reparation to New Grenada
for the rude protest of Col Ward dated April 2l and
for the dsespectful letters of Commodore Mcrvine and
Captain Bailey.
The notes of Srs. Pombo and Gonzales long, and
full of false assertions and incorrect deductions.
In the house of representatives it has been proposed to
raise loan of $500 900 in case New Grenada at
tempted to be invaded by the United States.
Hon. Isaac f. Morse arrived by the British steamer at
Aspinwall from Carthagena.
EXCITEMENT ON IsrnMUs.
The Aspinwal correspondent of the New York Express
writes on the goth
The alarming aspect of our relations with New Grenada
Is creating great excitement here. Immediate war with
the United States is apprehended
The property holders of Panama have begun already
to calculate the chances of loss during the which
may yet tnsprc before the settlement of the difficulties
between this country and the United States,
For weeks past they have openly declared that
no negotiations could possibly settle this matter that
there certainly would be rupture and the result would
be the temporary posting of United States troops on the
isthmus but that meantime much should be done In
fact plot formed for the seizure of the specie from
California but it somehow leaked, and the prompt pre-
cautions taken postponed it or killed it, we cannot say
which. The postal and tonnage tax must be collected ut
once and in future and all that due must be paid forth
with and then they ask themselves how the attempt to
enforce this can be made 1t can be used as pretext
for another riot effort to seize the specie in transit
IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA.
[Corrcspondencc Of the New York Ex,.ss,
.,sr1NwAIL, April 20.
The latest news from Cetral America is via Costa Ric
We have report Pom the steamer Panama, which
nvei at fanana the 18th inst, bringing dates to
Apni rom Rivas and to the Sth Of April from San
r
an official letter from Gen Mora the chief of the allied
forces, dated Rvas April l. addressed to the Minis
Ter OF War at San Jose, and printed on the Sth
All these adviccs state that Walker is hemmed in at Rvas
by all the allied force the Pacific side, with the excep
ton of some Guatcmalan troops which had landed at
Reaeo, and expected in day two. He has
Six hundied is well entrenchcd living mule and
dog meat fighting ably at every point his desert
ing him at the rate of five per day the allies fighting him
with 2-lb. guns against his nine Founders.
letter from the commander Of the fort Castillo Vieo
says a large number of fbusters now april 29-2
p M landing; and adds that he is certain to destroy
them and to hold his post The papers say said force
numbers four hundred and sixty
IRON GRgYrowS MOVEMENTS or THE BRITISH rLEEr.cLo-
SCENES LocKBIDGE EXPEDITION.
AsprSwAII, April 20
On the 18th instant the figates Cossack and Tartar
brought to Aspinwa the intelligence that Lockdge had
de5ed from his attempt to get through to Walker from
the San Juan river and also brought all Lockridge
force except few who went the Tennessee, and q
few who could not or did not wish to be removed from
Greytown, Tor Punta Arenas San Juan del Norte The
number brought by the gtes was about three hundred
and seventy.
We also learn by the frgates that Lockridge, Ander-
son, and few Others remained at Greytown and that
the steamfrigatc Orion had gone to Carthagena The
Archer and two gun-boats left in the harbor Of
Greytown
cums'anccs which subsequently ranspired at Greytown
is told somewhat as follows
Lockrdge, after reconnoitrng Castillo concluded he
could not take it, and the question submitted to the
men whether the river should be abandoned which
decided in the Affirmative.
On their way down the river in two boats the Scott
and Rescue the former in advance good look-ou
Kept for the enemy Fearful they might be surprised ut
the mouth of the Serapi1u the Scott the
bank considerably above that point, and canoe dcs