The Feliciana Democrat. (Clinton, La.) 1855-186?, 1857-04-04
PROM NICARAGUA

FROM NICARAGUA.
By the steamship Empire City We have in
telligcncc from Nicaragua II II no later as
we have already said than what has already
been received here. We have convcrscd with
one OF those who came thence on the Empire
city, very intelligent person, who states that
he left Rivas OH the 18th, ult that Walker had
about 400 available mcn there that there was
the greatest difficulty IN procuring supplies, the
Costa Ricans having driven of all cattle and
preventing the natives from carrying in pro.
visions that it was impossible to send out
foraging parties without their being cut off or
deserving that the Costa Ricuns were in great
strength mt San Jorge and were marching III
Il large force to take possession Of san Juan
del Sur. The latest paragraph in the papers
appears to be the following, in the Panama
Star and Herald of the 10th inst:
The steam ship Sierra Nevada, Capt Hunt
ington arrived here on The 10th, at 5 o'clock,
\. NJ from san Francisco, via San Juan del
Sur, having left TIE latter port Oh the afternoon
Of the 18th. The L. $ soop of war st. Mays
was at San Juan.
Mr.. Rogers Walkers Secretary Of the
Treasury, who left here about 9th of January
in iive-ton boat, had arrived at san Juan in
thirty,fiyc day, passage
The Sierra Nevada brought down a ronsid.
cradle quantity of provisions for Walker
Whoa she left san Juan, Caycec, with his
twenty five or thirty men, was there and would
attempt to get through to RivaS with the eighty
recruits.
From the Aspinwall Courier, of tho 18th,
we extract the following:
The steamer Panama arrived at Panama on
Sunday, March 18Th, from Central America,
which had III desert rs from Walkers army,
81 for New York and 100 for New Orleans,
ut the expense Of the Costa Rirnn Government.
Costa Rcan papers, to March I, contain no
news, though they acknowledge receipts of cor.
respoh dencc from Gen. Canvas near Riyas TO
Feb. 26.
From more detailed account We condense
the following
No battle had taken place ut Rvas since
our last accounts, nor had any engagement
occurred between the bclligcrcnts. Walker
remained in peaceabc possession Of Ryas.
where he was bu'ily engaged in manufacturing
cannon balls and in strengthening his position
lie had about 400 fighting men, but was losing
many by de.ertion. Walkers position in
ltlvas appeared perfectly secure against any
attempt the allies may make to drive him ont,
and the only danger he has at present to fear
is the shortness Of provisions his commissary
department being in very poor order, and cat
tie are bccominr very scarce through that see
ton Of the country, His men appear tolcrnbly
we'll contcnted and in good spirits. They are
represented rs Icing most determined body. /
The allies appear to b" spending their time
III issuing proclamationS, instead OF attacking
their enemy. Their force have fallen off by
deserton and otherwise from 5000 to 1900,
and although they have had Walker shut up
for two months, they are now no farther adj
vanced than they were then. There appears
no doubt that they might very easily have dri
ven Walker ont of the country by IL little energy
Their men are represented as quite indifferent,
giving way to the most entire Incidence, and
strongly contrasting with the rcsolutc bearing
OF their opponents.
Walker received so men from San Francisco
by the Sierra Nevada and to that point he can
alone look for assistance in the shape of pro-
visions, so long as the river transit is closed by
the allies
1t was next to impossible to get anything
reliable from either passengers or officers of the
Sierra Nevada, the former knowing little as to
what had taken place the past month in Mica
ragua, and, the latter not being disposed to bear
unfavorabe news. They report that the Costa
Rcan forces attacked Walker in Riyas from
three points, on or about the 5ih March; that
Walker waited until the main force had got
into the narrow streets, and then opened his
cannon on them causing immense slaughter.
They say that the whole Of the next day the
11lllbuster forces were employed in pliug up and
burning the dead.
>, About the first of this month, Walker sent
colonel Caycce, with thirty mcu, down to San