Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1858-01-01

General Walker aadhis Troops Captured.

The steamer Golden Age brought
down $50 passengers and 81, 47S,O0o in
treasure.
The principal consignees per Northern
Light are: Wells, Fargo g. Co., $5l2,-
900; Rowland & Aspinwall, $4,000;
American Exchange Bank, $4,000;
Kelly & Co., $4,000; VIM. Hoge &
Co., $4,000, James Patrick, $4,000 :
A. Belmont, $4,000; Freeman & Co.,
$73, 900; Baker & Morrill,, $500.
Gen. Walker is a passenger in the
Northern Light.
The .. S. flag ship Wabash arrived at
Aspinwall on the 18th, with Gen. Walk
er on board, and all the arms and ammu-
milton, captured at San Juan del Norte.
On the 4th, Fort Castillo, and the
steamers La Virgin, Bolivar, c. Morgan,
and Ogden, were taken by Col, Anderson
and so men.
The steamers had been turned over by
Walker to Garrison and Morgan, but the
c. Morgan, the only one that came down
heriver, was seizedby Commodore Paul
ding and put in charge of the American
} Consul at Greytown.
: Col. Anderson was still at Castillo
| He had three months provisions, six pie
ces of artillery, which he captured from
the Costa Ricans, with an abundance of
5 ammunition.
: On the 9Th Gen. Walker and all his
f men surrendered prisoners of war to Com
] modore Paulding.
: On the 18th the frigate Saratoga sail
r ed from San Juan for Norfolk, with 15C
K men of Walkers army.
+ The Panama Herald states that the
: Wabash landed $50 men, and captured
IS Walker.
The u. S. steamer Fulton and the
British ship Brunswick were at San Juan
The frigate Susquehanna arrived at Sal
Juan 18th inst.
q Gen. Walker was sent to New Yorl
on parole.
Il Capt. Engle of the Wabash also come
as bearer of dispatches.
The sloop-of-war Decatur was at Pan
anna.
VI Gen. Martinez had been elected Pres
ident of Nicaragua, and was inaugurate
u Nov. Is.
Active preparations had been mad
+ for an energetic war on Costa RIGA, whic
power has manifested desire to arrang
matters.
Costa Rica had sent 400 men again.
u Anderson.
The news from California is unimpol
- tan!, except as to the mining interest
Heavy rains had fallen in the interio
n reviving trade, and imparting new vigc
L. to mining operations.
o At San Francisco business was gener
a ally very quiet. The money market
-. active. Merchandise loans are made
# 2 and 1-2 per cent. per month. VIII
nd ler's bills have sold as low as 10 per Ger
he discount on Boston and New York.
he The receipts of gold from the min
was steadily on the increase, though the
was some scarcity of water. Mexic:
Use dollars commanded Is per cent, prem
,bt um.
,ek The United States Branch Mint W
ON re-opened on the 23d of November, al
the was doing heavy business. Sight dra
bod on New York 3 per cent premium.
all The financial condition of Califorr
hes was improving There was over $40
1gh 900 in the State Treasury.
= Two respectable citizens of Stanisla
WIN county, Arson Bird and Mr.. Robins,
100. had been mysteriously murdered.
The ship Aurora had cleared for C
ace ma with 600 Chinese passengers.
ook The Sonora had no deaths on her p
sage up.
From South America the dates
ua- Callao Nov. &c, and Valparaiso 18th
rep A clerk in business house in SAINT
IS 60, Chill, had committed frauds to
amount of 100000.
In Valparaiso, Mr.. Bernal, retail
"n' had forged bills, to meet his liabilities
lgh- the amount of 100000, and commit
lbs, suic;de
elo' The Gillian Congress had passed
law authorizing loan of $4,000
for the completion of the Valparaiso 8
~ Southern Railroads.
'O0' The Gillian war steamer Esmara
o had sailed under secret orders, for CO
" ;" ia, for the purpose, it was surmised,
IVY claiming an American vessel seized
" the Brazilian authorities, in the port
Santa Maria, the right of sovereign
over which is in dispute between Boil
eaIs and Chill