Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1858-01-07
From California and Nicaragua.
New YoRK, December 27, l0P. M

The steamship Northern Light has ar
rived with California dates to the 9th inst
She brings, 100000 in gold. Among
her passengers is General Walker, who
with $50 of his men, was captured by Com.
Paulding, of the U. S. frigate Wabash-the
General on parcl. The men were placed
on board the U. s. sloopof.war Saratoga,
to be conveyed to Norfolk.
The lake and river steamers on the San
Juan have been handed over to Garrison
and Morgan. These steamers had been
captured by General Walker, but retaken
by an expidlon from the Wabash.
Fort Castillo had also been captured by
Gen. Walker, and party of fifty Ameri-
cans, under Col. Anderson, who still held
possession of it, as well as the river San
Juan.
Tie U. S. frigale Wabash arrived at
Aspinwall on the morning of the 18th with
Gen, Walker on board, together with all the
arms, ammunition, &C., seized at San Juan
del Norte.
The steamer Fashion, Capt. Coughlin,
from Aspinwall for Mobile OH the evening
of the 18th.
Her b. M. steam frigate Brunswick was
l at Aspinwall on the 4th.
, Fort Castillo and the steamers La Virgin,
Boiver, c, Morgan and Ogden were taken
by Col. Frank Anderson, and fifty men on
. the 9Th.
Gen. Walker and all his men surrendered
prisoners of war to Com. Paulding on the
18th.
The U. S. sloop- Saratoga left San
) Juan del Norte, with 15S Africans and
men of General Walkers army, for Nor.
Y folk.
Capt. Engle, of the Wabash, came by the
Northern Light as bearer of dispatches tt
: the Government.
Gen. Walker also came passenger te
New York on paro.
The steamers had been turned over by
Walker to Garrison s. Morgan. The Nor
gan, the only one which came down tn.
river, was seized by Com. Paulding, ant
put in charge Of the American Consul a
GreytOwn.
Col. Anderson still held Castillo. H,
had eight months provisions and six pieces
Il of artillery, which he captured of the Costs
Ricans, with an abundance of ammunition
= which would enable him TO maintain his po
= sition as long as his provisions lasted,
Aspinwall and San Juan corre>p >pondenc'
> shows that Com. Pauding stationed fou
y boats full OF men, with howilzer each il
front Of Wa ker's camp, while four hundre,
= men were landed from the squadron, unde
V command OF Capt. Engle, Of the Wabash. =
y The Saratoga also directed her broadside
= upon the camp, and Walker surrendered a
! discretion.
From Nicaragua we learn that Gen
Martinez has been elected President. II
=, was inaugurated on the 18th inst
- The most active precautions have bee
~ taken by the Nicaraguan Government t
make strong and energetic war agains
- Costa Rica.
The Costa Rlcan Government has mani
. tested desire 10 arrange matters with N
" caragua as soon as constitutional Govern
) ment is established.
h. n
) ernment had sent a force of lour hundre
, men against the flllb.sters.
; The news from California is unmpor
ant. Rain had fallen plentilully, and mir
= ing operations were progressing satisiact'
rily.
y " Commercial affairs were very dull, an
the money market was without animation
The interest onahe California bonds wi
hereafter be paid at San Francisco, instei
of New York.
" The news from the South Pacific is inte
De esting. ..'.-..
IL The Gillian Congress had authorized
Iy loan Of seven million dollars to compile
ID the Valparaiso and Southern Railroad.
e' In Peru difficulty had occurred in col
10 sequence of the authorities of Calao pr
be hbiting foreign merchants from pursuiI
n their occupation unless they swore allegian,
'e. to Peru, upon which they were immediate
lat compelled to do military duty. The msjo
he ity of the merchants being Americans tin
er appealed to Mr.. Clay, our Minister, but
ms had made but little progress towards
nd adjustment.
he Gen. Castillo and number Of his fello
ID. revolulionists had been banished.
Of Six hundred Chinese have left San Fra
- cisco in vessels bound 10 Chinese ports.
nd
I5-The man who wrestled with adver
II. ty wore out his silk stockings, and {
.ed Worstad