Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-02-01
LETTER From AspNWALL.
Correspondence Of the Rirhmoni Eng

LETTER FROM AspNwALL.
Correspondence Of tie Richmoni Enq"nrr.l
AspISwALI, y. c.. January Is, 1859.
Messrs. Editors-The deatll-like stiffness is
approaching the sublime in our goodly city OF
Aspinwall. The passenger trade has dw'ndled
down 10 about q hundred each way-to and
from California-and when you reflect that 1t
was usual for them to bring So many thou
sands, you must judge yourself. ii we have not
good causc, all Of u>. to took h!ie.
The Tehuantepcc transit Is taxing most
Of the trade at present, and Will doubtless re-
tain it for Il long time 10 cone-nntii the bel
lev canal is perfected. and Heaven only knows
how long that will he. The mails and pasSe,-
gers are both tending that way; ami the only
thing that can save this line from utter rum,
isthc Australian travel which they report they
have at length secured rs a reality.
The Washington arrived al this port, direct
from New York. with 2lQ passengers, intended
for the N%icaraglan transit route. on the IN
inst. They expected 10 learn somc tidins> OF
the Hermann. at .ASpinwall. After waiting
until the 10th. she steamed out Of the harbor
for San Juan del Norte. or Greytown. She
returned again on the 18th, after landing ten
passengers and the stores and supplies for the
Company station, reporting the misfortune 10
the lillibuStcrS under Mauraz and Anderson, on
board of the schr. Susan. Almost at the same
time the Washington hove in sight, the Eng
li,h steamer Saladin. FROM Liverpool. with the
American steamers Illinois and Granada. made
their appcarance-So that I may record the ar
rival Of four steamers in one day-quitc y re-
markablc occurrence for .i>pinwaIl. The pas
scnser> and mails. with the express freight,
were despatched i at once 10 Panama. and left by
the steamer for San Francisco on the following
morning.
At Grcv,uwn, with the exception Of the
wreck q! the Susan, the Washington learned
nothing new. The Vaiorous is within the bar.
while the shirs-ofwar Cesar. Dladem, AMI
Savannah are rolling heavily without. The
Laura Frances is plying on the river Colorado.
conveying merchandise. passengers ant rese.
tables for Greytown market. The probability
is that the stcamcr Washington will 20 around
the Horn with her Passengers. as advertised,
in case they do not connect with the Hermann
at San Juan del Sur.
President Martinez has escaped, as if by mi
racle, from the plot of the tilibu>tcrs.
Had the Susan not met with the accident. the
coffee planters which she bore would, by this
time, have arrived at Leon, with Guardlola,
President of Honduras. and his five hundred
wild warriors, and set all Central America IN a
blaze.
The whole country is still III the greatest
excitement, owing to the news OF the escape OF
the !ilibuStcrS, and the goods OH their way Tor
the merchants OF the interior have been Tor 4
time stopped on the Isthmus.
The next party which leaves, will, no doubt,
succeed in landing ut 0moa. aS arranged, and
march without obstacles To Leon. Grardlola.
who is a cunning chief, will still DC able to
dupc the Central American Republics into the
belief that all Is well, and that his honesty Is
unqucstionable, until the time arrives for him
to show his resentment for wrongs and insults
which he believes have been offered him by
Martinez, Mora and others. So that the re-
turn of the tilibu>tcrS and their success in the
future is like all great changes about to be
worked throughout our vast Repuhlic-mcrely
- question Of time"
On Sunday the 9th, there were symptoms oil
a very serious disturbance with the native po'
lice Of ASpinwall and the sailors ofthc Roanoke.
Some one hundred and fifty Of the old salts
c inc on shore, resolved to have some fun spite
Of their tarry eyes" and they began 10y making
themselves as tight as BRICKS and amnsei
the town BY sundry demonstrations ala BE
nccian Boy and MorrisScy. These lessons in
the noble art Of sel..lcfcnce. were entirely con-
fined to themselves, until the negro police i'll
t~crlcred, and were OF their way to the GALA
bonsc with an india rubber Ion Of the seas,
more than half seas over. Then the tar> yelled
for the rescue, and turned their front upon the
gathering ''greascrs." Swords were drawn,
bottles, bricks and other missiles flew thick and
fast through the whizzing air, when the he
grocs believing that discretion was the better
part Of valor' beat more than a hasty retreat.
Their straight coat tails were hardly visible
through the dust they flung behind t!lcm.-
The "greascr' soldiers with their loaded mus
kcts, were seen shortly after advancing. The
sailors waiting anXiously to receive them. and
a regular pitch battle was apparently lnevlia-
bic. When Mr.. Stephens, first Lieutenant Of
the Roanoke, appeared with Don Bias Arose
mera, the project ofpolicc, and after an hour or
two settled the matter. the fault at length he
ing charged upon the chief of The police, who
first drew his sword upon one Of the mid>hip-
men, while demonstrating with him against
the illegal arrest Of the sailor who had con-
mltted no offence, save being very merry. All
is quiet at present, and they will probably keep
matters so for the future. by not allowing more
than one boats crew ashore at a time. The
officers Of the Roanoke are every way u >npc-
rior class-the best among the good. Kind
and noble, both ! act and word; scntlclnanly.
valiant, honest and true, AMI an honor 10 the
nag-the stars and stripc,-which 80 proudly
floats above them. There can be no fault found
with the crew; they have always behaved them
selves with deccncy and propricty. and this is .
the first time they have been involved in any
difficulty ashore.
The Golden Age arrived on the evening of
the 18th, with the passengers and mails from
California, and reports the steamer Hermann,
at San Francisco, rs advertised for sale on the
Goth. The Washington will start Tomorrow.
for the purpose Of stcaming round the Horn
and landing her 900 passengers al the wharf in
San Francisco. The Company require W
steamers on the Pacific, and the sooner they are
around the better, and hereafter thcre will he
no disappointment.
The passengers by the Golden Age have just
arrived by the cars. N50,) and are now hurry,
ing on board Of the Illinois and Granada, and
will leave directly for New York and New Or
leans.
The Roanoke is alone in port, the Coinmo-
dorc to replace Mcintosh not yet arrived.
hear the gun warning me Of the immediate
departure Of the steamer. and must say ad'cu
-.
MRS. KEMBLE AND MOUNT VERNON.
The paragraph now going the rounds OF the
press, attributing to Mrs. kcmblc remarks OF
an ungracious Character. addressed to the COM
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