Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-01-14
LETTER FROM ASPINWALL.
LOrrespondr"ce 81 Richmomd Enqairsr
.A>piNwALI. New CANADA

~.A>riNwALL. New GRANADA
January i,h. 1852.
The business of the lsthmu> j. sadly q.
pressed OF late-i"r some cause, pcrhal>. q;
unsettled state of affairs in Central .irnc:..
with the opening Of other transitS in o;ro
ton TO this tyrannical monopoly. Duriu. g.
holydayS. there has been much ~fca>ii;.- 80
meiriment among the town's-l eople. AMI g..
mcn-of.war' S-mcn belonging TO tie flags.
Roanoke. They are all now slowly >immerf.
down 10 Il state Of peace and scbcrnc>>.
The jamestown returned from her ciUi>y
tween this port and San Juan. on the cyciii.
of the 18th of December. She reports tie a
rival ut tircytown. of the British mcu-oiwa,-
DiadeIn and Caesar. A boat from the Cas-
came on board, and asked sumdry Ya.l-
questions, such H. Have YOU seen any -
busters: DO you know the whercabou',
Walker-or where We may lay hands o.
him." To all of which Captain kcrrc.
answered in the negative, with a tea.
humility and patience, The a-hems ana AHA
then stating twas time Tor them To- d,,s:
>prtng into their boats and moved ;owa;
their ships. when the jamestown squared Az
for .%Aspinwa!l. and arrived safely. without
coui.tcTing 4 iiIllbu>tcr at any point o. o.
coast. The Savannah j. still "ith.n the hai
of san Juan, and Is likely 10 remain ile:e. 70
the bar across the mouth, from Funt4 ~,
10 the main land. has - increased oG late g.
only steamers Of the lightcst drausht. q"
caution, can pass over. They will prob.
remove some Of the guns from the sa;at.
and tow her out, If possible. at once. lo:!4.
a. the administration have promised to hoT
y....l ,g ,,n,. -, tl., ,.n,t ,i.,. nib. ...
tic Savannah, and let her remain a. u int.
IN that ease. however, the English will c..i
her soon as q part and parcel Of the Nr.a
territory, and man her with the sable >I
Of the sable King.
The |alorous, the DiadcrI and Cesar ~
ing outside, where they are rolling ;h,.r
under water, aud they will, no doubt =
sichen Of So cvmforta6tt Il birih.
In the bay Of .iSpinwall, riding q; aa'.ss
the tiag ship Roanoke. The jamestown i-i
the %0th, to return. it i, said. to san ia"
Greytown; for what. it is hard 10 VA t''
the health Of the crew. and ccitaisls -.
any utility; perhaps 10 arrest thc Pfo,'-s.'
Nicaragua, ten. VIM. Walker. and IT,
grants.
The health Of the %l,ti,nu, is good 81
sent. III tiemp" c0i.t5@s i apr.
but without any i!at;crlng prospects oi '''.
being improved. The great delay IN -
the various questions IN Contra! .ime'.e.
bcssarcd almost every interest. both q; "
and abroad. native ana foreign. Each ,i'''
ins day appears TO complicatc affairs ni.it o
more, and it is too plain We must no~ yea
inuch tahcd Of and long.cheri>hcd home
c. or fight. Which is best:
The Moses Taylor, with 2jU passenger
rived from New York on the 2>th pccc'a.
the Granada arrived on The morning 81
3l>t. with 31U more, bound for san Franc
They all left Panama on the 3g,:..
The tag officer, James McInto>h, vi.
.%iSpinwall by the steamer Nose. Ia"
New York. Ills health has been very i:e.-
Gus Of late, and the physician. .: the :'''
wise his immediate return, which i a.'".
cause Of his sudden and unexpected tei4
There is 10 news Of the arrival u l"'t
grants by the schooner Susan. which 'r.'.
bile with 40 coffee planters. They 80"
badly turn up somewhere in the interior q"
caragla, where they will have the Ing
:isht-,hcy having already sent up u'
Juan river a small battery. with the eA'.,
arresting fillibustcrs; and this excuse W..
given until they put the country IN a Ia
defence. and then they will say, "Bro'hc
athan. we are ready for you. Inc HI
make no secret of it-indeed, it Is theH y
that France and England are TO protec. "
against the Americans and the iillib'i''eH