The New York Herald Newspaper, December 15, 1855, Page 2

total. At five o'clock, Gen. Walker ordered 4 retreat, which was cout with the jowsof but one man. In the tattle of Rivas the Americans lost but @&p of their men Ip ox bours fighting; of the enemy upward? of 100 were snlled op the spot. General Walker then marched for San Juan del Sur or Gorta Rica, and finding a raach unoccupied, they halted — after # severe march through torrents of rain aod knee \—at about three o’elock tu the morning, the ing had anything to eat from the time of ir kaving Tol. They slept here till about eight A.M., when awaking they turned their attention towards some- thing to eat, and finding a stray beef, they killed and ecoked it as best they could. They then marebed for the ‘Trantit route, and arrived op it about noon, expecting to be obliged to take the Costa Rica road, a distance of twenty miles, anticipating an attack from the enemy if they advanced to San Juan. Before arriving at the Costa Rica road, they met a Mr. Dewey, who, to their great aa. tirfaetion informed them that San Juan was snoceupied the enemy, at which place they arrived about five clock, and were received very kindly, and were sup- lied with clothing, food and everything they required, rearing an immediate atteck, and the brig Vosta not being in sight, Gen. Walker sent a eg seize the schooner San Jose, thea }; im port. The Americans embarked immediately after seizure, and sailed the following morning for the brig, which’ they made in about four hours, when gare the schooner up to the owver. They then sail Realejo, where they re- mained on board the brig two weeks; then started for Chinandaga, remaining there three days. From theace they marched to Leon, the head quarters of the republi- can party, and the finest city in Nicaragua. Taere the demoerats mustered one thousand men. Having remain- ed ten daysin Leon without accomplishing any move- ment of importance against the enemy, the Americans seturned +o Chinandage, where they lay inactive two weeks, They started for Realejo on the of At el and were then joined by 150 natives, under pride Genera! Valle. On the 11th they sailed for San Juan del Sar, where ‘they arrived on the 15th, the (any aoe jing as soon bei appeared. They remained in San Fenn reernit- ‘ing till the 2d of September, and at 12 o’clock on that it General Walker with whole foree crossed the ‘Transit route to bi Bay. At about 10 o'clock on the morning of the 3d. the of the Sg de spproach was given, twelve of our native guard fighting 850 of ‘them, loading and Sring in thelr retreat, fp good style, vatil’ they were reinforced. The conduct and bravery qf the native troops under Gen, Walker eannot be too highly speken of in this action. The Amerisans received the énemy with a deadly discharge of rifles, when they broke and ran—hunted to oover by the riflemen. The result of this battle is illustrative ef the Americans and their arms over an enemy—there being only 175 Ameri- cans and native troops against an army over three times their number. At the battle of Virgin Bay the Ameri- cans did aot Jose a stagle man, and bad but two wounded—~ Lieut, B. T. Williamson and private J. Small. The natives had 5 missing and 3 wounded. Of the evemy 90 were buried in Virgin Bay, and about 40 wounced. Hay Jeft the wounded under the eare of a surgeon, Gen, Walker then returned to San Juan, where pos 4 arrived on the 5th. On the night of the 12th a de- tachment was sent out a8 an ambuscade about five miles cn the Rivas road, where they remained til six o’clock throvgh heavy rains. They then started for Virgin Bay, where they arrived at 12M. About two hours after the pasrage of sue troops by the janction of the Rivas and anit roads, the enemy, about six hundred strong, headed by Generals Corral and Guardiola, made their ap- pearance, bat learning of General Walker’s mareh to Vir- gin Bay, fell back on Rivas. On the following morning ‘tbe forces returned to San Juan, whers they remained anti} the arnval of the Cortes, with reinforcements under Meut. Col. Gilman, (On the 34 day of October the steamer Cortes, having wn board Lieut. Col. Gilman, Capt. Davidson, and some 36 recruits, arrived in the port of San Juan, after » pas- e of some thirteen days from San Francisco. The pewly arrived were wuch pleased to find Gen. Walker ‘with his forces in that town, as it was generally expected to hear of his being in the interior, either at Leon Chi- wandega or Rivas. The disembarkstion took place Papal and they were quartered in tae Columbia H ruse. e same day they were ordered to hold themselves in readiness to acaompany the treasure train to Virgin Bay. They started at five o'clock P. M., and after safely es- een. the train, returned, reaching their quarters about daylight. Gen. Walker and his torees remained in San Juan until the l0th day of October. During the ia- terim the organization of the battalion waa completed, which resulted in the formation of two new companies, The company then existing was commanded by Capt. John Markham. Mr. Brewster was appointed to the eommand of company “B,”’ and Mr. George Davidaon was unanimously elected Captain of company “C.? Gen. Walker further liad the good, fortune to obtain from the commander of the signer ship Queen of the Pacifie, (then étscharging coalin San Juan del Sur,) a fine six pounder, which was brought ashore and mounted. Everything having bees duly prepared, on the 10th of October Gen. Walker took up the Hine ‘of march for Vir- bay, at which place he arrived the same evening. Americans were quartered at the different hotels, rentries posted, picquet guards of native troops station whhout the town, and the night passed off quietly, thoug the enemy was only distant some eight miles, and every reason existed for exvecting @ night attack. The next moruing a person who was recognized as an officer of the opposite party, was arrested, tried and eondemned aaa spy, by a court of native officers. He jately after the passage of the sentence. M. the steamer Virgin came to anchor abreast the town, close to the embareadero, By or! Gen. Walker, Col. Hormsby took a party of men boarded her; that something of importance was aboat to take place was evident, but no one knew exactly what it was to be. The following day orders were given to prepare to em- terk, and at 2 o'clock P. M. the embarkation of the men commenced, and shortly after 5 o’clock| they were steam- mg up the lake towards Granada. Tne captains of com- panies ‘5 and “C” were both k with fever; but as neither are men that will allow their companies to go into sotion unaceompanied by themselves, while xole to raise an arm, it is not surprising, from the fatigue they underwent, that’ they have since suifered most acutely f-om the effects ofa midcight march. About midnight, and after about seven hours steam- mg, ® point on the lake shore, distant trom Granada, in 8 worth-easterly direction, about four miles, was resched. The dieembarkation commenced, the Americans landiog first, and forming on the beach. Then followed the na tive troops, some 300 strong, under Gen, Valle. The night was dark and threatened rai. The thick tropical growth extended almort to the very edge of the lake; sone of the Americans knew in which direction they were to mareb, and the tendency of everything was wo produce confusion and disorder, yet the selt-reliance of the Ame- rieans, backed by the energy and diseretion of the off- ere, overcame all difficulties, and order governed the whole proceedings. At length aliwere on shore, the companies formed, avdforder to march was given. Slowly and cautiously they began to pick their way through the darkness anc thick underwood. As they advanced in vingle file aloag a muddy trail, guided by some native officers, the day began to dawn. Two or three times they halted; the advance having found a native on his way to his daliy labor, questions were asked, contradictory answecs re ecived which led to the opinion that we might find some ‘three hundred of the enemy on the Plaza. One a native, was brought along as a guide, nod dismissed upon arciv- 30g in the suburbs. Col. Gilman, in company with Gen. Valle, were on horseback on account of their lame sess. They, in company with Col. Hornsby, were to bes: a at the head of the line; Gen. Walker, though on foct, was 40 be seen everywhere. After a march of four miles, the little army came upon the outskirts of the town ; unconsciously their pas» was ‘ickened: at last the order was given to advau 6 in Zurie quick time, which was done with ® chers; at Teagth the old western whoop was given, which aust have aroused many a slothfu) guardian from his couch, and the whole force advanced on a berricade in one of the streets and gained the Plaza without any resistance: at this point some little fighting was done, wuich resulted fn one killed on their side, (a uativedrummer,) with «ome fifteen of the enemy killed and seversi taken prisoners. When the fighting was over, # few Americans bad their attention drawn towards the San Fancisoo church by a few shots fired out of the belfry, upow arriving on the epot they found adout eighty ‘pritoners—men, women and ebildren—m the most abject state of misery, and in shaing, all of whom were immediately relensed ‘The Deing secured, the next step was to get pos- session of the fort. This fort is sitnate about a mile east ‘of the city and on the bank of the lake; it mounted one twenty-four and two eighteen pounders, and forty armed men. For this arsauit Lieut, Col. Gilman and twenty. five Americans were detailed. (n arriving at their Jace of destination, they got & warm reception from ye enemy, who were stationed behind logs, posts and Donte drawn up on the beach; the gallant Colonel order- ed his men not to waste a until they could * draw on the white of their eye,’’ advanced caatious! dat coolly, when they commenced » brisk fire, whi drove the enemy through the fort and into their boa When charging on the cizy, Col. Hornsby led the Ameri- exp battalion, and. though’there were many fast ones in the crowd, the Colone) kept his position in van, bets the firet on the Waza, and burning the first the enemy with his bp | weil-tried rift Walker, with his ual coolness and bravery, was every- ieuous, the profundity of intellect displayed tn bie ge iship raising him till higher in the estima- then of fellow soldiers, Thus ended the battle of Granaca—ihe Sebastopol of Nicaragua, Gen. Walker, the commsnder of these men, is a native tf Tennessee, of middle age, and respectable family, He war educated for the medical profession, and has been a journalist. Those who know him say he isa man of eaceeding modesty, virtue and abstinence, During the whole caryaign he receive’ no money from the party for whom be acted, His men paid for their own outfit and ‘The outtt and passage for the re-in- forcement under Lieut.-Col. Gilman was paid by money advanced by parties in San Francisco. The mon, up to the time when the abere sceouat clores, had recsived no gay, sor clothing, nor rations, except what was volunta- rily given them by friendly natives. After the war was over, the new Prosident (Rivas) was sworn into office, and appotnted bis Cabinet, which tn- eleded Parker H. French as Minister of Finance and Chief of the Commissariat. Gen. Walker war re-affirmed Commander-in Chief of the army. When Mr. Freneh took office, there was $300 cosh in the treasury, and the country owed $900,- 000 foreign debt, upon which the interest had not deen paid, and $200,000 internal debt. Mr, however, found no difficulty in borrowing money, for the immediate necessities of the State, from the merchants of Granada, who offered to sustain the new government with their funds, The government, aleo, had the mono- poly of the sale of tobaceo, hides and rpirita, and Mr. French found a large quantity of these commodities in the pablic stores, sufficient to ret ‘the government on ite Doge ogain. The following treaty was signed :— Generals William Walker and Ponciano Corral, being ‘anifoated with the most sinoere desire to put an end to the.war which bas destroved Nicaragan, and xnxious to yowedy to great an evil, the first in virtue ef the ineu!- or Freneb, NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1855. ties given him. and the second fally empowered by the government which resided m this city, bave agreed, Sher mature discussions, in celebratizg the following treaty:— 1 Pe this i 9 are suspended hostilities, and there shall be peace and friendship between the belligerent armies. 2. Patricio Rivas is named Provisional President of the republc of Nicaragua for the term of fourteen months, unless the President, in full Council of Ministers, thould resolve to eall an eleotion before the end of the term. 3. The Ministers of State will be appointed by the Pre- sident, and will be taken from the four departments ot which’ i compose! the republic—one of war, one of fo- reign and internal affairs, one of treasury, and the other otP "tne provisional t will respect, and hay be e provinit government wi an ve respected, the chapters 24, 34 and 4th, aud ‘aections 24 and 3a, of the general dispositions of the constitution of aace 10 ibis cay for political facts aud oplaivusy and ne p to y for ulte and opinions, and no Toe will be axes tedies-inonland tereaaey e 6. The contrac! parties and the Provisional Presi- dent oblige themselves to ret all debts contractei dy the belligerent parttes, whether it be for loans, exac- tions, or any other cause. 7. The President will recognise the commissions and military appointments of those who have served under the belligerenta. 8, All those chiefs, officere, or citizens who may wish to retarn from the republicor cities may do so with the guarantee and security of their persons and property. Fren ving the % ch may cont per’ re- public, should they manifest » desire to become citizens of Ni ‘a, and in this case the at will give $0 eam hain CE ne ne hese ess Some @ armns they mow use, as y belong vat - duals, will be returned to thelr owners, 10,’ General Walker will give ordems to the forees tbat are attacking Managua to withd:aw themselves to Leon and reduce their number to one hundred and fifty mon; when this will be done General Corra offers to reduce the forces at to the precise number of ene hnndred men, under command of Gen. those of Masaya to fifty men, under command of Colonel Don [ini Cezar or another honorable chief, 11. The forces of Rivas will remain under the command of Gen, Hatruch, and the, provistonal government will appoint the officer, regulate mumber of men That will be on duty in What department, nips governments that, have heretofore existed in icaragua during war cease w! jenerals shall notify them of this treaty. Tone inthe city of Granade this twenty-third dey of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five. ADDITIONAL ARTICLES. 1, Twenty-four hours after the arrival in this city of the provisional President of the republic, the army Gon. Corral commands in ‘will enter this city, when united with that of Gen. Walker, the President and both Generals will proceed to the ehurch to return thanks to the God of armies for the termination of the war. General Walker will be recognised as General-in-Chief of the Army of the Republic, and named by a decree of the government. General Corral will deliver the command, armament and munitions of war, unless the goverament disposes otherwis 2. The government of the republic will reside in this city, and will here receive the Ministers and Consuls of forelgn nations. 3. Both armies will use no other devix than a blue ribbon, with the ineeription ‘ Nicaragua Independiente.”” The Great Seal, the arms and inscriptions of the banners and standards will also have the same motto. WM. WALKER, Commanter-in-Chief of the Democratic Army that dceu- pies Granada, PONCTANO CORRAL, General-in-chief of the forces of the Republic. ® In virtue of the full powers that by decree of yesterday were conferred upon me, I oblige myself to respect and have complied with the foregoing. PONCIANO CoRKAr, eneral-in-Chief, Graxapa, October 23, 1855. f The organic law which was adoptedbyfthe above treaty, we translate as follows;— CONSTITUTION. CHAPTER. 1, Of the Rights and Duties of the State, : Art.4. The State is, and must be by right, a politic body, and as such, it is free, sovereign and independent. Art. 6. The soverengnty is one, indivirible, inalieablo and impreseriptible: it belovge to the State. 'No portion of it, nor any individual can abrogate its fanctions, Ait. 6, The preservation of liberty, equality, security and property i: essential to the and must be his principal object. 4 Art. 7. The State, from which all powers are derived, cannot exercise them but through its delegates in the aanner established by the constitution. Art. 8. Every officer exercises that authority that has been delegated on him in the name of the state, and acooréing to the Inw; no one is superior to it, the officers act by it, and through it they are entitled to obedience and respect. rt. 0. The public force, is eusentially obedient; itis ertablished to secure public safety; and while being ia actual service, {s not allowed to deliberate. Any officer who will abuse thet foree when trusted with it, com- mite a grave offence. . 10. The security police is under charge of the civil authcrities, as determined by the laws. ‘Art. 11. No public offiee can be scl, nor be hereditary in the State; nor shall there be any condecorations or he- istinetions, nor any kind of vinculations. No orders emanating from the tederal power, exceeding the limits of its attridutes, or injurious to the rights of the State, as designated in the constitation, shall be enforced or obeyed by the State. Art. 13. The iubabitants of a town, or any single clti- zen, cannot be disarmed or deprived of tha arms that they Keep at home or carry with them in e lawful maan- ner, except in case of armed riot, rebellion, or attack agatnst the lawful authorities. ‘Art. 14. Nor shall be forbidden, except in the above- mentioned case, those popula: meetings having an object of honest amusement, political discussion, or inquiry in regard to the public eonduet of officers, Art 15. Foreigners and transient individuals will en- joy all the guarantees offered by the constitution, in the same manner as enjoyed by native citizens. ‘Art. 16, The State will strictly observe the treaty that it wil? make with the rest of the Union: it will az- knowledge the proportion that will fall as ite share in tue general debt, according to the apportionment to be made, and will contribute in the same proportion to de- fray the expenses of the general administration aad the common defence, ¥ curren m, Of the Nicaraguenses and the Citizens. Art. 12. Nicaraguenses are all the inbaditants of the State redding in any place of its territory. The rights cf s rerident are obtained in the manner designated by law. Art. 18. AN Nicaraguenses will be considered as citi- zens who are natives of the State or naturalized, twenty years old, or eighteen, only provided they bave obtained Any academical grade, or in ense of being married, own- ing some property, or foll owing. any profession or trae on which they subst, and qualified according to law. Art. 19. Those are considered as natives who are born inthis State, or in any other of Central America, and even those born in any foreign country, provided that their fathers are in the nervice of the republic. or of the State, or that their absence does not exceet the term of five years, and formal notice given to the government. Art. 20. Thoseare considered as naturalizel—Ist. The Spaniards and all foreigners. who being residents in the Territory of the repubhe at the time of the proclamation of its independence, would have taken oa'h of allegiance to it, 2d. The natives of other republics of America, who came to settle in the State, declaring thefr inten- tion before the local authority; and Sd, Those who may have obtained, or will henceforth obtain, their naturali- zation papers according to law. Art, 21, The rights of citizenship are loat— Ist, By judicial sentence passed for an offence which according to law ought to be punished with a penalty more revere than a correctional infliction, 21, Ry being convicted of slave trading 30, By being naturalized ima foreign country, or ac- cepting offices, pensions or hereditary titles from a fo- reign government, or adauming personal titles without perpixsion of the Legislative power, which in all the Secle zeae out io this article may grant rehabilitation of rights. Art. 22. The rights of citizenship are suspended— Ast, By being prosecuted for a crime which according to law ought to be prnishea with a penalty more severe than a correctional infliction, after the warrant of ar- rest being issued, 2d, By the finding ofan indictment against the public officers designated by law. 2d, By being a fraadulent debtor, or debtor to the pub- Ke funds, after being judielly requested to pay. 4th, By observing & notoriously vicious conduct, Sth, by holdiog the situation of personal waiter or servant, And 6th, By physical or moral incapacity, declared ac- cording to law. ‘Art. %3. Only those eltisens who are in the enjoyment of their rights can obtain and held public office in the State and vote at the ular elections, Art. 2A, Citizens of other States can exercise here the rights of eftizenship, aa they can be elected to thove of- fices which require residence in the State. cuarTm iv. Art. 95. The rights of the Nicaragnenses are liberty, equality, security and y, which are inatiana’ bad Improseriptitie, a8 Taberest to ana'e antares ant their preservation is the pal object of rociety. Art, 26, Every man is free in the State, and nobody can Fell himaeif or be soid. Art. 27. Nobody is obliged to do what is not ordered by law, nor can he be prevented from doing what is not for- didden by law. Art, 28. Private actions, which do not offend the order, the good moralsor public decency, of which are not in Jurious to a third person, are without the reach of the ac- tion of the iaw. Art, 29, Every man can freely communicate his thoughts by word, by writing, or by means of the prese, without previous censure, he being re<ponsible wre the law for ‘the abuse of this brtgrnon = tied, Art. 30. No man can be treat nor perse- ented en account of his opinions, pel kind thoy may be, unless he offend the law by a positive deed. Art. Ol. Every Nicaraguense has @ right to petition in the form designated by Jaw. Art. 82. Any citizen can remove to any other place of the repnblic, or toa foreign country, provided that he is free from all responsibility; and may return to the State whenever be shall choose to do so. Art The bome of any inbebitant of the State is a sacred asylum that cannot be violated withoat eommit ting a crime, exceptin such cases as are designated by the constitution and according to the formalties thereia prescribed. Ast. 4. No inhabitant of the State can be arrested or imprisoned, but im the form designated by the constitu- tion, Art. 35. Onl: he onan of Sener eprint eae shall the papers of any inhabitant of ‘State be ly Mere us Tedleyenrabe fe the tecovery 9c Teeth, the ae examination then made in prer: to whom all those will be immediately returned which are not relative te the matter of the accusation. Art. 56, The secret of letters i# inviolable, and those whieh may be subtracted from post offices, carriers, or from any other place, cannot produce Jawful effect, nor be produced as Tontmony ; Art. 37, Alllaws are expost facto, or if retroactive are ementially unjust and tyranniesl, and all and every one of the inhabitants have a right at any time to claim against the law and its effects whatever the circum- Cc may be that served as@ pretext for its entorce- Art. 38. Neither the legislative nor the executive power bave power, in any case, to declare eabiy aay man, nor him to suffer sny penalty. The trial and the Penalty must be the work of a judicial authority, competent in its form and accom by all the requi: sites established by law. Art. 39, It is forever forbidden the penalty of dopriv- ing any inhabitant ot the State of the protection and se- curity of the law. Proscription is an inhumane act, con trary to the ends of society. Art. 40. The penalty of confiscation, which consists in the public troagmry appropriating to itself the property of an individual, hh be imposed for any ofience, whatever its nature or enormity may be, even under pre- tence of indemnification to the pul fands. Art. 41. The property of the inhabitants and eorpora- tions is guaranteed by the constitution; no authority can take hold of, nor trouble any person in the free use of his property. This can only be seized in ease it Se wanted for an‘ object of public ‘interest, duly mant- fested in the form prescribed by law, and Wwith previous indemnification of its just value to the owner. Art, 42, The life, reputation, freedom and safety of all the inhabitants of the State are equal) De pied the constitution. No citizen can be ri of such cases as are designated by law. Ast. 48. No tax nor loan shall be im; but by the legislative power; and that shall never take place but in just proportion to the means of every one of the con- ‘tributors, There shall be no tax imposed upon deter- persons. Art. 44. No power has faculty to annal in ite sptrit nor in its effects any public or private act executed according toa law existing a: the time, or without the prohibition of previous law. Art. 45, No power has fheulty to annul in its spirit nor in its effects tees secured by the fundamental law; and any resolution, be it in the form of a law or de- eree, or provision, or mandamus, or order contrary to Soa, i ‘void ipso facto, and nobody is bound to respect or obey it. Art. 46, All citizens are admissible to the public offices of the State; among them there are no other distinctions ‘than those ited by virtue and,talent. Art. 47, Tt is the duty of all the citizens of Ni a to serve the offices of the State. The law will establish the manner in which this obligation will be enforced, ‘and those cases and individuals that are exempt from it. Art. 48. All the inhabitants of the State, out dis- tinetion or privilege, are obliged— let. To obey and respect the law, which is equal for all, when it rewards as well as when it punishes. 24. To obey and respect the authorities daly constitut- ed. 3d. To defend the eountry with arms, when called to do so by the law. 4th. To contribute in proportion with their means to the expenses of the State duly authorized. GENERAL PROVISIONS. Art. 151. All citizens and inhabitants of the “tates, without distinction, are submitted to the same kind of trial and procedure designated by the laws. Art. 152, No committees nor special tribunals shall be established to try or determine species of offences nor per- sons; but every inhabitant eught to be tried by the cor- rerponding judge or court previously established by Jw. The capital was then fixed at Granada, which contains about 8,000 inhabitants, and before the civil wars that have laid waste the cities and plains of Nicaragua existed, contained upwarda of 30,000. At intervals during tle last twenty years the democratis party had possession of the suburbs of the city, and the legitimists the barri- cades, from which they had never been beaten till the 18th of September It is estimated that over four times the amount ef ammunition has been expended on the siege of Granada than was used in the battles of Mexico; the soldiery on beth sides keeping up an inceseant rant dom canonnade, indiscriminately tearing down the magnificent churches and dwellings that were once the pride and boast of the Castilian residents. Thus fell t> earth cathedrals and churches that would have adorned any city in the universe, of which there could not bave been less than twenty-five or thirty, many of them con- taining ten and twelve altars, richly carved, and pro- fasely adorned with precious metals and emblems of Catholicism. Granada is built on the old Spanish style, containing « large plaza, where is altuate the Cathedral and public buildiugs ; from this radiste the principal avenues, which are very numerous and narrow, lined with houses one and two stories high, having large windows pretected by heavy iron gratings. The entrance is through a massive gateway, from whence you arrive on a large courtyard, containing ornamental trees and shrubbery ; around this are situate the dwellings and offices, all built in the same style, Each of the avenues leading to the plaza has a barricade of great strength and thickness; and take the city as a whole, it is capable of making a glorious de- fence. Granada covers about six square miles, though in every direction you see ruins indisating a city atone time double that extent. The subjoined decree was iseued:— ENCOURAGBMENT TO IMMIGRANTS. REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA, DEPARTMENT OF K#LATIONS, D. V. L., GRaxapa, Nov. 23, 1855, To THE PREFRCT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ——:— The Supreme Executive Power has deigned to isue the following decree:— ‘Tne Presiden’ ad interim of the republic of Nicaragua, to its inbabi’ants:—Beieg desirous to encourage the im: migration of industrious persons, who may contribute to the ¢evelopement of the resources of the republic, to en- large its commerce, and promote the general welfare, in use of its faculties, decrees:— Articlgg. A free grant of 260 acres of uneultivated Jand wille made to every adult who will come to this republic to settle on and improve the said porton of land; the grant being made to him by the Director of Coloniza: tion, to be aypeinted, and powsossion will be immediately given. Art. 2; Every fawily arriving here avd settling in the ‘Territory will receive 100 acres, besides the 250 belonzing to each adult member. Art. 3. After the lapse of six months following the taking of possession, titles of property will be given to the settlers, provided that they give to the Direstor of Colonization natisfactory proot of their good conduct, snd of the fmprovemenis made on the lands. rte 4. no duties for personal propert furnitur slonitusnl: bralemantn, needa, pot a pend or any object Smported for the persons! use of the colo: nists, or intended for the improvement of the lands gran- ted. ‘The colonists will be exempt trom all extraordinary taxes er contributions, and from all public services, un ess in case of the contrary being required by cause of public safety. Art. 5. The colorists will be citizens of the republic, and theretere they eball not be able to sell the lands granted to sny foreigner; and they are equally forbidden to sell these lands, nor to transfer their rights to any ns- tive before having occupled the ground for the term of six months and obtained the title of property. Art. 6. An office will be extablished and a Direct-r of Colonization appointed, whcse duty will be to attend to the petitions of immigrants, to gather and distribute seeds, planta, &e., and keep the register book. Art. 7, Let this éecree be communicated to those whom it concerns. Given at Granada on the 28d day of November, 1 PATRICIO RIVAS. To Tue MinteTER OF ReLATION®.—And according to sa- preme order I communicate it to you fer your knowledge and convenient effects, and for its publication and cireu- lation in the department under your command—acenrd- ingly. TERE/e renePettment of Relations, Government House, Nev. 21, It is a little singular that the first Know Nothing party was formed here, The constitution of 1888 gives North Americans the privileges of citizenship after alx months’ residence, but does not extend it to the serfs of Europe. The North American population st Granada is now about three hundred, butit will be «peedily incroased, aa the Nicaragua steamships will shortly advertise to oon- vey passengers from New York through to Granada for twenty dollars each. TREASON AND EXECUTION. A few days after the above treaty was rigned one of Walker’s men, of the name of Jordan, was shot, for kill. ing a native. Two days afterwards a treasonable corres. px ndence was discovered, and Genera! Corral, the anthor, was tried by court martisl. He was defended by Colonel French, but was convicted and sentenced to be shot, bat recommended to merey. No clemency was granted. The sentence was approved by Gen, Walker, conenrred in by the Cabinet, and he was shot on the plaza, On the day before the discovery of the corres: pondence he dined with Walker, and seemed highly de- Ughted with the North Americans. Yet then he was conspiring to bave them all murdered by the disaffected legitimints. The native troops also shot the legitimiat Secretary of State, Mayorgo, by way of reprival for firing into the company’s steamer. PEACE AND GOOD WILL. ‘Thie powder seems to have cleared the atmosphere, and the Cabinet set about the works of peace and order, after = protracted war of twenty years, in which the country had suffered terribly. We are told that Walker’s battalion, after the taking of the city, gave its entire at- tention to the protection of the lives and property of the populace, and—unprecedented in the annals of warfare— not a single instance of unnecessary violence or out- tage ocourred after the captare. Everything beneficial to the country seems to be progressing; the ox gond replaces the bayonet, and the sickle the sabre, Yeu can pow travel through the country without meeting bande of marauding soldiers or guerril- las, and in every direction you may witness signs of {m- provement, either on the part of the government or the pative cultivators, Soldiers have been disbanded and sent out in all quarters to improve and make good the roads that have not been travelled on for years, and the barges and schooners that had been lying withering on the benches, are again plying the beauteous lakes, fur- nishing produce from the different islands that besprinkle the waters of Nicaragua, to the market towns and points of cousumption and traffic, Also, we must say with this, that the government in- tenis increasing the standing army of Nicaragua to 2,600 men, each of whom will receive twenty-five dollars per month, rations, clothing and five hundred seres ef land. Which looke war, although there is some exeuse for this in the fact that an invasion is threatened by Guatemala. THE NEW MINISTER. Col. French thinks that Gen. Walker bad the same right to go to Nicaragua that Lafayette lad to eome to the United States, and he fully expects the government will be reeognised. He resigned the post as Minister on account of ill health, and om the 23d ef November was tendered the post of Minister, with full powers, to the United States. Senor Mazcoleta had previous- ly been removed, and Mr. Marey was informed of the fact. Maroy notified Marcoleta, and thereby discharged # duty which had been neglected by Marcoleta’s government, Col. French thinks that it fol- lows if Mr. Marcy recognized Marcoleta’s dismiasal, he must also recognize the person appointed to take his place. Col. French is a Kentuckian by birth—a quiet gentleman, about thirty-three years of age, and a lawyer by profession. The government has already been reeog- nized by our Minister at Granada, LABOR IN NICARAGUA—THE SLAVERY QUESTION. Col. French informs us that the agricultural resources of Nicaragua are unbounded. Three crops per year are raised, and its products are tobacco, wheat, eoffee, corn, cotton, sugar, cocoa, indigo, &e., &e. There is plenty of water, and the rafny season is in October, Nevember and December. The climate is believed to be quite healthy’ It is claimed that the country will be a second California; but we must have more confidence before we assume this to be the fact. ‘The constttution contains nothing about negro slavery, and it is not intended that there shall be any law on the subject at present, but the principle af squatter sove- reignty will be recognized. One company intends to in- port a large number of Chinese coolies, and work them as apprentices, indented for a term of years—s sort of voluntary servitnde, The native populstion is industri- ous, and would pe willing to work, under a proper govern- ment, Undoubtedly the North Americans, if the country in really profitable, will in time crush them out. Im- migration has already set in, and sinee Col. French ar rived he has been run down with applicants for informa: tion. So many came, in fact, that he was obliged to deny himself to many visiters. WALKER VS. KINNEY. Cl. French informa us that Walker has had no eom- municatien with Kinney, nor will he have, We see that the Walker organ is very severe upon Kinney, and sys that his expedition. Our readers will remember that Kinney is at Greytown, and claims to owna large amount of land in Nicsragaa, which claim the new government will not probably recognise. Mr. Kinney was informally elected Governor of San Juan, but he no longer acts in that capasity. Col. French thinks that Kinney has fizzled out. ANOTHER UNION IN CENTRAL AMERICA. ‘The Walker party heve in view the unionef all the Central American tates, and just previous to Colonel French’s departure, # distinguished statesman arrived from Honduras, a8 was said, with propositions for the union of Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras. We have given a pretty full account of Nicaragua, and subjoin some statistics about the last named States. SALVADOR AND HONDURAS. Salvador has 300,000 inhabitants, and is contiguous to Honduras, north of Nicaragua and on the Pacific. Ex. cept Costa Rica, it is the smatiest of the Central Ameri- can States, Honduras has an area of 4,000 square miles, and extends from the Carribean Sea to the Pacific on one side, and from Mosquitia to Nicaragua on the other. The population is about 300,000, It has @ Legielatuce (twenty-eight members,) who choose a President. It produces a great deal of mahogany. WHAT WALKER HAS TO CONTEND WITH— GUATEMALA. 4 The above named Powers are friendly, but Gaatemala is eaid to be hostile. It is the most populous of the re- publics, baving 972,000 souls, Its imports amount tc $226,248, and its exports to $868,550. It bas an army of 8,200 men, anda militia of 12,000. Its erea is 4,420 geographical square miles. It adopted a new eonstita- tion in 1861, by which the President, Carrera, a half breed, was elected by the Legislature for four years. The Legislature consists of fifty-nine deputies. COSTA RICA AND BRITISH POSSESSIONS. ‘This republic, the smallest population, bus the se cond in wealth of Central America, is situated between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, and the Territories of Nicaraguaand New Granada. Capital, San Jone; area, 2,600 square geographical leagues; population, 150,000 Inhabitants; reverme $260,000 in 1850. Debt, none, either foreign or domestic, except the unsettled accounts of the colonial and federal periods that may be still outstanding, and which, after liquidation, re to be divided among the five republics. Mines, gold,#ilver and copper. Com:nerce, exports, 200,000 quintals coffee; value, $1,400,000; raw hides, pearl shell, dyewoods, sarseparilla, pearls, browa sugar, tortoise shell, tobacco and gold bullion, value $100,000 ; imports, $1,000,000 foreign merchandis ¥ $200,000 cattle and native manufactures from the other States. Ports—Punta Arenas, on the Pacific, which is entirely free; Golfo Dulce, and that of Salinas; on the Atlantic, Matina and San Juan; Boca Toro ix claimed Jikewise by the republic. Army—Permanent troops, 200 soldiers; militia, 5,000. Government, republican; President elected by the people for the period of six years exercises the execative power. The Legislatare consists of a single Chamber of twelve Representatives, who, like the President, last six years. The Judiciary is vested in & court of seven magistrates, nominated by Cong ens, and whose tenure of office is also six years. Instant naturalization is authorized by the constitution. Oom- plete freedom of worship is estab‘ished there. Every foreigner settling in the country may obtain from govern- ment a tree grant of land. ‘The English have a great deal of influence here, and would steadily oppose any confederation, altheugh the Walker people hope to have it. ‘The British territory in Central America is known as Balize, or Beitish Honduras, and the colony of Bay Islands, Honduras, &c., is governed by a superinten tont appointed by the crown, and seven magistrates elected au nually by the people, The laws of England are generally applicable throughout the territory. Balize, at the mouth of the river of the same mame, is the only town in tho settlement. The value of the colony consists in ite lor- wood and mahogany, in the preparation of whieh for m:s- ket the settlers are mainly employed. ‘The Bay Islanda were constita‘ed a colony on the 17th July, 18562. They consist of the islands of Ruatan, Unila, Bonaea, Barbarat, Helene, and Morat. These islands of right belong to the State of Honiuras ; but as early as the 9th of Avgust, 1853, the British residents of Ruatan drew up ‘‘ preposals for the esta>lishment ef a system of government for the islands of Ruatan, Bonaca, and others, thereafter to be termed the Bay Islends.”’ It provides that the government shall be composed of the superintendent or other representative of the crowa in Honduras, « Legislative ‘Assembly, and a stipendiary magistrate. It also makes provision for the disposition of the ‘crown lands’”’ to settlers. Thus s few score oy men, under the proteetion of the flag of Britain, are ena- dled to rob a nation of the outposts of its territory with impunity. Mosquito, recognized by Fngiand as a king” dom, bears no definite limits, but is maid to oceupy the coast of Honduras from the Rio Roman to the Rio Sen Ju- an. Itsextent inland is also @ matter of uncertainty, bt according to the best definitions of its territory, it # nald to contain an area of about 23,000 square miles. What. ever may be said of its existense de jure is at least apoc- ryphal; its existence de faxo is & certainty. Capital, Blewfields, ‘The Mosquitos is @ small nation of Indians, never con- quered by the Spaniards, the country being se situated ‘as to render any attempts against them impracticable, for they are surrounded on all sides by Innd, with mo- raares or inaccessible mountains, and by sea with shoal, and rocks, ‘When the Duke of Albemarle was Governor of Jamaica, the Mosquitos put themselves under the protection of the erown of Great Britain, and their King received » commission from his Grace, under the seal of that iatnad- They have ever since been steady in their alliance with the English, and very asefal to them on many o¢casions. ‘When the King ¢ies, the next male heir govs to Jamai- ea, with three or four principal men, to certify that he {a next in blood, and receives in form « commission to be King of the Mosquitos, and till this is obtained be ts not acknowledged by them, though, after all, he is Hite more than a nominal King, unless they are at war, bar. Ing no revenues, aud very few prerogatives, being obliged fm time of peace to fish and fowl for the support of him- self and family. He hath, indeed, some distinetton shown him, and now and then presents made him by the Go- vernor of Jamatea, and English traders who frequently touch there. Neither bath he amy guards; and yet we never heard of any plot, sebellion or imsurrection in that kingdom. All these settlements, and particularly that of the Islands, are in violation of exproas treaty stipulated be- tween England and the United States. YUCATAN Js north of all these States, and has 52,000 squa: miles of territory, and 700,000 population, and has a large trade. It has a republican government, rather ‘weak, We give these statistios to show that the Walker game is worth playing, Central America has a population of three millions, and nearly two bundred thoussnd square miles of territory, and thelr exports are quite three mil- Mons, and might be a great deal more, if the resources of the country were developed. I is much more promising than our Union was at the time of the Revolution. INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. Our Mexican Correspondence. Orr oF Muxico, Nov. 25, 1855. Affairs in the Capital—A Conspivacy—Arrest of Genzral Uraga—Opinions of the Press— Fifteen Days of Mints- try’—The Pinlo Army—Filibusters—The American Minister. Ido not know that I ean employ an hour or so this hely Sabbath morn more congenially than in giving you few brief hints as to the course of things in these parts. Sticking my feet for warmth (there is no fire-place) in the flood of sunshine which inundates my uncarpated brick fleck, (a sample of Mexican comtort,) and sticking my stump of a pen into the corpulent ink bottle (hugely similar to a fat friar, at whose ‘‘ performance’? at mass I have just ‘ assisted,”) 1 awaitthe ideas—intending to catch and pin ’em to the paper as they pass. ince writing you, » few days ago, a very extensive oon- splracy to overthrow Alvarez and re-establish the con- servador dynasty, has been discovered and frustrated. To give you a correct idea of the affair I will just make a few extracts at large from the journals of yesterday and to- day—of which I have borrowed an armful from my Jand- Jord, The Revolucion ssys as follows:— { Itappears that among the persons complicated in the conspiracy are the famous priest Miranda, General Uraga and Colonel Onollo, who have been apprehended, the first named in Puebla and the others near to Guanajuato. We are assured that plans (platforms), proclamations and other docnments proving their reactionary interests, were found upon them. If this is so the judicial investi- ion will ret {t forth conspicuously, and we demand without any sort of complaisance, they apply to the offenders pane anishment, satisfying at the same time the public of 1 e juntice ef such procedure, for the pre- sent administration is ina condition to prove that it knows how to be energetic; not like the past government, which tyrannized, but exercising the strictest justice, The Monitor says, under the head of Reactionists:— Father Miranda, reactionist by profession, enemy of liberty, and ee or the present order of things, has deen transported to this capital. General Urage ‘and seven other offisers, who were ap- prehended in the Hacienda de Ja Cueva, will probably rive to-day in Mexico. sosmick! suerice!! ‘The reactionists. whose designs have just been frus- trated, ought to be adjudged with all the rigor of the w. This looks quite carnivorous, and the gentlemen inte- rested appesr to stand a remarkably fine chance of being ‘* paseed through a coarse of firearms,” acoording to the favorite Mexican regimen in sach cases made snd pro- vided, What would the “ natives” in the United States think of shooting a fellow for getting up en anti-adminis- tration party, or delivering himself of an indifferent hard shell speech? But in Mexico there can be no wholesome iecuesion of political principles. | The dominant, party for the time being is infallible, and any opposition is hig! ‘treason, and to be punished by banishment, confisca- ET eins Ramtiary tonoraiga Adel enor yi for irs, (hav- Japreme tel sok Alvaree) tat Dullabed w. Dosgeeleaed eummanication in the Revolucion, dated “ Pomoes, Nov. 14, 1865;” and which be ealis’ ‘His Fifveen Days of Ministry.” The article has already filled about forty columns. What a» blessing it is that Mr. Ocampo decamped so speedily! Had he hung on for s month or two we never would have heard the end of it, Hessys some very remarkable things, however; and as he is considered per’ect in human reasoning a few, I give you a sample of his logic. After exp his profound disgust for matters and things in general, and taking a wh crack at creation, and cavorting about for @ while amongst the stars, he suddenly drops down to earth again, and gives ue his peculiar idea of Mexiean party politics, Among other queer thiogs, he repudiates the existence of such a party av the purcs. He suys he “understands perfectly those three political entitier—progressioniste, conservatives and retro- gradiste. The progressionista say to humanity, ‘Go ahead, perfect yourselves.’ The conservatives say, ‘Go ahead’ or not, we don’t care; only don’t trample upon persons nor destroy existing interests.’ The retrogradists say, Go backwards, fer civilization will lead you astray.’ ‘The Pinto army, described in my last, has marched out and taken up its quarters at Tlalpam, abut oine miles dietant. It. seems the spotted gentleman are sensitive on the score of perranal beanty, and could not brook the 1a- dignities offered them by the leperas of the capital, who would ery out as they passed, ‘Jesus! que feo!” (“what an ugly devill”) which the Soothers gentlemen tusvall recented by a friendly rap with their machetes; the result of which was the loss of life and limb quite Mberally. In one day there were a dozen Icperos and two or three Pinton killed; so Don Jobm thought it prudent to move his trusty followers a fow miles out of town, but atill in good hailing distance There bave been an immense number of officers ais- from generals down to ensigns. 1 slight ones, consisting merely of desertion in the hour of danger, violation of parole of honor, cowardice and theft. ‘There’s another terrible alarm here about filibusteros. The rumor is that not less than five hundred of the tar- nal, pesky critters bave landed at Cape San Lucas, and are’ making themselves entirely at home. They say, too, that the Texans have taken regular possession of Mata- moros. We suppore both of these yarns are equally un- true, but it creates » terrible funk here nevertheloss. However, the present Minister of Foreign Affairs has not heen quife go precipitete as to make a reclamacion upon the American legation until he may learn the truth. Arriojs takes care not to burn his fingers as Ocampo did @aring his “fifteen days of ministry” in the matter of Captain Callahan's famous “invasion.” we American Minister, General Gadsden, still conti- nner quite unwed, but has recovered sufficiently to re- sums the setive discharge of his official duties, ‘The old gen’ #till pursues the noiseless tenor of his way, though jonally molested by the squibs, crackers andycojetes of the who are yet celebrating the cap- ture of the ruins of Sebastopo) by the French. He thinks they had better eeonomixe their gunpowder, for though having attained his ‘three score and he expects (I had nearly raid hopes) to see the day when they'll need all their Villainous saltpetre and extra enthusiasm on this continent. Ojala! Imust knoek off here, for in spite of the sunshine. T am thoroughly ehiiled, and as a friend is waiting, will stir ap my blood a little by circulating around on sunny side of the streets, Though Mexico is, as all the world knows, within the tropics, bid from the great ele vation, (8,000 feet, or near it,) it is deucedly cold at this Besson, except in the sunshine. T leave for Cruz. to-morrow, and will give you a few brief hints from that place. eee Crry oF Maxi00, Nev. 28, 1855. Intrigues in Mexwo—Santa Anna the Tool of the Allies—French and Hnglith Efforts to Over(arow the Go- vernment of Alvarez—A Portion of the Baltic Fleet said to been route to Occupy the Bay of Samana—A Treaty of Allsance with the Western Powers in Progress of Negotia- tion, A friend leaving for Havaes to take the Spanish steamer Vexioo (late United States) from Vera Orns, affords me an opportunity for the communication of some curious facts, which will afford » clue to what is transpiring here ‘at present, I have of late been a ciose observer of the social and political organizations here, especially those of whieh the threads are touched by the fingers of the wiley diplomate representing absolute dignity and power on the other side of the ocean. At the present moment there is considerable setivity in the camp ef “ the allies,” aided by the ‘ Pope’s Nuncio,” ministers of Guavemala, Spain and other leer Powers, that linger upon the stage as ap- penéages, to fill minor parts inthe play. As I am well aware of the unceasing vigilance of the resident Minis er of the United States, I cannot suppose that your execu- tive is not well advised of the secret as well as the open which is being played, or attempted, in defiance of the interests of the United ‘States, and of freedom in the world. When your government finds the Bay of Samana im poseessory oecupation of the French aad British equadrons, and the castle of San Juan de Ulon, of the ‘heroie elty,’” garrinoned by the conquerors of the Cri- mea, to sustain a it which, as fac! are now endeat to create, to Europeanise and to Africanize Cubs, if need be, they muay open their eyes; but it will be too late, without bloood and treasure, which by provident and prompt action might be saved the nation. The designs of the ‘+ Western Powers,” I repeat, are no secre! e, however much of negative ms} he irpited by the responses cf Lard. Clarendon as to the unusual demonstrations being made upen the waters and nd islands of America. it may by the forget Sante Anna as the of principal, in the consummation of their abomination. It in }, therefore, that the rower ready to accord ali to the of Europe in ite deri upen America, and through personal ambition an antious in labor to Bring Mexico in antagoniem with the United Stetes, should have the execution kid Sonat ce oh > pape wes eelf ove! Sertroyed bie snd drove him a third time into exile, bering buen Seend ope ioe ‘of the heasean’ ¥ by the energetic ‘and prompt action the “ silies” are now heaven and earth to ac- complish ite overthrow, and they even think it possible that they can buy out ine interest and ‘of Co- monfort, Secretary of War, and fight the pattie with the troops of the puror, and place some creature own in power, who may live long eno $ 5 z Ba 8 ia] rignature to decaments long si the derigns which are sotintintinn tole eviteble, sooner or later. If Comonfort can be made @ traitor to be assured in his posi ia to farming 75,000 men and England the fleet. It is said here thats Vislon of the Baltic fet is siready en roule with an ade. uate force to eeoupy Samana end to garrisonVera Cras: the Sen Juas de Tide, vo seen an —* wanton bond of European allisnce and subj wee ion. le jpanish Minister, on hia way from Vera Crux tor this eity, was robbed of ing and stripped. seiome of the rece are not kind to their brothers urgry. eit Did you ever experience the rather startling sensation of being robbed? I mean robbed in the regular orthodox Digk Turpin Poul Clifford, or Rinaldino Rivaldini style. If you have not, why you ‘don’t know nothing.” ‘That you have eccasioually been robbed,(for a. short time) of our geod name, everybody knows. Fellows who have none of thefr own may filsh that any bright moraing, simply by lying in one of the damp sheets or blankets of Wall street; and they may even keep it until the even- ing edition of the Henatp comes eut. Others may new and then have stolen your purse, by the aid of iniqui- tous libel sults; but if you have mever been the victim of a well got up and scientifically executed highway rob- very, then, indeed, you have lost a sensation for which old Xerxes would gladly have shelled out that famous re- ward which he offered to anybody who would invent him a new pleasure. ‘Well, if you have never been robbed, ] have, and can boast of being ahead of you fu that respect at least; and I now proceed to give a description ef as serio-comica, ludicrous and preposterously rieh an adventure of that kind as ever befel mortal man, even in this country of “God and liberty.” As signified in my last, I left the city of Mexico on the morning of the 26th, with eight other passengers, one being «lady. I bad designed remaining some days longer in the capitel, and indeed my business required If to certain extent; but as the road has been rather unsafe of Jate, and being witha! rather a “skeery” sort, of indivi- dual, I found 1! convenient to avail myself of the protec- tion of the Spanish Mintster, who ts homeward Bound, and bad taken seats for Vera Cruz. Well, off we went wish flying colors (of the lancers, who formed the Minister’s escort), and nothiag worthy of particular netice eccurred, until the moving adventure Tam about to relate. It was three o’clock—and a moonshiny night—in the morning of the 27th, whon we rattled out of Pebla de Jos Angelos, all sound in wied, lim), &,, our pockets full of rocks, and in the finest spirita imaginable, confiding the care of our rouls to our respective confessors, bodies to the driver, and the safety of our purses, &e. to the “double escort” very graciously placed at the dispo- sal of the Minister by the Governor of Puebla. It was with some slight uneasiness we observed, ad 00m a8 we were clear of the skirta of the aforesaid “Guy of the Angels,” that the “double escort” was re \t- ed by eight sleepy looking individuals, very indiferently mounted, and tied to@ variety of encumbrances, in the way of long eworda, longer lances, and remarkably short earbines. However, | com, d myself to sleep with all that sense of blissful xecurity inspired by virtue and a blind confidence in the presence of the Minister of her most Catholic and chaste Majesty of Spain—not to men- tion the eight valientes of this most magnapimous republic. How long I hed slept dreaming of a bome where “love and security entwine,” 1 knew not; when awaking with a start from that peaceful slumber, and with a sense of impending evil, poking my head instinctively out of the window, I beheld, stretched upon the ground, the ‘double escort) (now too truly duplicated), with a for- midable shape,” astride of each, with !anceat the throat all motionless and quiet as statues. Indeed, never saw anything more melo-dramatic or wearing @ more seem! got se fr-effect air, sivee the palmy days of the o} wery and Tom Hainblin. Suffice it to aay we were all robbed secundem artem, not two leagues this side of Puebla, a little before daylight, in the full splendor of a tropical moon, on the 27th da of the month, without either the robbors_or the robl turning a hair, a drop ot blood being spilled, or a rude word spoken. Having politely invited us to descend, the “gentlemen of the road? proceeded, after standing us up in a row ina dry ditch by the road side, to registrar, as they call it (a their clogant phraseology, our pecsons, re lieving us of sundry superfluitios in the way of purses, watches, cloaks, &c. The unepeakable, courtesy, grace, gentleness and ‘expedition with which’ the whole affair Was wapaged, beegars sll description. | The lady was treated with the most delicate consideration, and as her turn came to be registered, the husband, fearing rude- ness, began to remonstrate; but the gentieman who per- formed, as he expressed it, the ‘painful duty,” waved him off with an air of ineffwble elegance, and'said in a mtle voive and pure Castilian acsent, “Vo hay cuilado, Senor, somos caballeros!” (“Don’t be alarmed, sir, we are gentlemen.””) And the fuct is he made a mere show of ex- amination, scarcely touching ber person. All this time others of the gang (1 ask their pardon— the company of gentlemen, 1 should say) were rifling—T should say inspecting—the baggage; having gotten through with which, and after many apologiva for the trouble they bad given us, and hoping we woald remem- ber them in our prayers, the whole party (thirty-two) rode gaily off, whilst we picked up the fragmenta and re- somed our Journey, feeling very much like men who had been-—robbed. Tt may be asked why we submitted fo it all without resistance? But ] would simply ask what were eight un- armed men to do against thirty-two as well armed and splendidly mounted individuals aa were ever seen? We, ‘Sercioon, made a virtue of necessity, and submitted to the operation with becoming fortitade, ani as though it were a mere friendly joke or » thontrical rebearsal, such nk bee pe Solk ton part played by our ‘double enoort?? really was, for they aud the robber: calied each other by their Christian names; and after having pro¢uced the proper effect by the attitudinizing above deseribed, it appeared to me the soldiers were even more expert than the: robbers in opening trunks, tearing up pajers, &e.; and, by-the bye, this destruction of our papers was t] most rewarkable thing of all, We are distinctly of opin- ion that thie was no uncommon robbery, but waa pl in the palace at Mexico. This idea is confirmed by some little incideats I have not time now to relate, Suffice it to ray the Spantsh Minfster lost papers of geat import- ance to himseif and bis government, and that one of the pastengers was hearer of despatetios from the United ates legation to Washing‘on, and was «uppose! to have many important papers on his person, but fortunately had forwarded them by previous coaah, ‘The robbers ‘collected’? in all, in money and je vels, abont £6,000—a larger haut than ‘has been made in that Kine for some time. There is no doubt the band were sol- diers and officers of bix Most Serene Highness. The cap- tain and the gentleman who ‘registraret”” your unlacky correspondent were ¢paniards beyond adoubt. There was no mistaking the accent; moreaver, they had taway denrds. No marks were worn, nor any attempt made at concealment; and under the tropical ‘moon. in that ra- riged atmosphere, you could ase to thread a eambrie needle at armn’s length. I may not omit to add that one of the gentlemen whispered to me in confidence, “Senor, don’t take us for conservadores, for we belong to the liberals.” Dios y Libertad, so Oar Honduras Correspondence. Bete (Honduras), Nov, 23, 1855, Political Tranquility of the Republio—Preah Shocks of Farthquake— Trial and Conviction of a Portuguese Sailor for Murder—Commercial News—The Gold Mines, de. In my Jast (via Boston) J informed you of the progress of the war in Honduras, and of the great earthquake in Traxillo, &¢, Nothing material or important has since cecurred in this vicinity since the war between Hon- duras and Guatemala is ended, and peace again restored. It is said by those who ought to know that it will be per- manent. On Sunday, the 11th iast., we had four very heavy shocks of an earthquake in this town. Each shock waa very distinet, and lasted from four to ten seconds, and set furniture, ornaments, glass and crockery rattling and jingling in fine style, No damage or harm was done that I have heard of. We have for the last few days had very bad weather; the wind has blown from the north with great violence, aecompanied with very heavy rain, which has poured down in torrents, The tide rose #0 high that ali the wharf was under water, and the front streets near the bridge, on both sides of the river, were entirely covered. Our October Grand Court has just concluded ite sitting, and slo a 9) 1 court has been held, yet so was the calender of criminal eases that the etvil ‘ite were again laid over until ournext court, which will be held next Féwraary. We have also had a sesrion of the Supreme Court, at which a Portuguese sailor wae tried for murder, found guilty, and sentenced to be hung. Hs seme vos Saba oleae, me Jury tn his cxse resom- mended him strongly to the mercy e Court, think his rentence of death will be commuted to im- prisonment for life. Our trade continues very dull, although it is now near Christmas, and we ought to be in our busy times; yot everything i a4 still and quiet in trade as though it was a Suncay. mines in the State of Honduras have recently been reopened, and are now worked by about 30 returned Califorma miners, and near the same number from the United States, with some Spaniards and Indiana. Report rays that the Californians and New Yorkers get an ounee of the beat dust, or each day, by their own labors, and a halfounce from each Indian, whom her Moe CY her oP gece with rations. | am vlso inform foil yields a regular per centage, and js more cert than even the famoun rice im California. Many here are talking about, i think it will only be talk. Mahogany is the oniy goid waich the Creoles of this country know or care about. That article continues very much deprersed, no prospert of ite rise. Until if does rire, we are to have dull times. Cochineal, indigo and shell are rame as my last, Sarsa- parilla is a little more active, and a good article ix in de~ dat 20¢. to Zhe. All kinds of provisions are ok Sugar is $9 to $10; pork, flour, $12, 18 60; rice, $8 to $9; beef, $18; codfish, $4; pota- pples, $6; beans, $5; white pine lamber. S > ¥ (0; Besion chips, $8; cypress abi jogwood, $10 = bey a no . ; large, 12, clone ‘wood, from . be ay (tae American It clipper bark is @ beautifal L-