Delaware Gazette, 1858-01-15

as a rubefacient, being first diluted in iuown weight of alchohol at forty degrees. Some patients may object to its pungent odor,- hot" that is temporary, while the remedy may prove a permanent cure. Make the application at least twice a day, and protect the part with soft flannel. Were it not for detecting a by a pungent odor this oil would have become a secret for rheumatic pains years ago. Salting Beef for Su miter Use. Fo one hundred pounds of beef, take sixteen quarts of fine Ash ton sack salt-and four oun ounces - ces ounces saltpeter; cut the meat and pack it edge edgewise, - wise, edgewise, after rubbing the pieces all with aalt; aod after a layer is completed take an axe or mall and pound down solid. Then sprinkel on a little saltpeter, and SU up all interstices with salt and so on till tbe cask is full. I bare salted my beef in this way for fifteen years, it needs no soaking oetore ooinng. and will be tender and sweet tho year round. sy this way of salting it mikes its own brine and never wants repacking, nor the brine scalding. If the brine should not cover iii ibespring, a sufficient quantiy may bu aLid for that purpose. The President's Messaji on Central American Affairs. Iu response to the call of the Senate for the facts in the case, tbe President, on the 7th insl., submitted the correspondence ta his possession relative to the arrest of Gen. Walker by Commodore Paulding, and aav companied it with the following message, which we reprint from the Washington Union : MESSAGE. In submitting to the Senate t tm paperr for wlii.h they have called, 1 deem it proper to make a few observations In capturing General Walker and his coca -tnand, after they hud lande 1. on the soil ot Nicaragua, Commodore Put Iding has, ir. mjr opinion, committed a grave error. It is quite evident, however, frori the communi communi-cations - cations communi-cations herewith transmitted, that this was done from pure and patriotic motives, and in ihe sincere conviction that he was promot promoting - ing promoting tbe interests and vindicating the honor of his country. In regard to Nicaragua, sbe has sustained no injury by tbe act of Com Commodore - modore Commodore Paulding. This has enured to ber benefit, und relieved her from a dreaded in invasion. - vasion. invasion. She alone would have any right l couiplaiti of the violation of her territoiy ; and it is quite certain she will never exer exercise - cise exercise this right. It unquestionably does not lie in the mouth of her invaders to complain in her name that she has been rescued by Commodore Puulding from their assaults. assaults.-The - The assaults.-The error of this gallant officer consists iu exceeding his instructions, and landing his sailors and marines in Nicaragua, whether with or without her consent, for the purpose purpose-ot - ot purpose-ot making war upon any military force whatever, which he might find in the coun country, - try, country, no m ilter from whe ice they came. T.iis power certainly did uot belong to him:. Obedience to law and conformity to in. structioiis are the best and safest guides for ail officers, civil anJ military, and when they transcend these limits, and act upon their own personal responsibility, evil consequen consequences - ces consequences ahnostrinevitably follow. Under these circumstances, when Marshal Rynders presented himself at the State De Department - partment Department on the 29th ult., wiih General Walker iu custody, the Secretary Informed, him th it the executive department of tbe government did not recognize Gen. Walker as a prisoner ; that it had no directions to give concerning him ; and that it is only through the action of the judiciary that be c iuld be lawfully held in custody to answer any charges thai might be brought against hi a. In thus far disapproving the conduct of C o nnioJore Paulding, no inference must be drawn that I am less determined than I have ever been tn execute the neutrality laws of the United States. This is my imperative duty, and I shall continue Le perform ii hu 1 1 thu nutans av hi. h the CVis. sutiiti -a and ihe laws have placed in in powt r. My opini. n of the value and importance of these laws corresponds entirely with that expressed by Mr. Monroe in his message tu Congress of December 7, 1819. That wutr, prudeiil, and patriotic statesman says : " Is is of the highest importance to our national character and indispensable to the morality of . ur citizens that all violations of our nen nen-trulity - trulity nen-trulity should be prevented. No door should be left open for the evasion of our laws, n opportunity afforded to anv who may bar disposed lo take advantage of it to compro- iii it the interest or tbe honor of tbe nation. The crime of setting on foot or providing the means tor a military expedition withitv the United States to make war against a foreign State with which we are at peace, is one of an aggravated and dangerous char character, - acter, character, and early engaged tbe attention of Congress. Whether the executive govern govern-im - im govern-im til possesses any, or what power, iMMies the Constitution, independently of Congress, lo prevent or punish this and similar offen offences - ces offences against the law of nations, was a sub ject which engaged the attention of ou most eminent statesmen in the time of the ,.d Ministration ot (Jen. Washington, and or the occasion of the French Revolution. The act of Congress ot the nth June, 179V fortunately removed all tbe difficulties ea this question which had before existed. The out ami 7th sections of this act, which, relate to the present quo-lion, are the same in substance with the 6h and 8th sections of ihe act of April 30th, 1818, end have now been in lorce tor a period of more than sixty years. The military expediliot. rendered criminal by the act must have its origin, must " be begin - gin begin " ur be " set on foot," in the United United-States; - States; United-States; but the great obj 'Ct of the law wa to save foreigu Stales with whom we were at pence from the rsvsgea of these lawless expeditions proceeding from our shares. The seventh section alone, therefore, which s.mply defines the crime and its punishment, would have been inadequate to accomplish, this purpose and enforce our international duties. In order to render tbe law effectual, it was necessary to prevent "the carrying on'' of such expeditions to their constnma constnma-lion - lion constnma-lion after they bad succeeded in leaving our shores. Tit is his been done effectually, and in clear and explicit langusge, by Ihe authority given to the President under tbe 8th section o the act to em ploy the land and naval force of United Slates "for thd purpose of pre preventing - venting preventing the carrying on of sny such expedi expedition - tion expedition or enterprise from the territories or juris juris-did - did juris-did ion of the United States against the ter territories - ritories territories ur domain of any foreign prince or State or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace." Fc these reasons, had Commodore Pauld Paulding - ing Paulding intercepted the stesmcr "Fashion" with General Walker snd his command on board, at any period before they entered the port ot S.n Jo in de Niciragua, and conducted them back to Mobile, this woulJ hare prevented thetn from "carrying on' th epdition, an t have been not only a jsstifiabls but s praise praiseworthy - worthy praiseworthy act. The criti: well deserves the severe pun -ishuicnt inflicted upon it by the lew. It violates the principles of Christianity, mor morality, - ality, morality, and humanity held sacred by all civi civilized - lized civilized nations, ami by none more than by tho people of the Uuited States, IIasru.se it as we may, such s military expedition is au invitation to reckless and lawless men to enlist under the banner of sny adventure to ; dub, plunder, snd murder the aanffeinrKne citiaons of Neighboring States who hses j n- vor done them harm. It ia a usurpation ' ' the war-making power, which beleJsaMtie to Congress; and the goTarnnwat Juelf. least in the estimation ' th werW, btootne

may be the character of the syrup in Mis souri, affected as it doubtless is, by the soil and climate, it possesses sufficient granula granulating - ting granulating properties here to make the manufac manufacture - ture manufacture of sugar a source of profit. "We hope to have more iu detail the facts connected with Mr. Lavering's ex experiment. - periment. experiment. It is of great importance at this time that they should be laid before the pub public." - lic." public." e Mr. Robb.of Clermont County, stated that the juice of sorghum, growu on cold, wet soil, was quite a different thing from thatob- tamed from a light, warm soil. From his experience it became evident that it required about twice aa much juice, obtained from the cane grown on cold soil, to produce the same amount of syrup as from that grown on warm soil. Mr. Graham stated that the presence of starch was not, as he thought, an insur insurmountable - mountable insurmountable obstacle to crystallization; for in Prance, in seasons ot sugar scarcity, the su sugar - gar sugar refiners, by proper chemical applicances, made sugar out of starch. Mr. Graham ex exhibited - hibited exhibited a specimen of sorghum sugar already well granulated, to show that the specula speculations - tions speculations concerning the impracticability of crystallization are met by a stubborn affirma affirmative - tive affirmative fact. The Breeding aad Bsaniig of Poultry. No subject discussed in agricultural jour journals - nals journals and books is more hackneyed than that of poultry. Fowls of every size, from the tiny Bantams scarcely large enough to crow up to those mammoth birds from China, which are at once monsters in growth and mon monsters - sters monsters in deformity have been described with all the minuteness and professional learning of domestic ornithology. With particular races of breeds, as compared wiih others we have nothing to do; our purpose is to deal wiih general principles, and suggest certain economical views in the breeding and rear rearing - ing rearing of poultry applicable alike to birds of every feather kept either for eggs or flesh. Ducks and Guinea fowls are tbe best layers, when properly fed and otherwise cared for, although geese, turkeys, and Dunghill fowls often surprise us by their extraordinary fe fecundity. - cundity. fecundity. What circumstances most influ influence - ence influence the production of eggs iu domestic birds! Newly laiJ eggs are valuable either for eat eating - ing eating or propagation; and how to obtain the maximum yield from a given quantity offo.ul is a point worthy of investigation. If one de desires - sires desires to obtain many eggs he should kef p young birds, or rather avoid feeding old ones for that purpose. Stock fowls should con consist - sist consist of pullets and hens of from onj year to four and of no more cocks than one to every twenty-four to thirty hens. Too many males affect injuriously the egg-forming process ip the system. Like every other luiu'tion, its physiological laws ought to be studied and ancterstood, excessive pairing, overage?, de defective - fective defective nutrition, extremes of cold or bent, impure air and water anJ disqui. tuJe Iroin frequent disturbances, are the more common causes of barrenness in this class of animals. Many are the ingenious contrivances that have been resorted toto keep hens constantly laying, and to curejiuattvof a natural desire to set or inciiba'-c Uieir Pggs. During the rage for particular breeds, fenile eggs of favoiite kinds have ben worth a dollar apiece and of .course the tijc-af the hen that eJyr--rvi.rfr TS" too valuable tj be wasted in hatching ch'ck ch'ck-ens - ens ch'ck-ens and nursing them which a common bird may do as wt When well supplied With animal food (butcfir-iT. efrol, cracklings, and the like,) Poland hens are so prolific in egg; as to be denominated "everlasting layers." Those engaged in rearing extra-iine stock fowls; boil all refuse meat for their daiiy consumption. From such digestible food birds form either eggs or flesh with the ut utmost - most utmost facility. Wheat and oata are more congenial aliment than corn, altogether the tatter is far from being worthless. Poultry-houses and yards ought to be kept very clean; and all walls aud tences should be thickly coverd with white-wash made of lime. For wallowing iu, to kill lice and oth other - er other vermin, dry leached ashes kept under shel shelter, - ter, shelter, are exeelant, and even eurth is better than nothing. Some green food, like chop chopped - ped chopped cabage, potatoes, or carrots, contributes much to the health of all poultry in winter; a variety of food is important; and not less so are pure air and a due degree of warmth. Genesee Farmer. DOMESTIC ECONOMY. Cleaning Silveii. The following valua valuable - ble valuable piece of information relative to the cleanse ing of silver, it is taken from a late number of Chamber's Journal: A desideratum long sought for has now been acheived that is, a means of perfectly cleaning articles of silver without injury to the metal. It is the discovery of Prof. Butt Butt-ger, - ger, Butt-ger, a German. Take a glass or glazed ves vessel - sel vessel sufficiently large for the purpose; fill it with a strong solution of borax, or of caustic potash; drop it into an inner vessel made ot zinc, pierced with holes, as a sieve. Then take your silver, plunge it in'o tho liquid, moving it up and down, being careful'y that, at each plunge, it comes :tito contact with Ihe zinc. Ti.c effect is magical; for, un under - der under the combined action of the solution and the electricity evolved by the contact o!" the two metals, the silver loses nil its dirt nn.) discoloration, and becomes as bright as when first manufactured. Should it not bi con venient to use the inner vessel of zinc, ihe cleansing may be accomplished by sinking the silver into a solu'.ion, nnd stirring it about with a small rod of zinc. It is essential to success I hat the two metals touch each oth other - er other frequently. The Croup. How to Prevent it A correspondent of the New Ycrk ili.ror, a medical pructitioner, in an urticle on this sub subject - ject subject says: "The premonitory syptoms of cr.iup is a shrill sonorous cough. The patient is nut sick he has no fever, ns often in a common cold ia lively, perhaps even gayer than usu usual; - al; usual; his hands ore cool, his face an I uVsh. possibly a shade paler than esual. The sol solitary - itary solitary symptons may last for a few days, wiih no material increase or abatement, and with without - out without a" trading any notice; suddenly, however, the diseane hitherto latent, bursts forth in all ils fatal Inry, and too o:tcu continues us ravages, unchecked to the dreadful cirin n n-matlon. - matlon. n-matlon. Tho reui' tlies for this tyiatout ef croup are simple, and in most lesUBOtl per perfectly - fectly perfectly sutfiVii'ii. Tin y are: a mustard poul tice, or a strip of flaancl dipped in oil of Hi pentine, or spirits ot hartshorn, applied to lh" f throat, and nauseating doses of Hivo Syrup to be continued as IM as the cough rem. ins . . . - . , , i By this timely employment of mil.l agents "-r . . , r . ., . f I unhes tatingly assert thut a multitude ol 1 u"""'"- b j I yes m ehl be saved every week that are now : "v-" - ni.illiiu.le of , , .-,,- ,i ,ii , v e Curb ron Rheumatism. The following from the Medical World may be beneficial to many persons who are euffering from Rhuenaatitm: Where one third of the male population

counting the remnants of aboriginal tribef, half breeds and Spanish; of the last there are but few, but they are in fact the strength of the State, being, mostly priests and officers of government and owners of the soil and masters of the native population. Nowhere, perhaps, on the continent of America, has the original population reached so great a aeptn ot human degradation as in the Cen Cen-trai - trai Cen-trai American States. With no prospect but extinction or the most abject slavery before them, they are indolent, vicious, faithless, and nlthy to the last degree, subsisting on the spontaneous bounties of nature, and, when this resource fails, on any description of offal or garbage that presents itself to their depraved palates. The climate is warm and they require but little clothing, and that is so fiJtby aa to render the sight of them unbearingly loathsome. Whether Walker's success would improve their moral and phys physical - ical physical condition is a fair subject for sp jcu la la-tioa. - tioa. la-tioa. -. '.. ., j,-,,. Of Fairs Their Sources and Extent of Power. We never visited a Pair, from the humb humblest - lest humblest township gathering to the proud festival of a State or Nation, without having oure oure-motions - motions oure-motions stirred and our intellect quickened and enlarged by their influence. It will not do us any barm to analyze the sources of their power. What are they! They are among others: I. Example. The simple fact that others are making improvement, and that we see and feel it, is enough to start many from a life of lethargy to one of vigorous industry and accomplishment. Men become warlike or peaceful, gentle or rude, elegant or boor ish, because others about them are. So with farming community in which fairs are held that Till attend. The mass see what the rest are doing and the same instinct of im imitation - itation imitation which should have led them to use a stick with one end burned hard for a plow had they lived iu the time of Homer, now leads them to use the latest and best patents, which turn a furrow twelve inches deep and sixteen inches wide, and lay every blade of grass completely out of sight. If. Emulation. Men do not like to be out done by their niohnors. The man whom the mere force of example will not rouse, may be quickened by the knowledge that others with no better brains and.no more means than his are outstripping him in wealth and comfort, in taste and puwer. 'It is base to be beaten thus,' he says to himself. His muscles now move to the im impulse - pulse impulse of his soul. A fjir stimulates emula emulation, - tion, emulation, and this is another grand source of power. III. Ambition. Men love fame. Those who suppose that orators and statesmen, discovers in science, and conquering gener generals - als generals are the only men "Who see tlic brow of laurel wave, And elibrt make to climb," make a great mistake. The improver or importer of u new breed of valuable cattle mav feel this impulse as leritmatelv as the .....! .1 r l...l: " " tnjuy. mo ..icv..o u. .uiwiu inousanus. tie wins me nrtsi prize ior rear ing the best steed, may enjoy a more spotless fame than the warrior whose ord ordnance - nance ordnance Thunder jjtfiikes the walls - Of BBCjg Iwii Itx-rrics', ' tJfinjfCaiirsiiipr-'L- The mechanic, whose invenlive power has transformed the toil of the reaper to horses and oxen, and whose finished implements enable the fanner to harvest a hundred acres of wheat in one week, and thrash it and send it to market the next, has as high a title to renown as if his invention had been christened with some high title drawn from a Greek L"xicon and heralded to the world with a flourish of trumpets, at which all ears would ring. Now Fairs call forth this am ambition. - bition. ambition. And this ia another source of their power. IV. Acquisitiveness. Men love money. And within proper limits, and for proper ends, this is no ignoble impulse. That it is a pow powerful - erful powerful one and next to universal, none will denv. Now Fairs appeal to this impulse with great effect. A wide market is here found for everything whose excellence is obvious, and whose cheapness brings it within, the reach of their money. A single State Fair in a single year may evoke nnd gratify this impulse in an intelligent and innocent way to a degree which transcends all ordinary computation. V. Curiosity. Men love to see new things. This is an elementary form of the love of knowledge, and is the same impulse in the peasant as in the philosopher, in the child as in the gray haired patriarch. Now Fairs gratify this impulse in a most wonderful degree. For most men see at a Fair, well planned and managed more new things in three days than they can see in a year besides. Fairs stimulate curiosity too. The thinking men or women whose minds have been delighted thus will wish to go a a-gain. - gain. a-gain. The more they see the more curious they will be to see again. The recurrence of Fairs provide for all this. Hence anoth another - er another source ol their power. Sugar from Sorghum. It has been stated that it is impossible to make sugar from the juice of the sorghum, but experience shows that this position is not correct, and that the juice is susceptible of being crystalized. The following, extracted from the proceedings of the Cincinnati Hor Horticultural - ticultural Horticultural Society, contains valuable evidence confirmatory of its sugar making qualities : On call of the Society, at the suggestion of the Committee on Sorghum, Mr. Hedges made some important statements in relation to the capacity of ihe syrup -of sorghum for" crystallization into sugar; among others, that the recent experiments of Professor Wayne had shown the presence of starch in the sor sorghum, - ghum, sorghum, which would proves serious perhaps positive ,'i'stacle to cryelallization. But it wus deemed practicable to obviate this, either by chemical re-agents or peculiar manipula manipulation - tion manipulation of the cane itself"; some experiements on which tending to sustain this idea. Mr. Hedger stated to the Society, and read the folllow ng from the Germantown (Pa.) Tele Telegraph. - graph. Telegraph. "(Us Sugar be Mace! Messrs. Belch &. Cu.( extensive sugar refiners, of St. Louis, stale or it may only be asserted lor them that it is impossiblo to grain the syrup of the Chinese Sugar-cane. If it be true thai they have mado this sUUtement, or that it hu been printed by their outhority, it will not be born out by the experiments mode iu this vicinity. "Mr. Lovering, of the well-known firm J. Lovering tfc Co. perhaps the most ex- ir Oi .yU. UN S .3 .lie iliui v.v- b. . , ,i, they certainly are the most cela- J. . u ar-rehners in this country has , . J ..unfa ne.iwn nn.in his own nreill- tensive, as tncy certa.t.iy u,e .i.o ....... mo- ; b rated suga maue row os..c jj.u.,.. "r" f"- I ises, in this ward, as wo are informed, an ex- ! cellent article of sugar, dry and of beautiful 1 color; and ho estimutes that the cane will 1 produce one thousand pounds per acre. As a sugar production this will do very well; while the experiment proves that whatever

Manly SeBtlmenta from a Slave State. The St. Louis Democrat, Intelligencer, and Evening News, have taken a decided and manly stand against the Administration in its iniquitous efforts to force slavery upon Kansas. As a specimen of the tone and temper of the articles that have recently ap appeared - peared appeared in the Evening News, we copy from that paper of the 28th ult., the following: Civil War iw Kansas Its Righteous -mss Let the People Arm for Resistance. The news from Kansas is of the most un unsatisfactory - satisfactory unsatisfactory and threatening character. Great numbers of citizens, after several months of peaceful pursuits, are again ecit- then divided, seemed to think that the time for a final struggle between them had come. They wrangled and fought, then with much hesitancy, and still looked to the Federal Government for some just and firm move movement - ment movement that would make intestine war unne unnecessary. - cessary. unnecessary. Governor after Governor was sent among them, full of the prestige of Democracy and of the Administration's continence, and with many fair Words the people of Kansas Were protection and a fair exer- cj8e Df their inalienable rights under the Ne- braska - The idvpni or Governor R.J. Walkfr. was sinrin lizr-.l nninnmtt th.m hv ; , ... . r . L . . e j the publication of nlaborate lustnichons rrom j preBideiit Buchanan, assuring the people of Conation about to be ; formed for their State were not submitted Ifirat tb a vote of the people, "CONGRESS ,T ,,, m n K"-Vt ' OUGHT TO REJECT IT." Reslino-on ,i,ort .l. i . r .1 "T r lhese assurances the majority of the people of Kansas, waited peacefullv and patiently for . 1 J . J opportunity of adopung then- regular State Government. HflVO .huff A ..I.., .t. D.M... J ' tnem! On the contrary, a false ana trench- r,.,fl tr, ,l . ,u, efous Convention and a minority of that Convention, at that bplvin" all their pledges . , ., . , ". , . r to auiMnii uieir worn to the pe.'ple's vote, are erulri;!vnrin.r In nrro n tjt,.0 IJ.,vo,nmoni , . jC ...... - the people tjf Kansas, without submitting it to a vote of the people: and the President, r I - James Buchnnnn, so far from consistently maintaining that such Constitution should hi , .. - , , "rejected by Congress, is determined to use ' all the power of his immense patronage to It... fr1,,l,1l.n, p-,i,.,fi , , . , and adopted. Perhaps onr respect for the Head of our ViOVei n meill cllOUItl OOt allow US to Say that Mr. Buchanan has given lying afsurancee to ri the people of Kansas. But we have given his late Words of promise, ma le fhfOOgh 1 is wtik" 153 i, of ,y ,,Je countrv judge M(. gut-hnnan. ,,, , , , ! " e ,urn 10 lne PeoP!e Of IVansas. I ney nave oeen shametully deceived and betrayed in regard to the privilege of ch.iosin their own Constitution and regulating their do mestic institutions. And they have sworn to resist usurpation to the bitter end. We art-,!..,,.) tV. 1, o n A .1 ri . - . , ' . 1 "' , , tliem,in the right. Let them take unarms and defy Mr. Buchanan and his troops, and return shot for shot, as Ion;? as they have a gun and a man to fire it. When they have all fallen in the righteous cause, there will be a million freemen tu take their places and carry on the war. "What!" says the startled adherent ol" the Administration, "will yt u reai.it the law, and become a felon and a rebel against the Government:" Yes, we reply, even bo, if Mr. Buchanan wills it. Tyranny is tyranny, whether per perpetrated - petrated perpetrated by George the Third, or James Bu Buchanan - chanan Buchanan and hio myrmidons of office -holders. It is as righteous to resist usurpation jtou, as ever before on this Continent. No mat matter - ter matter Irom what source it comes, it must and shall be resisted. There is no dearer right than that of self-government, and if Mr. Bu Buchanan - chanan Buchanan falsifies his own promises to the peo people - ple people of Kansas, anJ attempts, by murderous means to crush their right to self-government, he is no better than any common deceiver and tyrant, and shall be resisted, personally and officially, till bis :nsolence is rebuked and his tyranny ovenhrown. And if the end is civil war and blood, so let it be. The like has happened before, and no doubt will happen again, and ought to happen, when false-hearted men gain power and use that to oppress and harass a free people, and trample upon their dearest rights. The Kansas game of shuffling, equivoca equivocation, - tion, equivocation, villany and fraud, is fully played out. The issue is now made, and it is Free Gov Government - ernment Government on one side, and the forced rule of a contemptible minority of petty tyrants and usurpers, upheld bv President Buchanan, on the other. That issue will do as well to fight on, now, as at any other time; and the people of Kansas, and the sincere adherents of the principles ot the Nebraski bill thro' thro'-out - out thro'-out the country, are as ready for it now , as they ever will be. Let it come. rom the Louisville Journal. A Word About .Mcarosu.i. As this country has for some time past at attracted - tracted attracted much of the public attention, and is likely to do so for some time to come, a geo geographical - graphical geographical description of it might be of inter interest - est interest to many readers who meet every day with newspaper accounts of events occurring there. Nicaragua lies between the 10th ami 15th parallels of north. JatUude ; it has an average length of 250 miles to a breadth of about 220, consequently has an area of about 55,000 square miles, which is about tbe size of the State of Illinois. One-tenth part of the whole surface is covered by the Lake of Nic Nicaragua, - aragua, Nicaragua, which is 110 miles long with an av average - erage average breadth of 40 mites, and lies in the south-western part of the State, ten or twelve miles from the PaciSc Coast. This lake re re-ceivs - ceivs re-ceivs a great many small streams of water, and discharges them again through the river of San Juan (pronounced Sin Wan,) which, running from the south-western end of the hike, after a course of about one hundred miles, empties into the Caribbean Saa at Punta Arenas, in the south-east cornerof ths Stale. It was at this point Walker landed with 450 of his military tolloA-ers on the 35th day of last mouth. Tho river is deep, but narrow und crooked, und is navigable for small steam vessels from its moti'h to the lake. Nicaragua is bounded on ihe south by Costa Rica, the most southern of the Statos ol Central America; on the north by the State ol Honduras; east by the Caribbean cea; anu west oy tne l-uciuc. uceun. iiuu. about 300 miles oi cast on either ocean. It was on the south-western aide of the lake, and in the vicinity of Rivas and Grenada, thut moat of Walker's military exploits were per - formed. Nicaragua has a population of 350,000 in all,