Wadsworth & Sheldon, bankers, who were our New York correspondents; and on the 20th embarked for San Juan del Norte, with the family, composed of Mrs.Sherman, Lizzie, then less than a year old, and her nurse, Mary Lynch.

Our passage down was uneventful, and, on the boats up the Nicaragua River, pretty much the same as before.

On reaching Virgin Bay, I engaged a native with three mules to carry us across to the Pacific, and as usual the trip partook of the ludicrous -- Mrs.Sherman mounted on a donkey about as large as a Newfoundland dog; Mary Lynch on another, trying to carry Lizzie on a pillow before her, but her mule had a fashion of lying down, which scared her, till I exchanged mules, and my California spurs kept that mule on his legs.

I carried Lizzie some time till she was fast asleep, when I got our native man to carry her awhile.

The child woke up, and, finding herself in the hands of a dark-visaged man, she yelled most lustily till I got her away.