The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-06-12
ADDITIONAL CALIFORNIA NEWS.
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/ sy,uRENDKn OF WAbkFH AND Hts PAh1b'
The particulars OF the surrender Of Capt Walker
and his party l.ibusiers sshe have snce asrived
| At san Francisco. are as follows; -,
GA the 9th otAprils Walker and bic party, whicn
consisted of IS men, startedirsm the Colorado Az
Towards point. On the 18th they arriveu nv La
Calanturs, or "Warrens Ranch when they lound
that the defence had been resumed by MeienareA,
and that Lieut.. Carroll, and John Patten had been
taken prisoners and killed. Inc .sn they reash
ed San vicento party of about 20 men, under
the command of Melendrez, mad ther appearance
upon bin opposite the town, and traiIed the hhus
ters' flag In the dust and otherwise "insuited' the
party whereupon Col. Walker ordered ten of his
men TO dislodge them from their position, which
was done Immediately. Onthe morning of the 10Th
they moved toward Guadaloupe, from which
place Walker and party of twelve proceeded TO
San Thomas, when they surprised Melendrez
and killed and wounded several of his men, The
headquarters of Walker have been at Guadaloupe
until the Goth of April, at which time Melendrez
sent flag OF truce to Walker, offering him and his
men free pass out of the country If he would lay
down hs arms and make a formal surrender
Walker read the message and threw it beneath
his feet then by series OF well applied kicks eject
ed the courier from his presence. That afternoon
Melendrez made regular attack upon the fbus.
ters--his force consisted of about 90 men-the en-
gaeement lasted about three hours. party of 9
of Walkers men charged upon and put them all to
flight. The force Of Melendrez sustained quite a
heavy loss, and in that OF Walker, commssary ser.
geant John L. Towns, was killed. and Adiutaut
Samuel Rutland was slightly wounded On the
morning OF the Both Of April, the fbusters were
n arching ethe Ensenada road, via La Grula, when
they discovered the enemy in full force in ambus-
cade; they barely escaped being surprised and had
but sufficient time to enter La Grulla Flat, where
battle ensued. They fought the whole of that day.
at times in the open field, and then covered by the
chapparell. AT dusk Walkers party were entirely
surrounded by fire which had been made in the dry
| grass and shrubs; yet they fought their way out,
In this action six of Meendrez's men were kill.
ed and nine wounded. VIM. Anderson, of the FL
| Iibusters, was slightly wounded. On the 9th OF
May, in marching from the Lower Machada to La
| sia Juanna Ranch, they met scouting party ofthe
enemy, aud kept up running fight with them for
ten miles. On the afternoon of the 9Th May, Wal
kers party We're marching for the United States
line MelendreZ sent word to Walker that he couId
not be permitted to the line unless he first Law
| down his arms. TO which Col Walker replied :
| III Meiendrez want our arms he can come and
take them; we will not run. but it will be at his
peril" After some considerable of paradipg around
and about the fiilibusters by Melendrez not within
| gun shot, however, he left and was seen no more
The party then marched on to the u. States line,
| Wnere they were met by detachment of Z. States
| troops, under the command of Major Mcknstry
| and Capt. H. S Burton, L. S. A. to whom they sur.
rendered and in whose charge they were brought
to San Francisco, as prisoners, for violating the U
| S. neutrality laws
During the time the party were in Sonora they
had twelve men killed, eight wounded, and five
died
The Star learns that about 50 of the late flbus
tiers are IN Los Angeles. Many ofthem have obtain
ed employment, and are endeavorng to forget their
| recent campaigning Some of them, however, ex-
| press readiness to return and reioin their msfor
tunes with those of Walker. The terms of the sur.
| render were as follows:
| 49recmGRt.-The undersigned. representino re-
spectlvey the Government of the Z. States and the
$50 called Republic of Sonora have agreed as
follows:
Colonel William Walker, president of the Re:
public OF Sonora0 and party, agree to surrender
| themselves to the United States as prisoners to
abide an investigation of their alleged violation
| OF the Act OF 1879, in reference to the neutrality
OF the United States, on the following conditions,
| to wit:
Maj. j. Mckinstry and Capt H. s Burton, of the
army OF the u. s., agree to provision and quarter
Col. Walker and command at San Diego until the
| arrival OF steamer, when they shall be furnished
with transportation to San Francisco upon condi-
uon OF reporting themselves (under the direction OF
Capt. Burton) to Major Gen. J. E. Wool, U. 5. A.,
at San Francisco, as prisoners on their parole OF
| honor.
At anchor off Lunto, California May 8, 1854.
j. MckrNsTRY, Brit Maj. U. S.A
H. r. BURTON, Capt. u. s. A.
| WIN. WALKER, Pres't Rep. of Sonora.
| THE REVOLUTION IN NEW GRENADA.
The Panama papers of the Olaf ult contain vari-
Gus accounts OF the progress of the revolution in
New Grenada.
The city of Honolulu was captured by a con.
sututlona party of 300 citizens, partizans Of Her
| rera. The troops to the amount of TO- who oc-
| cnpled the palace OF MelO, retired their ap-
proach, contenting themselves with only firing
| few shots
In Bogota. Melo had decreed tie confscation of
property belonging to all conspirators, as he calls
| them. All military who do not Join his stand
| ard three days after the proclamation are to have
| their pensions and pay suspended
| Contributions to an enormous amount have been
levied en- the rich inhabitants of Bogota 1t In sur.
| missed that more than half million of dollars has
| been exacted
secret tribunal has been organized to Judge all
conspirators: it is to be considered supreme al.
| lowing no appeal,-it sentences to death all who
| are found with arms in their hands against Mclo.