The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-12-29
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I left Granada on the evening Of the 9s

I left Granada on the evening Of the 2Sth
Of November, on one Of the lake schooners
in company %ith Col. FRENCH, Capt. VIII.
HANSON, Col. FISHER, Hon. GEO. H. CAMP
BELL, Mr.. VAN DYKE, Mr.. H. t. CLAY, and
others, and arrived in Virgin Bay the follow.
ing evening. On the following morning,
the 30th. we started forRivas, passing through
the village of st. George. which contains
about 1000 inhabitants, and very large
church on the Plaza. The church contains
altars, beautifully carved, and the village as
far as tasteful arrangement is concerned,
surpusses anything | have seen in Nicaragua
Two miles from st. George inland, is Rivas
-Rivas the eyer-to. .be-remembered frstbattIe.
ground Of WALKER and IBIS brave men
as IL was the grest'and first battle-ground ol
the original coDqueror Of Nicaragua, GIL
GoSzALEs DE AvILA, in 1922, Rvas has
been, originally, an extensive city and at
otie time the most influential in Nicaragua.
The department of Rivas, in the memory OF
some of Its inhabitants now living, has paid
$4,000 per anHum church taxes, and the
present year they were sold TO the highest
bidder at seven thousand, dollars, the church
claiming one-tehth of the produce raised,
and selling its claim to the highest bidder
for cash, leaving the purchaser to collect its
share. In the plaza they have been building
church for the past fourteen years. which
whep finished, will equal that Of Leon; it is
800, feet by 1870; its walls being four feet
thick. We visited the battle-ground, and
examined, ninutely, the scene Of action
Everything abou, the locality indicated a
terrible struggle. In one house were pent
up sixty brave men, opposed to an attacking
force of 800. Ofthose 500, in six hours siege
l IL bit the dust Every window, door and
crevice was pierced with bullets, and we tried
counting the humber fired into one room, in
which were General WALKER and a few OF
his men. When they retreated they left
behind them their dead and wounded, whom
they were unable to carry through the mur-
derous fire that opposed their retreat Those
that were still living were Immediately
slaughtered by the enemy, aud, with their
comrades in death, were laid upon the fire
and burned (os they intendetD as warning
to others. But their burning bodies ascend
etps incense TO the God Of Liberty, and Fl ON
that moment the star ofthe Legitilnist party
had set in Central America, and Walkers
progress was one Of triumph and victory.
GATHERING THE BONES OF MURDERED COM.
We gathered together the charred ard
crumbling bones of the departed heroes,
which were left for safe keeping by Colonel
FRENCH with the Transit Company. till a
fitting opportunity offer to bury them with
due solemnity, and raise monument to
their memory on the spot Of their sacrifice.
sn@na K1NsEy AND WALKER, .s'
1t has been currently reported throughout
the United States by newspaper paragraph
lists and others who have not taken the
trouble toinyestigate the matter, tn 1t Gener-
al WALKER was connected with Mr. KIN.
NEY, and that they were cooperating togeth.
er for the sarae end. Now this is not so.--
Gen. WALKER never saw Mr.. kinney, nor
did he,ever correspond with him, and their
objects have been widely different. Gener-
al Waller went to Nicaragua as an eman
cipator and public benefactor. Mr.. KINNEY
went as SPECTATOR and jobber. As to the
latter party, his race is obout run He sent
up to Gratsda, hoping to curry favor, his
colonisiag subjects to serve under General
WALkEL. but the General positively refused
their services as abody coming from such a
source, and they were accordingly disband.
ed: and Mr.. KINNEY is now on his oars, no
more d Governor, and not knowing in which
direction to steerto escape the wreck he has
so foolishly brought upon his shoulders. 6ts
a' While / remain in New York, any nform-
ution the TIMES Or the public may require,
regarding the resources Of Nicaragua, will
be happy to furnish, as far as my knowledge
extends. gH 'ay# y 5i ssH gs5
J have the honor to be your obedient SER
want. New YoRK, Dec. II, 1855.
JOSEPH K. MALE.