Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-09
MOVEMENTS IN NlCARAGtA-WALhEk IN
POSSESSION OF TIE COUNTRY.


The steamship Star nfrhe West, OF the EcaragnaI
line, reached New York on Saturday aiternoon h"v
inr on board three hundred and twenty passenger
and two hundred and srventy-tw" th"u>aad SIX h"n
dred and fftv-one dollars IN gold. lac h"'Ts IRON
Nicara.uai is OF more than nrdirlsy importance.
The steamboat San Carlo. had been lirr! nto while
living 10 off the fort at the Junction OF the river Sa!
Imam and Nicaragua lake, whereby lady amd cIii'
we're instantly killed. Ga the night "t the l'th I"
October the Government forces o: Nicaragua ATTACK
| ed the returning California passengers al VIRGIN Bay
| killing four of them and woundin- etht Others
Both these acts said 10 have been insgatcd b.
sprit of revenge Tor the success Of Co. Walker, To
ha. now complete possession OF ths country. lhs
movements Of this fliibuster from IT, period OF his
frs, invasion of Nicaragua TO the ;:csent time "r
fnd thus cronirled.
Accompanied b. sixty.two me-, Colonel nov
styl.d General Walker left Snn francisco on the
9TH Of May. for the purpose of forming junction
with the revolutionary party in Nicaragua, then, ana
for long time previous in arms a:alnst the Govern
meut Walker reached Reslri il June, and soon at
ter proceeded with his fulluwc's 10 Chinandaga'
where h. WAS Joined by one hunded and twenty ma
tive insurgents. Thus reinforced he returned 10 e
aIro embarked on board the bri: Ncsra, Hmd landing
!
! upuu Rivns. On the evening i tie 9Th ot juno,
the sdventurcrs entered the tG"l of lola, i've mics
from Riya.. drove out NCara.ign picket guard "i
cavalry and quarercd tleScl,s III the town Tor me
night. The following Tn:nn- .cy procecdea /" III
vas and routing the advance guard Of the enemy
who disputed their entrance inD the city entered the
main stree, where they cncOu tered seven huluf.u
Nicaraguan troops, who speed dispersed W "lker
native allies, and after cons.rrGblc random street
fighting compelled the Amer. ans TO tuke position
] linz.
where they were at once surrounded. Having kepl
uD fire until dark, Walker .ercd retreat Ia San
Juan del Sur, which was reac.,d tho following eve
ming with loss To the Am~-rans during the battle
| of ten men, killed and wuunlYG
SciLng III. next day the rho6nnr San jose then
living in port, Walker, with 10 remainder o hia com
pany sailed ia search Of his rig. In four hours thry
were on board and the sch nrr being transferred 1"
its owner the ndventurcr. sail for Rea!tn AT ths
point they remained two weeks marched thence TO
Chinandaga, and subsequently, to Leon the hnt'1
city in Nicaragua, and the .eud quarters OF The reV"-
lutionary party. Returning To Renlto, they were
there reinforced on the ei Of August by one nun m
dred and fifty natives, uner General Vale. l"o
days subsequently they set sa for san Juan DEL sur
where they remained unIil:hs I'd of September On
that day, with his force considerably recruited from
amuug the native population, Walker marched I"
Virgin Bay, where, Oh t.c morning ot the ''d ne
gained victory over the government troops, with
loss to the latter in killed and wounded, of one hun
dred and thirty men. O! the 10Th of October, rem
forced at san Juan by thirty Cnfnrnians. under
Lieutenant Colonel Gillian, Walker again marched
TO Virgin Bay and cnrbaking the following evening
ON board the steamer Nr.n steamed across The lake
for Granada the capta!"i the Republic "i .>'c"h
qua. Landing on tho horc nj midnight, NJ poinl
distant about four mills rom the city, they proceed
ed in the darkness. by road cut through the ltef
vening forest, surprised the slunberg guards ana
took possession uI the city almost without even
show OF resistance. Tie fort in the city was next
stormcd, and the garr.nn driven out: ana 'ii'S ''
The conquest of Nicaragua w;s completed.
The following day III. native citizens "i 'irahsua
met III convention. an adopted resolutions i'idei.'a
Walker the Presidency OF The Republic. Inc in!fr
declined the cquivOcl Aunor in favor of General Cor
raj, ut thnt time III command of the G"fcr''iiic"
forces in the neishborIood of Rivas. coiIlntic"
of citizcs, consisting partly of the clergy III 'r Gp
ital, and partly OF tile Secretaries of Mmr "'u
reign Relations, then wncd on Col. Nheri''' '''
United States Minister, and en,reated flm I" open
negotiations with Cirurrnl Corral. At hrst he ne
cncd, but finding himself urged by the general VOICE
to attempt u settlement of the existing nlicu''. "
finally consented. onrcarhing Riras' IN Inc "os'"e'
of General Corral, but with his knowledge anu con-
sent, Col. Wheeler was arrested and drtaiiicn
prisoner. He Succeeded, however, IN commune"
ting with his friends Il; Virgin Bay, who AT once en-
gagged Captain Scott, commanding lhe H"'u'ilri
Virgin, to proceed To ST. George aud threaten "h
attack upon Rivas, r.css Col Wheeler was I'M
lnediaicy released fran custody. ms tnre"'' "'h
ed by the firing ot fuur cannon heavily sho''c"' pr"
duced its intended effect. The Governor mane
ont q passport for Wheeler, and sent hlm 10 81
George, under an escort OF hundred men, "htfe
he embarked Oh board the steamer, and sailed '"r
Virgin Bay. HIS RETURN was followed oy M sH-
change of letters between General Corral ana 20"
Wheeler, in which the former protested at'nlhs' lile
cn-oprraton Of the American Minister WIN 'no eng
mics of the repnblir nf Nicaragua, and wheeler Gr
Tended his the ground that he was i'uenceI
alone by the friends rf Corral the che. citizehS anu
clergy of Granada, tie tears of C"rrals sisters AM
daus shters, and by the pledge OF the Seere'hry o.
War that hi, mission should bc respected "uHl
further explanations and ucgoilati"us eu'uSi we 9'
not yet informed but we learn that, On ne "a oi
tober, General Corral, coramander:ln rh'ei "i tne
army Of Nicaragua, surrendered to aker al "rana
da; and that treaty Of peace having been lofiIiuy
signed and ratified by the lute cOntendns parties Tue
civil war was at an end
I'm condensing this narrative from the New YORK
and Nicaragua papers, we have refralned from any
comment Whatever. by rendering the provisional
Government to General Corral the chief IN command
Sf tbe Imposing forces, Walker relieves himself III
ANNE n,.asure from the odium which we h we been
disposed to attach to his previous career, though we
doubt very much whether the treaty OF peace which
is said to Ssys been signed by the cL'os ot the OPP
posing factons will lead to the permanent establish
inent Of peace and good order i'll that weak and dIs'
tractsd republic. What Walkers seul designs are