The Georgetown news., 1855-07-26
Particulars of the walker EIn.d,..

| O 0N Expedition
| The subjoined letter was furnished to q
Alta from their Nicaragua Corresponds le
STEAMER SIERRA NEVADA, July l3 TX
EDITORS ALTA-Gentlemen Asnpr ~,
request [ will proceed to give you SOM oGu'
formation of dOings in NICARAGUA III
The Legitimist party are still at Gron.,
though not so we'll fortified as Previous
and numbers about $500 in all ready y,
duty. and have been for some time ste,aS ;1f
accommodating arms and munitions tbreattanty
r inc an attack on the Castillon partr T'el u
Leon. t.tt
They are now under command of r..
eral-in- Chief by the name of GuardioIa f,ot Eot-
Honduras, regular butcher, and b0ia who !!
very much dreaded by the people on nv 81 ~
, count of his known inhnmanity. 'V'
The CastillOn party are at Leon. and -.
fortified to the fullest extent possible ar5 ~s
proof against any demonstration that auU au
be made by the other party. Thev ofal eSa
number about 2500 available men. and baS' bO
till the present kept the country open "S ~
the harbor of Realejo.
Col. Walker sailed from Realeio abor.
the 22d June, in the brig Vesta, with H.
own party and about l20 men of the conn
try, to attack Rivas, town about sevon
teen miles from San Juan, and the sam,
distance from the coast, and nine miles FROM
Virgin Bay, and landed at bay about ~
miles from San Juan, called Aqua Calf
and proceeded on the morning Of the 29tb'
towards Rivas.
After marching five miles to little placo
called Solo, they found party of soldiers
of about twenty or so, who ran for Riyaq
pursued by Walker who made stand ont,
side the town, and the next day, beoan
skirmishing, and close fighting coming on
the native force of his party bolted almost
en- mdssse; some few however stood tbpir
ground.
Walker soon found himself surrounded
completely and commenced cutting his way
through, and no doubt fought severely.
On the evening of the 30th, his party were
seen coming into San Juan, at dusk. and
soon after took the liberty, as l understand
of embarking on the schooner San Jose, then
laying at anchor, and next morning request
ed the captain to put to sea, which was
done.
Walker reports five men killed and SIX
wounded of his own party.
Next day we saw Gen. Boska enter the
town with about 70 men. He Immediately
called on me and demanded the assistancecf
the steamer to pursue and capture the brig
| Vesta, then cruising off harbor, and having
on board pirates and others intending injury
to the Government and the people of Me.
aragua, &C., &c. I referred him to the
Captain Of the steamer, when he pressed bis
suit with much ardor, who told him his ship
came there on other business entirely, and
could not be employed.
He then gave US narrative of the pro.
ceedings of the previous day, and showed us
papers taken from Walker in the skirmisb.
which were in his overcoat, and which was
thrown over his shoulders and dropped in
the melee He had the original grant to
Byron Cole, from Gen. Castill9n, which pa.
per, | believe, | have before seen, of ffty-
two thousand acres of land; also, transfer
of the grant from Byron Cole to VIM. Cole,
blank certificates Of stock signed by VIM.
Walker, agent in the Colonization Com
pany of Nicaragua, and numerous other pa-
pers, as also letters from friends of Walker
and Others of private character, all Of
which he was free to show to any of us, e1-
cept those really private. He captured six
of Sharp's rifles, and thinks them very fDe
weapon, and gives the Americans great
praise for their skill in using them. He
owns to having lost between so and go men,
but undoubtedly lost from so to 100, and
says he found two young Americans on the
road coming in to San Juan, belonging to
Walkers party, whom he shot. He says
he killed Is of Walkers men.
We counted by moonlight, as the en-
barkati0n of Walkers men was going on,
some "a or So, as near as we could make
out.
He (Boska) considers it great victory
and is man of fine appearance and educa-
ton, having lived four years il the United
States. He is familiar with many things
IN regard to the position of filibusters in the
United States, which Others of his govern
ment are ignorant of.
There is a general feeling of sympathy
with Walker among the foreign residents,
as they hoped he would bring matters to a
settlement there, but his force is too small
to operate any way but in conjunction with
the Leon party. Munos is in favor with tie
Leon party, and is only waiting to see which
way to begin to make the most money, and
the people of San Juan think he has betray-
ed Walker in regard to the Rivas matter
as they expected him there and were pre-
pared with 600 or 700 of their best men.-
Walker intimates that he has been grossly
deceived somewhere, and has, as be says,
learned an item or two, which may be Of
service to him yet 1t is evident he did not
expect to see so many men at Rivas. He
was IN very destitute condition, and bis
party were very much worn out.
A San Franciscan, Of the name of Kewen,
| believe brother of Col. Z. J. G. Kewen,
was shot through the neck and killed in
stantly. He had been doing immense ser
vice with one of Sharps rifles, and had bis
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