Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-30
LyTE MEMS BIZ TIE MAILS.
DEFEAT OF WALKERS EXPEDITION
ELIGnr OF TIE INNADERS

The following Intelligence from Nicaragua has
been received ina letter from Capt Blethen. of
the Transit Comrsnv's steamship Sierra Nevada
addressed to Charle> Morgan. E.a.. of New York
..Faat Walker W. bru'en out of RribaS. with
III. b., of twenty NM The natives Who Ind
,a..fea with him all deserted. lie holly
1,5.=..led hv Gen. l}asceer. lie threw of h.
t,aleanlalning ali MS documents aud private
Iffers In their tisht the INVADERS passed through
oaiJ Juan dl sud on the night II the first % July
..izp,ln -cruoncr IN the barber, AMI sailed for
,,art.o nku WI. They left the barracks at san
Inn a -m3aldering mas~ fruins. They took
tin. passengers boat, 10 embark n but return
I'll thcll. and did no injury to the property ofthc
Transit Company
lis probable that this intelligence will reach
Si,a Francisco in time to prevent the departure
of the reinforccment- under the lead of the noto
,i,a- Parker IL. French, spoken of in the annex
oil ,xtract from the Alta Californian of June
3Dih
The Expedition to Central 4mericq.-Some
little excitement is rife about town among that
VERY oxcitabe portion of our population known
a. the Fillihusters owing to the report that Par
ker II. French Is to start in few days, with
band Of over 30 men for Nicaragua.
The report that Mr.. French has received grants
of land from the government of Nicaragua, must
be "A mistake, as the only grant made was that
to Mr.. Walker through third party. Walker
is doubtless there by this time, with his little
force. and MIR. French is prohrhly going to join
him. 1t j. said that fifty men have enlisted in
various parts Of the State for the entcrprise-add
this to the 63 of Walker, and we have one hun
dred aud thirteen eager eXpedihonlst~ deter
mined to restore liberty and orller to that very
warm part of the continent. We can guarantee
plenty of aguadlentp fruit iiggers, fcvers, rain.
treachery, and small glory, but what else the re.
formers will obtain, must estimate from the
history of the English and prussun attempts 10
colonize the coast lands Of Nicaragua, during the
last half century.
Americans aud Europeans cannot live and
work III Central America, excepting in the table
lands and cool mountain districts of Honduras.
In Nicaragua, little else than disappointment,
enervation and disgust awaits the settler. We
have often repeated that the Angl Saxon aud
Spanish American races can never affiliate
Sooner or later they must come to blows. The
one despising and attempting to domneer and
the other fearing the progress and hating the su-
ppriority of the new Corners BesIdes,the Central
Americans will not be ''filltbuster or encroach-
ed on The only way to approach them is in a
commercial way, and by offering inducements to
increase their trade and the prospect of immedi- J
ate rain. Patriotic AID fiery, they are easily ex
eit,d to war. 1t is only by peaceful negotiations
,hat ANYTHING can be effected with the Spanish
American.
Another account in the Herald states that
: "
on the l4h of June, and having been reinforced
by 40 native troops. under the command of Col.
Felix Ramirez. the entire force ordered By
General Ca~tiilon to march and suhdue the de-
partment of Rivos. They went on, meeting very
little sympathy from the country people, who dis
trusted the " y nkees," as they termed the
Walker men. On 25th of June the government
IT,. a. - la Haujtsaf ea'Htears met H.
reyoutiouis.s. ot0 IA uumter, A. fort Htat. SaH
juan Del Sur, having attacked them, the natives
fled. leaving Walker To fight out his battle As best
he might. His men did this gallantly, defending
themselves with their rifles through the loop,
holed walls Of an adobe building for some two
hours. This place WAS ultimately stormed by the
Young vultunteers.and the filibusters completely
routed leaving l3 Americans dead inside the
house, and having many moro wounded The
bodies of the dead were burned.
II WAS seid that Col. Walker himself was kill
ed. hut his retreatin- men said that he did not
engage in the fight at any time. A. l.. kewen,
of Lopz expedition memory, with Lieutenant
Anderson and Merrmen DR. Jore4 and DIR. w.
II. Day-, were amongst the fllibasters dead
fheremaNnt party went toward, the Costa Riea
territory in a very pitiabe plight. aud it
feared their reception from the authorities there
would be very unfIiendiy. The official re-
port rendered to the Nicaragua government of
the previous taking of the town Of Rivas by the
Cn,tllon party eiuding the Walker hllbusters
shows that the government lost the conlnlan-
dam, twrlys officers, and over IA hundred men.
Among the articles found in the coat pocket
Of Walker were the original contract between By
ron Cole and the Professionally government with
all The necessary stamps and seals for 50 OO5 acres
OF hind; tn power OF attorney given by Cole TO
Col. Walker to execute said grants; various let
ter, written by said Cole to Col. Walker, speaking
about the most eligible lands public and private
property. the certificates of shares in the compa-
ny, Of which Walker was the agent
The expedition must have been fitted out rath
er poorly, as many receipts Of Walker appear
to show that loans of $50 were accepted hy him
from various parties. All expedtionsts had 10
pay SO passage money from san Francisco 10
Healejo.
The walker party, when passing the Transit
towards San ,Juan del sur presented the mo>tla.
inevitable siGht-seVeral wounded, all of then in
rags and extremely dirty-some even without
boots and hat-. They were very low spirited, and
excited against the Leon party for having aban-
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