The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1855-12-22

with The [. s. about the iili,usters in Gem
trail America, and the President has recentlr
issued proclamation forbidding citizens d
the L. s TO engage in the Walker and Kin
ney enterprises, the following review d
events in that quarter for the las, year Of
two viii be found interesting at this tind
1t is taken from the New York HeraH.
The astounding, unparalleled and roman
tic achievements Of Gene al William Wakt
in Nicaragua as detailed in the news from
that country, published IN Yesterdays Aei-
ALI, suggest the progritty Of grouping t..
cethcr some historical facts of the last year
CT two in connection with Gen. Waike,
Major Borlaud, Col. Kinney, Col. fabeni,
Captain llolIins, Gen. Pierce, and Col. Parker
II. French, and the successive steps, here
and there, which have culmiua,cfn Gcn.
Walkers late desperate, dashing, momen.
tous, and inconceiyable revolution in the
affairs Of Central America
II was two years ago last October that Co,
VIM. Walker, with band Of iifiy-sy men.
aboard "A small armed schooner, set sail from
san Francisco on the wild goose chase Of the
N''I"No' "''' ''''' ''"''"'''o'' VI tnosc vast
ana nan desert western provinces OF MsSieo
known as Lower California and Sonora. lie
landed III 'he peninsula, fought some severe
battles, established n footing there, levied
upon the natives for supplies, appointed n
new Anglo Saxon republican government in
Guiding complete Cabinet selected from the
remnant Of fity.six followers, proc&tmtd
himself President aud laid down the law for
ms administration. Having done AL TINS for
inc peninsula, ne crossed over tHe Gun INTO
sonora, ana proclaimed ihnt department an
integral potlloh OF inns newly created repu'-
lie But his glory was short lived. The
McyiCauS were upon HIM, and is rms re-
dured TO about twenty men, were m Feb
ruary, 1854, compelled to retreat across the
desert wastes Of Sonora as fast AZ possible,
back to Upper California, He reached our
settlements there with half a dozen Of his
original ffty.siN the rest had been slain in
battle, or silOt for mutiny or dcscrtion or
had persisted from starvation thirst, and IA.
tinguc, in their Hight across the Sonora
deserts, Arrived at san Francisco, Colonel
Walker was arrested and tried for breach
of our neutrality laws, and dischargcd--like
Adam and Eve
viii all the world before nina where to choose.
About the same period Of this first Will.
or expedition. there was terrible II. lo,,s,;.
row in Cirrytown Central Ape. i,... ~
Scion Ryrland. our minister tLcrc ,,,,,Jn
ing down the san Juan in III. NJ y",L
hompwari bound s,ga.,r,. ,.,J ,r,,.n,,I,t.
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tor,i,,ri,s ,J,oc,n, ,hnrcn,,o she'll, sr,o,
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WITH ,,r.c,,,,s a. .c,ina dnd w. -,
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Nicaragua. Meantime Tie Grandeur Of IA.
Kinney Pacific colonization scheme is ex.
planned and approved by our Cabinet organ
at Washington The Colonel is represented
as the ncliye uartn,r Of Senator C6oner C.
Cushing. Cost johnson & Co.. the purcha.
ser, Of the great MOSQUITO tract Of thirty.six
millions Of acres ofthc richest and most rro.
rnr lui, in the world. But as the Colo.
nr", scmi.uaciGc and semi bcllicerant
scheme is ngitatcd. the Nicaragua Accessory
.