Washington sentinel. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1853-1856, 1855-08-11

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STEAMER SIERRA NEVADA, July 10, 1856
The Legitimist party are still at Grenada, though
not so well fortified as previously, and number
about $500 in all ready for duty, and have beer
for some time steadily accommodating arms ant
munitions, threatening an attack on the Castellor
| party at Leon.
They are now under command OF a general-n
chief by the name of Guardiola, from Honduras
regular butcher, and who is very much dread
ed by the people on account of his known inhu
mainly.
! The Castelon party are at Leon, and are fort.
fled to the fullest extent possible, and proof against
any demonstration that can be made by the other
party. They also number about $500 available
men, and have till the present kept the country
open to the harbor of Realejo
Colonel Walker sailed from Realejo about the
22d of June, in the brig Vesta.
And here follows account of his subsequent
landing and engagement near Rivas-agreeing
with the statement we have already published
Walker reports five men killed and six wound
ed of his own party.
Next day G4th) we saw General Boska enter
the town with about seventy men. He immedi-
ately called on me and demanded the assistance
of the steamer to pursue and capture the brig
Vesta, then cruising off the harbor, and having
on board pirates and others intending injury TO
lIc government people Oh &C, &C.
referred him to the captain, when he pressed his
suit with much ardor, who told him his ship came
there on other business entirely, and could not be
SO employed
He then gave US a narrative of the proceedings
of the previous day, and showed us papers taken
from Walker in the skirmsh, which were in his
overcoat, and which was thrown over his should
ers and dropped in the melee. He had the orig
inal grant to Byron Cole from General Castellon,
which paper, believe, have before seen, of fifty
thousand acres of land; also, transfer of the
grant from Byron Cole to William Walker, blank
certificates of stock signed by William Walker,
Agent Of the Colonization Company of Nicaragua,
and numerous other papers; as also, letters from
friends Of Walker and others of private charac-
ter all of which he was free to show to any OF us,
except those really private. He captured six OF
Sharp's rifles, and thinks them very fine weap-
on, and gives the Americans great praise for their
skill in using them. He owns TO having lost be-
tween fifty and sixty men, but undoubtedly lost
from eighty to one hundred, and says he found
two young Americans on the road in coming to
San Juan belonging to Walkers party, whom
he shot lie says he killed twenty-five Of Walk
err men, We counted by moonlight, as the en-
barkation of Walkers men was going on, some
ffty-four or fifty-fve men, as near as we could
make out. He considers it a great victory, and
is man Of fine appearance and education, hav-
ing lived four years in the United States. He is
familiar with many things in regard to the posi-
ton of flbusters in the United States, of which
others of his government are ignorant
There is a general feeling of sympathy with
Walker among the foreign residents, they
hoped he would bring matters to q settlement
there, but his force is too small to operate any
way, but in conjunction with the Leon party
Munos is in favor with the Leon party, and is
only waiting to see which way to begin to make
the most money, and the people of San Juan
fbinE ha basb atr pad Wnlkar in ard tn the
Rivas matter. they expected him there and
were prepared with six hundred or seven hundred
of their best men. Walker ntimates that he has
been grossly deceived somewhere, and has, as he
says, learned an item or two, which may be of
service to him yet 1t is evident he did not ex-
pect to see so many men at Rivas. lie was IN
very destitute condition and his party were very
much worn out.
col. WALKER WOUNDED.
P S-We learn by passenger by the Sierra
Nevada that Colonel Walker was hit in the head
by bullet, the ball passing by his left temple
and taking away piece of the skull and the
eyebrow.
FURTHER PARTIeuLARs-LIsT OF THE KILLED.
Taking into consideration the handful of Anne
ricans (sxty after the natives broke and fled) en-
gagged in this bloody combat, it seems to have
been one of the most unequal on record. There
could not have been less than 700 of the Nicara-
guans, to Judge oil the accounts, written and YER
bal, received. Walker reports his loss at five
killed and six wounded, besides, the two whom
General Bosca reports having shot on the road
from Rivas to San Juan. Captain McNabb, who
commanded one Of the companies, says that no
less than twelve of the little command was
killed Among these Frank Anderson,
Achilles, Kewen, Benjamin Il. Williamson,
Thomas Croker, George Leonard, the two
brothers Cole, +. Easterbrook, and Charles Bro
gan. The names of those wounded we have not
learned. The remainder of the army sailed for
Realeio IN the schooner San Jose. The great
blunder was ever leaving the northern part of
the Republic without force sufficient 10 hold
ground against a population of not less than
60, 900 persons, who compose the natives Of the
Department Meridional Mr.. Kewen was second
in command. His dashing gallantry and almost
insane courage, made him a conspicuous mark
to the few sharpshootcrs among the attaches of
the enemy.
Mr.. Il. b. Williamson was, young man aged
but 81 years. He was native of Virginia. He
was shot in the neck, with his face TO the foe,
and his hand still grasping in death his trusty
rifle The news Of his untimely death will cause
much sorrow in the bereaved family at home.
The others in the above list were also widely
known in this community
ADDITIONAL INCIDENT.
In addition 10 the above we have been furnished
with the following particulars through private
source. Whenth party disembarked il was divided
into three companies, A, b. and G, under the
commands of Captains Kewen, McNab and,
"a friend Of Kewen's) The names of the following
are given hose killed A. Kewen, Charles Ber.