Washington telegraph., 1856-05-14
7s,esraphed to the Memphis Buustin.

n-sat Battle at Rivas-Defeat of the Cos
IA Ricans-Capture of the City-6Ot
Costa Ricans Killed-Thirty Ameri
cans Killed.
By the arrival of the steamship Grena
!, at New Orleans, on the morning of th.
Ss,b ult., we have dates from Aspinwall t,
.Es 18th. Among the passengers is Parker
. French. Esq, who reports the capture
: tbe English mail for Costa Rica, by Gen
walker, wherein were found despatche:
G,m Lord Clarendon Offering aid agains,
walker. The dispatches have been for.
v,rded to Washington by special messen.
The defeat of Col. Schlessinger's force. ii
:, ssid, changed all the previous plans OF
Walker, and instead of pushing bis army
srvard to Costa Rica, to improve the unex.
,seted success at Guanacosta, be has decid-
= to return to Grenada with his entire
srce. and thence to abide the course of
events. This latter movement took place on
,be 9Th ult. and the army is now, doubtless.
0eeupyiDg its old quarters of the last six
months
The whole available force of Gen. Walk
r at present amounts to about eight hum
ared men, and when this fact is viewed In
eonuection with the cessation of recruits
and supplies, throug b the coup d'etat upon
tbe Transit Company. his situation may be
deemed precarious one-. If. however, be
can succeed in getting a fight, his fortunes
L hr,S a.
States remain aloof, starvation and the
tlsgue may reduce him to the condition of
Guerillla-
All tie news. however, does not bear
sgainst the fortunes of the Walker-Rivas
e0yernment. Accounts came down the riv
Fl San Juan on the evening previous to the
saiIing of the Gulf Stream, of fight be-
tween the American forces, some thirtv-fve
in number, stationed at the mouth of the
Serrapiqui. IA tributary leading from Costa
Rica into the San Juan, about 40 miles
from Greytown,) } and body of about one
hundred and forty Costa Ricans, who were
working their way towards that point in the
construction Of military road The forces
Cf the two parties were divided, and went
0a b0th sides of the river, but after an ac-
ti0u Of fifteen minutes. Tie Costa Ricans re-
treated with the loss of sixteen men.
1t Is thought, however, that the Ameri-
eln: are two few In number to sustain their
position. and that they have retired up the
riveI to Castillo. leaving the command of
the lower river. and the communication
With Greytown to Costa Rica This, taken
in connection with the fact that Capt Scott,
the general agent Of the Transit route, has
discharged nearly all his hands, and thus
Jirtually resigned the navigation of the
route, casts a gloomy shadow upon Walkers
prospect
But perhaps the most interesting news
Of all We have BY the Gulf Stream is in the
shape Of the contents of some intercepted
Dispatches between Lord Clarendon and the
Costa Rica government. promising supply
Of arms on the part Of Great Britain, and
the ard of her cruisers in the Pacific, to en-
abie Costa Rica to contend against Mica
Tagaa in war, which both of the first par
ties we're evidently ready to set on foot
The unexpected development bears di-
Iec;ly against the good faith Of Great Brit
an upon the Clayton-Bulwer treaty, aud
Ell doubtless create a great sensation jnst
low IN the United States.
Geo Wilkes, Esq, well known among
he Journalists of the United States, bears
hese important dispatches to the govern
neat at Washington, and is now In our town
-Faiting the departure of the Illinois
Charleston despatch. dated April 2Sth,
% the Mobile Advertiser. furnishes the fol-
owing important intelligence:
The steamship Isabel, from Havana and
hey West. has arrived, bringing Nicara-
;ua papers to the 18th. 1t is stated that
Walker won great battle at Rivas On the
.ih: that he captured the city, killing 500
5osta Ricans. Thirty Americans are re-
lortrd to have been killed in the engage
aelt.
Mr. Wheeler, u. S. minister at Costa
Eca, has addressed a letter to President
AOra, of Costa Rica, relative to shooting
american citizens. and protesting against
he conduct of Mora, in ordering the expul-
l0n Of American citizens from Costa RIca.
Since the above was in type we have re-
'eived the n o. Picayune of the I'd in
sant, which contains full particulars of the
RlTas battle. we take the following ex-
racts:
The Charleston Courier has letter from
correspondent, dated Mouth of the River
Serrapiqui of the San Juan river. April
-0th, giving further interesting intelligence.
Is follows:
The Nicaraguense. of the 10Th instant,
contains record of the events which have
,ranspired in Nicaragua. At the battle of
kIvas, on the 11th inst. (the account of
Shlch is very correctly given in that paper,)
the Costa Ricans los. in killed and wound
Cd near seven hundred men. This is con-
lrned by the reports received at the island
g Omotepec, twelve miles distance from
klvas. on the 10TH The Costa Ricans ad-
mt $50 killed and $50 wounded
On the 10th inst, battle between two
hundred Costa Ricans and thirteen Ameri-
fans took place, at the mouth of the Sierra
Fqui river. The enemy were badly beat
En-, having lost twenty-seyen in the fight,
vale the Americans only lost one. There
Is now stationed at the mouth Of that river
about eighty of the American troops.
A courier arrived at Grenada from Rivas
On the 18th ubo stated fhat the Costa Ri