The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-05-10
LETTER E1eOM C0NT1eAL AMERICA
GRANADA, April 18th, 1885,

Especial Corrtspoadence Of the Comet.
Dsar CONT AS We are to-day in hope
thst our long imprisonment as it wers,
to end by the arrival and departure Of
mail, will again give yos sketch Of tn
string events, that have marked the pas
four weeks in this state, presuming thu
when you last heard from us, we wer,
dsiIy expecting wet with all the neighbor
ing States, as they had united in commo,
league against Nicarsgua.
You will see the main events detailed II
the Nicsrayuense copy Of which / sent
you and propose to follow the minor, but
equally important scenes that have beer
enacted within out borders.
Early in March schlessenger returned
from Costa RIGA, bearing the declaration
Of war by that State, and on the 18th ult
he was given by Walker, a command oil
three hundred men, ard ordered to advance
into and occupy the department Of Guam
costa, on the frontiers Of this State and
claimed by Nicaragua schessioger march
ched his men without order or regularity
and as il careless whether the eEe,ny was
far or near. No scouts were sent out, and
no guides were employed. On the Goth
he reached the Hacienda Of Santa Rosa a
mile from the Puebla of Guanacosta aud
halted TO take dinner and rest No pickets
were stationed or sentinels posted and " lille
all were in confusion, each looking about
for something TO eat and drink, one thousand
Costa Rieahs, headed by President Juan
Il. Mora attacked them and in a few min
utes the Nicaraguans were routed and fly
ing in confusion, Schlessinger among the
foremost Of the fugtives. Mora had al
ready proclaimed Lis intention to shoot
without metcy every Americana taken
with arms in hand, and he made good his
proclamation by executing upon the spot
seventeen men whom he made prisoners on
the field. The killed wounded and miss
ing of our troops amount to nearly one
hundred, but Of the loss Of the enemy no
reliable account has been obtained. While,
these events were taken place in the south,
the States on the north were gathering
their troops, and slowly closing down upon
that NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Guatemala and
Honduras, were already in the field, but
happily these States were dess,'aged from
their intentions and listened to terms Of
peace from Nicaragua. Between the Goth
and 30th ult., Mora moved up towards
Virgin Bay and San Juan del Sur, whilst
Walker concentrated our troops At Rivas,
where he at first designated to await the
foe, but finding they would not attack him
in that city he resolved on piece of stat
egy, that will leave the American public
to cfiticise and Judge Of for themselves
In order to confuse tho enc my and mislead
Mora, Walker marched all the fine, ica~
troops to Virgin and embarked them on
board the steamers, and crossed to San Car
los. This was on the 9Th inst, and the
next day the Costa Rican amy two thou
sand strong, entered and burned the town
to ashes, brutality killing every American
they could find. The next day they enter
ed Rivss and San Juan del Sur, each twelve
miles distant from Virgin, the firstocn tho
Lake and the other on the Pacific. Mean
while Walker, went down the San Juan to
Castillo and left two compinies Of troops
to defend that point and also to impress
Mora with the idea that he was retreating
upon San Juan del Norte it seems that
Mora 'nas misled by this opinion and was
actually making arrangements to march
upon Granada. He was thus entirely
thrown off his guard, whilst Walk
er suddenly on the 9th arrived with his
forces by the north shore of the Lake.
Early on the 10th he was on his march |
for Rivas, at the head Of six bundled Am.
orleans and about two hundred natives.-
Mora was oil this time entertaining the
blissful idea that Los hllibusteros," were
far down towards San Juan, when sudden
" on the morning Of the 18th between 8
and 7 o'clock. he was aroused from his
'lumbers by the terrible crack of Walkers
rifles and the charging shout Of the MIC
lguans. The battle that followed through
he dav and until 3 O'Clock of the morning
If the 18th was as bloody and desperate a
contest as has ever occurred in Central
America. All the Baton Rouge boys were