Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-05-09
In,erestiug from central America.

LuteIeStlNS from OeutEai a"SEAcds
The defeat of Col, Schlessinger at
Santa Rosa is confirmed. About 20 Of
his men are reported missing. During
his trial before the court martial and
while on parole he deserted. and it is sup
posed, went over TO the Costa Ricans,
having sold himself to them before the
battle
On the 7Ih inst. the Costa Ricans took
possession of Rivas with force Of 1000
men, and on the 1th, General Walker
attacked them. After fight of seven.
teen hours, he was obliged to abandon
the CITY for. want of ammunition. The
loss of the Costa Ricans is said to. be six
hundred killed, and q large number
wounded. Walkers lossis set down, at
between fifty and sixty Killed, and about
80 wounded and missing. Among the
killed is Col. Marchado, the commander
OF the native forces. ''i ~ '..l'l..'
The Ell Nicaragueuse, Walkers organ,
claims this as a glorious victory, ~
II is said that the Costa Ricans had
taken possession Of Virgin Bay and fred
Unfortunately on every person they saw
there, killing eight or ten Americans in
the employ Of the Transit Company.
On the 10th inst. Lieut.. Green with IF
teen men had an encounter with about
200 Costa Ricaus, killing 27 and disper-
sing the rest, whilst the American loss
was only one killed and two wounded.
1t was reported that Walker intended
to attack the Costa Ricans at Virgin Bay
about the 25th, having 1000 Americans
and 1900 natives under his command.
With the exception of a few prominent
men in the former legitimate party, the
Nicaraguans acted with Walker.
The States of Honduras, San Salvador
and Guatemala are said to be in favor. OF
peace and will not invade Nicaragua.
They received the commissioners from
Nicaragua in friendly spirit, and had dis.
continued the establishment of troops and
disbanded some of their new levies.
An intercepted correspondence between
the British government and Costa RIGA,
in which the former agreed to contribute
two thousand stand of arms to the latter,
caused much excitement among the
Americans composing Walkers army.
The British frigate Eurydice was the
only vessel at San Juan. Her boats were
constantly on duty, watching the move
Va LhG hO 6AL4CIlSoA
passengers who came down the river were
prohibited from going on shore.
An official bulletin, issued by Gen.
Mora, declared that all flibusters, taken
with arms in their hands would be put
to death; but that all who had not used
arms against Costa RIGA, and gave them
selves up to the officers of the Costa Ri
can army, would be pardoned. Append
ed to this was list of seventeen Of Col.
Schlessinger's party who were taken and
shot. They were mostly Irishmen and
Germen, only two were Americans.
A terrible affray occurred on the 18th
inst at Aspinwall between the American
transit passengers and the natives, in
which 80 Americans were killed, and 40
wounded.
The Empire City brings three of the
wounded.
A large amount of the passengers
baggage, and railroad property, and prop
erty of individuals residing near the rail
road station were destroyed. All the
baggage in the freight house was de-
strOyed.
1t is impossible to learn the names oil
all the dead. Out of ID dead bodies at
the rail road freight house, only one name.
that Of Mrs. Stokes was known.
The passengers upon whom this out
rage was committed, were those who left
San Francisco on the goth ult., in the
steamer Cortes for San Juan, but landed
at Panama in consequence of the troubles
at Nicaragua.
One account says the riot originated
with drunken man who refused to pay a
native dime for piece of water melon