The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-05-08
The WARM NicaraEua.


fought at Rivas between Walkers forces
six hundred men-and the Costa Ricaus.
On the 7th inst, the Costa Ricans took !
possession Of Rivas with 1900 men. On
the llth, Gen. Walker, with 600 men, at
tackled them. After q fight of seventeen
and half hours, he was oblgedto abandon
the city from want Of ammunition, leaving
600 Costa Ricans dead on the field. and
number wounded. His loss in killed, wound
ed and missing, ia reported about 100.
Gen. Walkers entire army consists Of l.
600 men, of whom 800 are Nicaruguans;
the balance are Americans, Irish, Germans,
Russians and men from almost all the Eu-
ropean nations. It is found the English
ships are supplying the Costa Ricans with
arms, and some English and french soldiers
are servingin the Costa Rican army, armed
with MIME rifles.
Honduras, San Salvador and Gutomnla
are said to be in favor peace, and willno
invade Nicaragua. They received the Com
,missioners of Nicaragua in friendly man.
ner, and have discontinued the enlistment
Of troops, and even have disbunded some of
the new lcvies. b..
The Nicaragua newspaper, which is own
ed BY Walker, Of the 18th ult., gives full
account of a second battle ut Rivas, Wal
ker's force was but 600 men; the Costa Ri
cans were from 1900 p 1900, with one piece
of cannon. Walker undertook to carry the
city by storm. The battle lasted for many
hours, and was severely contested. The
N C ra qua newspaper thus closes its long ae-
count of this battle and OF its results:
"The enemy still pursued, made good
their retreat, and little execution was alter
ward effected. The fight on the plaza had
almost entirely ceased During the remain
der of the day, and until late at night, there
was no firing except from few of the enc.
my, who throughout the conflict main
tanned their concealment, end with Min
lie Rifles menaced every visible mimi
cal object. The possessors Of these wea'
pons were evidently Englishmen and Ger
mans, ,swho had long experience in the use
of that deadly instrument. The majority o
Americans killed fell at the hands of those
N foreign miscreants, who have allied them
selves with serviism against the Liberia
party of Central America.
RESULTS OF THE ENGAGEMENTS.
, The battle of Rivas-the second ont
fought in that city, by Gen. Walker-wa
warmly contested. The struggle was {
\ long and ardurcus one, and the Liberal
D were compell'd to fight at every disadvantag
' The number of Services four times exceed
!. ed the Liberal force, and, considering
Y the great security offered them from barri
o cades and fortressed bulldogs, it cannot bu
J., be deemed the proudest triumph yet achiev
v ed by the Liberal Party of Nicaragua. TIL
/. officers commanding the American fore
o were all gallant men, and nobly did thei
duty. Gen. Walker was cool, firm and Sc
n possessed, throughout the entire engagement
;. and for several hours maintained his positio
II on horseback. He manifested no excite
y ment-betrayed no uneasness as to the re
e suit, but exhibited calm and sublime cor
y scousness of ultimate victory. Colonel
Fry and Don Brung Natzmer, Lieutenant
r Colonel Sanders, Majors Brewster, Marx
y ham and O,Neil, who, in command of tn
at Battalions, displayed degree of herosI
i. and gallantrv that could not tail of beneticii
results. They were nobly supported b
their subordinate officers, many of whol
testified to their pedity-some by ht
i, roic death, and others by numerous and pair
full wounds. Adjutant General Thompson
o. too W in:rei lily conspict us throughol
% the engagement. The staff of Gen. Wall
at er exhibited remarkable firmness and DARN!
as the melancholy death of Hueston, Clil
. ton and Morgan give ample testimony
'n Capt. Sutter alone 'e regular safrem in
re but braver spirit, or one who acted Wi
,e more becoming gallantry, fell not on tt
field of battle. Col. Kewen, the volunte'
aid of the Commander-in Chief, who WI
slightly wounded in the leg, returns with
reputation for bravery ON the field equal
he the best. His conduct is spoken of as ga
as liant and encouraging in the extreme.
It is due to the native force to state tn
IL they were in the hottest part of the engag
re ment in the early part of the morning, n
;e, maintained themselves exemplary courag
90 The loss Of their brave and excellent Coz
-, mander, Col. Machado, effected them wi
80 profound grief, but their more immedia
ey officers were gallant men, and they sustai
=! ed themselves with great honor.
The battle of the 18th April, 1856, W
long be remembered by the Costa Rican
; Their loss in killed alone, cannot fall she
te of six hundred men-and of wounded and
a serted, no precise estimate can be forme
Is, The early retreat OF the three hundred, a
b the subsequent almost abandonment of
- vas, are sufficient indication of the Owe
~ whelming disaster. The American lc
to does not exceed thirty, and the numb
m, yf wounded the same. The Costa Ricar
of with bravado and pomp, invaded the lin
of Nicaragua, and were going to extermi
ate the 'plundering flbusters.' Gen. W.
Y. ker, dspleased at their insolence, determ
Ih- cd to teach them lesson Of propriety
N. future example: doubtless they will pre-
:. by the instruction they received. At le
w. whether they remain contumacious and p
'h- sistent or not, it will not take them long
RS. learn the disagreeable fact that Gen. Wa
VS. er is ready and willing, at all times and 81
in sons, to employ himself in the genial Il
of affording them additional instructio
. calculated to produce more indelible impr
sions.
en-. BRUTALITY OF THE COSTA RIcANs, ETC, E
on The brutality Of the fight had never bt
surpassed in modern warfare. Gen. Wa
M er, on his departure from Rivas, was &C
ON, PEELED to leave portion of his wound
Err, (they had been declared mortally woun
for by the surgeons) in one of the churches
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