New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-17
NICARAGUA.
,rs CONDITION DEsCRIBED BY AN EYE
WIThESs.

rie hi huposed men under bis comniand, and hr prs
p.et. .pp..a I'd Haterrg. He was then anticipating
IA. inv ssnn Of Cots kca Colonel >chleein.,"r aud
Captain Suittr leon OF the old Ca, sate- OF at
kris, and who roignsd after the bate OF hW"l
we've sent 10 Costa Rca commissioners TO res"''%c
atIes,y with Presidont Mora They vert ~ )" :"
Pt. @nss Ia SEAPORT on th. Pschc coast che p''"'
cipal enc, ahd ABOUT one hundred nue. ''u,n y
Juan del Sud- where they were met ny an "ne"' 0'"'
~. p,e.,s, If c.~,. Rca aud ordered To leave the
e.,pn,r, Ms poo.mmunication Whatever would "c Al
L~a q, tale .l., They returned between tue o'h
"a o,h nj March and about the same time " IL re
.e,v,S the proclamation of President Mora, datec the
,, NJ March declaring against tie Anerc ils OF
Nicaragua S,bks singer upon has return tid " ti&"r
that he was well acquainted with Costa k'es,
and that with three HUNDRED men be could take
ths csptal (san Jose; Walker i'm II, d.a'eiy
placed the 800 men uaccr his command he - Mt d.
far o. Santa Ross, w,.eIe he was surprised add biz
force cut pieces alt impossible t. ascertain the
number Of men o-t but from the bes: information to
Be obtained II was ebout 10. Other deserted, aai
come tax, p:isoneIs Others struggled oacS As
they could and many were several weeks getting
back. 1t was a c'mplete fVut A. so"o 49, Walker
could collect bis force in Granada he went to Virgin
Bay and thenc, 70 Rivas, cstabsti his htsdquar-
ters a, that place He remalbcd there week or te
Ri, a. is in the interior; vrsn Bay port On LAX
Nicaragua, ri the eart end Of the cran-t ioute) Tn
ds, kllowirg Walker leaving Yuein Bay, Mprawlth
bis amy entered the place and aio San Juan-they
AZ. only twelve miles apart.
tn. reports about Mora's punderug we're exaSger-
at~o snd nn~tl, false. Indeed orders bad been give
that 10 person should be moested W. was Dun
without aid ibar none Of his soldiers should b
allowed to enter house without asking permission t.
do
Walker remained at Rivas about ten day. aud thca
returned TO Granada. The day ,ollow.ug he got IN
oiua'ion that tue Costa Ricans with their principal
forces were at Rivss IS miles distant aud by forced
msIch of two days he reached the place. On the
morning Of the tn'rd day he charged INTO X vas Rs
men exhausted with fatigue and hunger. And then
followed the great battle Of kVas. Officers iatDrn
INT that there was No such thing military ord,T--
each man fought his hook. The pttck com
mepced III the Uorni'g aud the retreat began little
while after ,dnight. Those badly wouuded as NOT
20 DO able To navel were left behind Ga heir
arrival at Granada after an absence of six
dsys, they reported great victory over the
Costa RicaDs-bsvpg killed six hundred Walker
lost sixty men killed; many subsequently, died of
wounds, and many were never heard fro q. The
prior he took in this epgag cement pat olt
the held aud told To run, and they rau they were
shot. They would occ ssionaly succeed in taking the
inmates Of house prisoners, who wers shot IL cold
blood. A circumstance of very aggravated nature
was relat, I'd TO by Walkers orderly, McCarty, an
hsbman. On the morning before Walker entered
Rivas they met herdiug borses, supposed to
b. long to the Costa Ricans. HcCarty tied . rope
around the neck Of the Spauard, which be attached
70 the neck of bis horse and pr4nced and gaoped
his soma about till he drew the Spautrd to tue
ground. Aher dragging him along the road little
way General Wakr said be had been punished
efficiently, and bad better be allowed TO g.; but
HcCarty, thinking he Was So far gone from the eat
hebt be bad received that he could recover, so'
him. Another incdent in the march to Rvas w4s the
taking a ,ouIier carrying letters To Granada
aho baLglng hun to a tree.
o illustrate the Offer OF treatment Of property
md peIsns b., wa<.i's and the Costa Kican', it
may be- well TO ci e among usnJ incidents that
ell under the noioe Of the writer. Al Virgin Bay
vas MERCHANT native, who rad done great deal
fa Walker, tu'ust ing bin goods, etc credit, but
tis did Dot save Lim. The hight following the aad'
rig of Walkers men they broke open the tore ofthis
fie1d, taking four hundred boxes of hqurs, wines,
with large quantities Of cigars etc The Costa Ricins,
although this nsu considered au enemy, did not
pole.t him Another iucldeot A gentleman by the
chant in Sal Juan for years hal store IN R'vas
which was taken possession Of by the Costa Rcans,
Who held il for several days but molesed nothing Ga
Its falling into Wa kers hands his men broke u open
and plaged it's comforts. This shJ~ the difference
OF conduct between Walkers troops and the C'sa
Rcans the latter allowed the store and Ods 10 re-
main uuharmed during Fix days they held pe'cs7l"n,
while the other patty holding II bat Que day made
con pete destruction.
Az as an illustration Of cold-bloodcd cruclty, will
mention affair that came of under the command OF
Gen. Guicuira, Cubau who has the reput ,l"n of
being very ~eallhy and VITO figured III ih' old hlI-
Iipg attempts that island. He arrived about
the 10th Of March, and subsequently has been ap
pointed Biigadier General He was sent QUE WITH d
detachment OF shout HUNDRED luNes aad Amer
can troops To CLontal.s where they had news th't
the Chmro-ta- were organizing. Pod the taxing oi
the town Of Juiga pa they encountered some armed
men. charged them and killed abodt dozen, ami en-
tered the town and sacked 1t They thea proceede |
TO Acs,aps, where they made several arrests, ant
placed two Of the prisoners against the ch irch wall
ana shot them, for the purp of iutniiang he re-
maipd.r. Macy incidents og this kind might =, mon
toned Reading in Acayapa were the widow and
twodaughi.rs Of Chmort the f,r,ner President. they
had fed from the town to the plans. The Americans
bruke open the house, and the officer VITO related the
c,rcumstance 10 me raid tina, IN, were ab'u; fifty
trupks filed with e. cry which we've - Obliged, arti
ccs that could not be- taken away beg stFo"'d sh ut
They brought homes. watches, Jcw,lry etc., GA tnor
reun 10 Granada. Ii was IN fact, nothing c''a THAI
robbing .xp,diuon
If any kind If property is wanted b' 'lr troops
at once taken Thus system extends d'wn TO small
~. An IN ma kps "