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A correspondent of the New York Times 81 81
r,;,;,, from the camp Of Walker, under date e. T.
If April 18Th says: Owing TO the Irregular vi
NV of communication, your correspondent Is c,
,,.,rs an observer than ebrcnieler Of events,
or tbs past month. Bat these events must
,oop come 10 a close. Walker has met with
Three d, ,feats in as many weeks, and 10 these v
defeats he hes lost his future chances OF sue I
cess. His forces are reduced. his sources ct n
supply cut of, aud the best portion Of bis terri
tory is IN hands Of mortal enemies. A! the
battle OF Santa Rosa, in the Department o.
yuauacaste, 305 men under the command oi
CJl Schlessinger, were defeated in three min
ute Engagement, AMI put to TOUT with a loss oil
III men. After two weeks preparation Wal
her, with all lis forces, sl"rIed from bis head
: quarters at Rivas, on the 9th of April, ami
: GOT on board the lake steamboat San Cdrtes'
e for the pretended purpose Of invading Costa
i Rica. b. way Of the SeraPaqua river; but
scarcely had be Withdrawn his troops frcm
:, Virgin Bay and San Juan del Sur, when the
n enemy marched into the abandoned towns, and
(. Ibeheld from the lake shore the departure oil
D, the steamer. When Walker got TO Castillo, |
r, half way down the San Juan River, he altered
n, his mind on the oerapaqua subject, and haV-
o, ing dispatched 46 men to take possession Of its
as mouth where il enters the San Juan, 20 miles
10 from Greytown, he took the back track and
ID Was Just in time, the following morning. to see
lk the inhabitants he had abandoned shot in the
streets and the villages reduced to ashes. San
Juan del Sur shared the same fate, and the
city of Rvas, which one day before was the
. headquarters of Gen. Walker without sim
,rs gle shot fell into the hands Of the enemy; thus
is easily have they gos basis Of operation on the
we'd most approved military science, and a line o
the defences, which, while il secures their owl
cd communication, at the same time cuts off al
A hope Of relief or retreat on the part OF the foe
In order to recover from the results Of tbI
great error, with The madman, he fell into al
error even greater
l. When he saw the burning Of the new pier 9
bout Virgin Bay, and was informed Of tie murdt
San of the peaceable citizens. BY one who had mi
HES aculously escaped he directed his course
bou Grenada, distance Of fifty ive miles, and di
ring emb arking his men, commenced march
is Rives, with six hundred men. These fit.
ans, five miles were accomplished at O'Clock {
attic the morning Of the 1llh, and, without eve
haltiug, the order to attack was given, whi
lvas, the enemy were drawing up on the Plaza
kers receive them. 1t is true the Americans foug
of y bravely for near twelve hours, but, as mig
7 for be expected under such circumstances, 4
highest glory they could achieve was to Pr
Wal long the fight ill the darkness would GOV
80 their retreat; and they once more returned
nhd CrtnalS. leaving $50 oftheir comrades in thC
lp of diving agonies. to be- committed to the ear
Har' by their enemies.
|Oyle The second battle of Rivas does not mo
strongly prove the bravery Of Walkers soldie
itas than it does the incompetency of their cor
mander in.chlet
N"s The reports Of this aft r in the FL Near
'"''' guense, states that Walker gained great vi
s'l' tory and killed 500 foes with the loss Of on
81 men.
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~ or Isuppose you are aware that paper is Wal
rising r., - W-r..-. - G..
nd '""'u' 0""''' "neN ~o' '"'e''U 0''""'
and for the benefit OF the Government was &C
NJ n1I and tLo .;nt;n.
tend nSo"''u' any. '"''n' o"' 'n0 P''"""S
pnn 100 per week to five Of his soldiers.
! ann So tenacious IS Gen Walker of that freedC
n,ior of the press. that be would not allow Col.
egt- IT, French 10 START aper' "''er ne had oro'
with out al the materials for the undertaking f.
Goa. weeks ago So the Colonel has returned wi
his types and press to New Orleans.
mala, 1t snot generally known in the United SlaI
Il no. that no ons can :ravel in Nicaragua without
passport Yet such is the fact, and, in con
- quence Of this fact, some, at least of the perst
80 murdered at Virgin Bay were vctimized, Al
~ - in all probably he next news you hear from
place will bring you the details Of such ano
massacre at Castello on the San Juan River
l know there are four American ladies', at /
place, and some six men, anxious to get av
""N with their lives, but the instructions are.
e only J U,JL.. - nd - tLara -
''" with Grenada there is no getting Walkers
",' ', nature, and therefore, there is no escape,
=, w w. though the enemy is hourly expected there
Castillo is hickey ofthe San Juan River
livas, a the Company posted 'here' under command
Mora. Capt Kelley seize on the property Of any