New-York daily tribune., 1856-04-30

vs..j >. ,rcbor had by. A. the walkrr paIy
watched biz ments with interest, 'hey sePPosed
At t be intended TO invoke the AID OF the aore,aI
vessel 10 prevent their going NJ the river; Out e.
,bey were permitted 10 depart in peace. il was sfcr-
veid surmised that be dreaoed the vengeance oi lns
fbrster. cn account of some caustc renatks ne uae
made during the voyage upon them ana then ca'er
Whatever may have been Their mission II Ns e'i
denilv not popular one a. Capt Iinklepa1gh vas
head 10 say h. would not permit them eher 10 re-
main on the ship or return with him haeveT unHy
bsve been tue feelings with winch taese geh'leuSh
nav have been regarded q, can bear wHers tuat Tue
conduct of both was a far as could observe, quite
circunspect and that DR. Owen at least was very
highly thought Of by q large majority OF the pasSeh
ger. .,u. su
upop ma that q portion Of Walkers army under CJL
Sctle.ipcer had been .feated by the Costa Klcans
that Walk had been obliged to abandon GranadaI
hitherto his sent of fGovernment-and had entTencaeu
himself ith the few soldiers he had le at Ri'as or
ST. Leon where already overcome by sickness, he
was patiently awaiting his fate and the enemy.
Tlis information, instead nj making those who hid
came 10 ioin in de- pair filed them with Wild en-
ttusiam for bis cause. Little groups assembled upon
the deoks and in angry muterngs, expressed s'Iohg,
and not always elegant wishes to be by his ide' FACE
man row resolved TO sell lis life IS dearly ~ Po1sioie
not 30 much singularly enough, To assist akef iot
thew now considered his hopeless a. To Fndcate
American courage. Schlesnger Is a German, snd on
his account Germans generally were rather uniaVora-
bly dircUssed.
Our anchor had not been down many moments when
we were boarded by officer from the British war
vessel Eurydice, who, demanding whether there we're
suy Fillibusters on board and if 50, threatening 10
prevent their further advance. From the fact that
tley did advance Immediately afterward, It IA be
Inferred bis mission Wa not very successful
You have already, no doubt received the news OF
s. thlesuger defeat. 1t happened III this vic: lie
mt the enemy al Santa ROea. He had about two
hundred and sixty men. The enemy had more than
doable that number There some companies ~
GtImans and French in Sehesingers dttachinen',
to whom, he saw tie enemy approach, be gave, III
n cir native languages an order TO retreat. This the
Americans either did not or would not unde and and
as thew rushed to meet the Costa Rcans Schlesinger
with bis foreign companies were IN full retreat Inc
result wac, the Americans were oyerpowered' ana
etht killed on the ted, or, as report says, nhuHaley
butchered aterwaTd. The cause OF this sad event l.
now undergoing court-martial, and may, before we
get to Virgin Bay be shot. may add ,re, for want
0f n better place that am under the impression Mr.
Birdsal went on board the Eurydce to deliver letters
to the British agent, instead of the motives attributed
to him by those who are perhaps preludced against
bis employers.
a steamer from New-Oreans had disemoal ked two
hundred ard fifty men under the command Of General
Homsby. They proceeded Immediately up the San
Juan to Walkers headquarters. And on the sane
cay the OIizaba came to pOt, sailing vessel also
arived from NewOrleans with an additional compile
ment twelve This will swell the entire acces-
sion to Walker ranks in the last two days to above
three hundred and fifty fighting men, As these pro-
oressed up the river they were cheered by the ntel
eence that Walker had fully recovered his health and
Is now at the head of seven hundred hardy men, who
will fight ike devils TO retrieve the disgrace lately cast
upon their cause. As this force Is exclusive OF those
sary 10 garrison the forts in his possession the
enthusiasm of those their way to join him raised
at a very high pitch; and now their most earnest hope
is that they may fall in with sqqad OF Costa kcahs
whom they would at they think seize as prison
ers, to lay them as a trophy at Walkers feet upon
tLeir anlval. :
On the 10th of April company of sixteen men, be-
oI ging to Walkers army, surprised detachment Cf
Costa Rcans 200 strong, few miles back of Sera-
paul. The fight lasted about an hour. Twenty
Costa Ricans were killed The Americans were headed
by Capt Bale and Oly one ofhs men was wounded
uorta1y Serspaqu is village on the san Juan
River, about 40 miles from s mouth, consisting OF
two hou.es and long shed. There Is a force there
now of 81 men. -Four OF those who came on IN the
Oiizaba were ordered on duty at that place. Inc
rerot that Capt Baldwin abandoned ten of his men Is
not true. A canoe observed on the opposite side
of the river by Of the garrison at Serapaqu and
twelve men sent to sieZe and recOnnoltrr IN It's
vicinity. The canoe wGs found empty. 1t was I'M
medaielv taken posse sion by two ot the men, While
the remainder dropped down the river to make obSer-
yetons. Shortly atterward the two men in the canoe
discovered party of Costa Ricaos cutting road to
tie san JuaD in order. as was suppo-eI, To occupy
such po4ition as would command that stream and
place the passengers route for California Under their
mercy The garrison alarmed the Costa Ricans
diiyen back, and The ten men shof'Iy returned IN
safety
During the few moments we remained at Serapagnl
We were informed that an attack by force OF some
200 or 800 men, mOmentarily expected. when
aked whether they did no dread to have their small
force mot quite ortyl attacked by such large num-
ber they laughed and replied they were good Tor
double the number They informed us, however, that
reinforcement from Gen. Hornsbys force at Castillo
was hourly expected.
We passed Serapaqu in the night. The morong
prov ed the truth Of all that had been told Us. About
10 o'clock some bungO boats, filled with soldiers,
passed us. In reply to our questions they said that
they "goiDg down to Serapaqui to shoot OH some
Greasers"-a name given to the Cos:a Rcans from
their greasy appe arance. Presently large fat-boat
swept by us for the destination, in which was
brass cannon, which appeared about the size Of an
eighteen. FOUNDER. As we passed the Machuca rapids
We met small detachment Of Walkers men, who
were also walking to tighten their bungos, and thus
facilitate descent. Every one of them was armed
with either Sbarpe's, or Mississippi rife bayonet
and two nvolvers. They must have been picked
men, as every of them was tall, muscul and well
made. They had earnestness in their faces which
was almost terrifying. They were in no especial uni
form but each wore red ribbon either about his hat
or on his breast. This is the badge Of no quarter.
Since the Costa Rcans murdered those under Schles-
niger whom they took prisoners general order has
been issued in Walkers army that prisoners shall
be made. Every male capable Of bearing arms must
be put to death. This order is justified by the fact
that the Costa Ric8ns set the intatory. The women
and children are however to be spared. Fifty men
in all passed us for Strapaqui. This will make
pliment OF eigbty.nine c. that place, and con
silred sufficient TO repue from three to five hundred
Of the enemy
| have not spoken to a person who came on the
OIizaba that has not been most agreeaby disappoin-
ed in both the climate and the country In travelling
up the San Juan, which has about general width of
the Hudson River at Troy, y. y, person canno,
help reg ietiing that little should be known about
such fire stream and such beautiful country. hle
in New York, i expected when came here TO be
wited up by the heat from ~ until clock every day
md that after would be much