Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-12-19
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e-'s uO.eaeats : faEzIzEls8 b NJ. q q. Ro-
u, Z : inspector q castaas u San Jdzl d.
Nor. :. o'esoek, P. N
ne C9stz RTcaa army. unGer General Cana,
n1Eabe-7lz ab0at So, entered San joan iel Sad.
zad sock prossessssz O. the tO-a- They enezn-
pei aboat f0.r tnTles ont oatAe n5nztzins, xfl=-e
they e-acted strcag barE1cad=s Il vel Sezected
positions
On the 81 tley EeTe reinforced by about
three hundred GczfealzEIzaS
Ga the s4h Geszl HoEas6y, Who vas st1-
ug-sed ~ Virgin Bay, attacked tee first bzrTi-
cs1e. from which he drove the eneay By . flank
El5vement He had about 30 men With him
and had he fSllO=ed up his success he couIG
have driven tAea b-f1re hiz1 Ike sheep bat his
orders 70 keep possession OF Virgin BAY were
imperative, and he had 10 return to that pEzee
fearing 4n attack Ia his absence, from Other pl--
tons OF the enemy stationed Il that TisIaiky
The nnm5e- u tie cnezny killed .a1 zroEnlse1
IN this eight vas zh0cL 6fty
On the 18th, 5ezDe-al Walker arrived II Vir-
ga Bay Eroc1 GrzI1da, AID With tEO hundred
AID ffty men dr0se the enemy from their fzr4i-
eeses 70 San Juzn del Sud, from wheace they
Ted To Riy4S
Fer Of the enemy we're killed n this 6ghf.
the bst1ie q : tsE days pTeyIoSls haFIag 50 ell-
psetely Intim5datsl them that they He'd on Val
keTs spPrpach, with but IJttse TeSiStzBce.
Oa the m5rHlaS Of the l3ta, General Walker
returned to Virgin Bay, leaving one hundred
and seveHty-tlEe men 70 gaTTlson San juan del
Sad
On tbs 15th. W=Iker marched from GTanaiia
% NaSaya- When IN the vicinity Of MzSzya
he received Intelligence tia. He-ez had Ie{s for
Riszs AZ the head Of seFea hundred men Col
Jzc9csS, az the head Of two hundred and fiffy-
men. MAS TsInedateiy despatchedl 70 Fsroteet the
I>tlnuSs Ekieh Vas deemed 70 b N dza-er.-
On his asriszi at Yizgin Bay, be in.ae,s:Ately
tlreE up barbados arOnnd the toEp, made
from wood cut for the use Of the Cosnpeax's
steamer
Aftsr tEo and half dsys, fighting. Walker
abandoned Nzszya; his force not being sntfeieat
10 take the plzce- He retired upon Grznads--
He Isft on the 18Th v-ish : staff fc- Virgin Bzj-
sending most OF the SEX, with women and chill
dren 10 the Island Of Ornetepe for szfetv
Having determined 10 burn and destroy Gran
ada, he left the ISt Rifles and ID Infantry % ac-
conP!ish this purpose, and the result hzd not
been heard At Virgin Bay when the steamer left
for San Juan del Sud General Walker vas
aaxio1siy awaiting recruits 70 attack Rivas.
On the 23d November most brilliant naval
engagement took place between the Siczraguan
schooner of war G-anadz, of 20 tons, carrying
TWO SIX pound cannon, p men, under C. J.
Fayssoux, Lieut. Commanding, and the Costa
Rican brig OF var, -tIth April, ? I'll toas, car
wing SIX nine pound cannon. with III men, al
well armed with Minnie rides, &c
Iae engagement lasted over two hours. when
a shot struck the brig in the stern, Carrying 1t
away, and causing her magazine 10 explode
Lieut. RayssOux Immediately sent Cd his boats
10 rescue the Sufferers snd succeeded m taking
from the water and of the brig before she sunk,
fOTty.f0Gr persons whom he brought inn San
Juan del Sur on the following morning Thirteen
of them were horribly burnt, among whom were
the Captain, ID Mate, Pstire. ID Lieut., ard not
more than four CT them viii live TIE balance
fha
Walker to Virgin Bay, where, with : fesz exeep-
tons, they we're liberated.
Too much prise cannot be awarded TO Fays-
s1Ix for his gallant srhiezemear and the f1-
uianity displayed IN his ehdeaycrs 10 save Ef..,
regardless Of securing the prize ere she sunk.
FaysSoux lost two men and had three Wounded.
board with large amount of clothing for her
sTIny, pTosIs5o1s, and 50, 900 IN soecie