New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-29


General William Walker, as the telegraph in
forms us, capituated the LIST inst, with all bis
forces. to Captain Davis of the United States ship
of war ST. Mary's, by whom he was brought to
Panama, where We are told, he was held close
prisoner by the Commodore. The next thing we
hear of bin he arrives at New Orleans in the EN-
pre- City not prisoner of war; nor as fugitive
from Justice, nor as person held to answer Tor
piracy robbery and murder committed abroad
against citizens Of the United States, but as pas
senger; and Oh his arrival be would seem to have
been received and welcomed by crowds as patriot
and hero. That crowds should flock to see
Walker just rs every great criminal always draws
crowd in bis train. we wei understand; but
that ANYBODY should have for him any admiration or
respect or should view him in any other light than
that of poor creature, as destitute of ability as he
il of honesty or humanity We cannot very we'll un-
derstand.
About two years ago Walker sailed from San
Francisco with some sixty men, engaged to serve
as mercenary soldiers in the civil war then pending
in Nicaragua. lie arrived at RealeO in June, 1855,
where he was joined by about $50 men from Leon,
in the service of the party TO which he had hired
himself out. After some unsuccessful operations
he was driven to take refuge at San Juan del Sur,
where he was Joined by some additional recruits
from California BY this time the Transit Com
pany seems to have made up its mind to engage in
the war and by the help of their steamers, Walker
and the natives with whom he acted succeeded in
surprising Granada, which led, in the then ex
hausted state of the country, to the submission OF
the opposite faction, and the acknowledgment of
the party with which Walker acted the legiti
mate and undisputed Government Under this
new arrangement, completed about the end of Oc
tober, 1850 Walker, who was recognized az Com
mander.in Chief of the forces Of the new Govern
ment, was at once raised to position of great in
huence and Importance; and had be possessed talent
or even common sense, he might easily have main
tanned himself in the substantial control of Mica
raguan affairs, especially as by the aid OF the Tran
sit Company and the advance Of money, arms and
outfits by capitalists in this city, New Orleans and
San Francisco, be was soon placed at the head of
an army Of adyenturers more than thousand
strong.
Walker, however, was in hurry to enrich him
self and not waiting for the slow progress OF the
sales of cOnfscated estates and not content
with what could be got in the way of contributions
levied upon the weather. natives and the foreign
merchants resident in Nicaragua, under pretense of
certain sums of money due by the Transit Company
to the Nicaraguan Government, he pOunced
at once upon all the lake and river boats of
his old cOnfederateS, the Transit Company which,
through his agent Randolph, he attempted to sell
to capitalists here for his own private benefit. This
comp against the Transit Company was followed up
by another against the native party in whose ser
vice Walker had originally entered the country
the native President being unceremOnousy dis
plsced, and Walker proclaimng himself President.
From thast of this occurrence, which took
place on the 18th Of July last the whole career Of
Walker, who was already involved in war with
Costa Rica and the other Central American States
has been nothing but one series of rObberes muir
dcrs disasters and mseries, in the course of which
some five Thousand recruits, forwarded to him by
his dupes and co0perators in the United States,
were reduced to the miserable band Of some two
hundred desperadoes, with whom thanks to the
refuge afforded him by an American ship-Of-war-
sent thither it would seem, for that expires, pur
pOse--he has been enabled to escape out Of the
country. He began with the possession of all
Nicaragua, the Transit route and every military
post in the country, and the whole government or.
ganizaton being in bis hands. But in spite of the
men and money profusely supplied to him from the
United States, in the course OF six months
he lost everything. First he abandons Leon, then
he is driven from Manaeua, then from Masaya,
then from Granada, which city, before leaving II,
he first pundered, and then set to work deliberately
to destroy. Soon the river and lake steamers and
all the military posts cf the San Juan fall into the
hands Of the Costa Rcans. Disease and desertion
rapidly thin his ranks; supplies from abroad wholly
cease. He is cooped up in single town, and
finally be escapes n merited death the gallows
only by SEEKING fugitive, and under the name
of capitulaticn, the protection Of the flag OF the
United States.
In his whole career We look in vain foe 4 single
act Of wndom Or foresight. All the success he had