The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-26

give ina fullest dstas He represented In glowing coIors
be beauty and fertility Of the country general ignorance
nssuye sdysatagss Of bs schss; the possibility that
Whoever chose avail himself Of this osr and assume the
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higher bors, and that in the ceaseisss intestine
meDs Of each, oppcrsntss would occur for nan q do
termination and tact to grasp the reis ana eventually 70
wS me .pS ~ IL The
map closely studied; books treating Central Ameri
ca were hunted up and finally the plan was d!vaged 70
depiedt OF tae Supreme Coar California and Edmund
Randolph Esq were consulted, who, after mature deli
t Uraa" could s''' no. be w carried gu. without
a breach Of the neutrality laws. Upon this
Yr Cole informed tina. II the reading OF the contract
could altered that the expedoniss. whoever they
might be- could be considered naturaized q liens OF
Nicaragua tho terms would be agreeable, and attempts
would be made TO procure soldiers for Casteon Having
satisfied himself that the money requisite y carry his
plsps into execution would be forthcoming Mr. Cole re-
urped It once TO procured e Necessary m3a
again San Francisco, and in June, 1865, Col walker
with fifty followers landed at Realeja aud reported
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hat betdes the ingenious tie man whose
activity and Intelligence had thus set the ball in modon
The sory shortly told. From the inauguration Of the
American policy In Nicaragua, General Walker has un
doub,ed shown an unCeasiDg partially to Southern aud
Watcrn men In the selection Of his ocers, both ev ana
military.
Among those whose merits were neglected aud unrecog
pasS SsS Wsssr to SUSPECT Of aeor dessOs
and from apparent cordaty the loader at last seemed to
avoid the to whom he indebted for the enterprise
II which they were mutually engaged.
It is stated by those VINO were In Granada
ast winter that Cole lived for some months IN
SS to Ss for so%o sa POSITION
by which TO subsistence and refused At last,
however, when human nature could endure no more Cole
forced his way into the presence Of Walker; and
with the peculiar dare. devil look which all who ever
knew him will remember, demanded TO know whether
and aer the applicant received the commission Of
Lieut. Colonel IN the comnissary department and was
al - weeks later he organized his last pedi.lon
2D6nemy had posted themselves at the hacienda Of Ban
5acuto considerable numbers and the regular troops
being employed elsewhere, and some unworthy tauns
being thrown ont the courage Of the American resi-
dents Of Granada, Col Cole mustered volunteer force
citizens and heading the little corps bimse started for tho
hacienda The enemy were treble the number Of their
assaans ami safely epscouced behind breastwork
which they had bad leisure to throw up The details OF
the battle have been already published In tho HERALD
nder Col Cole ed second The succeeding day. and
riddled with bullets fell dead from the works. The
attack unsuccessful, and In the retreat bis body was
LEFT upon the ned prey to the oIznrds such was the
the writer though not given 70 can't not prepared to
dispute tina: on the principle Of just retrbuon this In
gratitude may have been reQued BY thegnoble failure or
Tho whole expedition. is curious 10 observe the studous
negct to mention the name Of Byron Cole, in the letters
written from Granada to New York sess while every
petty skirmIsh In which the favores were engaged was
Inflated Into moDs,rous dimensions and made the material
OF lengthy paragraphs. The Ncard9adncse wns partcu
larry curl tho subject OF the battle OF San Jaclno, and
10 tho memory Of the writer him, simply referred
10 It foolish enterprise undertaken by ''citizens
What cause Of jealousy there could have been between
Cole and Walker will probably never transprs but 10
well known, al ono time in Granada II urrsntly
ported that ALI had agreed from the outse that what
advantages were 10 10 him should be equally
SCARED with Cole, and some surprise shown when
the confscaDg Of the Transt route and properly.
reganed to Mr. Randolph rather than to Col Cole, who in
every poat OF view emnently entitled " the highest
advantages In Walkers gift Il Is also known hat for
some time previous to the battle OF San Jscuto
many persons in Granada had noticed the pga,ude with
which Cole bad been treated and association was formed
known az the "cole and Anderson Ciab," which Walker
always viewed with considerable suspicion Nobraver or
reliable engaged iu The struggle In Mica
rasua than Byron Cole and there thousands who will
remember bis hsmey but couTag sous fAce and dspore
the studied neglect that ended with his destruction
Since The capitalization, the names Of some OF thu Mica.
raguan heroes have been frequently pubhed together,
and In ooly did the Of Oolone Cole appear It
such exception 10 the rule that II believed 10
have been inserted by mistake. Irrespective or the nature
Of the cause may the Anglo Saxon blood be always repre-
scented abroad by noble fearless snd generous spirit
a. that OF Byron Cole. VINDEX.