Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-02-05

not HdUe been less than one hundred and htv;I
al icaSitpo thirds Of Which nun,Jer waS from
choheG, occasioned as above stated,
After the junction was effected, the enc
my remained perfectly passive; and all the
troops, wounded and sick, ordnance, &c,
were embarked without opposition, except
by few shot from cannon, too far to do
any execution, and arrived safely here OH
the l3th. Among the killed, Sc, at Gran
ada, was Captain George Gist, aid TO Gen.
eral Walker; Owen Duffy, editor Of Nicara-
guense, died of disease; VIM. Bonvey died;
Lieut.. Toohey, missing (supposed 10 have
deserted to the enemy;) b. F. Turner died
of wounds ]. Hampton Smith died; Capt.
Scoroh, killed, Henry C. Langdon died; DIR.
Judge Basey died; DR.. Cabball died. A
mong those killed in the last attack on the
barricrdes, was Capt. Sem Leslie, Of the
rangers, and Peter Lacoste, Of New Or
leans, sergeant of the same corps.
No less than twenty-five or thirty deser-
ted during the seventeen days the troops
were hemlned in, and If not killed, would
be glad, no doubt, if they had remained true
to their colors. ....
Several of the deserters are reported 10
have been shot and hung by the enemy
Two bodies were seen hanging on the beach
at some distance from where the troops en-
barked at Granada.
Since the arrival of the troops at this
place the health Of the army has very visi-
bly, increased, and l hope soon TO be able to
write that there are no sick. There is no
doubt that great deal of the sickness a.
mong the men is brought on by their own
imprudence in eating green fruit. Although
the regulations are very strict, and they are
forbid, under severe punishment, to eat any
green fruit, they will steal off and gorge
themselves with green oranges until they
get the fever. They seem to think that their
4 life depends upon eating ten or twelve green
oranges before breakfast. Il is useless to
warn them or threaten them-ihey aciA do ii.
The Capture Of HE Steamers on San Juan
R,ucr.-Is related to the New Orleans Pic
ayuae by Col. Rsdlcr, passenger by tie
Tenness ee, as occurring thus:
A man named Spencer, formerly an EN-
4 ployee Of the Transit Company, gathered :
party of COSTA Rcans, and in RATS and ca
noes passed down the river. He landed his
forces about three miles above Serapiqui
where there was company Of forty men
stationed, commanded by Capt. F. A.
Thompson. Spenser made his way down
within sight of Thompson's camp, and lay
until the men were attheir dinner, when he
charged in upon them taking them by sur
prise, SO much so that not more than two or
three were able TO get their arms. The
Costa Ricahs' first fire dealing death and
dismay among them, all save those who
were killed jumped into the river and were
drowned, except six, who succeeded in
reaching Punta Arenas some days after,
After Spencer took that post, he proceed
ed down the river and arrived in the hor-
Dor of San Juan on the morning of The 23d
December, bringing with him Capt. Thomp-
son as prisoner. On his arrival, he at once
proceeded on board a British man-o-war
1 lying in the harbor, and delivered dispatch.
es from the President Of Costa Rica, TO the
commander Of the British fleet. Capt
Thompson was left on board the man n-of-war,
to tave his wounds attended 10.
As soon as Spencer had taken possession
of the Transit Company's building and the
steamer then laying there, three men-oI-
war gun boats, manned each with thirty
men and one six FOUNDER, were posted in
such position as to completely command
the Transit Company's buildings. The
commander Of these gun boats, seeing there
would be no resistance, ordered them to re-
tire. There was not shot fired oil either
side, and Spencer was permitted TO take
away the three river steamers without mo-
lestation,
During the day, Spencer got steam on
the boats to proceed up the river. Trough
some mismanagement, two of the boats,
when cast off; drifted over on the Greytown
shore. Spencer found some difficulty in
getting them olf,'which the English fleet no.
ticing, they magnanimously sent him chains
and anchors 10 assist him.
The boats were got off and proceeded up
the river TO Castillo.
Gen. Walker having no troops at this
point, Spencer had no trouble to obtain pos
session. Here lay the steamer Scott which
they secured. The steamer Ogden was at
Tore Rapids. Spencer made the agent under
pain of death in case of refusal, write an
order to Capt. Mahony to bing her down to
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