Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-06-02

NICAEAGUA-HoD WalEer ard his Hon "a.
eaps1-1hs Fdu,ine at Rivas- Eating Nudes,
Horss', Cats and Dogs-Gen. Henningseu, an
officer in Walkers army, has arrived It New
York. One of the Tri6une's reporters called at
his residence alter The arrival Of the Illinois and
obtained from him the following particulars:
Since the last adViced here from Gen. Wal
ker, the Allies made an attack ON the entrench-
mentS at RiVas with q force of 9, 600 men. The
assault lasted six hours, and was holly contes-
ted throughout Asnear as could be ascertnin-
ed, the enemy lost four hundred killed and
wounded, including thirty prisoners taken by
Gen. Walker: one cannon belonging TO the All
lies also fell into the hands of the ilibusters-
Walkers total loss in this engagement in killed
and wounded did not exceed Fifty or sixty men.
From this time until the second week in April,
when Gen. Mora arrived and assumed com.
mand of the Allies, no offensive operations, to
speak Of took place on either side. On the
18th of that month the Allied forces, led on
it was SAID, by deserters from the lIibuster camp
trenchments, and succeeded in gaining posses
sion at one time of the lower plaza About
one hundred and fifty had entered that portion
of the town, when Gen. Henningsen succeeded in
bringing three guns TO bear upon them, which
moved them down with great slaughter
1AuOuS lAss4L Vi IAGAA REMAINDER
being surrounded were Obliged to surrender
Afler good deal of hard fighting the enemy
was finally repulsed, but not without contesting
the ground inch by inch One hundred and
three prisoners in all remained in the hands Of
Gen. Walker after the fighting was over
The hopes Of the Pilibusters were greatly
sustained by the constant expectation Of relief
from Col. Lockridge and party on the San Juan
River, who were daily looked for. OF course
no correct intelligence could be obtained res
pecting his situation and prospects, as all the
avenues of approach were in the hands of the
Allies But as day alter day no news came
from San Juan, the garrison at Rivas began to
despair and were fast losing their spirits, when
Information was received that Capt Davis of
the United States sloop-of.war st. Mary's, had
seized the schooner Granada containing half of
all General Walkers ammunition. Then, in
view of the hopeless prospect before them. the
design of retiring from the country began 10 be
entertained Meantime Capt Davis proceeded
to the seat of war and endeavored to urge the
contending parties to come to terms General
Walker, after prolonged and painful onsultation
with his officers, concluded to enter into stip-
ulations with Capt Davis, and he subsequently
surrendered to him as an officer of the United
ted States Government The Allies were not
named in the instrument Bya full understand
ing, however, the retiring forces were not mo-.
Tested by them-one of the Costa Rican Gene
AfAtS ulAGI uuu Ills SG1u Tue
lines Of the enemy, a hostage asst were,
AT the instance of Captain Davis the women
and children, numbering about 20, were remoy.
ed from the camp on the goth of April The
formal capitulation took place on the Both of
the same month, and the troops set out on the
march to San Juan del Sur on the LIST of May.
The whole number of Walkers men at the
time of surrender was 475; of these 26O, inclu-
ding officers, were effective, 175 were on the
sick and wounded list, aud 40 were natives
Provisions had been exceedingly scarce dur.
ing the whole month of April, and the men had
lived chiefly on mule and horse meat nearly all
the time. Dogs, cats and other animals were
sometimes killed to furnish novelty. General
Henningseu describes horse-Aesh as quite pas
sable-when one can get nothing better
The enemy, the General states, had suffered
much from assertions, and on the 1st of May
could not have had more than $500 available
men about RiVas. He thinks that had General
Walker held out two weeks longer, scarcely a
shadow would have been left of the Allies.
Gen. Henningsen has fortunately escaped
withouta single bloodletting wound, though
he has received n great number of Commissions.
This is somewhat remarkable, as he has been
engaged in many very hot encounters, and en-
joys the reputation Of being one of the bravest,
as also the most efficient of Walkers late off.
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