The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-03-21

lay boarded the NJ SCOTT under . halstorm Of balls
from the fort put out The fire. cot her sd and nos.ed
other, the hAcnucA, entirely rc aud attempt
made 10 her. The SCOTT had largo hole burn!
work was riddled With balls One OF the valves OF shs
boiler had been removed but there damage done
mere than IN rec days could repair NotwhstAn ng tue
heavy voLeys OF muskery whioh they received while
cutting the boat sdr Lockridgs's loss quite
siderable amounting to four or Ave prva,es killed aud
Inferior officer Ool Titus found the village ia ruins
when arrived Hs sent In hax to the fort demand.
Ing an instsns misunderstanding previously asosrained
by some that the COSTA Rtcan garrison numbered
only twenty Owe men Mora, In his confidence In the
security Of bis outpost II Serspq had wthdr
or the from Castillo for olher service. The lag
turned with conditional promise Of surrepdera propO
sition for nisoe for twenty four hours ser which,
the garrison should receive reiaforoemeuts he
would deliver up the place and surrender the men a.
agreed to by Titus, and bis reted their arms
while the Costa Rcans had free communication With the
river above the rapids and by that means with Fort San
Carlos.
COwARDICx OF TITUS OF KANSAS.
Before the srmist,ce had expired, one Of the men
came running In with word that The Costa r,
cans were coming In force. No sooner had they
appeared in sight than Titus gave the order retire.
into full The men who would have faced the
my without ninohng, turned to the rghtabout by
the cowardce Of thor leader and their heAds
they were in one universal stampede which did not
cease until they were the woods full three miles from
the whole force landed on Carlos lslAnd several
miles below Castillo Rapids Here they have fortified
the mselves and still remain, waiting for reinforce menis
which they hoped rsceve by the Tennessee and Texas
This ID the drst occasion which any OF courage
has been shown by any Of the under Lookridge's
lion the column or 70 rs
force Titus gave the order TO retreat has been
pected that he bad been bought By the suppo
ALTON that In probably unjust But will be d uk for
him 70 ntisy his brother officers and she thai the
name Of coward does not fairly belong him. He has
oepted his resignation. On the I'd o MArca he came
down the river IN the Rescue wish COL LookrdEs and
The j. 4 SCOTT il tow wosn hey arrived Il The mouth
Of the river, Capt Coburn OF the Oossaok, boarded
the Rescue and made his Usual offer Of pro
tection TO any men who were serving against
their will.
TITUS DRUNK AND ARRESTED.
Titus, who 10 . very violent man, and abusive
small occasions, attacked the officers violently
with his tongue to disgust every decent man who
heard hin; and Col. Lockridgs was NOT sorry whom.
~ soon ~ they had landed a areysown, boa.
ashore from the Cossack arrested TITUS and took him
board the ship.
THE RESCUE DETAINED.
The English ofioer took possession OF the Rescue
which Col. Leckridgs did not 90 much approve Of,
and demonstrated against IL - illegal aot. Capt.
Eskine not at San Jusn 1t the time. The In
The arrest ana returned In days with him board
No sooner had the Intrepid alongside Of The Rescue
which had bean drawn up beside the Oossaok than up
wss soon 1no.n that CAPT. did nos suppors b: Oh
Ger IN the course be had taken. few hours later The
Saratoga arrived
TIrUss DEPARTURE FOR RIvAs.
The SCOT Wa put TO the ways for repairs. ritus
went ashore u Greyo W. where has made enemies Of
everybody BY his abusive language and violence which
the les when he under The influence OF liquor
He took passage In the Tennessee for Aapin vail hh
"A Wa ker, had 4 n aouht
ful whether HE reception there will b agreeable
he would nks for documents describing the whole
thssr WY 70 General walker By iss same steamer thss
conveys him. The Esgsh mail steamer Clyde sailed non
.. ..s1 %'s os oo .
ridgs, The soou mutation Of ihs prsv,ous fortnight
fhs tennessee LEI. San Juan on sunday sfsrnooc a.
r. n. Tho passengers remained on board the ship I'LL
next morning. when OF the arrival Of the 6erra No
the Tennease's passengers Is for Panama by railroad
and 81 p. r. the train with the passenger from the
asrrs Nevada arrived as Aspnw.l AZ so'clock III the
evening they all board and the steamer put
sec March TO-
FATE OF DEsERrKRs.
The deserssrs brought BY The Clyde put ashore
al Aspmwa 10 shin for themselves. John Bulls pre-
tended protection Of bis family does not amount 70 much
this case. IL simply" III deprive walker Of your
services and after that you nsy 20 hang Others who
had been landed there before by the mail from
Greytcwp, we're sai 70 be suffering fe want OF food
nothing TO do BY which they could living and
brought many were Americans. they talked with pas
sengsrs Of tho Tennessee ashore nj Aspn wall asd
ss 20 ,s
road alive; but know THAI no arrived safely PAoa
me, Notwithstanding their threats. Some kind
AFRAID Of them and was well armed He had two revolvcrs
In bic belt. He 10 splendid looking man-such ono ~
one would be sorry 70 see deserving the brand Of COW
me sisrs Nsvsds len san FrsDcsoo on the 10th Feb
ruAy, bringing about AS passsnsers for New York she
7co miles below San Trancsoo she was detained u
Ksnzaslo two days, owing delay getting coal
and stopped also ~ San Juan del Sud- whore aha reosved
. number Of walkers ofnoers, bound 70 the Auanao
among them Col Jsques, inst recovering from
~ ~ ss e. 90 % @
fatal character Tho Sierra Nevada arrived u Panama.
March To- N A. ~ The United States sioop OF war
Cyane Capt. RoeS was At anchor in the hsrbor Of A.
pin~an.
AFFAIRS AT WALKERS HEADQUARTERS.
FAILURE oE THE ATTACK on SAN JORGE.
The new, from Cen walker 10 not particularly favera
BILE BE Is stu fortified In Rvas, where his force amounts
hundred effective he has attached San Jorge
sinoe les, dates The nrst attack made be-
fore day break OF the tsh instantthe day amer his
from San Juan del Sur. He led his In person
about two hundred, composed Of the nrss and
second rnes, and The rangers. He meant 70
surprise the place, and took cannon with him.
But his plans were entirely frustrated By The mutt
conduct Of The The Costa Rcas garrison out.
numbered his force probably Ven 70 one; but there
ln,e doubt be would have taken the psoe had bis men
behaved well, FOR thev found The enemy entirely on
their guard The streets OF San Jorse empty the
garrison In the plaza Alesp but when they came within
shos Of the brssdcs the refused 70 advance FUR
her Neither curses threats had any effect upon
them. few nnsly volunteered 70 storm the place and,
vhh Gen. walker the barbados, nred
ihsn. they were Afterwards supported BY Capt Hs.
ley's cbmpsny but was Of The garrison was
by this upe aoused and undcr heavy fire OF muskstry
and cannon walker obliged 70 drsv or hs and
return 70 Riv0. Two OF his o1icess-Col. O'Neil and
Capt OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES wounds OF which they died In
lev days. II Vas learned that Jeres received wound
IN the fsce but the loss sustained by the garrison not
knosp On the morning Of the TN, Cen Walker marched
with M neld pieces 70 san Jorre and oannonded the
place II sir hunored yards distance for several hours
and then retired 70 Rvss.
VISITS or ENGLISH orrrcKRs.
I1th OF Februarv Wslker ro,otvod n Walt