Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-19
The W alker Filibusters eport Progress,

The New Orleans Picayune of December 18th
gives letter from a correspondent who went out
with the Walker iibusters, and who furnishes
narrative OF their proceedings thus far Having
described varions miShapS encountered in getting
away from New Orleans and into Mobile bay. he
says:
After getting under way, there was. for,u-
nateiy. 40 more let's or hindrances The REVENGE
cutter having spoken the Fashion as she came
INTO The bay, the day previous, content TO let
her pass out without further notice f. would
have made bar slight difference had the revenue
officers boarded the Fashion rs her IN prrs were
all IN hipshape. barring the 'seIniuTauts" The
cutter passed up the bay as the Fashion passed
out As soon as the steamer fairly ont 10
sea, and beyond the Government viyils A bat
talIon was formed, composed of four companies
containing fouy-three men each. rank and file
COL Ihos- Henry and Lieut. :. L Tucker com
nanGlinn
The entire force is about two hund red This
may be considered rather small TO effect q land
in9 upon hostile shore. but IL Is more reliable
h@ing mostly good and determined men, than
twice the number would be who had oniy been
led I" join the expedition under excitement And
u "en W hlkeT succeeds IN .eizing any Of the
rlver boats. the first intelligence YOU receive of
his operations will be that he has opened the
river to the lake -
The tillcr Of the Fashion broke on the morning
OF the 2ls' leaving the - emgTants'' In a peril
Gus situation for some hours Their runnin, in
sight of Punta Arenas d mistake and they
msdiately changed their course and run down
d.
ci the Sdn Juan, where forty five men were land
c l. and sent up 10 intercept the river boats IL any
Of them should chance TO be at Greytown and al,
Inpt TO escape, on seeing the steamer entering
that port.
They then ran for Grcytown, as heretofore
sisted
Son the evening of the 18th, a small party
came down ftom the command up the river,
AFTER provisions They report that they were
twenty-thTee hours in rowing up the Colorado
ir rain falling in torrents most Of the time
Leefe's, formerly Kirkland Island which gave
them entire control Of the river AT the mouth
% the Colorado Col. Anderson took five native
prisoners, and used them pilots in going ND
This party returned on the 27th, tatina with
supplies for the command for twelve DAYS
Tie writer adds:
AT present II is difiicnlt to say when we shall
lsave here r, That will depend upon the arrival
OF Gen Henningsen. We have no boats TO As.
cend the river with. except row boats To at
tempt to ascend with any number Of men, will
De d tedious affair. At present we have no ar
tillery, The guns left with Scott are under the
protection Of the Saratogas guns: commemorative
we shall be unable TO attempt taking Castillo
until we get artillery.
Another correspondent writing to the Picayune
from Aspinwali, Dec. 4, says:
1.-The L. steam frigate Wabash, at this port,
by request of Captain Chatard, went down 10
Greytown Yesterday.
Com PanIding appeared somewhat chaqrined
that Walker had landed easily; but doubt if
~" '" IA S'OP any vessel coming into GTeytown
with Immigrants" il her papers ind to
be all right
About half an hour after the w abash sailed.
messenger arrived from the l.. q steamer FuI-
ton, now at Chiriqui Lagoon, with dispatches
for the Commodore
The line-of-battle steamship b runswick sailed
this evening about O'Clock for Greytown
The Fashion will coal here to- morrow and
Will sail here In a few days for New Orleans or
Mobile. -
correspondent Of the Charleston, 8 C, Cou-
rier, writing from on board the U. s. ship sara
toga, says:
we are laying here watching Gen. Walkers
movements, with a spring upon our cable 80
,n'tonf guns can br brought to bear on any Of
ms vessels that may attempt 10 enter the harbor
brilrV" that Capt. Chatard has no positive or
TO discretion "