Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1857-06-05
secretor walker,s Surrender

brief accounts via New 0tlsans. OF Walk.
er's surrender in Nicaragua with lis I'll
buster forces. To Captain Davissof the U.
S. sloop OF war. ST. Mary IS. we. marked
that il YVES "to be presumed there was
some preiiminaries tothe arrangement BY
which Walker was brought off by a U. S.
vessel. of which we may learn more here.
alter" There seems 10 be significance
in the fact OF our government stepping in
just at a moment when Walker was APP
palently ic his last desperate strait. and
we ind lengthy report written by Gen.
HennIngsen, one the ilibuster comman.
ders on board Of the 81. Mary's at San
Juan del Sur. May 81. q passage which
indicates that this step was not taken by
Captain Davis until authorized. livery dis.
creetly and politically we are inclined to
think from "headquarters." The repor'
is addressed To =" His ExcelIency. Gen
WIN. Walker. Commander Mischief and
President OF Nicaragua. and doub less.
contains the version which Walker designs
to give Of his retreat. 1t appears that
Captain Davis addressed letter TO Walk
er on the 3Olh of April. stating that he
was aware Of his desperate and fOrlOrn
position. and Offering for humanity. to in
terrier" in his behalf, and sta ing that he
was auti orzrd, in case Of his Walker
capitulati"n. to guarantee his personal
safety. and the safe removal Of all uLdeI
his c"mmanh. lie also offered TO take
Walker to Panama in the ST.. Mar,'s. and
stated that General Mora. The Costa Ri
can Commander in ChIrO consented to
suSp' nd hOSIi.ii+s. To This letter Walk
rr r"I he'd that Captain Davis PROPOSE
tons were too vague. and requested q
pers' nal interview. Whereupon Captain
Davis wrote To xprcss his surprise. con
GLIDING by declining to so 10 Rrvas. The
same day Walker sent reply. staring
that he cons. Med to suspend ho>tili les.
IL" pr"EGs d to St nd two flee RS l." Capt
Davis 10 tea, provided that they can
have 81 e condlct. To this Captain DA
Wis Iesl Unted by sending pass. and
Wa ke' hppoin e General llenuing>cn
and Col. Hirrs as commissioners 10 me-
yOtln,e with Cap. Davis.
GereIaI llenningsen in his repor, says
he inr"Imed Capt. Davis that the enter.
aiming such proposition would drIrnd
On Gen. W"lkeI' being satisfied in regnId
q" the evacuation oi the livtr by Gel.
Lnckrid.e and his command. rs I'll, ir
principle mo i've tor holding RrvaS until
The last moment was the tear that he
might arrive and tiud it occupied by the
''tmemJ." BuI with regard To their pO
>III"n being desperate. they could break
Though tie cEeml's lines and march in
"ny direction I'D embark ii her 1t San
H.. Il,
"n their schooner Granada which had on
board two six ounders and store OF
aims. cartridges. powder. aumuni ion
and lead. And here is The significant
answer related by llenningsen
"On this Captain Davis at once INFORM
ed me hat it was his unutterdGle nieiermi.
nation not 10 allow the echu"ner Granada
t. leave the port. and 10 lake possession
of her rtVIUus TO his sailing 10 San Juan
d'l Sur. which must take place in a few
days that he WAS acting On instruction
rom his Supc riOrs-trom lis commander
III chief that since the out. going of the
late administration at Washington iustruc.
lions had been received from The new,
which contained nothing to induce him
to alter the course he intended 10
urSue: but that he preferred that | would
consider all this as unsaid. and that You
would consider him as acting on his own
and sole responsibility. remarked "IhaI
his resolution was n most important one
and would probably prove a determining
fact"
With regard TO the evacuation of the
San Juan river by COL. Lockridge and hi
con mand lie sale "uhat he Lad ,ntittly
satisfied himself Of The fact" Hence lht
surrender.
Walker no sooner gets safely to New
Orleans. through the interposiliun Of an
officer Of the American navy. than he an.
nounces, OF his friends do for Lin, that
he intends. in SO days. to 20 back tt
The country which he has despoiIed
viii plenty OF men and means To re.
enact the scenes, Eum the periIous conSe
quenceS al which lie could never have ts
capped. except through the aid Of our gov
rrnment Officers. THIS. OF course. il in
>o!ent hr"vsdo trying to put good fac.
upon dejeat.
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