The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-06-13
NicAraguhs
Hoto Walker ani his men eseopea-7hs fam
ias at Risas-Eating Males, Uo-ses, Cats

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ias at Rigas-Eating Mules, Uorses, Cats
and Dogs.
Gen. Henningson, COL Titus and one d.
vision Of the army Of Nicaragua have ar
rived in New York. One of the reporters Of
the 1raburse visited the former and derived
some Information in regard to the evacua-
ton OF the country by Walker. The report
| er states:
Since the last advices received here from
General Walker, the Allies made an attack
~ the intrenchnents at Rivas, With force
! Of 9, 500 men The assault lasted six hours,
and was hotly contested throughout. AZ
near as could be ascertained, the enemy LOST
400 killed and wounded, including 80 pris.
| oners taken by General Walker; one can
non belonging to the Allies fell into tho
hands OF the iillibuster. Walkers toia. i1ss
in this engagement, in killed and wounded,
| did not exceed 80 or 60 men.
From this time until the second week in
April, when Gen. Mora arrived and assumed
command Of the Allies, no offensive opera
tions, TO speak OF, took place On either side.
On the l lth of that month, the Allied forces,
led on, it was said, by deserters from tho
fillibuster camp, made desperate attack on
| Gen. Walkers entertainments, and succeed.
ed in gaining possession at one time Of the
| lower pldLd. <iDOtl ole UnTlTeU anu
| had entered that portion of the town, when
Gen. Henningsen succeeded in bringing 3
guns to bear upon them, which moved
them down with great slaughter About
half Of them escaped, and the remainder be-
ing surrounded were obliged to surrender.
After good deal Of hard fighting the enemy
was repulsed, but not without cOntestinS
the ground inch by inch. One hundred and
rig in oil in be hon
Of General Walker after the fighting was
over.
The hopes Of the flibusters were greatly
sustained by the constant expectation Of re.
lief from Col. Lockbridge and party, on tho
San Juan river and were daily looked for.
OF course no correct intelligence could be
obtained respecting his situation and pros.
poets, as all Of the avinues of approach from
that quarter were in the hands of the allies.
But as day after day no news came from the
San Juan, the garrison in Riyas began to
to despair, and were fast losing their spirits,
when information was received that Captain
Davis Of the u. ;. sloop of war, st. Marys,
had seized the schooner Grenada, containing
half Of Gen. Walkers ammunition.
Then, in view Of the hopeless prospect
before them, the design Of retiring from tho
country began to be entertained. Mean.
time Captain Davis proceeded to the seat OK
war, and endeavored TO urge the contending
party To come to terms. Gen Walker, after
prolonged and painful consultation with his
officers, concluded 10 enter into stipulations
with Captain Davis, and he subsequently,
surrendered to him as an officer Of the L. :.
government. The allies were not named in
the instrument. BY full understanding
however, the retiring forces were not mo-
Tested by them--one Of the Costa Rican ge-
nerals attending Walker and his staff thro'
the line Of the enemy, hostage as it were.
AT the instance of Captain Davis, the wo.
men and children, numbering about seventy,
were removed from the camp on the Goth Of
April The formal capitulation took place
on the 30th Of the same month, and tho
troops set out on the march to San Juan del
Sur on the 1st Of May.
The whole number Of Walkers men at
the time Of the surrender was four hundred
and scventy-five; of these two hundred
and sixty, including officers, were effective,
one hundred and seycnty.iye were on tho
sick and wounded list, and forty were na.
tiVes.
Provisions had bean exceedingly scarce
during the whole month Of April, and tho
men had lived chiefly on mule and horse
meat nearly all that time. Dogs, cats and
other animals were sometimes killed to fur.
nish novelty. General Henningsen de.
scribes horse flesh as quite passable--when
one can get nothing better.
The enemy, the General states, had suf.
fered much from desertions and on the lst
of May could not have had more than two
thousand five hundred available men about
Rvas. He thinks that, had Gen. Walker
held out two weeks longer, scarcely shad-
ow would have been lett of the Allies.