New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-26

force on board Of her, he passed up the ver ssd toh
the yhgin by snrpnee. Thus fen ITO he Pnsseee"
$50 Mimic riAes 5000 dc. cartridges, howiszers,
mortArp, with powder she1 and shot.
Fort San Carlos mounted but t~o guns-oRe beng
small bress Pr &C. the other thirts.t~o pounder'
Il was manned by twenty-siI men, under command OF
Captain Kruger. Only sixteen OF them were well
enough 10 DO duty of whom four were on guard, the
| baisne- having retired.
On the night of Dee T. it being dark sn1 favorable
| 70 lis purpose he succeeded unDerr-ved from the
fort in landing fro the Virgin two hundred s.d hfty
Costa Rjcap. al bend in the river der the ho. OF
the hui and tao hundred yards below the fort They
were under the command of General Mora, brother
Of the President, assisted by Captain Cosby and one
| other Erghshmsn whose name we have not learned.
At this time, Spencer, who I'D previously learned
Walkers signals gave two blows of the steam whistle
which was responded to from the fort by gun, when
be gave sno.her blow of the whistle, which sgnided
that all was right. Captain Kruger, with SIX men,
| then went on board ami were taken prisoners he
then called on those 10 the fort &c surrender and on
their 80 doing they were transferred to the Virgin.
The Costa Ricaus marched in and took full and formal
possession. On the next morning, after sending his
prisoners again to the fort he wen, TO Tcro Rapids and
brought up two hundred and fifty men 10 strengthen
| bis position.
On the afternoon of the let of January all the pris
oners with the exception of two, twenty FIVE In al)
were cent down the river in buago, although u was
unsafe for one man TO pass the rapids by hat me ans
| For.nne however favored them with safe passage
| to 6reytown.
He row had everything the river save the steamer
San Carlos, whose capture, as we have before Seen,
lie had no difficulty in efectinsi and all will sg'ee,
setting sside all sympathy either ~ith Walker OF Me-
| srapua or Mora of Costa Rlea Garrison and Morgan
Sons or Vanderbilt, that the latter wss most fOrtu-
nate in his selection Of the man 70 carry out his N
| sructions.
Fealess snd detemned-even, perbsps. - 8 point
ofdesperaton yet long as be could succeed, by the
ayoidsnce Of blcodshec he did so. We, certainly,
have no great reason 70 complain OF his treatment OF
u.s. Although some of his statements wold not per-
hsps bear strict scrutiny, yet remember somewhere
to have seen written the sentiment, That in war and
| love all is fair"
| Walkers position is now far from beng pleasant
ope He has at Rivas only fron 1000 to no etiec'
tive men. A schooner, said to contain provisions Tor
his sroy was anchored at the harbor of San Juan del
Norte or GreytowD, between two Of her British MAJ
est,s men, and it was there stated, under their
protection The forts the river in possession Of
the enemy. His ammunition and boats are in posses
means are entirely cut of while at Grey town we we're
told that preparations had been made to intercept him
on the Pacific side, in connection with the operations
Of Spencer.
To il would seem that his only resource would be
to seek fafety in fight but there wanting those
whose confidence in the star of the little gray eyed
man ia still upshakep.
Some anticipate that his fret move will be on the
| Gotta Rcen capital San JOse but others, apparently
as well informed cay that it cannot be done with any
prospect of uoess he has force Of b0OO men
Others confidently ticpate the retakog of the boats
| by the force which at ast advces was 9. Punts
Arenas, ard the corr equeDt reDpepiDg of the river
But Spencer has taken all the boats up the river and
b. means Of the MYERS tributary 70 the San Juan river,
into the interior Of Costa Rcs where he has abundant
| means of defense and his orders to bow them up
this course .houd be necessary 70 prevent their cap
| ture. That he will do So no who knows Inn
| doubts.
They have ther to run the gauntlet Of Fort San Car.
los and n case of success still lacking the possession
Of the bcatr The only advantage accruing 10 Walker
will be the addition Of 800 10 his present force.
| How far his preten position is owing 10 his fsncet
security how nuch 10 his uDwoned severity 10 the
ireame Of prisoners who fell into bis hauds shooting
come who possessed the affections Of their countrymen
10 an eminent otgree dnu mus d!IeDdtS HUN NC sup
| port those who had hitherto Seen his stauucaest
hiends-'hose only sho intimately acquaiated VITA
his may judge.
| The British have in port seven meD-of. var, inolu-
sve Of of two gurbosts lresh from the Cnmea, under
command of Capt. Erskine of the Orion, and we we're
told that but short time previous the feet ccnssed
| Of fourteen.
The United States have nothing there 10 represent
their interests even TO the extent Of protest against
| the rtiieues and interferepces of other powers.
| Although we have been subjected to great incon-
ventnces 90 our passage home iu consequence OF the
ntcessity of the substitution Of the James Adger the
accommodations Of which were necessarily ID suited to
the TRIP, we must accord To the Company ali merit for
the prompttude with which they have acted.
| NARRATIVE OE A MEMBER OF WALKERS
ORIGINAL EXPEDITION.
| Charles Dougherty, one Of the original Fifty
si1" who went with Walker from San Fran.
cisco in tho brig Vesta TO Nicaragua, in June,
| 1855, Was among the passengers who arrived
| by the James Adger BE has passed through
all the vicissnudes OF field service in Nicaragua, sGd
has been in several Of the hotteet battles He w.s
at Santa Rosa under Schlessinger when rost of his
companions were shot down about him, after Schles-
.rger gave his order Of reteat; and after passing
| through teversl battles, in which he was twice
wounded he ras left with Henningssns force 10 get
| fire to Granada. Before they had completed their
tai, they were attacked by the Central American
orces. For five days they engaged in fighting;
but, being overpOwered by rumbers, they were CON-
pesd to retreat within the walls of OF the churches
they had burned where they remained for .wentyo1e
| osys They numbered over two hundred persona.