The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-11
NARRATIVE OF THE EVENTS WHICH LED To
THE EVACUATION OF RIvAs.

hold out, for want of provisions, entered
into treaty with Capt. Davis, of the Uni
ted States sloop of war st. Mary's to cvac-
uate Rivas, and either destroy or turn over
to the Captain, all arms, ammunition, &C.,
providing he (Walker,) with sixteen of his
officers, should be allowed to leave Rivas
with side-arms, and be conducted TO Pana-
ma with the remnant of his army, on board
Of thu st. Mary's. This agreement was
ratified by Gen. IIenningscn and Col. J..
| L. Waters. Tho fillibusters thcreupon
evacuated Rivas on the lst of May, and
set sail for Panama on the I'd, having first
destroyed large quantity Of cartridges,
several field pieces, howitzcrs, shells &C.,
six Of the field pieces .being those Which
had been taken from the enemy. Before
leaving Rivas, all the sick and wounded
were removed, and sent to San Juan del
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Gen. 1Icnningsen was left in Rivas for
the purpose of delivering over the post to,
and exchange ratificalions with, Cap. Da.
Wis and Gen. Walker. None Of the allies
intcrfercd at all, and in no case was there
word exchanged with them, except some
few words of courtesy between Gen. Zavala
of the Salvadorian army, which passed at
Capt. Davis quarters. Gen. Walker en-
tered into this arrangement with Capt. Da
Wis in order to obtain transit to the Allan
tic Coast for the purpose Of operating from
that side, Capt. Davis having assured him
that Col. Lockrdge had totally abandoned
the enterprise OH the river. Gen. Walker
had been likewise notified that Capt. Davis
contemplated sczing the schooner Granada
which was Walkers main chance to sue
ccss-and that he would not, on any ac-
count, permit her to leave the harbor.-
Upon hearing of this, and seeing the fal
lacy of fighting against such fearful odds,
Gen. Walker gave instructions to cammand-
er Faysoux not to resist if resistance would
be clearly unfavorable, or if the command
er of the {" ST. Mary's" was disposed to use
his forces against her. Subsequently to
this Capt. Davis sent one hundred men to
take possession of the schooner. The
Nicaraguan flag was then taken from the
masthead and the American colors were
run up to the peak. The schooner was
then delivered over to tho care of Jamai-
ca negro named Murray-tle same who
figured conspicuously in the Greytown
rows.
After the evacuation of Rivas by Walker
and his army, the allied. Generals formed
retrcating force, and tried to obtain de-
serters from Walkers ranks. All this while
the native tribes, the allied rebel factions,
and the Democratic party" were calling
upon Walker to remain and take command
of the forces again, anticipating. as they
constantly are, serious conflicts with the
allies. These requests continued up to the
time Of Walkers sailing in the st. Mary's,
and every overture and induccmcnt was
held out to him to remain, but all to no
purpose, as he told them that he could not
trust any man, or set of mon, who had
once proved treacherous TO him. Most of
the desertcrs from Walkers ranks, are
men who have since proved to have borne
the worst characters in the United States or
California, and, since going into the enc
my's ranks, have fallen in very great dis
repute there also.-W. Y. Express.
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A singular fact has been recently devel-