The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-05

Waller, The Hillihaatsr /,

walker, tAs Hillibasssr.
Wake. has returned home n I'm his Mic
arseuan exploits il = most ignoble manner, .
utterly defeated in ali his plans, alter having
caused the death Of thousands and spread
ruia and dssola,ion In his track, and finally
forced to surrender himself prisonsr TO
the authorities Of his own country. Arr
wing thus II New Orleans. lie has Il once
become . lion, and il 10 nov boldly pro-
caimed that he will ere lonE return 10 the
theatre OF his late scsion With . force Of
thousands, 10 re-ensct The scenes o. vio-
lence and bloodshed. II ~ be seen
whether the present ADM is,rat,on will
rig,dly enforce the neutralit' laws. " "per
nit our purts TO be made tn recruiting sta.
tons for the gangs Of rol oerr and cut
throats who may contemp tie descent
upon a neietboring State whisow
are at peace" The history u Walkers
exploits in Nicaragua are not such ~ 10
70 commend him rs conquei OF and founder
Of new empires. He appears AZ destitute
Of ability - Of honesty and humanity.
Abou, two years ego. says tie Nex York
Tribune, Walker sailed from San Francisco
with some sixty men, engaged TO serve 80
m srcenary soldiers In the civil war then
pending In Nicaragua. He arrived At Re.
alaio In June. 1855, where he was joined
by about 100 men from Leon. N the service
Il sf o a. Sc b.N E8r,A ...tt
out After some unsuccessful operation
he was driven to take refuge at San Juan
del Sur, where he was joined BY some I'd.
d ianal recruit from falItortis. Ry the
time the Transit Company seeWs 10 have
made up its mind 70 engage IN the war, aud
BY tho help u their steamers. Walker aud
the natives 18th whom ne acted succeeded
in surprising GRANADA, which led, Ia the
then Exhausted state " the country, q the
Submission Of the oppos tic faction, and the
acknow lccgmens Of the party With ~hich
Walker rc'ed ss the legitimate and undis
% ed Government. Undeg Ibis new ar.
ruagement, completed about he end q
Ociober, 1855, Walker, who was recognized
a. Commander inch oi the forces o. The
new Government, was A. Dnce raised 10
position Of great influence AMI importance
and had he p1ssessei iaieA or even com
mon sense, he might easily have malntsine,
himself IA the substantial tonir1l 81 Nica
raguan AFFAIR.". especially ~ by The old q
IN. Trans,t Company, aud the advance ii
money. Wms and outfits by capitalists 10
N. York, New Ofiean aud San Francisco
b. was soon placed al the head OF su army
OF an adventur.rs more than one Thousand
srosg
Walker, however, was In hurry 10 In
flrh himself, and not waiting Tor the sloa
progress of the sales VI eonfscate1 estate.
aud not content with what could | c got ID
the way OF contributions levied upon thu
weather. aasises aud The foreign merchant.
res dent ia Nicaragua, under pretense o
certain sums Of money due by the Transi
Company 10 the Nicaraguan Government,
he bounced at once upon al the lake am
river boats OF his old confeaeratcs. N,
Transit Company. whirh through his agen
Randolph, he attempted 10 sell - capitalist,
here Tor his awr private benefit. This coa)
against the Transit Company was followe.
up by another against the native party il
whose service Walker had originally en-
tered the country native President
being uncercmoniously displaced and Walk
er proclaming himself President.
From the time Of this occurrence, which
took place on the 12,h OF July last, the
whole career Of Walker, VINO was alread,
involved in a war with Costa Ria and IN,
viher Central American States, has beer
nothing but one series ot rnbbcries. mur
ders, disasters and mlseries. in the course o
wasded 10 him BY has dnpes and coapera
tors ~ the United States, wete reduced Il
the miserable band of some two hundred
desperadoes. with whom, tt.ak, 10 he ri.
sge afforded him b. .tHsriean ship-of.
~ar-sent thitber. il auula rem, for that
express rnrres. -he has tes enabled TO
escape out VI the country. tie began with
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men anu monay pFotusey sntF4ted = him
from the Umtea Ststes, III H. course o, slx
or seyen moa,ns lie .s.st everything r,.,
ar 80
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Msha9uss INN ifoa Masasa, then iroin
Gfanads, sh.eh eity. 0e o.. leaving IL, h.
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