Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-12-29


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| Cumberland Md raining.
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Barometer at the Smithsonian, 20 $50.
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The Return Of the Filibusters.
From our mails we gather some interesting
| particulars In relation to the breaking up of
| Walkers third flibustering expedition:
| The Wabash arrived of Greytown on the 9Th
fhe next day. Commodore Paulding hoisted his
| flag on the Fulton, and Immediately set about
| his Preparations to capture w alker and his men
| whom She found encamped on Punta Arenas II
| appears that the Commodore had received by the
| was on the afternoon of the 3d-a most presump-
| tuous letter from Walker, in which the writer
| styled himself - President Of Nicaragua and
Commander chief Of the Army of Nicaragua u
| Chatard and his officers for pfesuming to qurs-
ton his rights as sovereign Of the country, &c 4;
and among other things asseveIated that when he
threatened Lieutenant Cilley of the Saratoga that
| he would shoot him If he came near his head
| quarters, The lieutenant was without his uniform
and consequently he had no right to claim that
ne was United states naval officer In this
| letter Walker avowed his intention of asserting
| his right as President of Nicaragua, by force OF
| arms, if necessary. .E
On the 18th, Com. Pauldine sent through Ca Mt
Engle, Of the Wabash, the following reply:
| UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP WABASH,
| W San Juan del NOTts, Dec. Z. 1857 (
| Sir: Your letter of Nov. 30 was received at As
| pinwall, and sent with my dispatches to the
| Government That of December I'd came to hand
| Yesterday. - 49,
These letters surprised me with their tone of
| audacity and Justification of facts,
| Your rude discourtesy, in speaking Of Captain
Chaard, Of the Saratoga, ] pass without COM
| ment. The mistake he made was in not driving
| You from Punta Arenas, when you landed there
| In defiance of his guns
In occupying the Point Arenas, and assuming
It to be the Headquarters Of the army of Nicars-
qua, and you its Commander in Chief, you and
your associates being lawless adventures de-
| ceive no one by their absurdity.
| Lieutenant Cilly. Of the Saratoga, informs me
that he was In uniform, and you say that he was
| in plain clothes when you threatened to shoot
| him. While you such threats IL NAV be of
Some Importance for you TO know that If any per-
son belonging TO my command shall receive in
| jury from your lawless violence, the penalty to
| yOn SHAH he tribute to humanity
| Now, sir, you and your fellows are here in vi
| olation OF the laws Of the United states, and
greatly to its dishonor, making war upon a peo
pie with whom we at peace; and for the
| sake of humanity, public and p ivate justit
| az well as what is due TO the DoH0r and integrity
OF the government of the United States com
| Inand YOU and the people associated here with
you, tn surrender your arms without delay, and
| embark in such vessels as may provide for that
| purpose
am sir. very respectfully, your obedient ser
| want, s- 10 Ii. PAULDING,
-, Flag Officer, Com ding y s. Home Squadron
| TO Gen. WIN. WALKER ..... ....e-
| Commodore Paulding had previously bloct
| AIDED the mouth of the San Juan, so that there
was no chance for the escape Of the hIibusters
| On the 9th the broadside Of the Saratoga was
| brought 10 hear on General Walkers camp Cap
| tain Engle had the day before received his writ
ten orders as to the aning and disposition of the
| launches He was directrd TO land when he
| should be at a. convenient distance from the
| shore, with small arms, and Immediately To pre-
| sent the letter and summons above referred to
la case OF resistance, he was directed to seize the
| prlnci pal officers irst using only just SO much
| force as was necessary to accomplish his. pr-
| pose. Everything being ready 100 marines from
| The w abash, and $50 sailors from the Wabash
dons sea making the feat very dinicult Of accom-
| plisbment-yet the utmost egularity and the
most perfect discipline were observed through
| out The scene, with the many boats dancing
on the waves full of armed men, the lauuc hes
| with their l2.pound howitzers, the three wa.
ships Of the United States. and the British line
of-battle ship. Brunswick in the harbor, was
| magnificent. The land ing was effected without
| the slightest accident There was no appearance
| OF any contemplated resistance the part Of
| Walker When Captain Engle stepped forward,
and presented his dema nd for the surrender Gen
w. replied at once: 80 Captain Engle, am nm
| der your oTders", .'s..- =. .... =
SOME seventy men were Immediately embark
ed on the Fulton aud Saratoga-Walker on :be
| former vessel. Some twenty to thirty more sIId
| away into the bushes; but were most of them re-
captured by a detachment sent out by Captain
| Engle. '..,frs.... ......... ...-
1 Just as Walker hauled down his fac. the river
| steamer Charles Morgan hove In sight She was
Immediately taken possession OF by Commodore
Paulding. She was under command of one of
walkers officers, who went up the Colombo
with Col. Anderson, and had on board about 40
men, women, and children, found in Fort Cas-
tillo at the time of it's capture day or two he
| fore, by Anderson. She had on board two de.
serters from ABderson's force, one Of whom was
under sentence Of death, and who undoubtedly
would have been shot had Walker not been COM
PEELED to surrender. #r...y ,I.grlsI : =.
ltaPpears that Anderson, AFTER encamping on
Leafs Island, at the junction Of the Colorado
with the San Juan, dispatched twenty men of
his forty-seven, five miles up the river, where
| they landed on the Costa Rica side on the place
OF COSTA flcan by the name Of Limo Pataca
whole force assembled the river to the vicinity Of
Castillo In the fiat bottomed boats BROUGHT ont
by the Fashion. Landing, they marched on the
fort, which was taken by SUNRISE and with Ijt
lie or no resistance. Ii is said that two of the
gaerisol were killed Ii was under command of
Col AIvarado, and was nearly deserted only the
forty persons named being found in il, the main
portion having gone mp to Fort san Carlos.
When Walker was told by the Commodore m
the Fulton that be was TO be sent to the States on
the saratoga, he was very much agitafed and
begged hard TO be sent on some other vessel.
There was very bitter feeling existing between
walker and Capt Chatard and his officers, as
we'll as between Walkers officers and men and
the efficefs and men on the Saratoga 80 bitter
indeed, that had Capt. ChstaId, before the a r,
rival Of the Commodore. offered to modest ~ alb
er, conflict would have been the result. This
was the reason that Wake objected 30 sire mo-
tn going home In his vessel nid the Commos,. a
,ally agreed to receive ! I'm on board the Tvs
bush He gave Commodore Pauldin writ On
pledge TO repair to New York in the irst steamer
and to deliver himself into the hands of the M
Marshal there, ADD upon this pledge, he was
sai p%sa ~ 20 90 On shore al A'Pnwal Until the
A passenger states that on the passage nm n.