Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-28
rHE FORTUNES OF WALKER AND FOLLOWERS.

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By the arrival of the steamer Tennessee at New
York, from Aspinwall we have accounts from San
Juan del Sur to March 7th and from Greytown to
the same date. Walker remains at Riyas with
about 600 effective men, and his position has by no
means improved The Costa Ricans are in force at
San Jorge their numbers being estimated at 1900
men, and Walker has made two attempts to dis
lodge them, both of which signally failed On,the
he led two hundred his men in person with the
intention of surprising the places but his plans were en-
trey frustrated by the mutnous conduct Of the troops
They found the enemy entirely off their guard The
of Jorge we're empty and the garrison in the
pazaasleep but coming within shot the barbados
Walkers refused to advance further Neither
ner threats had any effect upon them A few finally
volunteered to storm the place, and, advancing with
Walker to the barricades fred them The garrison
however, was by this time aroused, and, under heavy
fire of musketry and cannon Walker was obliged to draw
of his and return to Riyas. On the morning of the
7th Walker marched with three field pieces San Jorge
and cannonaded the place at hundred yards distance
for several hours, and then retired to Rivas
In addition to the mutnous conduct of his men, Walker
has to apprehend constant flank movements on the part
of the Costa Ricans which may cut him off entirely from
communication with the On the 4h of March
detachment of forty of his left Rvas for San Juan
del Sur, and upon their return when about six miles
from San Juan, met by force of three hundred
Costa Ricans, who compelled them retire with
loss In the mean time the Sierra Nevada arrived from
San Francisco with seventy five recruits, e PARTY
thus reinforced marched again the It'll. Their fate
remains unknown, the Sierra Nevada sailed the
same day for Panama On the 9th cannonading was
heard in the direction of Riyas and prevailed
in San Juan when the steamer left that the Costa Rcans
taking advantage of the departure Of portion of Walkers
force had attacked Rvss in large numbers but had been
repulsed with loss of four hundred men,
On the Atlantic side the renforeements for Walker
under Lockrdge and Titus, after taking Serapqui, as
previously announced have met with check at Cas-
o about forty miles further up San Juan river The
Costa Rcans had fortified themselves here in the old fort
of San Juan de Dos and became necessary dsodge
them before proceeding up the rapids which obstruct
this part of the river Lockridge accordingly moved up
with all his force and assigned Col Titus of general
notoriety leader in Kansas the duty of landing and
attacking the place in the with force of hundred
andy men, while he cannenaded it in front Lockridge
performed his part of the work in asprted manner
and captured the J. N. Scott from under the
guns of the fort. Titus his arrival at the village,
found in ruins and having learned that the garrison
in the fort was small sent to the commander demand
for surrender The flag returned with proposition for
an armistce for twenty-our hours after which, if the
garrison should receive reinforcements the coman-
der would deliver up the place and surrender the
prisoners of war Strange to say this proposition
agreed to by Titus and his rested their arms
while the Costa Rcans had free communication with the
river above the rapids and by that with Fort San
Carlos The consequence of this arrangement that
the Costa Ricans Immediately received reinforcemens
and before the armstice had expired marched out in
force upon Titus, who without firing shot, at
dered retreat which degenerated into wild and
panic-stricken fight.
The discounted flibusters took refuge on Carlos
Island several miles below the Castillo Rapids where
they have fortified themselves and where they still re-
main, waiting renforcements. The coWardice of Titus
has excited such universal indignation that he has
signed his commissis l6r .ssSas, where it-irare
suued his reception Al.ftee rather clAning orc
Thus matters remain III this part Of the field of opera
tons in Nicaragua and it is hardly probable that any
enterprise viii be attempted until reinforcements for
Walker arrive better of ascending the river are
secured to Lockrdge His present force is estimated at
three hundred and fifty men, and assertions would
daily if the had any certainty of escaping to the
On both sides of the sthus the prospects of
Walker seem to grow and more gloomy by each
rival.-NesO York Post