Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-06-02

Of the formerly breaking up the steam enginefan
and eupalo Of the foundry, and throwing the aEmu
milton Of powder into the arsenal yard wells This
order was duly executed by 1t. Coils SWingle and
Potter, respectively, at the head Of the Ordnance
and Arsenal departments. In this manner were
destroyed, in the Arsenal, two underground brass
hOwitzers, three six-pounder iron guns, four light
ron tWelvepOUnder mOrars, four brass guns, taken
from the enemy, viz fOur-pounder and three
hve-pounder guns. In the Ordnance office, fifty live
thousand cartridges, three hundred thousand caps,
one thousand five hundred pounds powder. There
remained undestroyed ffty-ive shells, three hun
bred and twenty four pound shot, fired into Rivas BY
the enemy two hundred and forty six-p0und shot,
cast OF iron, from the enemys from bell-metal or
from lead
About o'clock in the afternoon Capt Davis,
with Gen Zavala, who was to escort YOU both
through his lines to San Juan, repaired to your
headquarters at Rivas, and proceeded from thence
with Capt. Davis and Dr. Taylor Sturgeon Of the
St. Marys) to the lower pisza where 1 ordered the
garrison to be formed and caused your general order
No. So to be read to them. l then addressed them
to the effect that they were now BY your order trans
ferred to the control Of Capt Davis and to the pro-
lection of the United States flag andthat expected
they would yield to any United States officer, he
should appoint, the same implicit obedience till
reaching Panama, to their own COMMANDMENT
chief
then presented Capt. Davis, who expressed to
LleLn the nope LiaL Officers anu WOuu de-l
in the execution of his arduous task. BE then
transferred the command, till his return, the fol
lowing day, to DR.. Taylor, Surgeon Of the St.
Mary's) who directed them to deliver up their arms
to him in the ordnance Office The state Of the gar
risOn when delivered to United States officers
was as follows:
Wounded and sick, inand out Of Hospital,
Surgeons and Hospital Attendants, 173
Native prisoners, 102
Officers, non commissioned officers and privates
exclusive Of sixteen accompany you to San
Juan l48
Employees Of Departments and armed citizens So
Native soldiers, 40
On returning to you headquarters with Capt
Davis and It. Col Swingle, we found that you had
left with your staff, accompanied by Gen. Zavala for
San Juan del Sud, where the same night 1 Joined
you on board the st, Alarys, and verbally made to
you this report, which, by your farther orders, l
hereby reduce to writing, and subscribe
[Signedl CHARLES FREDERIcK HENxINGsEx,
Major General.
THE CAPITULATION OF MANUFACTURERS OF THE
COSTA RICASs.
In the Aspinwall Courier of the 18th inst we find
the following interesting items Ofnews from Nicara-
qua
Walker capitulated to the Costa Rcans on the LIST
May, having nearly three hundred men and but two
days Professionally the term Of capitulatiOn they
were allowed to leave Riyas with their side arms,
and the men sent home at the expense Of Costa
Rica.
The fllibusters in Nicaragua are now to be Of a
different class than for some time PASTOR while
to come, at least We learn from GreytOWn through
correspondent at that place, under date Of May
4th, the various parties Of Costa Ricans Leoneses
Granadians, Chamorrstas Sc, openly discuss their
respective accounts from the seat Of war, and the
manner in which the Costa Ricans are endeayoring
to aggrardize to themselves all the benefits Of Wal
kers expulsion and the introduction Of British CAPT
tai and British influence. The Nicaraguans Of all
parties are loud in denunciations Of course Of the
Costa Rican representative and say they are almost
convinced that they will have to choose between
the Costa Ricans and the fIibusters as their mas
| ters, and if so, they should prefer the latter.
On the night Of the 18th, Lieut.. Strain, Of the
Darien expedition note, died at the Aspinwall House.
in this city, and next day he was buried at Mount
Hope Cementery