Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-04
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Gen. Moras Account of Gen. Walkers
 Surrender-Official Document.

|
 Digpatch Addressed Jyhs Gsaeral-ia- Chief ofthe
 Allied Armies, Don Jose Joaquin Mora, to Me | Central American GoUernmeats:
 l HONORABLE SIR: 1 have had the honor to give you all account of the successes of the war during the time which l held the chief com
 mand of the Central American forces; but the [ contest being terminated, wish to give sli ght recapltulaton ot the events, as well as of my
 actions, to show that my designs have met with the honorable confidence reposed in me- 1 It is notorious that from the time they ar
 rived at San George, the allied armies moved
 upon Riyas, exchanging their defensive position 1 for the more important offensive one. That
 before completely surrounding the place, I made an attempt to assault on the 23d of March, 1 in which, without exposing my men much, | | could calculate the situation, means and dec-
 sion of the enemy. Certain, now, that 1t would be necessary to waste a great deal of Central American blood in order to take the plaza by
 assault, l resolved to make the siege as con- pete the force upon which 1 depended
 would allow. The successes which followed
 show whether the positions l ordered to be oc- | Cupled in the line of decentralization were ef- Actively chosen.
 The flibusters found 1t an impossiblty from
 the first, to go out of the plaza and seek pro7s
 visions and forage-their distressed position increasing every day; and not only caused
 the cordon to be confined by taking new and
 always closer positions to Rivas; but uniting
 these positions by flying columns which hover-
 cf around continually supplied, with these the necessity Of troops to cover so extended a line. Requiring more artillery, caused two twen- ty-tour pouuders to be brought in the steamers
 and ordered them to be placed in battery on the most suitable places to Lombard the city, With tho object of giving no quarter to the
 enemy, 1 directed small attacking parties to
 rally form their forts at night, who spread alarm
 in the city and gave no rest to the tilbusters,
 at the same time that they strewed by the side
 of the trenches the procIamatons of the most excellent the President of Costa Rca, in which he promised pardon and free passage to North
 America to those who would abandon the ini-
 quitous cause. This produced numerous assertion.
 On the 11th of A prl wished to repeat a similar, but more serious attack, to the one of the 23d of March; having been informed by 1 Wm. Walkers deserters that he was in an ex-
 tremely reduced state. We commenced the assault at 3 o'clock in the morning. with one l thousand men, under the command of General
 Maximo Jeroz, leaving our post conveniently
 garrisoned. Our soldiers attacked in a spirited ! lSCSSSotOi
 house, into which two companies of Costa Ri-
 cans entered. But, at daybreak, the enemy
 having succeeded in resisting the attacks direct
 ed against them on the opposite line by the | Guatemaaus, healed by Col. Villalobos. and | being strongly fortified, charged with all their | force and artillery, by the Costa Ricans, cutting
 off the companies which were in Coles house, i between that and line of fortified houses. (of 1 the existence of which the deserters had given
 me no account,) and which were at right angles | to the one attacked by my men. It was about l nine o'clock in the morning when General
 Jerez explained to me the situation, telling me
 at the same time that it might be possible to | take Rvas, but at the cost of much blood. I 1 immediately ordered retreat, which was af
 iected in the best order. The two companies
 which were ill Coles house proved to have
 been under the enemy's fire, having left some
 wounded, and others behind in the house, who
 remained prisoners. It is true we suffered
 heavy loss that day, but it did not exceed in
 great degree that of the 23d of March,
 On the 26th of April the condition of the
 flibusters was desperate Acceding to the re- 1 quest of MT. Chas. II. Davis commander of
 the United States sloop-of-war St. Marys. I
 had permitted the women and children to leave
 the plaza: and about two huudered of Walkers
 satellites deserted immediately afterwards.- Until then, perceived an error which had been
 common to us all The flibusters counted with
 force much uperior in number to what we be.
 ieved. Afte his great losses and notable de-
 sertion there still remained to him six hundred
 fighting men. But he was without provisions,
 and had not strength to brenk our line. 1 On the 27th, 18th and 18th of April, a con-
 tinous fire from my batteries struck panic
 into the besieged
 | Commander Charles H. Davis, knowing by
 thls time the extremity to which the plaza was
 reduced, and wishing to save his countrymen. came to my camp, and interposed his friendly
 mediation to oblige Walker to surrender Rivas without any other considerations than the par. don of his life, and those of his accomplices. | It was impossible for me not to accede to the | noble request Of the estimable Commander;
 and l authorized him to make known to Wal | ker that he must surrender.
 The elements of war existing in the plaza
 and the schooner San Jose, with everything on
 board, were to be delivered to me.
 1 The leader of the flibustcrs obeyed, on con- 1 dition of the preservation of his useless life. | Not wishing to sacrifice more lives, resolv.
 ed to draw the cordon closer and closer, until ! obtaining the surrender of the plaza | h the afternoon of the 1st of May, the Costa RiCan and Guatemalian divisions entered Riyas