Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-04-25
lFrom the Louisville Courier of april l2.l
Experiences ofFilibustering In nNioaraoua

lfrom the Louisville Courier of 4 pril l21
Experiences Of fFilibustering in Nicaragua
MIR. Charles II. Bull. iste in the service
OF Gen. Walker, arrived in this city on We'd
nesday night. He left here August 9Th
and, on his arrival in Nicaragua, was placed
IN the ranger service the most arduous but
heaIthiest IN that army. He did faithful
duty until January 25ih, when he and two
companions, like bimself dissatisfied, were
sent out Tor beef. IL was the opportunity
they desired. and they took "Frenoh leave"
ana made their way into the milds of Costa
ltlca. They had but small chunk of beef
on which they subssted for Two DAYS. On
ihc third they found stray mule which was
Killed. About forty pounds of this meat
was divided out. 1t was used until il be,
came not only tninted, but full of mappots.
Think of that, ye lovers of delicate dainties!
Yet this putrid meat to starving man was
a choice morsel! After wandering in the
mountans, often having to cut their way
with a .machete" "a big knifel through the
dense chapparel, the sight Of a rancho clad
dened their eyes. There were some fifty
soldiers occupyingit The chief officer gave
thema cordial reception, and what was more
revlving, good food. After brief rest they
proceeded to Guanacasta,f forty miles distant
They were deprived of the mules and wea.
pons here, but allowed to sell the equip
ments, saddles, &C., for which FIVE dollars
apiece was received. Il was q god d-send.--
Thence the men marched on foot to Basson,
seventy miles, over trail path.
Bull was very i'll, weak dispirited and
desparing. He could not keep pace, and
his companions had to abandon him 10 his
fate. Conscious, however, if he fatered he
was lost, he nervcd himself for the task, md
Mt night would reach the companions of his
flight again. In about three DAYS they
reached Basson. The natives furnished
them with bungoes, in which they hoated
down n river one hundred miles TO Punta
Arenas on the Pacific. Ball was very in,
and out Of his mind here for four davs, but
recovered his health sufficiently TO start for
San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, distant
eighteen miles, where they were directed to
go.
They walked On reaching there they
applied to the American Consul who re-
fused 10 assist them, and characterized them
as outlaws. The Prussian Consul, Manning,
to his honor be it spoken exerted himself and
relieved them as we'll as others who had fled
from Walk r. President Mora sent out wine
and cigars,a and he, as we'll as all the Costa Ri
cans, bestowed every kindness. The Peru
rlnn Minister sent them two ounces Of gold,
and Costa Rican gentleman gave them as
much more. Even the little children, affect
cd by their sad looks and situation, would
approach them timidly and present them
with small coins. The native women ten
dered their sympathy with the grace and
Gelicacy Of true women.
From San Jose they were sent back to
Punta Arenas, and allowed money for ex
penses. There the Government paid their
board for two weeks. On the arrival of the
steamship Panama, they. with 1874 others,
who had ilocked in, in the meantime, left
for their own counlry. The Costa Ricnn
government paid their entire expenses. $75
eac.i-lo Now Orleaus or New York as
they wished.
The whole people seem 10 cherish no an.
imosity against any ofthe 6libuster soldiers
but Walker. They believe the men are de-,
luded, and deceived by him and spectators
who thus traffic in human life to gratifysmo-
tlves of srlIishness and cupility. Walker
is naturally an object of execraton, and if
they catch him his fate will be Terrible
Mr.. Bull shows bv his appearance what he
has undergone. lie says he has lost forty
pounds of flesh since he left Kentucky. But
heis glad to get back safe with what is left
Of him.
TIRED OF FREEDoM Hon. L. w. Ken.
nedy, OF Columbia, Tennessee, three years
since, emancipated thirty slaves, who went
TO Liberia. One of them. Cyrus, got tired
of this country, and coming back to Amer
lea, tried Ohio as place of residence. The
freedom there, however, did not suit him.
and on Monday last he returned to Colum-
hia. and resumed his position as slave,
having tried freedom and found it wanting
in those comforts he experienced at his old
home.
In the Washington Union is published
an army order Of consi cradle importance.
BY this, Gen. Harney, who has been at the
head of the military force in Florida, is or.
dered with sixteen companies Of infantry to
Fort Leayenworlh, Kansas. One detach-
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