The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-12-22
FURTHER FROM WALKERS ELL
TnTrsTER EXPEDITION.

The Fashion appeared off Greytown on
the Oath of Noyember-made no attempt to
enter, but kept on her way down the coast.
On arriving at the mouth of the Colorado,
about twenty miles from Greytown, she
came to and landed As of the fllibusters.
The next day she appeared again Oft Grey
town, and under a full head of steam ran
into the harbor, close by-under the very
guns of the United States sloop-of-war
Saratoga-laid along side of an old hulk,
near the warehouse, and before the guns of
the Saratoga were or could be manned and
brought to bear, the fillibusters, with Walk
err at their head, scrambled over the side of
the hulk, and from thence to dry land. One
hundred and forty one, all told, landed on
the hulk, on the point opposite Greytown'
making 166in all They are all armed with
Minnie rifles.
The party of As, landed at the mouth OF
the Colorado, is commanded by Capt. Frank
Anderson, one of the original fifty
who went from California with Walker in
his first invasion of Nicaragua. Upon land
ing, the party Immediately proceeded up
the Colorado to its junction with San Juan
twenty miles from Greytown, and took pos
session of Leaps Island, small island in
the river owned by man of the same NAME
a British subject. At this point the party
divided. Twenty of the men were sent five
miles up the river and stationed themselves
at a point called Fort Anderson, on the
plantation of Senior Pataca, Spanish sub
iect, on the Costa RIGA side. Walkerwould
make no attempt to advance without addl-
lions to his party. A steamer from Savan-
nah and brig from Galveston were daily
expected with other fillibusters.
| Walker landed 60 barrels pork, so barrels
beef, 80 barrels -four, l cask sugar. cask
rice, sacks coffee and 2 boxes ammunltIon'
enough to last only few weeks.
The frigate Wabash, Commodore Pau'd-
ing's flag ship, left this port at two O'clock
yesterday for Greytown. If the reinforce
ments expected do not arrive before the
Wabash reaches Greytown they will be in
terrupted-they will never land.
Walkers Officers arc Col. Bruno, Col.
Swingle, Capt. Fayssoux and Col. Hough'
DR.. Kelum is at the head of the medical
staff Public opinion and feeling, native
and foreign, at Greytown as we'll as here, is
strong against Walker. The general i'm
preston is that he will be starved out in six
weeks. Immediately on landing his men,
Walk er took possession Of the warehouse of
the Transit Company, and began to appro-
pirate lumber. They were ordered off by
Capt. Chatard, of the Saratoga, and they
took possession of some native huts. On
the Fashions papers being overhauled, it
was found that she regularly cleared from
the custom-h house at Mobile.
Lieut.. Cilley attempted to land on the
point with two men, On cunning excursion.
He was ordered off by Walker. Cilley re-
piled that he was an American citizen and
had as good right there as Walker. Walk
| er answered-"I have here $50 men to your
two. Ifyou do not leave Immediately Twill
arrest you" Cilley left.
A correspondent of the New York Times
writes:
There were four small boats about SCOTS
ship-yard which w alkor had taken posses
sion of. The day the Fashion left, Walker
sent one of those boats up the river San
Juan, to endeavor to intercept the Costa
Rican mail boat, said to have on board S.
600 in money.
| Walker planted two of his sslone star"
flags over the buildings he occupied in
Punta Arenas on landing. He landed six
field pieces, and the men were d;iy drilling
each one with his rife.
The men were nearly all robust, strong
fellows, who seemed to have no very clear
idea of Il g work tho would have to perform.
| The New York Journal of Commerce, on
the authority of a private letter, states that
when Walker and his men attempted to
seize the boats referred to by the Times
correspondent Captain Chatard, of the
Saratoga, interfered and obliged him to re-
| linquish them. Walker then seized SCOTS
schooner. (the schooner sent out from here
during the former difficulties, sold to the
local government and never paid for. resold
by Walker to Scott and since claimed by
the original owner) and commenced dis
mantling her to obtain materials for floats
and RATS. The Saratoga again interrered,
and file of marines with loaded muskets
soon obliged the workmen to desist. Walker
was then ordered to give up possession of
SCOTS houses and grounds, which order he
reluctantly obeyed, moving further up and
fixing his head quar- tiers at the pilots house.
Both the United States and British naval
authorities are determined to prevent, if
possible the landing of reinforcements.
q "Ion," of the Baltimore Sun, gives
some figures relative to the cost of the pub
lie buildings now in progress of erection at