New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-23

most b. loved of al rleni AIS1i IH's IN '"eJ -
witt to the bar1oon, and, raising ne g'A-e offered
the fol owing toas.: "Gentemen here 20 t1e eau
"ud the man Who made the cause tmeanins "akerl,
"spd God en- the msn who woat hight for tie
cause - AID be left.
Then learned tia; eleven OF our passengers. having
gone TO Walkers quarters 10 gvt pass Tor themselves
and come poo liberated soldiers unable even to walk,
had found there GIL Saunders, who received them 10
ri. u,ual brutal and pIofane way, and drive them on
with many cures.
,Y,tEtR's DEPARTURE FOR hVAs.
Ah,r, four o'clock Walker started off for Rivas,
- 400 80 Leaving some 40 q, San Juan del SIR.
Saunders followed but room came BACK eno lei thiee
~ .,,. .sop the las. time over his horses head.
a., n,ka,ds never yet hurt and the sand sJt at
San Juan.
uana an bour after some tumut attracted our a.
,.ntiou on deck; young and very rash man having
,esrchedthe ship, had discovered the four missing
recruits and was taking them to oeaf, but one OF
them an old Iri.hman of about - years of age, re-
u,ed TO 20; then the young officer Il ocked him down
with the butt Of his pistol. infictIg a severe
vonpd that bed profuseIy. The poor fellow was
hardly allowed time TO tie handkerchief around his
head before he was with much violence pushed into
the boat.
Ibis was rot enough, il appears, for some minutes
later. we had smolt row on board. fellow by the
name of Michael Mars, the sailing master of the war
schooner Lad been very noisy ana troublesome on the
Oiizaba al Gay and part Of the night. Captain
Bl,beu went up to bin and ordered him to behave
more d.ceptly; but the rascal nsulted and tried to
st,ke the Capsin who at took hun By the collar
and kicke him out Of the ves.e and 60 were,
=, ,ob .o our sa,i, faction nd of tie gao0.
srRESGIH OF THE ALLIED FORCES.
The allied forces are estimated at from coOto 6oW.
They are getting every cay skfu aud energetic.
They have a certain umber Of Frenchmen, Germans,
and Americans among them; ard tois explains, to
certain extent, their bravery in the last encounters.
The FILLIBUsIERISG ARMY.
Walker. when we left, had only $50 men ready for
the batle-feld; $50 in the hospital, con'd
cred no better than dead us we're SICK and unfit for
any service suppose that there some loaters IN
the pumber Having inquired why hey considered
the wounded as no better than Dead the sodiers an
svered me: fret, that the mimic balls generally in
ficted nc rial wounds and secondly, thatth wounded
were lot taken care of-tbat they were wing on the
Hoor, without any Of those attentions which would ale
yiate their suerngs that there were in the hospital
but few beds made out Of COW skns; ard, finally,
Position OF THE rILLIBUsTERs-wALKERs CHAR
ACTER.
well fortified one cannon IL placed at the en-
trance every andthe ground bare, aroundto
town, fer distance Of 200 yards. As to provisions,
they sre getting very scarce; the soldiers would all
desert if they could and they will at the frs. oppor
tunity. They despise their officers, except Walker
whom they ali fear, and some hate. Walker is very
tbstk pnur hat
hind of roudies and tcoundrels be has to deal with.
He is not deaf TO clemency, however, aud viii cite
a fact. week befre we came to San juan del Sur,
aFrepchman had desered, been caught, and entenced
to dc ath enc minute before his executor he va. re-
eased BY an order from Walker and ht is nos in the
amy. The other officers drink. Walker is every
thing, and Goes everything; must do him the Justice
to FAY that he is most sober map, gifted with an TO-
dsmtabe energy he mixes freely among the soldisrs
paitakes often of their food aud shares in al their
dangers.
Corsy did not 60 back to Stockton, where gambling
s no logger profitable; but he is nov on the isthmu'
to sveree the death of his nephew killed in the last
battle lat first reported that bis son had aso been
kiled) al in fit Of phIeDzy be swore thai be would
come TO New.York aid shoot Vanderbilt. l suppose
that Mr. Vanderbilt will thaLk for that good piece
Of advice.
PREPARArioSs FOR ANOTHER BATTLE.
Iearptd from reliable sources, on the evening oil the
I'd of February, that 500 Costa Ricans had come to
Virgin Bay that morning at o'clock, 400 by land and
400 by the boats on the Lske Hearing of the arnva
cftte Orizabs, and of Walker being yet at San Juan
del Sur they left at eight o'clock and marched TO s.
George with the determination 10 cut their way to
Walker; and, according to all probabilities battle
WAS fought on the 4th mat.
The FILLIBUsTRps DESERVING.
On the 3D. in the morning, an hour before we lefs,
report came TO us that eight recruits had deserted at
night and were fred upon; two had been killed and
six escaped can tel how reliable this rumor is.
DEPARTURE FROM SAN JuAs.
We were out TO sea again. on the 9TH, at day.breat,
the s'oop of.wsr st. Mary hove n sight, and we
anchored in Panama Bay at IL o'clock, p. m. An hour
later was on shore and l met the Captain and Two
Of the officers of the United States gats lndepend-
ence: they we're just coming from Mr. Nelson's soiree,
and they questioned at length regard to Walker
| told them Gil that knew and they appeared
much pleased with the Information.
The next day. at O'Clock in the afternoon,
we were at A'pinwaI. The Company had to
paw railroad fare Of $l6, so and t2@ for
storage, second and frst-cabn passengers. We
waited there FIVE days for steamer With great
del of anxiety. On the 10Th, however, the Tennessee
came in and rsheved Us Of our une isinsss. good
many deserters from Walkers army were In town,
without any means of supporting themselves. SIX Ger
mans had aoived the day before us, after havrg ex-
perenced all kinds Of hardships and trbuations, AID
one Of them died the next day, from exhaustion
POSITION OF AFFAIRS AT PrsTA Arenas.
At Punta Arenas could not get any particular IN
formation Co.'s Ltcknege and Titus were at Sara
piqui, with 800 men, and il was reported that they
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