New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-30
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s,,;us Of 6lEbusteri.m to which it is period'caly
subject. II foamed at the mouth almost Win sa'
uirston Of Walker, and poured cut the most COM
dent snticpations Of his final success. The aftc C.
indeed. to which We refer, though enjoying the Po
sition and Typography of leading editorial might
10 Judge il merely from it contents. have been sup
posed 10 have emanated from Walkers Newton
enlistment Office, and even then to have oeen
p.nDed under the influence of bottle or 80 TOO
much That i. was, however, bona fde edito-
rial. and not an advertising puff accidentally ana
unsdyisedIy placed in the editorial columns, seems
10 be proved BY the great reluctance which Inc
Timls exhibits TO give credit to the accounts oil
Walkers desperate position brought by the Illinois
That journs thinks it impossible, since the allies
were unable to prevent force Of l70 men from re-
Geypg Henningsen on the 18th Of December, that
BIZ the midde of January they should have been
abe TO reduce to extremity Walkers effective force
Of 900 men with which, subsequently TO the reei oil
Hepppgsep, he had, according to the adyices BY the
James Adger, compelled the Costa Ricans to aoan-
don Ryss. If our contemporary will take the palus
to read with care the interesting letters ABOUT
Walkers affairs contained IN our yesterday paper
the OIL dated San Francisco, Dec. ~, and written
by gentleman who left Nicaragua in the Orizaba
on Dec or Q, the other dated Aspinwall, Jan. II,
and covering the period after the departure from
Nicaragua of the writer Of the first letter-tha'
iournsl will find that, by giving too much trust 10
the loose reports of Walkers friends, it has been
led into a very false estimate of Walkers real
strepQth-and that, reluctant as 1t may be 70 De-
lieye it, the accounts brought by the Illinois oil
Walkers desperate condition are exactly what
might have been expected
It appears from the letter Of our California cor
respondent that the effective force under Henning'
sen, at the time he was besieged In Granada, was
about $50 men. The force which Walker was able
to muster, including Hornsby's command, 70 ds-
puie with the Costa Ricans under Cahas the pos
session of the Isthmus, was about 400 men. These
with Fix or seven hundred sick and wounded,
women and children, placed at first on the island OF
Ometepe, where many Of them persisted, the sur
yiyors being afterward removed to Virgin Bay
constituted ON the 25th of November last Walkers
entire force, except the two companies OF about
40 uen zach stationed on the San Juan River, aud
afterward killed or taken prisoners by the Costa
RicaDs.
Previous to the relief of Henningsen, Walkers
effective force, through the operation Of fever,
cholera starvation, and engage nents with the
Costa Ricans dwiIdled down TO 13S men, which
sufficiently explains why he delayed so long any at
tempt TO relieve HenniDgsen. BY the Orizaba he
received 81 recruits from San Francisco, and about
the same time he was joined by $50 from New'Or-
leafs and 90 from New York-the same whom the
California passengers by the Orizabs met while de-
scendiDg the San Juan. Thus strengthened, aud
having now a force of ga men, he marched upon
st. George, near Rivas, which latter place had
been for some time previously occupied by some
Geo Costa RicSns under Csias. Such was the
state Of affairs about the S!h or 9th OF December,
when our San Francisco correspondent Left
Nicaragua.
The allies employed in besieging Granads were
originally, as appears from our A'pin wall CORE
spondent, some 100 men in all; but dispute
having arisen between Zavala, who commanded the
Guatemalans, and who wished to storm Hsnning-
sens position, and BelosO, the commander-in-
chief, who was unwilling to Isk an assault, Bel
loso marched of with the main body leaving Zavsli
with some 500 to continue the siege. Nor was
this the only advantage a,cruiDg to the fibusters
from this dispute since IN consequence of il Cahas
had been sent for to arrange matters, nd had
marched toward Granada, leaving RiSas to be occu-
pied by Walker.
Thus left for the moment in quiet possession of
the Isthmus, Walker sent Colonel Waters with
portion Of the recruits lately arrived, to relieve
HenpingseD. This was effected with loss, as
stated, Of e5. Waters's own dispatch admits loss
of about forty, while the whole remaining force
under Ienningsen thus rescued did not exceed sixty
If we add the few recruits which arrived by the
Sierra Nevada, aud suppose no further loss by
sickness or hunger, Walkers effective force at the
beginning of the year could not have amounted TO
$50 men.
Cahas, meanwhile, had assumed the command Of
the allied forces and had retraced his steps toward
Riyas, while General Mora with q thousand men or
more and the lake steamers at his disposal, was
preparing an attack from Virgin Bay. Under these
circumstances the only possible chance by which
Walker could cave himself from surrcnderiDg at
discretion seems TO be that be may possibly effect
an escape on board either the Sierra Nevada or the
Orizaba.
We lave Lever been able TO understand why,
upon tie death OF member of either branch of
Congress, both Houses should instantly adjourn for
twenty four hours 10 consider the event, aid for