Squatter sovereign., 1857-02-03
From The Philadelphia In4ilirer OF Jan. .. i
Highly Interesting rom Niearau qua
Upwards Of Eight Hundred Recruits
for Walker. q "a .7'l 80 i9 Ap

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We yesterday contersed with "a young
PhIladelphian, hIr. Nauity. who VAS a
passenger IN the Tennesst from Cafffos-
nia. aud who came by the Nicarauguat
route. He giyesea depiorable picture oil
Gen. Walker and and his troops. The
prospect for them was most discourage
ing, They were fighting for their lives
| and many OF the men, when our inform
ant was at Virgin Bay. had nothing to
for four days, and nota few were near
Ely naked. their clothes having been worn
out The transit road wns in bad con.
dition. One of the bridges has broken
down and two others were totteri1y while
the road in many places was scarcely pas
sable..,,s f,.l.,4. ,sis er,,ff 7e5 af..
Two young men from the United States,
who had enlisted for Year, AID hal s rv-
ed sixteea months, desiring to return, re-
ceived passports from Gen Walker. These
were revoked, and when they attempted
TO escape they We're caught, taken out
and SLOT as deserters. The sickness was
fearful and fatal. and the deaths by fever
and cholera were daily occurrences. Our
informan is of tie opinion that iy- this
time Walker is defeated ,and that Rivas is
in possession of the country. The forces
of the opposition were much larger than
those of the adventurers, and The men
were better paid. Ind, ed. Walker men
had to put up with script instead of cash
bad food and bad clothing; while their
lodgings at night were often shelterless.-
They complained bitterly, and were anx-
ius 10 escape; but this was impossible, as
the discipline was very vigorous. Even
the officers cut very sorry appearance.
Before tie lake boat sailed for Virgin
Bay she was examined twice, in order to
detect deserters. The weather was very
warm AMI rainy. Indeed, the universal
op nion Of the passengers was that Walk
er could not hold out. except by miracle
He was awaiting reinforceinents, with
determination, on their arrival, TO make
another desperete effort. His whole
force did not amount to more than thou
sand men, and, generally speaking. these
were quite young -ranging from Is to 26
years of age. the report of the massacre
of the sick and wounded of Walkers ar
my at the Island of Ometapa, was very
generally circulated. cut not credited. Il
produced great excitement. ana c:en tie
WOulcD- tlIEedteHCu Ietdlldt!OI, Silousu III
prove true. u 5
OF the passengers who left San
Francisco. by the Orizaba. intending to
return 20 New York by the Tennessee,
about ten were induced to volunteer
The Orizaba also had on board rs re-
croits who were enlisted IN California -
They We're PROMISED fifty dollars and huge
tracts of land. Other relnforcements from
New Orleans were met on the river San
Juan. and supposed to be about 500 in
number. Still another force. amounting TO
l67frem New I oris, was also met at Cas-
lilo Rapids. These various bodies a.
mounting in all to upwards of 800, would
swell the available force OF adveniurers 10
something like 1890. The country near
Virgin Bay is swanpy, and therefore pes
tiientiai. Tie probability is, that inne
diately after the arrival Of the reinforce 1
men,s above mentioned. another battle
took place and with decisive results.