The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-06-11
From Me N,,r York Tribun..
INTERVIEW WITH GEN. HENN1NOsEN

One of our reporters called ut the residence Of
Gen. ilcnninysei,, Mt M. no Twelfth street, of.
trr the arrival of the Illinois, nnd found him in
.,,r mlst Of his family. The General has fur.
:ished us with the follow ing particulars:
Since the last udviccs received here from Gen.
vral Walker, the Allies made all attack on the
entertainments at Iivas with a force Of 2G0O
men. The assault lnsted six hours, and was hot
ly contested throughout. As near as could be
,nsccrtnncd, the enemy lost 400 killed and
wounded, including 80 prisoners taken by Gem
Walker; one cannon belonging to the Allies also
fell into the hands of the iillbus.crs. Walkers
total loss in this engagement, in killed and
wounded did not exceed fifty sixty men.
From this time until the second week in April,
when Gen. Mora arrived and assumed command
OF the Allies. no offensive operations. To speak of
took place either side. On tn. I'LL, Of that
month the Allied forces led on, it was said bv
dcsertcrs from the fllihustcr camp, made IA Ics
perate attack on Gen. Walkers imt,cnchu,cuts
aud succeeded i'll gaining. possession at one time
Of the lower plaza About lJU had entered that
portion Of the town, when Gen. llcnnin.srn sue
ceedcd in bringing three guns to bear upon them,
which moved them down with great slaughter.
About half of them escaped, and the remainder
being surrounded were Obliged TO surrender.
After good deal Of hard fighting the enemy
was finally rrpu'scd but moi without cont, sting
the ground inch by inch lO3 prisoners in all
renamed in the hands Of Gcrcr; Walker after
the fighting
The hopes of the fiIlibustcrs were greatly sus-
tanned by the constant expectation of relief from
Col. Lockrilge aud party on the San Juan River,
who were daily looked for. OF course no cnrrcrt
intelligence could he obtained respecting, his stu
alton and prospects, us all the avenues of approach
from that quarter were i'll the hands of the AL
lies. But as day after day no news came from
the San Juan, tho garrison in Rvas began To
despair, and were fast losing their spirits when
information was received that Capt. Davis, of
the United States sI"op.oiwar st. Maryis, had
seized the schooner Granada, containing half of
all General Walkers ammunition. Then, in
view Of the hopeless prospect before them, the
design of retiring from the country began TO hc
entertained. Meantime, Capt. Davis proceeded
to the seat Of and cnIcavorcd To urge the
cnntendiny parties. to come to terms. General
Walker, after prolonged and painful consultation
with his officers concluded To cn,cr n:".,' IL
tions with Capt Davis, AMI h" subscquc.
surrendered TO him au office, OF the United
States Government. The Allies were not nail,,.
ill the instrument. BY full understanding.
however, the retiring forces were not mo!cs,ed
by tlrIn-one of the Costa Kican Generals at
tending Walker and his staff lhrous, the limos of
the enemy, II l,otAgr. as il We're.
y, the instance of Capt. Davis the women and
children, numbering about 10, were removed
from I'll" camp the 10th Of April. The for
NAL capitu!nlon took place the 3otIl of til.
F'ne month, and the troops set ont the march
% san Juan del Sur on the LIST Of Nav.
The whole number Of Walkers mon nj the
''"i" Of surrender was i75 Of these 2rn incli-
dag Officers, were effective, lis were on the
rick and wounded list, and 10 We're natives
Provisions had been exceedingly scarce lu-
ring the whole month of April and the men had
iiv- chiefly mule and horse meat nearly all
':I;I ;inle. Dogs, eats, and other animals were
."n,"'imcs killed to furnish novelty. General
ivHingscn describes horse flesh us quite n,ss;.
-. when one can get nothing better.
iha cncrny, the General states, had suffered
i""c:, from dcscrtons and the 1>t of May
coH:i not have had more than 9,5un available
in.l about isivas. lie thinks that had Gen.
" ais:cr held ont two weeks longer, scarcely Il
,i.;t'i"w would have been left Of the Allies.
Cen tlrnninyscm has fortunately escaped with
,uL single b!ood-lctiny wounl though he has
received great number oi commissions. This is
:onewhat remarkable, as he has been engaged
n many very hot encounters, and enjoys the
reputation Of being Of the bravcst us alsv The
,nosS efficient of Walker; late officers. The
';"n"ral, in stature, appears To he something
six feet, and is of rather s!jrhi lnakc kc-up
"!th. however, a high military bearing and sol
der air. lie is very much of "a gentleman
10 lis manners. and shows Il Very slight accent
~ s!.~aking, though he is German by birth
!Ic believes his health to Lc in no ways impaired
!'y his late campaign of seven months in Ncara-
gra. Notwithstanding that he scarcely had his
hr"s off six times while thero, and cilioycd nny
ins else but regular sleep. lie desires us to
say. by the way that his letter Of March, to his
"ed fictitious by somc was in all respects true,
aud bona fidc letter from him.
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