New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-29
DETAILS or WALKERS OPERATIONS Is
NnTrMprR AND DECEMBER.


san FRAseI.oo, Dec % Is5s.
va tbis cty m The 20th Of October, by the Ncs
amer for NeE-York, ilseading to reman ove'
"a, zoe trip ea my own private sffara, but
d '"e ~, and then was compelled t.
escape TO this Pace by - - -
Wslafr having refused ne p - 'S-'s 'ae
ocuItry, although Al American c;tzt0 - - "'' W.
pected with him or his expedition.
From information gathered from ofiass With whom,
I hsye beer previously acquainted lcaro thst Walk
el position il as follows: By late second and
oossful stack upOn tie City Of Mssaya, which i.
twelve miles noth-west from Granada he has lo.t
900 ont Of 400 Of bic best men, who composed the
attacking force, against an enemy 1900 strong, and
f1ding Granada attacked in his rear he was compelled
to fly 70 tie relief when the enemy 500 strong, re-
tired egain upon Msssya. Many OF the citizens were
killed, among them Mr.. A. NJ Huxley, the we'll
known Panama Express agent, Of New-York City, on
his body thrown into raviae near the city,
loading lake steamer with the sick aud wounded
from "a hospitals Of Granada, 600 or 700 in number
,clpoiro II the women and children Of the city,
Walker took u, Cn TO the Indian town Of hGtaguelps
IN the Island Of Ometepe, opposite Virgin Bay, the
natives INN edista.y 'eavng ther village and flying to
the open country as " lkers men took possession Of
their cane huts. The moA' aLo "ouh1ea were piacel
ip lows upon the eend beanh as they were removed
from tie lighter where they sre LEFT untd the next
day without covering nouIisb. 7en ana - OF tden
perisbed, many frantic with pain wandering INTO the
woods where they found life. esS, the SURVIVORS
being then carried mic distant to th town by lev
noble fellows whOfe names / hope 10 OBTAIN whore
we will leave them TO pursue ,oe thread OF
events il this dark drama, nov, trust, ne y played
out.
On the return Of the steamer TO Granada, Gen.
Walker gave orders TO Gen. Hennne sen, then N COM
mand TO all public stores and destroy the city
when he Immediately left for Virgin Bay TO take mp bis
head quarters at that place the effective force LEFT with
HeUDiDgten being $50 men, including citizens, who
were complied 10 take their place in The ranks. Gen.
Walker left in Granada his entire battery, nnder Hen
uinCsen the Fret Rifles and two mortars, IN TACT the
very elite of bis small force with the exception of
bowitzer six FOUNDER, under Capt Delaney at Virgin
Bay.
On reaching that place on the evening of the 3d. he
found that Gen. UOrnsby had that day fought the
enemy on the Transit Road where they were strongly
intrenched, and had thrown up barbados by tearing
up the bridges the enemy berg Costa Rlcans under
the command of Gems. Canas and Bosquet Hornsoy
had two killed and fourteen badly wounded on retulng
after the battle to Virgin, leaving the enemy on the
Road.
On the ojth General Walker, with 400 men, and the
rcrr aiming howiizer engaged them near the Hall way
Iloufe and drove them before him into San Juan del
sur whence they retreHted up the Coast Ro1 to hvss
Six snly of the enemy dead were found they removing
their wounded OF mules they retreated before hn.
On the both. Gen. Wslker then being at Virgin Bay
LEANED by the steamer Virgin from Granada, that ms
force left to destroy the city had been surrounded by
the enemy from Massya who had sDce recelVe1largere
enforce mens from Honduras San Salvador, and Gua
tea ala making their entire force about 5UOO I'D nln
her and after a call for volunteers, absut thirty
Cficers without commands or men, accompanied him
TO Granada in the above-naned AXE steamer.
On arriving off the city, Gen. Walker found the
landing and dock occupied by thirty OF hn men, many
of them volunteers nom the c.llzens VINO had t9ro"n
4-x.. .frco hraaI tuCnr M 4
gage behind which they were defending themselves
from ihe enemy who were observed from the steamer
10 be in strong force An attempt was made to supply
Them with provision and ammunition, which taled
through the DAY from the enemy directing very heavy
fire with milie raes upon the boat from the beach
AZ midnight they succeeded in supplying them. Three
assertions took place from their little force on me dock
during tie same night, who are supposed 10 nave IN
formed tie enemy Of their strength and about o'clock
A. IN. those on the steamer with Walker were com
peeled to be spectators of charge oil The enemy one
thousand strong upon them, who DayoneVed anu eno'
tho entire party, oily one man escaping, and Wno
swan # to the steamer. The enemy Immediately
mounted upon the bauiosde an old Spanish eighteen
FOUNDER which had been left there by aker, ana ny
a we'dreoted shot warned him to retire Out o. feicn'
which he did hearing, they cf', dn occasional 70
mort from Henpngssns battery, who was lighting,
they supposed his way down 10 the shore OF the lISe,
where We will for short time leave them, and return
again with Walker 10 Virgin BAY.
During the absence 81 the above small party at lra-
NADIA uudsr Gen. Walker, hunPo or canoe, was
seen approaching the wharf at Virgin Bay Two . the
party padding the canoe with ther hahds' having
befn floating about the lake all night cOmpleey eN,
hsuste5. and who stated that the sick and wounded
aud women and children had been attacked abou' J
O'Clock in the morning by the enemy who had ianded
a force upon the leland Of Omctepc, from ktNas, 10
the night aud that they had undoubtedly many OF
them Bee massacred they, on the commencement d
the attack upon the town making their escape ior-
ror wss depicted upon every face, though hardy nlsn
were there. The party was composed OF mr. aou his
I'D naird s11C
bottom Of the canoe, Capt. Regain and young man.
who were chilled and exhausted and several Of them,
for time, until restored, unable to speak.
Gen. Walker, seen after arriving, dispatched BOAT
70 their relief took eff the sick wounded from me
island of Ometcpe, and burned the town. The
facts Of the case other than above can;
rot further learn, but presume they are pa1
enough, and in perfect keeping with the ussig 1I
occurrences here daily taking place. The lmbecile
Gen Fry. who commanded the small force lett Tor
Their protection, was without any pickets. and M
doubttdy swinging lazily in his hammock, from al
can learn-many officers stating In my hearing tnat
he ought to he cashered. Such Is their ldcs Oh 'ne
proper discipline OF an army.
The force with which Walker and Hornsby en-
Gagged the enemy in the skirmishes the Transit
Road were said to have been four hundred IN NUMBER
bnt through exposure privaiion, starvation and
wounds including cholera, fever, dyseh'ery, %c;
they dwndled down in twenty days to one hundred
and thiny.eight mcn-it being his entire avansole
force, with the exception of two small companies .,
San Carlos and Sarspiqui Oh the River San Juan OF
forty men each.
ON the arrival Of the Orizsba from San Francisco
nirety.seyen men were added, and en- addition OF
twenty-nine from Newly Ork and 30 from New. Or.
lesns, makes bis entire force 5l4 men, one hundred
Of hon Skeletons and unfit for active duty.
On the arrival Of the above reenforcements Walker
took up his line of mach for 81. George, Indian
town OF COO Inhabitants nine miles north Of Virgin
Day and two miles from Riyas, where the enemy ad
betn for the last month securely inrenched AID
ricadsd, about l,5OO in number, composed partly OF
Costa Ricaus under Gen. Cams, with other forces
under Gems Bosquet aud Carsra.
the 4 uted the the Istb-,-s