Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-01-06
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Navy. As it win be the exciting theme boil
in and out of Congress for some time to come
we give below a full summary Of the matter
as CLEANED from dispatches and other author
tiles:
New YORK, Dec. 27.-The steamer North.
ern Ligff, from AspinwafI, with California
oates to the 9th inst, and 81, 900, 900 in spe
cie, arrived here this evening about 10 o'clock.
Inc hihoustering General Walker comes d
nad been taken by Walker, but subsequently
Walker and $50 men were capt1red hr Cono
modore Paulding, of the frigate Wabash. Tbs
men were sent in the Saratoga to Norfolk
whist Walker comes to New York on his IA,
Iole. Inc lake and river steamers were han.
ded over to the garrison.
CoL Anderson and so Americans still held
fort Castillo and the River San Juan. He
mad three months provisions, six pieces az
artillery, and an abundance of ammunition
captain Rynders, u. s. Marshal for New
York, took charge of Gen. Walker aaa carried
MN to Washington. He called nporsthe Sec
rotary OF State, Gen. Cass, having General
WaikerM his custody, and informedhim that
ne mad received a communication from Com.
q Paulding, announcing the 1rrest of
General Walke for carrying on an unlawful
military expedition against Nicaragua. and
that the latter had promised, upon his honor
TO surrender himself to Captain Rynders. as
marshal of the southern district of New York
upon his arrival in that city. General Walk,
er had done so, and Captain Rynders had ac-
companfed him to Washington to ascertain
the views of the government.
The Secretary of State replied that the ex-
ecutive department of the government did not
recognize General Walker as a prisoner that
II mad no directions to give concerning him !.
and that 1t is only through the action of the
Judiciary that he could be lawfully held in
custody 70 answer any charges that might be
brought against him. The marshal then in
formed General Walker that he had no au-
thority to hold him in custody any longer.
andthe two gentlemen Immediately withdrew.
Con-. PAULDING's Account OF THE ARREST
OF GEN. WALKER We give below, the ma
terial portions Of Com. Paulding's letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, detailing the cir
cumstances under which he arrested Walker.
The Department being in possession of all
the facts in relation to Walkers escape with
his followers from the United States as well
as the letters of Capt. Chatard and Walker to
me after he landed at Punta Arenas, the mer-
It's OF the whole question will, | presume be
fully comprehended. could not egard Gen
eral Walker and his followers in any other
light than as outlaws who had ESCAPED from
the vigilance OF the officers fthe Government
ana lett our shores for the purpose of rapine
and murder, and | saw no other way to vim
dictate the law and redeem the honor of orr
country than by disarming and sending them
nome. In doing so, | am sensible of the re-
sponslblllty have incurred and confidently
LOOK 10 the Government for my justification.
regarded IN Its true light the case appears to
me a clear one and the points few and strong
General Walker came to Point Arenas from
the United States, having, in violation of law
set on foot a military organization to make
war upon a people with whom we are at peace
lie landed there with armed men and mimi
tons OF war in defiance of the guns of a shin
OF war placed there to prevent his LANDING
with nothing to show that he acted bv an-
thorlty. lie formed a camp and hoisted the
Nicaragua flag and called it the 'shead quar-
tiers of the army of Nicaragua" and signed
himself the COmmander-in-C Chief.
with this pretension he claimed the right
OF a lawful government over all persons and
things within sight of his flag. Without
right or authority he landed fifty men at the
mouth of the Colorado and seized the Fort of
Castillo on the San Juan, captured steamers
and the goods of merchants in transit to the
interior, killed men and made prisoners ofthe
peaceful inhabitants, sending to the harbor of
San Juan del Norte some thirty or forty men.
women and children in the steamer Morgan'
In doing these things without the show Of au-
thority, they were guilty of rapine and muir
der, and must be regarded as outlaws and nj
rates. They can have no claim to be regarded
in any other light. Humanity, as well as
law and justice and national honor, demanded
the dispersion of these lawless men. The
remnant of the miserable beings who surren-
dered at Rivas, were conveyed in this shin
last summer to New York, and their suffer-
ings are yet fresh in the memory of all in the
land.
Besides the sufferings that must necessari-
ly be inflicted upon an innocent and unoffend-
ing people, these lawless followers of Gen.
Walker, misguided and deceived into a career
Of crime, would doubtless have persisted in
Central America, or their mutilated and fes-
tering bodies have been brought back to their
friends at the expense Of their country. For
the above reasons, which appear to my mind
quite sufficient, | have disarmed and sent to
the United States General William Walker
and his outlawed and p~iratical followers, for
trial or for whatever action the Government
in Its wisdom may think proper to pursue
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The course of the
Administration in regard to Commodore
Paulding is not definitely known. While
there Is but little prospect of bis being court
martialed, it is thought the Administration
will take prompt measures to signify its dis
appreciation of his conduct.
Dispatches published in the New York pa
pers of this morning, say that 800 men sailed
from Texas for Nicaragua on the 26th. En-
listments are still going on at New Orleans
and great excitement prevails.
KANSAS AFFAIRs.-Kansas adyices to oath
inst, have been received. The Democrat
says that civil war is raging in Bourbon coun-
ty. Several conflicts have occurred A num-
Der of prisoners have been taken on both
sides. The United States Marshal and eiph-
ty-one men were demanded to surrender by
the free soilerS. The demand was answered
by a volley of musket balls. The fire was re-
turned, when a fight ensued, which lasted one
hour. The pro-slavery men finally retreated.
with a loss of one killed and two mortally
wounded. The marshal is dangerously in
Jured. Jim Lane" is entrenched at Sugar
Mount, and is determined to fight the dra-
goons IT attacked Battle is regarded as in
evitable.
An exciting debate has occurred in the
Lawrence Convention. The committee on
resolutions presented three reports. The ma
Jority report disapproves of voting for State
officers. The first minority report recon-
mends the nomination of a full State ticket
the second recommends a participation in the
election for the purpose of destroying the Lee
compton Constitution.
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