The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-01-20

and removed from Granada, for the pur-
pose OF preparing for a speedy revolt
Sixteen days after the treaty was ratified,
Carsoll, Secretary Of y n, was discover
ed plotting against the Government,
tried, convicted and sentenced to be shot
for his treason. And while "Rivas was
at the head of the Government" and Gen.
Walker "General-in-C ief," Nicaraguan
Commissioner. sent on a mission of peace
and friendship, was expelled from Costa
RIGA. This was followed by the inva-
sion Of Nicaragua by President Mora,
with thirty seven hundred Costa Ricans,
who took possession of the Transit and of
Rivas, April, 18th, 1856. They killed
nine unarmed American citizens and
wounded two others, at Virgin Bay
''I'hings' did not go "on prosperously
enough then; did they Mr.. Herald p
By looking back over the history of that
time, you will find that the only pros
perity which the country enjoyed, was
owing solely to the discretion and capa-
city of Gen Walker Rivas was mere
cipher, without will or capacity.
The Costa Ricans were not invited into
Nicaragua 10y Rivas, neither did they
come with his Consent. Mora took ad-
vantage of the weak and distracted state
of the country, to march into it with a
large force, and thus established Costa Ri
cas- claim to the South bank of the San
Juan river and the Guonocastle District.
And had Gen. Walker not been as the
head Of the army, and had there been
none but native troops, Mora would have
achieved his object upon easy terms. =
Gen. Walker was in Rivas when he
heard of Morals approach He destroy
ed what ammunition he could not carry
with him, went to Virgin Bay, took the
steamer and went down to CASTILLO. This
led Mora to believe that he had left the
country. This was a ruse. Gen. Wal
ker went up the lake on the east side,
so that his movements We're unknown
to Mora. He landed at Granada, and
with between four and five hundred men
made forced march upon Rivas. He
was upon that place almost before Mora
was aware of his coming. He attacked
the place about eight in the morning,
soon carried the plaza and held it until
one next morning; captured one cannon,
killed between four and five hundred of
the enemy, and then withdrew and re-
turned to Granada, having lost, in killed
and wounded, fifty or sixty. Some of
the wounded who had gone off after wa
ter and were left, We're found the next
day by the Costa Ricans and shot. The
march to Rivas and back to Granada, a
distance of one hundred and thirty miles
and the seventeen hours fighting, was all
performed within five days. There was Ger
tainly some discretion and capacity dis
played in the performance of this exploit,
and more danger incurred and toll endured,
than is generally expected from a mere
aspirant to political position. Had it
not been successful. Costa Rica would
have overrun Nicaragua. As it was, it
strict CONSERVATION into Morals ranks. In
stuck of following Gen. Walker, and be-
seiging him, Mora had his dead thrown
into the wells, and set his forces to barri-
cading the place. Cholera soon made its
appearance, and when Mora left Rlvas,
eighteen days after the attack, his force
was reduced one-half And they contin-
ued dieing so rapidly ON the return to
Costa RIGA, that when he reached his cap
ital, he had six hundred Of the thirty-se-
ven hundred troops with whom he en-
tered Nicaragua. This satisfied Costa
RIGA for sometime. This was during Ri
vas administration, which shows that
the Herald is but poorly posted in regard
to the history of Nicaragua, when it says,
''things went on prosperously enough"
during Rivas' administration.
A NICARAGUAN