New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-22

rhe,e are but few instances reoNe.d n Nc
n tory Of the Ang.c-Saxon race OF more tl'Dd
ard trutal warfare than that Of the tpccar"o re
men tie property holders, or bette eoss OF MAJ
rsoua II 10 Without excuse, even IN the ruice iUr
,he conaues: If small Sta,es propoubdod BY tie
Florcn,ine Secretary. He Uhe Fiorentbe Seerc-
tary) advises tha: property should not be attached
b, a ccnqucror 6esirous of suhugatne people,
unless he proposes a complete destruction and mas
sscre of the entire population. TIE death oi Car
raj and subsequently that Of the muct-beioved and
powerful Mariane Salazar-takeD IN Honduras IL
the act Of organizing the combination Ci the five
states against Walker--were sufficiently dreadful
and Incorporating But the buccaneersG cd not reflect
that the life Of man IL OF far ,ess importance TO
his heirs than his estate is. BY numbering the pro-
prietOrs they only terrified; but by cCnises;ing
their properly, they secured the perpetual and m
piacabe hostility OF Their heirs and dercndfuts
The stupidity of the measure "as worthy 81 rs
atrOcty and both of The brdIhr ttdl gave br'h 70
Be il remembered that tins war against property
was begun at the very moment when the allies were
using every means in their power 10 combine all
ranks and classes against the buccaneers. Tie Gn-
ycrsal drunkenness Of the oicers Of alher camp;
the miserable bunders and ncglccts; the quarrels,
murders, Dcessant gambling, robberies Of women
and children; the universal contscatiODs the abro-
CATION of all laws customs, Offices and constitutions;
the steady defamation Of the crowds of immigrants
by tropical fevers; the dreadful filth, neglect and
mortality Ofthe hospitals attended by drunken phy
sieians; the absence Of liberal diplomatic IDEAS the
rrinaugraiOD Of peOnagc and slavery; the silly and
abomjnable talk about "war OF races" the failure
to find purchasers for the confscated property, con-
fiscaed for mere outrage, and without possibility
OF sale: the steady withdrawal, by fight and re-
treat of fllibuster garrisons toward the lsthmus;
the failure of the invaders to obtain any decisive We
tories since the first occupation OF Granada--tLe-e
tam nd inf had hy he Isf a
Der, 1856, inspired Ne allies With absolute conf
dcnce in their own success.
The FIVE States had succeeded IN bringing together
al various points and moving IN cOnyergng lines to-
ward Granada bodies Of native troops, numbering
in all 5, 600 men, well armed and Differed, and III
spired with common hatred, and, What was more
important a common terror OF the civic policy Of
the invader. These bodies we're the first advance
guard of the t0Hd sarm or general rising of the en-.
tire fighting force of Spanish America. Even re-
mote regions like Mexico and Peru rendered their
sympathy aud aid, should it be required. Every
kind of business and occupation was suspended,
and the people, civilized and Indian, made up their
minds 10 bury themselves and their households in
the wilderness, until the horrible mischief brought
upon them BY the revolutionary folly of their lead
ers should be abated.
Such was the condition of affairs in the months Of
September. October, November and December,
I8j6-that is 10 say, from the flight OF the bucca-
neer garrison from Managua to the final investment
of Rivas by the allies During the whole OF this
period, when the entire north and northwest of
Nicaragua was hopeessly lost, and the position at
Granada maintained forIOrn hope, the system
of dctatoral DEGREES and confscatiOn was steadily
kept up though without the means Of enforcement
proving beyond Il doubt that this was dictate OF
blind and really insane rage, and not measure OF
economy or craftsmanship, and that the war of
races" as il was stupidity termed, was IN reality
war of determination, deliberately ret on foot by
the buccaneer chiefs themselves. One of the last
DEGREES of the Dictator made its appearance in the
daily press OF Ncw-York just previous to the res
cue by Captain Davis Ii declares ali lands and
houses cOnfscated which had been occupied or used
by the enemy-that is to say, by the inhabitants OF
Central America A rat in trap contrasting the
house and barn
The advent of Hennngsen, who brought with him
II body of men, military stores and the reputation
of soldier of fortune, produced an impression
equally deep and encouraging with that OF Pierre
SOulf Ii was believed that the military talent of
the Englishman would do as much u raise the sink
ing fortune of the buccaneers as the political tact
of the Frenchman, and il is hard to say which of
the two talents ought to have been most acceptable
TO the little Scotchman who tOppled insaney at the
head of affairs.
Granada was already threatened 10y the allies.
They had occupied Managua, and were taking
strong position commanding the phsses aud ferries
which connect northern and northwestern Near
acla with Granada 'Ienningsen, writes an eye
witness. :. is II good officer, and singuary coo
:" and resolute man. He IL an excellent pyrotech-
90 mist and miner. and understands the use Of gun.
powder, and OF all kinds of arms" A more valu-
able Kind of knowledge would have been the knowl-
edge of men.
The newspaper reports Of the battles of this
epoch are so ngeniOusy confused and overland by
the buccaneer writer that il il impossible to arrive at
Al l.. IN fact fln
adviser and manager in military matters from the
month of his arrival, during the rainy season in
1856 to the time of the rescue b! Capt. Davis, his
military administration was fully as absurd and I'M
fortunate as the civic saturDalia Of Billy Walker.
The battles appear to have been, even by the best
accounts mere mob fights, signalized by shocking
blunders and oversghts, drunken mistakes attended
with serious loss and ending, except III two H.
stances, in fight or retreat.
An eminent writer upon the history and manners
of the people to whom Henningsen found himself
opposed describes their armies, not as organized
bodies, but consisting merely of swarms OF BUSH
fighters, easily dispersed by a resoute charge, but
returning perpetually and pertinaciously and by
multitude of small injuries, and an utter lnsenslbll-
ltv To their own losses, wearing out the lite and
patience of the enemy.
The 6llbuster campaign of 1867 was cofned to
the low lands of Lake Nicaragua, between that
BODY of water and the Pacific. The forces of Costa
Rica came in from the south, moving simultaneously
with those of northern Nicaragua, San Salvador
Guatemala, and Honduras, who approached from
the north and northwest. The Costa Rican army,
in two divisions, in conjunction with the lsthmus
Nicaraguans, composed chiefly of the owners and
dependents of the confscated estates of Rivas and
the Isthmus, prepared to attack the Transit Road
and the posts on the River San Juan, while the allies
were advancing from the different points upon Gran.
ada. Notwithstanding the fact that hve States
were combined in this movement, il wss conducted