The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1856, Page 1

THE NEW YORI] WHOLE NO. 7384. Oe IMPORTANT FROM NIGARAGUA. ARRIVAL OF THE TEXAS, The Battles of Massaya and Granada, Additional Particulars of Walker's Victories, , Attacks on the American Minister's House by Guatamalians and San Salvadorians. SPEECH OF GENERAL WALKER. Schism of the New York Cuban Junta and Gen. Walker. Arrival of the New Nicaraguan Minister to the United States, STRENGTH OF WALKER’S POSITION, Special Despatches to the New York Herald, &e., &., &. ‘The steamship Texas, Capt. Thos. Forbes, arrived yes- erday morsing from San Juan del Norte, via Key West, She experienced heavy northerly gales since leaving Cape Florida. ‘The T. brings the passengers and specie which left San Grancisco Oct. 20 by the steamship Sierra Nevada, Oct. 26, the Sierra Nevada met the steamship Orizaba, from San Juan del Sur for San Frencisco, Cape St. Lucas bear- {ng northwest 10 miles distant; on the next day mot the mail steamer Sonora, from Panama. ‘The following ie the specie list ot the Texas:— Charles Morgan..... + $101,104 82 ‘G. H. Wines Oo. 24,617 26 ©. Durand...... 1,329 60 se eeee++ $127,061 67 mong the passengers by the Texas are Don Fermin Ferrer, formerly Provisional President of the repubiic of Nicaragua and Secretary of Hactenda and Public Credit, now Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States; the Hon. J. H. Wheeler, Cnited States Minister to Nicaragua, who returns on account of bis heatth; Col. J. W. Fabens, bearer of despatctes; Col. B. F. Anderson, N. 4., and. Col, G. B, Hal', N. A. Our thanks are due to Purser Hateh, of the Texas, and ‘Wines & Co.'s express line, for our depatches, late pa- Pers and news. ‘The transit through Nicaragus was made without any etention, the boats being in excellent condition, and the river St. Juan much higher than at any time during the Iast eearon. ‘The Texas brings Granada news to Novemberl. Every- ‘thing was quiet since the battles. General Walker was ‘awaiting the arrival of the recruits from the United States efore marching upon Massays and Leon. In the mean- time Gen. Henningsen, who superseded Gen. Goicouria, bas been very active in drilling his brigade with the mountain howitzers and mortars, which arrived after the Datties of Uciober 12 and 18, and instructing the men in the ore of the Minic rifle. Many of the soldiers had al- ceady attained great proiciency. Walker's army consists of about 2,000 fighting men, Anclading the recent reinforcementa under Colonel Joquess ‘They are in high spirits and extremely anxious for another engagement with the enemy. The brutaland unprovoked murder of uvarmed American citizens at Granada on the 12th ult. created the strongest feeling of indignation brovghout the Nicaraguan army, and they are ail eager Tor revenge. It was expected that Walker would fight a decisive bat- Ue about the Sth or 1Cth inst., unless the enemy retreat- ed too rapidly before him. ‘The steamer La Vorgen arrived at Granada on the 30th ‘alt, from Ubaldo, in Chontales, with a full ireight of cot- ton, corn and rice. Everything was quict in that depart ment, Tho accounts from the’ mines were vory favo/a- ! le. Another rich silver veln bas been opened, and ex- tensive copper mines bave been discovered in the neigh- ‘orhood of Boaco. It is announced that a topographical and geological eur. ‘vey of the State is to be made. Prof. James T. Hodge, of Now York, haa been appointed State Surveyor and Major Hoouingsen, who sided General Walker #o effec- ‘tually at Massaya in commanding the artillery, is well fenown to many lending citizens in New York. He isa distinguished British officer, and served with much credit tm Spain, where be stood, ns aid-de-camp, by tho side of General Zumalacarigu! w! he was killed. Mr, B. ar cived in the United States with Komuth, was an able de- mocratio writer, and proved himself learned and ac- complished gentioman. He was much thought of by many of our statesmen in ‘Washington. No doubt the gallant Mejor will be found very efficient in Central Ame- rican warfare. Our Special Despatches from the Seat of War. | OUR GRANADA CORRESPONDENCE. Gaamada, Oot, 14, 1856 MOVEMENTS OF THE ALLIED FORCES—QUATEMALA AND SAN SALVADOR—GHMBRAL WALKER MARCHRS UPON MASSAYA—ESCAMPS IN TRE SUBURB+— ATTACK aT NIGHT BY THE ENEMY—DATTLE OF MASSAYA, ‘The hostile relations exirting eat Php css ips adjacent governments have presented, continually, « Grcsteing wopeck since the reah invasion and humiliating exodus of the Costa Rican army. The sbd' and flight of President Rivas tended to aggravate the disorder of the country, and to menace it with violent civil and polical eruptions, The unwarrantable treachery of the ohbief officer of the government and a majority of the muinister? of State, and the capture and execution of Sala- any the master spirit of the treasonable factionists, were guch proots of crimo and retribution as could not fail to Provoke the mutual animosity of the betrayer and the Dotrayed, and tnhptre'an eager emalation for retaliatory recompense. The Nicaraguan traitors, with characteristic ingratitude, arraying themselves against their American ilies and bonefactors, wooed the sympathy and substan Cini aid of tho neighboring States of Central Amierica, qith the porfidious derign of expelling from the country * idee whom their nc senitien required, no love than their hoapitatity bad wele med. ‘ ‘The malcontents and conspirators succeeded tn effecting ‘fan cifenstye and defensive league with Guetemaia and San Balyador, and: a contribution of forces was levied from each of thone Sihtes to unite In waging an exterminating war against the Americans in Nicaragua. That the despotic ‘of Carrora should have affiliated with the pro- Joot of opposing the growth and prosperity of liberal insti ‘tutions is compatible with all tts antecedent history; but that San Salvador, the centro of boraliem, the first al ‘vaya in every measure of Central American reform, ‘apd years ago ambitions of annexing its fortunes snd Adentitying its fame with the great repablic of the North, should cooperate in = war so wholly ‘opposite, and repugnant to all ‘ta former aspirations, |+ q@trange and inexplicable. The fret, however, existe, and Ban Salvador, uniting with Guatemala, its hereditary foe, has precipitated war with the patriot party of Nicaragua, tts hereditary friends and allies. ‘The negotiations of the Rivas conspiracy faction resu!t- ed in thy forced levy of ® thousand troops from Guate- smela and four hundred from San Salvador, to which was ‘added six hundred from Leon, the headquarters of the conspirators, and s few hondred logitimists or Cham- ‘moristas from tbe different towns and haciendas of Nica- fagna. The whole number of the allied force amounted to about two thousand five hundred men, all of whom ‘were concentrated in Leon, to meet the exigency of an attack wpon that piace by General Walker. It was evi- dontiy the intébtion of the enemy te entrench themselves firmly within tho barricades of that city, under the conviction that the tormination of the sea- fon of rain would invite thither the march , Of the American fore. Maladies, however, of a fatal na- aro, broke out among the {oreign troops, and #0 alarm: | ing was tho progress of the affliction to which the soldiers ‘Were exposed \hat they were compelled to evacuate Leon And proceed to the more inlund and hea'tby atmosphere Of Managua. Ailliction followed them to their retreat at Mavagua, and they were constrained to abandon that po- Sition, and appropriate quarters’ at Massaya, an Indien town about twelve miles from Granada, When the eno- my evacuated the former place, Massays was garrisoacd by an American force of three bundred men, under the command of Lieut, Col, McIntosh, Gen. Walker receiv. ing information of the abandonment by the enemy of Managva, and of their march towards Massaya, ordered the command of Lieut. Col. McIntosh to interpose no ob- Btacle to the entrance of the hostile troops into that gar vison. but to relinquish it and fall back immediately upon Granada. This order Promptly ebeyed, and the ene my wore soon safely ent ed withia the fortifications Of Massays. The joy inspired by the siaughter of a few Americans at tbe batte of can Jacinto, and the exaltation felt at the eary jentof marching unopposed to the tbr. eboid o1 aspired to exterminate, then: with w: of Walker ano ir own invincibiiRy Rumor gave our- runey to the conviction that they were intrepid eovugh \o Yoarch upon Grenada and seek to drive the whole Axeri- can force from ite surest ranctuary. It was vot impro- poe that the infatuation and madness of the foe might pt thew 10 eesey the difficult experiment. The army & G)apada were not only prepared, bur to encoan- ter & Contingency 80 consonant witb thelr hopes and am bition, and they listened with snzious impatience for the sigue) gup that ebould reveal the prosimty of the in vaders, Mistaken indicatior s of their approach at times beguited the conviction of their termprity, and the exuita- top. the confivence A eutbue, e pan EY the Americars wire gratityirg presages triumph they unlicipeted, and the fame they were ambitious to realize. The enemy, bowever, were not so blindly insane as to rueb upon the certain destruction in which #0 rash « ovement would have involved them, tent with the ceutious and Ives ‘he dimtwution of supplies to Granada fi sources from which they were obtai ed, the pro- ndeavor, were guilty of ickea- id revolting to o rery sense of humanity, scanty income through life was acrived from supplying the market of Granada with the trifliag cuspisies of en oe lang S% which = packed, With prreevering patience, for miles, upon their Leads and backs, were captured ’b} lye teneyre Heer sien ‘at Masenya, and mage to expiate nce ot furnishing supplies Ve the Amaricane by being shot—inh 4 savegely murdered on the public plaza, amid the ri- baid ehou's of a» brutml solciery. By such practices ws these the grapd allied army of conspirators deluded themrelves with the vain conviction that tbe army of Walker was to be starved {into « sur- reoder or the evacuation of Granada. The miserable riace, essaries they woald innibit. The in- Cigiation of Walker was aroused, and the army sym atuized in the feeling of reseptment that such acts of bru‘ality were calculated toawaken. Hw determined no lor ger to wait the tardy action of the enemy, or to allow tbe inciemency of the season to prolung the poriod of active opera tons, but to prosecute at ouce and with vigor the war to which he was invited and which he welcomed with ajserity. ‘The command of G+. Horrsby, which was garrisoned at San Jorge, near Rivas, in the Meridionai Depart- ment, wes crdered to Granada, and prepara ious were justantly in progress for the cam- ‘At noon, on the llth inst, everything was in Teadipess for the march, and after a review by Gen. -Waiker of tbe troops upon the plaza, the order was given, and the whole body of the’ —, con wed at the Jal- tebs, the rendezvous of the first Kifle Bat; where they were again reviewed preparatory to the advance Maseaya. Toe marching column formed » body of eight hendred men, commanded in person by Gen. Walker, avxilisried by Gem Bornsby, the second oqumending Otticer of the Nicarsguan army. The Commander-ia Chi ‘war sup ortes by bis staff, of Cols. Kewen and Laine, Capts Pineda and Mabon, and Lieat Gist, ands wenty or thirty mounted Cubans. Gen. of War; Gen. Carrascosa, Minister of Baci-noa; Gol. Thompson, Adjutant General, and Col. Naizmer, Inrpector General, also formed a pee the suite of Gen Walker, The bategiions, there were tour—two of rifles aud two of infor were offi- cered. the Firat Relies by Colonel “the reoona by Colonel Allen; the First atantry y Col. Markham; en¢ the “econd Infantry by Lieut. Molotosn. Tue artillery, and two companies of rangers, and ome of sap pore and mivers, made up the remander of the army — the ertillery under the direction of Capt. Swartz, tho rapgers under commend of Major Waters, and tbe sapvers and minese officered by Capt. Hesse. The rangers occu. pied the a vance and extreme rear of the line of march he First Rifles wrre next te advaner, and wore immodi- ately followed by Gen. Walker, bie etal and body guard. ‘The Secopd Rifles preceded the artillery and ammunition, which were closely followed and supported by the First and Second Ipfantr; ‘The National Band, a iwepil the word of commend, the galiant ttle brekly forward ip apzioue pursuit of a foe autaciou! them a Sree, apd the steady column regularity. ‘Tbe route was of couniry, whieb were {insufficient w retard aepirants for fame. The roed op either side by a dense undergrowth, trable tan a Mexican chapparal. Here and there clearings of open spaces of experienced the provident ‘were Dow Deglected and rank vegetation which eprings up eo magicaily and | riantly ithe region of the place well ad for om! evidence Witbi H A sé PgZE Edi mounted 5 H = lH regerded by the nati: of severe! midnight ‘Verte ii with # virion of horrors. ‘The enemy, either unaavised or ing (he advantage of the porition, allowed it to avard ned and no obstacle reveaied iteelf to the advance of the army. The sun Was just retiring a the tre cotwmw paneed the favorabse place of ambusa, fdirg benme rested with a weird spkgdor w the sommits of the distant bills, giving — of the favorable of the t Linele puted! cies of wurpr ‘On an elevation to eae toon hi and Oxnked u oven but. Hiataon Gan Watt or the night The army encircied bim ht Cetarces, and efter they hat quietly a of thought. aceom modations of the writer, ahared equally two other members of the General's stall ‘ume putheed to prepare them for use, and bret a ported se cnveerner to tnese comforts of “baimy sleep,” uncon: ing of the proxima’e enemy and the environ: Scarcety, however, pad T realized the tpepiration ber in the eooth cence of wae fu idenly of frearme in tne 4 jon. Direct foe probahle pos Se thé firing, be coolhers of an teiole, while all s monetrationy were again sueponded, and & calm rested upon the ranks of the belligercnts, ‘The hour for determined action, however, was rapidly 3 and the order for propermion adeh antes tbe officers of battalions. By the army was in e@démces for battic, and the-yoice the drum signalled (9 ta enemy the wivazes of American col A few borsemen, proceoting fi the little or outer plaza of tn town, known as Plazs bebsstian, ascended ap emivoses in the road, whtct posea to the view of our m she ‘was given to disperse them with a shell from one of howitzers. Schwartz immediately bomb im their midst with so grauufy: an clot @ restraipless shout of exultation ermy. The terrified horse men fled with the 8 the swine that were possessed of devits. upaccountable explosion among to their trightened end bewildered 1 tonating bolt (rom heaven and their extt from the scene of their adventurous explorations was frantically ead la dicrously precipitate. The bowt'zer commandea by Cept. Schwartz was raploly arvanced to the summit o the desertea «eminence, whence a shell was tot the centre of the Plaza St. Sebastian The ° tbe petard Fad scarcely resounded upon the ear, when the First Ri ip obedience to orders, rushed with ex- ulting shout tuto tre piasa varated by the territying bomb, and were followed speeally by sbe entire of thearmy. Capt Thomas Vola, with his company, led the aavarce of the esters charge and reaching th: geal to which he was directed, piauted the Nicaraguaa fag, around which the army concentrated, and raised wild whoop of delight that could not tail to have (allen upon the euemy with wtimieating power. The bouses shat surrounded the plaza were incostl- pently urtepap'ed. ard a pomisouous rush was made by the whabitapts for the sanctuary of the ¢hurcn aud the otber fortifications wich protected the Grand Piwze, This stronghold of the enemy was distaut about eight hunored yards, and the main body of the poring force was congregated in and around that for- treased centre. To obtain possession of that plaza would be to enjoy the surety ot umpb The two howitzers, maneged respectively by ‘apt schwartz and Licat. Far- yen, began to play most beaati'ully and with disas cous effect upon that portion of the towo; but after a few dis- charges only, one of the carriages became broken and dis- ordered from the impetus of its own rebound, whion oo- casioned @ loss of several bours in completing the neces- In the meantime the saopors and miners, under Capt. Hesse, were required to open a way Grand Plaza, by waking dbroacacs ta the atone which intervened wey So hepa were supported by Capt. wi ‘Company; tbe rapidity of the ao with which they edvanced evinced the Orm determination with which they crosecuted their endeavors. Several blooks in this manner were traversed before the enemy became aware of the danger- ua proximity of the American rifles. Startied no less at the boldness than the insidiousness of the pian of attack, they openea wita evident alarma sharp mitting fire. Our troops, securely suiel ied by walls and buildings, escaped injury from thetr reckless disc! an6 retaliated, with severe recompense, upon thelr dis- concerted adversaries. For more than an hour gi BEERS i i jis F ; of 5 inforeed by the bowitzer, in charge of Captain schwai end ae See Py oer een Linge od Le respectively by Cuptains Leonard, O'Regan, Ewbanks, Jobustone and others, and under the immediate direction of Colonel Sanders and Lieutenant Coicnel Austin. The Seopa pemsorees their work with vigor, and ceeded in ri ing. despite a constavtly witbin @ equare or block of the coveted ere the bowitser was planted, which, from 8 terrific discharge of rifles, ana two bundred must have to the terror-siricken gouls of whing foe. While ergaged in such formidable advaniages the were flanked in another direction by under Col. Allen and Lieut Col. in the opposing eee none rernane Soee eT . and were improving bei Semned of Gen, Horvsby was ore ported by tbe First Rites under Col continuous fy ing for several boure, g & ZF rm euins 4 5 i i e2%¢ 7 H fF He TE s | sptit ate ep «fort 10 Bank us op of the city by smy hao entered, The movement was prom teciea by cur iej. Weters were ible, re end, if scala ae earnestness with wbich the firing was with which the cont 3 end Major Caycee, the rangers, apd a few them to reach the scene and pene- \abie upcergrowth that surrounded the theatre of action Two of the rangers ouly were slightly wounded; besides which our ow without injury, and with the ratifying gone 08 Of having iuflicted a severe retri- (ities open the fos. ‘The return o( the forces plaza wae greeted with enotber sbout, was with Gerce delighs . a advancing bodies of im the vicinity of Grand Piazs, aod seat terror to the dismayed inimates of the besieged ‘The position of the ene! pe Set The whole booy of tbe First and the hoaiwer under Lieutenant Farren wore ordered to the + of the frat howitzer, cireoted by Captain Schwartz, ot bantalions of Col ‘and Licuvenaat- i E ae BF s she £2 } i a Z renpouded to ibe Wunderiag tad the owes of ovr rifles were e hood report of inimical musketry. maucaily proacrve their defonces impregnable to the atiaoks of their that i oo ‘was cousumed with the loss on y of five men and ‘Spat Lumber wounded. The Minnie and the Missis- wippliifles, in the bands of our intrepic sharp shooters, did terrible exception, but sbelis thrown from the bette- ries of Schwartz and ‘en exceeded im their destruc. Live Capacitics the most enthasisetic anticipations formed of thetr efficiency. The blood of little leas than two hun- dred siaip saturated the retreats of the enemy, and their wounded disputed with the tortunace for the eapc.uary of thelr tortreasea. Late in the afternoon the fetigued ond ¢! «nemy | umpended their futile demoet) ations of denly settied tuto the quietude whieh or-, day o! reat, the vigilance of the Giscerhable throng® the calm, and size by | dinar\'y hallow American soidie 8 was every precau'ion taken to anticipate and tortfy against the weachery 0: appearances. The time was favora@le, too, i taurtaent ie sscheas pce a pret LJ _ Pie, Commissar, m, under the je gy rice, Deana, and other nutritious d in gratitying plenty. These were boun omg the soldiers, who reipbed with Oc roe patirfactiqn the tnvoluntary hospttaliiy of the Mas- “Surry of em, Walker were located at an inter- 7 # waa euffickently ri ith which tof bis canonical % vigyng A eatisfnctory meal were more than equal to the exipeney, abd jus Iifere Bly Inviliog A samptnons re s accord: ingly prepared and tis. thet would’ ‘coubtioen } bave cheered the hospitable host if “‘cireumstances over which ‘* bad not constrained his sudden and from the @#elcoming 5 #2 ges se ES : l i i i ie I ii the force, movements . pou. tu countermarch of ovr army. Thie hav- ing been ccusented to, “Ma), rs, about moon of night, succeeded tn re-entering without inter- ruption the city of Massaya, and found it, as whoo be lett, repusitg in unbroked quictude. Making his way comeiiey Wo Ger. Waiker’s quarters, the information we ly Communwated, and the order was Ciatributed among the eficers: of bawltons. 10, abandon thoir respective posts gud concentrete their commands on the’ Plaza St. batian, The army with comtentanie: * peter to the order of larga! wearying march to Massay: the fatiguing schon thaf howed, the soldiers exhibited the tort aincrny : d aon Prospect of re-engaging the enemy men and officers thus far bad nobly performed oe worthy to ravk in gallantry with i apy army Christendom The Firat Rifter, under Cot. Sanders and Lieut, Col. Austin, were thrown more cozspicuoua?y into and mover aid & battalion sustaim with greater triumph the expectations form: d of its efticioncy..” The eame rd and am- bition to illustrate valor by chivalric deeds pervaded the entire army, and votbing but en oeeny was wanting to sigvalize its heroism and add to ite fame. The bawe of Marraya was won by a fraction of ocr force, and the achievement was worthy of the gallant spirits who accomplished it—worthy of the man who projected the epterprise—and wortby of the cause which gave origin to the necexsity and inapl) ation to the endeavor. Granapa, Oct. 16, 1856. COUNTBEMARCH UPON GRANADA—THE ADVANOB- GUARD FIRED UPON—A GOOD POSICION—OHARGE INTO THE PLAZA—BATTLE OF GRANADA, ETC. The Piaza oi 8 Sebastian was thronged with spirits fiushed with the joy of triumph. There were busy pre- Parations for prosecuting the work of victory 80 auspi- ciously begun. The wounded were comfortably provided. for, through the energetic and efficient action of the Quartermaster's Department and the vigilant and kindiy ministration s of the Medical Stait 4p this conneciion it would not be improper to add that the entire corps of surgeons connected with the army were unremitting, during the conflict of two days, in their kindness and attentions to those whose misfor- tones appealed for rolief. Wherever their services wore -esrential they were to be found, whether in the heat and turmoil of the conflict or im the refuge of the afflicted. The zeal and devotion with which they proscouted their duties blinded them to the contingencies of peril and exposed them to the dangers it was essential they should avoid. As ardent in chivelric impulses as they wore persevering in professional ambition, they did not disdain the field of contention, and the fearlessness with which some of them essayed their efficiency was illustrated ta the afflicting casuaties they encountered. Among the wounded are enumerated Drs. Callahan, McHihenny and Scott, of the army corps of physicians, who divided with thelr comrades {in misfortune the attentions of their Juckier brethren of the staf. ‘There were none 80 seriously disabled as to require convepance other than on borseback,and some were spirited enongh to forego even that accommodation, and venture the fatigue of the march on foot. The moon was high in the heavens, and shone with such resplendent light as to throw ® mysterious fascina- tion upon the ecene. The theatre which so recontly re- vealed the resentful flasbes of human passion was now undisturbed by apy sign of anger or contention. The places which were obecured by the smoke of battle had become radiant with allver light, and tranquil ‘as the dreamlers sleep of infancy. The church in the centre of the Grand Plaza, that sapotuaied the aatagouiztic army, aad whose shrine wes desecrated by the murderous of- ferings of implacabic enmity, looked heavenward with an w pect as calm and guiltless as though sin and shame hat pot victated its sacredness, nor the unholy pricsts of a sanguinary creea officiaced with impiety atits aitars. So calmly and golemnly cid the silvery moon encircle with {te radiance the whole of the surrounding scene, thit tt could searcely be credited that war, with desolating am dition, so lately bad reigned and triumphed with merci leon forceity. At three o'clock in the moraing the army was ia readi- ness for motion, and without disturbing the sleeping deni- zens of Massaye, or provoking from the epemy a valedio- tory demonstration, tho countermarch was ordered and the city evacuated. The remarkable quiet and unseati nelied condition of Massaya created the conviction that the enemy had made good their retreat in the dircciton of Leon, or bad taken one of the numerous roads leading to Granada. The latter suspicion was deemed more proba- bie for eevera) reasons. The enemy during the afternoon of the fight, for some cause unknown to us, demonstrated their joy by the ringing of bells, and by shouts indica. tive of reantmated onthusiaam. It now became evident that they bad received intelligence of the attack upon Granada, apd flattering taformation of the spirit and suc cere with which the sesauit was prosecuted. The posses- sion of that city was the mmmum bonum of their aspirations, and to thet end thoir utmost endeavors were perseveringly directed. To their ides Granada was the ‘ citadel of safety, and to regain that from Walker would be tooverwhelm him with defeat and tmmortalize them- selves with victory. e It was extremely probable, therefore, that, buoyed with the impiriting knowledge of the enter. prising adventure of a portion of thelr arwy, and apimated with the ‘belief that their co-operation was obly wanting to place success Qeyond a contingency, they bad evacuated their fortifications in Massaya, and taken up the Tine of march to the capital. There was little doubt in the army of Walkor but that the whole inimical force was being concentrated in Granada, and that a dea, perate engegemen| would inevitably ensue before we could re-enter that city. By request of the Commancer-in Chief, Major Rogers and the writer united themselves with Coil. Skerritt and a few mounted volunteers, to form an advancs gnard, fol- lowed by the First Infantry, under Col. Markham, to make our way through the enemy's picket, if posaibio, and gain possession of the main plaza, It was at frat contemplated, when within a few miles of the city, to de- ‘vinte from the main route, and, desbribing « circle, euter as from Lake Nicaragua. Captain Sanding, a native, so- companied us as a guide; but on reaching the trail that we were to follow, an order was received from the Gene ral jo Continue upon the direct route, and advance to the Jaiteba, The march had been continued an- ti) pearly sunrise, and no report of artillory having reached (be beartrg of the advance guard, the liveliest appr: bensions were felt for the safety of those who wore refoaining in garrison. Less than three bundred per- the city, and the probable destruction of Its American {a Dabitapta, The reasonable fears which this circumstance excited bad the effect of enlivening the march aod aggra- ‘vating the animosity of our army. The sun, however, bad scarcely risen when sounds of deop and signi@oant import were beard in the direction of Granada, and the apprehensions which. had become #0 painful were greti- ‘yingly allayed. The reports of cannon, followed by the id discharge of firearma, were conclusive proofs of the energetic resistance with which the enemy was met, 2 i 3 iH if sf i Hi ifs e3 MURNING EDITION—-MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1856. HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. * to reauze that he ia backed by his friends, but this wae oof and demonstration of fricndship that, however ar- « excluded the propriety of self.congratulation. The fiy 9 ib front, though wild, was unremitting, and oasmualtios wer © DOt altogether imporsivie; and ibe danger ia the rear Waxed fiercer, and was jar morc sorious than that potab, rn Lage the norvous sensibilities of the ber. lexico, Availing myscifof the advantage of a vend o * the road, which afforded at least the orotection of concea, Went, I prostrated myself on the from ober: vation, on account of the tall grass which tervened by tween the opposing armies, and tug an inter wediate position between awaited, as q. Vetly as ciroumstances favored, tion of events, Tbe epemy not bi seen our force, and #olieving t to be 10 advanoed to the te the nersous #¥etem ever, the Fi.vt Tofantry, whoop, bounded into sisht, ond yellow oevis retreated t0 the refuge of their cannon, way be agived t vat this rade ub movement was vot regarded by ove per YOu at least, with mappessable opposition Theadvance of our troops rescued me from my criticet posivion, and '* Ricbard was himeelf again.’? Baving reweated bebind their cannon, the enemy re pewed a vigorous dre, mao tferting @ determination to dis- pale our progress with un *miable ferocity, The main body of our army was close wpon the heels of Ool. Mark- bam's battalion, and the whic pushed forward. with ad- vepturous enibusiaam. A ,Wiched batile between the enemy and our advance prog: essed for several minutes with liveliness and no Céespiva os opivion was formed of the: pirit anc mettle of the oppowng force. The eager: bers 0} the rear portion of our army revealed Keelf in an indiserimipate rush to the advance, where *batiations and cc nrpanies wlike were tbrown into inextricable and men fought on individuai-responei bilities. Tne intmt- cai four pounder looked Leona: Oy our front, and threat- enea to retard our progress. mimic thunder of its report, signaltog® discbarge of canister in our ranke, followed by a hoavy volley of wusktty ant a volume of Dimdipg smoke, drove back our advance, and for a mo- mept it seemed ibat the reoull would prove disheartening and ipjurious. taeut. Col. Astin, with tears in bis oyes, said to me, ‘Colonel, the Firat Kifles are refusing to fight—what in Goa’s name shall i do/’? The words wero scarcely uttered, however, when the boys, true to the {pe piration of indomitable hearts, rallied, and !nan instant the capnon waa in ihetr possession, and tne cnomy fiying Ubrovgh the bushes with the startled awiatness of stricken deer, ‘The greater portion ot the First infantry maintained 1bt ir advauced pomtion under Colonel Markham and Me jor Raymond, t#osa gallant and meritorious officers aa ube army cap boast. It was now pecessary to the charge from the Jatteda to the P aza, a distance of more than aix hundred teks ee oe who is of a oy open and ‘ving made the mareb from Massaya on wat - cally ipar equate to the taak, magnanimoutly ere Col. Sanders the privilege of leading his men in the re- quisite venture. Cailing on the First infantry to follow him, the gallant Sancers, closely followed by Lieutenant Dunican, Company C. First Rifles, dashed torward at the bead of bis own apd Markham’s battalions, and ina few minutes entered ip triumph the plaza, to the relief of the little garrison that or twocty hours had sustained iteolf against @ greatty outnums foe. The enemy ‘were ip posecrsion af the whole coy with the ¢: the plaza, Those bulldiogs comprived tne” heap, the the © 5 gusrd bowe, the Parochial cburch and the ordmance warebcuse. Tao entrance of our trocps into the plazn war succeeded by a fierce and vigorous engegoment, expecially from the east side along the streets rupoing at right apgies with the lako, and from the northrast and southeast corners in the vicinity of Walker House. "Toe buildings tn hove drogions were ker House. ra ose were ard house oa horpiral, ciagona'ly me the rostehmoe of the an },, Giagona'ly cpposiie a AmericaD Minister, atthe quarters of theCommaad- er-tw-Chief. Tho enemy in that direction Mb ay aya f encircled, and the most desperate resistence searcely tpsure the yf of enc A nine pounder under tbe direction of Capt. Swingle, an artille- Tist of excelent qualifications, was brought into service to that quarter, apd with amezing rapicity thebarricaded doors and windows were s*ept away, and the terri- fied and defenceless adversary were exposed to the greedy aim of our riflee. For coolacss and daring courage dispiayed at this theatre of action, there are none who deserve higher praise than Cols, Skerrittand Nntzmer, Capt. Hool, aud Capt. gle und Lieut, Purren of the Ariiiiery in tous shan hour after (be eniraoce of Gen. Walker with bis army into the plaza, the enemy were totally routes and tren pee ee ee ge n ath of Ootober, of ne fret tekirg of Granada — end b ey? por feeitugs of joy ani demonstrated by the result of it calebretion tospired trivm ph po ieee ictensc tham were Jorvunare ber ¢* of tbe or ginal achioverment. ‘The enemy tor socoral weeks bad been futronched at Marssye, but tp consequence of sickness among tne Beiloro, the con. General in-chiet | the auiead army, despat senger to Diriomo, with instructions to Gen. Zavala, the Guatemalan that station, to jess bave emparrassed the id the ta) the dreamless ari pn Saree Imagination, [ the bo! camopy the ofty, dissipated the vegraui sarpicion and lulled < o fancy wih At noon the heaveus wore overcast sad ity of emution Po ent et Gomes 2 eageged at Maceaya, end it wae soarcoly possible that Granade would aflord him o viversion. But the —an of ‘The cannons were dis- eeenn mee eee caea commary to a te tp min hey we Mr pounder wan sta boned boaptial @ ox intrusion. The — tbe u before i Fake z i Hid h z ? e 2 = = 3 S FH fouls of the avdaoour invaders. the ecetion of the'r original purpow , and making cireuii of a square in * cortberlphdirection allem force » passege niong the rouse sao or met by Captain ei l i ei f i if I ae : the s! checked the presumptionof i and held them igpobly at bay, Among ‘thore Who at this point socomplished upon th © foe, there are fow po ore, cr nigner comm: m ‘M00, oF are entitle’ to more meritorious comai- deration, \ "20 Don kmilio Thomas, « cistzen of Granada. with the army. Indeed, the oltizens, aa « hed themselves on every portion of the tleld ’ oe, and are rene of no common. “ ipecify apy single individual among Reena rem 9, deserviDg, and. wiiraah 10 his conte = ‘admiration, Would seem invidious and unjust, bus the mdomitable actly. ity and novie heretam dispiayed by bl ‘Teller, & mon 11 aerohationt tries eterna. a ‘ead = sakoathat'scemed Abe. anfltion of martyrdom, ho en. himself constanty aul fearlessly to perils that entened inevitaole dewsh, anv! indeed he parsed th without yeu‘civieg & severe and FF here. a were stimulated by a more ignobio mmbition, Neither glory mor fame sliured ther with bestoning persuasion —their sordid souls were gniitiens of am i oe thes did not eetminate iu visions of plunder, iferent alike of friend or toe, tity seized with chiovously oestreyed. Of the women, dhe clcthes aod biaxkets of4ho men were ail eppropriaisa by the Cuapines robbers and bi ip the woods, or securety transmitted to some boring towm Thus the u'gbt was coneumed by the Uravaciaps and their pil/eriog otiee Ip ap exp'oy ment te which they were singularly adapted by izolinetion aad batural abilitics. ‘The advent of the morning ad rwmigbed them of the un- certainty of their enterprise, and the necessity-of renew- ing with energy the experiment of access. Datiled ag jormerly w their ¢ Torts to make adirect charze vpom: of our strongholds, they were cement with obout acjacent buiidings, and from barricaded dows availing themselves of the oppertantiy \y expending ® valuabic invoice o! amcaunition manner the conflict was progressing: on the 13th, when the ot arrivatof bis army gave a diflc rent complexton® | Verminaiod it so auspiwtously for bis fame, The field of coptict following the presented a sickoving pleza, ead and dying some instances the enure roof Maken away, and volumes of BO.id maases On the floors. Around were groaning, ban 8 spattered with oe iy EO with gbastly horror upon the mutilated ead emptv of their compazions who had fallen. the yards, on the sivcets, every where turned, the cye rested on some hiclese object veaied the mercilcss pature of the combat. wells were choked with human forms—cor inimical slain. New made graves in the vu ings attestec the higher consideration wita which oom mg h ose - — oe The aire of action, 1, presen Seeman cates aaa of ever} thing that was valual broken 8, mutilated tables, fractured and hfeless human bodies, scattered crimipate copfusion, usurped the universal mansion of the Presivent wea profaned by wu invasion, and its floors stained with retributive sacrifices. The rights of pri ‘were every where violated, and from the to the bumbiest soldier and citizen, there ‘&n individual whose jon grep of the despotier. Dearly, Mon recompensed in the blood of the offeaders. ‘The inbuman jous which refracted and distorted the concuct of the nes and legitimists preciudc thean from tbe privileges of hamen Dip! ‘of compassion. ‘Not that they rubbed acd oc their enemics—vot thas they plundered thetr fi and allies, the Chamorrisiag ~-and even the Chamorros 908 in Granada, —but because of o graver ana far more > » a are statned with 00d— Pre bisoa Peto teaciens Amertcane, J te thelr faith in the iwviovble sanctity of the ‘thelr banés are crimsoned with the vital poured trom tbe Fuulcies Dearie Seem Teligious ditars, aud deeply, . pial a indeiiidie bg . ying upon the a by hay’ tmpotiic aot, tee, Tah ct presenta guar. ed by any impoittic act right apterd to neuwal by internatiooal law, the exolte- ment and alarm cecas\oned hy the + nemy startled no reteusion tn the wind of John B Lawless. Proud of ipberitence av an American citizen Proud of the consign ‘That embiazoned thy power avd glory of hia native cous- ry, he scorned to dixcrodit the integrity of his govera- mort by ap ignoole o7 to throw suspicion upon tte avergipg promptituce by pursuing safety tm bumill, concealment, Ho fied to po fortress for covered no higher vin: ieation of hiy neutral than bis birthright a(forded. eig a HH i : i tH f i ? Ly 2 § i i lit fi i iff 5 i ir thoted in the ungove Dut « cola, @ lodes Ainertcanes "? Tn vain, too, dio the a) of the Rev Menara Wheeler and Fi ful} upon the stony hearts of the relentlem: devils bela them tm boncege. Neither their national: character nor their secred calling could stay tho murder. ‘oumRigPal, oF rotard the naoritioe, They were doomed to pit Upon the iatal stone, yet dripping with the blood of Lawless, aod Ce ob (be warm ourrente of their own Iacerated be , the amiable: ft Kindred fate, Bo berm ner implacsbio vem- citizen, the mam of God,"be barmlers tnneeent, have falien, end furniched melancholy = \ilastrm | vationalicy oo Toetr diced } i s f i i fi fi i ! Hi I iii e H H i i i f i 2 i e Hy f = i id Oo! i fl i 3 g ! | i SeRz HF : i ff Hf F i i H il HF fii HT Hi | is i i i : i f i i i | HOURE AND AMERICAN FLAG— BARBAROUS MURDER OF AMERICAN CITIZENS—DETARTURE OF COL. ‘WHEELER FOR WASHINGTON CITY—PRRSENT CON- DITION OF AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA, BTO., ETC. Very unexpectedly the mail for the United States, whieh forces, by order of Gen. Walker, had evacuated Maecaya, and were marching for this city. They arrived the same day, just as the steamer wan leaving for Greytown, wid