The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1856, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 185%. eee re nn ee ee area Sans ean meee eT DOS US | i dunger the Dallew. tewever, whistled about me quite! ine with and beiween he two ot cly ev @ r&w VOINE ecr Could deaire. ratty she Bow be ciovely : datialion whi0o sccom, SEVIEW OF THE PONCBS IN GRANADA CITY—MUSFER | inother dewehment of hem were euraged °0 OPQHg & AND MARCH ON MASSAYA, way through the buildings ‘and yards on Wwe opposite sce Tee twtory Sort fn Ge ‘Lith of Octo- | of ihe street, for the advance of the iwfaotry. When ail i 5 i i ber, 1866, a: 1] o'clock A. M., Gen. Walker, accompanied hy 2 were ready the Rifles advanced i (he way aseiga. ed (be! by he stati, rode acrors the plaza of Granada to 4 we Second Light Infantry assumed tbe cf- | praise cannot imsef at the head of tha aden columns. The fonsive across the sirest. Both worked their way sivacily | coolmess =s the cope were ‘ormed into battalions various places. | forward, driving the enemy, fi house to-house, from joni Wo Af. wereeRev. Mr. W As ibe Genera! passed them, he was greeted with loud | block fe view, Sates Oy any time lasing ‘an inca. of tee pag wi Surectene se Peecegoes: W. Teller, | 2028 of oe yn atari Bivle Soc Inecler, pth mg beers. ground they gaive - securely bebind Lizen ; Hamundo pony m4 Society ; 4 ‘Om the level ground in the vicinity of the Jaitebs | Jieutemant-Colonel samuel Asbion led away, company B, commanded by Tr arin) i Hardy, jyrg bey b agne Nete mass +o fe expr commanded uh . | LIST OF KILLED, WOUNDED AND .HSeEING OF THE FIRST RIFLE old pie y bs Ch Ae ne 5 ¥ 5 - Smith, here about @barcb, near lo we quarters of alted | their men with the uimoss coolness and r cr oe peg ice of BATTALION, OCT, 12 ann 18, H La i zg watu the troops crcered to march: ‘all arrived. About | voice of Sanders could be heard sharper Vv twent; wainctes only a ‘The | of Minnie, and louder than the report were charged upon Company A—Ist Lieut, Mathews, ‘wounded slightly. since, on ay ar riage a she ao Pret Rife battalion were im the front. As soon as the | The Second light ey, eee Oe eon Ewbanks took possession the folowing Company B—Wounded, Ist lieut. Latimer, Tent, stances atte! ij eae ‘@encral halted took up their lime of march, and pass- | Col Mcintosh and Major vig Ay right. The rifles wore then the entrance of Morria, Sergeant 5 lars of the attac] = ouse mer! ais! ed, heaced by « fife and drum. Thecolors of the battalion | bravery. They did not permit Rifles the main plaza, when th PA , Company C—Killed, Private ; Wounded, | are detailed in the sul joined affidavits, Mr. wand ‘were thoee hada few previously been present- | faster than they did, and im one instance again came to their LeSueur; Privates Lillis, Parmear, Latta, “ tare to, Ge Unie’ Bates le Be Seon ed vo them by the mother ‘sisters of tbe Colonel com- | commanded by Captain Drew was one whole block enemy were in large fo: leaves to-day for the rest ration of his health, and to ‘manding them—E. J. Sanders. The Second Rifles and tn- | vance., This Captain and his company fought #0 fearlessly | sbout this time. ‘Company D—Wounded, Ist Licut, Anderson; privates | te particulars of these ou personally before fapiry came on, headed by the military band. (n the | and so vely that he was more thaa once The Commander in Chief MoCoy, Gerdon. Sing! Bride. American government. Mr. Wheeler, the Americea } colors of the Second Rifles were the words, ‘‘Victory or the enemy, and would not abandon his ad that Granada was attacked by Company E—Killed, ates Reid, Hobbs; wounded, | ister, bas for some time very sick of fever ‘Beath”—a sentiment that might be read in the counte- sion until the General had issued positive orders for bi that a lay r, Bays. cholera morbus, and at one lime was not sted to, mances of every soldier of tbe entire force as plainly as if W.. . aid in Grenada, where the most Com) ‘FeKilled, private MoClure; wounded, pri- | Cover. He confined to his bed at the time of| Sibed been writen there. ‘Tae First and Second Infantry SovFiews Dates, bering ioe carey of ibe howizers, | was, he or retreat from vates Kerr, Bates. outr fellowed tnose, and with tho aie en oe wesley + agli ay Su Soe tose soem, Ro ‘watched b. or Com; A gg al agg he aban ara privates | INSULT TO THE UNITED biped a | ‘armed, appeared like men who were fully to any | the looxers on, with great interest. wiser, com- Brand! i, Eflinger, Blairon; missing, drummer AS TO THE OUTRAGES. eocy * J ons : x Forster. sie Mow cad 2 ‘The fing of the comparatively small Gansatic to} LI8T OF WOUNDED OF THE SECOND RIYLB BATTALION. Was respected while, in the words of £1 Nisuraguense, Company A—Private W. Cloud, slightly. American colors were being shot at, and riddied \ Me 4 B—Privates J. Boswell, slightly; F. Kiser, | | ullets, while fiyirg over the nouse of the Americar do; ll, do. ister, and served rather to induce outrage than a i i f : under | one of these was killed by being #0 city of Granada, which was again, on the same 5 P A 5 wwict discipline. tbat the bursting of one Zour’ own bombs took cfiect | taken by General Walker. - The following is an extract trom report of Maj. Potter: | Company C—Sergeant Denson, slightly; corporal Hoff. | rotection to those who scught its shelter, as the foll ‘The order to move forward was given ; two companies | upon him. the ctllcers and men cementing the rifles, they did On Sunday, 13th instant, about half past one o'clock | man, do.; privates A, Fullerton, dangerously; Scuyler, } %& affidavits will show:— ef rapgers under ibe command of Waters, McCheeney and Stith, with their companies, | their duty well, and it would be to try and give | P. M., standing om the corner of the plaza, near the office | do.: J P. do, LEGATION oF Tux UxitEp States oF Ammnica, the advance guard. The Firat comm: ‘at one time go far in advance that they were in danger | one officer more praise than another. they ware all'wil of the Ordnance Departmen:, saw a man mounted on a | None killed. This ersonall Lonby gv oelgiy 7 by Col 5. J. Sanders, were next. Of being hit by sho's from men of their own battalion, | ling to ssorifice their lives if necessary, for the cause gray borse, galloping past the Jalteba church, followed LIST OF KILLAB AND WOUNDED OF FIRST INFANTRY. Wisdsesal al aaEaaemianse before me, James G Tmwomediately after the rifles rode Gen, Walker snd bis | while shooting at the enemy. bullet hit a bunch of | they are engaged in. lirectly by some dozen Or more men upon the run. i | Adjt. F. W. Polen, wounded align 4 A strong force of the allied army of Guatemala and wtafl. Among his stall officers were Gen. Carrascosa and | keys in McChesney’s pociket, Thote standing pear me thought {t a courier from Masaya; Company B—Kil' Private fe. Uanning: wounded, Salvador dttacked his hor i i { Gran| 1% thy Beso J. Fairchild; Privates Pat. Giobous, Joba | on gunday, the 1zb inst, at i2ieocclock, end beoke oper Ser; it A. @en. Pineda, These were followed by the body guard of | him tora while to wal! little lame. His comrades the General, who are distinguisbable, by their exy-blue | lavghed considerably at his expense, at intervals of the Welsh, Jobn Mooney, John Harkin. same. They demanded if any “Americins or, white pe wniforms, with red facings. this party were, also, | tight, on account, as whey said, of the singular circum Company C—Wounded, J. Evans. MO, Wood, Raq., aL pipes epi atamaniies, Fee founs gentlemen volunteers. stance of a man being wounded in a buech of keys. a ee fought their way toa suspecing that it was a party of lancers Company D—Killed, —— Terry, Philip Elum. ‘and took ont to shoot. On this n citven, eee 4 Following the eneral’s guard, were the pack mules, ‘ATcurious accident happened Capt. George Leonard, of soldiers of my advanced and received | I ran towards the church, as far as the office of the Adja- Company E—Wounded, Lieut. W: between the parties, and assuring them bs = of the enemy coolly, returning it with eflect. Af- | tant General, when I was satisfied that it wasa siroog a. G—Wounded, gergeant HeLan in; Privates | although an American, was a rereanat at an Toa ery r then ammunition, &c., and the two mountain howit- . B, First Rifes. He was in the thick of the fight, at i ‘ OB re ei, us sem ‘volleys had been exchanged the enemy left the | force of the onemy: went immediately to my house (the | R. W. Foreman, Denis Eliott, Charles Gehreis, Thomas | and in no wise connected with the atmy. They gers, which were in charge of ‘Swartz, and Lieut. | the head of bis men, when he dropped insensible upon the b Warren, with the necessary number of men for their | ground. A report reached head quarters that was | roa retired, appareatly |. Major Caycee, | house tormerly occupied by Dolores Lajarso) and sent | Brooks, Dominick Connollan, J. A. Smyth. pat roemag (he Beg el yaluable goods, moneys | proper working. rod Shorigratterward rumor had it that he was not | ‘eld officer of the day, advanced with and showed, as ho | my wife and children with Mr. and Mrs. twine | ust oF unig, WOUNDED "AND MinaNG oy sacoxn ix- | !aNCrs, and Jemanded thal the Rouge of ibe Amer “ner we artiliery, marched the Second Rifles, Col Jack | dead, but bad been shot in the moutb. The fact was he invariably does, great cooiness and firmness. ree! of Colonel Wheeler, Minister from the United FaNTRY. repeated intection of murdering all Americans allen; the Firet Light Infantry, Col John Markham; the | had not been touched; but a bullet passed so closely to After the enemy retreated, 1 returned to the Piaza St. | States. Krom my house] went immediately to the Ord- Company A—Wounded, Privates Read, dangerously; | the country. At this time John B, Lawless, Bay. ; Second Light Infantry, Col. 1. Mcintosh. Al! the letter | his lipe that it took the ‘breath completely out of his body. | Sebastian. when I received orders to support Capt. and there found Lieut. W. B. Hite on | White, slightly. ‘Wm. J. Ferguson, of Louisiana, Rev. D. H. Wheeler, ‘Aj swore uncer the command of Brig. Gen. Hornaby. On the | Afer !ving about ten minutes he recovered, and was so | Second Iniantry, and Capt. Green, of my command, duty, with two sergeants and men; reported the Com; B—Killed, Private Frank; missing, Privates | of the American Bible tocity for Nicaragua, of Chariesto eatreme rear were mounted rangers. unconscious of the cause of his fall that ne atiributed it | were warm! near the main plaza and gave them such’ orders as I thought } Trederiek, Murray. Tisgke Ca, Taeiae, B08 SS Seen. See eee ee ‘There was but little of interest transpired on the march | toa fit ofapoplexy. Leonard is one of the ‘original fifty. | my arrival Dreux bad one private killed and id then started to Minister Wheeler’s to see | Com ‘C—Wounded, Capt, A. Matzdoft, slightly; 2a | under ihe Amoricio tag tt it ihe Aiaerican tag whch eat. It rained a sbower or two, and the men res:ed abou: | six,” and it gives us pleasure to add that the General | Capt. Green several wounded. We were attacked fy bad arrived safe, and arrived at the corner f Lieut. Von Hill, do. eee heaee of the kee ‘Legation, and several t midway to take something to eat. They were all in ex- | showed an appreciation of bis bravery by breveting him im front and on the left, but repulsed them several near the residence of Mr. Teller, just in time oa D—Wounded, Capt. Horace Bell, slightly; | penetrated the door—the Minister, Col. Wheeler, being at eellent spirits and compared themselves to a large pic- | « Major on the field. umes from the latter position. to check the charge being made by the eremy down the [| Sergeant Brooks, dangerously; Privates Boyd, slighily; | time contined to bed by fever, This house being between mic party. The road inthe vicinity of Granada was very There were only about four hundred and fifty men ad- I capnot speak in too high terms of the coniuct of both | street for the plaza, by Killing the leader, who was gal- [ Price, do. ; a Private Amey. house and the grand plaza, was in the range of the gus} @@cult for pedestrians, While crossing over a very bad | vancing, as already described, toward the enemy: the | officers and men e; they exhibited the great- ae eels the charge, much in advance of bis men, Company E—Killed, Private Callaban; wounded, 24 the Bicaragnen Srey OF 8 wala Dawe, hots ohana epot, some one requested Gen. Carrescoea to allow him to | remainder of our force formed a reserve under Brig. | est coolness and Tuning and shouting. Lieut. H. T. dangerously; Sergeant Conklin, tome the Tee of ‘he United Biaten, A fra ail d ride bebind him on bie mule; the General consented, but | Gen. Hornsby. and rcmained forthe most part during About 4 o’cloc! Romney; wits one company of My tirst shot was with baht carbine, only wouna- } slightly; Privates Thos. Clark, do.; H. B. Williams, do.; | ihe riffes that for the time protected it asthey repeatedly ipatead of getting astride, as he hoped, the who ap- | the day near the position first gained in the morning, to | First Infantry, joined us, and shortly after this we re- | ing and staggering bim against the house, and then rolled | missing, Geo. Ryans. ed that if they teok the american Mivisier they would ins! plied for a deck passage, succeeded ia pulling the General | protect the rear. Gen. Hornsby, from his coolness and | ceived orders irom your Excellency to fall back om the | him into the street with my six shooter. I think this wa. Company F—Killed, Privates G. Kowlowkey, Philip t him. J. G. WHEDEMA: e@his mule. It was with hn diticulty that he was | promptness on the field, sec ms to us 8 model officer. Plaza St. Sebastian, which we did in the best of order. | the first man killed in the city. Mr. Hughes and several | Geonard, Pere Brule, Francisco R; vates Sworn to before me. thi 7 saved from ‘ailing into the mud. The 1 excited ‘The enemy bad roads cui through the woods and fields | Immediately‘on our arrival, Green was ordered to | others saw this fortunate cheek, (it completely halting | H. Smith, elightly; Tho. Herman, |. Han- Lncavon te One Imogb, tha: rap the entire line; and indeed men in | around Massaya, and tried several times during the'day to | assist Colonel Sancers, where remained until orders | the charging party.) by which those working the nice b ‘i ‘Near pis humor often laugh at a less ludicrous cireumetance | surround us, Bek they were invariably driven back with | were given to concentrate on the Plaza St. Sebastian. pounder cannon were enabled to fire it. LST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED OF LIGHT ARTILLERY. Personally, appeared, on this 2d day of Oci loss. leannot speak in praise or commendation of the nine Company A—Killed, Privates Theodoreven Krottenba. | Alonzo A. Perrine, who being duly sworn, did Genera.’s mule was not called upon to carry double Pcvsed ayntome we occupied on the march from thence to was in the rear of First Riffea and van of Second | pounder cannon during the commencement of the attack ar mel Dirbab; wounded, Capt. A Schwatz, TT ns wate the city of Granada on the 1b instant; 2b tranny Peat Deerved. Th Sica. Siring Ook, sQecanon § Salas boty ef Lancet Te ‘two of ou ere seriously wounded by it. Th Sergeant Salumb Giles, do.; Privates Fr, Straub, ‘utmost ler was ol 5 ere were DO | tacked a <lelachment of our Rangers. ded fantry. —two ir men wi ly e . eant Salum! }, d0.; Priv r, Straub, “ stragglers, tor were there any that appeared anxious to | themacives bravely until a pertion of the pos Me Rifles, Te Ya the attaex on the enemy who were stationed | charge on the Plaza was abandoned by the enemy; their | do'; leary Malearub, do.; Theodore Dibm, severely. ein anak an oe ae ee ee remain bebind. under Major Caycee, came to their aid, and re; the | near the Jaltebda church, with one piece of cannon, « | force concentrated and made a vigorous effort to enter LIST OF KILLED AND WOUNDED OF TRANSIT RANGERS, 13th, about 12 o'clock M., at the request of Mra. Caen ‘THE ARMY IN CAMP—XIGHT SCENES AND SKIRMISHES. | agsailants with considerable loss. This same Cay- | siignt confusion occurred in the troops who preceded ua, f the small plaza by the quarters of the Commander-in- Killed— Private Frederick Hall. ‘Was at the bouse of the ‘American Miniater at the time, d Before entering Masseyn, Generai Walker ordered a | cee, who possesees as much bravery as there is any oc- | which divided my command, throwing myseli, Capt.Gore, | Chief. There the enemy were gallantly held in check by Mirsing—Privates Joseph Klumph, George Townsend. | nent wentto look for her husband, saw five bodies in| halt. in order to allow man t rest bai an hour, | casion for, has, from his long acquaintatce with the ha. | Lts. Hart aad Trapp and seven privates almost in advance || Capt. Swingle with the six pounder cannon, assisted and | Uf the citizens of Granada there wore about two bun. | copii waton SEE S, He Wines & Ce. waich, bodiee b and Lave all things pet into the most complete working | bits of this people, as good an i¢es of their mode of war- | of the entire command, at which time we recetved orders | covered by many cittzens with rifles and muskews, en- | dred engaged in the battle of the 12th and 13th, all of Ere Se nen, of Lawless: Necmanen, Cormens erder. At about ten o'clock, the entire force was en- | fare as any field cificer in the Nicaraguan army. charge the cannon; having succeeded in which, and | cour: and directed by Capt. Watkins. The brass feld | whom, so far as my own observation extended, and 80 | jurial of those bodies; they were ne ised camped fn the outskirts of Massaya. ‘Once during the day General Meadez rode across the | b' ripg Sirtog in the Piaza, I ordered them forward. piece to bear by the enemy at this point was soon far as I bave been able to ascertain from others, behaved | several places; Cars had ene eye shot out, and had al ‘Tbe clouds which had hung loweringly during the af- | plaza, accompanied by his aids, within easy gun-shot of | jor Caycee (by order of Gen Hornsby) remained at tais diem ‘by the heavy and well-directed fire of Capt. pep or performed the duty assigned them tothe | bayonet wound in his neck; heard ‘that these men ternoon, al! cleared away in the early of the evening. | the Rifles. He got up so near asto be heard very dis- | point, with the balance of my battalion, to guard the dis- | Swi with the six pounder. His coolness and bravery of their ability. A list of all, I understand, will be | murdered by the. Gautemalans: they were all living at ‘The moov—cear its full—arose in majesty, and | tinctly giving them s hearty damning, and mounted howitzer. cannot be too much praised. officially published. house of Mr. Lawless ee ee by ite light we could see at adistance of aboat seven | immediately. Several shots were fired at From this place my smal command advanced rapidly, | Concluding that the hoepiiel aud guardhouse would re- | sregxgru OF THE ALLIED ARMY AT GRANADA— | degpnsntcaw the American lag ising frou tee wind inundred yards the roof of the upper chureb, thought he was not hit. He was dressed in a pl and brain bw left one street from the plaza, stormed } quire an additional supply of ammunition, 1 returned \o NOBLE 7 Mr. Lawlese’s house on the day previous to the altack supposed, in the morning to be the scene of but bis aids were clad very gaily in scarlet, and ha the corner back of the Lone Star, where we killed a num- ordnance office, on the may crossing the heavy fre OSLE DEPEMOR EY THB INBARTANTS, Granade Mict. Everything in the city wae as still a clent parti. rib] it them to serve | ber of the enemy. rp ane accompanied us in | of the enemy near the entrance to the headquarters of El Nicaraguense ot the 18th of Uctober, has an article, Depoventis an American citizen, and has been engag death was lianging over it. Across the lake Masaya was | in the drees of a fashionable lady. this charge, was wounded in the thigh. the Commander 1n-Chief, and two men loaded | pelieved to be nearly correct, giving a statement—de- | ™é!C«Uiile business in the city of Granada. Gistinct!y visible, rising suently high into the clear ether, ‘About 4 o’clock in the afternoon the First Rifles had ‘We then proceeded under a hot fire to the guardhouse, | with ammunition for one of them only a aid iveue. alnay aucseebennt5*tte Meeetahiliai ty A. PenRt: is bvavy volumes, the smoke from the volcano of | reached the houses on the plaza. Both them andthe In- | when Major Potter gave up his command tome. Wo || reaching there, the otber stopping at the guardhouse. in | 7!" priscners ad JOBN TH WHBELER, Cie ea Mount Maseaya. Those of ocr seidiers wae were noton | fantry were anxious 19, charge the enemy * to large —_ en a ee nee, Come ‘ooe = moe not Sarton = nye 20 ae exact force that attacked the city of Granada.” It LEGaTION oy UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, or r service, spread 3 on a mid not be permitted by ¢ ¥ VIDE 01 : EAR REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA. Tues, “ ee Be yond Morris, frag charged the latter place, our men galanty and work the cannon, and there being no wo — Personally appeared, on tis 18th day of ober, Tas <= for # sleep, with as much spparent unconcern as hi They could do it in the morning with much less From what we can learn, there must have been here Pengaseh wot hibste Derguocn, weak nemy was not in the country. carrying it. This was the last place, I believe, theenemy §} direct the movements in the vicinity, Capt. Swingle with. The humet voices in our camp’ bad rearly subsided, | ‘Tefore night General Waiker bad taken up quarters | occupied in the city. drew the six pounder to the cover of the guardhouse } When General Walker arrived over one thousand men. | ie ie eed car ersutOm Who oa being duly sworn, and iittie could be heard above a whisper, except the | about midway between the churches. His ttail were Tam bappy to state that no casualties occurred in my | about 5o’clock ?. M. Those in the hospital remained in oy Fri ys — 4 of Tras, ‘with Me. Ferguson, they sailed from New Orleans! sharp grinding of the molars of our horses, which were | armed with Ys carbines, and did good execution | battalion during this leat battle. ction of Capt. Wilkins, where they gal J Tians started, on Friday about room, Snder, commana. | the z2d of June, 1866, per sieamvhip Daniel Webster, for NI tied in ths adjacent gardens. Mon lay gazing on the | during the day in picking off some of theenemy. Among Major Caycee will give yous — account of his ded themselves until the reinforcement with ‘about the time any 2 rm wey. tela. | Agua. Mr. Ferguson was & Methodist clergymin by prd tars, nod thinking, perhaps, of some far distant one who | those who ished themse!ves as good shots were | Proceedings with tbe remainder of the batialion. arrived. Before the withdrawal | °F “ iar ook oecu: Mee, wo hed | pam ane rae formerly soitled (at Plaq 8 might also bave the same constellation in view, when | Col. Kewen and Lieut Col. Frank Anderson. ‘The command of Col. Allen was divided near the Jal- | of the six pounder to the guardhouse, Capt. Wilkins was penny EOE, — +. he ot Sint Loulstan a. Tile health, Sir some tiene peevious to hin de) their reveries were suddenly disturbed by the discharge Nearly all we sought against, except the altes, were | teba church. The following extract from the report made very active in rallying the citizens to assist in covering po ae p Amine Barvaio wl | are fromm Leuisiens, bad been peer, Gg gy J of a piece of ordrance in the possession of the enemy. | men who bad been iorced isto tne fight. The rangers | by Major Cuycec shows the way in which the enemy was | the g and working the cannon. tase, Sader Ro Pesmens Decee 16 mate | westse damp. end gotoca, Wo cmet Meemen Every man was on his feet in an instant, with bis gun ia | eay their officers, several times during , beat them henaled by this gallentofloer ad his men: to At 024 orelock P M., 1 crossed trom the ordaance office on yal ‘he i Stith désie: an eatate and ‘settle upon it. He arsisied othe wi Brigadier Geno- t eee ee ee eine 5 e ol com| Cy jer git yy erg finding any, one moment 7 1.) w, had left ‘almost wholly un) ee feted aged pois Bie Legation, from be pind cactus iences with their and thus the Amer.cans. the a{vernoon the ¢nemy ran; Bis band. Every man save one—General Walker. ‘was reciinmg on the ground in front of acanehouse, and ‘While we were al! ‘bobbing around’’ and dodging the ral Hornsby, I led the battalion \owards the grand plaza, } willing to croes with as much amunition as | deceased coun! unt'l opposite the ruins of the Mercedes chureh, at which could tarry in two Tevetvecks; a4 sees aier arriving Spi ie, Raton eat Ot eee, SA ec men, He bad no conection with the army of Nlearagus, point ] received an order to diverge to the and dis | there, was desired by Gen. Fry to take command of the ible, they divided hte im two. One kept posi- “On the morning of the izih, Sunday, on aceount of the ll bells Minnie bullets, be lay, undisterbed, with the most pro- ‘th ‘voking coolzess. Some of us hed never beon battle, lodge a portion of the enemy who were at the time occu: | defence of the front of the church. : of Col. Wheeler, the American Minister. divine. Bnd Aunused Ourselves, or, more probably, sfforded pying the wall immediately in the rear of the building oc- J From the commencement of the attack, the exprese | {ieB om the road leadtug to } seaye, and the other got be- | Cmitted at his house. “Mr Vorguson apd toantiy’ wore te' ‘amusement to otbere, by ‘exterously endeavoring to at- cupied by the Surgeon General. Having in } wagon in ure by the Commissary had been | Vest our citizens from gotiing on board the steamer,which | the alarm was piven iat the enemy were some croesing the street, (though under the most galling fire,) } stanoing tp front of the house called the “‘ Lone Star.” 4 fates aufliced ish the ‘ed was at no great distance from the wharf. about 1 o'clock. They ail relied upon the pro‘ection 0 ton, miasten sufliced vo sosemel ae sites Song ooares © thy Of the defence of the | TM Tih orce there was 's garrison of one hun. | American flag. ‘There was an American fag in the ho ford po obstruction to those missiles. rm) then indeed began the work of deatb, the —s —- cburch, I found a man (I regret a eae oe dred and fifty men, under command of General Fry, and | ™r. ‘Lawless bad lived sowe years in Ni re The Americans encamped on bo.h sides ofthe road. In | wounds. ihe enemy bad killed on their side to our the centre of the street, whore it was supposed the knowledge about one hundred men. There must have ‘would fire their cannon, there were not any persons been many more k'jied by eur sbelis in the large church to remain. Tne fire of the enemy was promptly re- | ana aboui it,o: tne number of which we could know turned; but as some of our party bad advanced, in order | nxtbing. to take observations close to their tion, our men As soon af night came they began to deeert in large ‘were ordered to couse fring, lesttey id wound some | numbers. fact, one of us—Capt. Hoof—came very | aLLIkD COUXTER MARCH ON GRANADA—GENBRAL falling by the fire of bis friends; he sdvaaced so WALKER'S PURSUIT AXE SECOND TRIUMPH. ly to = enemy that be was no; distinguished from About miapight Gen. Waiker received intelligence tha: of every direction, receiving death at the hands bis name,) who by my orders crossed the " \ | ‘can merobant. He spoke the li we H wagon ot Honded't: | the iden of areirest never entered the head of ove of | Spoons have wien heard ma acy thar tsey wee our erring rifemen. Finding after at length, tbat more drove the wagon to the Ordnance (Office, an: them. Ad J le soon as it was escertained the enemy were ip | 4; ot - mune orp tg! raed sah ck ng | ih ammnon, Pt a tm, cume aurora te; | the tari af an yur ten tho tmemivs | after cette tran theta = ; ~ fende: r c m1 " ep foe were necking in Hight that safety which thelr vaunt- J the (rduance O'fice nearly an our—Bo oxe appearing to week tae tek teh onrmee Pd Bec ed valor could not secure them. In regard to the con- st whom they fought dared to show himeelsf in | ‘“empted to brenk open the gate leading irto the vard, duct of the troops, I must to your ix , tbat allied upon Mr. Law'ess, b: whi nevet in my life have J oy more cool or gallant in the plaza, or at any place within range of their guns, ex- | ting ieicat e When hs ae Prey | he eir actions than the little party which I commanded. ceps Oe behind @ strong barricade or atoick | r, an American Bible agent in Nicaragua, tam io. i them, ani had two bullets sent through hig hat by ou a large body of the ‘out i Fifteen. This rendcm abooting was kept up for two | towed Gramada, “At three o'clock on te morning ot the | In the report of the actions of the Seeond Light Infantry, (Our citizens beld tbe large parochial church, the guard. | lances when be came’ in. Mf. Lawless did not come Seeeses Shere, re, ay ie Aare e. | Ta the hmencan ters ara, een a | Coen sage — note, ie arary a Hoong ves apps | x g.hgcecom Me bavi mosh Nef gt Parties of te Rangers aud Lancers of the enemy cams | ree ceraken until they bad reached theJaltebs | 1 wouid be doing tojusticetoe brave officer, did I not e armory, on the west side of the plaza. ‘The Qaarter. | nu Mr Ferguson as prisoners, Deponentexe them ne contact several 111 and the latter were iustantly re Ti appears that as #000 as Gen. Belloso—a Sen Salva. here mention the name of Cept. Robert Ei, of the Rap ploy’ lajor Rogers and Captain De Brissot that puleed with loss. Gass Saving a sages 8 party of dorian. who is Commander. in-Chief of the allies—heard of ppg ee Se pens Swe he exposed him ee Tn ren weaasent De sow cers came up to the very door of the house in which a ae enemy’s fire. e 4 edy of Americans were quartered, end fired {belr guns. | ee ee een ne cee eae od. Hetaeet kava | .. It was soen vis overed that we were in daager from ualirg parties came into. deponent's reom, as Not one American was toached, bul several of the enemy | been under tbe impression that the capital bad been left | tbe shell throws trom our bowitzers, which caused an the persons of eponents; they broke ‘Mr. Lawless’ bd 100k all Their bayonet A i reaata nd threatened to if them ‘a if the} did ot give or. elry. were mostiy Guatemalans, there some naive Miearaguaus among tem, et order to be given for us to fa)! back to the small plaze. Companies A, B,C and D, of my command. were thea stationed at diferent points and held esa reserve. Com ‘the ogler of the Lancers in this of which - me 5 Revell very provd.. ‘The peculiar whistle of the balla as | qe eee ee ee oe maria,” They attempted | PABY F. under Capt. J. Dreux, was then thrown out on tee: } Ke hg TO my were also | 10 get into tbe piavs, but were repuised with considerable | tbe left, to keep the enemy irom making any move on Lizzie Foro with large numbers of the Minnie rifles. joes. They then goi into houses, and began to cut their Col. Sender's command, which was nobly working tts Sworn to before me, this Ih October, 1866. THE BATTLE—SHELLING MASSAYA— AMERICAN | way into the centre of the city. way through the centre street leading to the grand as be was = ee eat Galied Stateo Mini CRARGE AND FLIGHT OF THE ENEMY. ‘There were only about ooe hundred and Gfiy Ameri. | He was sferwarde reinforced by Capt. Green 0° the fe 1 About 8 to 9 o'clock, P.M. Captain “Tran Rerosuic or Nicanecuan | About day lignt on the morning of the lun the battle | cans in (ranada, incl ‘the sick in the hospital, and cond riles. These two officers jeserve: credit for | from the guardbouse with the information that the force Personally appeared, on thi 4 wegen. The Sse ae og oid. the chy ned fought | ibe bravery they displayed. Exposed as they were, they J there was rmall; that Captain Swingle mens. ‘wilow of Henry ( ri mence. The ‘against this grea! odds for twenty-one hours. fought their way pearly to the northeast corner of ibe ff in ube defence of the yard in the rear 2 ‘13th ingt., who being dul: orn. did say:— tance of about five bh: Many of the women and children were placed for safety | ‘P28, and bela their position under « hot fire until they | with bomehells, using them as band ‘ull ber husbaud aud ve cblidren, abe saled swith « large gun, and im the large parcchial church, and afew sought the pro- | Were celled off jus: before dark. I regret to inform you } fuse to explove (hem from the arulllery phy TTL Ted for Nic mine their motion: accurately) to be ad: tection of the house of the American Minister, Bai the | ‘ai Lieut Henry T. Sherman, of company |, was and that come command of February, nod has since resided in th oI ‘cover of its fre. American fay was n0 protection. Brave men and Missis. | Yerely wounded whilet grllently, seoouding tne corte oT Tne tectacice on'tt from aimost every aiden ‘The detence of the Church, in which were several women wae carpenler by trade, and. aherwarde bot Ss - KI = Curing the day, abd performed their duty tomy sare | “i wes then directed by General. Fry vo taki And childrea, was ender the immediate direction of Br. | Pittsesn neliner ner buvoand or either of her ebuties ‘cauam yale satisfaction. “A: dark my battalion wa posted on the | of the guardhouse, where | remained OE ee eeeetie times aca | belonged :o the army of Nicaragua, aue aamel ~asaanon {wo maim vireeis lending into the plazy, nad ooctpled a po. | Colonel Atlen, on’ the 13h Inst, Se as well as the opposite side, and | On sunday, the 12h inet., all of the family were tog frunéred yar Dowored, be, sition im Which they could do good service throug: | cepted of my request to relieve Hoe eee ert aianied thamsoclven, is the tock pecct ot | Ameriean tele’ i be bes leeed 7 sta aor} J the night, in the evemy ‘anything in tne J the vee of the six pounder on the - ty te Pk ee Oheastve’ ‘Thus we remained umll the order reasbed us | by Captain Morrs/and in charging Se bee There was | ay a Us ie, awlere, wht cdtised hee we pany a aun ben to Granade, Before going farther, f quarters. Captain Wm. Lew! 6 Part their post | find eaid that, as Americen citizens, who had. never taken charge. With thes the f! i Teapectfally to state that that portion of my bat ff in the defence of the ‘ee ? part with either government, were withoat "i pd A talon ordered to remain inctive throughout the day ex trom great activity by estehanteon Sree center. | hey. Would, net be disarbed. Were ai that a = ig aed great eagerness to be led {nto sotion and assiet f information of the conduct pian ay des irom tases | Wig. wife and calghon:, ‘Sir, “Pormyson ned (eel ‘qmemy. unable to resist such « vigorous attack, fed in | and murdered them in a shocking manver thelr com . sides, In fact, ‘deadly execu. eided wo remem. ‘Some time afterwards, the Rev, Mi every ¢irection. 7 C, commanded by Captain ‘Among those who lost their was a Mr. Wheeler | _ Return ‘tion from ell a8 from | °;,80 American missionary, came r Dolad, bad the good fortune to be the first ia Two of | who bad been sent here to distribute Bibles by the Bivie | Heft, and nearly al Bebastian, Cap. | en) *ft, and said the natives wer ‘the Genera 's site, Mahon and Gist, a: ied them. | Society of New York, the Rev. Mr. Ferguson, anda Mr, | Des"d: my men. though much jaded, ps 4 street. He was without arms. Mr, The charch ad the houses surrounding it were entered | Lawless, who had been « merchant bere for some years. | SSCTity, aad_manilesied great ong fue ne ronnie Bible Society. Neither Mr; Laclocs non a Penpun ju a minute, and when Gist rrturned and oaid, “General, | They broke into the houses of cliizons who resided be. | ‘Bt action. Their position could not admit of it, and we } There were many there who behaved creditably, ‘citer goatioan iimeeit on tate | arms. None of them hat ever heen concerned wih the the plaza is taken |’ « loud shout of triumph reat the | yond the ‘Of our guns, kuled every person they | B84 m0 chance to take part in the contest at the Jalteba | ames are not known to me. oan Pe ll gy ~ ghed ernment of Nicaragua. We all relied upon ihe air. oe wee tote witte anstreyed ofl tee property 00m ag that point was gained, however, and sufficient } action of Jobn Ashton, a mechanic we Bon. thenk®, | fag to protect us, “here was an American flag in Mr. Lf It seemed impossible to bave anything plouned, | they cou'd, Twice they attempted tofre the hoesen, vii | */8ee made for us to come up. we immediately edarged | nance Dvpartment; Pe 4h, 3S or more nicely executes than this atlack. ‘The soldiers | sia'ae sveceed fy down the road. An order to bait and stead fast was re | nence Department, ) Basye recetved two wounds, neither of which is dan. ia abaut en hour afer the alarm, a ports of were all the worning of the 19tb—the anuiversa- | ©s¥ed\ for the purpose ef protecting the rear, and was } Jooes, under charges for mu! The hospital, important qo Solon “Thay demansed s horse of ar, Lawees, welch i presence. of Doge yg ee pty obey ec, with he exception of Captains Bell aad | vice—he plaza w inne Aye te, sad wes de | Sobel tolneme, ‘Shorty aher toey came Cock ted eaket py 5 Walker und bie foree were within gunshot of the daliovs | “raat's Com advancing with such apeed, and J Liect. Hite, and ammunt Se . isten of See + | deponent’s husband's two horses. which be gave them. Qucting the firing was eo deafening thet they coukd not hear the | times. | would recommend him to the clemency » sn» ~~ Oy nom found of | were iold that we wore all Americans and Beuirals, and eee a Maiperior management of thie attack wit! be | "One slight eminence in the road the enemy bad erect. | Fer. and so continued on in the geueral charge. Thee | President and Commander in-Ohie’, James H. Longer, | Douge, on the ween the hospital and ihe guard | we had no arme, ‘They came again in about twenty min appreciated, when eda barricade and piace & cannon. Those who came | '%° Sfficert behaved well, the former was wounded | s mechabic employed in the Ordoance Department, « ver: awry el Lawless,” ir. F Mr. : ‘gaining thie strovg from Massaya bere met a strong piquet of those alreaay | Whilst at the head of hie men. As soon as the pte ey ed rf C ito ‘A HALT—MOBE in the city, numbering probably a bendred, and they {21 | from the rear was passed, | was ordered to advance eh § + m1 o ctneking —— ‘The soldiers were now certainly defend this spot with «spirit of desperation: They responded to the call Gen bead tave bt to offer large Dreakissts. Several beeves % ‘Our men sdvanced to within ity paras of them under a 1, aad did much execution. We Fomneas fa. ght 4, dance of cheese, eggs, tortillas and breed were found in | most galling cross fire, At this point, sofistensely hot was | “Dlered the plaza and charged the enemy in diferent di mertoan ngs ihe slinister's “Coor, ee oticining bowen, an i rections with such uosity that they were quickly U1 . py toune oat : 4 fp on Sou, Whieh was jant babes routed, scattering on conduct { think was cowardly—to say the least, unofficer | Semm the dangerous venture, enough to | tilown, that they ind boon thurdered by tae Gen ‘that the enemy Teannot close this report without making favorable Hughes. from New York, was with me much “ ‘pot ‘one single important ition The rides! son say and recognized the of fi quarters uke mention of Major H Dusenbury and Capt. T. Henry. and was quite cool and brave. A eee ee ee one st two bonte and te inerr | murder waa committed near the Jalieba te ‘The taking ‘They rendered grout asuwanco te ving order Tegard vo the defence of that part of the plaza oocu- Zee they oflere tho ton Hoeral terme te tne | Sworn to before mo, this Lith October Snape! Cases We bad new by wee ty io eave apes ol become tant’ ciiizene if they would lay down their arms and surren- JOHN Ht Wink ie Grived States Minit ‘a8 prisoners of war. To they invariably l, Cad “ ATES OF AumnIgs | Sees ~ ‘The fores there. was no largest of aay except that in Py ee So ih tre seers Peesocaily appeared’ en Yass Tots day of Gee mission to charge veneral pout ce volleys 2 7 contre of the 4 caret, ond ten wel ccateet by aor it, ap ‘of their enemies, Their assailants next tried to | saieay— kom “BO Veing duly aworm, did ed oe the honor to report, on (he evening preceding | Qoartermaster’s Dep any of whom can'give re- | pee Ly ey ba ye oo Walker had 1 | Thst gn the 13h inst at about J o'cloot P. M., after the ‘of the battle of Masaya, Tasenbery, as in detail; but | fear that the gallant defence of the a bebten ot bd many house | the Jalteen earch, ond pow fat At b— Por pnd Field Of the Day, and Captain Maizdorf, as Olticer ermester’s office, and thereby eight or nine there would be force of four thousand strong brought | (Pe “Biers “four dend bodies, whch he recneeies pag of the Guard. distinguished themselves by tho greatest Ww. A. ‘may eacape dreper SEs pond only crereens eon, od nat ra odin of the Rey. Willies J: Ferguner ike Ren then ‘vigiiagce, activity and circumspection juarter was so defended ui , Wheeler, Jobn R. Lawiess and Henry ¢. { PTE SG Fido of tt Subastian being taken on the enguing | Po 'M. when a retreal, row it american ni hem abot in the Breast and bea; di not quisemberw morning, and the First Rife and part of the afer making entrance tl Nelnge med could Ap Massaya. The \werican ‘The guardhoure is aiready early full of prisoners, and Second Infantry Battalion advanced till within two blocks take possession. From th. J I. tem homired, We have no yet had time to find oot the | others who bave been endeavoring to escape are being, | Of the great Pins. Capuaine leonard. Dreux and Green siecle hariierips enamine Beit nee aire exact number ‘ while we write, copunvally brought in mn je bravery 7 ‘ In order to make our position clear, it may beas well | Among ee’ wounded we Tegret to announce John | Courage with their companies LIST OF OFFICERS, SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS OF avg wo Coen a fire Inetanes of the Ortonnel fo sate that there are three piacas in Mactaya—two emali | Tabor, proprietor of Fi Nicarayy-nse, whone lee has been | | Although the artillery did not have ail the efficiemny ex. ¥'8 COMMAND, faye, making in Republic of Niearagua, Alexander M. ©. and one very large. In the centre of ach piace | broken above the knee by @ musket ball, and Dajor a, | Petved, Ucaueet Oo Stumners whisee Cancale Sebwurts THE ACTION OF GRANADA Gor. 12 AnD 13, 1856. Arelthe opinion ‘bat there ‘we meeneee, esters a rare, ben, gs FS verges ach te niger | iv and wesnack "Tun wit rota spyat on | Set tnamaaee fr actrams thar "am ws J Bo 4, Cn Wine on, | eta Wetametier ts a Uy te ener ves oll er \ . 5 ; Rev, Mr. er, & from the cl js = 3 beets = J C.. ty 4 --. uemeetinmegs one ehuege.anep Tn the attack on Granada on the 13th inst. your B “ Le = have | Lg KY not to ew York, and Lh American citizens, resid Se lesser cborchie wou'd go through the eiddie of the | ret, « period to the war in. Nicaragae, Those ‘who at- er aan geniee, te aT Scat reg th pr Probable that there were more thas leat thas the Fd eepin st Couerel Hc at ph Meee Cntr. ae Tine central chntch woult be nee | (eked Granade were a ee iney were tan cuicadorines | sithough en regards clicipline, the commanders of thé Rangers. FO ae wind the Gattis faite leh cums tne | oe cf tos, rege thas. atached wand’ pllngen ihn ea end of either 0° the emailer ones. It will he apperent | snd ‘coatematnne and that being such, we might as well | Tetpective battalions ig i ) — pot Keep 4 Gon. Walker's stat. vn fone on Neen kiled We Saye cirenay Surtes oe Sprzeet mouth, | pd : men enov our ' ~ city of ‘on the 124 Seen din am tot ae at | "te Tas teehee ee hae ek eo | gm ne See tte cer ue rer a A or er Eo ae tance ‘ron othe them whore voice indicated that the United States of | Stlerly, I Bave to recommend to your Excellency. rf ‘of thei ‘ead as the freshiy’ made | 1 ory vice Consul’ forthe Nampenae’ tare, ; . Swingle, of tBe Urénance tiation. hay | = 7, made | whilst there, nbd during the whale aiiack, armed mont ‘about four b North “America tad been dingraced by giving them | STH te guara Dosen, tovahs, howanl toe 4 graves in the yarde indicate, ‘hey’ also threw uch | "hile there, ahd during the whole wack, armed mon one— be one pativity your Exeellensy's and Narcisco epi any uantities of their dead into our wells as to almost fil | jae namission, asked if dere weer any. arron amen om een ae The march to Masaya, spendiog the nignt without | 71 io Tictutosh and Major Dusenbary, likewise seme cnd ta several wells there must have been as many | enemies of Americans inthe house und edded, "We ‘dings sol soton fy A ey ey eS bebaved very bravely in two charges. 4 . a. In some Neunene ey rd oe dead | vilied Mr. Lawleas and others, and now wo wish by kill a f nade, vy vaul -ome ‘avent addressing ihemeclves to all yeing Mr. babIy. Whe ‘ereatet tet of American endurance and | The olowing is an extract (rom General Fry's report the city were slmont filed With dead bodies, we have, indir "ir eegey ao re. Wied pac had in avery that bes ever occur of the defence of Granada — . pt hd in addition to , between Atty and sixty | ve ae oun ae eel os OFFICIAL REPORTS TO THE COMMANDERIN-CHIRP. | About one o'clock P.M. the alarm was given, and the v 0000 0600 e008 [nie Er teadied © alse main vem ane wr" Aur ae her a The foliowing are extracte {rom the revorte of officers | enemy seen ioe ne Ss of 8 “ parole of bonor. He confesses himself astonished at the | {cues spared ow ine the inerceasion cr Nieceres 1m command of the several batialions, Colone! Saunders, Foo re — defence the Americans made here, and frankly admits | and Wiedemann | Major Gillie, the wounded and convalescent in the hospi- 7, of the First Riftes, in bie aye ng of the ne 4 the inferiority of bis people as soldiers, and In point | Deponent knows nothing further retarive to the death 0 report, say’ , ¢ men salt corps, been previ “a teen laerview abort mentioned portion ordnance, D | About 12 o'clock on the 1ith they took their position in) ously op yy phy a Ph 4 Walker, and nothing —_ surprised ot a minann cf rasee, be hae becounto net he hand, in ibe carriage of one of along the south aides 2m, from pF — Fg A PL ranadm diag of 0: ve. Woo} bounds verere Se Be. sigaye the Colonel, “an immensely large Oibuates | | “Crus War Al ihe foregoing she tlhe ee, morning. It 4 was about half man, and haif tor, The shove aflida vite were subseribed and sworn t rages upon Weed bento be ‘& small, mild, modest looking person | me. at the Cour! Hous in the city of Granade, thin ish da been suet wih thems New Tek. where tay wore — San Hs nd, pollehed manners.” The | ‘etovers 1 Judge of Firwt maapon & ; Colonel is anatrous defeat at Gra- tog vests udge of * purchared, Bot T.ect. Farren, who had charge of It, had pada will prevent any more of his countrymen.from Pisin’ Rey tt Wheeler, Rov. Wea. Foneueon po yg Fay a ep Ey coming to Nicaragua for the purpose of fighting agninat | yy. Carstens, citizens of the United States ot Ai 0 it . ‘apt. mericans. ur sonwina, rec vired fright repairs: Wot it was at no From ail we can iearn, General Sava) has not now un- | cay bay of ae teeny ‘ibe im of Od b time entirely ont ‘or servi 6 der ts Command more than two hundred of the large | ‘us taken Thomas Basyo, Judge of First ine ‘After the men bad caten breakiast, the eappers and | force be brought here with him, and those are only wait- | for the ( | Department oi the of Nic miners were ee: tt work as through the waile, #0 | ing & favorable opportunity to leave him altogether. tm the city of Grenada, on the 18th of - = | od an Ryccming Gnetgs emnare ors BXRCUTIONS BY GENERAL WALKER—MURDER OF | 7. y of Cartan YourquinaSote ae ook Ramame Saeans wtitee erent AMERICAN CITIZEN® AND ACTION OF OUR MINTO eotered the city of wate = morning F, oleae where v sero a . np io gahebe t aa were ba Coloee!, ,mentioned 'n the precedis paragraph, . lo ' ieee ’ : tal trom Woe Nictracuense, ben ance beem shot by order of 4 Sita pa Teseinn aii on ¥r Roreeter in Cheplaia. Gerera) Waiker, together #'i) & Frepch Captain, alo be hae all been evidently Sit, sf i :