The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-08-01
TREMENDOUS VICTORY,
NOT A HOUSE LEFT STANDING!

Monday. with Sl,OOO.OOO in specie, and 3Sa
passengers.
The Prometheus arrived outward on the
morning of the 18th, at s O'Clock, having
touched at Kingston for coal She found in
the harbor the u. s. ship-of-war Cyane
commanded by Capt. HolIins, which had ar
rived at San Juan del Norte on the llth inst,
in 81 days from New York, commissioned To
settle certain difficulties between the Amer
lean citizens and the local authorities; also
to demand full and satisfactory apology for
an insult given short time since to the
Hon. Solan Borland, our Minister to Cen.
trail America. The authorities and inhabi.
tants Of the town refused TO make the slight
est apology. After giving ample time, and
no apology having been received, Capt Hol-
Inns on the 18th issued a proclamation TO the
authorities and residents that unless an apollo
gy was made by A. NJ, on the 18th, he
should proceed t. lombard the town. No
apology GENE. lie in the meantime took
possession oil the Transit Co.'s steamers, and
sent them to the town, offering Protection To
ell persons who chose to escape; and within
one minute of the time designated by Capt.
H., the cann1nading commenced, and con-
tinued with brief inermisson, to u. NJ
During the interval no disposition was mani
tested on the part OF the inhabitants TO come
to terms for the saving OF the property. At
4 p. NJ. party landed, comma nded by a
lieutenant, who burnt the town. San Juan,
or Greytown, on the 18th, was entirely de-
stroyed; one or two small buildings in the
suburbs remain TO mark the spot No lives
were lost. Mr.. Scott, agent of the Accesso-
nv Transit Co., rendered tree passage by
the Fromelheus to all who wished to leave.
A few accepted the offer. The Cyane sails
for Boston on the 18th, an takes Mr.. Fabens.
our Commercial Agent, home. Officers and
crew all well.
/, The III. i. VI. schooner Bermuda, and the
West India Co.'s Mail steamer Dee, Brit
ish merchantmen, were witnesses Of the
scene, lying in The harbor ut the time The
revolution in Nicaragua and the difficulties
at San Juan have not in the least interiered
with the transit OF California passengers
The rainy season has commenced in earnest.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
From residents at Greytown at the time of
the hombardment, and from passengers by
the Pfometheus, gain further facts rela-
tive to the town and its destruction.
.Greytown consisted of about eighty houses,
nearly all Of them built OF wood, and by far
the greater proportion of them constructed
IN the United States aud taken there eli shi p
board. One os these, Lyons hotel, cost
? $4,000. Not more than one fourth OF the
f houses in the new part of the town, which
has been built since $780, were occupied
They have heretofore been. occupied, but
were deserted from business considerations
5 some time previous TO this affair. The popu-
: laton of Greytown consisted Of about 500
persons altogether; of which number 10 or II
were from the United States, about % were
EngIishmen, and II Frenchmen and Ger
: ffnans. The remainder Of the poi ulation
}. were Jamaica negroes aud natives. The
= A mericans, English, French and Dutch were
engaged in hotel keeping and trade.
The houses occupied by the natives and
: negroes were principally frame buildings,
:, with roofs ofthatched paIm-leaf.
II When the Cyane appeared before Grey
o town and demanded satisfaction TO the
n amount Of $4,000, threatening lombard
!. ment if not complied with at given hour
it was not believed by the Inhabitants that
. the town was to be demolished, pillaged and
i burned. They expected that a few shots
J. would be fired into the town. that few
e houses would be perforated, and then hostili-
y, ties would cease. Most of the English, how
ever, went for protection on board of the
d British war schooner Bu.mudas, Capt. Jolly
9 lying in the harbor. Mr.. Fabens. u. s
ID a gent, together with six or seven of the
?. Americans, sought protection under the flag
of the United States, on board of the Cyane
- and the remainder of the inhabitants OF
N Greytown, including all the French and ma.
y, tves. together with few English and Amer
rs cans, lett the place during the night and
morning preceding its destruction. They
ILL
woods, about a mile distant. Not anticipa
y ting the entire demolition Of the town by
,e bombshells and torches, they took but little
Of OF their effects with them. All the property
at lett was destroyed. Consequently, the
=. houseless inhabitants were in great suffering
III for the want OF tocd, and OF clothing and pro-
$. lection FROM the weather when our inform
er ants left. They had stretched up sheets 70,
90 tents, and many were obliged to sleep in the
!. open air, without the least shelter, and were
:" half furnished for the want of food. A bric
~ laden with provisions, which had lust arrived
x the bombardment commenced, has proba
bly, supplied them.
The terms of Capt Hollns not being com
n piled with ne opened his fire promptly at IN,
appointed time-nearly every shot doing ex
oe ecution. lie fired about two hundred shots
u but not burning up the town as he desired h,
tie sent ashore launch with lieutenant an,
of ABOUT twenty hive men, who proceeded Il
81 set on fire all that remained OF Gravtown
While doing so they are said TO have inspect
~ ed the interior OF the buildings rather closel'
he and pillaged as much as they pleased Be
for lore finished this work they were prett
,s thoroughly intoxicated with wines and liz
uors, were constantly cheering. The amour
u of property destroyed by this bombardmen
ty. is stated 10 be half million of dollars.
The day before the bombardment Cap,
on Hollins took possession of the guns whc
px- were Tor the protection OF the town, and too
m, them TO Punta Arenas and placed them i
the Keeping of the agent of the Transit Com
'e pany. During the bombardment two shot
on were aimed at the fac staff from which fioaI