New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-20

soon rsliied, and making desperate Assault sue
coed ed in Completely routing the hohduranans'
kiling forty and taking fourteen PRISONERS among
the l,tres Of whom were four captains and tnree
IieuteoaBts. They also captured forty horses
Ill r.nsrisoned. eighty muskets, large guam
- .mmunitiop. the correspondence Of Rus,
~ considerable dusntity OF his llgot'en booty.
Jbe Letters disclose the desperate condition OF
cat.5ss and Castellon. In one OF his letters 70
PMS Cs.tellon implores him 10 60 10 Jaitera'
Granada and 10 send him word oil what is gong
ON tbere. declaring that be has not been abe 10
hear ANYTHING from that quarter Tor long ,line'
"A ,bot he dare not venture himself beyond GER
..;n nre.crib.d limits for fear OF bis enemies
% CT nm the other hand, commands Ruis not
60 60 IN Jstera as be expects TO require his pres
once almost Immediately in Honduras, and con-
r.,ul,t.s him upon bis good fortune IN receiving
from Castellon $40, as 1t was impossible 20 nave
furnished him any mouey from Honduras! lhe
Indians 70 the number Of over 5000. are scat
tered over the mountains of Seg0yia, filing up
every pass and il is scarcely possible that the re-
treating Honduranisns can escape their bows and
arrows II is said that Gen. Guardlola, with ore
division Of the Guatemalian troops. was c,upy-
ing Comaysgua. and Gen. Lopez. with the balance
of troops which CeTera had ordered into Hon
duras was in possession Of Nacaome. In this
case Cabaias must have his hands full, while the
situation of the actiOniss in this State is far FROM
enyable.
am informed that courier arrived here from
San Salvador THE morning, with information that
Honduras Tad sold or WAS about TO sell the
island of Tigre TO an American Company and ask
ing the Government of Nicaragua TO protest
against such measure. What answer will be re-
turned is more than can guess. but one thing
is certain. that San Salvador will do all in her
power to prevent the island from passing into the
hands Of foreigners, and will call Honduras to an
account for making the attempt to thus dispose OF
port 30 important.
A private letter Just received from Chinendega
states that Castellon had got into scrspe by At
TEMPTING 10 collect contributions from the inhabi
tants of Veio. The citizens of Chinendega and
Nielo rallied, and with few muskets, pistols,
Mechetes, &C., fell upon the soldiers and dis
persed them in every direction. Every man who
could get away was leaving these towns and Leon,
ard fastening to unit Themselves with the Gov
ernment TO put down the factionists. They are
beginning TO realize that, even a bad Government
is preferable TO no Government at all.
4 few nights ago the "patriotes of Jaltera pro-
ceeded to the hacienda of Sr. Don FulgenciO Vega
one of the most valuable cacao estates in this
yciri tv and burned the houses 10 the ground, and
otherwise destroyed considerable property. II is
said that Castellon has ordered the dwellings of
every man in Masaya, who is in favor of Chamor-
TO- TO be burned; and rs the families of many OF
these men are living there alone while they are
here assisting the Government. this measure will
cause the greatest distress TO the helpless and I'm.
offending.
The Government has reestablished the Civil
Courts, which, during the past six months had
been entirely broken up, and things are, trust.
to assume from henceforth brighter aspect Still
all business remains suspended, and so must, l
fear for months TO cone.
On the 23d ultimO Gen. Corral who was at San
Carlos for tie purpose OF preventing - los faccio-
Eos from passing up or down the river, arrest
ed Don CetO Mayorgs, who was on board the
steamer bound for Rvas and sent him here
for trial MayOrga had been Castellon's Admin
stradOr at San Carlos after that port fell into the
hands of the factOnists, and had distributed most
literally, the merchants goods which were in the
Custom. House among the revolutionary party.
He has had his trial and has been found guilty of
treason and is now in prison awaiting his sentence
For long time past, great ado has been made
about the possession of bOmbshells by the faction
lists and considerable anxiety was felt here in
sequence Of the report. some three weeks ago.
il was rumored that these shells had arrived in
Jatera and the destruction OF the city was eN
pected. The knowing ones, however, laughed at
the idea asserting that these shells were the same
that had years ago been introduced into Leon, aud
a number Of them thrown with no other damage
TO that city than the destruction of parrot be-
longing TO an old lady, into whose yard one Of
these buebears of war had fallen. A day or two
after their arrival in Jaltera the gallant army Of
Jeres began throwing them. not from mOrtars, but
from SIR pound cannon, in the same Way as gun
ner would fire a cannon ball Down they came,
whizzing through the air tremendously, but fall
ing as harmlessly upon the roofs of the houses as
a good sized SNOWFALL. When picked up and ex-
amned, they were found to be filled completely
| with powder and then most carefully plugged up !
! This is the latest invention of bombs that have
heard Of and perhaps may be useful 10 our Mill
tary Institution at West Point.
GRANADA, Friday, Dec. % 1854.
am hsppy 10 be able TO announce the fact that