The Nevada journal., 1856-12-26
NICARAGUA.

from various papers:
NICARAGUA.
The transit route was unobstruetcd
and passengers had no difficulty in pass
ing from ocean to ocean.
DESr RUCTIoN OF GRANADA-Or
November 2lst. says TIE -1ta, Walker
razed Granada to the ground, for the
purpose of preventing the enemy from
occupying it. The town was considered
unhealthy, and not suited for the army
PosITION OF GEN FRY.-Brigadiei
General Fry, at last accounts, was sta
toned with about fifty volunteers, on
the island Ometapa, in Nicaragua Lake
On the day of the departure of the last
steamer for New York, he was attacked
by two hundred natives of Nicaragua
but CALAMITY repulsed the enemy, with
the loss of only one man. 1t was feared
that his little band had been annihilated
for some time after the encounter.
The VERY LATEsT-On the 9th,
Gen. Wall er went up to Kivas with a
portion of the new recruits and his main
army, in all consisting of 45O men, for
the purpose of attacking the enemy
posted at that place, to the number of
600 strong. On the next night he was
attacked at ST. George, on the lake
shore, and repulsed the enemy with no
loss to his own forces.
1t is Walkers present intention to
make Rivas the seat of government
He is fortifying San Juan, and erecting
block houses ON the various SUBMITS,
with the view of protecting the route
across the lstmmus. He has concentra-
ted all his forces in the neighbolhood of
the Transit route.
The plan of ofoperations upon which it
is understood that Gen. Walker intends
to act is to proceed by way of Rcalejo,
where he has considerable force, and
to take Chinandega, afterwards taking
Leon, and so on, conquering all Nicara-
qua in detail, after which he SAYS he in
tends to carry the war into the enemy's
country.
Letters received in this city from Gen.
Walker say that he considers the war;,
so far as Nicaragua is concerned vir-
tually ended
Walkers army consisted of 1000
men, well supplied with arms and am
munition. He now considers the soil
free from invasion, and, moreover, that
he is capable of furnishing any invading
force.
Walkers army, by the last steamer
from New Orleans, received an acces-
sion of 27l men.
General Goicuria, recently in the
service of Nicaragua, published in Fri
days HrrliR long communication cx-
rlaining his connection with General
Walker, and giving the reasons which.
as he alleges, have led to the disruption
of that connection. His communication
embodics the correspondence which
passed between him and Gen. Walker,
after the f3lmcr had left Nicarag qua for
the States. The Herald Of the Ped con-
tains reply to Gen. Goicuria' S commu-
nication, from the pen of Major Heiss
The Herald also contains a long commu-
nication, signed 'Lo Mismo," which
criticises, with great severity, the con-
duct of affairs in Nicaragua.
On the 2lst Of November, General
Goicuria challenged Mr.. Randolph as
the author of the Heralds structures,
and, it is said, he is to fight him on the
23d.
A correspondent of the San Francisco
Bulletin, writing from Virgin Bay, gives
an entire different account of Walker s
operations:
At present, the fighting goes on at
Massaya. Two nights since, the last
troops, numbering forty men, had left
for the war; With the number of new
recruits, and large number in the hos
pital, Walker has about 1,400 men,
stationed at several different places,
which makes it extremely difficult to
hold the country. In fact. Walker will
be compelled to leave. Walker, last
week, had to drive the enemy from the
road we crossed, and has to keep large
force on the road. The town of Rivas,
only nine miles fr.m here, is in posses
sion of the natives. The officers and
soldiers are in a pitiable plight, looking
as if they were ready to step into the
grave. They live on plantains and
fruits, and have little clothing and nc
bedding. Several privates offered thcir
eight months pay to any one willing to
serve their remaining four months; but
of course, no substitutes can be found
Four deserters (Germans) were shot yes
terday.
| saw letter from one Of the fighting
men at Massaya, who has described his
condition as too lamentable for public
notice. 1t is sufficient to say that the
whole command seemed resigned tc
their fate. A captain of the army tolt
me that one company of siXty-three mer
went into battle, and but tuenty-nin,
survived the fight; and that three
thousand Americans had been laid low
on the soil of Nicaragua
!. Col. L. j. C. Kewen delivered lee
ture on the history and progress o
Nicaragua, in New Orleans, on the 24tl
of November. The Crescent says: II