Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-10-30

HIGHLY IMPORTANT FROM NioAaAauA.-NEv
| okLEANs, Oct. 22.--The steamship Tennessee
mas Just arrived here direct from San Juan
bringing highly exciting news.
Inc correspondent Of the Picayune writes tina
| Walker had met the enemy in two desperate
battles, in both Of which he was victorious.
The first battle took place at Massaya, wher,
| Walker encountered the combined League from
the Central American States, numbering four
thousand troops Walkers force consisting o
only one thousand-yethe he drove back TIE eI
omy with immense slaughter II was estimate,
that seven hundred had been killed and woun
ded at MassaYa. The other battle occurred a
Grenada; Walkers force there did great exeeu
tion, also, although opposed by one thousand
patives and an army Of four hundred Guatema
leans. The onemY was completely routed, will
severe loss. Eta lf Dal
Walkers loss in botk battles was only sixteen
killed and twenLy.eight wounded. Among
chose reported killed at Massaya was General
Mendez Walker was again, about marching at
the last accounts to commence another attack.
The Americans were in high spirits, and Walk
er's power was believed to be firmly established,
The citizens of Grenada gallantly defended it
during the absence of Walker at Massaya. 5.5
Colenel Wheeler, the American Minister,
was i'll OF aPoplexy at Grenada when the steam
er left. xxi. *
The orizba was lying at San Juan when the
Tennessee sailed. sHg 55i
A Georgian in Kansas writes q letter home
to his brother in DArien, Georgia, which we
find published in an Atalanta, Geo., paper. II
is dated Atchison, September 25th:-- ii+
al received your letter some time ago, but
bad not time to answer it. was some eighty
miles from home-one of the young men came
out and brought it to me. ] have just returned
from campaign Of five weeks. have seen
real hard times this trip. We were out fcr five
weeks and had no tents; slept every hight on
the grass, rain or clear. have slept 1T water
as sound as if were in feather bed. We bad
some fighting to do, but not much as we, the
pro slavery party, wished. We desired to drive
them out of the Territory, but the Governor
stopped us, and said that be would drive them
out himself" 5.5s,
This fellow was in the fight at 0sawkee, aud
says that his party had one man killed, and
all the rest we're hadiy wounded. He was woun'
ded himself in the leg sts II
NABAL's VINEYARD. -"I 1t is stated" !" saws the
Union, "Baron de Rothschild is at present
much In the same predlcaments as Frederick
the Great Of Prussia was when he could not
gee miller, whose tenement stood in way Of an
Improvement the King was making at Sas-Souci
to give up his property for love or money. The
baron, it seems, has set his heart upon a piece
| of land belonging to an old lady, a neiehbor Of
his, at Boulogue-sur Seine, and which is mos,
inconveniently wedged in between his own do
mains. The land is hardly worth 50,000f
and yet the baron has sucoessively offered 1OO,.
OO0t (a)1 y000,0O0f for it without success. The
old lady not content with this has brought an
action against him to prevent his breaking up
road which he has bought from the commune
and which cuts his private park in two. She
insists upon its bslng preserved az a necessary
communication with her own proDerty.
FREE SPEECH IN VIRGINIA. Another case
has just occurred which shows that even white
men are slaves at the South. The Rev. Chas
Howard Malcom has been dismissed from the
pastoral office ofthe Baptist Church, in Wheel
ing, Va, upon the written charge brought
against him, in "consequence of certain remarks
in your report to the Board, leading to the be =
lief that you intend 70 teach Abolition senti-
ments in connection with the pastorate of the
said Church." and for refusing ~ promote
the cause Of Christ in harmony with Southern
Institutions" 1t is little singular that Mr..
Malcom's father, the Rev. DR.. Malcom, Presi
uGul VI buc bCWlabulH oulNGlSlk1l was
from Kentucky some years ago for being unfa-
vorable to the 'peculiar institution"
TnE ADVANTAGES OF ADVERTISING. The advan.
tages of advertising set forth with great force in
the following article from New Ysrk journal -
The advantages of advertising fore IDLY illus
trated in the case of Irish girl who recently ar
rived in New York from the Green Isle, in quest of
her brother and sister, who had preceded her over
the blue water to the STAND of the free," For sew
eral weeks after her arrival, she wandered about
New York and jersey City, friendless and homeless
dsco' ering no trace those she sought But
ually, at the suggestion OF some enc to whom she
made known her wishes, advertisement, an.
nouncing her arrival, and calling for information
Of her relatives, were inserted in the city papers,
and in less than twenty four hours after its appear
ance, she was folded in their embraces, and led to
their home near this city in triumph.
A CHECK ON DISsoLUToN.-The New York
Mirror states that distinguished Souther
gentleman, now in that city, called on Mr.. John
Thompson, the banker, day or two since, to
negotiate some Virginia State Bonds. In the
course Of conversation the seller of the bonds.
threw cut SONS threats of dissolution. "Ilow,r
said the banker, ''if you are going to dissolve
the Union, III not take your bonds at twenty
cents on the dollar, but if you remain true tt
the Union, your bonds will sell for about par.
DREADFUL.- Wolfborough Pioneer state
that on thursday night DlrS, Triton, OF North
Sandwich, drowned her little girl, aged abou
one year, by putting her into small stream
of water, face down, and laying rock upoI
her to keep her down. She then went TO
neighbours house, and told the family what sh
had Gone, and requested them to go and TAXI
her out, as it might disfigure her face by lay
in on it ontho water She is said to be derang.
| ed.
Owing to the failure of the apple crop in Eu'
rope there is large demand at New York fol
apples for expectation, aud at least 10000 bar
rels Of Newtuwn pippins, embracing the best o
the crop, will be sent this fall. One firm al
ready has contracts for Eugland 10 the amount
of 6 900 barrels. This variety of apples has th'
preference above all others, though Baldwin'
and Rpssets are exported to some extent.
At Patonsville, Scott county, Va, on Friday
10th instant, man by the name Of James Sey
inour, 10 fit of drunkenness, bOrrowe gui
and deliberately shot his wife. She was livinI
when las heard from, but her arm was s
bndly shattered that most of the bone bad bee
extracted between the elbow and the shoulder