New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-12-24
Ne{u Ot4eaus Daily Msstent.
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER a 1855
Affairs in Nicaragua,

Ihe accounts by the steamer Tennessee, published
IN the New York papers of the condition Of affairs ID
Nicaragua, differ 80 widely with those received here
by the Texas as to leave doubt that the former
proceeded from source ninlical to the Walker
government. They represent that Gen. Walker was
repuised at Massaya, with loss Of sixty or seventy
men. and that he failed altogether in reaching tie
grand plaza OF the town that the troops under Cen
Henslngen, who were commissioned to remove the
stores, ammunition artillery and public archives from
Granada, and destroy the town, gave themselves up
Tor several days to the widest debauchery and ex-
cesses and the allied forces were upon them before
they mad removed the munitions Of that the be-
sleSers had taken the fort between the city and the
lake, killing its twcntyeight or thirty defenders
with the exception of one man, and that no resource
was lett the remainder (about 400) but an uncondi-
tiohai surrender or annihilaton that when The Ten
nessee left, the siege had lasted about twelve days
during the latter part of which Walker was on yes
selln the lake, sailing back and forth between Granada
and virgin Bay cut off from all communication with
MS men IN the former place. that previous to destroy
ing Granada, Walker had transferred the sick and
wounded, and the women ard children to the island
Oh ometepe, III the lake, under charge of sixty men
and tnat IN the night the natives had attacked and
slaughtered nearly all of them. This is brief out
| line OF the accounts published in the New York
papers. -. ..s..ss -
Inc purser OF the Texas reported that the Tennes-
see had sailed from San Juan the 9TH inst but she
IS reported in the New York papers have sailed on
the 4th and that probably correct In that case
the advces received here by the Texas were one day
later Let us see what those advices were ,.. i
They state that after the brilliant affair on the
transit road, in which Gen Hornsby, with 200 men,
stormed and carried fortified position defended by
HOO OF the enemy but not able to follow up his
advantage the same large force was attacked by
| Walker and completely dispersed that the assault
upon Massaya completely successful the strong-
holds of the enemy having been all captured and
the largest and most valuable part the city DESTROY
ed,' the Americans Withdrawing from the place
sooner than they would otherwise have done in con-
sequence OF the stencil arising from the dead bodies
thrown into the wells and other places that Walker
decided upon removing from Granada because of its
unhealthy location and destroyed it that it might not
be occupied by the enemy; that three days notice
was given to the inhabitants secure their goods and
vluabes and that all his stores and munitions OF war
were safely removed to Virgin Bay, together with the
Granadan inhabitants. Nothing is said of an attack
| by the natives upon the sick and wounded and the
women and children on the island of Ometepa, and
there seems to be nothing to warrant any other belief
than that it is wholesale fabrication. The Herald
says:
The island isaite' principally by Indians When te sick
and "hiniel landed there al
lo retained There y1cru no provisions
1s 1 A., 70 nieicines provided for them During the
t n II i tH,n S