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CHARGE dDo.,flIe mortar battery tho third; and
M Nm Informed III at each Of these attacks was
msde with D different set Of men, under COM
mand Of different officers. It has been posi-
lively ascertaned that the enemy were reinfor.
ced by 900 Qua temalans the day after Gen.
Walker reached Massaya.
Among the officers killed was Lieut.. Tyler
o. Gwyn; lieutenant of artillery, whose name
could not learn. Badly wounded Capt. M.
A. Frazer. lsnce diedi Lieut.. H. c, West,
badly wounded iTthealeg; Col. Saunders In the |,
hand and thigh, and others slightly.
Gen. Walker has ordered all the woundedto
Omatepe Island, opposite Virgin Bay distance
about twelve miles, where they can be better
attended.
Writing from the same point on the 23d, the
same correspondent says;
| The steamer San Carlos arrived here this
morning. full OF. passengers and baggage, from
Grenada, and brings the news OF The total de-
struction Of that town. Grenada is among the
things that were, for by Gen. Walkers orders
every house has been burned Or 'blown'np /
regret that did not 60 back onthe steamerto
wit ness it. 1t must have been a gloriohs sight
to see such an immense conaagraton. We
could distinctly see light on Saturday night, and
the distance between the two pIaces'is at'least
sixty miles:
Among the many churches. that visited
during my stay in Grenada, was the San Fran
cisco, an exceedingly fine and extensive build
ing. without all Its outbuildings complete, which
were occupied by the I'd infantry and said to be
soc years old. Many portions Of the carving
4 and gliding were in a fine state of preservation.
| The interior arrangements were different from
any church that have ever seen. There were
no less than twelve to thirteen different affairs
!, in it, all decorated in superior style and con-
tanning many figures Of virgins and saints in
good preservation. 1t must have beer grand
sight to see that which has stood fer generations
fall, as il j, were thing of yesterday | am
told the sight was magnificent, but as l reflect
over it, the regret has passed, and am glad
did not witness the destruction.
Virgin is at present the headquarters of the
army. The possession and occupation of this
part of the department of Rivas is of far more
Importance to Gen. Walker than the occupa-
ton of both Grenada and Massaya. 1t is all
important to his army that the transit route
should be kept open, and by the concentration
Of his army at this place, he commands hot on
ly the transit route, but San Juan del Sur, S.,
George and Rivas. The letter place no doubt
will be attacked in a short time and occup ed
by Gen. Walker, which will then give him the
entire command Of this Department called, |
believe the Meridional Department of Nicara-
qua.
The steamer San Carlos returned to-day to
|, Granada, and will return to- night or tomorrow
morning with the steamer La Virgin, with the
remainder of the inhabitants Of that late town.
, OF the brilliant naval fight, the same cores
pondent, writing on the Oath from Virgin Bay,
: gives the following gloomy account:
About o'clock, p. Ne, yesterday, Lieut.. c. J.
Faysnoux,in command of the schooner Granada,
espied sail standing down the Pacific coast
e He Immediately got his vessel under sail. and at
8 about 9 O'Clock, P. NJ, was within four hundred
yards of the strangely which proved TO be brig
Of about $50 tons, carrying four nine ponnders
She had Costa Rican colors flying, and ths
Il schooner nearing her she opened her lire upof
her with round shot, grape and muskets. The
9 schooner Immediately returned her fire, and ths
= engagement was kept up without CESSATION tn.
J vessels nearing to within one hundred yards.un
It til 3 o'clock. when the brig blew up; at O'Clock
/ she sank, and by 10 o'clock the schooner hat
y succeeded in rescuing the captain and fort,
; men, many of whom were badly burned AM
wounded.
g The brig proved to be the Onceno de Abrel
:, CO nmanded by Capt. Antonio Vellarea stra with
- a crew of ia, all of whom persisted with tn
q exception of forty and the captain; taken by tn
- schooner. The captain states that it was hi
. intention to surren der; and was preparing to d
:. SO when the vessel blew up. The loss on boar
= the schooner was one kied.one seriously woun
- ded, and seven lightly. Now when you are in
'. formed that tile schooner Granada is about six
q ty tons mounting two si4 FOUNDERS, with
:, crew oftwenty- men. you will not be aston
y ished when proclaim, this as great naval vic
49, ,.r
ie The schooner is not injured. and is ready wit
or the gallant Lieut. Faysnoux, to meet anothe
y of the enemys briggs, if they have one to spare
~ 1t appears that this brig was called the Once
OF no de Abril, meaning the 18th April, in hone
e. of the victory which the enemy cta'm to hav
r. gained over Gen. Walker at Rivas on the Iii
mt of April last; the 23d November, however, prov
ed to be unproptious day for her appearance
n on the Pacific coast; and the renforcemeu,s ST
We was bringing Tor the enemy at Riyas have gcr
on to join those that started before them in the U,
tory gained at Rvas on the l1th Of Apr
I'm 1856.
ny November IS. 1866.
ne PS. have just been informed that the br
:. had on board about $4,000 worth of animfr
" ton as we'll as small arms, and have been j
- formed that the enemy was in possession of q
y" transit route-rather serious mistake. Th
Itv-one OF me prisoners arrived mere during q
EN- night, and have been examined this morning
rst General Walker, all of whom were released
nat the General with the execution OF Fredri
the Martinez the second in command, and 70
ent others:
VIRGIN Dec 2, 1856.
net / wrote you under date of the ga Novemb
the informing you of the total destruction of Gran
ere ia. 1t appears, however, that on the 18th, a
rty before fine troops had destroyed all the town
ack removed all the stores and ordinance to the sea
er the ehemy surrounded the town AMI took char
rye of the entire beach, cutting off all communicate
ny betwe en- it and the town. This did not see