The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-12-15
IMPORTANT FROM CEsrxaL AMERICA.

news from Guatemala but u later date than taa!
which we had received some Il ne sgo The Diario
5oces noticing the split oI uoion and enthus.sm
which prevails throughout al the Central American
States as against fbusteria Il sIiules TO the treaty
made between Guatemala, ,alvsdor and Honduras,
which we published for niyot 1t also sgnslzss,
as very curious fact that The srsoch sioop Of Z n
buscado bad conveyed the aunones or tongos, which
Crossed the Gulf Fonseca reuiorcemeats Of the
troops Of salvador
The Gua'emaIan Minister al Mexico nid engaged the
services Of several Spanish o.ers who had served in
the Mexican army under Santa ,nua Several Of these
officers had arrived at Graen.a'a
The Da,ro OF 9th Dec, chronicles news from Guate.
msla TO "a Nov. II describes 1t ~ OF the highest iue
rest only gives details II ths battles OF Mas
aAya and Granada, mot OF tho which
have heard OF by elegraphl bus also gives sone facts
the stae OF affairs and the beug made
In the 1rst place there Is ev 4 the perfect re-.
concat0n OF all Ncaraguaus nr toe provisional Pre-.
eidency OF ar Rivas Toe od iesuai party recognizes
1t sno its head. General Martinez bold nmand OF the
forces Masagslpa, Segova an CnodtAs, wnlcn are 10
90 operate with Inc oter ,rouy, 81 tns arrangement
they we're able to commenos fs.a operations even
without waiting for tae relnrr,e nols expscted from
Guatema sna Salvador rtesa feiu or emsnts, aiea
dy on the way, are pretty nnm7e,as rSo taoa
sand bad LETT Gustsmaa, part by land aad
part by sea- the goyernmel ,vg reghsed three large
crueng vesseis Tor their Uaaspvt srother division,
wnore strength was Saa Salvador
None OF those corps had Bgureu oaes OF M.ssaa
Granada In which nad D. eugatsu poue but Nicsrs
suans the first expedit,oaa> JSist oi those
had braved the sickness pscu lar 90 the couury.
In a Central America great uoty OF views and great
epthusa the nation rsisuius tae
bIships bishops distinguishes themselves by the
OF their religious and patroAc ,xubratons.
heavy estimate for war ex isuses immediaely
suopied by the people of Gaaem.Ia similar m ssure
had been taken in salvao,r and IN p,tn rvpublci the
clergy had spontaneously contributed.
Turning says the Di0Tio to reation OF the battles
OF Ass.aya and Granada se iusert oeiow the Central
American version thereof wacu IA. air OF veracity
about H. well from the fankasss OF ITS tone IN
spesking of the affair Gfan f1 tue vsrs-suli
tude OF us details touching tue iordas aud losses OF
com6a.sns Ie:pecnsely, y = ona.eiy more worthy Of
mains beyopd controversy. 0a tho days following the
scop the Central american tUops cobaued Al tao gates
OF Granada fact which jobea Dal OF toe proximity
OF reinorcs ments explains the uar,o OF Walker for
month aer having cnanted tn song OF vi'tory, and
withdrawing the Nrtsal Of ffesn IN ,ustsrs.
The Gocd, Of Guaiemas publishes tue folio wing do.
CoJrrsPsQcs O;t "a, 1855
From the 18th inst we knew that The enemy hal on
the l2b attacked tDe plaza or Mi.aass snsre the aiet
forces Our dispatches ted the hour
Of O'Clock OF the incoming OF that uay, ~ whon hour
was heard very heavy n,ins had commenced At
O'Clock In the norung. Atbousn ~e hai no doubt OF
the riSmPn s o. our pis. nsse tas'ess gre. sossy
when was received the foiiosipg cemmu1icatlon:-
sAyADonrAS Dwrs.os -coAnAsDrse GrsEnM,,
To THr MI~isrrR or -urnEaE ,sovEassESI OF
sas9S ss a s iss .s a. . the as sysos @ ~ a
~ M men and a'eS % M twenty four Sss aos he ed a,ored
" .ne ca. Aess os Ie nsns soe ~ aaa car
aruens which the ao leit the chu,ch Of
Is satisfactory to me TO DC aoe . inform YOU that oa our
ana two the Nicaraguan army rank aad d e
ard taat the wounded IN the scd n sr- yer, fes.
with be dv.sou under their commaaa he Dioma.
i've inf enemy eft Win the ouiK O. his
forces 70 .,.ss lhis city esns u, 80 msn eesiqd &
ior,n yoa ss 5000 as hear from ,sa tho,e oaics.s
sania Of the triumph 10 acquired by the
o. our s,aie n union with h~e q hit repao,c oye u.
the houor OF fec,sing The gyernnsn thereupon
subscribe myself your servant . ...
Posncn Having just essaea tsa oo! Aaes. ana Co
cupied the pszs Of Granada but ,hs' Jaiev
WI mara With the division Of salvador and Nicaragua and
spch bnAnt triumph says u sao,ta-ootsinsd at tae
cost Of 30 lte ood toe plaza OF Jle-
suburb OF Granada and IN. csrtsnty that rash
bsdns OF he advenurers resist mpe.
tuous aud sustained vaor OF troops uvc a surc
probability that the plaza OF Grausda u be not yes
cupseo, vii occupied thus taxing arxy the Is ,p1,
Of groupd from those robbers ales OF pessen
ciss and O. private prop,ry sn, or yesr past are in
revenues o. Nicaragua, and are aenvsrios the mseges 70
everv SORT OF excesaes.
Al thst date Q3tn oct) tho Costa Rcau army was pro
cee1,ng by forced marches u ,bs assistants OF the aes
General selloso he Guatema,ao general vas already
In correspondence with general fthe C,,ts Rcau
Who Vas ,ncu on the fronier OF At the hes II
$500 men. Al the same time i the saliva
dorian division was near Msssays and tho OF ou
tmpoesIle that the terrned lbu.ero louger ressI
We ezpsc, TO have shortly intelligence of his complete
route
GrArrxaLA oot. 90 1856
An extraordinary courier has arrived from Uoynereque,
B. p hose "a
M az 1t na1 " ie1 a % T IN 'osm % ,or Waksr
well o. ocsrs ssd soldiers
wst troops dsners o.srss he iolo~ae ias
Tcops does alude 20 ths 4 coianei ss,rsds1rhe
ses a.. oe NE Jun aay our snail division was n permanent
ou troops In heir retreat e iaea IL hey were able
wsser,o rn, 70 he s,ssl s era paredss .,,s
he had eyen orders 10 Colonel zssa 70 fall baek
iss as the second sivson of salvador haa e@ssrses IN H.
1ssp gr * r. the & Ss Be os e S roSasc s m
esrkea On sunday, IN san jose, and that Of Colo
General Pare les also states that dvsoa Of hanircd
osd ae sass IN panads by an e ~, $50 70 81
estrada ard arrived JaevA when later were With
col. zAvALA TO GEN. rAsEpEs.
-, DiRIoso, DC, u. 1856
sn ;ss s 2. ~ en- ma ooayac.a hs
a IN s .s. se ,s % Of sa.-s,s ga; ssesed s o. e
s Sesn hear on g. oSsa n
s q e&suss .ad sss..ss % lssa aSs eSa o , a..
osrses sod having been iaormsS s there we're ony
two hun. I'D men guarding that 20
guard snd q he .o' q aSaoS. ss ns TsorS o.
Of rain which made for rs 70 "o ~
Jaeoa and iae enemy bad pc,ice Of arrival ~ ine
cupy The barracks having agreed With colone Estrada
that he should enter with his section through one
street and ! through the othcr but Il nnposs.
BILE for ~ carry out this plan. for received
wseh eelrea change our plan The urns commeassd
nj two occk In the evening and reeaed bv degrees an
chlS eft The main guard aud he house above II for
mery occpied BY walker We also TOOK that wh,.h he At
sent occur les which In the corner cf the pags nine
o'clock a n'sh the ere continued pretty vigorously.
feared es stsr should return from Mssssa the plaza
therefore EFF soldiers with their officers u
points which Rad occupied win sder. keep 40 slack
rng and with the rest o. my force went TO take posi-.
ton in Jsssa to ebdeavor 70 intercept walker Eary yes
erday dragons whom bad country
reported 70 that the ,mlng In cousid .rabs
numbers and GO rcady 70 them vi my reduced
orcc, sho n anmuuion and interior numbers
olee o er half An hours light IN the clear pen
WIN only sual hlllock here and there
obhged 70 retreat taxing march towards the
good order met on the the of artillery which
ha been 70 search Of the night before and
Piled nv soldiers and fle au hour as We all
required ~ We have had officers and sol.
diers Killed, but cannot Give You the number
because some had srayed the night before IN Jasva
Ihe officers Killed are Capt Alenee ard su5fdeuisnants
Carra - snd Manuel GU have tere including ack "a
wounded y, men-showng loss - about ice-5u, have
have arrived At Massaya We had he ose ihs
all aer they had done good parrcuartv one
other he Wub tha