New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-22
NICARAGUA.

h.r. during the past two weeks. The long mac
Nan az the Ieonese sodiery, with their allies was
htaly broken by march toward Granada. This
ADVANCE was not expected, for, they had re-
NAMED idle during TIE comparatively dry month Of
August, it was not supposed they would attempt
march at a period when it is almost certain to
rain, more or less, every day, and this, 700, with
arms No better than old fint-ock muskets. But
march they did, and brought with them, it is said,
four or five pieces of heavy ordnance.
From the day they left Leon until they stopped
1t Aanagua, General Walker had an accurate
knowledge of all their movements as well as the
number Of their men. Major Waters, OF the MICA
rsguan army was stationed at Managua with aosu'
eigh,y mounted rangers, and remained there until
IN advanced guard OF the enemy, consisting OF three
hundred IaDeers, bad actually entered the IOWA.
His men then quietly walked off without mOiesta-
kOn They had not gone more than thrce or IouI
miles when the lancers appeared at ther rear 'hcy
halted and discharged yoley, and the lancers re-
treated, The lancers again advanced, ana were
again driven back by single fire. and SO they con-
timed for about halt the distance between Managla
and Massaya Waters's command dld lOt lose
man. but several of the lancers were Killed. Inns
will not appear at all surprising when STATE tnht
the rangers are all armed with hrst-rate Snaps
carbines while the lancCrs have no firearms what
eye, Their lance consists Of straight piece Of
stick about three times the length Of and ordinary
broom handle with al oval piece of iron or steel,
,barpened at the end. They cannot, therefore, do
ANY injury until they get very close TO their adver
sary. Nearly eyesy man IN the rangers IL also
armed with a navy-size Colts revolver, III the use
Of which he is very expert. was speaking lately
with some of the rangers, and they speak with the
81 IN If thp of the laDcprS
They told me that some Of their men who acted as
= rear guard would purpoSey wait until the ancers
came very close to them; two or three OF them
would then cOOlly fire, and laugh at the way the
enemy scattered Being mounted on superior
horses they would sometimes walk slowly in
front of the enemy and talk back at them-the con-
versation on both sides being confined to wishing
each other in the internal regions The rangers
describe the ancers being the dirty and rag
gedest set Of men they ever saw. Many of them,
they saw wear nothing but pantalOOns but that Is
nothing unusual among the natives OF Nicaragua.
1t is supposed that Mendez Is III command OF the
hacers Mendez's only son has been confined in
the guard-house at Granada since the disafiectiOn
Of the late President Riyas.
The sudden movement OF the Le0nese troops
was, probably, caused by exaggerated statements
which had been sent to Leon Of Two fights that
cured at the rancho of San Jacinto, which is
soy eDteen miles from the Town Of Tipitapa. The
I1pltupd TlNtT cbDutCbf i<dht mdudBud WIN
Nicaragua. At the Town OF Iipitapa was bridge
over which Gen. Walkers men used to drive cattle
for the use of his army Tipitapa is "a miles from
Granada and is Oh the highway to the ChOntales
District which is the most dlsatected portion OF
the State The ChamOrrlstes from ChOntales iort-
fed the rancho of San JacntO with the intention of
keeping in check the American foraging parties.
The first attacked was party of thirty men under
command of Col. Mcdonald, the same who had
been 10 Cuba with Lopez, and was sent TO Spain as
prisoner. The Americans fought for about two
hours, aud came off with a loss OF two men.
There we're four wounded one of whom, Capt.
Jarvis Of BeardstOwn, Kentucky, has since died.
The ChamOrristes at the rancho numbered then
about 10. The news of, their success was, of
course, immediately sent to Leon and their posi-
ton was strengthened by about 200 more. When
the news of Mcdonald flight reached Granada 40
citizens volunteered TO go and attack San Jacinto
immediately. Gen. Walker adverse to this
movement, and would not permit any OF his soldiers
Ia ioin il. The volunteers, however, proceeded,
and received at Massaya All acquisition 10 their
strength Of ~ matchmaking 10 all 6S. They ar
rived al San Jacinto in the morning of the 18th, and
vigorously attacked the place They attacked under
great disadvantage: their leaders were Immediately
shot, and after about halfan-hours hard fighting
they were obliged 10 retreat. The volunteers lett
.her horses about mile from the place where the
attack was made; they were therefore unable to
conflict Those they left behind were all put to
death. In this fight there were eighteen Ameri-
cans Killed. and thirteen wounded. Among the
lilled was Lieut.. Col. Byron Cole, who was be-
loved by all who knew him, and Charles Callahan,
the correspondent of The Ne,o. Orleans Picdysne.
He was the CustOm-House Collector at Granada,
and was especially forbidden by General Walker to
NO beyoId the town of Tpitapa. The last time he
was seen by those who knew hum he was running
through the woods, and the lancers were within
hundred Yards of him. A man who had been taken
prisoner, but made his escape, reported that ne
saw the lancers oyertake person who, from his
description, must have been Callahan and fired at
him. hitting him in the thigh. They then tied him
UP to tree, wounded as he was, and beat MIN 10
death with clubs, and wound up their cruelty by
shooting him again through the heart; and stripping
hun naked, exposed him OH the field as prey to
the vultures. He also reports having seen the
bodies of several other Americans, some OF whom
he knew lying naked 10 the same manner-some
Of them had their eyes picked out, and others were
partially eaten by those ravenous birds
Later accounts say that there were three hundred
Chamorrstes at San Jacinto, and that there were
fourteen Of them killed. and thirty-twO mOrtaily
wounded When they abandoned the rancho,
few days after the fight, they abandoned to their
fate all the wounded that could not accompany
them. The Chamorristes have always been con-
Adxed the aristOcracy of this country. If they
ne educated pOrhon-act so barbarously, what
NAV be expected from the unettered, uncivilized
portion Of their army
Notwithstanding all these acts to excite their
worst passions, a single instance has not yet come
r. nv knowledge where Americans have 50 far for
not themselves as to retalate this barbariy; but,
On the contrary, when they take natives AS prison
srs which they do very frequently they treat them
less harshly than they do their own men under the