The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-01-25
THE DAILY DISPATCH.
60 sIoS OF HoNpuRAs ny AMERICANS.
Farshes Particulars.

II has been announced that an arrival ~ Dosson
has brought report that Gen cabsnas was aoou GUY
70 invade Honduras with 400 Americans ana Inv
native troops In order to wrest the country Hom
guardoia, the present ruler The latter, appears,
IN f,c,ober last. defeated Cabanas. (who was then
the legal President) and compelled him TO take to
a,gb. subsequently he Joined Walkers party in
Nicaragua. and now goes back to seek revenge.
The Boston Traveller has the following additional
x.r,;eulars from Capt Nicherson of the brig Hell
=, lane, from Truxlo:
III. stated In letter from the capital Of Hondn-
auras that Guardiola refuses to fight with the Yam
kees. as they are, as he says, IRRESISTIBLE and he
ststes his intention Of leaving the State of Hondu
ras should the Americans enter.
The prevalent feeling among the leading natives
of Truxilo, and more especially those engaged
Ga mercantile affairs is that of neutrality In the
matter of change In the government of the couu-
try If Walker should come and succeed in es-
,ab,ishine himself they say that they are willing
Ia give him a trial They have for so long pc.
ried been suffering from weak and changing gov
ernpnents that any government having the element
of stability, provided the property OF the inhab-
tants Is respected, would be welcome
Cant Niekerson says that the reports there were
10 the effect that Walkers army was increasing,
and that he expected TO be in a short time at the
head OF two thousand men. The time for the
election Of President of the Republic of Hondu-
ras according to the provisions of the Constitu.
tion would shortly arrive That officer is elected
by the votes of the two chambers, the Senate and
Legislative chambers each consisting of fourteen
members The anti-Cabanas and anti Walker
party, from present appearances will not attempt
80 elect their candidate especially if the reported
invasion by Cabanas and his American allies be.
come an actual fact.
This province, for the possession of which a
struggle is apparently soon to take place, contains
6s, $50 square miles of territory, and population
of 800, 600. It is traversed by numerous mountain
ranges, the valleys between which are numerous
and fertile. Harpers Gazetteer says that Its IA ine-
raj wealth is considerable, comprising gold, silver
lead and copper; also opas emeralds, asbestos and
einnebar.
Gao. Sickerson states that the reported dscove-
ry of rich gold mines in the Province OF Olaneho.
Honduras, was exciting considerable attention al
TruxilIo A California miner, after seeing speci-
mems of the gold declared that it must be rich
digging and started off for personal inspec-
ton Several other Americans had also left for the
mines
A letter received at Truxillo makes some state
ments in regard TO the capture, by Walker, of the
town of Granada, Nicaragua (sad to be the
strongest place in the country, having population
OF ten thousand,) which we have not seen before.
When Walker entered the place at the head of
about fifty Americans, he found Chomorro, the
President of the Republic, with his officers in 4
ball room
Entering the room, Walker waved his sword in
the air crying out, "Hurrah for Democracy" and
took all present prisoners Before he left the room
Chomorro was compelled to sign articles of capt.
tuaton, but afterwards finding how small was
the force to which he had surrendered, he sent
written orders to the officer in command net to
give up the place. This letter by some means
reached the hands of Walker, as he was entering
a church with Chomorro. He read and placed the
the letter in his pocket and after the services
over he inquired of ChomOrro if he wrote it, and
he did not deny it A drum head court martial
was summoned, by whose sentence Chomorro and
fifteen of his officers were shot