M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-11-06
From the N. o. Picayune of Oct 90.
Battles of MasSaya and Gran

lVHl'VSSVO lioIh AlNdldSudt Win Tue IOllOW'
ing details OF the operations and battles o
: Nldssaya and Granada, in the latter of which
he was partlcipdtor. Gen. Walker was
well advised OF the movements OF the enc.
my, and with his usual caution he kept his
information aud plans from the public
Abou; the LIST o: October, the order WAS Civ
len for ;he out garrlSOns at San Carlos. Rvas,
Tipita "a, an ManagLa, to concentrate on
Granada. Shortly alIerwaId the advanced
guard at Mussaya was ordered TO fall back
also upon the capital, 1t at once became
evidenl that Gen. Walker had determined to
draw the enemy on, and choose his own
ground Tor the battle.
On the evening Of the llth he left Grana.
da with 100 men Tor Masdaya This is ii
town situated some l5 miles from Granada,
containing about 5000 Inhabitants. Ma.
lure has endowed it with many advantages. =
II has two p!azas; in the centre Ofthe prin.
cpal one stands large cburchon either side
a few shops. The houses are pincipal,
built ofado0e. 1t was here that Gen. Wal.
keI had determined to meet the forces of the
Allies. The troops marched nearly all night
over very mnddy and slippery road, and
before the morning OF the 18th were before
/ the town, which was in possession Of the ell
eny, who were said TO be about 1000
strong.
Being advised of the approach Of Gen.
Walker, they had advanced on the road from
the town with strong body Of troops. Eli
lhrr side Of the road was lined with high
bushes cactus. AT daybreak Gen. Walker
irOmed his men in column, and ordered a
charge a. once. The rush was made. aud
the enemy broke and fled before the head col
umn could reach them. The Americans
kept on and followed the enemy into the
town, where there were strongly posted IN the
plazas and streets. After gallant fight
which lasted all through the day and even
ing, Gen. Walker wdS IN position at IL z. NJ,
with his howitzeIs before the main plaza,
ready TO open upon the enenmy in the morn.
ing The artillery had been brought up
through the walls of the houses, which had
been cut through for that purpose. The
troops were ordered u. this hour to sleep up.
on their aims. They had fought hard, and
they slept well.
About hal past II A. NJ, an express from
Granada arrived, advising Gen. Walker that
that city had been attacked at noon of the
day before. By force vi nearly 400 men.-
These were from the hacienda oI San Jacinto,
aud hld been joined by bodies Of men from
San Salvador and Guatemala, with lew
Chamorsas. They had advanced
upon Granada by different road hom
that leading to Massaya. and had sur
rounded the city, attacking il on all sides.-
There were very lew troops, which with the
American cit zens LETT in the city, did not
amount to over $50 NEIL. These Wpk pos.
session OF the ordinance department guard.
house hospital and principal cuurclp all Oh
the main pazI, and the ladies' took refuge in
the house Ol the American Minister, aud some
of the foreign COnsulates. This handful OF
men defended the plaza successfully for twen-
ty-two hours.
The enemy ransckcd every house in search
of Americans and money. Mr.. LawesS.
the Rev. Mr.. Wheeler. aud Mr.. Furgerson
and SOU, were dragged into the streets and
murdered. Gen. Walkers residence was
pilIaged and his papers scattered over the
floor IN the wild hunt loI plunder. About
~ A. NJ oil the l3th, the gallant band in
the plaza had the first inlimutiOn that suCcOr
was al hand in the booming of the hOwit-
zsrs and the rattle OF the musketry in the
attack o Gen. Walker ON the enemy at Jal. |
lebd Church, about three.quarers OF mile
Immediately behind the ordinace depart.
ment.
Immediately on receiving the news
brought ~ Massaya by the express, Gen. |
Walker evacuated that town with all his |
troops, aud commenced forced march for |
Granada. AT lO a. NJ, he attacked The Ell
al Ia, h.,
ol the Jaiteba ChuICh aud charging at once,
captured two field pieces, aud drove them at
the point oi the bdyUne!.intO aud through the |
city. The route commenced almost with /
out second 5 struggle, and the enemy dis |
perscd in every direction. But on all sides
they were met by parties that Gen. Walker !
had ordered TO make detOur round the city, |
aud their dispersion was complete.
1t was estimated that about 400 Of the al |
lies were killed at Mdssaya, aud an equal ,
number at Granada. Nearly every house on
the evening OF The 18th, when our informant
left. was liIed with their wounded The
loss OF the Americans in both engagements
was only AZ killed and % wounded. We
have not been able To learn the names ol any
OF the killed. Among the wounded are Cap
tain Bell, Dr. Scott, Capt Hardy, Mr.. Tabor,
Editor OF the Nicaraguense; Capt. Green,
Harbormasler; Capt. Pickersgill, and Major
Glles.
The enemy were reported to be retreatin2
from Massaya and Gen. Walker would al.
vance nUrthward as soon as his troops
had had some little rest.
Capt. Williams informs us thatihis bag
gage was packed ready 10 start, when the at
tack took place. lie was rlfled oil every.
thing by the enemy in the assault on Grana.
da. In lis trunk were nearly two hundred
letters Tor persons in the U. States, but he
was able TO gather up only few OF them,
and many OF these without their enceops.
alter the route OF the enemy. Those he saw
ed have been mailed here.
A company oil Gen. Walkers troops have
been stationed OH The San Juan river, at the
m uth of the Serdpiqui, and about 100 re-
cruitS arrived at Greytown ON the Tennes-
see. They would proceed to Granada at
once.
| Capt w. informs us that he learned from
one OF the meh who returned from the battle
/ OF San Jacnlo that Mr.. Callahan, our late
esteemed correspondent, was last seen, woun
ded and nearly exhausted, pursued by some
cavalry and endeavoring To yet into the bush
! In this he aid not succeed as the horses were
nearly upon him at the time.