New Orleans daily crescent., 1856-10-23
IMPORTANT FROM NICARAGUA!
GREAT BATTLES !!
THE MAN OFF DESTINY TRIUMPHANT !:
NICARAGUA'S FUTURE SECURE!

to Harris, Morgan Co., arrived in port yesterday af
ternoon. She bring news of thrilling import. Her
oblgng purser, Mr.. L. NJ Seammon has furnished us
with the subjoined interesting memoranda:
The Tennessee arrived at San Juan from New
York, on the 10th, and sailed the same day.
The steamship Orizaba, Capt. Tinklepangh ar
rived at San Juan del Sur on the sth. from New
York via Straits Of Magellan, making the run in the
unprecedented time of fifty days and seven hours.
The Orlzaba would take the passengers Of the Ten
nessee for San Francisco
The news from Nicaragua is of the most interest
ing character, indicating the complete success and
determination OF Gen. Walkers Government.
The enemy having been for some time advancing
towards Massaya, and evidently seeking to OCCUPY
that town. Gen. Walker withdrew the small force sta
TONED there in order to encourage them to occupy the
place, knowing it to be much favorable point to
attack them than at Leon. After about ten days the
enemy had collected a force numbering .4OOO men,
and occupied the town. On the 18th October, Gen.
Walker marched against them with 1000 men, leaving
small force at Granada. On the morning of the
18th, while approaching Massaya, the enemy sailed
forth in full force and attacked them but were name
dately rcpulscd with immense loss and driven into
the city, the Americans literally paving their wav
with the bodies of the dead they advanced and en-
tered the town.
The enemy occupied the four Plazas and the prin.
cipal houses Of the town. During the day General
Walker succeeded in driving them from all their
points to the main Plaza which he himself gained at
about p NJ, cutting his way through the walls of
the houses, carrying his howtzers along and only
waited for daylight to renew the attack, when a
courier arrived from Granada with information that A
force OF about 1000 natives, principally Chamorstas,
400 (Jatam9lona faCi thotp nj,
On receipt Of this news, Gen. Walker marched his
! troops for Granada, where he arrived at about 10
o'clock on the 18th, and upon his arrival on the
heights the city, found to be bar1caded by the
whole force Of the invaders whe1eupon he charged
them and drove them from their posts taking all their
iiedplcces and the commanders prsoners-entirely
routing them from the town with great slaughter and
strewins the streets and cutters with the killed and
wounded, and following them from the city till not a
vestigc Of the enemy remained
The enemy lost at Granada four hundred killed, at
AIassaya four hundred killed and three hundred
| wounded, making in all eleven hundred men.
General Walkers loss in both enga gements was
sixteen killed and twenty-eight wounded-none of
| the wounded moltally.
| 1t was reported that Gen. Mendes the second in
command of the enemy, was shot dead at Massaya.
At the time our informant left, Gen Walker was to
march on the following day for b1assaya and Leon,
his troops being in the most exalted spirits and eager
! for the march.
! During the absence Of Gen. Walker at Massaya the
citizens learning the enemy were advancing repaired
to the Ordnance department and arming themselves,
! waited for the,;attack and fought with unegualled
bravery and desperateness f6f twenty two hours de-
Tending the government buildings until the arrival of
sthe army.
Mr.. Lawless, Rev. D. Fl. Wheeler and Mr.. Fere,l.
sond and SON. citizens of the United States who had
never taken any part in government affairs, were
taken out of their houses and murdered in cold blood
by the natives.
The Hon. J. H. Wheeler. U. S. Minister at Granada,
is lying dangerously i'll from attack of apopleNy.
Left at San Juan H. B. NJ. ships Orion, 80 guns
Imperieuse, so; Arrogant, 50; Archer, 20 Victor,
G; Intrepid, Cossack, 80 guns.
On Monday, the 18th, a sailing regatta of the
boats in the harbor and those Of the squadron came
of. The Mosquito boat, '' Lillia sailed and owned
by Mr.. A G. Hutchinson, of Williansburgh, L. l., car
ried off the PALM beating everything in the race bya
| long distance.
Passengers by the Tennessee-Capt Il. L. Williams,
Capt. P. 4. Galteburg, Nicaragua army; Capt.
Miner J. Fl. Laddy DR.. John Galtebngh, Z. w. kins-
land, Albino Sue, wife and daughter, H. N. Carpen-
ter, NJ. D. Mandy.
By this arrival we have received only one news
paper-the Nicarasucnse, Of the 9th September.
There is but little of general interest in its columns
although one itcn--a few lines-flled us with mex
pressibe sadness, for it communicated the news of
the death of one we have known long and we'll, and
have ever regarded as FRIEND true tried and trusted
of natures noblemen in the best sense the term
was ever used. Here is the item. 1t is as brief in
! ic in a1nnc
! COLLECTOR OF CusroMs.-1Ir. j. W. Austen has
been appointed Collector of Customs for the port Of
Granada, in place of Mr.. Charles Callahan SO unfor
tunately killed at the fight of San Jacinto.
No particulars are given We find confirmation of
the sad event, however, in advertisement Of the
Public Administrator, respecting claims against and
debts due the estate of the lamented deceased.
The hour is late, and we are in no mood now to do
Justice to the memory Of deceased FRIEND Charles
Callahan. In his untmely death the press Of New
Orleans has sustained loss, the public have sus-
tanned loss, and the of liberty in Central
America has sustained loss. Peace to his ashes and
eternal rest to his soul.
In the Nicaruguense we find the following list Of
army promotions and appointments in the army:
Geo W. Halcr appointed Second Lieutenant Co..
! D, Second Light Infantry.
First Lienenant r. A. Johnstone, promoted Cap
! tam Cu a, fltSt hlllcs.
Second Lieutenant W. H. Matthews, promoted First
| Lieutenant Co. A, First Rifles.
Surgeon r. T. Royston, promoted Surgeon with
rank OF Major
Charles /. Waters, appointed Captain Co. A, New
Iors Noluntecrs.*
Chas: Rakelcwicz, appointed Captain Co. B, New
York Voluntcers.*
Lewis L. Grant, appointed Captain Go. c, New
York NoluntecrS.*
Hiram RUSSELL appointed Captain Co. D, New York
| NO!untccrs*
NJ. +: Naslc, appointed First Lieutenant Goa. New
, York Volunteers
T. Lawton, appointed First Lieutenant Co. B, New
| York Volunteers;
A. Mex Pittman, appointed First Lieutenant Co.
c, New York Yolnteers.i
\ Struler appointed First Lieutenant Co. D, New
! York Vountcers*
james S. Judge, appointed Second Lieutenant Co.
\ Now York Volunteers
&. Won Hill, appointed Second Lieutenant Co. B,
| New York Notntcers,*
Wm. Northelge, appointed Second Lieutenant Co.
! C, New York Eonntecrs.*
Those marked with (*) belong to the newly arri-
we'd recruits and have not yet been assigned to any
battalion
Also the following designations:
Capt. NJ E. Bradley Of the lsthmus Rangers has re-
| signed.
/ Colonel John B. Markham resigned his position on
the goth September.
The steamship Virgin from New York. which ar