Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-01-01

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The Telegraph has already given US -
abstract Of the Nicarsguan news by the
Tennessee. Tn. details Of kfr intelligence
which ~e find in the New York papers, con-
tain some additional lite ms OF interest. We
copy the following from a narrative in chron-
illogical order Of the events which have oc-
CURED from the time of the battles of Mas
ssya and Granada on the lIth of October
and following days, down to the departure
of the Tennessee from San Juan del Norte
on the 5th of December. After history of
the attack on Mascara, in which the flli-
bus,ers were unsuccessful, and were OBJ
liged to retire on Granada, with 4 loss OF
sixty or seventy men in killed and wounded
the narrative continues.
pEsTRucTIuI OF GRANApA-PosITIoH OF
TIE TILLIBrsTEIs THERE.
It was on his return to the capital that
Walker resolved upon its destruction and
evacuation. For that end he left there some
four hundred men, under the command OF
General Hennigsen, whose instructions
were to take charge Of the artillery, smEiL -
milton, public archives, and all the appur-
ienances of the army, and convey them to
Virgin Bsy-the design being to make that
a base Of operations for the capture of the
city of Rivas, where Walker intended to
establish his Government. Granada was
given to the flames. Property to an ener-
nous extent was eonsumed-much of it
owned BY foreigners, whose Governments
will doubtless seek indemnity. For some
days the troops under Hennigsen gave them
selves up to the widest debauchery. Plum
der, drunkenness. and all sorts of excuses
were the order of the day. Subordination
was lost sight of. and no sort of control was
exercised over the men. Hennigsen was
totally powerless in his attempts to bring
them to their duty.
The consequences which were to have
been expected followed. Before any Of the
munitions Of war could be transported from
Graaads to Virgin Bay the allied forces
besisged the plaza where the troops were
garrisoned. The siege was still going on
when the Tennessee left. The besiegers
had succeeded, alter an obstinate struggle,
in taking the fort, between the lake and the
city, ,nly one man of its twenty-eight or
thirty defenders surviving is tell the tale
In the plaza or in 4 suburb in church which
escaped he flames were Henhingseu and his
men shut up and surrounded. There SEEM
ed to be no resources left but IN uncondi-
tional surrender or annihilation. The next
steamer from San Juan will probably bring
us news of their fate.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING AND PROBABLE MAS
sAcRE OF THE SICK AND WOUNDED AT
oAETEPE.
Before carrying out his fendish project of
burning Granada, Walker had embarked his
sick, wounded and women, and placed them
under the charge of some sixty men--on
the island of Omstepe. This is an island
of some extent in Lake Nicaragua, lying
nearly opposite Virgin Bay. The terrible
news has ,ranspired that the natives, who
are all terribly exaspera,ed against Walker.
had arisen and massacred these unfortunat ate
people. Whether this is true to its fullest
extent 10 stili matter of doubt. The island
is inhabited principally by Indians. When
the sick and wouaded were landed there,
all the Indians ded, save a few who were
retained to act as nurses. There were no
provisions, no beds, and no medicines pro-
vided for them. Several of the patients
we're for days without food. The larger
part of the sick and wounded lay on the
beach all night. The next day all Of them
were distributed among the huts, or take n
into the church of he vilisge-converted
into hospital-except some twenty who
lay out in the rain. Two died on the
steamer and several on the beach. The
village was filled with the sick and wounded,
The women and children An effort was
made by the commandant Of the place, who
arrived next day, to separate the healthy
from the sick. There were about sixty men
able to bear arms. The entire work OF
feeding, landing, quartsring, burying the
dead, &C., was performed by some twelve
men, among whom Captain Baldwin was
cQpspicuous for his activity and humanity
ing he first FIVE days thirty-six died.
I'm one night the enemy crept into the
village and surprised the Americans. Some
twenty persons escaped in three BOATS
WheIher the rest were slaughtered or mere
4 ly made prisoners Of war, was not known
to certainty. Those who escaped in the
I boats suffered dreadful hardships. There
| was only one woman among them, Mrs.
A,kins, wife of one of the mus ieisns. All
the American in Nicaragua were on the Is.
land with their chidreh--some forty in
number. Col. Skerritt, Col. Thompsoa
Gen. Fry. and 4 number Of other officers.
were on the island, but there was no or
ganized military force. The landing-lhe
subsequent suffering OF the sick and wound
ed, with only miserable reed huts to shelter
them, and no provisions for the sick bni
beef and planrains--the deaths--the prom.
iscuous burying of men, women and children
in common hole. and the subsequent nigh
attacks and probable massacre or captivity
of three hundred persons, Of oil ranks and
ages and of both sexes--all conspire to 70, N
one of the most dreadful pictures Of war.
wALkER's PRESENT POSITION AND PROS.
PEcrs.
All this thine, where wes Walker. After
eaving Hennigsen in charge OF Granada, il
appears that he accompanied the sick and
wounded to Ometepe and left them there.
When he got back to Granada he found
Hennigsen besieged-as we have shown
and he has been ever since cut off from all
communication with him. He keeps sail.
ing all the time between Granada ard Vir-
gin Bay. When the San Carlos left with
the passengers which had come dcwn by
the Orizaha, 10 intelligence had been re-
ceived of the result Of the siege, which was
then some twelve days in progress. All
Walkers forces then consisted of the four
hundred men under Hennigsen, bessged in
Granada, of the two hund, ed ard fifty men
under Gel. Jacques, who were garrsoning