Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1857-04-08
LATEST NEWS.
From tie Ne lork H,r1ia
he 1.nte Important News from Nicaragua

From TIE Afw lork H,rdiR
The I.nie Important News from Nicaragua
We seid yesterday that news had been ieceiv
ed in the city in the shape of private letters fcom
| Walkers officers confirming the accounts of
Walkers decisive ,ietnry at San Jorge The
| following are extracts from letters received by
| different person, in this city from Major General
! Hennings"n and other officers with President
| Walker in Nicaragua. referred To IN the HERALD
| of Yesterday. These rtters came to this city in
! the steamer Texas, which arrived on the night of
| Thursday last hut some of them did not reach
! those tn whom they were addressed till late Sat
utdav evening. The dispatches from General
! H.. of the 18Th, with the return of the killed,
wounded and missing have not come IA hand. and
have doubtless been distracted on their way from
San juan del Sur to this city,
EXTRACTS FROM LETTER OF GEN. H. Tos'''
RIvAs. March 10, 1857
The steamer from California for papama is Just
in at san Juan. md the Ranger express is on
the saddle | have barely moment Ia al II line
To my two letters of last evening. 70 AVOID the
risk Of this and the notes within to 49, 49,
being intercepted by those whose interests OK
cite sympathy for the greaser allies. hefor" they
reach New York, enclose them To DIR. Carno-
chan. who will send them to you soon as he
| receives them.
| have little Of importance TO add 10 my nara
tive up to last night except To- request you 10
have care taken that the names in the returns of
our killed, wounded and missing are printed nc
curately. 1t may omit two or three OF the woun-
ded but the entire number, If 1t was complete.
does mol exceed fifty have not received the
slightest injury aud enjoy my usual good health
The loss OF the enemy i nscertained TO have been
upwards of 100 killed. Our victory is decisive
and breaks up the allies completely. and III II few
weeks all lighting within the boundaries OF Mica
ragua will be over, and if any contest Is kept up
it will be in the other States Our army is IN
high spirits
Address your letters ms directed in mine of the
9Th. Us they will be less likely to be puroined,
which have doubt is the fate of yours of the
2Olh Of February aud 81 OF this month, rs have
not received either of them
EXTRACT FROM LETTER or SANE TO A FRIEND IN TINS
cry.
RlyAs, March L. 1887.
\ y will show You my letters to her giving
full account of victory the day before yes
terlay. We had ten hours fighting We attacked
San Jorge by cunnouade aud drove the allies of
the town. At nighnall suspended our fire aud
the encn being reinforced ycnturcd attack us in
"A hollow in the road near the town. They
pulsed with loss of upwards of 400 killed. Our
loss in killed. wou"del and missing does not exceed
fifty. The defeat is tJtal 10 the enemy Il breaks
them up All the forces the allies could scrape to-
gether were here, and they scattered
EXTRACT FROM LETTER FROM Az OFFICER WITH GENE
RAJ wALGrR To a FRuyp cry.
RWAs, March Is 1857.
General Iicnninlsen will send tr,nclaccouns bv
hrst steamer expected in day or two OF our battle
offesterday. oh twas glorious victory was
slightly hurt, but feel no Inconvenience to-day what
ever. Our triumph WAS complete Our loss is not
one-tcnth of that of the enemy and the numerical
force against us WAS thee times that of ours. &
American Mimic rifles and Iicnningsen howt1-
aud cannon did the business. The allies tin
ally used mp and the reign Of the greasers in this
public wiped ont. Within the last four or five weeks
letters from New ork don't rnch We suspect
they are pcrcd.
The dispatches from General lcnninesen of the
18th March and the re'arn of the killed and wounded
above mentioned have not come to hand and ii is be-
iicyed they have been intercepted toy persons mimi
cal TO the success of President Walker.
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM COZ. LoCKRIDGE.
Mr.. Scammon, the obliging purscr ofthe steamship
TcXas, has handed 10 us the following communlca-
ton in the handwriting OF Col Lockbridge. The
document is in lead pencil and headed
\ DESPATCH.
lreconnoitcrcd the enemys position at Castillo on
the It'll and from their spies gained the important
information that Walker had gained great victory
and that the allies had fallen back on Massuya or
Granada. Propositions OF peaco-the Costa Ricans
wiling to join the conference but had sent Van
dcrbilts agent Spencer, from the country, and offer
the transit to the English government. have seized
important documents 10 prove the above facts have
sent TO Washington and t. The President Of Nicara-
qua.
Rvas Is Certifying Leon, in the last conference
of the combined forces Of Costa Rca, Guatemala
Honduras and St. Salvador. proposon was made
to divide and ohlitc rate the name of Nicaragua.
There only 800 men nj San Carlos under Cen
eral Nora. The }. n. SEQ is ready to proceed
up the rive.
have near 400 men with seven pieces of artillery,
and plenty Of arms and ammunition, and feel conf
dent OF success.
LOGkBRIDGE.
This document is embossed on the back of Mr.. Pur-
ser Seammon as moU's:-
This paper written by Col Loclbridge, pant
of it in ny presence, and given to me by him, about
10 o clock Z NJ. ON the 18th March.
l.. NJ. SCAMMoN, Purscr steamer Texas.
4 scene ia Paris
\ Paris correspondent of the New York Com
mcrcal, noticing the opening of market in
Paris. say:
"Day hctore yesterday the designation of pu
ccs was 10 take place, and in the performance of
this duty the administration Of tie markets and
the market women cumrtn an open and violent
rnnturp 4 lrDutntiuu of siX hundred of the So