New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-14
FROM PUSTA ARENAS

We bsve received, per mail hes Of The Boletrs o.
ca, hitrm Semdndl and the Costa Riea Dexfeh Zeli
trg but noLe Il them OF later date than Nov. y, -
that there IL nothing 10 add from them b the ne -
bfous ht down by toe British Abps Of war . the com
Denosm ent Of tbe month.
Prun priv ate letter written before the departure Of
the joseph Hewitt learn thA, the post had jast AZ
rived frvm Nicaragua, bringing letters from Gen
BtIoso to Gen CsnsA Of which We have been favored
With copss.
The frs. is da,ed Musys, Nov. q, 1856, aad 10.
forms Gen. Cahas that the writer Gen. BeIoeo hsd
been at Grsnsda the previous day that the city
reduced to ashes ard that go Yankees remained shut
up in the church Of Guad.oupe. On being called
upon to surrender they srrogantly refused. On the
neat day "St: Peter very large gun was to make
them fee ard this cted 10 be the last Of them
After this Job concluded force was TO be lf In
Granada, another in Msssya, and the bulk Of the
army under Generals Paredes and Marines was 70 %
marched TO operate with Gen. Canas agarrt Ssn Juan
del Sur and Virgin Bay
The neIt letter s dated Granada, December /. At
this time the church not yet taken, though She Cen
eral mo,nentary in expectation Of that event He
statet the usber offbu,terers who had fallen since
the 9th to be 3e rad that the lose Of the allies was
smal
Private letters state ih at the Indsns on the Islasa of
Ometepe had risen against Walker and killed fifteen
Of his men. A General Prae, some eueh name for
the MS. illegihe had % make his eeeape in canoe
The Indians had taken to the woods, having no more
smmunitiop. Walker, with 80 men, bed attempted
to retake Granada from the lake. but failed in his at
tempt.
Since the foregoing wae IN type we have been Ia
vo,ed with Messrs Gcva Co. of this city with the
AlbTm Stmosdi Of Dec. snd l2, and the Boletin
Ofeial Of Dee. r3 from which CLEAN the following
tems:
at is our painful talk ibis week to have TO a1-
rounce the oes Of the Once de Abr recently fitted
war vessel for the protection of our coast Oar
readers will recoec that the sted vessel left Punta
Arenas barely month ago. carrying with her reen-
forcemep's and other equipments Tor Gen Canes
army; unhapply she did not appear of San Jusa del
Sur until after Gen CaDss bad evacuated that Psoe,
L. L. hava acha
officer ard We much fear the greater portion OF the
brave volunteers who cheeruDy enrolled themselves
to fight in their country cause on teri ra have met
an unlocked for and untimely death Full particulars
have not reached us, but from all we can CLEAN II
would appear that while engaged in combat with tbe
praca schooner San Joee the Once ae Abril took re
ard blew up, sending into eternity all on board save
A. who were picked up by their opponent. OF this
number 30 appear to have escaped uniDjured, the
Others were more or lese wounded all said to have
bee n landed and removed to Virgin Bay where they
1--WE hold it to be most fortunate circumstance
that General Canas should have form ed 30 early
junction with our alies-had he not done So his own
situation would have been most peTlous QUE tor we
must not forget that after defeating the enemy on the
10Th and retreatiDg he did, upon Rivss on the 18th,
he must have been in great want Of all the munitions
of war.
bored under the greatest possible arising
from the crowded state of her decks and the imposs
bty Of mnneuveriDg or of working her guns effect.
the sad calamity" -,
In order to Keep our readers acquainted with the
operations of the war, feel ourselves authorized in
giving them below: ..,a..
Gen JOSE MARIA CAsAs-Dedr Friend and Conn
truman Walker, having been routed in this town, re-
TUNED to Granada with pa men and considerable
lumber of wounded. The first thing this wretched
usuruer did was to embark all his wounded, movabes
and everything he has stolen, sending them to the
Island Of Ometepe, in the Lake of Nicaragua and
the obstruction of that beautiful town. His hlrengs
executed his orders and Granada Is now one heap OF
ruins Guadalupe street and block round the square
being all that is left unburnt. On being informed OF
this in concert with the other Generals ordered the
advance Of the allied army on that place, and yeser-
day | reconnotered In person the situation OF our
troops and also that Of the enemys forces, and found
that the eremy Is very dsaay va. p,e.vu,
being confr ed TO the center of the town without any
mode of escape that they are reduced TO the neces-
sity of surrebdering or dying where they are.
they are likewise cut off from receiving any further
supplies Of men provisions that may come by water
as the steamers cannot approach the wharf without
danger and even in the event of landing they c,uld
not communicate with the town, as our troops occupy
the leach and the walls Of Guadalupe church.
Imay inform you, at the same time, that a part OF
the allie forces occupy the San Francisco quarter ad-
Joining the als of tho houses occupied by the enemy
On my arrival al Granada saw one OF the steamers
start in the direction of Virgin Bay, and presume she
he's gone to bripg the fbuster force from there and
from San Juan del Sur to assst them in their present
struggle
point with all Dispatch and should those places be uR-
occupied you should march, in conjunction WITH Gen
Jerez and tai possession of them, as the present
fortunate opportunity should not be lost According to
Information ! have received, Walker himself is shut
ND within the town, and it may probably be the case,
from ihefsct Of the obstinate resistance OF the enemy
and the return Of til steamer In which he went away
Should Il De 90, / consider the war at an end The
loss which the allied army has suffered during the
siege up to the present time Is very small the enemy
having had greater amount of killed In the Gaada-
lupe Church alone he lost fifty men.
'P''s '' ~ RAMON BELLoso.
The Bo'etiR Ofeial Of Costa Rica, Of December 10
gives the following as the latest ness:
News from Rivas is to December D. Walker,
with 400 men, arrived at San Jore, one league from
Riyss and prepared TO attack the division uLder Cen
Canss Only few skirmishes with the advanced
guards had taken place. Canas had oVo men VINO
were in coed health and well supplied with munitions
Of ar and provisions. Al,
"WaIker, In one of the lake steamers, constantly
on the move between Virgin Bay, Ometepe and Gra-
nada According 10 the most reliable sccount. the
forces Of Walker consisted Of leo men In Virgin Bay,
1: men in hotel near San Juan, 40 in the steamers,
30 guarding SEQ wounded and sick in Ometepe. Tols
force. with $50 lost in Mhsaya, ana Soo u uIsnaa,
constitutes all his force mol RECKONING tnoeo O. N~o'"'
or on the river. oOo 10,
heumed IN in the ruins Of the church Of Guadalupe 10
Granada who fought with desperation snd were with
ont water and had 10 subsist on their horscs lhey
obstipatey refused quarter though offered to them by
Gen. Belloso.
"Of the crew of the Once de Abril, only forty.sght
reached San Juan alive five died next day, and huty
we're ssnt prisoners to Virgin Bay OF the ere" OF te
San jos eighteen out of thirty three were either killed
or wounded.
ing thing but little beef without even salt to eat
in consequence many are dying OF dysenIery and o'ner
complaints Of the climate"
The foregoing intelligence was brought BY the Joseta,