The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1857-01-10
STARTLING NEWS.
Nicaraguan TRAGEDY.
nEvrRsE> OF THE HERO WALKER

/ Nv the way OF New iork we have re-
ct,ed the following Intelligence. eHu''
I Il ,asy prove to be exaggerated
Dr. Derickson, surgeon in Walkers
army. ha. arrived at New OK. and iut'
uishes the Herald with highly interesting
narrative of events up TO the hour OF 'ae
sailing ct iue tennessee. Walker, he says,
i had swen,, men Killed aud forty wounded at
Nassau. AID b, hs orders Granada was
set on fire and ell consumed except Tie
main plaza and church situated on the
Lake of \lcafsgua On the I'm OF No'
ycmbef, all the troops lett ~ 'fanHda, hf
Walker. to the numhc, Of $50, besides 100
+ citizens we're attacked and surrounded bN
two thousand five hundred OF the combined
Central Americans. consisting OF costa R'
cans. Gautamaiaus, san Salyado:ians and
some twenty AMERICAN. who d"setted from
Gen Walker. The statement OF Dc Der
lcksnn goes un rs follows
HE American la,ce- thus be.cged are
Tia. elite col Nakof- army lheN "e un'
der the command ut Brig Cen. ilcnnlns
..n the commander OF artillery. Nothing
has boon heard OF Them since they "ef"
surrounded the, wrfe eutlt'l, cut oil tom
Wake aud hls remaining lprers iheN
are hemmed ga Iu every durcuph ht sape-
fof and constantly increasing lorces
seven cannon, heleg an Walker. artillery
EXCEPT one hoNl1et, o., with them, and at
l...t half OF his Ammunition, none OF
which does he At PRESENT appear to be Ahl'
to save \ straight road leads If"m 'fan.
ada to Lake Nicaragua, FROM WEIGH u Is not
Tar distant, and u wharf and old tout were
situated on the shore OF the Lake At To" end
oi said road Al the time the central
Americans attacked Granada aiAef "''
io a sirambust on the lax, aud twrulN'
nine men. called policemen were on ihe
wharf having been left to guard some
thing. placed there tor shipment ! r
tpulfM americans attacked Granada by
advancing between the lane aud said city,
Thereof, cutting Oft tnr retreat al he be-
-,i.ed and preventing alket from succo.
rug or communicating with them from lhe
lake. the twenty -Hjue policemen irll al
do. atHu were ihu- OF course. cut OH, aud
suffered the iir.t attack Eve huhdr'd men
advanced upon theIn and Net" dtfrn oHeh,
time after thu, with ternbls .9,s
..,.. ,,.., steamboat ,ltn Walker At
u.a ,,,. and cohd see II all. thou.i. A..
c,,li ro, ro,pn,unic,,t. win or aud them
F,,.t,o d,y. did these twent, nine men
hold their own against such desperate odds,
and would not have Yielded than Il ttrte
had not been a traitor among them On
the SECOND da,, one Cuban, | thluk
de.etr,d and went over To the enemy, IN
forming them nj lhr number and condition
at the 'Wrult eight. and showing how that
au energetic AID continued s,snuE would
a. once take the place. be piNn proved
but too succes-iui tn bpld fellows "efe
mh-n. aud every our Of them ma'sactr'l
except five, Who threw 'hrn'rlve- mt" Us
lake and attempted To SWIM 10 'fcn. Nah
er ou the aost, four OF whom were shot ~
dfowued one only succeeded 10 reaching
the steamboat The tentral Amrfieans
then DESTROYED not Only HE lot'' 'u' 'h'
wharf the hungos, ahd every lh'ns inst
would facilitate the emhafkaton ct troops
or Decentralization, OF The LANDING OF boats
and vessels.
On tee 2ih November, tie day General