Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1857-01-30
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The mails by the steamer Texas, at New Orleans
bring highly interesting details of Nicsraguan news
The correspondent Of thu New Orleans Crescent
writing from Virgin Bay, Jan. LIST, gives r!. follow
ing account of the nineteen days siege Of Granada
q, n-:al Wa,ker le!t Granada on the 18th Noven
Ter, for On,iep.c Island and Virgin Bay, with III
main body of the army and mott OF the sick an
wounded, leaving G-u. H-nnipSsen with about tw
hundred troops and one hundred and fifty citizen:
women and children. Gen. II. had orders TO com
o!.,. The burning OF the town, aud then remove IN
balance nf the ammunition, stores AMI cannon I
Virgin B4v. All The ammunition and arsenal store
were sent of except about S,OUO rounds OF rifle an
mimi. cartridges, 80 rounds canister shot, and 5
shells, together with q few round snot. Every,th'n
wouId have been removed aud the burning and eva
cuariou completed by the 2lst or I'D, at tarihest, ou
for the fact that Gen. Henningsen gave notice to tn.
native population that all who desired TO move VIII
tn army To Virgin Bay or Onotrpec, would be trans
ported with their baggage On the steamers Tree .
charge, before he abandoned tie town. LirS- NUN
hers ayailed themselves Of this permission, and boil
the lake steamers were occupied for three days II
| CARRYING off the natives and their baggage. VI
Monday, the 24-h, at , p. NJ. the town WAS attacked
from the lake side. Ii. Col. O'Neil lind Major Hen
~, of thu Quarter Mssier's d p%artment, took part .
Il company tabout twenty five mem and made a mos
gallant charge upon a body o: the enemy about 3N
FStrnng, who were advancing on The town TO the lei
Of the man road leading 10 the lake. The enemy
We're completely routed, with 4 loss Of from forty Il
fifty killed. O'N-ill followed them up uni! he found
himself ont of ammunition, when liz returned 10 the
plaza. His loss was, | think, one killed aud tive
wounded.
The night of the 2lth was spent in certifying the
plaza. On the 18th We burnt the balance of the
buildings around the plaza; saving only the parocllia
church and houses on that eide. We then occupied
tho church as the principal place of defence, rs iis
towers commanded the whole town. Ga the 10Th
commenced fighting our way towards the lake, and
occupied the houses nearly to the church of Esquela.
pia. In the afternoon made Il charge aud took tina;
church, but were driven from il, and did not retake
il ua;ii the next morning. On the 9th, moved the
sick. wounded and ammunition, etc, towards the
lake: fired the remainder Of the buildings on the
plaza, aud blew up the parochial church. Arp. NJ,
attacked the church Of Guadaloupe, which is the las:
building toward the lake, aud about seven hundred
and fifty yards from IL. IL was occupied by about
three hundred Gua;emglans. We opened on them
with shot and shell from two Elk Founders and one
twelve FOUNDER howitZ.r. After ten or fifteen minutes
cannonadirg, charged the church with fifty men. when
the enemy He'd and our men took possession. Here We
found the bodies of twelve or fourteen of Captain
Green's company, who had been surprised and taken
prisoners. They were half consumed by fire, some
Or all OF them having been burnt alive. One Of the
men had his legs entirely burnt of, and his hands
tied behind him. He had no wounds on his body,
proving that he must have been burnt alive. w"
now moved all our stores and artillery 10 this church
and fortified it. This place we held until the siege
WAS raised. We called it Fort Henninssen.
On the 2Sth, at II O'Clock, ~, an American who
had been taken prisoner by the enemy in the a,tacx
IN the wharf, appeared with a flag of true. He wa
brought inside the church, where he presented Il
General II. a letter signed by the several Generals OF
the besleging force, stating that Gen. Walker had
been attacked on the Transit Route aud completely
defeated; that his army wns entirely dlsbanded, and
himself u fugitive, ana calling on him in the name
o; humanity TO surrender, aud promising honorable
treatment, and n free passage out N. the country 10
all, both soldiers and Citizens. While the General
was preparing his reply, all d ju'an, of Gen. Zaral.a,
accompanied BY several other GuateInalhn officers,
all unarmed, aud bearing flags OF truce, approached.
The adjutant was met by the General and Major
Cnycee outside the works, where he stated that IL
mad come to urge upon him the acceptance OF the
terms offered.
Gen. II. told him he would send his reply in wri.
ting, aud very politely invited the officer 10 walk III
to the church, and view our Notifications, meu, ETC.,
etc, which be declined doing.
lie General thea read hs reply TO the whole gar
rison, ard when he had finished, the walls Of the old
CiuadalOupe church ruDg with three hearty cheers
for "Cnc!e Billy Walker and his cause"
a Gua,elna!an prisoner was then liberated and
sent out with the reply, which was In the elf-c. that
their communication was u lie from first To last; that
he was able to cut bis way through their lines when
ever he saw tit, and that if they remained in the cnun'
try TIRES months longer, lie would have them hung
~ high Ms Haman.
The enemy were now in possession OF the wharf
aud tort on the lake. At +. NJ. a party was sen,
toward the lake, TO drive in the eueny's piquet and
take possession Of the post which they occupied, il
being the only detensible point between the church
and lake aud about I'D yards distant from the latter
The attack was entirely successful, and our inrm re
manned III possession undisturbrd Until I p. NJ, when
they were httacked in front and flank by alargc force
from lie wharf. Gen. II. at once sent Col. Schwartz
with Il - pound h~o"itzer aud - men, 10 their relief,
! After half uu hour uf sharp firing, the eI:eIny retired,
leaving u large number of dead Oh he field. Major
Henry. who was III command, TT oEc. commenced
terrifying, and before morning had hiinsel: strongly
eu.rruciIrd. We called this place Fort Henry. On
he ooh, At 3 Z. NJ, the enemy attempted a grand AT.
racii from! the fort in front aud the town III the rear,
upon both our strongho!ds; but the unerring rifles
dealt such dYaih among them that they retired after
| abru. IL minutes firing. AT about 5 O'Clock, 7. l.,
iiry renewed the attack upon the rear of the church
with $40 .: 60D men. Her. we had n battery of one
nine ppuudrr and three Fix pound guns. They We're
allowed 10 advance close up 10 our b~ren'tworks, when
we opened on them with canister, our riflcmtn NJ ihr
sanr time dring tne service. They could not stsnd
tie whitening fire, aud broke and run, leaving the
rround covered with dead and wUundv:; ard all that
night inc air Was filed with the gruans Of the pror
wr-;clie-, who were strewed over the Whole space for
29G yards around.
F.om this time until the 9Th of December, noihia..
OF moment occurred in the way OF fighting. The rH-
eny KEEP: up n constant firing on u, aud occasionally
wuuading SONS one. Our men never returned the
ire untii certain OF their aim and distance, and when
You heard the sharp crack of our Mississippi riffs you
could f..i quite certain that one more 'greasrr' spirit
had winged its way to another world. On the ooh
ur 31Ih, the cholera broke ont among Us. II was. no
| dOubt. brought on by the stencil arising from the bo.
dies of the enemy, which we're in great numbers un
buried nsuund the church. Ths medicines having
beeh aeut of on tbs steamers, We could give the sick
5u. little relief, ana We must lsve lost some ~ ~ 80
by disease alone On tho 29,h We killed our first
hor-e, and from that time we lived entirely un ID.
flesh OF horses and mules, ana Uccas:unaly u few
green bananas.
think i, wes en- The Sth Of December that General
ZaralIa, the commander of the San Salvador forces,
sent al ,ther letter to Gen. lI-lnings-u, telling him
that The allied forces had possession of the river ana
Transit route, and asked Gen. II. to com. TO h-
camp, ~pledging his honor for his safe return, aud sta
tn: ,hrt he had the highest regard for him As a gal
lrnt sul,iier aud gentleman. Gen. il. sent him n Yer.
bal reply that lie declined his invitation; that he had
no communication 10 make. and tina. lie should BE-
most happy 20 meet Gen. Zaralla, bu, j: ms. be in
ha;rla. AT this time we had but three days prvvi
siuns, ur, IN other word, but three hnrrrs lett.
Or the morning of the llth, the steam.r Virgin
arrived before Granada, and u boat put of from her
and r-conno,,er.d the shore. We could See but few
men OH board; yet every one in camp felt certain
that We were shortly 10 be relieved.
A. 10 o'clock p. NJ, the steamer moved about three
miles above the town, to the SAINT point where Gcn
Walker landed when he first took Granada. and NJ
midnight Col. John y. Waters landed with $50 men.
l NJ. pn-i0y III VI h''GIutl I" 'II'Sf
their landing, aud then retired TO their bnrsira les
about n f.w hundred yard. distant. Col. Waters adj
vanced steadily until in sight OF the barr:cades, when
IN. enemy opened Il lively fire. Our boys fired u wi.
lev. and then wiki n rush and a cheer mounted the
barricad-s and drove The as,oni-hed "gre.ser,' ut the
point of tie %buyouet. They rallied. however, ut
the next barricadcs, about half a mile distant, bat
Waters aud his gallant little baud, pushing on, drove
them from every barricade, (some five or i. in mum
berl until h. reached the very centre of Granada.
Jb;I ,p.s 1Lpnt 4 A. NJ. D.ranher Id H.. una
now about 800 yar,!s from the Guadaloupe church,
and between il aud tho town, and not knowing our
exact position, waited for daylight. before attempting
10 communicate with Us. AT sunrise, Capt. L1-lic. Of
the Rangers, came over TO our camp, aud in u few
minutes Col. Waters and his meu were with u, aud
the siege of Granada was raised.
AZ |! NJ, commenced enbarking our sick and
wounded, and nj midnight We had TAXI ell off every
thing without the loss Of Il gun, ;nuske; or sabrr.-
The only Thug we left behind was a lance stuck in
the cinJauklnen; Of Fort Henry, on which WIS hung
a piacard i'll largo letters, "llere was Granaia."-
Airl thus ended the siege of Granada, which has few
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