The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1857-01-28

were without loss Of man OF the Guadalupe which
the enemy had strongly barrcsrd Immediately ordered
Major Henry advance aud occupy the two last houses
the road TO lake 500 yards below the church. with ~
men then removed all our sick, wounded guns, and
into the GuadAupe church leaving detachment in the
ruins Of Esquipuas Major Henry returned for ordcs
his return the enemy had driven his from the houses
which he Immediately retook, occupying the on the
south side OF the road few minutes after he twice
ataeked-once by body advancing along the main road
led W padre who was shot down second time by an
attack In his rear / Immediately sent down Colonel
Schwartz with l2-pound howiizer and ita support rails
ing tho majors force TO As Shortly after large body
OF the enemy probably 200 800 strong crossed the
rayine in his the darkness but received his c and
three rounds Of canister and We're driven back without the
loss Of part leaving twenty dead In the
psntain patch On OF these bodies was heaPed the
earth which formed the first barrcAde Of the enenched
camp which wAs called by the men Sort HENRY
Meanwhile after entering and closing up 10 the Guada
iupc church, found twenty unbued bodies OF the sap
and snd
their men, covered only sw inches with dirt and all
killed In the preceding days attack Several Of our sick
and wounded died Our irenchng tools, consisting Of
four picks and twelve spades occupied in burying
the latter and in entrenchng at Fort Henry that some
sive and dangerous stencil We had seven days raons
of four and plenty Of coffee which Immediately the
necessity Of eking out by our mules and horses
On this day, Saturday, distributed first ration Of
Captain is cutting plAntains back Of Fort Henry and
wlthou. his arms was surprised and shot patrol Of
broke out in the church, had 80 cases of cholera Of
whom 20 died. continued eatrenching at Fort Henry,
and removed my headquarters there.
fugitive this day joined u.s. who reported that Captain
Gre Of the police had defended tho wharf with twenty
seven men for three days. that cannon was brought to
bear them, but that certain "Teada and another de-
serted with the iron LAUNCH which the enemy filled with
men and brought undiscovered to the of the wharf,
whreupon the defenders eaped into the water he had been
since hidden In tie brsb and mentioned that wagon
driver Price had proposed TO him desert About o'clock
alag OF truce was sent in by the enemy borne by this
mrce ana accompanea 6y an aa 2. General
vanced shouting to our men, The accompanying letter
was delivered to
To Tho c0mmander-in- Caiy Of u. remains Of Walkers
HEADQUARTERS, GRANADA, Nov. 20, 1856.
Sin: We, the undersigned generals of the Guatemala,
Salvador and Nicrrsguan forces for humants sake
invite to surrender yourself and your soldiers pris
oners Of war before We order our respective troops to fall
upon you, in which very few of you might have
chance to be left living in spite Of best intentions TO
avoid blood being shcd. We must make you know that
you will have 20 kind Of protection from Walker for he
has been completely routed at Rvas and Virgin Bay
could the steamer land single man. all the beach be-
ing covered with troops If give yourselves up
ing at all to fear for your lives will be saved and you
will be very well treated and set at liberty giving you your
passports We have lots of prisoners in our hands some
OF them wounded and the most part untouched and we
treat them as well as men, tho bearer of this,
who ia ono of them, win inform you.
We hope you will listen to our friendly invitation and
you do not accept IT, have at least the satisfaction Of
having done all that laid in power avoid your total
destruction. Giving you hours time your answer
Believe us sir yours,
NJ PAREDES
General of Guatemalian Force.
RAMON BELLOSO,
General Of Salvador and Nicaraguan Force,
TOMAS MARTINEZ,
General Of Nicaragusn Force.
p. VICTOR ZAyALA,
Major General Guatemala Force.
immediately inmatcd that would open fire il this
crowd advanced any further, am penned the following
answer
TO Espaa Beloso and the other rebels and private leaders
whose names cannot ioaste The time TO decpher:
Sins: have no parley to hold with men whom know
lie regret for the good Of the cause to be obliged to
offer you that II you lay down your in two hours,
your lives will be spared if not within six months viii,
high Haman. Price as traitor, intend to detain
yesterday, G. +. HENNINGSEN,
Acting in the name of the COMMANDMENT Chief md
President of the republic of Nicaragua.
then told the aid not to venture to address me that
his advancing without being blndfoded into nes
constituted an act of espionage that if he had been Nj
caraguan would have shot him, as Guatemaan would
bave detained him, but that my contempt for his chief
was so great that would il he chose show him through
my lines and then dismiss himan offer which he declined
with great pallor and poeness Having at their request
allowed my principal officers to append their signatures
my answer and read by the sonnd Of the bugle tho
men, dismissed back the aid and prisoner and regret the
error having wasted two rounds of valuable
ton TO emphasize my reply backed by three times three
cheers for General William Walker, which the soldiers
translated Uncle Billy With regard TO Price, after taking
testimony came the conclusion that he traitor
but being informed that he had whe had fought
bravey who was lying wounded and afterwards died in
camp told him his life forfeited but took on my.
self in your name his sons account to pardon him.
tanning him to be released embarkaon--an act
which he requited by escaping to the enemy. ga
This day tho enemy who kept throwing up nnumerabe
barricados on our two TANKS aud keeping up
hre made two attacks the church-one g. D. M the
other, moro serious at 8, As ammunon-or rather
our Cap0-Wero had given VIII chvva,
throughout creditaby obeyed not to fire shot till the
envy were close On both occasions they were received
when quite close by rounds of canister and rifle shot
which promptly drove them back with loss.
On Monday, the lst having completed the lines of nv
entrenched camp moved down my heavy guns tho sick
and wounded to where the latter could get good air and
water From this time, though the sick continued to die
oil force actually increased because many since taken
sick recovered The labor of raising earhworks was evil
IDENTITY benehcia, and as our march down hill com
manded by two of the enemys guns from above and swept
from an eighecnpound gun they had captured ON the
wharf, these works required considerable labor to
vide protection from pluDging fire. and l moved men
down from the church in the proportion in which that
protection provided for them. On Tuesday tho
I'd, q trench having been dug the road By my
orders an attack was made on 1t by the enemy and
another on the church, and repealed usual. In fact
FOR ten days they made one or more attacks daily on
and forty or fifty men, half nvalidsthese attacks always
having the same result but always feebler Meanwhile the
enemy continued advancing barrcadee and attempted to
cut oil our communication with the Guadaupean ATTEMPT
which was always frustrated by sending from fifteen TO
thirty men to skirmish with charge them This YVES
generally effected, without loss though occasionally we
lost men, On occasion Lieutenant Wilkinson whom
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