The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-02

Of 4 per 1000, and might besides be set up
for sale by the authorities in pursuance OF
the law.
The late Important News from Nicaragua.
.dccounts Of the Decisive Victory LETTER.
from Henningsess and other Otcers-the
Allies Broken Up-Prospects 81 Peace.
We said Yesterday that news had been re-
ceiyed in the city in the shape Of private
letters from Walkers officers confirming the
accounts of Walkers decisive victory OF
San Jorge. The following are extracts
from letters received by different persons in
this city from Major General Henningsen
and other officers with President Walker in
Nicaragua, referred to in the Herald of yes
terday. These letters came to this city in
the steamer Texas, which arrived on the
night Of Thursday last, but some OF them
did not reach those to whom they were adj
dressed till late Saturday evening. The dis
patches from General H., of the 18th, with
the return Of the killed, wounded, and mis-
sing have not come to hand, and have doubt
less 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 Panama
is Just in at San Juan, and as the Ranger ex-
press it on the same, have barely mo-
ment to add line to my two letters of last
evening. #
/ have little of Importance to add to my
narrative up to last night except to request
Won to have care taken that the names in
the returns of our killed, wounded, and mis-
sing are printed accurately. ! may omit
two or three of the wounded but the entire
number, if it was complete, does not exceed
fifty. have not received the slightest inju-
ry and enjoy my usual good health. The
loss Of the enemy is ascertained to have been
upwards g s460 killed. Our victory is de-
cisive and breaks mp the allies completely,
and in. a few weeks all fighting within the
boundaries Of Nicaragua will be over, and if
any contests is kept up it will be in the 9th
or States. Our army is in high spirits.
,g24 - - ~ -
RIvAs, March 10, 1857.
s# will show you my letters to her
giving a full description of our victory won
on the day before Yesterday. We had ten
hours' fighting. We attacked San Jorge by
" sGlIHOuHuc anu uTotG bAC ailiSs out Va sAAS
town. At n,ghtfall we suspended our fire,
and the enemy, being reinforced, ventured
to attack us in hollow in the road near the
town. They were repulsed with loss of
upwards of 400 killed. Our loss is killed,
wounded and missing does not exceed fifty.
The defeat if fatal to the enemy. 1t breaks
them up. All the forces the allies could
scrape together were here, and they are now
scattered. z
$50
EXTRACTS FROM a LETTER FROM Az OFFICER
, WITH GEN. WALKER ToA FRIEND IN THIS CITY.
aassae RIRAs, March Is, 1857.
-
General Henningsen will send detailed ac-
counts by first steamer, expectedin day or
two, Of our battle Of yesterday. ssOh, twas
a glorious victoryw | was slightly hurt,
but feel no Inconvenience to-day whatever.
Our triumph was complete. Cur loss is not
one-tenth Of that of the enemy, and the nu-
merical force against us was three times that
of ours. = American Mimic rifles
and Henningsen howitzers and cannon did
the business. The allies are finally used up
and the reign Of the greasers in this repub-
lie wiped out. Within the last four or FIVE
weeks letters from New York don't reach
as. We suspect they are pilfered.
The dispatches from Gen. Remington Of
the 18th Of March, and the return Of the
killed and wounded above mentioned, have
not come to hand, and It is believed they
have been intercepted by persons inimical to
the success of President Walker.
OFFICIAL NEWS FROM Col. LoCERIDGE.-
Mr.. Scammon, the obliging purser of the
steamship Texas, has handed to us the fol-
lowing communication in the handwriting Of
Col. Lockridge. The document is in lead
pencil, and headed:
s., A DEsrArcn,-I reconnoitered the ,ene-
my's position at Castillo on the 14th, and
from their spies gained the important in
formation that Walker had gained great
victory, and that the allies had fallen back
on Alassaya or Granada. Propositions Of
peace-the Costa Ricans not willing to join
the conference, but had sent Vanderbilt's
agent, Spencer, from the country, and offer
the transit to the English Government. !
have seized important documents to prove
the above facts, which | have sent to WASH
ingt0n and to the President Of Nicaragua.
Rivas is terrifying Leon, rs in the last
conference Of the combined forces of Costa
Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Salvador,
proposition was made to divide and oblit-
crate the name Of Nicaragua. ~.
There are only $50 men at San Carlos un-
asr Ganeral Mera. The ]. N. Scott is now
ready to proceed up the river. $50
have near 400 men. with seven pieces of
artillerv md nIenfy Of arms md a,,,m,,r;