The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

CONFESSION 0-1' A FILLIBUST.EII.

(From El Nicaraguense, Sept. 20.)
At 5 o'clock on the evening of Friday, the 19th inst.,
Second-Lieutenant Jennings Estelle suffered the extreme
penalty of the law by being shot on the Plaza for the
murder of Second-Lieutenant Charles Gordon, in the
guardhouse ins he city of Granada, while acting as offi-
cer of the guar.
Estelle had been previously arrested for shooting hos.
Edwards, and was, when he committed the unfortuTnate
act for which he suffered death, a prisoner confined to
his quarters. He had a fair and impartial trial, and the
gentlemen who sat in judgment upon him gave him every
opportunity to establish a defence, and in this he utterly
failed. The deed was committed without any provoca.
tion or without any aggravating circumstance. He was
sentenced to be hung, but the Commander-in Chief caused
it:, to be so far mitigated as to allow him to be shot.
There was a large concourse 'gathered to witness the
executi,n. Estelle walked with a firm step by the side
of a rev. father of the church, who prayed with him and
for him from the guardhouse to the place of execution.
Who,' he arrived at the spot where he was to breathe
might be
firm, in: falttring vole© In his
his
:vaiscth hetd rtearet‘`l address; thatth the iscrboawn(l.4 untied as
being
lie
of the officers and soldiers
qgrieaencthedh,ehe
Voices responded from the
crowd,of theG Nicaraguan askedos dp°fkberi Iv
forgivenessai3n
oy.
e
While in prison he wroteb,,ltihede following addre,s, which
he requested to have pu
Granada. Sept. 15, 1856.
"These are the dying declarations of Jennings Es.

"I was horn in Marshall, Tennessee, in the year 1833,
and was raised from my infancy in Hinds County, Misis.
I started to California, in 1852. On V.. 3 road I
had a difficulty with a man of the name of Ilcward, and
shot him. I afterwards shot a man of the name of Hays,
but the wound did net happen to prove fetal. In the
same year I had a difficulty with Chas. Robinson, and
stabbed him in three }lace,. My List two difficulties,
while in California, occurred at the State Prion, where
I had been for the last two years. After getting- iii the
last scrape I came to Nicaratma, and shot Thomas Ed-
wards. 1 afterwards shut Charles Gordon. I moot say
that in ali my difficulties I was not once in •my right
mind. Twice I bad been forgiven, and I hope to be foi
given for them all. I think there is a God in
Heaven that will and can forgive, and He knows, and I
know, that it was not I that killed Charles Gordon. It
was whisky and my crazy mind that did it. I can say
that I was not in nay right mind when I did the deed,
and God knows it. Forgive
me, officers and soldiers,
and I can die a happy man."

CaNEISCATIONS IN NICARAGUA.

The following official notice will convey to our
readers some notion of the character of General
Walker's proceedings in Nicaragua :
Pursuant to an order issued by the Board of Commis-
sioners, I will, on the Ist day of January, 1557, offer the
following inventoried property for sale at public auction
on the I'aza, in the city of Granada.
Terms.—Cash or military script.
Tho sale will continue from day to day until the whole
is disposed of.
Parties desirous of seeing the property and examining
for themselves will be furnished with horses and guides
by application at my office :
" Hacienda do Cacao, estate of Rosario, property of Jose
Antonio Lopez, trees in full bearing; value 14,000 dols.

" Hacienda do Cacao, Candelaria, Jose Antonio Lopez ;
young trees, 10 000 dols.

"Hacienda Cattle, Las Cruz, Jose Antonio Lopez, 1,500

dots.

"House in Rivas, Jose Antonio Lopez, a row of six
stores, 10,000 dols.
" Hacienda de Cacao and Indigo, Pital, Juan Jose Ruiz,
8,000 dols.

"Hacienda de Cacao, Paraizo, Juan JO3O Ruiz, 14,000

doll.

" Hacienda de Indigo, Jesus Maria Juan. Jose Ruiz,
1,:500 dols.
"House in Rivas, Juan Jose Rniz, large adobe, 8,000