The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-07-14

Ochersi Walkers Latest Coup d'Etat In M.
car~gua-ImporsAnt News.
The news which we published yesterday from
Nicar aqua Gin thashape al telegraphic despatch
IRON New Orleans, where the steamer Daniel
We lister had arrived on Saturday is Of the high
e. Importance.
1t appears that General Walker was elected
President, June "a. Rivas and his Minister of
War left Leon on the 18th, and afterwards ap-
peared at Chincndago. They there collected six
hundred natives, called in the outposts, and Or
dered the American troops to evacuate Leon.
The order was obeyed, and Rivas took possession
with 12O men. General Walker has declared the
Rivas party traitors. Most of the officers of the
former Cabinet stand by Walker"
What does all this mean? Putting the dates
in their chronological order, we see that Presi-
dent Rivas and his Minister of War left Leon on
the 18TH and that Walker was elected, twelve days
afterwards President of the republic-that in the
meantime, Rivas having collected body of six
hundred natives, marched back upon Leon, and
ordered Walker to evacuate it, which he did
and that thereupon Rivas took possession with
one hundred and twenty men, General Walker,
however, while obeying this order seems still to
have had strength and authority enough, or bold
ness enough, to declare Rivas and his party
traitors.
The questions which naturally arise in connec-
tod with this curious and rather startling intell
gence, are these-Who elected Walker? His
American soldiers, or the natives upon compul-
sion? Why did he evacuate Leon at the ap-
proach of General Rivas, and what has be
come of all the troops of Walker? for surely they
must be sadly diminished, or he would hardly
have retreated without fighting, from a body of
six hundred men denounced by him as traitors.
Rivas, too, it will be remarked, with only one
hundred and twenty men, took possession Of Leon.
His remaining four hundred and eighty men were,
perhaps held in reserve for the active business Of
the further pursuit Of Gen. Walker.
In any aspect, this news wears an ugly COM
plexion for " the gray eyed man, 1t shows that,
while he imagined that he was only using Rvas for
temporary necessities, Rivas has had precisely the
same estimate of the services Of Walker, and
that each has been deceiving the other. We sus-
pect, however, that the willy native, all the time,
has been anticipating and preparing for this move
Of Walker, and that Walker for once has trusted
too much to the outside appearance of things
We await the details Of this news by the
Daniel Webster. Perhaps, with all the parti-
culars and all the circumstances in our
possession the situation Of Walker may not
appear SO bad, as from the facts now
before us we should judge it to be. 1t may
be that his service has ceased to be attractive
even to the fiiibusters, and that the constant
reinforcements required from New York and
San Francisco to keep his army on war footing
have suddenly failed. Finally, Walker may
yet come out with flying colors or he may next
turn up as a gentleman at large in New York
Revolutions are very uncertain in their issues
especially in Central America.