Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-05-30
The Recognition Of the, Nicar aqua Min


The Recognition OF the Nicaragua III n
lister. q
Among the documents recently com
inundated to Congress ia relation3to Cent
trail American affairs, is.a letter from Don
Augusttn Will. the new Minister from
Nicaragua. addressed To- Secretary Mar
lcy. in which he thus explains the origin
OF the troubles in that Republic. and the
6nal overthrow of its government.
Nicaragua, more than ever since her |
history began, for the last three years,
has been bleeding at every pore. The
Inauguration Of Don Fureto Chamorro, as
the Director of Nicaragua. was the com
.mencement of the storm; shortly afteryit
he began to show his tendency to despot-f
isms and. usurping the sacred rights Of
the people who, had elected him he com.
menced to, form the chain OF their misfor.
tunes. Is
Fearing. however. ayffew citizens who
had the interests and liberty Of their coun.
Try at heart. he, adopted q course calculal
ted to render their patriotism useless. by
comm encing criminal proceedings against
the m. The greater part OF these men
were liberal members Of the constituent as.
Hsemhly which had convoked Tor April,
1856. and possessed too much integrity
10 vote away the liberty Of the Republic.
Among them were Don Francisco Castil
Ion and General Jerez tie former we'll
known. upright. and influential patriotic
citizen. man Of liberal views. of a supe,
rior education, and correct knowledge
of the world that he had acquired during
a long residence at different courts of Eu-
rope; the latter is also of similar charac.
ter, views and experience. These and
other patriots Chamorro imprisoned, and
banished subsequently, to Honduras.
geous men. returned to. Nicaragua and
at Chinandega. the FIRST large town near
the borders Of Honduras, he organized a
Provisional Government. t.,-
The popular masses, joined him freely,
they having become alarmed at the pro-
lceedings of Chamorro. The forces of the
Provisional Government marched to Leon,
where, Chamorro had his camp; and as
soon as both armies met the whole Cha>
moro force came over TO Gen. Jerez.-
Chamorro then took refuge in the city OF
Granada, and by sacrificing the wealthy
portion of the population he assembled
together a force of one thousand men. to
stand siege Of nine months in tile Plaza
during which time large portion OF
this beautiful city was completely de.
stroyed. The Provisional Government
was compelled to raise The siege, and in
vited American citizens to lend their aid
to, it. Ninety of them responded to the
invitation. and became naturalized citi-
Gems OF that country. -a ....
Shortly after Chamorro died and the
Constituent Assembly. trampling on the
very constitution and charter they had
made but a few days before, arrogated to
themselves the ordinary Legislative pow
er, aud appointed Don Jose Maria Estrada
as the successor of Chamorro, whose foot
steps he began to follow. This is the
style of Government which has been
styled legitimate, andrwhich was not and
could not be SO according to the constitu-
ton of that State, because Chamorro's
term of office having expired. only the
people of Nicaragua. represented by the
Luslas OF the Departments, and never the
Assembly, ought to have appointed the
successor. With the assistance of our
brave allies things were soon changed, and
our forces took possession of the city of
Granada on the 13 Ii Of October, 1855.
At this time the Americans in the service
Of Nicaragua did not number more than
one hundred and fifty men, commanded
by Gen. Vim. Walker. Ea IL 7zltea
He goes on to state that thus assisted
by their American allies, they formed a
new government, with RiYas- as Presi.
dent. and Walker as general in. chief of
the military forces ofthe Republic. The
election of Rivas. he says, was approved
OF by the general, voice in Nicaragua. and
he then adds:
"His (Ri"as' FIRST step was to address
a peaceful and friendly invitation to the
chiefs Of the Central American Republics.
The government of Guatemala defined
not to give an answer. The SAlvadores
manifested disposition to form friendly
relations. Honduras recognized the new
administration, but Costa RIGA declared a
horrible war OF determination against it.
In conclusion. Will asks. for the inter.
est of both the United States and Ncara.
qua. that he may be received as the Min,
lister OF the latter. and that he NAV lind
here government friendly to the peace.
prosperity and permanence of his own
AN EAGLE HArcHED AND NuRsED BY A
SHANGnAr.--A About six months ago. MI. R.
Cameron, OF Butler county, produced a
bald eagIe's egg. and deposited it beneath
a setting hen.' and in short time, a fine
Elusty egglett picked the shell. and made
it's appearance with less pain and pomp.
and circumstance than attended the birth
of the 'enfunt de France" The Cincin.