New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-06-09

cast for Don Nordeste Ramirez, Of Leon The stfi'"
gle is between Rivas and Salzar and i ~ ipossipls
to determine at present who will be the next tFes
dent Of Nicaragua.
The election in Granada proceeded By cantons or
wards, each ward Of 900 persons elfGting one DEC
gate The people generally took great interest u te
result and the number Of votes ran larger taan az
any election in Granada To the governments ald
people abroad this significant fact cannot be aFoided
that the Republic Of Nicaragua expresses the Will Of
the people, al it5 actions emaate from their silent
expression and every movement i has made ls
Of the people. To ignore, then, the fact Of Our abso-
Ite Independence deny the inhabitants of Nica-
ragua the right Of seIEgovernment.
PEACE IN THE WoRTH.-A courier arrived in tCWn
Yesterday from Leon, bringing dispatches from the
President The Northern States are still qneseent,
and the rainy season ls about no tear
Of an invasion need be apprehsnded during the next
sfg months. At the expiration of that time, II hos
tilities should be determined on, Nicaragua Will be
able to send into the field army, not only sufficient
to defend territory, but TO carry the contest
into any adjoining State which may wage war
against us.
GoyEsNoR or THE MERIDIoNAr DEPARTsfEFT-
Gen. Walker has appointed Brig Gen. G. G. Hofnsby
to the command Of the Meridiona1 Department COM
prising Guanacoste and RiVas. Gen. Hornsby has
accepted the trust and IN his address To the people
lays down as the basis Of all his actions, justice to
the people over whom he is appointed to- rule. The
position ths conferred is probably the most respon-
ie one in the State, and no one s better qualified
to fill it than the soldier whom the General has
selected. ssg
q. d. MINISTER I'VE have every reason to believe
that the reported recall of Col Wheeler, u s. Minis
ter to this Republic, and the appointment Of Mr.
Heiss to oil his place is altogether without founda
ton. 5 ~ 5
RrvAs, April 2s, 1885,
Obliged to abandon the plaza 81 Rfvaa on account
Of the appearance Of the cholera IN the mos alarm
ber Of sick men, whom It ii Impossible to carry away
without danger to their lives; but expect your gem
erosity viii treat them with all the attention and
care their situation requires. s
7 invoke the laws of humanity IN favor 8af those
unfortunate victims Of unfortunate calamity, and
I have the honor Of proposing to you 70 exchange
them for more than twenty prisoner, who are now
in onr power, and whose names viii send you IN
particular list for making the said exchange, when
| they may be quite re-estabIshed from sickness.
Relieving that this my proposal will be admitted,
according to the laws of war, have the honor oil sub
scrbing myself, with feelings Of the highest consider
(signed) JosE BfA. #CaNAs, ,
GeneraEin- Chief Costa RicaH Army.
4 THE WoUNDgD-The wounded officers and soldiers
/ of the army, now in the hospital or under medical
treatment, in condition Of convaIescenee..
PROMOTIONS IN THE ARMYSsurgeon S. g. Cole
/ man promoted Surgeon with the rank of Major.
First Lieut.. L G. Jannison. promoted Captain, Com
pany D. First Light Infantry.
4 Second Lieut. d. Barney Woolfe, promoted First
Lieutsnant Company 2; !. First Light Infantry
4 to First Light Infantry gsa
Wm. Clarendon Young appointed First Lieutenant,
and attached to Second Light Infantry.
A. SAD NEws-A courier arrived in this city yester-
day, from Leon carrying dispatches to- Gen. aker,
and also bringing information of the dangerous and
probably fatal illness Of Edmund Randolph, Esq.
"A DIED-Nathaniel Parker Potter died at Granada,
April aged 81 years. LIST Lieutenant of Company
d, First Rifle Battalion. Lieut. Potterwas native
Of Albany, n He emgrated to California in 1s4s,
a joined Cen Walker in the Lower California exped-
tion the first follow him to Nicaragua was
active partcipator in the capture Of Granada and
ceived the wound from which he died while gallantly
charging the enemy in the second battle Of Riyass