The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-06-05

changes that country has undergone in the
iasty,'nr.' II is as follows:
.s.alp DON oNAvevsTIEvWTH TOWN. MARCY. s,ase
isIfss.is1s oGTranslutiOn.l 70 Il aeaso-
aBa WASHINGTON CRY, May Ia, 1856.
To his Excellency, William L. Marcy, Sec
retary of State Of the United States of Ameri-
ca; .i;g,...s - ...-..; ,.,.s.;.- so,
STR: The unhappy situation OF the coun-
try in which was born, ard the desire OF
exertingmy best efforts TO reheve it; have led
me to leape my native shnres to come TO re-
present its interests in the Capitol OF this
blessed Republic. In your Excellency's re-
ply, declining TO receive former Envoy
sent by my Government, you say: .ai '4i
"Those who were chiefly interested in
surprising.or overthrowing the former gov.
ernment Of that State, were not citizens be-
longing to il, nor have those citizens, or any
considerable part OF them, so far as now
known here. freely expressed their appro-
val Of our acquiesce in the present cUndi-
tion,o political affnirs in Nicaragua. a.,
Ifyour Excellency is not already discussed
on this subject, trlst the cxplrnntion now
have the honor 10 make, will place the affairs
of Nicaragua in such light as to induce
Won in view onr circumstances in their true
nosition. Nicar.yu1. more than ever since
her history began, for the last three years,
has been bleeding at every pore. The in
anger alton of Don Fure to Chamorro ds the
Director Of Nicaragua wasithe commence
ment Of the storm, shortly after it he began
to show his tendency to the dsepotism, and,
usnrnir. tho s,crad rights of The peo.
Mia .bo had alectod him. he commenced to
form tho chain NJ thrir misfortune. ..a,..
Foor;rr bnwever. few citizens who had
the interests and liberty of their country at
bo,r+ bo .don,ad co,frse cricuIated 10 rem
At tho;r n,I,io,ism useless. bv commencing
criminal nrocecdincs apainst them. The
greater mart of these men were liberal mem.
bors or the q ,nstituent assembly which had
convoked for Anril 1854. and possessed ton
mrcb integrity 10 vote nway the liberty OF
the Renublic Among them were Don Fran.
cisco Csstillion. and General Jerez; the for.
mar . we'll knnwn. uprjoht and influentia
na,rio,ic cuizen. n map of liberal views, o
= sunpr;or cdncation. and correct knowl
oJrn oftbe world tl,at he had acquired dur
in,r = Ionr ro.;denco ,t The different Court,
-, Enrnna. Tho Iot,er il also of similar char
actor Wow. md experience. These, ant
nthor ra,ri,,s C,amorro imnrispned an,
b,ri.hnd snbsscuen,Ir TO Honduras. .''
General Inrpz ,t tho head of a few conr
,cnous me,. returned to Nicaragua, and Il
Ch;nnnday,. the frs, large town near .h
borders of Honduras. ho organized Provis
inn,I Goycrnncnt. The popular masse
;o,npd him freely, they having become alarm
ed n, the nroceedinGs Of Chamorro. TIN
Ior,es Of the Provisional Government march
cd IN Leon. where Chamorro had his camp
and ~ soon "a hoth armies met, the Who'll
ch,m,rr, forca came oyer 10 G eneral Jerez
(,,,,n,,r, tho, ,ook refuve in the CITY q
Cr,naIa and bv sacrificing the wealthy DOR
,;nn ~ Tho nonnl,,;on he assembled tope,h
~. t,ro., of p,o thousand men. to stand
s;,a, nf ,,;no ,n,,,hs in ths pl,za-durn
y ,vnich ,;,ne , l,ri,. nor,iop Of This beu,if,
u ,;,, ,,, no c,moIatrIv 1astrovcI The prD
r;:;o,,.I c.,varnn,en, was comoelled To rails
tho s;are md invitrd American citizens t
+ lend thpir and /, il, Ninety of them re-
snonded In the invitatiou. a,d became natul
allied cit,zers of that country. "- -,-S '.%
e ShortIv nfter. Chamorro died. and the Cor
s .t;tuent Assembly. ,rsmp,inp on the yer
il. Constitution and Charter ,bey had made bl
few dovs be(ore arrognted to thcmselve
u ,ha ordinary ieyi.latiye bower. and appoin
e1 D,n lose Maria E.rado as the successe
d oc Cb,,norro whose lootsteps he began
C,lIow This ia the the stvle of Cover
wet r,L;nb ho, hoo, s,v,ed Iegi,imate. nm
T., which w,s nnt and coui NOT he so sccordin
q 20 tho cnrst;t,,ion of That STATE. because
}. Cb,morr,,,. term of office having expire,
d onlv the neonln of Nicaragua. represente
bv ;be I,I,asn nf the Dennrtments, and neye
,Ie AssembIv ouobt tn have annointed tn
y Successor. With the assistance of our BRAY
! sllies thinos were soon changed, and o,
i. forces took possession of the ci,y of Gren;
dn on the l3,h of October, 1856. At til
tim, The Americans in the service Of Mica
IS anna did not number more than l6O mel
. commended bv General William Wall
' or. s,~ q ~. ....,..,t .-,sE gr. 90. -.a
And whist WAS the conduct of those VIII
y ,ver,hrew the Government of Estrada? The
used eyerv effort, and unsuccessrully, to r,
J. store and maintain order, to protect the pc
sons and property ofthe citizens:to gather u
the elements which war and revolutions ha
:, scattered abroad, aud to frame them into
u new order of reconciliation and peace. The
. . invited Cen Corral, the chief Of the hosti
,. ,. forces, to conference, and the latter beiu
II fully authorized by the government TINT s'y
Z ( ed itself Legitimate, they agreed to uppoiI
q Provisional Chief, for which Office Dc
u Pa,ricio Rlvas was selected, aud thnt Ge
}, Walker should be the General in. Chief
q the whole military force of the Republic
u It is impossibe, sir, to describe the enthus