New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02

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and spread the power oi tne PcoP; ,ha Con.
,an,;op and iealousy have existed slIce tue Cen
,,sI American states threw of the yoke OF SPAN.
Tba snccess az the cities has been various At
1,o en- 7 eon had all Nicaragua conquered except
Tho plsza and few streets IN Granada; az another
time Granada pushed her victories 10 thc very
.nbn,bs of Leon itself And II was Leon, while
thus closely pressed, that lnvi'ed 1enerai Walker
100 his country He came, with hity-s1 men
only. effected the deveraDce OF Leon, and hnally
restored peace TO the entire country.
srbaso peonIe that have so often fought against
.aab o,ber with such hatred, are now armed un-
der different Generals in the same city. Gen.
Walker knows the preudces the Generals enter
tsin against each other; he knows, too, what little
interest the natives take in the success Of either
Cre,al and that the few who are interested on
either side would Just as lief cut each Others
tbroats az kill an American. A " mastery in
activity" will therefore be likely 10 effect as much
for him ss sn active campaign There is aIDther
thing which in my opinion, will help Gen Walker
more than he probably ipates-cholera. The
natives are so filthy in their habits that there must
surely be plague of some sort where many Of
them are for any length Of time assembled.
When Cen Walker left Leon there we're about
five hundred native troops well armed, and | un-
dtrstand that there were arms also distributed
among about one thousand men in the vicinity Of
the city. There were also several heavy pieces OF
ordnance. These are all under Rivass command.
After it became generally known that the late
President had established an independent govern
ment, nearly all the native soldiers deserted.
There appt ared, however no desire to keep them,
os they we're considered almOst " wOrthess. Those
that have up to this time stood by him are not al
lowed the cOuDtersgn. nor to stand as guards at
any important post. In addition TO the regular
Iatve soldiers in Leon, it is said there are abOnt
one thousand belonging TO the northern States
FIVE hundred from San Salvador and five hundred
from Guatemala. All the forces are under the
command Of the San Salvadoran General, Don
Ramon BellOso. The native troops in the city,
amounting to about 600, are under the command
of Gens. Mendez and Jerez. One General COM
mands the west side the other the eastern side OF
the city: the Allies have possession OF the plaza
and the church. There is said to be continual
struggle between MendeZ and Jerez for supremacy,
snd although in the morning they may agree to
bury their differences, before night they are again
at swords points.
With the character of Jerez l am not much
acquainted; but he is sad to possess much per-
sObsl bravery, and when in an engagement, much
GOODNESS and tactical ability His forte lies in his
executive power. He has not the ability to plan
or conduct campaign. Mendez have often seen.
His appearance is most unprepOssessiDg; he is
about forty three years of age, and appears to be
ade up of equal parts of Spanish and Indian, and
exhibits both in bis face and in his actions, the
worst traits of both. His only redeeming charac-
teIistic is bravery and this he possesses to an ex
cess. He is said 10 be the most expert man in
Central America in the use of the lance. Hence,
If the Americans and native troops fight he will
most likely, command the cavalry engaged on his
side. The following circumstance will probably
exhibit the character of Mendez better than can
describe it:
A short time before General Walker went TO
Leon, MeDdez, with about one hundred native SOL
dieIs, had been in one Of the more distant Depart
ments where it was supposed some of the Servile
party were endeavoriDg to stir up the natives
against the Democrats Finding that there was
no opposition, he began to put on the most cOnse
quential airs and insulted the magistrates of the
villsges through which he passed in the grossest
maDner. Iii one instance, on entering village
lie sent d courier ahead to proclaim his arrival.
Knowing that great many women would be led,
by their curiosity, into the plaza to see the sol
diers when they arrived, he ordered his men to
dvest themselves of all their clothing before they
entered the public square and thus entirely naked
he psraced them before all the women; and before
they could fee from sight so unexpected, he
seized one that pleased his fancy-who happened
to be relative of Il priest--aDd rayished her.
When demonstrated with upon such shameful con-
duct, he replied that he knew the purposes for
which the priest kept her. and, therefore, con-
sdered il no harm.
Mtndez is simply a fighting man. When he is
not on horse back, and has no spear in bis hand
he is nobody. The prime mover of the late defec-
tion was Mariana salizar. He was one of the
richest merchants in the State had always hitber-
to been stanch Democrat, and was one of Gen.
Walkers fiImest supporters when he first came to
this country. He was very ambitious and aspred
to the Presidency. As he knew he could not ob.
tain that position at present, or while Walker
remained in the country, he appears to have deter
mined to raise such storm about the latter
gentleman's ears as would compel him to leave;
and his plan certainly evnced much knowledge of
human nature, or at least of the nature of the
humans with whom he had to deal He had the
report circulated that Walker designed making
slaves of the people, and intended also to abolish
their church. Thus working upon two great
springs TO action-fear and prejudice-he sue
ceeded in making them take up arms But there
js considerable difference between taking up arms
and using them.
But Saiizar ls no more. lie was captured by
COmmOse de BrssOt in FOnseca Bay on Monday,
July 2e; brought to Granada, where he arrived on
Monday, the 4th of August, and suffered death by
being shot on the evening of the same day. From
the time of his capture until he had an interview
with General Walker, which was early in the morn
ing of his arrival, be was almost sure that he
could buy himself off 1t is said that he offered
two hundred thousand dollars for his life; but
mOLey cannot change Walkers plans. He died
bravely When arrested, there were found on his
person three hundred and nineteen dollars in cash,
and various important letters the most interesting
of which, at present, is one from the British Vice
Consul at leon to Florentine SOuci Saa Miguel,
San Salvador.
II appears that Mr.. Manning has been blowing
hot and cold with the same breath endeavOrng
to make Walker believe he was bis friend, and at
the same time assisting his enemies. President
Walker Immediately published bis decree with
drawing his exequatur of consulate.
1t is a short, sharp print, and decisive, and,
should thiok. forces England into some sort of an