Washington sentinel., 1856-07-17
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Flight OF Riyas and his Cabinet.

tain fall accounts OF the revolution" In Mica
ragua. We subjoin the following:
From Ell Nicaraguense, June q.
Flight OF Rivas and his Cabinet.
Patricio Riyas and his Cabinet have deserted.
bag and baggage! We breathe freerl The
treason which all expected has transpired, and
the government has no further necessity to
divide its counsels with those in whom il has
no confidence
On Wednesday, the l4th day of June, Cen
eral Walker left Leon, after most affecting
parting with his Excellency at the barrier At
this time Leon was guarded by native soldiers.
The Americans interfered with nothing, that
the city might feel perfectly safe under the
guardianship of troops drawn from its own
vicinity. The day after General Walker left
Colonel Escobar commander of the native gar
rison, informed Colonel Brano Natzmer that
the native force was not sufficient to keep
guard, and requested detail of Americans.
Compliance was signi6ed, and an American
soldier stationed at the entrance Of the Princi.
pal or Government house. Senpr Saizar, Min
lister of War, thereupon mounted his horse and
rode down to the barriers bare-headed, where
he informed the rabble, in an official harangue,
that the Americans had seized the Principal
and were about to murder the President and
his Cabinet. In his speech he also took occa-
sion to advise the people that the Americans
were going TO burn down the churches and
destroy the religion of the country. A great
excitement was the result, during which the
President and his advisers took fight for Chi
nandega. The Americans in the meantime
were innocent in knowledge Of what was pro-
ceedng; and although they knew there was
hubbub about something they very naturally
thought it was some public day among the
people, when they had right to be excited.
Don Patricio Rivas, President of the Repub
lie, Don Sebastian Salinas, Secretary Of State
Don Maxine Jerez, Secretary of War, aud Don
Francisco Baca, Minister of Public Credit, all
fled TO Chinandega, leaving Don Ferrer, the
only true and loyal Democrat connected with
the late administration in this city.
From Chinandega, Don Maxine Jerez, in
his capacity as Minister of War, sent word to
Realejo to suspend the public work of fortify-
ing that place, and directed that the place. be
dismantled oft present armament. Orders
were also sent to Col. Natzmer, in command
at Leon, to withdraw his sentry from the Prin-
cipal, and allow each of the four towers of the
Cathedral to be garrisoned by fifty soldiers of
the country. The frontier picquets were all
called in and very general order carried out
to leave the State open to the army of inva-
sion which were known to be advancing on
Leon. The President expressed great fear Of
his life, and stated that the above regulations
were necessary for his safety.
The order sent to Colonel Natzmer was not
obeyed until it was submitted to Gen. Walker,
who Immediately ordered the American com
mander Leon to comply with the mandates
of the Minister Of War, and, further, to with
draw with his whole force from that city,
At the time Gen. Walker gave the above
command, he was in Nagarote, at the head of
250 troops, marching on to Leon but after
giving the order, he stopped at Managua until
the rifle battalion, under Col. Natzmer, arrived,
when he left for Granada, accompanied by the
Rangers.
: President Rivas and his cabinet, with the
exception of Don Fermin Ferrer, are now in
Leon; but the Commander will have no further
communication with them. They are known
to have made propositions to the enemies of
the country, inviting them to invade Nicaragua,
and General Walker intends to leave them
with their new friends.
After the fight of the President from Leon,
the people of that city became uneasy at the
speech Of Senor Salixar, and anxiously in
quired of the Fathers of the Church if there
was any truth in the statement that the Amer
leans intended to destroy the religion of the
land. The Vicar of Leon, good and faithful
man, instantly denied the calumny, and or
dered all the priests to declare on Sunday that
the report was untrue. The people again be-
came reconciled, and the revulsion is strongly
against President Rivas and his advisers.
Address OF General Walker to the People
OF Nicaragua.
] came to Nicaragua to secure its peace and
prosperity With this view signed the treaty
of the 10th October last, and assisted to up
hold the government organized under its pro-
visions.
But the government, far from aiding me to
carry out the agreement of that treaty, has
thrown obstacles in the way, and has ended by
endeavoring to stir up civil strife within the
Republic. Strange as it may appear, the late
Rivas administration has attempted to create
troubles and difficulties, and war between the
people and the Americans they have invited
hither.
1t was not enough that the Americans should
endure the pestilence at Granada for the pur.
pose Of conciliating the late provisional gov
ernment and receive no compensation for the
services they rendered at the expense of so
much sufferings and so much death. 1t was
not enough that they should pour out their
blood at Rivas, in order to maintain the peace
and honor of the State, and then the govern
ment refuse to provide them with the bare
necessaries of life. Ingratitude was not suffi.
cient to satisfy the craving for infamy which
consumed the vitals of government, and trea-
son became necessary in order to furnish fresh
food to the appetite for obloquy and contempt.
They seek to repay their debt to the Americans
by exciting the people against their benefac
tors.
1t is thus manifest that the late provisional
government has not only failed to fulfil its
promises to the Americans, and its duties
to the people, but is guilty Of the enormous
crime of instigating its citizens to civil war
And to aid it in these objects it has coalesced
with the armed and declared enemies Of the
Republic-with the forces an illiterate savage
attempts to pour over the plains Of Nicaragua
In addition, the government has attempted
to prolong its existence by taking from the
people the privilege Of electing their own rulers
And, as if farther to mark its hatred for free
dom, il has banished from the State Cuban
patriot, who, despairing for the present Of his
own country, has sought in this land the honor
Of using his sword in defence of liberty and