Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1863-05-28
THE WAR IN CENTRAL AMERICA.
Cry OF GUATEMALA, APRIL 20, 1868.
of the National Inteliigsncer:

Cry OF GUATEMALA, APRIL 20, 1868.
To tbs Editors Of the National Intetiigsncer:
Our President Carrera reported to have taken pos
session Of Sonsona.e days ago with ut bootshed
Sonsonae Of the handsomest cities in Central Anne
rica and about The fifth in commercial importance in the
State Of Salvador population about FIVE thousand and
two days mule travel from the city Of s salvador.
Carreras friends say that the 18th instant he left
Sonsonate with thousand of his choice troops deter
mined to enter the city (capi'a) Of Salvador on sudsy
morning the 10TH before daylight or perish 10 the al
tempt; if successful to install Immediately Francisco
Due Pres dent Of Salvador in place Of Jerardo Baros
Du nos expatraed exPresidtnt Of Salvador and is
member Of the Rtmau Catholic order of monks He
goes company with Carrera and has the prayers Of the
church as well CARR ras protection TO sustain hun
Nicaragua is in alliance with Cairera aud Honduras
with Barlos, that The four Sta 10 atms-Silya-
dor and Honduras, however, only defending hem
selves. Arms and money b considerable extent have
been supplied to Nicaragua from this city, nominal from
Carrera
Herewith send you the latest tficial Guatemala Ga
zette in which you VIII ud official copy Of the cor e.
spondeBce between this Government and British Nit
ister Mathews in reat on 10 the causss Of the
La this city there TO be great disposition to sub
stute the General in command (Zavala) for Carrera
PIesdent-or more properly Dictator-tecause the
called President OF this Republic is the absolute aud
sole power We have ualy constitution at all, 10
fixed written laws provision for change of President
for substitute in Of sickness death Might is
thu only right hence cunning and courage rule the peo
pie dsressngy behud The age though very rsotnble
AID easily controlled by their priests
Aside from politics tue prospects for Guatemala are
vey encouraging The oochinea crop which is the nsiu
export he partial failure of which for three successive
has eaty embarrassed the 6nances 10 sad 10
be past danger, and will be than an average; the
coffee and cotton crops already gathered have yielded well
and Of good quality; also the wool crop he sugar.
cane and Goa (chocolate) never fail here.
You will see by tho Gazette the arrival Of the New
York " Guatemala Canal aud FIBRE Company's river
steamers, mechanics, engineers, &c. The Montague
rver heading and in the richest mining gions
perhaps Of the world, will now, with the OF the small
steamers already here bring within eight TO ten days
OF New York aud at less than onehaf the and risk
Of the Panama monopoly.
The Eng ish inning company here are working from
three to FIVE hundred hands With such good as
that they try keep scretrumor says that it exceeds
any yield known. CsIfornians, tou, arriving, AID
several parties successfully at work. We will SEQ II
Napoleon will stop the progress OF the race by m aus OF
his army in Mexico 1 think we can absorb his armies
and make them subservient We need labOrers.
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