The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-10-02


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composing this distinguished corps Of observe
ton will not be lost upon other capitalists in
Europe who desire brilliant opportunities for
the investment Of their surplus cash.
Assassination or the President Of San
Salvador.
The last mail from Central America brings
us the details of an act Of ssvagery which
has scarcely parallel in the history of the
wretched politics of that country. This is the
murder of ex-President Barrios, Of San Saliva
dor, by the usuper Duehas, lately foisted upon
the people of that State, after heroic resist
ance. by the Intervention Of an army from
Guatemala, led by the notorious Carrera.
Barrios was the friend and disciple Of the
great liberal leader Morazan, almost the only
sound pretensions as a statesman or soldier,
and who, to the utter disgrace Of Costa Rica,
was traitorously shot in her capital, in the
year 1912, by the same reactionary and priestly
party which has now brought the next best
man the country has produced to am untimely
and bloody grave. For many years General
Barrios has been the only liberal, intelligent
or principled man among the nameless and
ephemeral chieftains that have ruled, under
whatever name, over the petty Central Ameri-
can States Free from that distrust and hatred
OF foreigners, which is alike the characteristic
and curse of Spanish Americans, with ideas
expanded by travel and long residence in this
country and in Europe. among the most ad-
vanced men of his time in republican ideas,
energetic and persevering, he had made San
Salvador, although the smallest, the most en-
terprising and prosperous of the Central Ameri-
can States. With but third of the popula-
ton OF the bigoted State of Guatemala, in
which the opposite ideas and policy prevailed,
he made San Salvador the first in commerce
and productive industry. He opened ports,
built roads, and abolished many of the
burdens imposed by the Church, thereby.
of course, enlisting against himself. the
animosity Of the priests and Of Rome.
Thoroughly American in sentiment, no carried
with him the sympathes of his State in
behalf Of the United States, during the late
great struggle, and from his central geographi-
cal position defeated the scheme, origin ating
among the foreign emissaries and the soi-disan&
aristocracy of Guatemala, to effect the incor-
poration of Central America in the Franco
Austriaco empire of Mexico. The French
agent who came to his Capitol to bring him
over to the scheme was peremptorily ordered
out of the State within forty-eight hours.
The discounted envoy returned to Guate-
mala, and, with his adherents, profting by the
personal hostility Of the Indian dictator Of
that State to Barrios, excited him 10 march on
San Salvador. He did 50, but was met at
Santa Ana and routed. After the lapse Of q
few months-some time during the summer Of
1863-Carrera renewed the attempt, and owing
to the treachery OF one of the Salvadoran gene
rails, succeeded in dispensing most Of the Sal
vadoran army, which fell back on the capital,
where 1t sustained long and destructive siege.
On the capture Of the city the barbarous Car
rera, Of whom the existing so-called President
of Salvador is the creature, his native ferocity
stimulated by him, disregarding alike the rules
Barrios' minister Of war and such other officers
as could be found to be shot in cold blood. Bar
rios was hunted from place to place, and such Of
his followers as were taken or who surrendered
were also shot without mercy. He himself
escaped, through the exertions Of the wife Of
the American Consul in La Union, on board OF
an American vessel-of-war. Carrera at once
installed his creature Duefas as President Of
the State, where he has since been maintained
by Guatemalan bayonets, in hostility to the
well known wishes Of the people.
General Barrios retired TO Panama, and
thence to New York, where he resided, gaining
the esteem and good will of all he met until
in December last he returned to Central
America, taking up his residence in Costa RIGA.
Guatemala backed up Duehas, his usurping
successor, to demand his expulsion; but the
plucky little State refused 10 deny his right Of
asylum, whereupon they declared non-nter-
course with her, permitting neither persons,
letters or merchandise from Costa RIGA to enter
their ports After some months, unwilling fur
Their to embarrass the people who maintained
their right to extend hospitality to whom they
pleased, he retired voluntarily to Panama.
Here, in June, he was advised Of forcible
movement to drive the Guatemalan satrap
from power which at one time extended over
more than half the State, under the leadership
of General Cabafias, one of the oldest and most
honorcd Salvadorehos. He was called upon to
return, but on arriving of the coast heard that
Duefas and his auxiliaries had put down what
their sympathizers try to stigmatize as rebel
lion, and he at once undertook to retrace bis
path TO Panama. The vessel in which he was
passenger was struck by lightning, and, in dis
tress, driven into the port Of Realejo, Nicara-
qua. Here the present reactionary govern
ment Of that State, acting Under the influence
ac AhD C,,aAaunalap raix;ala. aaia.d o., AhS.