Morning journal and courier., 1891-10-27
VALE MEN IN NICARAGUA IN 1s4s

Rscorting the American Minister.
 From Contemporary Letters of the Late Roger
 s. Baldwin, Jr., in the October Century.l
 Night brought us to Mansgua, and we gallope,l through its principal streets, four abreast and flag waving, to the posada.
 We had scarcely disposed of our animals and seated ourselves to a quiet supper
 uisen we heard musket-shots and explod- ing rockets, and saw many people running by with arms in their hands We hardly knew what to make of it, but soon great company with soldiers and music came to our door, and then we learned that on our entrance, our numbers being msgnified by the darkness, we had been mistaken for an army from Granada come to attack the place. The inhabitants had rushed to- gether in alarm, but on finding out the true state of the case they had come to invite us to march about the town in procession. So out we went, unfurling our banner, and with that and the music in advance,
 MT. Squier and his escort following, and
 with a train or three or four hundred Managuans behind, kept in good order by the soldiers, we passed through all the principal streets. We were greeted at ev- cry tutu oy iouu cneeIS ol 'Nan ios Norte-Americanosr' "Vivan los Estados UnidosI" "Vivan el ministro de los Esta- dos Unidosl" "Vivan las Banderssl" etc, to which we responded in our best Span ish, "Vivsn the brave Msnsgusns" "Viva the fine ladies of Managual" and fifty oth- CT vivas, always giving the real Yankee ''hurrah," which greatly pleased them. Rockets were going up, guns were firing along the whole line, and all the senoritas of Managua seemed to be out in the moon light. The crowd would not release us till very late, and then not until we should give them "a patriotic song," with which they seemed perfectly delighted.
 The next day was the glorious Fourth of July. We had intended to have some | little celebration of it among ourselves, but, circumstances requiring the early presence of MT. Squier in Leon, we passed l the whole day upon the road. Often, how ever, a shout or a snatch of "Hail Colum-
 bia" attested that We were not unmindful | of it's presence. The night we spent in Pueblo Neuvo, where we found the friend
 we had left i'll recovering, and so far upon his return route. At eight the next morn ing we continued, and in legs than three hours were at the "Old Convent" a league from Leon, where large escort was | waiting us-all the military and civil off cers, the president and his cabinet, the
 bishop and his retinue of clergy, and a large number of the most respectable citi- | gems, more than a hundred in all. Here we stopped a few moments, while NIT | Squier changed his travelling dress for his official uniform, and we washed and
 brushed ourselves little; then our ban.
 ner was tfnfurled, and the whole cavalcade
 started We went on at full gsllop across the plain of Leon, down the hill, across
 the little river and up into the city. My
 little horse, notwithstanding the long | journey, was fairly dancing with excite
 ment. Entering the city we found the
 streets crowded with people, who al
 kneeled as the bishop passed, and ther
 rose and shouted "Viva! Vival" to ths
 minister. The bells of all the churches
 that we passed rang their gayest peals
 cannon thundered in the plaza, and all tht
 soldiers were drawn up to receive us witt presented arms. And thus we concluded | our second trip across the country.