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dency, to have himself nominated as a candidate. 

 He then returned to his headquarters, and almost 

 immediately afterwards, Eivas, panic-stricken, fled 

 from Leon with those leaders of the old party who 

 were friendly to him, and ensconced himself in the 

 remote town of Chinandagua, thus isolating himself 

 from the rest of his cabinet, and practically breaking 

 up the government. Under these circumstances, Don 

 Firmin Ferrer, one of the late cabinet, and a native 

 of Nicaragua, was appointed president provisionally, 

 until a general election should take place. This was 

 held two weeks afterwards, and General Walker was 

 elected president by the almost unanimous vote of 

 the people. This was not to be wondered at, as the 

 great majority of the inhabitants are Indians, vio- 

 lently opposed to the Spanish rule, and desirous of 

 that of the Anglo-Saxons. Walker had scarcely been 

 elected president when Salhazar was accidentally 

 intercepted crossing the bay of Fonseca, on his way 

 to carry out his intrigues in Guatemala. He was the 

 bearer of a correspondence deeply implicating Eivas, 

 and was consequently promptly despatched to General 

 Walker's headquarters, who, upon receiving his ad- 

 mission to signatures to letters of a treasonable char- 

 acter, ordered him immediately to be shot a sen- 

 tence which was carried into execution without any 

 unnecessary delay. General Walker now sent Mr 

 Oaksmith to Washington as his representative, Padre 

 Yijil not having been satisfied with his residence 



