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about a league from Zonzonate. This was one of the 

 finest haciendas in the country. The doctor had import- 

 ed a large steam engine, which was not yet set up, and 

 was preparing to manufacture sugar upon a larger scale 

 than any other planter in the country. He was from 

 the island of St. Kitts, and, before sitting down in this 

 out-of-the-way place, had travelled extensively in Eu- 

 rope and all the West India Islands, and knew Amer- 

 ica from Halifax to Cape Horn ; but surprised me by 

 saying that he looked forward to a cottage in Morristown, 

 New-Jersey, as the consummation of his wishes. I 

 learned from him that Jemmy, after his disappearance 

 from.Izalco, had straggled to his hacienda in wretched 

 condition and sick of campaigning, and was then at the 

 port on board the Cosmopolita, bound for Peru. 



On our return to Zonzonate we were again in the 

 midst of tumult. Two of Captain D'Yriarte's passen- 

 gers for Guayaquil, whom he had given up, arrived that 

 evening direct from Guatimala, and reported that Car- 

 rera, with two thousand men, had left the city at the 

 same time with them to march upon San Salvador. Car- 

 rera knew nothing of Morazan's approach ; his troops 

 were a disorderly and tumultuous mass ; and three 

 leagues from the city, when they halted, the horses 

 were already tired. Here our informants slipped away, 

 and three hours afterward met Morazan's army, in 

 good order, marching single file, with Morazan himself 

 at their head, he and all his cavalry dismounted and 

 leading their horses, which were fresh and ready for 

 immediate action. Morazan stopped them, and made 

 them show their passports and letters, and they told him 

 of the sally of Carrera's army, and its condition ; and 

 we all formed the conclusion that Morazan had attacked 

 them the same day, defeated them, and was then in 



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